Boost Your Health This Summer with These 4 Delicious Superfruits
Summer is a great time to stock up on healthy fruits and shift your eating from highly processed sweets to natural fructose goodness. Many people find that summer is a time when they naturally crave fruit salads and juicy sweet fruits that are in season this time of year. Instead of reaching for a cookie or piece of cake...
Blackberries Top the List of Foods Highest in Antioxidants (And It’s Not a Berry at all)
The blackberry's sweet-tart flavor can be as addicting as its smartphone namesake. Native to Asia, Europe, and North and South America, it has been used as food, medicine, and as a thorny hedge to discourage intruders. Also known as brambleberry, from "brambel," meaning "prickly," the blackberry was used curatively by ancient Greeks for gout and by the English, who applied...
Big Pharma’s Hair Loss Solution: Side Effect of Depression and Suicide
Pharmaceutical companies seem to have a pill to take for almost any health problem. However, many people are finding that these “quick” cures are creating other undesirable health conditions that are worse than the original problem. Before you pop that pill, ask about potential side effects and decide if a pill is really the answer. Hair Loss and Depression Propecia (finasteride)...
Chemotherapy May Actually Boost Cancer Growth
In a recent cancer study, researchers have discovered why some forms of chemotherapy actually seem to promote cancerous tumor growth, despite treatment. With this newfound knowledge, it may be possible for oncologists to develop more effective treatment alternatives for cancer patients. Damage to Healthy DNA Researchers working with prostate, breast and ovarian cancer patients have found that many forms of chemotherapy...
How Do You Get Seeds to Plant Your Organic Vegetables?
Seeds to plant vegetables don't magically pop out of vegetable plants. While in the old days farmers saved seeds from vegetables to plant next year's crop, today's commercial seed production is vastly different. Growers plant, grow and harvest an entire crop for the sole purpose of producing seeds. The growing season is twice as long, because seeds can't be...
Alzheimer’s is Type 3 Diabetes?
Researchers are beginning to refer to Alzheimer’s disease as another form of diabetes – type 3 diabetes, because of an emerging understanding of how insulin is linked to the development of this debilitating neurological illness. It seems that brain insulin resistance and inflammation are significant markers of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The Role of Insulin Insulin is an important chemical that helps...
Doctors Use Magnets Instead of Invasive Surgery to Save Newborn
For a child born with birth defects, the challenges can be huge. In the case of Patrick Divricean an intestinal defect resulted in some innovative thinking on the part of his doctor and parents and the use of magnets to solve his problem. A Membrane and Magnet Power Patrick was born with a membrane in his intestines that was causing a...
Years of Sun Exposure? You Can Still Decrease Your Risk of Skin Cancer
Have you had a bit too much sun for your own good? Decades of boating, fishing, hiking, golfing, and just plain drowsing on the deck contribute to your lifetime exposure and risk of developing skin cancer. But there are simple steps you can take now to reduce your risk and catch worrisome skin blemishes before they turn into a...
Successful Experiment Tricks Insomniacs to Fall Asleep
If your nights are spent counting sheep instead of getting sleep, a new treatment could teach you to rest easy. Insomniacs are unfamiliar with the sensation of falling asleep quickly, but a recent study suggests that inducing sleep deprivation can help them learn to do it. Leon Lack, head of the Sleep Laboratory at Australia's Flinders University, worked with colleagues...
Losing Weight Naturally: Processed Foods Send Addiction Signals to the Brain
There is little debate that obesity is a problem that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Researchers from Brown and Yale Universities have found that even small amounts of natural weight loss can translate into significant health benefits, including prevention of developing type 2 diabetes. Even if you gain the weight back over time, the benefits your...
