Cancer Prevention

Can Trauma Really Be ‘Stored’ In The Body?

Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body. We see this with gut health's influence over our mental health, but ...

What Are the Health Benefits of Watermelon?

Watermelon is a sweet and refreshing low calorie summer snack. It provides hydration and also essential nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Along with cantaloupe, honeydew, and cucumber, watermelons are ...

2022 Clean 15 from Environmental Working Group

Environmental Working Group's Clean 15 list for 2022 is out. These are the non-organic fruits and vegetables that tested lowest in unhealthy pesticide contamination. Have this handy when making out ...

2022 Dirty Dozen from EWG

Environmental Working Group has announced its Dirty Dozen list for 2022. These are the non-organic fruits and vegetables that tested highest in unhealthy pesticide residue. Use this list to protect ...

How to Lower Your Pesticide Exposure ASAP

Summer is here and many of us are filling our plates with vibrant fruits and vegetables. The produce section at the grocery store is packed, produce stands are popping up ...

Breast cancer and plant-based diets: Unhealthy foods linked to 20% higher risk

Body-mass index and diet have both been linked to increased cancer risk, though the exact nature of the mechanism behind this is not well understood, and is assumed to be ...

Anxiety: Is there a secret to taming it? The Gut

A New Study Says Healing the Gut is the Key Sweaty palms, racing thoughts, nausea or dizziness, tightness in the chest and trouble catching your breath… the symptoms of anxiety ...

Teenagers: How to Stay Healthy

65% of all deaths in adults are caused by heart disease, cancer, and stroke. In many cases, these diseases are preventable. Many of the behaviors that cause these diseases begin at a young age. ...

Prevention is Key – April is National Cancer Control Month

Advances in cancer screening and treatment are continuously occurring, but surviving cancer still depends largely upon early detection and treatment. Under President Franklin Roosevelt, April was designated National Cancer Control Month in 1943 to ...

12 Ways to Get Clean Air Without Chemicals

Whether you’re indoors or outdoors, the quality of the air you breathe can have a big impact on your health. Studies have tied poor outdoor air quality to lung cancer, ...

Are There Toxins in Your Food Packaging?

Food packaging can be the source of some pretty toxic players : Styrofoam, also known as styrene in the chemical industry, is a known carcinogen…which means that it’s been shown ...

What is chromium-6? Here’s what you need to know

'Erin Brockovich' chemical taints tap water of 251 million Americans Hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6, is the cancer-causing chemical that poisoned the community of Hinkley, Calif., made notorious by the 2000 ...