The one food ‘additive’ that could cure obesity and make fast food healthy
Posted on: December 2, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The one food ‘additive’ that could cure obesity and make fast food healthy

As Dr. Michael Cutler points out in his book, The Part-time Health Nut, the foods the typical American eats are designed to boost the profits of food companies, not your health. Filled with addictive additives, refined sweeteners and artificial ingredients, this type of processed food diet is nutrient-deficient and disease-promoting. When you start eating these fake foods that are tricking your brain, you truly can’t hold yourself back. The sugar,…

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The Earth’s purest, most powerful antibiotic
Posted on: December 1, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The Earth’s purest, most powerful antibiotic

If you found an effective and broad-spectrum germ-fighter with the power to reduce the length and severity of many bacterial infections, would you consider it one of the greatest medical discoveries of all time? Such a substance does indeed exist. It’s made from one of the purest elements known to man — silver. Silver has been used as an antimicrobial for thousands of years. This is why silverware and dishes…

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Frankenfish: Lab-to-table salmon presents risky unknowns
Posted on: December 1, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Frankenfish: Lab-to-table salmon presents risky unknowns

A new organism that has never before appeared on planet earth is about to hit your dinner table… but you’ll never know. Because no one has to tell you that you’re eating it. After years in the making, the FDA has recently given the go-ahead to AquaBounty Technologies to unleash the first ever approved “GM animal”— a salmon that grows to market size in half the time the unadulterated natural…

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Sweet secret sours lung cancer
Posted on: December 1, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Sweet secret sours lung cancer

We know that whole foods offer significant protection from cancer. It’s one of the best ways to keep tumors out of your body. A new review done by Chinese researchers of 37 other clinical trials finds that eating eight servings a fruit per day drops your risk of lung cancer. The effect is strongest in women. They looked at a total of 20,213 lung cancer cases and measured for fruits…

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Alzheimer’s: The new diabetes?
Posted on: December 1, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Alzheimer’s: The new diabetes?

If you’re concerned about developing cognitive problems as you age, you have good reason: Each year, over 7.5 million people world-wide are diagnosed with some form of dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease is the most common. What’s most concerning is that these numbers are skyrocketing. But so are the rates of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Is there a link between Alzheimer’s and these metabolic conditions? A growing number of scientists…

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What’s behind low thyroid function?
Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

What’s behind low thyroid function?

Why do nearly 50% of Americans [1] have hypothyroidism according to the European endocrinologists?  Known causes for hypothyroidism are autoimmune Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, radioactive iodine ablation or thyroid removal surgery (for Grave’s hyperthyroid state), iodine deficiency (rare in the U.S.), congenital hypothyroidism, or low pituitary or low hypothalamus function But there are the more subtle contributors to low thyroid function to be aware of: Xenobiotics/xenoestrogens: environmental chemicals which mimic and disrupt…

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Cleanse your liver by eating more?
Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Cleanse your liver by eating more?

Your body has some pretty sophisticated ways to help you adapt to where you live, how you live and what you have available to eat. But what happens when changes happen too fast? That’s the situation we’re in today. Our bodies can’t adapt to the pace of changes to our food and environment. At any time, no matter where you are, you have access to fatty, sugary, and starchy foods…

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The greatest grape for your heart health
Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The greatest grape for your heart health

The fruit of the vine has a real romance to it. And whether it’s a coincidence or not, grapes protect your heart. You see, when your heart’s antioxidant defenses falter, that’s when you’re open to high blood pressure which leads to heart disease. But research shows that grapes can help the heart defend itself against cellular damage. A study at the University of Michigan demonstrates that natural chemicals in grapes help…

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In the kitchen with Kelley: Turkey pot pie with stuffing crust
Posted on: November 30, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

In the kitchen with Kelley: Turkey pot pie with stuffing crust

I think one of the best things about Thanksgiving is the leftovers. Don’t you? I mean all that great food is delicious the first go round, but to be able to nibble on it for a few days, without all the work, makes this mom quite happy. But my kids get easily bored after a day or two of turkey. So to avoid leftover burnout, I spent some time searching…

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The one vitamin you should beef up
Posted on: November 28, 2015 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

The one vitamin you should beef up

We’ve known for a long time how important vitamin E is. But why is it so important? For starters, it protects the membrane of every cell in your body. That means it is a first line of defense against anything that wants to attack your cells. When you’re under too much oxidative stress, this system breaks down. T cells run short of an enzyme called Gpx4 that keeps their cells…

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