Here are the top 5 sources of toxins: 1. Food – The biggest culprit for toxic exposure is processed foods, which are full of chemical additives that can create symptoms ranging from cravings and weight gain to poor digestive health and food allergies. This includes packaged food, and also supposedly fresh, local produce which is often heavily sprayed with pesticides, or could be genetically modified, or both. To reduce your exposure to food toxins: Choose
Most people and even physicians will have the knee-jerk response that the plaque found in the coronary and carotid arteries is filled with cholesterol. We now understand that cholesterol is laid down as a Band-Aid to repair damaged blood vessels. Contrary to what many people have been led to believe, cholesterol is not the villain. We have been chasing the wrong suspect! Cholesterol is like the ambulance at the scene of an accident. Consistently being
Samantha Olson A college student tried eating McDonald’s for 10 days straight and paid for it with devastated gut bacteria. McDonald’s is a worldwide billion-dollar restaurant with 62 million customers on a daily basis and 75 hamburgers sold every second. Tim Spector, a genetics professor at King’s College London, wanted to see how much a person could handle, so he volunteered his son Tom as a test subject in his newest experiment: to
More research is beginning to show BMI isn’t as accurate at determining health as we once thought. String may work better. For over a century, doctors have been improving on the body mass index (BMI), their go-to method for determining whether a person has an unhealthy amount of body fat. Now, scientists are beginning to realize body mass index may not be the best indicator of a person’s fat level or the best predictor of
To Enhance Resistance to Deadly Melanoma Skin Cancers: 1. Optimize Your Vitamin D Levels. Ask your health care provider to check your Vitamin D levels. Optimal blood levels of 25 OH Vitamin D are between 70-100 ng/dl. You may want to adjust your diet and/or supplement if your levels are low. 2. Optimize Omega 3 Oils in Your Diet. There are a variety of delicious foods high in Omega 3 oils, such as cold water fish