Civil discourse is not a new heavy metal band on the popular hit parade, it is one of the foundations of a civil society. It is how we move forward and progress as a society. The point is, by having debates and discussions in good faith, it is an opportunity to IMPROVE your opinion, not a chance to PROVE your opinion. Uncivil discourse is by…
Question: When is a placebo not a placebo? (short) Answer: If it is something other than an inert substance, like saline. This shouldn’t really need to be explained, but in a scientific world that has been manipulated by the pharmaceutical industry, it sadly does. Take our old friend statins, the best-selling drug in the world. You would think, if you are going to publish in…
In case you haven’t heard, there is an explosion in the diagnosis of autism. There are a few things to unpack here. First, we were under diagnosing it before, no doubt. Especially in women, it turns out, the recent BBC documentary by Christine McGuinness is worth watching. Women/girls are better at “masking”. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001k31t/christine-mcguinness-unmasking-my-autism But we should also consider whether we are potentially overdiagnosing it now?…
Well, we have a lovely new gaggle of DC/DO’s nestling into our nutritional bosom here at ACN, and I plan to let them suckle at my functional medicine teat until they are in a milky learning coma. Let that image settle in…… Secondly, today should be the launch day for Meta Boost, but people have let us down badly and it will now be another…
It is hard to read any mainstream media content these days without being told that food X is either death on a stick or the key to longevity. These kinds of articles are often written by “science” journalists, an oxymoron if there ever was one. They get a press release from a company who have paid for some “science” to be done and, would you…