Detox for a slim figure that lasts.
It's a toxic world out there. Every day, our bodies are assaulted by pathogens and poisons—which are making us fat!
One theory about why chemicals induce weight gain has to do with the way many of them mimic the effects of estrogen in our bodies. That's why this group of toxins has come to be known as "false estrogens" or xenoestrogens.
These poisonous infiltrators, whose use skyrocketed since World War II, find various ways of inducing, blocking, or otherwise scrambling our hormonal signals, either because they have deliberately… Continue reading Categories
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January 5th, 2011Detox for a slim figure that lasts.
It's a toxic world out there. Every day, our bodies are assaulted by pathogens and poisons—which are making us fat!
One theory about why chemicals induce weight gain has to do with the way many of them mimic the effects of estrogen in our bodies. That's why this group of toxins has come to be known as "false estrogens" or xenoestrogens.
These poisonous infiltrators, whose use skyrocketed since World War II, find various ways of inducing, blocking, or otherwise scrambling our hormonal signals, either because they have deliberately… Continue reading 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
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