CURE Quote
By definition anything that claims to treat, prevent or cure a disease is a medicine; medicines must be licensed, a process that costs usually upwards of $500 million; but only man-made, thus patentable, substances can afford to get a licence. So, if a nutrient is proven to work it is classified a medicine, but no-one can afford to get a licence because there’s no patent and hence no way to protect profits, so the nutrient just vanishes.
— Patrick Holford, NHPPA Censorship, 2015-
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101 Ways to Cure a Flat Tire: Illness, Sickness, Disease
I sometimes say “I’m taking my car to the vet“, to get its checkup, to cure its problems. Is a flat tire an illness? A disease? Is a bike, a car, or an airplane sick when it has a flat … Continue reading
In Sickness and Health: Form follows Function?
“Form follows function” is a quote by the architect Louis Sullivan who said that buildings and other objects, which we might perceive as not beautiful, should have a shape that primarily relates to their intended function or purpose. The phrase is … Continue reading