Should You Test Your Home For Radon Gas?

Did you know that radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and according to the National Cancer institute radon gas is associated with close to 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year. Radon is an odorless gas which is produced by the normal decay of uranium in rocks and [...]

Body Wellness: MSG Health Concerns and Obesity

We already know that MSG is everywhere in many common processed and prepared foods. It is also often found in Chinese food. But despite having FDA approval, many are suspicious about the safety of MSG. There are many health concerns and according to Dr. Russell Blaylock, MSG may be closely linked to chronic degenerative disease [...]

Body Wellness: MSG – it’s in everything!

This post was inspired by last night’s dinner. A meal shared with friends at a popular restaurant that was, well, delicious. But I left the table with a runny nose and feeling not quite myself. I’ve been around long enough to know that I was having a reaction to something in the food and that [...]

Body Wellness: The anit-obesity drug is here

When I wrote my Obesity is Here to Stay post in March I could not conceive that my predictions would come true. But there it was in black and white – the first anti-obesity drug had been launched in the United Kingdom on June 1st. Well how do you like that? If you missed out [...]

Body Wellness: Pedicure anyone?

I think we all go through different phases when it comes to caring for our tender tootsies. As a young woman in my teens and twenties, I gave myself a bi-monthly pedicure. I took pride in having my feet look great and well cared for. For me, this was an extension of my overall body [...]

Nutrition: The signature of whole foods

There is a doctrine in Feng Shui known as the signature of whole foods. Basically this doctrine says that when a food resembles a body part, then the nutrition in that food is specifically designed to nourish, strengthen and heal that part of the body. Let’s look at a few examples of the some common [...]

Controlling blood sugar levels

When we eat something sweet and sugary and highly processed, like a sugar coated doughnut, we feel good, right, well actually we feel GREAT! That’s a sign that our blood sugar is rising and rising quickly. What we are really doing is referred to as spiking our blood sugar – referred to in the medical [...]

5 Benefits of Vitamin C

We usually associate Vitamin C intake with and cold and flu prevention. But there are many other know benefits of Vitamin C which seem to have big potential for our overall health and well being. Let’s have a look at some of the benefits of Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps to form collagen, an important [...]

Podcast: High fructose corn syrup and obesity

Listen as health and wellness expert Michelle Rodulfo discusses high fructose corn syrup and the latest research which links high fructose corn syrup to obesity.

Sunscreens May be Speeding up Skin Cancer

Vitamin A and its derivatives found in some sunscreens appear to be the culprit ingredients responsible for accelerating skin cancer growth. Since skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the US according to the American Academy of Dermatology, there is reason for concern. According to AOL News  (May 23) the Food and [...]

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