COURSE V: Our Current Malaise

This lesson seeks to frame the current epidemic of chronic disease in a historical context, in order to grasp the significance of our current trajectory. Returning to humanity’s origins we survey our ancestor’s journey across all the earth's continents and gather the evidence of health and degeneration of the human frame. More recently, Weston Price’s study of indigenous people offers some key insights into likely drivers of many chronic diseases. Turning the attention to current times, we look at recent data on the categories of health problems currently afflicting humans, and their impact on our vitality and mortality. Contemplating the pharmaceutical best sellers also provides an interesting map of growth of our malaise.