Mercola lists hazardous laundry detergent ingredients, including sodium lauryl and laureth sulfate, 1,4-dioxane, nonylphenol ethoxylate and phosphates, and cites EPA findings that indoor air runs 2 to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air.
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Lifestyle
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Lifestyle
Endless Energy: How Yoga Saved My Life...
Kathy Smith writes that a USC study by Kelvin Davies found physical and mental stress can overproduce a brain protein called RCAN1 that eventually leads to disease, and recommends exercise - interval and strength training plus yoga - to replace stress with energy.
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Five Secrets for a Festive and Cancer-Protective Holiday Table
AICR offers five strategies for holiday eating, starting with filling no more than a third of the plate with meat and the rest with vegetables, fruit and whole grains. Dietitian Alice Bender notes two or three pounds gained each year add up over time.
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Moderate exercise helps people to better control diet
A review in Obesity Reviews reports that people who exercise moderately tend to eat better, and that adding exercise to a weight-loss diet makes the diet easier to stick with. Lead researcher Miguel Alonso Alonso advises starting with small, gradual changes.
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The Science is Practically Screaming... Don't Make This Trendy Fat Mistake
Mercola argues human trials have not shown omega-6 vegetable oils reduce atherosclerosis or cardiovascular death, and that Western diets run omega-3 to omega-6 ratios of 1:20 to 1:50 instead of 1:1. He recommends both plant and animal omega-3s, favouring krill oil.
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Feast Like a Caveman and Watch the Pounds Melt Away
Mercola argues that eating in line with genetic ancestry, mostly raw vegetables, fruit, nuts, roots and meat, heads off modern diseases, and claims a Paleo diet drops cholesterol about 30 points in two weeks, more than a statin does.
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New Research: Getting Up from Your Desk Can Put the "Breaks" on Cancer
Estimates presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research conference tie as many as 49,000 breast cancer cases and 43,000 colon cancer cases a year in the U.S. to a lack of physical activity. AICR urges readers to break every hour of sitting with one to two minutes of movement.
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Cancer Experts Link Almost 100,000 U.S. Cancer Cases to Inactivity and Prolonged Sitting
AICR announced a news conference presenting new evidence-based estimates that inactivity accounts for almost 100,000 US cancer cases a year, and urged adults to take one- to two-minute activity breaks every hour.
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Significant weight gain in adulthood increased risk for endometrial cancer (PR)
Victoria Stevens of the American Cancer Society reported at an AACR prevention conference that postmenopausal women who gained weight during adulthood had higher endometrial cancer risk than those who stayed stable. The data cover 38,152 women, 560 of whom reported the cancer from 1992 to 2007.
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Are Aluminum-Containing Antiperspirants Contributing To Breast Cancer In Women?
Mercola argues that aluminum in antiperspirants may be absorbed into breast tissue and could raise breast cancer risk, citing higher aluminum levels in the nipple aspirate fluid of women with breast cancer and animal studies on aluminum and cancer. He urges natural personal care products.
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Study suggests children's food choices are affected by direct advertising and parental influence(PR)
In a study of 75 children aged 3 to 5, 71 percent of those who saw a French fry commercial picked the fry coupon when their parents stayed neutral, dropping only to 55 percent when parents urged the healthier choice, a smaller parental effect than researchers expected.
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Physical activity, polyunsaturated fat linked to early onset of menopause
Among 3,115 Japanese women followed for 10 years, those in the top quartile for physical activity were 17 percent more likely to reach menopause early and those eating the most polyunsaturated fat 15 percent more likely. Other fats showed no link. The effects were small but significant.
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Healthy lifestyle helps prevent stroke
Finnish data on 36,686 adults followed about 13.7 years showed those adhering best to healthy habits had a 67% lower risk of stroke, in both men and women, after adjusting for age, blood pressure, cholesterol and other factors. The habits covered smoking, weight, activity, vegetables and alcohol.
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Calm Focus: 6 Natural Stress Relievers that Won't Zap your Energy
Isaac Eliaz recommends stress remedies that do not leave you drowsy, describing ashwagandha as an adaptogen Ayurvedic healers use to help the body resist stress, and holy basil, or tulsi, as an herb shown to lower the stress hormone cortisol.
Lifestyle
What is the 11th most common cause of death in the U.S.?
Suicide ranks as the eleventh most common cause of death in the United States. The page lists National Suicide Prevention Lifeline numbers, the veterans' hotline option and chat service, and points to NIMH and CDC material on warning signs.
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Smokers are smoking less (PR)
A CDC Vital Signs report covering 2005 to 2010 found adult smoking fell from 20.9 to 19.3 percent, or 45.3 million people. Daily smokers on nine or fewer cigarettes rose to 21.8 percent while heavy smoking fell. Tom Frieden notes the decline has slowed.
Lifestyle
The New Natural Wonder Drug for Cancer
A report says patients getting cancer treatment should do two and a half hours of physical activity a week, replacing older advice to rest. It cites research tying recommended exercise levels to 40 percent lower breast cancer recurrence risk and up to 30 percent lower prostate cancer death risk.
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The ONE Thing That Can Slash Your Risk of Dying From Cancer Up to 50%
Mercola reports on a British Journal of Sports Medicine study estimating each hour of television watched after age 25 corresponds to 22 fewer minutes of life expectancy, and on a JAMA meta-analysis tying two hours of daily viewing to 20 percent higher diabetes and heart risk.
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