Food, Medicine, and Scientific Spirituality

Let me share some reflections on food and medicine — and why this topic is, to me, one of the clearest examples of scientific spirituality and spiritual science.

I’ve said this before, and I believe it deeply:
There are truths you can discover scientifically through experimentation, evidence, and rigor. And there are truths you can discover spiritually through introspection, intuition, and connection. This is why I identify as Interfaith as I explained in my Good vs Evil essay. Often, however, these two traditions seem to speak different languages — one rooted in data, one rooted in experience — and because the vocabulary is so different, people end up talking past each other.

But when science and spirituality both reveal the same insight, when they both confirm something independently, that truth is nearly always universally correct. Those are the truths you can trust. Those are the truths that stand the test of time, of experience, and of the human condition.

And what I have scientifically and spiritually learned, researched, and experienced related food, medicine, and drugs -consumables, you could say- has become one of the clearest examples of that convergence.

The Truth About “Drugs and Medicine” in the U.S.

Let’s begin with something simple and obvious once you see it:
Half of what we call drugs is medicine, and half of what we call medicine is actually drugs.

Why?
Because for over a century our culture swung dramatically toward pharmaceuticals. In order to dominate another industry and make billions more dollars Rockefeller industrialized healthcare in the U.S. He realized that with deceptive marketing and financial corruption oil-based drugs could overtake natural remedies and natural medicines that humans have been using for thousands of years to heal and protect our bodies and minds. He paid medical schools to shift toward pharmacology, toward synthetic drugs, and away from nutraceuticals and natural healing.

And after decades of that pendulum swing, our healthcare system became an industry — one that often keeps people sick, dependent, and paying — instead of truly focused on healing and protecting our bodies and minds.

But the pendulum is swinging back. People are waking up.
We’re beginning to remember that pharmaceuticals have value — but that the natural world, the world of nutraceuticals, has an even deeper intelligence.

And as a society, we are now standing at a moment where we can integrate the best of both:
Use pharmaceuticals where they truly heal.
Return to nutraceuticals where the Earth itself offers what we need.
And evolve a healthcare system that actually honors the real Will of the People: a healthcare system that is accessible to all voters and children. A healthcare system that is actually designed help humans live well, heal, and thrive.

Here are some spiritually scientific, and therefore seemingly universal truths, about consumables.

Universal Truth #1: Consume as Close to the Ground as Possible

Across both science and spirituality, one message repeats:
Eat as close to the ground as possible.

The closer a plant is to the soil, the fresher it is, the more nutrients it holds.
The more steps, machines, chemicals, additives, and time you put between the Earth and your plate, the less life remains.

Even with animal protein, the same principle holds:
When was the last time that fish touched the bottom of the sea?
When was the last time that cow had a hoof on the ground?
Time matters. Connection matters. Freshness matters.

And the purest liquids?
Clean water and warm tea.
That’s it. The simplest, the closest to the Earth.

All of humanity needs and benefits immensely from clean water, clean air, and clean, nutrient dense soil that has zero synthetic chemicals added to it.

This is also why dietitians often say “shop on the outside edges of the grocery store.”
The most vibrant, nutrient-rich, life-giving foods are right there — fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains — the things that still remember the soil.

Universal Truth #2: Eat the Rainbow

Another phrase I love — one that both science and spirituality affirm — is the idea of eating the rainbow.

Different colors carry different nutrients, minerals, and vibrations.
Red foods nourish one part of the body.
Orange another.
Yellow another.
Greens, blues, and violets — all bring something different and essential.

And here’s the evolutionary beauty of it:
One scientific theory says humans evolved to see color the way we do because we needed to identify vibrant, healthy foods.
In other words, our ability to see the rainbow is tied to our need to eat the rainbow.

I find that stunning. That is divine engineering. That is scientific spirituality.

Universal Truth #3: The Food Looks Like the Body Part It Heals

One of the most beautiful examples of universal truth is this:
Many foods that are good for specific parts of the body actually look like those body parts.

A carrot sliced open looks like an eye — and supports eye health.
Celery looks like bones — and strengthens bone density.
Tomatoes have chambers like the chambers of the heart — and support heart health.
Walnuts resemble the folds of the brain — and support brain function.

This language of nature is so elegant.
So intentional.
So loving.

It’s as if Mother Earth and Father Sky created a system where our bodies can read the world through symbols.

Universal Truth #4: Mushrooms, Mycelium, and the Healing of the Mind

And then there’s the world of mushrooms.
Look at a mycelial network under the ground — or under a microscope — and you will see something astonishing: it looks exactly like connected neurons and the neural network in the human brain.

Of course psychedelic mushrooms help heal mental and emotional wounds.
Of course they help with depression, trauma, and spiritual insight.
The Earth has been showing us this the entire time.

Natural, properly dosed psychedelic mushrooms are hopefully a significant part of adult mental health care in our near future.

This is yet another example where science and spirituality are finally catching up to each other.

Returning to the Earth

I believe we are in a moment of return — a return to nutraceuticals, to the intelligence of the Earth, to the truths that were always there.
We don’t need to reject pharmaceuticals entirely. We just need to use them with discernment.
We need to keep what heals and let go of what harms.

And step by step, guided by the real Will of the People and the online political evolution on Voter Directed Network, we can build a healthcare system that is accessible to all and that is designed to nourish, strengthen, and truly heal all voters and our children.

Thank you for reading,

AVK