We all average about two to three pounds of bacteria in our digestive tract. We live in symbiosis with that bacteria and without them, we would die. We house about 100 trillion gut bacteria in total, about 10 times the amount of cells found in the human body. Those bacterial cells are, on the average, …
3 Superb Fitness & Health Risk Tests
Certain basic fitness tests will also give you an indication of your potential health risks. For example, carrying excess weight around your midsection is a potent risk factor for multiple chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. One recent study found that cardiovascular death was 2.75 times higher for those of normal weight who had …
10 Foods Which Can Potentially Help To Destroy Cancer Cells
There are no absolutes or guarantees in healthcare. There is no one treatment that works 100% of the time. The only sure thing is that the more accurate information and knowledge that you acquire, the better informed you will be as a treatment option decision maker. What we eat can either feed or inhibit cancer …
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Is Cancer a Metabolic Disease?
Thomas Seyfried, Ph.D., is a professor of biology at Boston College and a leading expert and researcher in the field of cancer metabolism and nutritional ketosis for cancer prevention and treatment. His book, “Cancer as a Metabolic Disease” is an important contribution to the field of how cancer starts and how cancer can be treated. …
Gut Bacteria & Cancer
We need at least 85% beneficial microbes to 15 % pathological microbes to be healthy. Antibiotics can disrupt this relationship. We are living in a symbiosis with about 100 trillion microbes that live in and on our bodies. These microbes weigh about two to three pounds. These microbes are much smaller than our body cells, …
Does Exercise Change Your Brain?
Brain scans were performed on Olga Kotelko, who held more than 30 track-and-field world records in her age category. She began athletic training at the age of 77 and continued into her 90s. The white matter of her brain, which connects neurons and transmits messages in the brain, had fewer abnormalities than that of her …
Is Chocolate a Guilty Pleasure or a Superfood?
The first solid chocolate bar was made from cocoa butter, cocoa powder and sugar. It was introduced by the British chocolate company J.S. Fry & Sons in 1847, but the history of chocolate goes back at least 4,000 years! Pre-Olmec cultures in Mexico produced chocolate as early as 1900 B.C. Originally, it was consumed as …
Up to a 40% Decrease of Nutrients in Our Food
Our produce isn’t what it used to be, since our farmland is losing its nutrients. Generations of farming that has employed sub-optimal methods, has resulted in America’s farming soil becoming weak. The soil is unable to hold the nutrients or even to hold adequate water, as compared to what it used to be able to …
Healthy Super Bowl Snack Recipes
Super Bowl Sunday should be renamed National Junk Food Sunday, since it is the unhealthiest eating day of their year. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here are some great recipes from Food Matters. These 3 healthy snacks could score a touchdown at your Super Bowl gathering! Fully Loaded Sweet Potato Fries With Superfood Guacamole …
7 Slimming Superfoods
Eating whole, nutritious foods, reducing processed foods and cutting sugar are crucial steps to weight loss. Feeding your body the right nutrients rather than stuffing it with “empty” calories will not only help you lose unwanted pounds, it’s also a key ingredient for living a long and healthy life. Many people who are overweight are …