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Fiber Protects Against Breast Cancer—But Just Say ‘No’ to Grains

In All Health Watch, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Disease, Weight Loss

Thousands of women are looking for fiber in all the wrong places.

Why is that? It’s because a Harvard study made big news recently by declaring that dietary fiber greatly lowers the risk of breast cancer.1 And conventional doctors will steer women to the worst possible food source of fiber.

The study is impressive. It followed more than 44,000 women for almost 25 years.… Read More

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Super Bowl Pizza Party Health Warning! Feds Issue Alert

In All Health Watch, Blood Pressure, Featured Article, Health Warning, Heart and Cardiovascular

Super Bowl bashes might never be the same. It’s the biggest day of the year for pizza deliveries. Some 12.5 million were delivered for last year’s game.1
But it turns out that pizza delivery box is full of health-damaging chemicals.

Three substances commonly found in pizza cardboard containers were just banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.2,3

The three are part of a group of chemicals called perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs.… Read More

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You Could Die of Cardiac Arrest Before You Finish Reading This

In All Health Watch, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Disease

Most people think that cardiac arrest strikes quickly without warning before it kills you.

But a new study shows this isn’t true. In fact, victims show symptoms of the coming attack up to a month beforehand.

Tragically, most people don’t recognize the signs. And that can mean the difference between a trip to the doctor…and a funeral.1

Cardiac arrest is not a heart attack.… Read More

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Why Your Doctor May Soon Prescribe Steak for Heart Health

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular

You may soon be getting this surprising heart health advice from your doctor: “Eat two steaks and call me in the morning.”

Researchers at Kansas State University have come up with a way to add heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids to beef.1,2

Omega-3s are powerful medicine against heart attacks. They are the active ingredient in fish oil pills, which many people take to prevent heart disease.… Read More

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A Healthy Brain Needs a Healthy Heart

In All Health Watch, Cognitive Health, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular

New research shows that heart and brain health are one and the same. If one starts to decline, the other becomes vulnerable. Scientists in the Netherlands recently studied 2,400 adults with no history of heart or brain disease.1

Participants underwent brain scans to look at markers of early brain disease. These included lesions on the brain’s white matter and any loss of total brain volume.… Read More