“That’s just the way it is when you’ve had cancer.” I wish I had a dollar for each time a cancer survivor has told me she heard this from one of her wellness professionals. Bring to mind something you don’t like that keeps showing up in your life. Maybe it’s something physical you’ve been dealing… Read More »
Do you trust your body?
Do you trust your body to keep you healthy? An ovarian cancer survivor recently told me “I love and trust my body. That doesn’t change when I need to give it extra love.” Her willingness to trust is particularly remarkable since she has a BRCA-1 mutation, which creates extra vulnerability to various cancers. But… Read More »
Don’t ever use the word “organic” again!
Words are powerful. They reflect our thoughts, and help shape our reality. So this quote REALLY made me stop and think: “I think we need to take back our language. I want to call my organic carrots ‘carrots’ and let [other farmers] call theirs a ‘chemical carrot’. And they can list all the ingredients that… Read More »
Are vitamin D supplements safe?
I received a concerned email this week from a patient who had read the opinions of two internet “experts” claiming that vitamin D supplementation doesn’t protect against fractures after all, and may even be harmful. I often prescribe vitamin D3 as part of osteoporosis treatment and cancer prevention plans, so naturally I was curious as… Read More »
It’s Easy, It’s Free…and It Prevents Cancer – Part 2
In part 1, we discovered an emerging trend of evidence linking the Relaxation Response to the healthy function of Nuclear Factor kappa-beta, or NFkB. This is very important to cancer survivors: dysfunction of NFkB promotes cancer initiation and development, by means of increased inflammation, increased damage to DNA, increased cell proliferation and suppression of cell… Read More »
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