Fluoride Damage On The Brain Fluoride’s ability to damage the brain is one of the most active areas of fluoride research today. In the past three decades, over 100 studies have found that fluoride exposure can damage the brain. This research includes: Over 40 animal studies showing that prolonged exposure to varying levels of fluoride…
How Hormone Imbalance Impacts Weight Gain Brought to you in partnership with Labrix Clinical Services Belly fat is a big problem for many people. Love handles aren’t just unattractive; they can be a key indicator of a hormonal imbalance. Abdominal obesity is a health hazard and is worse than carrying weight on the hips or…
Common Gene Variant Drives Weight Gain One in two people have a gene variation that drives overeating; healthy lifestyles blunt the effects More than one-third of American adults aged 65 and over are obese. Excessive weight promote heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallstones, breathing problems, and certain cancers. Overweight results from a blend of…
9 Reasons To Love Sweet Potatoes Not only are sweet potatoes readily available, inexpensive, and delicious, there are many other reasons to love these yummy vegetables. Here are 9: 1. They are high in vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 helps reduce the chemical homocysteine in our bodies. Homocysteine has been linked with degenerative diseases, including the…
Changing Gene Expression Without Changing Genes One of the most absorbing topics emerging from modern health science is epigenetics, defined as “heritable changes in gene activity that are not caused by changes in the DNA sequence…. The term also refers to … functionally relevant changes to the genome that do not involve a change in…
What you’re eating can play a role in your sex life But not just in how much of the bad stuff you’re eating. Are you getting enough of the aphrodisiac foods when it really counts? Funny enough, the smellier the better seems to be key with these foods, with oysters, asparagus, and garlic on the…
For Cancer Patients, Mind-Body Connections Can Help Healing BY MARGAUX HERRERA MHERRERA@MIAMIHERALD.COM Cancer patients and doctors alike are turning toward holistic medicine to help combat the difficult effects of the disease and treatments. Integrative medicine allows patients to work on both mental and physical symptoms while continuing their regular treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy.…
Is Your Kitchen Making You Sick … or Fat? Can you say “obesogen”? Eliminate the worst dangers to your health and waistline By Nicole Cohen and Craig Weatherby (editor) So you try to choose mostly organic, natural, healthful, locally produced foods. That’s great … but the kitchen you prepare them in could be making you…
Even Temporary Weight Loss Beneficial to Heart (HealthDay News) – Longer adult exposure to higher than normal weight has a cumulative, adverse effect on cardiovascular health, according to a study published online May 21 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Even Temporary Weight Loss Beneficial to Heart Marietta Charakida, PhD, from the University College London,…