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THEOPTIMIST.COM$9.99 U.S. / $9.99 CANADA / € 9,75 EUSPRING 2016 / VOLUME 22, ISSUE 1
Stay sharp for life: Alzheimer’s link to sugarPath to healing: How
to interpret symptoms
Start a business, change the world!
We live in a 4% world. That’s the world we can see, build,
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The 96 percent worldRussian physicist Yury Kronn and the subtle energy that fills 96 percent of our existence but cannot be seen or measured.
BY JURRIAAN KAMP
24The path to healing How to interpret your symptoms. BY RUEDIGER DAHLKE
Table of ContentsSpring 2016
POSSIBILITY, INCLUDING:
15 Cops: From warriors to guardians
18 The health benefits of chromium
19 How plants can stimulate innovation
25 “It’s not a luxury to have women on boards”
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HEALTH & HEALING
24 MessageinabodyA guide to dealing with symptoms, listening to your body and interpreting your illness to find your path to healing.
32 StaysharpforlifeThe cause of our Alzheimer’s epidemic may lie in sugar, a diet of highly processed foods and the use of nitrates. Here’s a plan to keep your brain sharp till the end.
SPIRIT
40 It’ssonotsimpleRussian physicist Yury Kronn and the subtle energy that fills 96 percent of our existence but cannot be seen or measured.
LIFE
50 Notrefugees.People.Photographer Thijs Heslenfeld travels to the camps to meet the displaced people of Syria, finding out that they’re people to talk with, not just about.
SUSTAINABILITY & INNOVATION
60 TheGandhiofnatural farming
Bhaskar Save’s devastating critique of industrial agriculture. Even after his death last year, it’s still timely.
74 GreenstartupsSo you have an idea to change the world. Three profiles of groundbreaking businesses ... and a chance for you to be the next.
STORIES
REGULARS
06 Community
10 Ode to: Bren Smith
12 Ode to: Drax power plant
39 Column: Paulo Coelho
48 Living Possibility: Dear Roz
73 Column: Amy Domini
85 Inspiration: Books and products
88 A better place: Video games
Green startups Start a business, change the world!
50Notrefugees.People.Putting a human face on Syria’s refugee crisis. A photo essay.
PHOTOS BY THIJS HESLENFELD
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Spirit
“It is so not simple”
Russian physicist Yury Kronn and the subtle energy that fills 96 percent of our existence but cannot be
seen or measured. BY JURRIAAN KAMP
PHOTOGRAPHS: JARED CRUCE
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KRONN AT HOME IN MEDFORD.
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