The Carotenoids: Beta-Carotene, Lycopene, Lutein…. May Benefit Health in Breast Cancer Survivors

by Heather Granato 10/29/2007 TUCSON, Ariz.—Higher plasma levels of carotenoids may help reduce oxidative stress in women previously treated for breast cancer (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarker Prev. 2007;16(10):2008–15). Researchers from the University of Arizona and Arizona Cancer Center conducted an ancillary study on 207 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors from the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living Study.…

Use of Anti-aging Herbal Medicine, Lycium barbarum, Against Aging-associated Diseases. What Do We Know So Far?

Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2007 Aug 21 Chang RC, So KF. Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. Lycium barbarum (Gouqizi, Fructus Lycii, Wolfberry) is well known for nourishing the liver, and in turn, improving the eyesight. However, many people have forgotten…

I had an interesting conversation on the phone today

Marcus, Such a joy to talk with you today. We appreciate your holistic views very much. Here is a transcript of the audio which I mentioned: (Audio and Transcript can be found at www.breathe.org) The small portion of transcript was transcribed from a FreeLife training audio lecture entitled “An Interview including Dr. Mindell and Peter…

I Have Had Hot Flashes For 18 Years, HELP!!!

Question: Hi Doctor: I have had hot flashes, for over 18 years, I’m 55 years old. Nothing helps them, I’ve tried –Maca, Progesterone Cream, and Herbs. My question is if you have heard of anything that works??? I was wondering if The CAOH Brand – Liquid Natural H.R.T. Advanced – if it would help hot…

ORAC – My Opinion

Question: I am thinking of switching from Noni, which I order all the time from you, to Goji which appears to be higher on the ORAC scale. What do you think? Answer: Gregory, ORAC, in my opinion, is way overrated and is more a marketing tool than anything else. I have never paid it much…