Life on the Edge* presents the authors’ works within the novel field of quantum biology – uniting quantum mechanics with biology.

The book does a terrific job of explaining the highly complex (and often unintuitive) physical theory that rules the world of quantum. Additionally, they provide many examples from the world of biology where quantum effects take place.
Two exciting examples are quantum tunneling in the respiratory chain of mitochondria and how photosynthesis uses Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle to trap light photons.

An Epidemic of Absence* was one of my favorite books of 2022 because it is very controversial while prividing a unique view of the immune system and autoimmune diseases.

According to the book, our modern body lacks input from the environment in the form of microbes, parasites and co. Those inputs were always present before modern times and hygiene methods. So, by the lack of it, our rarely-asked immune system turns against us. The author investigates this punchline with the help of a lot of interesting science and explains them together with many disease patterns such as allergies, asthma, or Crohn’s.

Power, Sex & Suicide by Nick Lane* explores the foundations of life and aims to answer the question of why it looks as it is found everywhere today. To do this, Nick Lane focuses on the most basic level of the cell – the mitochondria.

In this book, one of the most respected experts on mitochondria teaches many exciting facts from the world of biochemistry and cell biology. He talks about where autophagy comes from, or how mitochondria probably entered another cell to form the vantage point for all multicellular organisms that ever come after.

Gerald Pollack is a well-known researcher who presents his groundbreaking findings on the structure of cellular water in his book ‘Water’*.

Many think cellular water is just plain water. Pollack’s findings make it clear that it is not that simple. Instead, cellular water seems electromagnetically structured and forms a novel shape. Often this water is called hexagonal, fourth phase, structured water or exclusion zone water.

What sounds like scientific hair-splitting has deep implications for how we understand biology:

• Cell water is a ‘battery’ with dipole and voltage differences, which is influenced by external fields like daylight, but also artificial electromagnetic fields.
• Thus the ATPase could get competition if we become speculative.
• This water must be formed and needs energy input in the form of sunlight

We all know the media propaganda about how bad meat is for the planet. But what if there are far more nuances to this?

The two authors present exactly these in their book* and even show why grazing animals contribute as an essential part of saving ecosystems.
Hereby, the untenable argument that avocados from California or grains from chemical mass culture are better than a grazing cow, from next door, is finally questioned.
It also explains where the crazy statistics come from that portray grazing animals as greenhouse gas monsters they are not at all.

Did you know that the pill influences your choice of your partner?

Women tend to seek out men on hormone supplements who are more in line with the provider stereotype. This happens because of the alteration of the follicular & luteal phases by the progesterone in the pill. The estrogen-rich peak around ovulation is eliminated by the pill.

I was quite shocked to learn this (even as a man, or especially as a man?). The pill is a mixture of hormones that powerfully changes the cycle of women. Besides the choice of partner, there are many other problems.

Bill Schindler is a paleoanthropologist with a focus on traditional foods. He has also traveled widely and gained broad first-hand experience from contemporary hunter-gatherer cultures. He presents these traditional food techniques in his book.

Many problems arise because we no longer have the nutritional wisdom of our ancestors. Plants needed quite a bit of processing to become detoxified and nutrient rich. The same is true of many other biotechnologies, such as sourdough fermentation. This is how people made the heavily defended grains more edible. Nowadays, many of these fall by the wayside due to ignorance & time constraints, and are replaced by industry’s nutrient-poor Frankenfoods. A recipe for disaster, which we can see every day.

The epidemic that is meant is shrinking mouth spaces. Doesn’t sound like much at first, but this comes with serious problems, starting with snoring and ending with full-blown sleep apnea.

The book reveals why this happens (spoiler: fat-soluble vitamins & lack of chewing), what the consequences are, and how bad the extent already is these days. More shocking is that all the orthodontic treatment of children & adults is most likely completely avoidable – and with it the horrendous costs.

It is no secret that male testosterone is in free fall over the last century. If one follows current calculations²…which is limited, but presents an exciting thought experiment… many couples will be impotent by 2040 and dependent on artificial insemination methods.

Shanna Swan’s book* sheds light on the issue and the biggest culprits – the various environmental toxins with which industry surrounds us. Front and center plastic, full of phthalates and BPA’s or home care products no less full of hormone disruptors. An alarming number of substances today are filled to the brim with them – things you never thought of like toothpaste, detergent, deodorant or pans.