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Teens Who Eat Fruit Lower Their Breast Cancer Risk

Female Health, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study reveals that teens who eat 3 servings of fruit a day have a 25% decreased risk of breast cancer as an adult, compared to teens who eat less than one serving of fruit a day. Published in the BMJ on May 11, 2016, this study shows that fruit has a preventive effect in preventing breast cancer and that specifically consuming fruit as an adolescent is even more important than consuming them as an adult. The Study: Researchers examined date from over 90,000 premenopausal female patients (ages 27 – 44 years old) Over 44,000 patients reported …

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Feb 27 2017

Winter Skin Help

Female Health, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Winter can be a tough time for anybody’s skin… painfully dry hands and cracked heels galore (ouch!) Dry heated air dehydrates and cracks your vulnerable skin while you are inside staying warm… …combine that with whipping cold winds that chaff skin when you are outside and winter is just no fun on your skin, especially if you suffer from chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema or other forms of dermatitis. Today I have a blog post for you that is full of wonderful things you can do to support tender dry winter skin and support skin health …

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Jan 2 2017

Your Extra Weight Is Not As Bad For You As Your Doctor Wants You To Think

Female Health, Grounding, Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

I am always reading the medical literature looking for positive messages to share with you. And during the holiday season… when most of us have naturally gained a little weight… this is the perfect time to share today’s uplifting medical study with you. This latest study didn’t receive much attention (the negative scary reports always seem to be the ones your doctors want to share with you!) but I think it should have. Researchers looked at two very large databases, examining body mass (Body Mass Index — BMI) and metastatic renal (kidney) cancer survival rates. They found that obesity …

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Dec 26 2016

Acupuncture Medically Proven To Help Constipation

Female Health, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Acupuncture has been proven to not only significantly help relieve constipation… …but it actually helps relieve chronic, severe constipation not responding to other treatments! On top of that, acupuncture was shown to have long term, persistent effects in helping to solve constipation. Woot! Why aren’t we hearing about this (yet still seeing endless plugs for Metamucil and fiber bulking agents as well as new Rx drugs such as Linzess and Amitiza on TV?) Because holistic remedies never get the same press that over-the-counter and prescription remedies do. But that’s what you have me for! I only share uplifting, …

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Oct 24 2016

Your Skin Is Trying To Tell You Something

Female Health, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Skin can speak to us through the location of the eczema patches we have, through acne, through dry tight skin, hives, changes in hair growth, pigmentation, wrinkles, stretch marks… …and much, much more. Skin can speak subtly through chronic messages that it whispers to you your entire life… ….or skin can scream loudly and angrily during acute transitions and times of crisis. But no matter how your skin speaks to you, there is always a message to be appreciated. Because our skin replicates so quickly, it is a wonderful mirror for what is going on …

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Sep 6 2016

Fasting To Decrease Cancer Recurrence

Female Health, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Recently published on March 31, 2016 in JAMA Oncology, new evidence supports the idea that fasting at night reduces the risk of cancer recurrence. Every night as we sleep we all enter a mini-fasting period before we *break-the-fast* with breakfast each morning. Prolonging the amount of time spent fasting — skipping evening snacks all together and fasting for 13+ hours each night — reduced the risk of breast cancer according to a study that spanned thousands of patients followed for over a decade. Simply taking care to eat an early dinner and not eating again until breakfast (for …

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Jun 13 2016

Household Chemicals Damage Cognition (And Small Changes You Can Make To Protect Yourself)

Female Health, Grounding, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

A recent study just published May 2016 in the journal Environmental Research reveals the extent of damage that common household chemicals are having on children… … impairing cognitive function and behavioral development. Chemicals that are routinely found in homes that are implicated in impairing cognitive function of children are commonly found in nonstick cooking pans, carpet pads, upholstery, and in electronics. Exposure during pregnancy to these and other toxic items containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) is now definitively associated with decreased cognitive function of children later in life. These findings show that the mother’s concentration …

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Jun 6 2016

Teens Who Eat Fruit Lower Their Breast Cancer Risk

Winter Skin Help

Your Extra Weight Is Not As Bad For You As Your Doctor Wants You To Think

Acupuncture Medically Proven To Help Constipation

Your Skin Is Trying To Tell You Something

Fasting To Decrease Cancer Recurrence

Household Chemicals Damage Cognition (And Small Changes You Can Make To Protect Yourself)

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