3 Common Chemicals That May Cause Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is an epidemic. One in eight women will develop the disease, and nearly 40,000 women die from it yearly (though, thankfully, the death rate is decreasing). We all know women who have fought the disease — moms, sisters, grandmothers, friends, aunts, daughters, neighbors.
Meanwhile, the evidence mounts that common chemicals play a role in breast cancer incidence. Hormone-disrupting chemicals pose a particular concern, since breast cancer is sensitive to hormonal changes. One recent study found women who work in the plastics and food canning industries had a fivefold increase in premenopausal breast cancer. The conclusion? Exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals, including phthalates, bisphenol-A, and flame-retardants, is a decisive factor in breast cancer incidence.
Because the government and industry are slow to take steps to protect people from the carcinogenic effects of everyday toxic chemicals, it falls to the consumer to take steps to reduce exposures to cancer-causing chemicals. Learning more about these chemicals and working to avoid exposure to them is a key cancer prevention strategy that everyone can embrace.

8 Best Plants to Grow Indoors

Plants do not seem to want to live in my house. After my last plant turned completely brown, I decided to give up on growing anything indoors for a while. Recently, I was inspired to give it another try after I heard Kamal Meattle talk about his experience. Kamal had asthma so badly that doctors predicted he could die if his living environment didn’t change. Then, by simply adding plants in his home and workspace, his health drastically improved and his asthma symptoms subsided (you can listen to his Ted Talks presentation here).

10 Air Cleaner and Purifier Indoor Plants

 Did you know that the air quality indoors, even in a new and clean building, is considered dangerously polluted by widely accepted air quality standards?  Unless you live in a cutting edge, LEED Platinum house with excellent ventilation, it is highly likely that you are breathing in all kinds of toxic particulates and gases that are silently and constantly being generated by the synthetic chemicals in your home and the various materials it is made from (carpet, paint, wood finishing, TV’s, electronics, etc.).  Many people are aware of this and buy machines to purify the air in their home or office.  These are a step in the right direction, but nothing is quite as powerful or effective as nature.  We highly recommend the use of plants that are known for removing toxins and generating abundant oxygen.  Unlike machines, plants are totally natural and are biologically aligned with the needs of the human body, making them the perfect remedy for indoor air quality.  Below you will find a list of 10 excellent plants for this purpose.  Best of all, they are cheap, readily available and easy to maintain.
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Cashew Nut – The Cholesterol and Fat Busting Super Nut

Cashews, known scientifically as Anacardium occidentale, belong to the same family as the mango and pistachio nut. The name Anacardium, originally from the Greek, actually refers to the nut, core or heart of the fruit, which is outwardly located (ana means “upwards” and cardium means “heart”).
Its English name derives from the Portuguese for the fruit of the cashew tree, caju, which itself is derived from the indigenous Tupi name, acajú.

Is it a Seed or a Fruit?

The fruit, called cashew apple is an accessory fruit (sometimes called “false” fruit)  and added in refreshing drinks in Brazil and the Carribean. The actual fruit (the one we know as cashew nut) is a kidney or boxing-glove shaped drupe that contains a single seed and grows at the lower end of the cashew apple.
In the 16th century, Portuguese explorers introduced the cashew trees in Brazil and later in tropical colonies such as India and Africa. The cashew nut did not gain popularity until the beginning of the 20th century. Today, the leading commercial producers of cashews are India, Brazil, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria.

9 Ways to Treat Migraine Without Medication

Headaches not only interfere with the activity, but also cause sufferers experience nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, until stiff neck. The suffering is usually mitigated through medication from a doctor. However, only with attention to diet and make a few changes to your lifestyle, you can reduce the frequency of relapses. Want to know the ‘cure’ (without drug) what can you begin to ‘consumption’ now? Let us refer to together.
1. Avoid Triggers
Migraine, just like any other disease, would not appear out of nowhere with no obvious cause. From now on, let’s look at each pattern of the attacks came. Trigger migraine in general are smoking (because nicotine can narrow blood vessels in the brain), too much in the move or exercise, stress, change in hours / sleep patterns, headaches, neck, until the problem tooth. If the trigger exists between the rows that are part of your lifestyle, it is now time to fix it.
2. Caffeine
Too much caffeine can make blood vessels constrict around the brain to trigger the onset of migraine. Limit your caffeine intake of no more than 300 mg per day, so that migraines do not recur.