It wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t think twice about eating sugar. After all it was just a benign calorie that could cause tooth decay. Haven’t we come a long way since then! . For those who have had a cancer diagnosis and have begun the climb back up to regain...
Regardless of how many chemicals have been introduced in the last 50 years, we are exposed to a LOT more than great Grandma was! We are bombarded on a daily, if not hourly, basis. . We find them in our food, in the water we drink, our personal hygiene products,...
Genetically Modified Organisms, or genetically engineered foods, are foods that have been artificially altered to change a plants characteristics. . This is different from selective breeding, which is done through sexual reproduction. Fruit and vegetables are often...
Optimising your health after cancer, includes reducing inflammation, which means eating the right type of fat. . Trying to stay healthy means we want to avoid inflammation in our body. Inflammation appears to be at the core of all our lifestyle diseases and our...
I know this flies in the face of the popular Paleo diet. To be fair, I do think the Paleo movement has brought to our attention the importance of knowing, what we eat ‘eats’. . In other words what are our animals eating because we will eventually end up...
Most breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive, so elevated levels of estrogen increase the risk of breast cancer. . Last week I discussed some of the ways we can unknowingly increase our estrogen levels. You can read about that here...
