Do Potato Chips Really Pose a threat to my health?
May 30, 2016Potato chips are now considered “Cancer-in-a can or bag” snack. Did you know that the Pringles Company made an effort to avoid taxes levied against “luxury foods” like chips in the UK. They purported the potato content of their chips was so low they weren’t really “potato chips”. Imagine the horror at realizing they are […]
Can Coffee and Wine Mean a Healthy Gut?
May 28, 2016Food and medications affect and improve the good makeup of bacteria in people’s tummies. This includes coffee and wine but it is definitely best to stay away from all sodas. Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Reporter, indicates that two new studies suggest that the food and medicines that you take can alter your gut bacteria in ways […]
Artificial Sweeteners Can Cause Cancer
May 27, 2016The artificial sweetener sucralose is also branded and sold as Splenda. Research from the Ramazzini Institute has liked this product to cancer, specifically leukemia. Studies have been done through research of mice being fed Splenda. I think we’d all be better off risking a little weight gain from sugar than using these sweetener products. The […]
Evidence shows that the foods we eat weigh heavily in the war against cancer. For instance, Curcumin’s protective effect may extend to bladder and gastrointestinal cancers. Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD biochemist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center tells WebMD that inflammation is the mediator for most cancers. It has been said by […]
Can Alchohol Trigger Breast Cancer-Causing Genes?
May 25, 2016Alcohol consumption is linked to tens of thousands of cases of breast cancer in the US and Europe each year. There is a link provided by a new study, which shows a direct link between alcohol, estrogen and a cancer-causing gene. Research, by cancer biologist Chin-Yo Lin from the University of Houston, Texas has been […]
New Labeling for Grass-Fed Milk and Yogurt
May 23, 2016Demand for grass-fed dairy products is growing at an impressive rate. Now the American Grass-fed Association (AGA) has finally started the ball rolling for an industry-wide grass-fed dairy standard. Grass-fed dairy is higher in many nutrients, including vitamin E, beta-carotene and the healthy fats omega-3 and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) than grain-fed dairy. According to […]
Try These Simple Ways to Reduce Your Stress!
May 20, 2016Are you tired of feeling stressed? A great therapeutic and stress relieving option is to play in the dirt! According to a study by the Journal of Health Psychology, gardening helps relieve the stress hormone cortisol. Your attention fatigue can also be helped with gardening. The finite capacity for directed attention that we possess gets […]
Have you ever heard the old saying, “Laughter is the best medicine?” I bet you have but did you ever think that it possibly could be true? Well, I invite you into a new world of adventure. Let’s pretend we are back to being a kid again. Can you remember a time that you laughed […]
Air pollution is a source of toxic exposure that can cause ill health. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported 1 in 4 deaths are related to living and working in a toxic environment. In fact, it is now considered a greater threat than communicable diseases and is a major contributor to lung and respiratory […]
Drug-Delivery Holds Potential for Treating Obesity
May 14, 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 work […]
