Nature Over Nurture: How Can Lifestyle Factors Really Effect Cancer Risk? Part 1
Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @drlobisco Find out how diet, lifestyle, plant medicine, and more can trump “genetic destiny” The Cancer Battle Facts According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 8.2 million deaths occur a year from cancer worldwide. This is an estimated 13% of all deaths globally.1-2 Even more horrifying, WHO has estimated that there will […]
Does Sugar Feed Cancer? (Plus Recipe)
Razi Berry The best recipes, in my opinion, are those made with the fewest ingredients, so that the flavors of the fresh ingredients shine, unencumbered by cloying flavors from factory foods such as…sugar! When we think of dessert, it usually includes recipes with sugar as the main ingredient. Throughout most of human history, we’ve not […]
More research on the anti cancer properties of broccoli, and why you need to know how lab rats get cancer
Publisher Razi Berry According to a study out of the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, regular consumption of broccoli may offer protection against liver cancer. Scientists have reported that eating the vegetable three to five times per week can lower the risk of many types of cancer including breast, prostate, […]
Does Red Meat Really Cause Cancer?
Dr. Marc Bubbs, ND, CSCS @DrBubbs Earlier this week the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that processed red meats are a “human carcinogen” and red meats a “probable human carcinogen” that increase your risk of cancer. Those are powerful words and unsurprisingly they spread like wildfire within just a few hours. Perhaps not too many […]
Cranberries Fight Cancer
Click the arrow to go to the next slide [masterslider id=13] There is a difference between prevention and treatment. This is what I say to cancer patients, so we know that having a good bionutrient diet is essential. As for the bioflavonoids, I am all for them. Whether they are going to be useful as […]
Bitter Leaf Extracts Can Fight Breast Cancer Cells
JACKSON, Miss. – An extract from vernonia amygdalina leaf (bitter leaf) is showing promise as a cancer-fighting agent for breast cancer. Research published in the January 2013 edition of Pharmacology and Pharmacy http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=27511 suggests that extracts will be beneficial in the fight against breast cancer specifically. Native to Africa, this herb has been used in […]
Pumpkin Extract Helps Fight Certain Cancers
If you’re carving pumpkins or cooking squash for fall meals, you may be interested to know you could be fighting cancer, especially if you consume the seeds! While eating these fruits does not fight cancer in itself, a protein compound in the flesh and seeds known as cucurmosin is showing promise in the treatment of […]
4 top tips for cancer prevention, supported by research, to help you stay healthy and keep disease at bay
Dr. Doni Wilson, ND Breast cancer awareness is an important time to reflect upon how natural approaches to wellness can play a leading role in preventing cancer. Through my fifteen years of practicing naturopathic medicine I have discovered, first hand, how the foods we eat and our lifestyle choices can either support or suppress health. […]
What’s REALLY Scary about Halloween?
Millions of children are gearing up to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, and for them, this is the fun part of the holiday. For others, horror movies, haunted houses and creepy costumes offer that element of fear to thrill seekers. But what if the trick or treating is really the aspect we should fear? We all […]
Colorectal Tumors Influenced by Junk Food
Differences in dietary habits can predict colorectal adenoma, according to a study done in Europe comparing three distinct eating habits. The study, conducted for the European Cancer Prevention Organization Study Group, looked at the relationship data between individual foods and nutrients to colorectal tumors and found that they can be conflicting. Researchers looked at eating […]