B4BC’s 9th Annual Skate the Lake [Tahoe] was an unprecedented success, fundraising over $20,000, more than TWICE the amount from last year! Our awesome group of 100+ participants skated or biked 28 miles around parts of the gorgeous bike path surrounding Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley this past weekend to raise money for B4BC’s education and…
The Farmers Market is a great place to find local, organic produce, and support your community as well! Shopping at a farmers’ market is a great way to meet local farmers and get fresh, flavorful produce while avoiding GMOs and pesticides (double check with your local farmer to make sure!). Need help finding one by you? Online resources like www.localharvest.org or www.farmersmarket.com help you find farmers’ markets in your area, often with live entertainment and unique vendors! Search for one near you to find your newest weekly ritual!
With a growing body of evidence connecting GMOs with adverse health effects, environmental damage, and violations of farmers’ and consumers’ rights, it’s more important than ever to educate yourself on what you’re putting into your body & how to live a “GM-Free Diet”!
To help you make the best effort at avoiding GMOs while shopping at the grocery store, we wanted to share six recommendations from FOOD MATTERS on what to look for and what to avoid.
This past weekend thousands of surf fans flocked to Oceanside Pier for the Ford Supergirl Pro—the largest all-women’s surf contest in the world, which also boasts the only ASP 6-star competition in North America for the ladies. A runner-up 3 x in the Supergirl Series, B4BC team rider Malia Manuel, out surfed New Zealand’s Paige…
Want some easy ways to improve your eating habits and reduce your risk of cancer? Our friends at The Breast Cancer Fund compiled a list of 7 things that you can do that can make all the difference, and they’re so easy it doesn’t make sense not to!
When we talk about ways to prevent breast cancer, one of the lesser mentioned aspects of taking care of your body is LOVING YOURSELF (for the rest of B4BC’s “7 Tips to Stomp Out Breast Cancer”: http://bit.ly/1agB9hX).
It sounds simple enough, but sometimes it takes some extra thought. For this weeks Pause for Prevention, we’re taking a page from yoga girl Rachel Brathen Yoga Lifestyle, and a little rant about her experience with looks and body image, and why it’s important to LOVE YOURSELF just as you are.
You’ve heard it before – it’s not great to sit all day. But have you ever looked at the reasons why? It’s pretty scary!
If you sit for six hours a day, whether you’re at work, in class, or just vegging on the couch, then your risk of heart disease has increased by up to 64 percent, you’re shaving off seven years of quality life, and you’re also more at risk for certain types of cancer.
SUCCESS! The Supreme Court has ruled this morning in an unanimous ruling that human genes CANNOT be patented.
This is a big deal for the breast cancer prevention community because it will result in affordable genetic testing, including for BRCA variants that indicate increased breast cancer risk. The particular genes at issue received public attention after the actress Angelina Jolie revealed in May that she had had a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she had inherited a faulty copy of a gene that put her at high risk for breast cancer. The price of the test, often more than $3,000, was partly a product of Myriad’s patent, putting it out of reach for some women.
The subject of antiperspirants and deodorants and breast cancer is a little confusing, to say the least. There were some Internet rumors that started around 1999 that antiperspirants cause breast cancer and that you should stop using those products immediately. This caused a stir in the scientific community and the public wanted to know first: is this true? When the scientific community said they just plain “didn’t know,” the public pressured for studies to be done. But the studies done were not “done” very well, and usually funded by companies that had a hand in the billion dollar antiperspirant industry. This lead to conflicting results. Here are the facts…you make your decision.
May is National Skin Cancer/ Melanoma Awareness month and with summer quickly approaching we want you to be aware of your sun exposure. With more than 1 million new cases of skin cancer annually in the US, it’s not only important for you to protect yourself from the sun’s UV rays, but also from your sunscreen.