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Breast Health Tips

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Breast Health Tips

Boost Breast Health with these Lifestyle Tips

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and, each year, about 40,000 women die from the disease. From puberty through the elder years, it’s imperative for a woman to take care of her breasts, from the inside out, both physically and emotionally.
The “bust musts” for breast health go beyond screenings and routine self-exams. Until recently, the prevalent thinking was that screenings are the best way to detect and treat cancer ...

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Dangers of Junk Food

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Dangers of Junk Food

We all know smoking is bad and it is less and less socially acceptable in this country all the time.   But a recently released report tells us that junk food is perhaps even a greater evil than smoking!  The United States ranks 53rd in the world for life expectancy.  We are far behind many countries that have a higher per capita consumption of cigarettes!  The bottom line – junk food is killing us and is a bigger risk factor for poor health ...

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Mind-Body Connection

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Mind-Body Connection

Food & You: The Mind-Body Connection

There’s no doubt about it: what we eat, and how much we eat, has a direct impact on our physical health. But did you know that those same choices also influence mood, mental alertness, memory, and emotional wellbeing? Food can act as medicine, have a neutral effect, or it can be a poison to the body and mind.

mind-body connectionWhen food acts as poison, it creates ...

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Nutritional Supplement Quality

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Nutritional Supplement Quality

Nutritional supplements are one of several key tools I use to improve the health of my patients.  These supplements do exactly what their name implies – they supplement what one’s body is, or should be, receiving through ideal nutrition.  There are thousands of uses for nutritional supplements.  Some are very general, used to supplement nutrients that have been lost in our food supply as it has evolved to feed burgeoning populations.  Other nutritional supplements are very specific, used to restore the balance of ...

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Food Allergies & Food Sensitivities: Know the Difference

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Food Allergies & Food Sensitivities: Know the Difference

By Robyn O’Brien
(reprinted with permission)

Today, a life threatening allergic reaction to food sends someone to the emergency room in the United States once every six minutes. EpiPen is now a $1 billion brand.

Today, one in eleven children struggle with asthma, and one in four are affected by allergies. The incidence of allergy has increased significantly over the past two decades, and allergy to peanuts has more than quadrupled from 1997 to 2010. Approximately 30 million children ...

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How Can I Increase Metabolism?

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How Can I Increase Metabolism?

What is Metabolism?

Metabolism is your body’s method of converting calories, from the food you eat, into energy needed to power all the physiological processes that keep you alive and kicking 24/7. The minimum amount of energy your body needs to keep you going is called Base Metabolic Rate (BMR).

Calories in food – protein, fat and carbohydrates – fuel your BMR. Each of us requires a unique daily number of calories ...

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