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Stress can make you fat, and it can do a lot WORSE things too–it can make your cancer spread faster. Chronic stress acts as a sort of fertilizer that feeds the spread of breast cancer. Researchers have discovered that stress is biologically reprogramming the immune cells that are trying to fight the cancer, transforming them from soldiers protecting the body into aiders and abettors. They found a 30-fold increase in cancer spread throughout the bodies of stressed mice compared to those that were not stressed. Researcher Steven Cole agrees and says, "This study is not saying that stress causes cancer, but it does show that stress can help support cancer once it has developed.read more

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Well, yes and no – Sometimes things aren’t they way they seem to be. For instance, we used to be told that diets full of fruits and vegetables will protect us from cancer, but researchers no longer think that’s true. Does this mean we should forget about eating a healthy diet?

Not if you want to avoid Alzheimer’s: Neurologists have discovered that sticking to a diet rich in nuts, fish and vegetables significantly cuts the chance of developing Alzheimer’s. And it’s the COMBINATION of good foods that’s important.
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And Vitamin D cheers you up when it’s cold – A new study suggests that the more garlic people consume, the lower their chances of developing cancer. This should be a big boon to Italian restaurants! Meanwhile, if you’re housebound because the snow and cold are getting you down, our great radio shows can help cheer you up! A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what you need too: It will lift your mood during cold weather months when days are short and more time is spent indoors.
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AND eat soy! – A lot of natural medicines turn out to be green and one of the best of these is green tea. The recession has something to do with this too: Green tea and soy are the types of foods that women consume who are not in the lowest socio-economic class, which is a group that tries to avoid sugar and processed foods. Scientists have noticed that women from poor backgrounds are more likely to die from breast cancer, and they want to know why. They’ve discovered a reason that has nothing to do with getting mammograms or with the quality of their medical care after they are diagnosed.
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