Category Archives: Nutrition

Taking a Bite Out of Cancer

By Kim Jordan | Published: March 25, 2013

Every day, with every meal or snack, each one of us performs a magic trick. We transform non-self to self: when we eat an egg, we do not become the egg, the egg literally becomes us. “You are what you eat” is therefore a statement of biochemical fact. This concept provides the best framework for [...]

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Volunteers Cook for Patients at SCCA House

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: September 26, 2012

Sometimes it takes a village… Across the street from SCCA House is the office of Skanska, a project development and construction company where some amazing people work. An organization that claims to care about the community, these folks talk the talk, and walk the walk, as the saying goes. Volunteers from Skanska donated and built [...]

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You Are What You Eat

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: May 28, 2012

Last year, a study revealed that women diagnosed with local or regional breast cancer who ate better-than-average quality diets had a 60 percent reduced risk of death from any cause and an 88 percent reduced risk of death from breast cancer (1). Choosing whole foods will help increase the quality of your diet, like using bean spread instead of [...]

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Green Tea and Cancer

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: May 21, 2012

By Laura A. James, ND, FABNO, graduate of Tufts University and Bastyr University’s naturopathic medicine program. She provides integrated medicine services to women at her Bellevue Clinic and in Bellingham. There are many natural compounds that are thought to prevent carcinogenesis or influence the course of cancer. I am sure that you have read about antioxidants, [...]

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Supplemental support for good health

By Amy Poffenbarger | Published: May 14, 2012

Food is the best source of nutrients. If you choose to take supplements, be sure to choose supplements with appropriate amounts of vitamins, minerals, or other chemicals. And actually, there isn’t any proof that taking many of the supplements below will prevent cancer. Multiple vitamin and mineral supplements If you avoid specific groups of foods, such as [...]

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