Natural Quackery at Navy Pier
There I was attending the “naturallyheatlhykids.com” expo at Navy Pier held last weekend.
I’m all for healthy kids. I have four young ones, and I’d like to keep them healthy.
It’s the “naturally” part that gets me a little curious. “Natural” as in “nature.” Hmm. Isn’t “nature” what mankind has been fighting against for eons? I mean, when you think about it “nature”. . . kills people. In fact, the entire march of civilization has pretty much been one of, well, overcoming nature. Maybe that’s why people live on average about 40 years longer now than they did at the turn of the 20th century. Not only that, but even with all the “chemicals” in our culture we are healthier than ever before, and rates of virtually every kind of adult and childhood cancer are falling. Not just the rates of death but the rates of cancer occurrence itself, including ... Read More...
