Your Cholesterol Is Too High: 7 Factors To Consider
Cholesterol is a fat chemical (lipid) that is made in the liver from fatty foods that we eat. A certain amount of cholesterol is present in the bloodstream. You need...
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Chemical In Broccoli Kills Cancer Cells
Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli have long been known to contain plant chemicals like indoles that have anti-cancer action. Now a new study confirms that another plant compound found in broccoli—sulforaphane—also...
Into Australia: A Doctor, A Pick-Up Artist And Frank Zappa
Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny, is the founder of Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center, a clinic first established in Strongsville, Ohio in 1996 under the name of OsteoMed II. Her goal is...
Anti-Vaccination Movement Does Not Exist
Vaccines are one of the most successful programs in modern health care, reducing, and in some cases even eliminating, serious infectious diseases. Public support for the vaccination program remains strong,...
Colombia: HPV Vaccine Controversy
A 15 year-old survivor of HPV vaccination, living in El Carmen de Bolivar, Colombia, South America, is the recipient of the first judgment issued by any High Court in the...
Feeling old? Cadmium exposure could be to blame
It has been well established that excess cadmium exposure produces adverse health effects on human beings. For virtually all chemicals, adverse health effects are noted at sufficiently high total exposures....
Pumpkin Seeds: The Disease Fighting Properties
Pumpkin seeds have long been valued as a source of the mineral zinc, and the World Health Organization recommends their consumption as a good way of obtaining this nutrient. If...
Forced To ‘Spoil’ Their Own Milk For Sale: Australia Raw Milk Producers
Heating wet foods above 118 degrees F destroys the naturally occurring, beneficial enzymes. As a living food, raw milk contains enzymes that assist in digestion and assimilation of nutrients. Fermenting...
Nutrition Has Been Greatly Neglected In Health And Disease Prevention: 3 Reasons Why
The past two centuries have seen enormous achievements in control of infectious diseases, previously the leading cause of death, in large measure due to sanitation and food safety, vaccines, antibiotics...
Two Underappreciated Nutrients That Are Crucial For Health: Vitamin K1 And K2
Vitamin K plays a key role in helping the blood clot, preventing excessive bleeding. Unlike many other vitamins, vitamin K is not typically used as a dietary supplement. Vitamin K...