The Alternative Road to Health

In 2005, while hiking on the Appalachian Trail, I contracted Lyme's Disease, Giardia, and an unknown third ailment – the beginning of a long battle with ill-health. After five years of exhausting the resources available through western medicine, I began exploring the world of alternative medicine from the viewpoint of an engineer. I have been through the fire and emerged unscathed. For my fellow chronic sufferers, this blog is for you. May hope sustain you and relief find you quickly...

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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Warning Science Ahead: The Autonomic Nervous System

Meditative breathing and heart rate variability has been proven to help balance the autonomic nervous system. But what exactly is the autonomic nervous system? This video, available on Khan Academy does a great job of explaining...

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) and physiologic markers of emotion:

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Warning: Science Ahead - Autoimmune Diseases

I ran across this video on Khan Academy discussing how the immune system knows the difference between actual danger and perceived danger. A good video to understanding the biological basis for autoimmune disease.