Health & Nutrition

 

It's Not Just a Fad-Organic Food is Better for You

New evidence has emerged showing that organic food does contain nutrients that deliver health benefits, contrary to the view put forward earlier this year by David Miliband, who said it was only a "lifestyle choice". Scientists in Britain, France and Poland examined organic carrots, apples, peaches and potatoes and discovered that they have greater concentrations of vitamin C and chemicals that protect against heart attacks and cancer than non-organic produce. read more

Estrogen Dominance: Is It Affecting Your Health?
By Dr. Ben Kim

When researchers from l'Universite de Montreal recently tested the waters of the St. Lawrence River downstream of Montreal, they discovered levels of estrogen 90 times the normal rate. These estrogens were both the natural type (estradiol) occurring in all women and men, and synthetic estrogens, like the ones found in some contraceptive medications and medications used in hormone replacement therapy...read more 

Who is Healthier, Men or Women?
Nicki Rubin Several months ago, my husband, Jordan, and I hosted a women-only Weekend of Wellness conference in Atlanta. One of the topics that got batted around was the question of who's healthier-men or women? It's not my intention to pit one gender against another, but it's an intriguing question that influences medical insurance premiums and public policy debate. From my vantage point, I tend to believe that it's too difficult to say whether men are healthier than women-or vice versa-because you're comparing apples to oranges...read more

Green Tea May Help Battle Cancer

Green tea does have an anti tumour action, according to a new study. Roger Highfield reports new evidence for green tea's anticancer effects have been reported by scientists who have carried out tests on lung cancer cells...read more

You Are What You Eat, So Eat Well

A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today's investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called "The Doctrine of Signatures" was astoundingly correct. It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function...read more

Are Cell Phones More Dangerous Than Smoking?

Award-winning cancer expert Dr. Vini Khurana has concluded that mobile phones may kill far more people than smoking or asbestos. The latest study, which is being called the "most devastating indictment yet" for the safety of mobile phones, draws on growing evidence that using handsets for 10 years or more can double your risk of brain cancer...read more

Low Fat Diets Can Prevent Breast Cancer Relapse
naturalnews.com

Eating a diet low in fat may reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer relapse, according to a study published on December 20 in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute..." read more

Are You Taking Too Many Medications?
John Abramson, MD
Harvard Medical School

With our national pharmacy bill now topping $200 billion each year, and recent disclosures about harmful and ineffective drugs, more people are asking: Are all those pills really necessary...read more

Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Weighty Decision
Jordan Rubin

As waistlines have expanded to Pillsbury Doughboy range for millions of Americans, medical physicians are pointing obese patients toward a surgical option-gastric bypass surgery...read  more

The Importance of a Woman's Cycle
Not Always Wise to Play with Hormones
Mark A. Stengler, ND  

A woman's relationship with her menstrual cycle can be complicated, on the one hand connecting her to her feminine power and on the other leaving her feeling resentment at the discomfort and inconvenience it can bring. Since doctors have known for years how to manipulate hormones to prevent menstruation from occurring...read more

Interview with Nicki Rubin~Co-author of The Great Prescription for Women's Health & wife of Jordan Rubin, NYT best selling author of The Maker's Diet and just released Perfect Weight America....click on image  interview.

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