Harmonic Transformations

12/19/2025

People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of developing dementia over 25 years, according to a new study.

The study did not find similar benefits for low-fat cheese, low-fat cream or butter. Milk consumption, whether high- or low-fat, also did not lower dementia risk.

Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/TQaSyI

12/19/2025

A recent Brazilian clinical trial, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and widely reported in December 2025, marks a groundbreaking development in exploring cannabis for Alzheimer’s treatment.

Researchers at the Federal University of Latin American Integration conducted a phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study involving elderly patients aged 60-80 with mild Alzheimer’s disease.

Building on prior animal studies showing low-dose THC restoring cognition in aged mice and a 2022 case report where microdosing improved symptoms in one patient over 22 months, this trial tested daily oral microdoses of a balanced cannabis extract containing approximately 0.3 mg THC and 0.3 mg CBD—far below psychoactive levels.

Over 24-26 weeks, the treatment group showed stabilized cognitive function, as measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), while the placebo group experienced typical decline.

This pausing of progression represents the first human trial evidence of microdosing cannabinoids potentially halting Alzheimer’s-related cognitive deterioration without significant side effects.

Described as unprecedented, the approach leverages the endocannabinoid system’s role in neuroprotection, which naturally diminishes with age. Though promising, the study’s small sample size and limited scope to certain cognitive metrics highlight the need for larger, longer trials to confirm efficacy and safety.

Current Alzheimer’s therapies offer minimal benefit and often severe side effects, making this low-risk cannabinoid option a hopeful avenue amid rising dementia cases globally.

12/17/2025

12/12/2025

She discovered that breast milk changes its formula based on whether the baby is a boy or girl. Then she found something even more shocking: the baby's spit tells the mother's body what medicine to make.

2008 Katie Hinde stood in a California primate research lab staring at data that didn't make sense.

She was analyzing milk samples from rhesus macaque mothers—hundreds of samples, thousands of measurements.
And the pattern was impossible to ignore:
Mothers with sons produced milk with higher fat and protein concentrations.
Mothers with daughters produced larger volumes with different nutrient ratios.
The milk wasn't the same. It was customized.
Her male colleagues dismissed it immediately. "Measurement error." "Random variation." "Probably nothing."
But Katie Hinde trusted the numbers. And the numbers were screaming something revolutionary:
Milk wasn't just food. It was a message.
For decades, science had treated breast milk like gasoline—a delivery system for calories and nutrients. Simple fuel.
But if milk was just nutrition, why would it be different for sons versus daughters?
Katie kept digging.
She analyzed over 250 mothers across more than 700 sampling events. And with each analysis, the picture became clearer—and more astonishing.
Young, first-time mothers produced milk with fewer calories but dramatically higher cortisol (stress hormone) levels.
Babies who drank this high-cortisol milk grew faster but were more nervous, more vigilant, less confident.
The milk wasn't just feeding the baby's body. It was programming the baby's temperament.
Then Katie discovered something that seemed almost impossible.
When a baby nurses, tiny amounts of saliva travel back through the ni**le into the mother's breast tissue.
That saliva contains information about the baby's immune status.
If the baby is fighting an infection, the mother's body detects it—and begins producing specific antibodies within hours.
The white blood cell count in the milk would jump from 2,000 to over 5,000 during illness. Macrophage counts would quadruple.
Then, once the baby recovered, everything would return to normal.
It was a conversation. A biological dialogue between two bodies.
The baby's spit told the mother what was wrong. The mother's body responded with exactly the medicine needed.
A language invisible to science for centuries.
Katie joined Harvard in 2011 and started digging into existing research.
What she found was disturbing: there were twice as many scientific studies on erectile dysfunction as on breast milk composition.
The world's first food—the substance that nourished every human who ever lived—was scientifically neglected.
So she started a blog with a deliberately provocative title: "Mammals Suck...Milk!"
Within a year: over a million views. Parents, doctors, scientists asking questions research had ignored.
Her discoveries kept coming:

Milk changes throughout the day (fat peaks mid-morning)
Foremilk differs from hindmilk (babies who nurse longer get higher-fat milk at the end)
Over 200 types of oligosaccharides in human milk that babies can't even digest—they exist solely to feed beneficial gut bacteria
Every mother's milk is unique as a fingerprint

