Going backwards in time ... the de-evolution of man - 2

Dr. Wrench's book "Wheel of health: Study of a very healthy people" only reinforces Dr. Price's findings. It's not as exhaustive a study as "Nutrition and physical degeneration", but it still gets the point across, and in a more lucid and easy to read way.

The book is about a British Doctor/Scientist who asks the question,"Why are we taught only about disease and not about health ?". He then, with the help of similar minded scientists before him, explores the healthiest peoples in the Indian Subcontinent and tries to find out the dietary reasons for their health.

The conclusions are spot on, and the way he approaches and arrives at the reasons for the health of these people is just beautiful.

In this study, as well as the one by Dr. Price, the results are similar. Every culture that works hard to grow and eat natural foods, when they are fresh, are rewarded with excellent health, energy, vitality, vigour, and cheerfulness. The true value of food comes from good soil and soil management. These people work extremely hard to maintain the fertility of the soil. Their very occupation renders them to work in the sunshine, fresh air, with plenty of physical exercise. This, combined with their foods being cooked fresh and without any processing, gives them freedom from all kinds of diseases, both acute and degenerative.

For all the wealth that we can possess, for all the fame and fortune that we strive to achieve and accumulate, the truth is, if we are not blessed with good health, everything comes to naught. Healthy progeny only comes from healthy parents. And only this awareness, as well as the knowledge of the true source of good health, will ensure the vitality and health of the human race going forward.

In this age of science and technology, a lot of knowledge has been gained - about the human body, about diseases, and about health too. But most of that knowledge is fragmented, not whole. It doesn't go to the source. That good food can only be obtained from good soil and good growing practices. You can eat all the carrots you want, but unless the carrots are grown on a fertile soil carrying all the vital minerals, you won't be reaping the true benefits.

All in all, these two books were eye openers, and showed where we are going wrong in this day and age. It also gives us hope that the ship can be righted. And that should be the goal of modern science and medicine.

As Dr. Price says, "Life in it's fullness is mother nature obeyed".

Going backwards in time ... the de-evolution of man - 1

Recently read a couple of books that really changed the way I look at civilizations and cultures. I realized what it is that I value the most and how, unknowingly, we are sinking into a quagmire that we can probably not come out of.

The books in question are "Nutrition and physical degeneration" by Dr. Weston A. Price, and "The wheel of health" by G.T.Wrench. Both books are awesome and really give an idea what man, at the highest state of health, can feel like.

It's sad that in our pursuit of the development of science and technology, we are pushing Nature to the brink of collapse. Western science takes great pride in proving that man can do what nature can (cloning, for eg., GMO etc.), however, everything in nature fits into a whole. It's an intricately balanced eco-system. So when man plays with it, he upsets the balance that affects other species - both plants and animals. Ultimately, it hits right back at man.

Man, like every species on this planet, was designed to live in accordance with nature. And this means eating foods that are natural and whole, living a lifestyle that is in harmony with the way his body is built. When man respects and follows this principle, he is blessed with health, both physical and mental. When he strays from this path, suffering follows, again both mental and physical.

Dr. Price's book is a first-rate travelogue and a superb cultural and anthropological study. It is so meticulously documented, and so thorough in it's research, that, after reading this book, I have fully realized why, despite all the advances in medicine, nutrition, genetic research etc., we are ever increasingly plagued by disease, degeneration, and ill health.

The most chilling realization of all is the very real possibility that pre-natal "germ plasm disruptions" - coming from parents who lack the proper means of health through nutrition to create ideal offspring - may be taking place in epidemic numbers. What this is tantamount to is the actual de-evolution of the human race. That is, destroying nature by countermanding through our modern foods.

This book really is an epic. It debunks so many of the health fads being propagated today.

Science must co-exist with nature. Science must support nature, not duplicate it.

As Dr. Price says, "Life in fullness is Mother Nature obeyed".

To those of you who are interested in the book, it can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Physical-Degeneration-Weston-Price/dp/0916764206/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

My next post is a review of "The wheel of health" by G.T.Wrench.