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3 Ways to Protect Yourself from Breast Cancer

3 Ways to Protect Yourself from Breast Cancer

Life does not stand still. Everything in nature is constantly evolving and changing. Whether you have had perfect health, normal mammograms, fibrocystic breast disease, or a history of treated breast cancer, your body’s battle against cancer goes on each and every day that you are alive. Whether you participate or not, your body is changing. So the real question is; are you sitting on the sidelines... [Read more]

The Secret to Bill Clinton’s Dramatic Weight Loss

September 25, 2010
The Secret to Bill Clinton’s Dramatic Weight Loss
The Secret to Bill Clinton’s Dramatic Weight Loss

When Former President Clinton learned that his surgically cleared arteries were beginning to re-clog, he decided to do some research. What he uncovered has not only put him on the road to better health, but returned him to his high school weight.  Hear what he tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, with supporting interviews from the doctors behind the transformation: Lose weight, heal your heart. Not... [Read more]

New Research: How Stress is a Breast Cancer “Fertilizer”

September 21, 2010
New Research: How Stress is a Breast Cancer “Fertilizer”
New Research: How Stress is a Breast Cancer “Fertilizer”

New research may have uncovered the mechanism that links chronic stress to breast cancer progression. Even better, you can take advantage of the findings in about five minutes. Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered, through the use of animal models, that stress is biologically reprogramming the immune cells that are trying to fight the cancer, essentially transforming... [Read more]

Mom-Me Time

Mom-Me Time

With school in session for nearly a month, I am finally starting to reclaim some much needed “me” time.  I failed to build much of that in this past summer and while we had fun, lots of it, I realized about seven weeks in that I had not made much time for myself to simply do what I need to do recharge.  Then there were only a few weeks left until we were seriously getting ready for back-to-school. Lazy... [Read more]

Vitamin Water Goes to Court

September 11, 2010
Vitamin Water Goes to Court
Vitamin Water Goes to Court

Well, more appropriately, Coca-Cola is getting sued on the grounds that the company’s Vitamin Water products make unwarranted health claims. Yes indeed, if you haven’t seen this hub-bub in the news the past few weeks, a non-profit public interest group has brought Coca-Cola up on charges, which Coca-Cola has already tried to have dismissed. That attempt has been rejected by a U.S. District Court... [Read more]

The Impact of Your Subconscious

The Impact of Your Subconscious

Am I a screw up?  Am I an intellectual?  Am I a person who self sabotages themselves?  Am I a confident individual who always hits their intended target?  Am I lazy?  Who am I?  How did I become who ever it is that I think I am?  Who was in charge of making me this way?  Who we are is determined by what influences we allow into our subconscious.  The key is “allow.” We have full 100%... [Read more]

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