Category Archives: Prevention

Prevention includes avoiding the “bad,” and the “good.” It covers whole life-style including diet, exercise, and behavior, outlook, …

PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening

By afshin | Published: April 18, 2012

Contrary to mainstream practice and thinking, prostate-specific antigen, or PSA-based Prostate Cancer Screening is no longer recommended.  The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, published their results in late 2011 which show: moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits!  They discourage use of the [...]

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Margarine is Poison

By afshin | Published: December 26, 2011

People who eat mostly polyunsaturated oils, especially margarine and shortening, have a greater risk of heart attack and cancer.   A lot of people, based on popular opinion, decided some years ago that butter was an enemy.  The reasoning is that since its high in animal fat, switching to using refined vegetable oils and margarine, [...]

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Avoiding Toxic Plastics

By afshin | Published: March 11, 2011

Toxic plastics are everywhere, poisoning us.  From water bottles, to food containers and canned food, to baby products, they are everywhere!   With the information I give you here, you can go a long way to avoiding the main offending plastic ingredients, especially BPA which is linked to diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, infertility and reproductive [...]

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Protein Powder Drinks Can Be A Health Hazard

By afshin | Published: February 23, 2011

There are a lot of drinks out these days with protein powder in it, and its become a popular product just by itself. Advertised as something of a super food, they can actually be harmful instead. Aside from the digestive issues, Consumer Reports Magazine reports that of 15 protein drinks tested, they found some could [...]

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Dysmenorrhea and Diet

By afshin | Published: December 28, 2010

Healthy habits are key to prevention of pain and cramping at any point in the menstrual cycle.  Regular light exercise, good diet, and a tempered emotional life are important but sometimes hard to maintain in the real world.   In this article, I talk about how you can help dysmenorrhea, painful periods, with diet.

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What to Eat and Not Eat to Support Healthy Menstruation

By afshin | Published: December 8, 2010

A well balanced diet and adequate exercise can go a long way towards healthy menstrual periods.  Dietary therapy for menstrual problems are a big part of my recommendations for cases of infertility, PMS, dysmenorrhea (painful periods), amenorrhea(no periods), irregular cycles, and menstrual hemorrhaging.  This article is about baseline nutrition for prevention of menstrual problems.

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Avoiding Toxic Ingredients in Personal Products, Part 2

By afshin | Published: November 17, 2010

In this second part in a series on toxins in common home products, I tell you about the organic personal & beauty products that make the cut, and the ones whose products contain toxins.  Since the U.S. government doesn’t regulate cosmetics for safety, long-term health impacts, or environmental damage, common cosmetics ingredients are quite harmful. [...]

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Avoiding Toxic Ingredients in Beauty Products, part 1

By afshin | Published: October 30, 2010

There is no lack of toxic chemicals in our modern environment and unfortunately ‘beauty’ products top the list.  Most at risk are females, especially people of color.  A survey by the Environmental Working Group shows that most women use about 12 products, putting on about 126 harmful chemicals over the course of the day.  In [...]

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Store-bought Chicken Unsafe

By afshin | Published: September 16, 2010

It has been well over ten years since news of harmful bacteria in store bought chicken became mainstream knowledge.  Earlier this year I wrote an article pointing out that Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria from chicken and other foods infect 3.4 million Americans, send 25500 to hospitals, and kill about 500; this information was from an [...]

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Why Read Medication Labels?

By afshin | Published: March 23, 2010

Accidental death from drugs, even when correctly administered, is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.!   The majority of over-the-counter drugs have been required to carry a “Drug Facts” label since 2002, but most people are not reading them.  You’ll be surprised how badly even OTC drugs are being misused.

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How to do Standing Qigong

By afshin | Published: January 29, 2010

In this article I introduce you to one of the most all-around beneficial exercises that you can do.  It is a form of qi gong called Standing pole, or just “standing” practice.  I’ll give you some background about why its so good for you, and tell you how you can start practicing today!

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What is QiGong?

By afshin | Published: January 29, 2010

What is qigong (chi-gong)?  Qi Gong roughly translates as energy exercise or breath exercise.  Its used to refer to a wide variety of exercises including meditation, calisthenics, deep breathing, self-massage, dietetics, etc…   The Chinese use of the word is a modern term for what was traditionally called yang sheng shu: the Art of Nourishing Life.

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Coffee side effects from chronic consumption

By afshin | Published: January 23, 2010

Coffee is one of those substances that is ok in moderation, but few know how to moderate. There are side effects. Nowadays, the big problem is malnutrition as a result of too much access to these “foods.”

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Natural Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment with Whole foods

By afshin | Published: January 22, 2010

This article answers a lot of the questions that come up about osteoporosis prevention and diet, and especially Calcium and its supplementation.  First we go over what inhibits calcium from being absorbed into your body, then we talk about what foods and lifestyle modifications will help keep bones strong.

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