Wellness Blog

Featured: Gardening gets kids eating, and loving, their greens

Experiential learning is a powerful way to improve eating behaviours in children, and they desperately need to improve as currently less than 10% of children age 4-13 meet healthy eating guidelines. Learning through growing food from seed to table can help.

Comments Posted on Mon, 12 Jul 10

Nuts or drugs for heart disease?

Statin drugs are cholesterol lowering drugs routinely recommended for prevention of heart disease however the best evidence to date suggests there is little, if any, benefit. There is however a natural food that can significantly reduce your cholesterol and lower heart disease risk for the price of peanuts, literally.

Comments (1) Posted on Mon, 12 Jul 10

Fish oil supplements associated with lower breast cancer risk

A new report has found that postmenopausal women taking fish oil supplements have a lower breast cancer risk. This is the first study to find an association between regular fish oil supplement use and breast cancer.

Comments Posted on Sun, 11 Jul 10

Natural substance for cervical cancer prevention

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is a potentially precancerous condition of the cervix. Current treatments generally consist of invasive procedures that may adversely affect reproductive potential and safer methods for cancer prevention are needed. A natural substance derived from broccoli has shown some promise.

Comments (1) Posted on Mon, 28 Jun 10

Lifestyle change is an effective treatment for depression

Eating well, regular exercise and stress reduction can treat depression a new study suggests, in fact within 3 months 73% of those with depression were no longer depressed.

Comments Posted on Mon, 28 Jun 10

Brushing your teeth is good for your heart

For the first time it has been found that brushing your teeth twice a day could prevent serious heart disease or death. Poor oral hygiene is associated with periodontal disease, a common chronic inflammatory condition that has been linked to heart health.

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