Second Opinion April 22, 2024
Happy Earth Day! My toddlers celebrated with a tea party for snails and roly-polies in our backyard. I hope yours was filled with… fewer bugs.
I also hope you could pull away from the daily grind to celebrate Earth’s beauty while recognizing serious ongoing challenges, including health.
Our health is intricately and delicately tied to the planet in so many ways.
1. Nature’s healing touch
Medicine. Roughly 9% of all plant life on Earth has been used in traditional medicine to treat and prevent disease. Plants have gifted us with important medications for the treatment of cancer (taxol, vincristine, camptothecin),...