Cruciferous vegetables are members of the cabbage family and include cress, bok choy, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, cauliflower and of course cabbage. All studies show that eating three to four ounces servings several times a week reduce the risk of many types of hormone dependent cancers.
One of the beneficial compounds in cruciferous vegetables is sulforaphane and it targets prostate and other hormone dependent cancers such as breast cancer. One study led by Dr Emily Ho, associate professor from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon state Uniersity found that cruciferous vegetables contain high levels of the powerful natural compound chemically known as glucosinolates. In the human body glucosinolates are broken down into surloraphane that exert portective anti-cancer characteristics.
The study demonstrated that sulforaphane is an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, or HDAC enzymes. HDAC enzymes are theorized to develop in the body as a result of metabolic inefficiency resulting from systemic inflammation and low antioxodant status. HDAC enzymes provide fuel to the cancer initation and progression processes when they occur in excess and their action runs unabated. HDAC inhibition is currently an important research area targeted by Big Pharma and synthesized drugs that can be addressed with natural nutrients from food and lifestyle modifications.
The botton line to all of this is to include cabbage family vegetables in your diet several times a week and you will reduce the risk of hormome dependent cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Olive Oil reduces Stroke Risk by 41 Percent
The American Academy of Neurology in their publication, Neurology, provides evidence that the regular consumption of olive oil can help lower the risk of stroke. Scientists say that olive oil taken as part of a healthy diet can lower the risk of stroke by 41 percent.
Researchers examined the medical records of 7,625 aging adults 65 or older from three cities in France. Participants were in generally good health and had no prior history of stroke. Olive oil consumption was determined by use of dietary questionnaire and usage was broken down into three groups (none, moderate and intense) based on regular consumption habits. It is signifiacant to note that virtually all olive oil consumed was extra virgin and cold pressed. This type of minimally processed oil has also been found to lower the risk of heart disease in prior studies.
Participants were followed for a period of five years, and 148 stokes occurred during that time span. After considering dietary,lifestyle and medical history, researchers found that those with the highest intake of extra virgin olive oil were 41 percent less likely to suffer a stroke compared with those with the lowest consumption of the monounsaturated oil. In a secondary arm of this study where plasma fatty acid measurements were available, individuals with the highest oleic acid (olive oil fraction) were found to experience a 73 percent lower risk of stroke.
RESEARCHERS NOTED THAT OLIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSUE, LIPID ABNORMALITIES AND OBESITY. Extra virgin olive oil is know to be a rich source of natural polyphenols from the olive fruit; it alters the oxidized, sticky nature of LDL cholesterol that is implicated with plaque build up in the arteries.
Nutritionists recommend that most people should add 1 to 2 tablespoons of extra virgin oilive oil a day to reap the powerful health benefits of olive oil.
Researchers examined the medical records of 7,625 aging adults 65 or older from three cities in France. Participants were in generally good health and had no prior history of stroke. Olive oil consumption was determined by use of dietary questionnaire and usage was broken down into three groups (none, moderate and intense) based on regular consumption habits. It is signifiacant to note that virtually all olive oil consumed was extra virgin and cold pressed. This type of minimally processed oil has also been found to lower the risk of heart disease in prior studies.
Participants were followed for a period of five years, and 148 stokes occurred during that time span. After considering dietary,lifestyle and medical history, researchers found that those with the highest intake of extra virgin olive oil were 41 percent less likely to suffer a stroke compared with those with the lowest consumption of the monounsaturated oil. In a secondary arm of this study where plasma fatty acid measurements were available, individuals with the highest oleic acid (olive oil fraction) were found to experience a 73 percent lower risk of stroke.
RESEARCHERS NOTED THAT OLIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSUE, LIPID ABNORMALITIES AND OBESITY. Extra virgin olive oil is know to be a rich source of natural polyphenols from the olive fruit; it alters the oxidized, sticky nature of LDL cholesterol that is implicated with plaque build up in the arteries.
Nutritionists recommend that most people should add 1 to 2 tablespoons of extra virgin oilive oil a day to reap the powerful health benefits of olive oil.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
How to Reduce Your Chance of Getting Cancer
Modern medicine does not address the underlying causes of cancer. Instead, most of the research is directed toward expensive drugs that target late forms of the disease and greatly pad the drug companies' wallets, but simply do not prevent or "cure" cancer.
Cancer rates are still on the rise and the disease is expected to kill more than 13 million people a year by 2030, almost double the number who died in 2008. Cancer has now surpassed heart disease as the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 45 and 74. The odds are now very high that you or someone you know has cancer,is dying or has already died from it.
Cancer is mostly a man made disease. This a result of humans veering too far off course and avoiding health sustaining diets and activities, while embracing a highly unnatural sedentry, stress filled lifestyle with exposure to excess chemicals all around.
