The Power of Anti-oxidantsI was fortunate enough to spend a lot of my time with my family and friends on the 4th. It was a great time. My very first mentor, who is an integrative chiropractor, was a wonderful surprise...
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Breast Cancer & The Power of Vegetables
According to the American Cancer Society, the current statistics for breast cancer are as follows:In 2009, an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women, as well as an estimated 62,280 additional cases of in...
Heart Disease Related to Drugs?
Webmd recently posted an article associating the risk of common pain drugs to cardiovascular death. The original study, published by Circulation on June 8th, 2010, consisted of following 4,614,807 healthy Danish individuals from January 1997 to 2005. After controlling for...
De-coding Your Genes for Preventative Medicine- It’s now Becoming Mainstream!
The Link Between the Risk of Stroke and a Genetic VariantThis video from WebMD takes my previous post on single genetic polymorphisms (SNPs) to another level. It discusses the latest finding by a team of researchers associating the risk of...
Sale in Aisle 2 at Walgreens: $20 off your genetic test!
I'm not kidding! Walgreens has made public its desire to sell DNA kits which test for SNPs, single nucleotide polyphormisms. These SNPs are genetic markers that code for some of the most common diseases and can be used as guides...
Green Tea & Chocolate anyone?
I have good news for all you green tea drinkers and chocolate lovers! Your palate cravings could keep your heart and brain healthy!Recent studies, reported in the vital choice newsletter, confirms that green tea and dark chocolate provide protective affects against damage from...
Stress and the Brain
Studies have shown that stress increases excitatory neurotransmitters to a region of the brain, the hippocampus, causing it to shrink. Below, I discuss the concept of stress and the brain by highlighting some recent articles.The first article demonstrates how stress...
Exercise & Sports Update: The Power of Quercetin
Too Tired to Exercise? Maybe your allergies are bothering you so you are lacking oxygen reserve? Or do your joints ache and you just overall fatigued? Your answer could be found in apples and onions! A study in Sports Nutrition and...
The Incredible….Mango (and berries)?? & Statins vs. Red Rice Yeast.
The Incredible, Edible, Superfood.....Introducing....The Mango??!!!Yup, that's right! It's no chia or gogi berry, but in a recent article in Science Daily, the mango was shown to have potent anti-cancer effects, especially for breast and colon cancer lines. The polyphenolic calss...
Healthy Body, Healthy Brain
Did you know what's good for your brain is also good for your body? At least, according to Dr. Amen, MD. Dr. Amen is a psychiatrist who uses SPECT scans to visulaize how the brain FUNCTIONS. In other words, he...