Magzine November 2008

HEALTH

How to help your body help itself

In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, Anticancer: A New Way of Life, French psychiatrist and neuroscientist David Servan-Schreiber describes how he survived cancer with medical treatment and by boosting his immune system’s natural defenses through diet, exercise and a positive outlook on life.

 

It’s all in their heads

 

An ounce of prevention, steps to avoid cancer

Some do’s and don’ts for helping to avoid and fight cancer.

 

Discuss your experiences with fighting cancer

David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anticancer: A New Way of Life, on diet, exercise and taking life seriously.

 

“Moving patients out of hopelessness is crucial”

David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anticancer: A New Way of Life, on diet, exercise and taking life seriously.

 

NEWS & MEDIA

Not just a week at the beach

More and more people are using their vacation time to work for others.

 

BUSINESS

Slow and steady wins the race

The need for speedy profits has brought the world’s financial system to its knees. Financial high-flier Woody Tasch believes his Slow Money movement, which invests in sustainable agriculture, can put the economy back on its feet.

 

A different kind of home security

Community financial institutions can help take the edge off the credit crisis.

 

A book excerpt from Slow Money, by Woody Tasch

Excerpts from "Reconnoitering" in Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered by Woody Tasch. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Chelsea Green Publishing.

 

FOOD

Beans are optional

Chili and the art of unrefined dining..

 

ENERGY

Offsets and upsets

Is carbon offsetting a help or hindrance in tackling climate change?

 

LIFE

Africa by air

For 20 years, George Steinmetz, has taken aerial ­pictures from a motorized paraglider flying above some of the most stunning landscapes in Africa.

 

SPIRIT

You are how you write

Does handwriting analysis offer accurate insights into personality? Ode went to a graphologist to find out.

 

COMMENTARIES

A call for guts

The future depends on mastering the art of positive courage.

 

ONE LAST THING...

“You can be a tree”

Cynthia Beal, founder of the Natural Burial Company, thinks we should all become bushes, meadows or trees after we die.