5 foods to help you balance hormones and prevent cancer

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When your hormones are out of balance, you know it. Stress takes over, weight creeps on for seemingly no reason at all, a full night of sleep is a thing of the past, and energy slips away all too easily. Unfortunately, hormone imbalance and estrogen dominance can greatly increase our breast cancer risk. However, we’ve also got some good news: reducing the effects of many of these factors is well within our influence! What you eat regulates many aspects of body function, including the secretion of certain hormones & your diet can help you maintain a healthy body weight, ward of different diseases and sicknesses, keep our hormones balanced and our estrogen at healthy levels.

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // Megan Pischke’s Super Booster Salmon + Kale Soup

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I love soups. I love Salmon. These days there seems to be more and more information regarding how amazing salmon is for your body. And lucky me, I live in the North West, and my family and I often enjoy this fish fresh. Salmon contains potent omega-3 fatty acids called eicosapentaenoic acids and docosahexaenoic acids. Yeah, fun words, but even more fun that they are so proficient at getting rid of inflammation. I was taught to only combine animal protein soups with non-starchy veggies, ocean veggies, and raw salads. This is a quick and easy recipe to share with someone you love.

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // Use your spice rack to reduce your breast cancer risk

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When we talk about SUPERFOODS, we always get really excited and then realize these foods usually aren’t already in the average pantry – from tonic herbs to exotic berries, there are a lot of new foods to learn about, right? But what many of us don’t realize is what an arsenal of powerful superfoods already live in almost every one of our kitchens: the spice rack.

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // Delicious drinks for hormone balance and breast cancer prevention

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Unfortunately, hormone imbalance and estrogen dominance can greatly increase our breast cancer risk. However, we’ve also got some good news: reducing the effects of many of these factors is well within our influence, who knew! What you eat regulates many aspects of body function, including the secretion of certain hormones & your diet can help you maintain a healthy body weight, ward of different diseases and sicknesses, keep our hormones balanced and our estrogen at healthy levels . In addition to reaping hormonal rewards through food, women can also drink their way to health with some easy, potent beverages that can have a big impact on the endocrine system. These recipes are simple, affordable, and — yes — totally tasty.

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // The anti-inflammatory seed that can protect you from cancer

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Pomegranate is without a doubt one of our favorite foods this time of year! Sweet and tart. Tangy and juicy. Delicious. That’s the pleasure you get when you crack open a fresh pomegranate and suck on the deep red seeds of the luscious fruit. Or when you simply crack open a bottle of pure pomegranate juice and take a satisfying gulp. Not only are pomegranates tasty, but they’re also full of natural health benefits.

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // Natural Antibiotics for Cold + Flu Season

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Winter means cold & SNOW (can you tell we’re excited?) but for many, winter also means cold + flu season. It is almost instinctual for us to head to the doctor’s office to get meds when we come down with a sickness. However, the antibiotics often prescribed usually wind up doing much more harm than good, killing off healthy bacteria and the bad pathogens. While antibiotics do have their place in medicine, why not think about reaching for a natural solution when you can? Mother Nature has some pretty amazing things to offer us!

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // Self Care Resolutions for 2016

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It’s that time of year again; the time when everyone is making resolutions… or the complete opposite. It seems that many people these days are quick to reject the idea of New Year’s resolutions because it brings up memories of failed attempts and hopeful do-overs. We get that. But what if the concept of a New Year’s resolution isn’t actually at fault? What if it’s about the resolutions you choose to make?