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Flaxseed May Help Protect Against Radiation

One of the earliest cultivated crops, flaxseed has been useful since the dawn of civilization for weaving cloth, making flax oil, and as a food.

Now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that flaxseed might have a new use for the 21st century: protecting healthy tissues and organs from the harmful effects of radiation. Continue reading »

Sun Protection Nutrition

by Dr. Jonathan V. Wright

A recent article by Dr. Niva Shapira in the journal Nutrition Reviews lays out the evidence for a Nutritional approach to sun protection in 7 1/2 pages (with an impressive 149 references).

It points directly to the major culprit behind the large majority of skin cancers: poor diet!

Cell Phone Risks

The dangers of cell phones have led to preventive policies in France, Israel, Finland, and India.

At Pill Advised we have been very interested in the ongoing discussion about cell phone safety. See: Cell Phone on the Brain?

Can Supplements Reduce Damage from Radiation?

By Dr. Leo Galland

The fallout from radioactive steam released by damaged nuclear reactors in Japan has raised concerns about radiation exposure in Asia, the Pacific and North America.

The disaster at Chernobyl in the Ukraine in 1986 provides an alarming example of how radiation can spread over long distances and in unsuspected ways.