The Fructose Nation

The fructose nation.

There is growing miasma in our national correspondence over the increasing heft and metabolic dysfunction of everyday Americans. The origin of this mounting poundage has many parents, not the least of which is our appetite for nutritive (read caloric) sweeteners in processed foods and beverages. The culprit derivatives taking most heat today are various formulations of added fructose. Bray et a...

The Challenges Facing State-Nation-Building in Israel

Completing the nation-building process for survival is one of the challenges that the Zionist regime has always faced. This regime has based its existence on a specific and complex identity that, at first glance, can be a strong point for the survival and formation of a society, but the specific characteristics of this identity based on race and population inequality, for This has posed some ch...

The health of the nation.

ISBN 978-1-906837-78-5 Cover design: lukejefford.com E ach day seems to bring fresh warnings of the pressuresbearing down on the NHS. As resources fail to keep trackof demand, the principle of universal healthcare is under threat as never before. Excessive waiting times, the rationing of new drugs, ambulances queuing up outside A&E, staff shortages, the list goes on. What has brought the NHS to...

The health of the nation.

Seize the opportunity Will the government's white paper The Health of the Nation (p 135)'2 turn out to be the most important measure for improving the health of the English people since the birth of the NHS or just so much hot air? Following strong leads from the World Health Organisation,'4 it sets out an ambitious programme for shifting the focus of the health service from sickness to health....

The State of the Nation