Dairy products have been known as the natural foods to balance female hormones. The low fat milk products like low fat yogurt, low fat milk and cheese, etc, which are recommended to be added to a healthy diet and provide our body with all the nutrients they contain, are rich in natural estrogens essential for all women, especially to those in early menopause phase. A few years ago a group of Japanese scientists studied the nutritional values and the effects of milk coming from pregnant and not pregnant cows. In today’s dairy farms around the world cows are being milked up to 300 days a year, and very often the milk comes from pregnant cows. It turned out that dairy products produced from milk coming from pregnant cows are extremely high in female hormones: sometimes, milk that comes from cows on their latest phases of pregnancy has up to 33 times higher content of estrone sulfate compared to the milk coming from not pregnant cows. Read the rest of this entry »

Smoking is considered the most common and one of the most destructive bad habits, and millions of people around the world are currently fighting for their lives and trying to get quit smoking help. Lately, the number of deaths caused by smoking has been firmly increasing, and it is estimated that currently this terrible habit kills about 3 million people a year. Moreover, specialists say warn us that provided the tendency remains, by the year 2020 the world is going to witness the death of 10 million people every year due to inability to find an effective help to quite smoking and get rid of this habit. In modern world, smoking is a leading cause of premature death, and many people in their 40s or 50s lose their life after being diagnosed with lung cancer, throat cancer, a heart attack and other smoking-related serious health conditions. Bad effects of smoking are very serious, and fortunately, more and more people are trying to quit after learning about the health risks linked to smoking. Read the rest of this entry »

Dietary experts are reporting that recently the popularity of such vegetable as asparagus has been dramatically growing in the northwestern Europe and North America. Adding this vegetable to the daily diet has become something very trendy, and for the last few years the amounts of commercially cultivated and sold asparagus has escalated making the UK consumption of this vegetable in 2011 at an absolute record level: over 8,000 tonnes. Asparagus is a very healthy natural food, very low in calories and very high in dietary fiber and various natural nutrients, including vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamins B group, vitamin K, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium, fluoride, selenium, copper, and others. This natural vegetable is known since the times on ancient Egypt. In many traditional folk medicines of the Mediterranean nations, asparagus has been used for a long period of time and very highly valued as an effective natural diuretic and natural cleansing agent. Read the rest of this entry »

I guess, no need to mention all the negative effects and serious health risks linked to obesity in men and women. Plenty is said and written on this issue. Obesity is something that causes fatal diseases and takes lives of millions of people around the world every year, and most of those deaths are actually premature ones. An effective weight management is a key to a longer life, but still for most of us, our modern lifestyle and nutrition habits are too hard to break in order to support a healthy body mass. Unfortunately, more and more young men and women have extremely high body mass, especially those young people who live in developed countries and have quite high social level and education level. And, unfortunately, in our times obesity in men and women has become a sort of epidemic, which has no fast and effective cure for now. Read the rest of this entry »

In many countries of the Christan world, mistletoe is a traditional symbol of Christmas. Since the 18th century it has been cultivated in Catholic Christian nations of Europe and North America as a special Christmas decoration, and according to ancient tradition, kissing under mistletoe on Christmas season can make love stronger, or can help a couple to give up quarreling and fighting. The plant  with the name Viscum Album is also known for its amazing healing powers and health benefits, including treating respiratory system problems, strengthening the function of circulatory system, as well as boosting fertility. Those can be enjoyed by using mistletoe tea, mistletoe powder or mistletoe extract. However, these years a number of studies was carried out focusing around possible anti-cancer benefits of this natural remedy. The findings of two of those evoked vivid interest both from the expert circles and the general public. Read the rest of this entry »

Health effects of omega 3 fatty acids were proven by numerous scientific studies and researches, that is why many experts recommend adding natural sources of this nutrient like oily fish (namely tuna fish, salmon, herring, mackerel, and many others, provided they are cooked by using a healthy cooking style: roasting, boiling, grilling, etc.) as well as most of nuts and seeds. Omega 3 fatty acids assist in normalizing cholesterol levels in the body, this way decreasing our chances to suffer from serious cardiovascular diseases like a stroke or heart attack. Besides, consuming natural omega 3 acid sources is linked to reduced risk for breast cancer and some other types of cancer. Finally, a proper consumption of omega 3 acid is essential for aging people as one of the most effective natural way to prevent memory loss and reduce the risk of suffering from dementia like brain disorders. Read the rest of this entry »