Why You Should Avoid Mammograms
Why mammograms can be dangerous to your health, whether or not you have cancer. Healthy alternatives.
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Food Is Medicine: Prescriptions from the Garden for Migraines
HEADACHE, MIGRAINE Your Garden RX: garlic, spinach, sunflower seeds, feverfew, mint, valerian Migraines are debilitating forms of headache that affect about 10 percent of us and are more common in women than in men. It has long been suggested there is a hormonal component to migraines, although the headache pattern is highly individual. Known migraine … Read more
Throw away your Teflon cookware!
If you haven’t yet relegated your nonstick cookware to the dustbin, you now have even more reasons to do so now. Even though Teflon™ (technical name: PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene polymer) has been on the market for more than 50 years, numerous studies show that it can offgas toxic chemicals at high heats. The Environmental … Read more
Iodine and Breast Health
Right now, I have five friends with breast cancer in varying stages. One, happily, is emerging from her second round and two have rapidly growing invasive breast cancers. There are many reasons behind the breast cancer epidemic, and I’m going to throw out a major one that few of us know: Iodine shortfalls. Iodine is … Read more
Natural flu Rx that can speed your recovery
You washed your hands. You drank your juice. You took your vitamins. But the flu bug got you anyway. Don’t despair! There are natural ways to ease your misery and get back on your feet fast. As soon as you feel the first hint of a scratchy throat, a sneeze or sniffle, grab these remedies … Read more
DHEA – The Fountain of Youth Hormone
It’s been called the fountain of youth hormone, and despite all the hype about DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), research shows healthy DHEA levels, and maybe DHEA supplements could actually be a part of the equation to help you create a long, healthy life. We do know that the human body’s natural production of DHEA deteriorates as we … Read more
Your cotton T-shirt may be poisoning you
Excerpted from Our Toxic World: A Survivor’s Guide by Kathleen Barnes We all love our cozy cotton T-shirts, shirts, pants, underwear, towels and sheets. They feel comfy and safe. The cotton industry fosters that illusion with its “fabric of our lives” campaign, pushing the notion that this “natural “ fiber is healthy and creates happiness. … Read more
Gluten Intolerance…the Plot Thickens
You probably know someone who has recently adopted a gluten-free diet. Maybe you even thought it was the trendy thing to do. Well, it is trendy, it may be a fad or there might just be some solid science behind the increasing prevalence of gluten sensitivity, gluten intolerance and even celiac disease. Let me detail … Read more
Foods to fight high blood pressure
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a silent killer. Millions of Americans have it and don’t know they have it, so they don’t treat it, placing themselves at risk for heart attacks and strokes, the leading cause of death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 67 million … Read more
Curcumin and Cancer – What Your Doctor Needs to Know
Dear Readers: Once again, I am experiencing a spate of friends who have cancer. Obviously, they are frightened. They are also being deluged with the “best and greatest cancer cures” by well-meaning friends, who often delight in sharing nightmarish cancer tales. They are very open to alternative therapies, but they are afraid to tell their … Read more