Women Who Breastfeed Reduce Their Diabetes Risk
The benefits of breastfeeding are well documented. Breast milk is the healthiest and safest food for babies and it’s easy to digest. Breastfeeding and breast milk contribute to every part of baby’s development including physical, emotional, and perhaps even intellectual. Babies who are breast-fed have fewer infections such as colds, ear infections and diarrhea. Breast milk can even help...
8 Endocrine Disruptors That Disrupt Your Hormones and Can Cause Cancer, Birth Defects and More!
The endocrine system is comprised of several glands that secrete unique hormones into your body. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormonal) systems. These disruptions can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and other developmental disorders. So, what would happen if something were to disrupt it? According to several alarming new studies, that’s exactly what’s going on...
Vitamin D and the Battle Against Breast Cancer
You may already know that Vitamin C could help prevent the common cold, or that Vitamin A is essential for healthy eyes, but did you know that Vitamin D might help in the battle against breast cancer? An ongoing study is showing that Vitamin D can be linked to the prevention of the deadly cancer that affects approximately 12...
Does Your Daily Multivitamin Help You Stay Healthy? Experts Say NO!
Are you one of the millions of Americans that spend thousands of dollars each year on vitamins and supplements to keep you healthy? If so, you won’t want to miss this... Not one… not two… but three new studies published in the December 16th issue of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that multivitamin and mineral supplements did not work...
BPA Toxins in Plastic Bottles May Be Disrupting Your Hormones and Even Worse!
BPA, or Bisphenol A, is a toxic chemical used in plastic bottles, containers such as soup and vegetable/fruit cans, and other types of packaging. It was formerly allowed in baby bottles and children’s “sippy cups,” until the FDA banned that use last year. But it’s also found in unexpected places as well; namely paper receipts and airline tickets. Unless you’re...
Coconut Water, ultimate hydration
Coconut Water: A New Way to Get Healthy Step aside, water and sports drinks – there’s a new kid in town. Quickly gaining popularity due to intense celebrity endorsements and dubbed “Mother Nature’s sports drink” by clever marketers, coconut water is finding a new home in many sports enthusiasts’ fridges. Traditionally reserved only for summer drinks and “chilling out,” celebrities,...
Top 5 Reasons you need Antioxidants
What happens if you don't get any antioxidants? It's not like you're a car that rusts over time and needs constant oiling, right? Actually, our bodies toil away each and every day to keep us healthy; but at the same time there are mischievous (and naturally occurring) little things called free radicals that slow us down, cause us to...
CoQ10-High Octane Heart Health
CoQ10 You’ve probably heard the health buzz around CoQ10 . . . that your body doesn’t have enough of it and you NEED MORE! But what exactly is this nutrient, and why is it SO important for your health? Let’s take a look . . . What is CoQ10? Coenzyme Q10, better known as CoQ10 or simply Q10, is found in every...
Rewards from Cranberries
Cranberry for Urinary Health A cool glass of cranberry juice to treat a urinary tract infection sure sounds better than popping a pill (and the number of side effects that may result), doesn’t it? Cranberry has been used for centuries for urinary health, and for good reason. So . . . what’s the secret behind this tart little berry? Keep...
Women’s Optimum Health: 10 simple steps
As women, it is impossible to avoid being bombarded by the innumerable health and fitness tips our society constantly throws in our direction. Everything from how to eat healthier, obtain a natural glow by doing yoga, get firmer abs and buttocks by doing Pilates—the list goes on and on! Personally, I have found that regardless of how in shape...
