Deep State

Much is written about who really pulls the strings of politicians around the world, what’s really behind the many terrorist attacks and seemingly endless wars that plague humanity. When I first started to pay attention to such events I realised this was a very deep and labyrinthine rabbit hole and that to avoid the many false paths and dead ends I’d need an experienced guide. A friend told me to simply ‘follow the money’ for enlightenment. I’ve come to understand this as a reliable way to shine light into some very dark and smelly places. Of immediate application to personal health ‘following the money’ allows us to better evaluate the treatment options available Vs investing effort in health protection and disease prevention. The much revered National Health Service in the UK has become a bureaucratic behemoth that needs people to be sick in order to justify its own existence. There’s actually no incentive for the NHS to be truly focussed on health. Rather, it is a national sickness management service. At a cost of billions of pounds the nation’s biggest employer is superbly equipped to provide point of need care to anyone in distress. To me the sad part of this is that illness is allowed to progress to the point where millions of us are prematurely and chronically distressed. The NHS Emergency services are second to none, and undoubtedly saved my own life in 2008, but even after my surgery and hospitalisation there was little interest in identifying the cause of the illness or of educating me to avoid it happening again. I thought my lifestyle was healthy(ish) but when my illness struck hard I was forced to reassess several hallowed truths of conventional medicine. Following the money reveals an uncomfortable perspective, which was summed up succinctly by Upton Sinclair – ‘It’s hard to understand something when your livelihood depends on your not understanding it’ When the human genome was mapped, scientists discovered that we had many fewer genes than would allow for one-to-one coding for the vast range of proteins required in the body. This discovery ought to have given pause to continued research into the genes at fault for the genesis of disease – with the vain promise that a pill can be patented to offer individualised relief to sufferers. Several years later researchers understand that human genetic material is dwarfed by the genes of the symbiotic bacteria of the microbiome. In a very real sense we each carry a Deep State within us that truly determines our health. The nutritional content of our food and lifestyle has an immediate impact on the health and balance of this microbiome so that by active engagement we can promote health. There are many researchers who understand the power of nutrition for the treatment of disease but their voice will not be heard by our hierarchy of medical fascism that dogmatically refuses to give credence to this simple truth. – Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas! It is much easier to continue to demand ever more resources for the NHS than to change its direction of travel. It’s more profitable to continue mopping up the floor than to turn off the taps that cause the sink to overflow. So we may question Deep State involvement in the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King. We may explore the truth behind the 9/11 attacks and endless Middle East wars. We may allow myths to be perpetuated about the efficacy of cholesterol lowering drugs in preventing heart attack or the absurdity of chemotherapy to treat cancer. Whatever the truth behind these veils of illusion we must acknowledge that by attending to our own Deep State contribution – nurturing the health of our microbiome, we can materially protect our health. The ripples from this change of direction and acceptance of personal responsibility for the mess we’re in will protect our families, our communities, our countries and our planet.