Cancer
Effects of the type of food being consumed and the risk of breast cancer is becoming ever more clear. Several studies from this year and the past decade support this link. The long-running Adventist Health Study-2 published their results in August 2025. For this huge report, encompassing almost 80,000 people from Canada and the…
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A quick search on the internet will hit both sides of the egg question. You can find articles detailing the health hazards of egg consumption as well as those touting the benefits of eating eggs. More surprisingly, some of the major health corporations in the US are backing off on their criticisms of eggs. What’s…
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Have you ever wondered how processed foods began? Well… here is the beginning of the story. It’s about the discovery that foods could be altered to increase their appeal. It opens in the late 1960s with a man by the name of Dr. Howard Moskowitz. (1,2). In 1969, Dr. Moskowitz left Harvard University with a…
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The internet is rife with debates and a big discussion over the past few years has been the notion that butter is a healthy fat. But where is the evidence? It is true that study results have been conflicting. However, investigations on the subject often covered very short time periods, compared diets at one point…
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When people express their desire to live to be at least 100 years old, they are assuming that their later years will be lived in good health. But that is not the norm. It does not take into account the healthspan-lifespan gap, the number of years near the end of a life that are spent…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
