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The research is staggering… 90 percent of ordinary breast cancer may be related to vitamin D deficiency. Higher exposure to UVB radiation, which produces vitamin D, reduces incidences of 15 types of cancer. Taking supplemental vitamin D reduces the risk of ALL cancers by almost 77 percent. People with the most vitamin D have half the risk of succumbing to cancer. 75 percent of people with the most vitamin D…
It’s tough to think ahead to when you’re 90, but here’s something you’ll want to know: You could have a stroke before you get there unless you get some sleep. Researchers discovered this unexpectedly. The study that revealed this fact wasn’t even designed to prove a cause-and-effect link between poor sleep and stroke risk. What they were doing was examining the brains of deceased people whose average age was 90.…
At present, our testosterone levels are under siege. Various factors appear to be pulling our T levels into the gutter — from sedentary jobs to poor diets and lifestyle choices to more ominous influences like environmental toxins. One particularly disturbing study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2007, indicated that men’s testosterone levels plummeted 17 percent from 1987 to 2004 — and that’s controlling for health…
Back pain can stop you in your tracks. But new research shows that there’s something you can begin doing now to ward off this debilitating health nuisance. And according to an examination of 31,000 back pain sufferers published in JAMA Internal Medicine, it’s as helpful in eliminating and preventing back pain as conventional medical treatments such as pain killers and back braces. The researchers examined the results of 23 separate…
To be honest, I am not one for New Year’s resolutions; they always elude me and make me feel like I’ve failed myself. But what does work for me, and what I’d like to share with you today, is a way forward via simple reflection, calibration, and action. Last week I came to you with the idea of ditching will-power for willingness in order to break down several barriers to…
Americans don’t eat enough fiber. What are prebiotics? They’re different from probiotics, though many people just assume they’re pretty much the same thing. Both provide beneficial actions in the gut, but it’s not a matter of getting enough of ‘either or.’ It may, however, be a matter of the future of mankind. Probiotics are good bacteria. They are vital to help keep your gut balanced so that disease-causing bacteria doesn’t…
You’ve heard by now how dangerous painkilling drugs are. Maybe you believe the warnings, maybe not. Well, a man taking pain pills for a French clinical trial died after being left brain dead because of serious side-effects. Five others are still in the hospital after taking part in tests for the new painkiller. All the young men, who were age 28 to 49, were healthy when they started taking the…
As humans, we don’t have an evolutionary mechanism that helps us resist sweet, fatty, unhealthy foods. Why? It goes way back to our hunter-gatherer ancestry. In their day, being overweight wasn’t a concern. The concern was starvation. When food wasn’t readily available, “get while the getting is good” had to be the motto of anyone who wanted to survive. Today, food is no longer limited for many Americans, and we…
An alkaline body offers numerous health benefits–including detoxification. Adopting a dietary lifestyle of ongoing alkalinization can encourage smaller quantities of toxins to be removed from our bodies on a daily basis. That’s why in a medical setting, intravenous sodium bicarbonate (an alkaline substance) is used to treat cases of acute drug poisoning. Other studies have shown that alkaline urine enhances the excretion of a number of pharmaceuticals and other chemicals,…
Everyone knows a bad night’s sleep can ruin your day. But did you know that regularly spending the night tossing and turning can kill you? That goopy green liquid and prescriptions that promise restful nights will only make matters worse. Fortunately, you can get better rest naturally by making a simple change. Researchers have shown over and over that sleeping too little can cause all kinds of health problems. Some are irritating:…