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VILPA: Your ticket to lowering cancer risks when you hate exercise Last summer, I was walking every day. This year — a little heavier after ‘over-wintering’ — walking doesn’t interest me as much. The idea of walking does, but when I get up in the morning, I’d rather make my coffee and take it out on the front step with a little breakfast and look at my gardens. Part of…
When it comes to cooking oils, we’re advised to stay away from animal fats and go for plant-based oils instead. And even though there are plenty to choose from — avocado, walnut, safflower, canola, coconut, and hemp seed — there’s one that keeps coming out on top… That’s why I keep it simple and reach for a bottle of olive oil — extra-virgin, of course. Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) is…
Cadmium is a toxic metal that is of no use at all to the human body. It is a carcinogen and induces neuron cell death. It affects blood pressure and induces bone damage. And it’s hard to avoid. Cadmium is found in the paint on decorated glassware and dinnerware. You can be poisoned by cadmium through cigarette smoke, even secondhand smoke. But even worse, you can ingest this toxin by…
Now is the time of year here in the Northeast when I dare to venture back outside for more than ten minutes at a time, and based on research I’ve been reading, I’m giving my walking shoes a good dusting off! I’m also going to get myself a Fitbit or other device that will count my steps. It seems that, for people in my age group who want to…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that there’s no one magic bullet when it comes to health. But there are a few things that come close. Take nitric oxide, for instance. A gas produced by the body, nitric oxide — NO for short — was such a groundbreaking discovery that the scientists who identified it won a Nobel Prize. These scientists found NO in the endothelial…
Vitamin D supplementation has become a buzzword these days — even in mainstream healthcare. In fact, the benefits of adequate D3 intake have been made so clear that many doctors’ offices now routinely order blood tests to check levels, even though they still ignore most other vitamin and mineral deficiencies. That’s because low levels of vitamin D have been shown to go hand-in-hand with diseases ranging from osteoporosis and heart…
If you’re following an intermittent fasting plan, you may wonder if you should skip breakfast and push your eating window to later in the day. But there are a lot of good arguments for eating your first meal of the day early. A healthy breakfast that’s low in carbohydrates and sugar can give you that energy boost you need to get moving and keep going throughout the day. Eating early…
Who says you can’t have good times after 50? With a healthy body and a strong spine, we can go beyond what our age suggests. A strong spine offers numerous benefits, positively impacting our overall health, well-being and quality of life. A strong spine improves flexibility and a greater range of motion in daily activities, making it easier to perform tasks and engage in physical activities. A healthy spine can…
Do you ever feel lonely? Of course, we all do on occasion to some degree. But a surprising number of us feel it far too deeply and far too often — to the point that loneliness has become “epidemic.” The U.S. Surgeon General released a report in May 2023 entitled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community.”…
Why do we age? A long-standing science-backed explanation starts with free radical damage. Free radicals are produced by the body’s own processes and by elements in the environment that damage cells — prematurely aging us before our time. They do this through a process called “oxidation” which increases illness and accelerates aging. Think of oxidation like rust… Ever notice a car in front of you at a traffic light with…