Published January 20, 2011

Reduce your risk of breast cancer by 30%

When women go through menopause, the symptoms often seem unbearable. So doctors rarely hesitate to prescribe the quickest fix. Unfortunately, this quick fix can kill you. In fact, a new study suggests that this fix can increase your risk of breast cancer by 30%. And it can double your risk of death.

This quick fix, of course, is the synthetic hormone PremPro. PremPro is the most commonly prescribed drug given to women for menopausal symptom relief. It is a combination of synthetic estrogens and a drug called medroxyprogesterone. It’s not really a hormone, but a drug that alters your body’s chemistry and, as a result, reduces menopausal symptoms.

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Published January 19, 2011

How a chicken can save your eyesight

Macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of blindness. Once you have it, it’s very hard to cure. So it’s vital you protect your eyes. And a new study says there’s a great tasting way to protect the pigment in your eyes — and your eyesight.

Colored pigment in your macula is essential for vision and macula cell health. Lack of pigment can lead to cellular damage and ultimately macular degeneration. In a recent study, researchers assigned adults with low macula pigment to eat either two or four egg yolks daily for five weeks. After avoiding eggs for another five weeks, they ate foods containing four egg yolks per day for another five weeks.

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Published January 14, 2011

The superfood that stops lung disease — even in coal miners

Lung disease is becoming a much more common problem these days. Even people who don’t smoke are more susceptible than ever before. Well, a new study says one superfood that’s available year-round — and is very inexpensive — can spare you from lung disease.

A recent paper shows the medicinal power of apples (eating five per week) to relieve chronic lung disease in Welsh coal miners. One report found that the only food to improve a key airway test called Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEV1) was apples. Imagine if a single drug was found to accomplish all this. You’d see it every two minutes on the Pharma-controlled TV airwaves and every billboard from coast-to-coast, even if had a high death rate from “side effects.”

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