Most people who think of “fighting aging” think of one’s appearance — of “showing their age”… wrinkles, looking tired, having less energy, etc. But there’s a pretty important one that left unattended can lead to such things as: Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, and Respiratory Disease. And, for women, it’s recently also been linked to: Elevated risk of esophageal, breast, and gallbladder cancers. What is it?

If like most people you want to get and keep your immune system working as well as it can, and also your loved ones immune systems working well, it's important to ensure the vitamins and nutrients you take in are being fully utilized to maintain a strong immune system. Guess what... studies have confirmed that an item you may have on hand can help in that regard....

The habit, although it’s so ever-present it may be more of an environmental thing than a habit…has been reported to cause all kinds of risks and damage to people’s health, but this is a new one… increasing a person’s risk of colon cancer by 60%. But it is a risk you CAN control... you just need to know of the risk, and the possible controls...

Did you know that if you follow the advice to eat probiotic-rich foods like yogurt and sauerkraut to help improve your gut health — or if you take probiotic supplements for that purpose — you still have to “feed” those probiotics to get them to stick around long enough to be of benefit to you? You do... and we just read about a study that found a very popular and good-tasking snack type food is really good at this.

We all know we should wash our hands to avoid picking up colds and other unfriendly things, and many dog owners wash their dogs' paws too... but beware of using this on your dogs' paws, as the FDA has warned that it may cause illness or even death in dogs.