Uncover salt's epic history—from empire-building currency to Gandhi's revolution-sparking march. Explore its biological necessity, animal cravings, and the flawed "salt scare" that wrongly equates low salt with universal health. Science reveals extreme restriction activates stress hormones, triggers insulin resistance, raises heart rate, and may increase risks. Moderate intake often optimal; salt: essential, not enemy.

The flesh-eating screwworm that devours cattle and wildlife alive is threatening the US again. Once a major beef production issue has since been largely solved thanks to Knipling and Bushland inventing the Sterile Insect Technique in the 1930’s. New World Screwworm was eradicated from the US in 1966 by releasing sterile males into the wild, ultimately leading to population collapse. That same genius sterilizing blueprint later eradicated the tsetse fly, carrier of sleeping sickness, from Zanzibar in 1997 and other parts of Africa, slashing human cases by 97%. The story begins even earlier with Texas fever, when in 1893 Theo Smith proved ticks transmit Babesia—igniting the vector-borne revolution that made all these victories possible. Three parasites, three insects, three battles to improve humanity and reduce suffering

In this episode we discuss insulin and insulin resistance. This leads onto the profound health benefits of nutritional ketosis. From obesity Type 2 Diabetes and weight loss to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Cancer and even Malaria. “Keto” is a practical way of improving many health maladies. 73% of US population is overweight and obese. This is a health crisis that can be helped by simple nutritional life style changes. Join us for a fairly interesting chat.

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