Year: 2016

SUGAR FEEDS CANCER

Written by Kathryn Jost on March 15, 2016.

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah were one of the first to discover that sugar is essential for tumor development. Their research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the words of Don Ayer, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah “It’s been known since 1923 that tumor cells use a lot more glucose than normal cells. Our research helps show how this process takes place, and how it might be stopped...

BUY LOCAL & ORGANIC FLOWERS

Written by Kathryn Jost on February 9, 2016.

Organic Flowers 80% of all cut flowers sold in the US are grown in South America and travel thousands of miles before you ever see them. As many as 97% of Valentine’s Day roses will be imported. US Customs requires imported flowers to be pest-free, in order to protect US agriculture from pests that local crops have not adapted to. To ensure they are not carrying unwelcome pests, most cut flowers arrive saturated with up to 50 times the pesticides and fungicides permitted on food crops. Often,...

Coconut Oil as treatment for Alzheimer’s

Written by Kathryn Jost on January 15, 2016.

Dr. Mary Newport on Medium chain Triglycerides & Ketones Coconut Oil as Treatment for Alzheimer's