5 Ways to Control your Sweet Tooth
June 22, 2016Most of us are much too partial to cakes and sweets, though we know that too much sugar is unfavorable to our overall good health. However, it is said that sugar habits are addictive enough that it is hard to control and curb. While you are always thinking about those chocolates, desserts, and sweets, […]
Autism and Cancer Share a Number of Risk Genes
June 22, 2016More than 40 risk genes are shared by autism and cancer. This suggests that common mechanisms underlying the functions of some of these genes could conceivably be leveraged to develop therapies not just for cancer but for autism as well. This was concluded through an extensive assessment by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute […]
Are you Using the Healthiest Cookware?
June 21, 2016The belief is that of all the new innovations in modern cookware, the healthiest are those that use classic materials. Do the materials carry much toxic risk and how likely the cookware materials are to leach into the food during cooking are considerations. Cooking safely is my priority and should be everyone’s. Over 100 studies […]
Try these Foods to Promote Longevity
June 21, 2016The most basic health principles are to eat real food and drink lots and lots of water. This may help to reduce your exposure to the tens of thousands of chemicals added to processed foods. Even some all-grain products have gone through industrial processing. Sprouted whole organic grains may be the one exception to the […]
Stevia can be used as an alternative to sugar with the added benefit of fewer calories. Diets containing a lot of sugar have links to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Why is it that everything that tastes good to us is actually bad for us? The American Heart Association recommends no more than 100 calories […]
Are you getting the recommended 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep? It’s virtually impossible to stay healthy and emotionally balanced without it. Skimping on sleep can contribute to a whole host of chronic health problems from obesity and diabetes to immune problems and increased risk for cancer. It can also raise your risk for accidents and […]
Listening to those Pain Triggers
June 19, 2016Here is something to think about… We can help in eliminating some of our own pain. Often, the blame for our pain rests on the simple choices we make every day. I have listed some of the triggers that can easily be avoided to lessen the daily pain. Wearing flip-flops and shoes without support should […]
Drug-delivery Holds Potenial for Treating Obesity
June 19, 2016Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed new nanoparticles that can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to tissue. Mice treated with these nanoparticles lost 10% of their body weight over 25 days without showing any negative side effects. Wouldn’t this be great for those of us that are fighting obesity? These drugs […]
Do Sleeping Pills Deliver What They Promise?
June 18, 2016Most drugs carry the risk of side effects and being hooked by a false promise of benefits could actually worsen your health rather than improve it. In this country we pay 50% more than others for the same identical drugs, of which advertising costs are a huge part of that equation. We would save about […]
Disease Damage Reverse in Fruit Flies
June 17, 2016Wonderful news! Following treatment with a druglike chemical, researchers claim Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s symptoms have been reversed in fruit flies. Their findings have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Centering on the protection of brain cells, this could be a turning point in the fight against neurodegenerative disease. This disease […]
