Tag: LIFESTYLE

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...

Health Tip: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Written by Kathryn Jost on May 1, 2012.

A study at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that a high sodium diet plus a high stress lifestyle increase the possibility of developing high blood pressure over 10 times more than either of these factors on their own.