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Why Is Your Morning Blood Sugar High?

Have you ever experienced high blood sugars in the morning right when you wake up? You’re not alone! Turns out 50% of people with Type 2 diabetes have high blood sugar first thing in the morning due...

Trans Fat Linked To Memory Loss

We’ve come a long way in our understanding of fat in our diets. We’ve move from being afraid of fat to now understanding that there is good fat and bad fat. We know that too much solid fat in the diet...

How To Reduce Your Risk For Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is considered a silent disease, with many people being unaware they have osteoporosis until they break a bone. Weakened bones and increased fracture risk occurs more often in adults ove...

Good News! Breast Cancer Rates Drop

Good news! Breast cancer rates have dropped nearly 40 percent between 1989 and 2015, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), preventing 322,600 deaths.While the current rates have shown a decl...

High Cost of Obesity

Obesity is a costly affliction impacting the economic health of our country. In the U.S. an obese adult costs tens of thousands of dollars in medical care and lost wages according to a new study.Using...

Iron Deficiency: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Foods to Fight It

Iron is a mineral that plays a vital role in health and wellbeing. Without it, many bodily functions would malfunction. Unfortunately, iron deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies i...

Sugar’s Cancer Connection

Sugar seems to be so innocuous, but it’s lurking everywhere even in the least likely of places….added sugar is a big culprit for weight gain in most people. And, it has long been known as something fo...

Diet Soda Connection to Stroke & Dementia

Chugging down artificially sweetened beverages, such as diet soda, may not only have health risks for your body but it turns out also with your brain, according to a new study.Drinking these types of...

Soy Safe and Protective After Breast Cancer

As I was reading the paper the other day, I spotted an article that immediately drew my attention. It’s a topic near and dear to my heart. It pertains to a new study about soy consumption and breast c...

Seattle Sutton’s Breast Cancer Message

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I am a 16-year breast cancer survivor. I am proud to wear my badge of courage, willing to share my story to help other women and their families battling th...

Obesity Linked to Eight More Cancers

It’s been long known that being overweight or obese carries an increased risk for developing cancer, and until now that list was pretty short…a total of five cancers -- colorectal, esophageal (adenoca...

Healthy Eating Prevents Alzheimer’s Disease

You can’t go wrong by eating a healthy, balanced diet. No research has ever said otherwise. In fact, eating healthy has been proven to have many benefits for a lifetime of good health, and it als...

Breast Cancer Survival Rates Higher with Low-Fat Diet

A new study suggests older women who had breast cancer have less chance of death compared to their diet counterparts when they follow a low-fat diet.The comparison looked at a low-fat diet limited to...

Losing Weight During Menopause

What is Menopause?Menopause is a time in a woman’s life when estrogen and progesterone hormones take a dip, and several symptoms start appearing. Finding natural solutions to these changes can make th...

A Healthy Diet Plan and Exercise Reduce Alzheimer's

What if there was a pill we could all take to significantly reduce our risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease? Well, unfortunately there isn’t a simple pill, but we are learning more about how our dai...

Red Meat and Cancer

You may have heard the alarming findings this week by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer research agency of The World Health Organization (WHO), said red meat and proce...

184,000 Deaths Per Year

Sugary drinks, like soda, account for 184,000 deaths per year worldwide according to a recent study published in the medical journal Circulation.This report, a first of its kind, analyzed global death...

Eat for Eye Health

Eating for eye health is a relatively new idea and more is being written about it these days it seems. Powerful pigments found in antioxidants are key to eye health. Carrots were always thought to be...