Cancer

It’s hard to know what is the best cookware for your health. When I was first married, cooking in aluminum pans was a hot topic. Aluminum use was linked to Alzheimer’s disease, they said. More recently, the topic of using Teflon coated skillets has been in the news. Teflon use is linked to cancer, they [...]

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This is a video from a few years ago by Dr. Mercola, but it is still a good and friendly reminder about how important getting sun exposure is! Enjoy! [tentblogger-youtube vpifXPOmjis]

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Health Benefits of Melatonin

January 17, 2011

Melatonin is a hormone which is naturally produced by the body. It is an antioxidant that helps to protect the body from free radicals. Free radicals can change cell structure and lead to life threatening diseases such as cancer. In addition, melatonin helps to regulate your body clock and is frequently used to treat insomnia. [...]

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Most therapy treatments, allopathic or alternative, treat a person’s symptoms rather than the causes of the illness. Doctor Max B. Gerson’s 60-year-old therapy, however, takes a whole body approach to healing. Without focusing on symptoms, the Gerson Therapy Diet strives to restore the body to health; thereby enabling it to heal itself. Gerson (1881-1959) began [...]

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If you’re the type of person who needs to add sugar or other sweetener to your drinks, then you’re probably familiar with the little pink blue packet called NutraSweet. NutraSweet is one of many artificial sweeteners on the market today. But do you know what’s in this pink blue packet? The side effects of NutraSweet [...]

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There is a new study that was just released explaining that there could be some pretty solid benefits of doing Yoga for cancer patients. The study took a large group of cancer patients and had some regularly participate in yoga and others not – and it provided pretty conclusive evidence that yoga helps cancer patients [...]

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It can be rather annoying to cook a meal and have food get stuck to the bottom of the skillet. People who do a lot of cooking, prefer their food to slide off of the skillet with ease. No one wants to scrape food off the bottom of a pan. A few ways to combat [...]

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Fish oil is a dietary supplement derived from the fatty tissue of oily fish such as tuna, salmon, and mackerel. This oil has many benefits when it comes to your health. This oil contains DHA and EPA fatty acids, which play and extremely important role in proper brain function, a healthy nervous system, and good [...]

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Can you think of any better food toppings than honey or cinnamon? Both of these ingredients are wonderful to add to food and drinks to make them sweeter and more decadent. People often stay away from honey and cinnamon because they think they’re not healthy for you. Both of these ingredients are known for being [...]

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Essiac is a combination of herbs administered by Canadian nurse Rene Cassie to cancer patients in the 1920′s through 1960′s. Basing her formula on an Ojibwa Indian remedy, Cassie combined secret amounts of four common North American herbs: burdock root (Arctium lappa), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), slippery elm inner bark (Ulmus fulva), and Turkish rhubarb [...]

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benefits of iodine

4 Top Reasons Why You Need Iodine! Ok, so you’ve generally heard about Iodine…I mean your mom used to pour it on your cuts and scrapes when you were a kid, right? Ouch, you still remember that, don’t you? But did you also realize that Iodine plays a GIGANTIC role in your body’s over-all health…and [...]

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What does your body need from food to help keep cancer at bay? Nutrients. So many packaged foods, fruits and vegetables included, have been stripped of vital nutrients. Look for locally grown and organic produce, and look for things in their whole and complete state (i.e. not processed). These can be foods like apples, potatoes, celery and even chicken legs. Focus on cooking at home with ingredients like these, as you don’t know what restaurants are cooking with.

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