Green Tea

Green Tea has many benefits!

EGC is one of green teas polypeoics ingredients that as been shown to inhibit the growth of cancers cells, as well as levitates infection, cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol levels. ECG is a powerful anti-oxidant that helps kill cancer most of all, without harming healthy tissue. Green tea is one of the [...]

Vitamin D

Get your Vitamin D Levels Checked!

Many Americans today are deficient in Vitamin D without even realizing. Vitamin D deficiency can occur when usual intake is lower than recommended levels over time, or exposure to sunlight is limited. When this happens, the kidneys cannot convert vitamin D to its active form, or absorption of vitamin D from [...]

Benefits of Probiotics

There are many benefits of Probiotics. Probiotics are live microorganisms in which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. Probiotics are commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially added active live cultures; such as in yogurt or dietary supplements. Probiotics are anti-cancer potential, and potential as a biotherapeutic agent [...]

Breast Cancer, Fitness, and Diet

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In 2005, more than 188,000 women AND men were diagnosed with breast cancer and over 41,000 died from this disease. Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer (skin cancer is first) and the 7th leading cause of death among women. Although more rarely [...]

Heart Disease: what you need to know

While heredity does play a large role in a person’s risk of heart disease, lifestyle factors are the missing piece to the puzzle. Preventing heart disease through our daily actions is within our control and can easily become part of our daily routine. As heart disease is the leading cause of preventable death in [...]

Swine Flu and You: Staying Healthy

It’s in the news every day, the number of cases is on the rise, and we’ve been warned about a possible epidemic. What can you do to protect yourself against a nasty case of H1N1? The CDC has published an article with many sensible tips, such as getting vaccinated for both the seasonal flu [...]

Soy and Cancer Prevention

More than 1.4 million Americans are expected to be diagnosed by cancer each year and diet plays an important role, both in cause AND prevention. Soy protein is a leading anti-carcinogenic food as it contains isoflavones, which research shows may help reduce the risk of breast (14%) and prostate cancer (30-50%). Studies with rodents [...]

Supplements

The sale of vitamins and dietary supplements is a billion dollar industry that does not need to prove a product is safe unless it has a new ingredient in it. The question is, which supplements and products are safe and effective and which are not? More than 30 % of multivitamins tested recently by [...]