Tagged as Cancer

What do your lungs have in common with your gut? Would you believe poor cardiovascular fitness could increase your chances of developing cancer in both? One study found an interesting link between these types of cancer and cardiovascular health. A recent study- investigated the connection between cardiovascular fitness and cancers of the lung and bowel. Researchers found people who scored best on an...
June 20, 2024
Our scent can seem to say a lot about us, from what we’ve eaten to how often we bathe. But how we smell can also be indicative of how healthy we are. In some cases, body odor can even be a sign that something’s gone terribly wrong. Body odor can be a warning sign of serious disease. But how can we tell? Changes in the way we normally smell, as well as the scent of our breath and urine, can indicate...
May 22, 2024
Most people depend on their doctor(s) when it comes to the most important decisions they make about their health.  For many things, doctors are indeed a good source of information, considering how intense their education and training in the health sciences is. But there are also a number of areas or topics about which doctors simply aren't the best source of information.  A glaring example is nutrition. ...
December 12, 2022
Red meat has gotten a bad rap over the years. Even the -American Heart Association- recommends limiting your intake. But what if we’ve been unfairly favoring other types of meat over beef, lamb and pork? A recent study may have leveled the playing field. Is chicken really better for you than beef? According to one study, it isn’t. Researchers compared cholesterol levels from diets focusing on three...
July 30, 2022
Love them or hate them, it sure does seem like mushrooms are a polarizing food. For those who love to eat them, there are many benefits to making them a regular part of a well-balanced diet. Even though they're technically a fungus, mushrooms count toward daily vegetable intake recommendations, so add them to a stir fry or chop them up and drop them in a soup to reap their benefits regularly. Mushrooms...
July 7, 2022
"Healthy" foods such as -wheat, barley, oats, canola, flax, honey, corn, soy and legumes could be contaminated with the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide product. Even products like -Cheerios and Oreos are said to contain the weed-killing chemical. Monsanto and the EPA claim it’s perfectly safe in trace amounts, but some researchers believe it can cause serious...
March 31, 2022
The immune system is the control center of different organs, cells, and tissues that work together to keep the body healthy. Its primary function is to defend the body from diseases and infections. This is why when the body develops cancer, the immune system plays an essential role. The use of immunotherapy over the past few decades has seen great strides, specifically in the cancer community. Read...
March 28, 2022
The first avocado may have been eaten by a Mayan Princess and was considered "The Fruit of Royalty." You've heard it time and time again, "Avocados are a superfood!" And you do not have to be a member of a royal family to eat them. Even fast food restaurants like Subway have jumped on board (Yes, sorry. Subway is a fast food restaurant). Pre-mashed avocado at fast food restaurants often contains manufactured...
November 12, 2021
Although it's not possible at this time to predict with complete certainty who will get cancer, it is possible, by using certain guiding principles and medical facts, to predict who in society is most susceptible to the disease.  In some cases, we can even narrow it down to specific groups of people. Why Is It Important to Engage in This Type of Predictive Analysis? - Some people would say that it's...
October 28, 2021
A - new study - of 239 breast tissue biopsies report a 3.1 times higher presence of a common cattle virus (BLV) in the cancerous vs. noncancerous tissues. The CDC (centers for disease control) states that this extremely common cattle virus, ‘Bovine Leukemia Virus’ (BLV) is prevalent in “ - 38% of beef herds, 84% of all dairy herds, and 100% of large-scale dairy operation herds worldwide.” - See full...
October 13, 2021