By Christine Gray What makes cancer cells thrive and what inhibits them?  More than 95% of cancers are directly caused by consuming inflammatory foods and beverages.  Less than 5% of cancers are caused by environmental toxins or heredity. 1 in 2 American men and 1 in 3 American women gets cancer, so the sooner you can change your habits the better! [...]

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A study in this month’s Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics shows that soy products have a marked anti-inflammatory effect. Researchers examined the diets and measures of inflammation in 1,005 middle-aged Chinese women who were part of the Shanghai Women’s Health Study. The more soy products the women consumed, the less inflammation they experienced. Inflammation is linked to [...]

Kiwifruit have long thought to be a nutritional powerhouse. But a new nutritional analysis published in the peer reviewed journal Nutrition Today further verifies that fact. The author of the paper, Dr. Keith Singletary, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition at the University of Illinois, found that in addition to its antioxidant benefits, kiwifruit can also help the digestive tract and even [...]

The claims of the anti-inflammatory properties of various berries and dark leafy greens have been purported for decades, but the main cause of an ever-increasing list of chronic illnesses continues to be inflammation. While at first glance the shared territory between diseases may not be apparent, the correlation is so strong that the physicians can use a diagnosis of arthritis [...]

A vegan diet has long been known to be a source of healing and comfort for the physical body that is suffering from inflammation. Natural foods and organic foods have been proven to be most effective in treating inflammation and it makes sense that by removing some of the toxic store-bought foods that are not organic, as in produce and [...]

In the release of her book by Square One Publishers,”Prevent Cancer, Strokes, Heart Attacks and other Deadly Killers” Dr. Vijay Nair, MD, MS links inflammation to most diseases like cancer, arthritis, heart disease, digestive tract diseases, macular degeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Inflammation protects the body by killing any bacteria or viruses that may have entered the broken [...]

Red-hued fruits are rich in antioxidants that can hamper inflammation and can be effective as cancer fighting agents, according to an article in the June issue of Food Nutrition & Science. According to her article, Registered Dietician Donna Fields suggests eating foods such as tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit, guava, apricots, red peppers, papaya, and especially Caribbean Red papaya. According to [...]

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Inflammation is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation. We are all familiar with the classic signs of inflammation (swelling, redness and pain) that occur when we hurt ourselves or have some kind of infection. However recent research has shown that eating the wrong foods can cause inflammation within our bodies. In fact being overweight can [...]