If you needed any more evidence that artificial sweeteners are just as bad as sugar, now you have it. A new study links a popular zero-calorie sweetener to leukemia.
Italian researchers found that mice fed Splenda develop leukemia.1
The results are so terrifying that the consumer watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest took action. It moved Splenda to its list of the most dangerous foods.… Read More
Are starchy foods the new cigarette?
Even if you don’t smoke, a high-glycemic diet can lead to lung cancer.
That’s the surprising finding of a new study by the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. It found that people with a high-glycemic diet have a dramatically higher risk of lung cancer… Even if they don’t smoke.1
Researchers studied more than 1,900 lung cancer patients and more than 2,400 cancer-free people.… Read More
A new study published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology found men with low levels of vitamin D develop more aggressive prostate cancer.
The study sampled vitamin D levels in men in the months before they had surgery to remove their prostate. This is a procedure called radical prostatectomy. The lower their vitamin D levels, the more aggressive their cancer was at the time of surgery.… Read More
Nicotine is harder to kick than heroin.1 That’s why many smokers just can’t quit.
They try the patch, the gum, drugs like Chantix, hypnotism, cold turkey… You name it. They know full well that cigarettes cause cancer and lung disease. But no matter how hard they fight, nicotine wins.
If you’re hopelessly addicted to cigarettes, researchers may have found a way to save your lungs.… Read More
Just when you thought Big Pharma couldn’t sink any lower…
They’ve figured out a shameless way to make $3 billion extra a year off the backs of cancer victims.1
Here’s how it works… The drug companies distribute their products in vials containing way more medication than patients can use. The excess is thrown out. But patients or their insurance companies are still stuck with the bill for the extra.… Read More
Americans love sugar more than just about any other food.
We consumed about 11 million metric tons of it last year. That’s 160 pounds per person.1 Children in the U.S. get about 32 teaspoons of it a day.2
It’s linked to a whole medical textbook of diseases… Insomnia, hair loss, obesity, allergies, insomnia, manic depression, high blood pressure, heart disease, and of course, diabetes.… Read More