Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are renowned in cancer prevention due to their high sulforaphane content. Sulforaphanes have remarkable ability to ensure the correct activity of our DNA, keeping it from deteriorating in ways that promote hormonal cancers (ie, breast, uterine, ovarian, prostate cancers) and other health issues. Kohlrabi, an alien-looking… Read More »
10 Great Reasons to Exercise After Cancer!
This week I saw a patient about to start chemotherapy for breast cancer. She was deciding whether to take a drug that would reduce her recurrence risk by 50%, or the more aggressive regimen recommended by her oncologist, which would reduce her risk by another 6% but carries the risk of additional longlasting side effects.1… Read More »
Weight Management and Cancer
There is steadily-accumulating evidence that being overweight contributes to cancer occurrence, recurrence and mortality. Recent data suggest that obesity may cause as many as 20% of cancers. (footnote 1) Medscape reported a recent Danish study involving 19,000 women which concluded that having a Body Mass Index over 25, the limit for healthy weight, was associated… Read More »
Every Day is D-Day
No, we’re not talking about a World War II European invasion. We’re talking about vitamin D, a critical but still underappreciated factor in achieving good health. According to a recent article in the New York Times, as recently as 2008 half of all adults and children may have had less than optimum vitamin D levels… Read More »
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