Laurel on Health Food

ChefMD™ writes that a study from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School shows that pre-menopausal women who consume high amounts of vitamin D and calcium may reduce their risk of breast cancer by 40%. ChefMD™ says the best food sources of vitamin D are dairy products and oily fish such as [...]

Dr. Andrew Weil wrote an article for Natural Awakenings magazine called “Nutrition & Prostate Cancer: Top 10 Risk Reducers”. He said that men can significantly reduce their risk of prostate cancer by changing what they eat and drink. Dr. Weil’s top ten prostate cancer risk reducers are listed below.

Cooked tomatoes - rich in [...]

MSNBC.com reports that a study from the University of California-San Diego showed that vitamin D reduced the risk of several types of cancer by in older women by 60%.  The study had a small number of cancer cases, but it will help launch more extensive studies that backup why cancer rates are lower in southern [...]

The Marc Joseph Nutrition Blog reports on two studies from the Archives of Opthalmology that show higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D consumption lower the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (or the common cause of blindness for age 50+).
The first study found that people with the highest omega-3 fat intake were [...]

Vicki Koenig, MS, RD, CDN from Stonyfield.com reports that healthy nutrition and lifestyle choices can prevent or slow tumor growth in the early stages of colon cancer.  She says that colon cancer is the third most common cancer (for men and women) in our country, however, “70% of colon cancer is preventable.”
Some factors that reduce [...]