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Real Foods Are Your Best Bet to Prevent Disease

Research continues to gather evidence that many of the ‘big diseases’ like cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease are preventable. What’s the secret? It’s inexpensive and is as easy as running to the grocery store. Real, whole foods, high in antioxidants are deservedly gettin...


What You Eat Could Give You Cancer

A major cancer review published by the U.S. Congress in 1981 found that genes were responsible for only 2-3% of the total risk for cancer. Now, according to recent studies by nutritional scientists what you eat may be the real reason why some people develop cancer and others remain cancer free.


Spices May Prove A Cure For Cancer

Is it possible, a cure for cancer? That’s the million-dollar question, especially for the friends and family of the 40,610 women who died this year from breast cancer. Another 194,280 were diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensi...


The Right Diet Can Replace Medication

Researchers examining the value of eating whole grains instead of consuming refined carbohydrates like white bread or white rice, discovered that diets using whole grains promoted weight loss and protected against the development of diabetes and heart disease.


Million Women Study Shows Alcohol Increases Risk For Cancer

How much alcohol can a woman drink and feel safe that it won’t harm her body? One drink? Two drinks? Three drinks? A recent study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that even low to moderate alcohol consumption among women significantly increased their risk for cancer and may...


The Eskimo Factor and Heart Disease

Recent reports published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on August 11, 2009 add to the increasing evidence that omega –3-fatty acids from fish or fish oil supplements not only help prevent cardiovascular disease in healthy individuals, but decrease the number of deaths and cardi...


Using Coffee to Make it Through the Day

Everyday 150 million coffee users in this country, 50% of the adult population, drink 400 million cups of coffee which averages out to around three cups of coffee per person per day. Women will say they drink coffee because it relaxes them. Men will tell you “it helps them get the job done.


Are the Risks of Cholesterol Lowering Drugs Worth It

Statin drugs have revolutionized the way that physicians treat high cholesterol, but that success has come with a price. More and more users of these drugs have reported side effects such as: muscle aches, elevated blood glucose, alterations in mental function, pain and numbness in the fingers and ...


Scientists Show Sugar is Addictive

While a lucky few may never feel the urge to have sugar in their life, most of us have experienced the highs, the pleasures and the cravings to have those little white granules found in our personal favorites: ice cream, cakes, donuts, candy or sodas and privately have wondered if we had an addiction to this stuff.


Nine Risk Factors Causing Rise in Global Cancer Deaths

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health working in collaboration with other World Health authorities identified specific risk factors that were linked to 12 common cancers found around the world. They found that of the 7 million world wide cancer deaths in 2001, 35% of those deaths cou...


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