Tag Archives: disease

We eat to forget. Then we eat for relief.

Posted on July 7, 2021 by borderslynn

The above title is from Michael Moss’s book ‘Hooked’ (p71). Moss’s book explains how our bodies have evolved since ancestral hominids roamed the Ethiopian landscape. He then brings us up to date with the chemistry of modern processed foods. People … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, compulsive behaviour, Covid, diet, disease, fast foods, flavourists, overeating, ultra processed foods | Leave a comment

Conscious Disregard

Posted on June 21, 2021 by borderslynn

If we are allergic to nuts we try to follow a diet which has no nuts in it, which is not easy, but anaphylactic shock can kill. When we see people bathing in one of the most polluted rivers in … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged carcinogens, clean water, conscious disregard, contamination, disease, eco, exposure, malice, protection, robert bilott, safe environment, toxins | 2 Comments

For Now I See Through a Glass Darkly

Posted on April 5, 2021 by borderslynn

We humans have successfully reproduced until we have covered this Planet with our 7 billion plus persons, and despite many threats we still persist. However the dinosaurs lived millions of years and only died because of an extinction event; whereas … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 18th C, 19th C, anthropocene, colonizers, compromised immune systems, conditions for disease, disease, epidemics, human harm, industrialised nations, lung disease, poverty, TB, Tuberculosis | Leave a comment

Clean Water Shortages Worldwide: how to fight disease, such as Covid-19?

Posted on July 16, 2020 by borderslynn

“According to a point of Buddhism, water is the most valuable and most important thing because of its connection with disease,” says the monastery’s facilities manager, Urgyan. “Clean water helps everything: healthy body, healthy mind.” A Nepalese Region Reclaims Its … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, brazil, clean water, covid 19, disease, India, infrastructure, lack of water, Mexico, poverty, unnecessary deaths, venezuela, washing hands | Leave a comment

Religious Deception in the New World

Posted on May 23, 2020 by borderslynn

The ride of the fourth horseman Revelation 6:7-8 tells us this about the fourth seal: “When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a pale … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amerindians, ancestry, Caribbean, catholicism, conquistadores, disease, invasion, land ownership, pestilence, smallpox, Spanish Empire, West Africa | Leave a comment

First split hooved pigs in the Americas

Posted on May 16, 2020 by borderslynn

Image of wild boar in present day Hong Kong The species that make up the family Suidae are known as the pigs. All species in this family originated in Old World Europe, Africa, and Asia. Almost all of these pigs … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged animal welfare, christianity, Colombus, consumption of pigs, disease, domestication of pigs, jew, Latin America, muslim, palearctic, suidae | Leave a comment

Human Vulnerability

Posted on July 7, 2017 by borderslynn

There have been three major outbreaks of plague. The Plague of Justinian in the 6th and 7th centuries is the first known attack on record, and marks the first firmly recorded pattern of bubonic plague. From historical descriptions, as much … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 13th century, 14 a18th century, Black Death, conflict, disease, gangrene, Jani Beg, Khan, Mongol empire, religion, rodents, Silk Road, trade, war | 1 Comment