Spice Up Your Health

Adding spices such as basil, oregano, garlic, curry, and rosemary to your diet can benefit your health, according to Suzanna Zick, a naturopathic physician and researcher at the University of Michigan Health System."

Adding herbs and spices can help you maintain a healthy weight. Plus, they can help prevent certain cancers, and even lower blood pressure, control blood sugar and improve cardiovascular health," Zick said.

Read more about how spices can boost your health.

6 Healthy Benefits of Papaya

Top Health Benefits of Papaya

Why eat papaya? It's delicious, refreshing and will support your health in the following ways, according to this article from SixWise:

1. Promote Good Digestion

2. Fight Heart Disease

3. Anti-Inflammatory Properties

4. Support Your Immune System

5. Protect Your Eyes and Lungs

6. Fight Prostate Cancer

eBay listing expires Thursday 8/30/07

Liver Cancer and Vitamin K

Researchers in Japan investigating whether vitamin K could prevent bone loss in women with liver disease have uncovered a surprising, secondary benefit—the vitamin also helped to prevent liver cancer in the patients.

People with viral cirrhosis from diseases such as hepatitis C are at an increased risk of developing liver cancer—about 80% of people with hepatocellular carcinomas have cirrhosis.

Read the entire article here.

Multivitamins during Pregnancy May Prevent Childhood Cancers

A new study published in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics suggests that taking multivitamins containing folic acid during pregnancy may help prevent the most common childhood cancers including leukemia (cancer of the blood stream and/or bone marrow), brain tumors, and neuroblastoma (tumors that grow in the nervous system).

Read the entire article from Healthnotes here.

Drinking More Coffee May Decrease Risk of Renal Cancer

Pooled data from several prospective studies have shown that increased intake of coffee and tea appears to decrease the risk of developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The details of this study appeared in an early on line publication in the International Journal of Cancer on June 21, 2007.

Read more here.

Citrus for Cancer

Citrus flavonoids, or naturally occurring plant compounds that function as antioxidants, may be effective anticancer agents, a new study suggests.

Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute in Canada stated that tangeritin and nobiletin are citrus flavonoids that are among the most effective at inhibiting cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo.

Tangeritin is a flavone that is found in tangerine and other citrus peels. Tangeritin is commercially available as a dietary supplement. Nobiletin is one of the citrus bioflavonoids and can be found in fruits such as lemon, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, etc.

Read more here.

Burdock (Arctium lappa)

A long but informative article about Burdock (one of the main ingredients in essiac) and its many uses and properties can be found here, along with pictures.