Take Care of Your Gut, and it Will Take Care of You
Eat healthy and exercise. That’s the key to staying well. Have you heard this before? These words are ubiquitous, and yet it’s not the whole story. According to the World Health Organization, 60% of people will face at least one chronic illness in their lifetime—and 40% will face more than one. Diseases like heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, depression, anxiety, and even cancer have become part of modern life. I know this firsthand: I’m more than 20 years past two rare, aggressive and late-stage cancers. What I learned along the way changed everything I thought I knew about healing. Recovering from chronic disease isn’t about following the latest health influencer or sticking to a strict protocol. It’s about tapping your intuition and healing your mind, body, and spirit together—the science on this is real.
Beans: A Simple Superfood for a Long, Healthy Life
Multiple studies link bean-rich diets to lower risks of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and even cancer. In short, beans help defend against disease, keep you feeling full and energized, and help you live a long and healthy life.
Food As Medicine: Is the Raw Food Diet Worth it?
What if you eat a carrot raw or roasted, an onion raw or sautéed, a tomato raw or stewed? Well, it turns out that when your using food as medicine, how you prepare your food makes a huge difference in which nutrients your body absorbs.
Healing Communities With Food: Stone Soup
Supplements tend to be the first thing we run to, believing they can provide us with the nutrients our bodies need. In fact, one of the first questions most new clients ask me is generally presented in the form of a box or bag filled with bottles of "nutritional supplements" they paid a lot of money for. That got me thinking. Maybe the following article will be of deep interest to you and help address your questions in a comprehensive way.
Black Raspberries: The David and Goliath of Cancer Treatments
If Goliath were cancer, then David would have to be the tiny black raspberry that rose to fame as the deep purple superstar of the berry world when Ohio State University (OSU) scientists discovered its powerful abilities to fight cancer. Dr. Gary D. Stoner, one of the world’s leading researchers of berries, and his team were studying the impact of ellagic acid on esophageal tumors and found that black raspberries carried higher levels than the other berry varieties they tested. They also identified anthocyanins, responsible for the berry’s dark color.
Add Sunshine to Your Day with Vitamin D
Perhaps you’re already familiar with a healthy body’s key nutrient – vitamin D3. It’s arguably the most important essential nutrient, working to keep your bones strong and inflammation in check while reducing your risk of developing chronic disease or improving disease outcomes. Vitamin D3 tends to be the one supplement doctors strongly suggest their patients take. In fact, most oncologists will tell you they take it as part of their own cancer prevention strategy, and while there are a variety of ways to obtain this essential hormone, the most simply effective way is free for the taking – the sun.