Energy Drinks Are Not Sexy!

Even though energy drinks are readily available in every convenient store and a staple among students for the instant “pick-up”, the facts are now coming out about the damage they cause to your teeth.  Is a temporarily buzz worth all the cavities and what about the other side-effects?

Dental erosion doesn't have anything to do with hygiene, it doesn't have anything to do whether you brush your teeth or not. It's just pure acid in the drink.

Sugar is …

By Cathy on May 3, 2012

Chinese herbs in the Wall Street Journal?  Yes, a four herb combination, used for some 1800 years has been studied through Yale University and is reported to "enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer"

The formula/combination of herbs is called Huang Qin Tang (Scutellaria Decoction). In early trials this four herbs  have been found effective at reducing the side-effects of chemotherapy, including diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.   (I think everyone knows a cancer patient that would love to

By Cathy on April 12, 2012

Hormones and Your Health – Natural Menopause Solutions

There is breaking news from the American Association for Cancer Research. A study presented in Chicago on March 31, 2012  proved long term hormone use dramatically increases a woman's risk factor for developing breast cancer.  Whether you use hormones or not (birth control or HRT) there are many great ways to reduce extra estrogen in your body.  

This video give you 6 easy tips to help you balance your hormones naturally.

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By Cathy on April 6, 2012
Hormone Use Increases Breast Cancer Risk Says Study

Just released research suggests the long-term use of any type of hormones (this includes the birth control pill)  can raise the risk of breast cancer. Women taking hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms long term are at an even higher risk. 

Research has already shown that taking birth control pills with combined estrogen and progestin, the most common type, can increase breast cancer risk.

 

The outcome from this new study says any type of hormones  (i.e. birth control …

By Cathy on April 3, 2012
Dandelion For Breast Cancer

From the University of New Mexico, the lowly dandelion has been shown effective at fighting breast cancer and prostate cancer. Used for centuries in Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine the dandelion plant has been used for many aliments.

"The study demonstrates a number of of previously unknown effects of Taraxacum officinale on human cancer cells and suggests that TO (dandelion) extracts or individual components present in the extracts may be of value as novel anti-cancer agents"1.

The medicinial benefits from …

By Cathy on April 1, 2012
No Witchcraft Says January Jones About Her Placenta Pills

Eating your placenta is catching on now that more Hollywood stars are doing it.  January Jones who gave birth to her son last September talked about it recently in People Magazine. 

Jones said her secret to high energy during a grueling shooting schedule was eating well and taking her encapsulated placenta pills. 

Congratulation to January for recognizing the benefits of ingesting your own placenta after childbirth.  She insists it is not "witchcraft" and she's absolutely right! It's no small feat …

By Cathy on March 25, 2012
Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Pills Are Not The Answer

Please don't be one of the thousands of women who are being injured by Yaz or Yasmin birth control pills.  

"The birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, which were endorsed by an FDA advisory committee last December, contain a drug called drospirenone. Women who take it are nearly seven times more likely to develop thromboembolism (obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot, which can cause deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, stroke, heart attack, and death) compared to women …

By Cathy on March 20, 2012
Wall Street Journal Reports on Placenta Popularity

After nine months of gestation and then birthing a child, a women has every right to be exhausted.  What every new mother needs is a diet rich in nutrients and blood building foods to replenish her body.  The placenta is the secret that can return a woman's vitality quickly.  

I'm happy to see the Wall Street Journal report on what seems incredulous, eating your placenta.   American hospitals have treated childbirth as practically a disease that needs medical intervention …

By Cathy on March 3, 2012

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