Balanced Hormones and Health – Bioidentical Hormones For All Ages

(Natural News) If there’s one nutrient that has received an amazing amount of attention and research over the past year, it’s vitamin D. As Natural News has reported extensively, a lack of the vitamin has been linked to everything from dementia and arthritis to heart disease and breast cancer. What’s more, as scientists have probed [...]

(Jamaica Observer) It’s that time of year when more than ever we need to boost up our immune systems to handle the flu virus and the common cold. One way of doing so is to increase our intake of vitamins, particularly Vitamin C. But taking vitamins and other dietary supplements might be good all year [...]

United Press International. Women dieters who snack between breakfast and lunch do not lose more weight compared with those who abstain from a mid-morning snack, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Dr. Anne McTiernan of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center said the study involved 123 overweight-to-obese postmenopausal Seattle-area women ages 50-75. The women were randomly assigned [...]

The traditional Thanksgiving meal has so many antioxidants and healthy foods, it’s a shame Americans tend to only eat it on holidays, a U.S. dietitian said. “Several foods we consume this time of year are actually good for you when prepared with minimal added fat, sugar and salt, and consumed in moderation,” Stacey Snelling, a [...]

Enzymes are catalysts that run hundreds of thousands of biochemical reactions in our bodies. Also known as “sparks of life”, they are essential for digesting food, stimulating the brain, providing cellular energy and repairing all tissue. There are two major types of enzymes, digestive enzymes that help us utilize the nutrition in our food, and [...]

(Hotze) Physicians often tell women that if they have had a hysterectomy, they do not need to supplement with progesterone, only with estrogen.  This is a big oversight, since progesterone balances estrogen.  Estrogen that is not balanced with progesterone can lead to a host of health problems, including breast cancer. Today it is much more [...]

(About.com) Many hypothyroid patients struggle with an inability to lose weight. At first, if you’d gained weight before your thyroid problem is diagnosed, you were probably told you’d be able to lose it more easily — or perhaps you were even told you’d lose all the extra weight — once you started on your thyroid [...]

What Is a Food Allergy? (Web MD) A food allergy is an immune system response. It occurs when the body mistakes an ingredient in food — usually a protein — as harmful and creates a defense system (antibodies) to fight it. Food allergy symptoms develop when the antibodies are battling the “invading” food. The most [...]

(Everyday Health) Eating a variety of healthy foods is the key to a good diet — one that will improve your overall health, help fend off disease, and increase longevity. And while no one single food is a cure-all, researchers have found that some foods in particular do have superior disease-fighting properties that can make [...]

(Mercola) A study of more than 81,000 women found those with the highest intake of vitamin D from food sources had a significantly lower prevalence of depressive symptoms. The researchers suggested that vitamin D may affect the function of dopamine and norepinephrine. These are neurotransmitters that are likely involved in depression, while also modulating the [...]