cancer Tag

November 25, 2014 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Preventing Cancer with Kale

By now, most people are aware that a healthy diet limits poor quality fats, refined sugars, and processed foods while emphasizing the benefits of whole foods, essential fatty acids, and cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, broccoli, and especially kale. Here is a simple recipe that is not only delicious, but helps in preventing cancer with a powerful cancer-fighting punch! Packed full of anti-cancer nutrients Kale– an important member of the cabbage family– is rich in anticancer elements. Cancer-fighting compounds such as bioflavonoids and carotenoids, which are abundant in kale, have been shown to stop enzymes from triggering cancer formation in the...

September 7, 2014 In Green & Healthy Living, Holistic Health, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Gut bacteria could be key indicator of colon cancer risk

In a paper published by the University of North Carolina the authors suggest that the balance of healthy versus pathogenic bacteria in our gut is an important element in the development of colon cancer. This is only the latest in a continual stream of research over the past decade showing the importance of a healthy gut flora. But the benefit doesn't extend to just the bowel. A quick survey on the database of the National Institute of Medicine will quickly show that these probiotic organisms are not only good for the gut, but are equally important in the proper health...

April 8, 2014 In Green & Healthy Living, Holistic Health, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

3 Healthy Things to Know About Breasts

I started to study and educate women on breast health almost five years ago and the more I learn, the simpler what I teach becomes. Most women do not conduct a self-breast exam, they have no idea what a self-breast massage is and most women are not comfortable with touching their breasts. With so much attention and focus on breast cancer, how is this possible? We are inundated with pink ribbons and pink products to honour “The Cure.” There are a plethora of walks, runs and fundraising events happening. With all this attention, should it not be that breast cancer rates...

September 23, 2011 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Lisa Virtue

Colon cancer cold spot: Africa

Present day North America, unfortunately, is a hot spot for a variety of diseases - no need to depress you with names you know too well. Luckily, there are places in the world that can teach us how to reverse such sickly trends, as they are disease “cold spots.” Enter Africa: cold spot for colon cancer, with only 1 case in 100,000 (1). African Americans are affected at 60 in 100,000 (1), with Caucasian Americans not far behind at about 50 in 100,000 (2). This is a disease of the West, affecting all ethnicities, ironically though hitting the people of...