Blog

Diabetes, Nutrition and Diet

Black Tea May Lower Risk of Diabetes

It’s a tea day!  In this review, black tea is implicated in reducing the risk of diabetes: AANP – Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk Linked To Black Tea Consumption – (Friday, November 9, 2012) –Mathematical analysis of data from 50 countries has linked higher consumption of black tea and a lower prevalence of […]

Digestion

Grape Seed Extract to Reduce Risk of Norovirus Infection

Protect yourself from possible food-borne illness by including grape seed extract . . . Read AANP summary: AANP – Grape Seed Extract Inhibits Norovirus Infectivity – (Tuesday, November 13, 2012) –A new study has found that grape seed extract damages the coat of the norovirus, which explains (and confirms) recent research showing that […]

General Health

Taking Charge of Our Own Health

Increasingly, we are starting to view our health care differently. More and more people are taking charge of their health with diet and lifestyle changes instead of simply turning to pills and surgery.  Keep up the good work!!!! (and remember that there is also a time and place for intervention, […]

Cancer

New Hope for Kidney Cancer Treatment

Research is revealing new hope for those suffering from renal cancer: AANP – Bark Extract Attacks Renal Cancer Cells But Not Healthy Cells – (Tuesday, November 6, 2012) –A new study concludes that the compound englerin A, a relatively new renal cancer treatment extracted from the bark of the African plant phyllanthus englerin, […]

Nutrition and Diet

Vegetables

More research on the benefits of vegetables!  Eat 9 servings per day of a variety of veggies–to your health!!!! (A serving size is approximately 1/2 cup of cooked veggies or 1 cup of raw veggies)

Brain and Nervous System Health, Women's Health

Soft Drinks Associated with Increased Strokes in Women

The AANP has just reported on the association between consumption of soft drinks and the increased risk of strokes: THURS., NOV. 1, 2012: JUST-RELEASEDNATURAL HEALTH STUDY SOFT DRINKS ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANT STROKE RISK IN WOMEN: Researchers have uncovered a much greater risk of ischemic stroke among women with the highest […]