Featured Topics: Cancer
B Vitamins and Colorectal Health
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Dietary folate, equal to or less than 343mcg per day, along with dietary and supplemental intakes of vitamin B6 and riboflavin, were associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is characterized by...
Vitamin D May Help Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Treatment with vitamin D was associated with an improvement in a marker for prostate cancer in 55% of a test group. Prostate cancer is second only to skin cancer as the most deadly cancer in men. In 2011, prostate cancer was...
Magnesium Review Finds Possible Benefit for Colorectal Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Each 50mg/day in magnesium intake reduced the risk of colorectal cancer by 5%. According to the latest statistics from the Center for Disease Control, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the...
Work Continues on Effects of B6 on Cancer Risk – Informed Opinion
Written by Patrick B. Massey, M.D., Ph.D. A recent study showed that higher blood levels of vitamin B6 in postmenopausal women significantly reduced the risk of developing breast cancer. Until recently, there has been scant evidence suggesting that taking vitamins...
Research Review Links Vegetarian Diet to Better Cellular Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a review that included 124,706 vegetarians, vegetarian diets reduced the death rate, heart disease, and cancer. The number of Americans who consider themselves vegetarians has grown from 1% of the population (2 million Americans)...
Tocotrienols May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. For the researchers, "These findings further support the potential use of tocotrienols as prostate cancer chemopreventive agents in humans." Prostate cancer is the second most deadly cancer in men (lung cancer is the number one...
Selenium and Prostate Cancer: Finding the Happy Medium
Written by Chrystal Moulton, Staff Writer. Nine out of 12 reviewed studies found the optimal plasma serum selenium that significantly lowers prostate cancer risk to be 60 – 170 ng/ml while a toenail selenium range of 0.85 – 0.94ng/g decreases prostate cancer risk by...
Red Meat Linked to Premature Death
Written by Tatjana Djakovic, Staff Writer. Deaths of men could be reduced by 9.3% and women by 7.6% if these men and women consumed less than 0.5 serving of red meat per day, a study of 22 years revealed. There have been many previous studies that have linked...
Study Finds Fiber-Rich Foods to Offer “Significant Health Benefits”
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In research in 388,122 men and women, those with the highest 20% of fiber intake had a 22% reduced risk of death from all causes. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “consuming a diet high in fruits and...
Vitamin A Intake Linked to Skin Health in Women
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Women with the highest supplement intake of vitamin A had a 26% reduced risk of melanoma vs. women not taking vitamin A supplements. According to the CDC, melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer, causing about 8,000 deaths in...
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