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Noemí Bond. Quack. Belgium.
I'm Noemí Bond. I was born in Voeren in Flanders, Vlaanderen for me.
My country is an incredible cultural site and since the Middle-Age, the Flemish influence in Europe has been very important.
I'm a quack, a person who can cure. It's something that I learnt from my ancestors because, perhaps, you know Flanders thanks to its famous art but we also had the most important European doctors and we've continued their knowledge.
I like reading and nature.
I like reading and nature.
-Good morning, Noemí Bond and thanks to attend us.
-Good morning. It's a pleasure.
-How can you cure if you aren't a doctor?
-Well. It's long to explain but I try to explain it in a short way: medicine is a the science that takes care of your health and psychology is another science that takes care of your brain. If you mix them, you have a quack.
-Do you believe that psychology helps medicine?
-Of course, I believe it. You must have a good attitude in front of diseases and illnesses because if you fall down in depressive thoughts, then you will have two problems: your disease and your brain.
-How important is our brain?
-The brain is the most important part in a human because it controls everything. We're a mix of neurological connections and if we have a problem with one of them, our body won't be fine. It's science.
-Which is your favourite scientific?
-I like Arnau de Vilanova. He was the most important doctor in the Middle Age. We don't know where he was born but some clues say that he was from Lleida because he defined himself like Arnaus Ilerdensis. Arnau de Vilanova was the first to write a book about medical treatments. It was Regimen Sanitatis ad regem Aragonum and he was known like the doctor of the kings and the popes. Arnau talked Catalan, Latin, Occitan, Italian, Arabian, Greek and Hebrew. Nowadays, the most important hospital in Lleida is named Arnau de Vilanova in his honour.
-The Middle Age is far away. Could you talk me about a modern scientific?
-Manel Esteller. He was born in Sant Boi de Llobregat and he works on the field of epigenetics in health and disease. He's the Director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC) of the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Leader of the Cancer Epigenetics Group, Professor of Genetics in the School of Medicine of the University of Barcelona, and Research Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA).
-What do you think is the big discovering in medicine?
-Medicine has had lots but I think in the Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher, who discovered DNA and it was first isolated in 1869. Genetics is the clue that can help traditional medicine to improve treatments.
-Why do you think people don't believe a lot in quacks?
-Well, it's obvious. There are a lot of people without any kind of knowledge and preparation who say that they're quacks and can cure you. If you are desperate, you are going to try all things that people offer you. The problem is when this offer is a fake.
-How can you fight against this?
-It's very difficult to do it. People believe whatever they want, and people see whatever they believe although the reality was different. If you listen to a lie thousands of times, you are going to believe it.
-Which is your advice for a newcomer quack?
-S/He should follow the scientific methods without forgetting traditional ones.
-How do you feel being a member of The Bond's family?
-Wow. We're a fantastic family and I feel very well with them. They are funny and honest.
-How is a normal day with The Bonds?
-We haven't got a standard day. Every day is different because every day offers you the possibility of doing different things and this is fantastic because you aren't bored.
-How long have you been studying English?
-Since I was in the Primary School. In Flanders we study Dutch, our language, German and French because both of them are official in Belgium. English is the fourth language in the school.
-Then, you speak Dutch, German, French and English, don't you?
-Yes, I do.
-What can you explain about your life with The Bonds?
I have spent incredible moments with this family. We have laughed a lot and it has been a fantastic experience living with them.
-Which is your best memory with the family?
-It's difficult to choose only one but I suppose that the day when I talked about Steve Jobs. He's a person who I admire a lot. He was an entrepreneur and History needs people like him or like Levi Strauss, who in 1850, met some prospectors in California digging in a river wearing thin trousers and he made new ones with sailcloth for them.
-You like reading, don't you? Recommend me a book...
-I'm reading two books: one is about medicine in America before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the man who sailed from Spain to the west on August 3rd, 1492 and took ten weeks sailing until he saw and island and named San Salvador. Medicine in Azteca, Inca and Mayan world is amazing; and another about Audrey Hepburn, a person who I adore. She's a source of inspiration and both of us are Belgian.
-How can you define yourself with only a sentence?
-Think different.
-Thank you very much, Noemí Bond.
-You're welcome.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life,
to be happy, it's all that matters.
Audrey Hepburn
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