Antioxidants have been shown to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation while protecting the rest of the body tissue from damage, because cancer cells are primarily anaerobic (meaning “without oxygen”) cells. Since cancer is usually an oxygen-deprived tissue, the cancer cell has very poor mechanisms for absorbing proper amounts of antioxidants. The antixoidants …
The food and beverage industry wants to forestall government intervention in the hope that self- regulation is sufficient. However, as we have seen with the tobacco industry, this approach ultimately undermines public health. One approach that they are using to side step the issue excess calories is to emphasize “balance” and “calories out”. However, when …
Lupus is an auto immune disease most commonly found in women that cause skin rash, pain and swelling in joints, muscle aches, fatigue, and weight loss. When it affects the skin it causes a disfiguring skin lesions. More commonly it has more systemic effects by attacking the internal organs such as the heart or lungs …
One of the biggest factors affecting our kids eating habits is the advertising budgets of big corporations like Kellogg’s. For example, when Kellogg’s came out with their new cocoa frosted flakes they budgeted $30 million the first year. In comparison the FDA spent only $400,000 in one year to promote the use of vegetables and …
Women have pretty much been held responsible for the health of their unborn babies. Don’t drink, smoke or eat too much fish when you are pregnant. However, new research is indicating that fathers too need to be careful about what they are exposed to lest they affect their child’s health and even those of generations …
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People with onychomycosis (foot fungus) can treat their feet by soaking their feet in a bleach and water solution for 10-15 minutes twice a day for 2 weks. The proportion of bleach to water used in this treatment is 2 to 3 capfuls of bleach to at least 1 gallon of water. More bleach – …
When the Soviet empire began to unravel in 1989, Cubans were hit with serious food shortages. From 1991 to 1995, people were getting only about 1800 calories a day and had to walk or cycle wherever they needed to go. The result was halving of the obesity rate to just 7%. In the following years, …
Just recently a close family member suffered a stroke that significantly affected her memory. She had gotten into her car one day leaving the house unlocked and the garage door open and headed off to the mountain to meet a close friend. The only problem was she thought it was 1936 and that she was …
Sometimes with prescription medication the side effects can be worse than the cure. For Susan Chantix was her hope of stopping smoking. But the side effects of this medication even after stopping it were unsettling. As soon as she started the medication she began having terrifying dreams and anxieties during the day. The anxieties had …