In 2017, she delivered a TED talk that millions have watched.
In 2020, she appeared in Netflix's "Babies" docuseries, explaining her discoveries to a global audience.
Today, at Arizona State University's Comparative Lactation Lab, Dr. Katie Hinde continues revealing how milk shapes infant development from the first hours of life.
Her work informs care for fragile infants in NICUs. Improves formula for mothers who can't breastfeed. Shapes public health policy worldwide.
The implications are profound.
Milk has been evolving for 200 million years—longer than dinosaurs.
What science dismissed as "simple nutrition" was actually the most sophisticated biological communication system on Earth.
Katie Hinde didn't just study milk.
She revealed that the most ancient form of nourishment was also the most intelligent—a dynamic, responsive conversation between two bodies that has been shaping human development since the beginning of our species.
All because one scientist refused to accept that half the conversation was "measurement error."
Sometimes the most revolutionary discoveries come from paying attention to what everyone else dismisses.

12/11/2025

💧 Flow, My Silent Healer 💧

A Poem Honouring the Lymphatic System

Flow, my silent healer,
Whispering beneath the skin,
You carry what no eye can see,
But You know where to begin.

You rise without the drumbeat
Of a heart to call you near,
Yet move with sacred rhythm—
A pulse that draws us clear.

You gather all our sorrows,
The toxins, grief, and pain,
And ferry them through valleys
Where stillness breaks the strain.

You ask not for the spotlight,
No trumpet in your name,
Yet when your rivers falter,
The body bears the blame.

Through nodes like watchmen waiting,
You purify and mend,
With every gentle drainage,
You teach the soul to bend.

When castor wraps the abdomen,
Or hands begin to glide,
You rise like streams in Eden
With peace restored inside.

A stretch, a breath, a brushing,
And movement in the tide—
You’re not just fluid flowing,
You’re healing from inside.

You’re mercy in the marrow,
You’re order in the storm,
God placed You in our vessels
To keep His children warm.

So flow, my quiet lifeline,
Through groin, through chest, through face—
You are the unseen covenant
Of balance, truth, and grace.

🩵

©️

12/10/2025

Swiss researchers have created a breakthrough blood-filtration device designed to remove toxic Alzheimer’s proteins — amyloid-beta and tau — directly from the bloodstream. These proteins, which accumulate in the brain and drive cognitive decline, can be filtered out in outpatient sessions lasting just a few hours. Early clinical data from Switzerland shows that many patients with moderate dementia experienced noticeable cognitive improvement within weeks of starting treatment.

The nanofilter works at a molecular scale: its pores are engineered to trap harmful proteins while letting healthy blood components flow through. As the cleaned blood re-enters circulation, the concentration of toxic proteins gradually decreases in the brain due to natural fluid exchange across the blood–brain barrier. Unlike drugs that attempt to slow protein formation, this approach removes the existing buildup — the very material responsible for memory loss and cognitive decline. Patients typically receive two sessions per week for eight weeks, followed by monthly maintenance treatments.

Despite promising results, insurance providers classify the therapy as “experimental,” refusing to cover it even though it costs far less than long-term Alzheimer’s care. With an average U.S. dementia patient costing over $80,000 per year in medication and nursing-home care, critics argue that insurers have financial incentives to delay or deny access to life-changing treatments. Families meanwhile struggle with overwhelming expenses while a potentially transformative therapy remains out of reach.

12/07/2025

Maori culture understands death as a sacred transition that connects the living world with the ancestral world.

In Maori culture, whanau which means extended family and community gather around the person who is nearing death. No one dies Some sing, some watch over the body, some pray, and some speak directly to the spirit of the dying person. The emphasis is on connection, not fear.

After death, the body is treated with extreme respect. Washing, dressing, and preparing the body is done by loved ones. There is no rush and no shame.

The central practice is called the tangihanga. This is a multi day ceremony that takes place on a marae which is a communal meeting house. During the tangihanga, the entire community gathers with the family.

Kaumatua are respected elders who guide the community. During end of life care, they offer wisdom, support, and leadership. They speak for ancestors and uphold cultural practices during the tangihanga.

Kai karanga is a role held by women. It is the ceremonial call that welcomes people into the marae during the tangihanga. The karanga connects the living and the dead and calls the spirit safely forward.

Every part of this ancient system reminds us that dying is communal, spiritual, relational, and sacred. The modern Death doula career is a continuation of traditions that have existed across global cultures long before the medicalisation of death.