Author: Erin Elizabeth

Getting adequate amounts of vitamin D and vitamin K is essential for your health. But some sources claim that supplementing with vitamin D is harmful if you are low in vitamin K. So what’s the truth? This article looks into the science behind those claims. What Are Vitamins D and K? Vitamin D and vitamin K are essential, fat-soluble nutrients. They are generally most abundant in high-fat foods, and their absorption into the bloodstream is enhanced when they are consumed with fat. Often called the “sunshine vitamin,” vitamin D is abundant in fatty fish and fish oil, but it’s...

When chemo fails, or worse, feeds the cancer, the immense healing power of food may be the only hope left.  Colon cancer is one of the world’s most prevalent and lethal forms of cancer and is believed to be driven primarily by the Western diet. It has been estimated that one million people around the world are diagnosed with colon cancer, and 500,000 die from it, each year. Conventional treatment approaches continue to do very little to reduce mortality, and this is believed to be due to the presence of a subpopulation of colon tumor cells known as cancer stem...

  Last Wednesday, a remarkable article about the recovery of a woman with advanced colon cancer, after treatment with cells from her own immune system, was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Her treatment, a form of immunotherapy, was the first to successfully target a common killer that scientists have been trying to attack for decades. Her story may now lead to new options for thousands of other patients with colon or pancreatic cancer. Until now, the specific mutation has been thought of as “bulletproof,” because it was resistant to every attempt at treatment. At issue was...