The Brahmaputra river in northern India provides water for 185 million people in northwest India and Bangladesh as well as sustaining wild life and hydro- electric schemes. . The Indians have have plan to develop 6,000 kilometeres of water way from the Tibetan border to the southern tip of India. This would link the Brahmaputra…
Read moreBurkitt and Trowell observed and then suggested that the African population was free of colonic cancer because of the protective action of dietary fibre. There has been much debate as to whether or not this is fact or fantasy. Epidemiological studies have been both supportive and dismissive of the fibre story. They preached that wheat…
Read moreThe ability of individuals to survive without food is well demonstrated by the awful experiences in Concentration Camps and more recently by the Irish Hunger strikers. Women appear to last longer than men and over all the body mass at the outset is a predictor of length of survival. The amount of water available is…
Read moreIn Franklin D Roosevelt’s inaugural address on being elected President of the USA in January 1941, he expounded basic truths of freedomOne has nothing to fear but fear itself He said the freedoms wereFreedom of speech and expressionFreedom of everyone to worship God in his own wayFreedom from wantFreedom from fearAll of these are interdependent.…
Read moreEpidemiological research has been one of the mainstays of our understanding of nutrition.There is a real worry thqt epidemiology can and may well bring our science into redicule. Valid statistically identified risk factors are pumped up into “well known facts”. So often one will hear a nutritionist being interviewed on the media and say, “my…
Read moreMan made toxins have been detected in foods including such and eggs in analyses funded by WWF, formerly World Wide Fund for Nature. Furthermore these toxins are to be found in blood samples from a large number of people tested, however the concentrations are low, and may well be of not importance for health.The risks…
Read moreClimate change and Global warning Whilst there is debate as to the nature and possible causes of Global warming, and whether or not this is a threat, there is a growing belief that throughout the world the ambient temperature is climbing. There is a body of opinion that would have us believe that this is…
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