One of the most impressive natural agents that has been shown to combat aging, reduce risk of degenerative disease and help optimize health and well-being is the daily ingestion of ground flaxseed.
Flaxseeds are the richest source of a wondrous bioactive substance known as SLD (secoisolariciresinol diglycoside) that provides the body with a multitude of benefits. In fact, flaxseeds contain 800 times more SLD and related compounds (mammalian lignan precursors) than any other food on earth. Ingesting the equivalent ...
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Approximately one in four women and one in eight men over the age of 50 develop osteoporosis in our modern societies.
These are alarming statistic, as 25% of individuals who sustain an osteoporotic hip fracture die within the first year from related complications.
In Canada, more women die each year from the consequences of hip fractures than from the combined death rate from breast and ovarian cancer (Osteoporosis Society Of Canada). Studies indicate that much of thi...
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In this short video Dr. Meschino explains key nutrients that support thyroid hormone production for individuals with thryoid dysfunction and to support the use of thyroid hormone replacement therapy
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In 1996, Dr Walter Willett of Harvard University authored a report in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute stating that, after reviewing the world-wide evidence, approximately 50% of breast cancer cases could be avoided if women in North America engaged in more prudent nutrition and lifestyle practices. It has been shown consistently that having a full-term pregnancy and breast feeding before age 30 reduces a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer by 25-30%, and that another 20-25% of breast cancer cases ar...
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