Millions of patients find themselves caught in the web of psychiatric sorcery – a spell cast, hexed, potentially for life. They are told that they have chemical imbalances. They are told that the most important thing they can do for themselves is to “take their medication”, and that they will have to do so “for life”. … [click on title to read the rest]
Restoring Balance with the Plant World: By Jon Keyes ~~ As an herbalist, I think of how humans interact and relate to plants everyday. Mainly we interact with plants through our diet. Our morning cereal, a sandwich, tea, beans, rice and salad all come from plants. Even meat comes from animals that ate plants. In essence, our very survival comes from plant life. Though plants represent the source of our sustenance, we have become deeply out of balance in our relationship with them. We have shifted from a diverse and varied plant diet to one that includes just a few highly processed plants. This is leading not only to a breakdown in our physical and mental health, it is leading us to ecological catastrophe as well. In the U.S., 25 billion dollars a year is spent to subsidize the production of just a few commodity crops with an overwhelming emphasis on wheat, corn and soy.
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