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Fatigue is the number one side effect of cancer treatment. It is a side effect of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal therapy. Healthcare officials estimate that 90% of people experience fatigue during or after the treatment.
Sounds familiar.
It is a lack of energy that develops suddenly or slowly over time from our activities of everyday life. It can be overwhelming and it is generally not relieved by rest or sleep. more…
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In our fight against cancer we try to use every weapon available. 5 to 10 fruits and vegetables a day can be hard to achieve, but with a little help, we can do our goal. One book that came to my attention and I wrote earlier Zest for life, muster easy and tasty recipes that do just that. more…
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There a few functional foods around. We are more familiar with small berries like strawberries, cranberries or blackberries, but there are some more exotic fruits like Noni plant than we don’t get often in North America. Also called hog apple, it is a fruit the size of a potato. The juice, fruit, bark and leaves are used in Polynesian folk medicine. more…
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Would it be wonderful if we could wish cancer away, by positive thinking or with a magic spell? Mind over matter is a popularized phrase during the sixties and related to psychokinetic where we could move object with our mind. This pretty much look like being from a science fiction book : Being able to wish cancer out of us or is it? more…
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Take your vitamin. Have we heard that a lot during our childhood. We are still bombarded with this topic by advertisments on tv or website.
Well, folic acid is a vitamin. It is the vitamin B9 or folate. Its scientific name is pteroylglutamic acid, but rarely hear it that way. It help to maintain and repair DNA and is important in creating new cells like blood cells. Deficiency in B9 is responsible of birth defect call spina bifida.
Pregnant women are strongly recommended by their doctor to supplement their diet with extra foliate.