Saturated fats vs. fertility

 I know most of my readers are probably not in the stage of life that I am but I found this particular article interesting. It may be something to think about for the future for those of you looking to have a family. We've learned from class and as we're growing up that saturated fats are bad for your health for a number of reasons. This gives you another reason to be careful of what is going in your mouth.

 http://health.msn.com/healthy-living/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100266349

 This article didn't mention about how saturated fats affect women but I have read that women should avoid these as well as refined starches and simple sugars like those in processed breakfast cereals and soft drinks. Hormone imbalance can occur as a result which has an impact on fertility.

Breast Cancer

 As many of you may know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I wanted to take some time to give you a little info on breast cancer and an easy way to help fight this disease.

 Breast cancer doesn't just effect women as men are susceptible to it to. Each year, approximately 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and of those, 40,000 women will die from it. About 1,700 men are diagnosed with 450 deaths resulting from it.
 Dannon and the National Breast Cancer Foundation have teamed up in an effort to raise $1.5 million for breast cancer education and support services. On the tops of Dannon products, you can find a code that can be entered online at http://www.cupsofhope.com/. Each time you enter a code, 10 cents will go towards this goal. Even if the goal is not reached, a guaranteed $500,000 will be donated by Dannon.
 Some controllable risk factors that you can control yourself are being obese or overweight, lack of physical activity, a diet high in saturated fat, and having more than 2 alcoholic drinks a day. For more information on breast cancer, please visit http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/About-Breast-Cancer/.

Junk Food: The New Weight Loss Diet?

 When I first saw the title of this article, I was intrigued on how exactly someone was going to make a case for eating junkfood as a diet. Acheiving weight loss is a matter of adjusting your calories out vs. calories in. The professor in this article took a unique approach to teaching his students this fact. Some may not agree with his approach but after thinking about it, I believe it makes a bigger statement about limiting calories that you take in. Understanding that there are other factors that may help or inhibit weight loss, the basic principle is still there. Read it and let me know if it makes sense to you. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/diabetes/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100264421