A 21-year-old male with type 1 diabetes uses a basal–bolus r…
A 21-year-old male with type 1 diabetes uses a basal–bolus regimen: Insulin glargine nightly Insulin lispro with meals He recently began intense endurance training for a marathon. Over the past week, he has experienced recurrent hypoglycemia during and several hours after exercise, despite reducing his pre-meal insulin doses. His glucose drops to 50–60 mg/dL approximately 6–8 hours after workouts, often in the late afternoon or evening.
Read DetailsDr. Weston Price, an American dentist, demonstrated the harm…
Dr. Weston Price, an American dentist, demonstrated the harmful effects of a ‘modern’ diet of highly processed carbohydrates by comparing the rate of [BLANK-1] in 20th century Inuit populations who differed only by continued reliance upon traditional hunted foods vs. dependence upon store-bought European foods.
Read DetailsJerry Mander brought Paradigm Wars to a close by once again…
Jerry Mander brought Paradigm Wars to a close by once again contrasting the dominant Western worldview & the dominant economic system to the worldview and relationship to resources of the indigenous societies actively resisting those forces of globalization. He declared that we should recognize that “indigenous societies are a living alternative to the current economic, political and philosophical models of our time – and a successful one…their continued presence on Earth is itself proof of the validity of their social, political and spiritual choices. Please elaborate upon these statements, and describe how native societies’ overall paradigm for the meaning of life must defend itself from the current global system.
Read DetailsWhile one of the key elements recurring in the language of n…
While one of the key elements recurring in the language of native peoples’ movements across the world is the absolute necessity of “free, prior informed consent, ” yet some entities such as the World Bank’s Executive Board have reduced that original phrase to the much weaker ‘free, prior consultation’ instead.
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