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Essential Oils to Fine Wine; Say No to Standardization
Quality Taste vs Standardization
Since ancient times our ancestors took pride in the art of fine wine making. Today pretty much everyone knows that when it comes to wine, quality makes a huge difference. Just what is it that improves the wine quality? It is well known amongst wine makers, that soil type, pH, weather, climate, length of growing season, seed stock, harvest time, and the grower’s knowledge, among other factors all determine the ultimate quality of that wine. This is also why a standardized wine like “Ripple” for example will always taste the same, but will never have the quality of other wines grown, harvested and bottled in the traditional way. “Standardization” causes a huge loss in quality, because according to Jon Barron, Master Herbalist, Read the rest of this entry »
At the Mercy of My Genes
The new biology!
In former posts we spoke about how scientists have probed down into the cells of man and animals to try to understand more about this life. What they have been learning is amazing them. We have been taught for the past 50 years, that we are more or less subject to our DNA. I hear all the time “oh, I will probably end up with arthritis” or “diabetes runs in my family; I will probably get it, too”. I have even heard someone say he expects he will get cancer, because it is in his genes. Well, it sure seems like people think they are at the mercy of their genes. I am sooooooo happy to have learned, folks, that according to the new epigenetics (which means “above” genetics) that DNA really doesn’t dictate our health. Infact, it only determines how the embryo develops, but once that embryo becomes a fetus, it is the environment that determines Read the rest of this entry »
The New Biology: Your Textbooks are Outdated
In our last post I spoke about the complexity of nature. It seems the further down into the interior of our being we go, or the further out in space we go, either way we discover more complexity than we had ever thought possible. Scientists have been studying DNA for over 50 years and have been so enamored with their research into the double helix that they were cutting away the surrounding material and throwing it away to get at their closely sheathed treasure. Read the rest of this entry »