This site describes a new view of Western diseases. Western diseases are those characteristic of many Westernsocieties that are not found in developing countries. They include heart disease, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity, autoimmune diseases and many forms of cancer.
In this view – the autonomic denervation view – they are largely caused by our diets, bowel habits, patterns of exercise, posture, gait and patterns of childbirth. “Autonomic denervation” means injuries to autonomic nerves that are the nerves that control our organs, and not under our voluntary control. Injuries result from trauma, surgery, childbirth and straining in the bathroom.
Post-WW2 generations of doctors have not been familiar with the precise anatomy of these nerves. This results from teaching materials being stored in formalin, that selectively destroys these nerves. Doctors in the 19th century, including Robert Lee, drew these nerves in great detail from post mortem material stored in alcohol.
Understanding their limited number of contributing causes enables prevention of many clinical conditions that are endemic in Western societies, and are now spreading rapidly in developing countries.
- What is a good diet ? – There are many suggestions as to what is a good diet i.e. one that prevents Western diseases. When DP Burkitt… More →
- Dietary fibre – again ? – A US government study confirms that increasing fibre in your diet improves your health and reduces health… More →
- Obstetrics and … later disease – Reports in The Guardian highlight current problems in the maternity services that will have significant and… More →
- Breastfeeding and IQ at 10. – In a study of 1000 children in Western Australia, children who were breast-fed for six months or longer,… More →
- Bowel habits at The Huff Post – Discussing contemporary bowel habits is not that common in C21 Britain but it does feature on the West Coast…. More →
- Harveian Oration 2010 – Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford gave the 2010 Harveian Oration entitled “Redefining… More →
- Western Diseases at World Health Summit, Berlin – A paper at the World Health Summit in Berlin, October 2010, demonstrated that many Western diseases have… More →