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Ready for spring cleaning? Keep in mind that ordinary house dust contains flame retardants and other toxins that can disrupt hormone health.
In women, underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) has also been linked to pesticides and plasticizers in house dust, while lowering sperm concentrations in men. Overall, though, thyroid problems are more common in women.
Certain insecticides—aldrine, DDT (still found in the environment despite having been banned), and lindane—can damage women's thyroid function—even if they are only married to men who used these toxins, recent research in the American Journal… Continue reading Categories
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March 15th, 2010Get accurate testing to protect your health.
Ready for spring cleaning? Keep in mind that ordinary house dust contains flame retardants and other toxins that can disrupt hormone health.
In women, underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) has also been linked to pesticides and plasticizers in house dust, while lowering sperm concentrations in men. Overall, though, thyroid problems are more common in women.
Certain insecticides—aldrine, DDT (still found in the environment despite having been banned), and lindane—can damage women's thyroid function—even if they are only married to men who used these toxins, recent research in the American Journal… Continue reading Zapped by Your Own Cell Phone?
January 6th, 2010
EMFs are the newest and may be the most dangerous pollutants.
Odorless, colorless, and invisible, electropollution is probably enveloping you right now as you read these words. “It cannot be seen, felt or heard. It is tasteless and odorless. It is in our food and in the air; it is in our blood and in our bones and can remain in our ashes to go on to contaminate someone else,” Sara Shannon writes in Technology’s Cure: Diet for a Toxic Planet about low level radiation from electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
EMFs are a form of… Continue reading Could Your Home Be Polluted?
October 21st, 2009
Indoor Air Pollution and Radiation can Damage Your Health.
Most of us spend 90% of our time indoors. But even in the safety of our own homes, pollution — colorless, odorless, invisible—is detrimental to health.
For starters, ozone—that toxic form of air pollution that clouds our cities—may be 100 times more dangerous indoors than out, the Environmental Protection Agency says.
This kind of pollution reacts with oil found naturally on human skin, which traps toxins, only to spit them out in chemicals that can irritate skin and lungs. Over time, ozone can increase the risk… Continue reading
Most of us spend 90% of our time indoors. But even in the safety of our own homes, pollution — colorless, odorless, invisible—is detrimental to health.
For starters, ozone—that toxic form of air pollution that clouds our cities—may be 100 times more dangerous indoors than out, the Environmental Protection Agency says.
This kind of pollution reacts with oil found naturally on human skin, which traps toxins, only to spit them out in chemicals that can irritate skin and lungs. Over time, ozone can increase the risk… Continue reading Beyond Iodine: 3 More Ways to Protect Your Thyroid
October 9th, 2009
Support Hormone Health and Help Fight Cancer.
It's a chemical world. Even before birth and throughout their development, children are exposed to neuro-, immuno-, and endocrine-toxic compounds. As adults, exposure to hormone disrupters, heavy metals like lead and mercury, and countless toxic chemicals increase the risk for cancer and thyroid disease.
New Danish research finds that heavy metal and other pollution significantly increases the risk for brain, breast, and thyroid cancer—even in nurses who may be more careful about their health than other women.
University of Albany scientists specifically target hormone disrupters (heavy metal and… Continue reading
It's a chemical world. Even before birth and throughout their development, children are exposed to neuro-, immuno-, and endocrine-toxic compounds. As adults, exposure to hormone disrupters, heavy metals like lead and mercury, and countless toxic chemicals increase the risk for cancer and thyroid disease.
New Danish research finds that heavy metal and other pollution significantly increases the risk for brain, breast, and thyroid cancer—even in nurses who may be more careful about their health than other women.
University of Albany scientists specifically target hormone disrupters (heavy metal and… Continue reading Fat Loss Prolongs Longevity, Memory, Health
October 7th, 2009
Healthy Weight Before 50 Spells Survival for Women.
Want to live a long and healthy life? Increasingly, research points to healthy weight—or healthy weight loss—between the ages 20 and 50.
Fat loss, particularly fat around the waistline, helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, depression, and other devastating kinds of chronic disease including Parkinson's, MS, and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Because women tend to live longer, they're more likely to suffer chronic disease or mental health problems. That's no way to enjoy longevity!
