The foregoing has focused on the failure of genetics to reveal the basis for disease. But Lyme disease has not been prominently thought of as a genetically-caused condition but rather as a microbial disease. Our society has completely bought the concept that we get sick because of the presence of microbes. This paradigm goes back to Pasteur and the persisting intellectual persuasive power of the Germ Theory of Disease. But is that the complete story, or even the true story?
Read MoreIt may not surprise you that very few individuals meet the criteria for a healthy lifestyle. In the US, only 3% of adults meet all four of the very basic health behaviors considered to be a healthy lifestyle: (1) being a nonsmoker, (2) having a healthy weight, (3) being moderately physically active, and (4) eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables a day.[
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