Tag Archives: cancer

Ditch The Dairy!

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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to place breast cancer warnings on cheese. Made up of 12,000 medical professional members, PCRM would like cheese products to have warning labels similar to those on cigarette packets. It gives one example in the petition: “dairy cheese contains reproductive […]

How Cancer Grows By Parasitically Altering Its Host’s Gut Microbiome

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A compelling new study is comparing cancer cell populations to parasites, describing how it can alter the body’s ability to metabolize glucose to create more energy sources that help tumors grow. One of those strategies involves reducing a type of gut bacteria that keeps blood glucose levels in check. Several studies have revealed a variety of observational […]

New Discovery On Gut Bacteria and The Growth of Cancer

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Working with mouse models, they found that gut bacteria can regulate the liver’s immune response to both primary and metastatic tumors. Although previous studies had already revealed that the huge colonies of bacteria that live in the gut can influence how the immune system deals with cancer, it was not clear how this happened in the […]

Processed Meats & Bacon Cause Cancer…Avoid At All Costs

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Decades of research proves that chemicals used to make bacon do cause cancer. So how did the meat industry convince us it was safe? The source of the story was an announcement from theWorld Health Organization that “processed meats” were now classified as a group 1 carcinogen, meaning scientists were certain that there was “sufficient” evidence […]