Author: Dr Michel Odent

In the early 1950s, the British scientific prophet Hugh Sinclair had already noted the remarkably low incidence of degenerative diseases among the indigenous peoples of the Artic regions of Greenland, despite a diet consisting almost entirely of fish and seal meat. Sinclair eventually visited Greenland in 1976 and studied the blood lipid profile of the […]

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Is birth by pre-labour Caesarean an extreme example of stress deprivation? In the framework of our cultural conditioning, ”stress’ has a negative connotation: we must avoid stressful situations. Meanwhile, in the current scientific context, it appears that stress hormones have multiple roles to play and the concept of ”stress deprivation” has recently emerged in scholarly […]

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TJ: In a recent article titled ‘’The future of neonatal BCG’’ (1), you suggest that, from bacteriological and immunological perspectives, there is no substitute for home birth. Can you clarify this point of view? MO: We must first realize that, from such scientific perspectives, the period surrounding birth has been radically altered during the past […]

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The BBC2 TV series, Five Star Babies: Inside the Portland Hospital, professed to be an ‘exclusive glimpse inside the UK’s only maternity hospital’ and presented an image of childbirth which was glamorous and aspirational. Here, footballer’s wife turned fashion guru Victoria Beckham had her babies, with the customary C-section to ensure that the process of […]

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