"The best way to maximize the probability of healthy survival… Continue reading
Want to live a long and healthy life? Increasingly, research points to healthy weight—or healthy weight loss—between the ages 20 and 50.
Fat loss, particularly fat around the waistline, helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, depression, and other devastating kinds of chronic disease including Parkinson's, MS, and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Because women tend to live longer, they're more likely to suffer chronic disease or mental health problems. That's no way to enjoy longevity!
"The best way to maximize the probability of healthy survival… Continue reading Cholesterol-Lowering Alternatives and Heart Health Indicators
September 28th, 2009
Alternatives to Toxic Heart Meds are Increasingly Popular.
At least 30 percent of Americans have LDL ("bad" cholesterol) levels that are considered too high. But despite the popularity of statin drugs within the medical community, people don't always stick with these medications.
Only about half of those prescribed a cholesterol-lowering drug still take it after six months. After a year, only about 30 to 40 percent continue drug therapy.
"There's been a lot of negative press about statins lately," cardiologist Christopher Cannon, MD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital recently told the Boston Globe. The Canadian… Continue reading
At least 30 percent of Americans have LDL ("bad" cholesterol) levels that are considered too high. But despite the popularity of statin drugs within the medical community, people don't always stick with these medications.
Only about half of those prescribed a cholesterol-lowering drug still take it after six months. After a year, only about 30 to 40 percent continue drug therapy.
"There's been a lot of negative press about statins lately," cardiologist Christopher Cannon, MD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital recently told the Boston Globe. The Canadian… Continue reading Don’t Gum Up Your Health
September 16th, 2009
Your Mouth is a Repository for Bacteria that Harm all Parts of the Body.
Only 44 percent of American adults get regular oral care. No wonder more and more people with toothaches are showing up in emergency rooms across the country.
That figure rises with age. Only half of people 65 and older have had dental care within the last year. And 23 percent haven't been to a dentist in the past five years!
Gum disease is second only to the common cold as the most prevalent infection in this country. The first stage, gingivitis… Continue reading
Only 44 percent of American adults get regular oral care. No wonder more and more people with toothaches are showing up in emergency rooms across the country.
That figure rises with age. Only half of people 65 and older have had dental care within the last year. And 23 percent haven't been to a dentist in the past five years!
Gum disease is second only to the common cold as the most prevalent infection in this country. The first stage, gingivitis… Continue reading Mid-Life Health Fights Alzheimers
August 5th, 2009
Fore go those fries!
High blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes in middle age play a huge role in the later risk for dementia, a four-decade-long study of close to 10,000 Americans now reports. Elevated total cholesterol (240 milligrams per deciliter) raises the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) 66 percent. Even people with borderline to moderately high cholesterol levels have significantly higher likelihood of dementia later in life.
Smoking ups the odds for Alzheimer's to 70 percent. Anyone with high blood pressure at 40 is 60 percent more likely to develop dementia, and middle-aged… Continue reading MSG & Weight Gain
August 3rd, 2009
Hold the soy sauce! New research confirms animal studies linking the common additive MSG (monosodium glutamate) with weight gain.
Healthy adults using MSG had higher BMI (body mass index) than those cooking without it. And that's discounting calorie intake or physical activity.
Found in Chinese cooking as well as many refined foods and processed meats, MSG is an excitotoxin, which may intoxicate nerve cells involved in weight control. For decades, people have complained of headache, flushing or sweating, numbness or tingling around the mouth, chest pain or palpitations, shortness of breath, nausea, or weakness after consuming MSG. More than 25 percent of… Continue reading
Love Your Gallbladder
December 9th, 2008
I see there is great interest in learning how to read your body like a book - which is not a "novel" (pun intended) idea at all considering Oriental physiogomy has been around for centuries.
When I was thinking about how many organs are impacted by emotions (anger damages the heart, liver, and gallbladder), it got me thinking about how common gallbladder attacks have become. Is this because we cannot cope with resentment and bitterness?
There are many natural remedies for gallbladder problems: apple juice and olive oil, Phosfood liquid drops, and the Bach flower remedy, Willow. But one of the most… Continue reading
Visionary, health guru, diet/detox expert, author, spokesperson, role model, and natural foods icon, Ann Louise Gittleman has always been a trendsetter. 
