Cancer
Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells that affects millions of people worldwide. There is a way to effectively treat most types of cancers but the treatment and recovery can vary from person to person.
The Magical Health Qualities of Olive Oil
Did you know you can consume one food daily with cardioprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, weight control, and anti-aging characteristics, which also fight food-borne inflammation? As an internal medicine physician, I recommend the daily consumption of extra virgin olive oil as a core component of a healthy, low-inflammation lifestyle. Olive oil is not only anti-inflammatory, but it …
Where Does Cancer Come From?
People diagnosed with cancer naturally search for explanations for its origin and wonder how cancer might have been prevented. The truth is that most cancers originate naturally within the human body from the moment of birth and continue throughout life. Studies looking for cancer in specific organs after people die from any accident or illness …
Inflamm-Aging
Aging is associated with low-grade chronic inflammatory state referred to “inflamm-ageing” or inflammaging. Inflammaging is abnormal and unhealthy. It is associated with a chronically increased level of inflammatory chemicals within the blood stream called cytokines, and looks as if there is a chronic infection within the body but none exists. Inflammaging accompanies virtually all …
Are you AGE-ing?
You might be aging too fast … from how you cook your food. The manner and the temperature in which we cook our food have a large impact on our brains and body. Higher cooking temperatures form unnatural and unhealthy substances referred to as advanced glycation end products. These substances are ironically abbreviated as “AGEs” …
Sun Exposure Causes Skin Cancer, Right? Not Exactly.
Recent studies have shown that approximately 1 out of every 4 of sun-exposed skin cells on a person’s body contain gene mutations for skin cancer. That means when you touch an area of skin that is exposed to the sun, you are touching skin cells that already have the potential to develop cancer. With so …
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Choosing How You Die, One Meal at a Time
Too tired to fight with the kids over healthy food and snacks? Too tempted by tasty sugars and carbs to cut them from your diet? Let’s call your diet what it really is, it is your choice of death. Everything would be easy if we could really walk on the treadmill 30 extra minutes to …
Hunger, Calories and Cancer
The fight against cancer begins with lowering your level of hunger. Why do some people get cancer? The answer is more complicated than just family genetics, because something turns the whole process “on”. Many of the cancers we fight today such as breast, colon, prostate, and uterine cancer are all related to a metabolic condition …
My Approach, My Purpose
Several years ago I began working in a busy medical clinic and I was shocked to learn how sick, as a whole, we have all become. It was startling to see children and adults who are not “well” despite having a long list of specialists and a cabinet full of medications. I met people who …
Low-Carbohydrate Beneficial in Patients with High Breast Cancer Risk
An intermittent, low-carbohydrate diet was superior to a standard, daily calorie-restricted diet for reducing weight and lowering blood levels of insulin, a cancer-promoting hormone, according to recent findings. Read more… From: American Association for Cancer Research. “Intermittent, low-carbohydrate diets more successful than standard dieting, study finds.” ScienceDaily, 8 Dec. 2011. Web. 11 Dec. 2011.
Starch Intake May Influence Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence
Researchers have linked increased starch intake to a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to results presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. Read more… From: American Association for Cancer Research. “Starch intake may influence risk for breast cancer recurrence, study suggests.” ScienceDaily, 8 Dec. 2011. Web. …
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More Confusion: Is Red Meat Really That Bad?
Too Much Advice I was asked recently about the repeated news from Harvard’s Public Health Department that eating red meat, especially processed red meat (i.e., sausages and salami) is bad for one’s health. The constant stream of conflicting headlines is causing confusion of the general public. First you have to understand the source. The Harvard …
In Older Adults, A Higher Cholesterol Level Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Death
Yes that’s correct; it’s not a typo! A recent study has demonstrated that a higher total cholesterol level is associated with a lower risk of death from cancer and non-cardiovascular (heart attacks and stroke) disease in older healthy adults (over 55 years of age). Researchers studied 5750 older people (age range, 55–99). At the beginning …
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How To Prevent Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Attacks and Strokes
In a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers identified 4 factors tied to reduced disease risk: never smoking, having a body mass index (BMI) lower than 30, performing at least 3.5 hours per week of physical activity, and following a healthy diet. Participants with all 4 factors had a 78% lower …
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How Much Fish Oil Should I Take And Why?
Many patients I see in my practice are taking fish oil supplements and don’t really understand why they are beneficial but just that everyone seems to recommend taking them. Fish and certain plant and nut oils are common natural sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Fatty acids are special molecules that have a wide array of …
Obesity Causes Up To 1/3 Of All Cancers
As many as 100,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in the U.S. each year if Americans get rid of their excess body fat. The estimates suggest that heart disease, diabetes, and joint problems aren’t the only illnesses in which rampant obesity is causing havoc. A 2007 report from the American Institute for Cancer Research …
Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Diabetes-related Death Rate
Weight loss (bariatric) surgery has been shown to reduce diabetes-related mortality by 88%. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that weight loss surgery surgery reduced the overall death rate by 34%, disease-related deaths and cardiovascular deaths by 48%, cancer-related deaths by 59%, and diabetes-related deaths by 88% in patients with …
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