Federal Official says to Avoid BPA

Federal Official says to Avoid BPA

A high-level federal health official warns Americans not to be exposed to a ubiquitous chemical, found in many plastics, baby products, bottles, canned foods and more.

Daily Green | Dan Shapley | The Food and Drug Administration was to have ruled Monday whether Bisphenol A is safe for continued use in food packaging and other food-related products, including some water bottles, baby bottles and an array of food packaging. But one key federal official has already reached a decision, according to another in a series of revelations about the controversial chemical in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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New Report: Childhood Diabetes Caused by High Fructose Corn Syrup

New Report: Childhood Diabetes Caused by High Fructose Corn Syrup

Fructose can cause dangerous growths of fat cells around vital organs and is able to trigger the early stages of diabetes and heart disease.

Times Online | Lois Rogers | Scientists have proved for the first time that a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks can damage human metabolism and is fuelling the obesity crisis.

Fructose, a sweetener derived from corn, can cause dangerous growths of fat cells around vital organs and is able to trigger the early stages of diabetes and heart disease.

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Resveratrol May Prove Beneficial for Women’s Health

Resveratrol May Prove Beneficial for Women’s Health

Resveratrol might be the most promising candidate for HRT and prevention of breast cancer.

Menopause is a natural part of aging in women between the ages of 45 and 55. It is characterized by a drop in estrogen levels, with symptoms that include hot flashes, fatigue, and weight gain, and health risks that include osteoporosis (1). In an effort to counter menopause symptoms, many women try hormone replacement therapy. But studies in 2002 (2) and 2004 (3) found that hormone replacement therapy increases risks for both cancer and deep vein thrombosis.

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Beer Appears to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Beer Appears to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Beer-drinking may be reduce chances of developing prostate cancer with every pint, tests by scientists have revealed.

Sky News | Lewis Dean | Beer-drinking men may be reducing their chances of developing prostate cancer with every pint, tests by scientists have revealed.

Experiments have shown that xanthohumol, a compund derived from the hops in beer, blocks a chemical reaction that can lead to the development of cancer.

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Food Safety Experts Will NOT Eat These Seven Foods

Food Safety Experts Will NOT Eat These Seven Foods

The Food Safety Experts stay away from these seven food items.

OCA | Want to know the foods that the “food safety experts” won’t eat? Prevention Magazine decided to ask. They posed the question, “What foods do you avoid?” to the people whose work is to uncover what's safe to eat – or not. Here's what they said:

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Cooking Up Cancer in the Kitchen

Cooking Up Cancer in the Kitchen
How much does cancer have to do with contaminants in our water or air -- or in certain plastic containers in our kitchens?

The battle over health care focuses on access to insurance, or tempests like the one that erupted over new mammogram guidelines.

But what about broader public health challenges? What if breast cancer in the United States has less to do with insurance or mammograms and more to do with contaminants in our water or air -- or in certain plastic containers in our kitchens? What if the surge in asthma and childhood leukemia reflect, in part, the poisons we impose upon ourselves?

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Gluten Disorder Rising

Gluten Disorder Rising

Wheat and Gluten intolerance is four times more common today than 50 years ago, a new study reveals.

Living Healthy | Dr. Mercola | A study using frozen blood samples taken from Air Force recruits 50 years ago has found that intolerance of wheat gluten, a debilitating digestive condition, is four times more common today than it was in the 1950’s.

The findings contradict the conventional wisdom that the sharp increase in diagnoses of wheat gluten intolerance has come about because of greater awareness and detection. It now seems likely that dramatic changes in the American diet have played a role.

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