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Balance Your Hormones, Safely!
January 26th, 2009
So...wouldn't you know that the most dramatic decrease in breast cancer incidence came between 2002 and 2003. It simply plummeted by a stunning 15% in women over the age of 50. So, what was it that created such an impressive statistical decline?
Could it have been Tamoxifen? A new drug, perhaps? Maybe new guidelines from the National Cancer Insititute? Flaxseeds in every Long Life Cocktail :)
Well...the truth is that this impressive decline in the breast cancer rate was due to one thing and one thing only: hundreds of thousands of very educated women suddenly stopped taking their Premarin and Prempro. Why?… Continue reading
Natural Fixes and Chocolate Kisses
January 19th, 2009
Just did an interview for The New York Times and New York Magazine. Seems detox has hit "mainstream" and they were looking at the book which made cleansing synonymous with healthy weight loss. Its very gratifying to hear from a new generation of journalists who have read Fat Flush, Fast Track, and How to Stay Young and Healthy in a Toxic World. One of them, a lovely gal from New York, will also be doing a piece on hair loss and I invited her and the women she knows who are losing… Continue reading
Vitamin C – A Nutrient I love.
January 12th, 2009
While there is so much these days written about every new fangled herb and nutraceutical under the sun, we forget the basics that are more fundamental and even more powerful. Vitamin C came to mind the other day when I was asked by First For Women to provide an "easy" mercury detox....Well, there is truly no such thing but if you want to keep your mercury at bay, you must eliminate all seafood (yes, even your beloved Atlantic salmon) for two months at least and increase Vitamin C during that time. Vitamin C acts as a precursor to glutathione -the… Continue reading
Visionary, health guru, diet/detox expert, author, spokesperson, role model, and natural foods icon, Ann Louise Gittleman has always been a trendsetter. 
