Women have unique mineral needs that change throughout the life cycle. And minerals perform a myriad of functions and are involved with every system, from structural elements of bone, to glucose balance, nerve transmission and immune function. So your first important consideration should be…

If you follow the news, you may have heard about the British woman who overcame blood cancer by taking curcumin, a compound from turmeric. It’s just one woman’s experience. But you may be wondering… what are the chances curcumin could help cure cancer for other people?

My husband’s grandmother died from Alzheimer’s and, by the time she passed, she was only a shadow of herself, with not a single memory of her family. She was in her 70s when we first noticed things were not quite right. But, sadly, dementia can strike at a much younger age…

Unless you have a medical reason to avoid gluten, such as celiac disease, you’re missing out on some great health benefits if you don’t eat whole grain bread. Not only that, if your bread crusts end up in the trash, you’ve been throwing away a chance to slash your cancer risk.

When we eat food, our body oxidizes it to create energy. The by-product is toxic free radicals that contribute to disease and aging. But there are two antioxidant compounds that blast these free radicals to oblivion, and one particular food not only contains both of them, but more than any other food!

A magnesium deficiency is dangerous partly because it’s almost impossible to detect. But, the real danger is that low magnesium is linked with several major chronic illnesses, a few of which are life-threatening. Successful treatment depends on which type of magnesium you take…

The FDA tends to come down on anything not produced by or profiting Big Pharma. But if you’d prefer to get back to natural ways and avoid the high costs, side effects and other potential dangers of prescribed medications (like stroke and kidney disease), I have a list for you…

You have to ask yourself what is the harm in a little damage control when it comes to your health… I mean, why are doctors always questioning supplements and even vitamins these days? There’s one form of protection the mainstream especially likes to rail against, except when it suits them…

It’s considered the silent epidemic of our times–a nutritional deficiency that is vastly underestimated according to peer-reviewed research. But what can you do? Know the symptoms, signs and illnesses associated with it to save your health.

Olives and olive oil are at the heart of the Mediterranean lifestyle — considered one of the healthiest diets in the world. But the health promoting benefits don’t stop with the oil that comes from this tasty fruit of the olive tree…

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women. Thankfully, researchers have discovered one nutrient that could help you ward off four dangerous conditions that lead you down the road to heart problems, starting with your weight…

20 percent of women who experience a UTI will have a recurrence, and then 30 percent of those women will have a second recurrence. That means once you get an infection, you could suffer with it again and again. But a new solution could stop that cycle…