Category Archives: Health

Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach – Institute of Medicine

I have been looking for new research on this, and here it is….Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach – Institute of Medicine.

Pickling and Fermenting

How about the colors on these — very anticipatory of spring! The yellow is made from organic orange beets and white onion. I roasted the beets for about 20 minutes in some olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Then poured on pickling juice which consisted of about 3 tablespoons sugar, half a cup of rice [...]

Heart surgeon speaks out on what really causes heart disease

Reblogged from The Caudal Lure: I strongly recommend reading this article written by a veteran heart surgeon Dr. Dwight Lundell, M. D. who has 25 years experience having operated on 5000+ patients. Just to give you a taste here’s the intro: We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large [...]

Study Links Diabetes Drugs to Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer | NewsInferno

Reblogged from I Am Righter (on Everything): Researchers at University of California-Los Angeles have released a study that begins to draw an association with the Type 2 diabetes drugs Byetta and Januvia and an increased risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. According to a report from DiabeticLive.com, the new study finds that people taking the [...]

The Truth Behind Hamburger: PINK SLIME!

If you haven’t eaten your last hamburger yet, this video should do it.  I know I’m done.

Cancer-fighting at the dinner table is acceptable. Proceed.

Reblogged from Fixations of a Canadian Twentysomething: An ode to the mini cabbage Crunch crunch. Pat of butter. Brussels sprouts are  yummy. Slice them up and Roast them quick, So good in the tummy! Thank you. Thank you. I know that that’s exactly what you were hoping to read this afternoon. It doesn’t end there! [...]

Anti Cancer Shopping Tips: What’s going in your Tomato Sauce?

Reblogged from Eat and Beat Cancer: Today you’re making tomato sauce. Good choice. Tomatoes are prized for their lycopene, the pigment that turns them red and is associated with anti-cancer activity. Read more… 466 more words Some good guidelines for anti-cancer cooking with tomatoes.

Anti-Cancer Nutrition

Reblogged from Frances L Arnold's Blog: Most of us know someone who is a cancer survivor or is currently fighting this ravaging disease. I’ve taken a strong interest in cancer prevention and survival largely because I’m shocked over and over at how confused many healthcare providers and consumers appear when it comes to cancer and [...]

A More Beautiful Life

Not to get all Martha Stewart, but author Mary Callahan had this up on Facebook today, Save Food From the Fridge. Fridges are big, and energy suckers too. For keeping things cold, they’re great. But for the default food storage? Maybe not. Especially when so many things taste so much better at room temp. Seems [...]

Women’s Issues and Female Trouble

My state senator is Rhoda Perry. I first knew her as executive director of Thundermist Health Associates– the network of primary care clinics that was founded by volunteers operating out of a triple-decker in Woonsocket. I like her politics, she is a neighbor and an unpretentious, decent person. I always vote for her, but I [...]

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