Author Archives: Nathan Daley

About Nathan Daley

"The needs of the person are those of the planet, and the needs of the planet are those of the person. There is only one health, without which there is infinite disease."

ecoHolos announces the e.p.i.c health experience


e.p.i.c. is ecological, preventive, integrative, and creative.  Check out the experiential outlet for the ecoHolos philosophy at http://www.epichealthexperience.com. Follow by signing up for the newsletter and/or liking it on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ecoholos

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The Aesthetic of Health


In retaliation to the rapidly growing Quantified Self movement, which uses self-monitoring technology to data mine correlations between behavior and physiological or subjective parameters, I would like to confidently assert right here and now that health is not a quantitative … Continue reading

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Genetically Modified Organisms and Health: the scientific basis for real concern


For a pdf version with references, click here. by Nathan Daley, MD, MPH. OMG, GMOs! You might ask, “why all the fuss about agricultural genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?” After all, regulatory agencies have approved these technologies for widespread application and … Continue reading

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The Sitting Sickness


For a pdf version with references, click here. Nathan Daley, MD, MPH The Sitting Sickness If you’ve heard that life is movement, it’s true. If you’ve heard that just sitting around can kill you, it’s also true. Physical inactivity is … Continue reading

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I wish you enough


- Author : Bob Perks Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said: “I love … Continue reading

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A Gluten for Punishment: the whole grain assault on health.


Nathan Daley, MD, MPH For a pdf version with references, see Articles and Media From Few to You This newsletter will examine some of the evidence which underlies the ongoing transition in recognizing adverse health effects from grains as being … Continue reading

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Digitally Engineered Disease: the content of discontent


Digitally Engineered Disease: the content of discontent Nathan Daley, MD, MPH *see “articles and media” section for pdf version with references. A Not-So-Hidden Health Threat There is an already pervasive and rapidly expanding force of disease that no doubt affects … Continue reading

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follow the yellow leaf road


Reblogged from 6512 and growing: Oh summer, you circus of sensory pleasures! For months the land is blindingly green; bright blossoms flag down honeybees; and our fleece jackets sit on indoor hooks looking sort of archaic while we imbibe sunshine … Continue reading

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Nature Meditation Film – sigur ros


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True Health in Few Words


Upon the most thorough examination, true health can be reduced to an intensely sensitive perceptual attunement to the always ongoing, always slightly different, rhythmic movements of the imperfectly and incompletely beautiful more-than-human self-in-the-world and, thus, the ability to fully participate … Continue reading

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Recent Interview with Juil Footwear


Here is a link (and text below) to the Juil Footwear blog featuring an interview with me about grounding. http://juil.com/blog/2012/09/grounding-and-preventative-medicine-an-interview-with-dr-nathan-daley/ Grounding and Preventative Medicine: An Interview With Dr. Nathan Daley Friday, September 14th, 2012 Juil’s David Gelfand had the pleasure … Continue reading

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The Purpose of Running


The purpose of running is to slip between, right through the middle, into the openings and find the world.

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ecoHolos Book Preview: Authors Introduction to “ecoHolos: a cosmology of health”


Why Health? Throughout college, I learned about the human organism largely by reading descriptions and studying illustrations of its genetic, biochemical, and cellular features. This information, the scientific foundation to understanding life on earth, had been assembled piece by piece … Continue reading

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New Alzheimer’s Prevention and Treatment Book


As many of you know, I am interested in making profound leaps forward in medicine, or you could say a punctuated rather than equilibrated evolution of medicine, or, perhaps the best of all, a full transformation or metamorphosis of medicine … Continue reading

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Optimal Foraging at the Salad Bar: the perceptual language of food, rocks, sunsets, and skydiving


Nathan Daley MD MPH Evan, one of my patients, recently experienced unintentional hypnosis as we discussed nutrition. I explained to him the physiological effects of high glycemic foods and related these effects to experiences (or symptoms) of fatigue, impaired focus, … Continue reading

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Life, Death, Metamorphosis


Life, Death, Metamorphosis Nathan Daley People die every second of the day, and I usually know none of them.  Recently, however, death and dying have entered my sphere of awareness more than usual.  Among the recent incidents are the passing … Continue reading

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My Psychiatric Disease: Urban Derealization and Depersonalization


Urban Derealization and Depersonalization While in urban areas, I often get a sense of being invisible.  I feel like I’m walking through a movie that is somehow projected around me.  It’s as if the events that I observe have no … Continue reading

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The Personhood Amendment: protecting the sentience of all mammals on earth, except embryos.


The Personhood Amendment: protecting the sentience of all mammals on earth, except embryos.  Nathan Daley, MD Sorry to sound a bit political, but this is mostly an exercise in amusement.  Of course, an “exercise in amusement” might actually be an … Continue reading

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A Unified General Theory of Health Part 2: The Origin of Health


Nathan Daley, MD, MPH The Origin of Health The short answer to “what is the origin of health?” is interaction.   Interaction here refers to the movement, exchange, or reciprocity of information.  Information here refers to patterns of material and energy, … Continue reading

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Health-Oriented Medicine: Beyond Disease Prevention and Toward True Health


Nathan Daley, MD, MPH Here’s your disease Every person alive today will likely receive one or more of the 68,000 possible diagnoses available in modern medicine.  Worse yet, most of these diagnoses will have been preceded by years or decades … Continue reading

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