500 Words on Thursday | Written by Lee Schneider The reason they call Whole Foods “Whole Paycheck” is that while walking its hallowed aisles you can find the most expensive red peppers that ever lived, and also the most expensive salt, and even the most expensive yogurt imaginable. Some of this is justified. The peppers, [...]
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Whole Paycheck
June 17th, 2010 · → 11 Comments
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Tags:Dean Karnazes·healthy eating·monsanto·organic food·pesticides·whole foods
Science for the People
May 20th, 2010 · → 1 Comment
500 Words on Thursday | by Lee Schneider I was in a room with people cheering about fractal geometry. Not a small room and not a few people — a couple hundred of them. Later, I was in another room to hear a doctor speak about female menopause and I stayed for the whole talk. [...]
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Tags:big picture learning·Dr. Bruce Lipton·Dr. Christiane Northrup·Elliot Washor·Hay House·Michael B. Crawford·science education·shop class as soulcraft
Goldman-Sachs, Animal Welfare and the Broken Compass
May 6th, 2010 · → No Comments
500 Words on Thursday | by Lee Schneider Wearing Vibram fivefingers is a lesson in guidance systems. For those who’ve not seen them, fivefingers create the feel of barefoot running. When I use them, every pebble is an acupressure point. My left heel can’t bang on the ground like it used to. This is running [...]
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Compassion for Animals
April 15th, 2010 · → 10 Comments
500 Words on Thursday | Written by Lee Schneider Is there any circumstance when animal experimentation or the use of animals in medical education would be warranted? “No.” That brief, to the point, and definitive answer came from John J. Pippin, MD, a cardiologist and senior medical and research advisor for the Physicians Committee for [...]
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Tags:animal testing·cancer·drug testing·Johns Hopkins·Marilu Henner·medical school·PCRM·Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine·University of Tennessee College of Medicine·USUHS·vegan
Doctor in Your Pocket and On Your Screen
March 4th, 2010 · → 4 Comments
You’re out for a walk …
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It Works Because You Say So
January 21st, 2010 · → 9 Comments
My doctor gave me six months to live. But when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more. -Walter Matthau, actor You go to a doctor. The doctor gives you a pill. You get better. Then you find out the doctor gave you a sugar pill and you got better anyway. You [...]
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Ayurveda
November 19th, 2009 · → 5 Comments
Last week I came down with an ear infection. Fixing it took me to India and to Ukraine. But first, I had to go to a specialist in Santa Monica. He used a microscope to have a look. Then he inserted a vacuum hose and hit the switch. If you can’t deal with medical details, [...]
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