Nutrition

The choices you make in everyday life can contribute to the development of cancer. Preventing weight gain with proper dietary habits can reduce the risk of many cancers. Eating foods full of sugar and fat calories without much nutritional value will lead to obesity. Scientists have learned about the relationshiop between obesity and cancer. They have concluded that cancers of the colon, breast, endometrium, kidney, and esophagus are associated with obesity. Proper lifestyle choices can reduce the risk of many cancers. Examples of poor lifesyle choices would include smoking, alcoholic drinks, and physical inactivity. Smoking is the leading cause of cancer and death from cancer. The U.S. Surgeon estimates that even living with a smoker increases the...

Fall is a great time to make some healthy changes in your eating habits.  There are many fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables available at your grocer or even better at your local farmers’ market.  The health benefits of fall fruits and vegetables are plentiful!  Sweet potatoes are a complex carbohydrate which makes them much more nutritious than white potatoes.  They also contain beta-carotene which is a very powerful anti-oxidant.  The body transforms beta-carotene into vitamin A for healthy skin, good vision, and a strong immune system.  It has been said that beta-carotene may protect against cancer and heart disease.  If that is not enough for you to eat sweet potatoes, there is more!  They also contain vitamin C, potassium, fiber, iron and...