Safe, Simple, Surprising Help for Women with Breast Cancer
Conventional treatment of breast cancer still relies on chemotherapy. But chemotherapy is harsh on your body, and its toxicity is the primary reason for women withdrawing from treatment. What if a common kitchen herb could help stop those side effects?
Does Dried Fruit Fight Cancer or Cause Cancer?
Fruit gets a lot of attention from health researchers. But dried fruit gets sadly neglected. Does dried fruit protect you from cancer like its fresh cousins, or is the dried up version bad for you?
CBC Canada’s Naïve Defence of Milk
CBC’s Marketplace ran an article defending drinking milk that read more like a commercial promoting milk than responsible journalism. For a report that claimed to spend “months analyzing nutrition studies,” it seemed to analyze none of the studies on milk.
The Blueberry Brain Boost
Could a simple blueberry boost your child’s brain? If you want smarter kids, check this out.
Take Your Thyroid Out for a Healthy Dinner
Hyperthyroidism is the result of the overproduction of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. It causes your metabolism to speed up, leading to weight loss and rapid or irregular heartbeat. It can also lead to nervousness, anxiety, irritability, fatigue and insomnia. But help may be a dinner away.
Could Your Answer to Arthritis be a Vegetarian Diet Away?
Rheumatoid arthritis is common and potentially crippling. Pharmaceutical treatments are costly and have serious side effects. What if the solution was just a dietary change away?
Anxiety & Insomnia: an Ancient Solution to a Modern Problem
We are a culture of anxious insomniacs. A very ancient herb may be the answer to this very modern problem.
A Weird Reason to Eat Avocado
Avocados taste great and have a texture that is totally unique amongst fruits. They are great in salads and great as guacamole. And, despite their bad rap as fattening, it turns out that they’re great for you. And here’s a hole new weird reason why.
Research Update: More Bad News for Hormones
Already reeling from all the negative research, three just published studies have hormones on the ropes. The first two concern women in the first half of their lives; the third concerns women in the second half.
Confused by the Latest Meat Study? So is the Meat Study!
A new study has recommended that people continue to eat red meat and processed red meat in the same quantity they always have. But, that flies in the face of stronger evidence in favour of cutting back on meat. The Harvard researchers have also pointed out that the results may have been even more dramatic…
Your Guide to Good Health & Vitality
Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