Some of the major causes of cancers:
Lack of sunlight which results in a low level of Vitamin D3
Obesity, stress, poor sleeping habits and lack of excercise
Pharmaceutical drugs
Processed and artifical foods
Exposure to pesticides and chemicals
WAYS TO REDUCE THE RISK CANCER
1. Avoid fructose and sugar
It is clear that if you want to avoid cancer, or are currently undergoing cancer treatment,you absolutely must avoid all forms of sugar, especially fructose. This is largely due to its relation to insulin resistence.
According to Lewis Cantley, director of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, as much as 80 percent of all cancers are "driven by either mutations or environmental factors that work to enhance or minic the effect of insulin on the incipient tumor cells."
Craig Thompson, President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York says the cells of many human cancers come to depend on insulin to provide the fuel (blood sugar)and materials they need to grow and multiply. Insulin and insulin like growth factor (and related growth factors) also provide the signal, in effect, to do it.
Some cancer centers, such as the Cancer Centers of America, place their patients on strict low sugar and low grain diets. Conventional medicine in general has been woefully lax when it comes to highlighting the health dangers of a high sugar diet.
2. Optimize vitamin D3
There is overwhelming evidence pointing to the fact that vitamin D3 deficiency plays a crucial role in cancer development. Researchers within this field have estimated that about 30 percent of cancer deaths could be prevented each year simply by optimizing the vitamin D3 levels in the general population.
You can decrease your risk of cancer by more than half by simply optimizing your vitamin D3 levels with sun exposure or by taking vitamin D3 pills.
3. Exercise
There is compelling evidence that exercise can slash your risk of cancer. One of the primary ways exercise lowers your risk for cancer is by reducing elevated insulin levels, which creates a low sugar environment that discourages the growth and spread of cancer cells.
For example, physically active adults experience about half the incidence of colon cancer as their sedentary counterparts, and women who exercise regularly can reduce their breast cancer risk by 20 to 30 percent compared those who are inactive.
4. Diet
Only 25 percent of people eat enough vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables in particular have been idenified as having potent anti cancer properties.
Cancer rates are still on the rise and the disease is expected to kill more than 13 million people a year by 2030, almost double the number who died in 2008. Cancer has now surpassed heart disease as the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 45 and 74. The odds are now very high that you or someone you know has cancer,is dying or has already died from it.
Cancer is mostly a man made disease. This a result of humans veering too far off course and avoiding health sustaining diets and activities, while embracing a highly unnatural sedentry, stress filled lifestyle with exposure to excess chemicals all around.
Some of the major causes of cancers:
Lack of sunlight which results in a low level of Vitamin D3
Obesity, stress, poor sleeping habits and lack of excercise
Pharmaceutical drugs
Processed and artifical foods
Exposure to pesticides and chemicals
WAYS TO REDUCE THE RISK CANCER
1. Avoid fructose and sugar
It is clear that if you want to avoid cancer, or are currently undergoing cancer treatment,you absolutely must avoid all forms of sugar, especially fructose. This is largely due to its relation to insulin resistence.
According to Lewis Cantley, director of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, as much as 80 percent of all cancers are "driven by either mutations or environmental factors that work to enhance or minic the effect of insulin on the incipient tumor cells."
Craig Thompson, President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York says the cells of many human cancers come to depend on insulin to provide the fuel (blood sugar)and materials they need to grow and multiply. Insulin and insulin like growth factor (and related growth factors) also provide the signal, in effect, to do it.
Some cancer centers, such as the Cancer Centers of America, place their patients on strict low sugar and low grain diets. Conventional medicine in general has been woefully lax when it comes to highlighting the health dangers of a high sugar diet.
2. Optimize vitamin D3
There is overwhelming evidence pointing to the fact that vitamin D3 deficiency plays a crucial role in cancer development. Researchers within this field have estimated that about 30 percent of cancer deaths could be prevented each year simply by optimizing the vitamin D3 levels in the general population.
You can decrease your risk of cancer by more than half by simply optimizing your vitamin D3 levels with sun exposure or by taking vitamin D3 pills.
3. Exercise
There is compelling evidence that exercise can slash your risk of cancer. One of the primary ways exercise lowers your risk for cancer is by reducing elevated insulin levels, which creates a low sugar environment that discourages the growth and spread of cancer cells.
For example, physically active adults experience about half the incidence of colon cancer as their sedentary counterparts, and women who exercise regularly can reduce their breast cancer risk by 20 to 30 percent compared those who are inactive.
4. Diet
Only 25 percent of people eat enough vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables in particular have been idenified as having potent anti cancer properties.
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