There have been several studies that show eating the right foods early in life can have a protective effect later in life.   For example it has been shown that in utero ingesting nutrients that are cancer protective can prevent cancer later in life. When our cell differentiation is at its fastest rate seems to be a time that DNA imprints are formed.   So when we are infants and during the teen years are the fastest rates of cell differentiation. These are the most important times to be eating foods that are wholesome and do not contain large amounts of free radicals such as what is found in vegetable oils. Read the rest of this entry

Although this study was not a gold standard with a control (i.e. ‘placebo’) arm of the study it is still significant in how well acupuncture did over conventional drug therapy. In this study there were 47 women who were receiving the standard anti-cancer therapy tamoxifen or anastrozole were split into two groups to determine how best to deal with side effects such as hot flashes and night sweats. One group received the conventional antidepressent Effexor while the other group received acupuncture one or two times weekly. The study lasted 12 weeks. Read the rest of this entry