Women, Cancer, Stress, Sexual Violence | A Deadly Connection

Stress and Depression are linked to Cancer. Nearly one in five women surveyed by the CDC said they had been raped or had experienced an attempted rape at some point, and one in four reported having been beaten by an intimate partner. The impact is not only psychological but physiological. Her health declines. Her risk for cancer and other diseases goes up.

Fight Cancer, Colds & Flu with Vitamin D

Vitamin D allows our immune T cells to be able to fight off serious infections as well as cancer. Multiple studies show that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses. Without adequate levels of Vitamin we will not be able to activate the killer cells in our immune system.

Breast Cancer Treatment Damages Your Brain

“Chemo Brain is not “all in your mind” It’s real. New Research confirms that the brain is permanently damaged by chemotherapy. Nutrients that offer protection to the delicate nerve cells in the brain include Omega 3 fatty acids, Acetyl-L Carnitine, CoQ10, Phosphatidyl Serine, Phosphatidyl Choline and the botanicals Gingko biloba, Bacopa and Gotu Kola.

Do Vitamins Kill Women? Part 2

Let’s try to make sense of this recently published study “Dietary Supplements and Mortality Rate in Older Women”: The study concludes that women who take vitamins die at an increased rate. Experts from the Center for Responsible Nutrition respond with education and clarification. The study does not prove anything.

Do Vitamin Supplements Kill Women? Part 1

A flawed and biased controversial study was published yesterday claiming that women who take supplements have an increased death rate. The study does NOT show any cause and effect relationship. This is just bad science.

Meditation for Cancer Patients (and the rest of us)

Stress of all types damages our immune system and makes us more vulnerable to infections and cancer. By resting in tranquility and equipose, even for five or ten minutes, we begin to repattern our nervous system and our stress response. In doing so our Natural Killer cells, the cells in our immune system that fight cancer and infections increase.