Category: Food, Nature & Cancer
-
Can weight-loss drugs lower cancer risk? What the GLP-1 boom is really telling us
Written and edited by Abel B. Daartey, PharmD Key Takeaways GLP-1 medicines have moved very quickly from diabetes clinics into the center of public conversation. Many people know them by brand names such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound. At first, the main story was blood sugar. Then it became weight loss. Now, a more…
-
Why You Experience Headache After Missing Your Morning Coffee
Written and edited by Abel B. Daartey, PharmD 3 Key Takeaways You missed your morning coffee, and by 10 a.m. your head starts protesting. Not just a small discomfort. A dull pressure behind the eyes. A tight band around the forehead. Sometimes a throbbing headache that makes you regret every confident decision you made before…
-
The Sleep-Cancer Connection: What Happens in Your Body When You Don’t Rest
Sleep and circadian rhythm matter for cancer biology, but the evidence is nuanced. The strongest warning signal is long-term night shift work, not an occasional bad night.
-
Moringa and Cancer: What the Science Actually Shows
Moringa has interesting anticancer signals in cells and animal models, but it is not a proven cancer prevention or cancer treatment in humans.
-
Green Tea and Cancer: What EGCG Does Inside the Cell
EGCG in green tea affects cancer-related pathways in the lab, but human prevention evidence remains limited and inconsistent. Brewed tea is not the same as high-dose extract pills.
-
There Is No Safe Amount: What Science Now Says About Alcohol and Cancer
Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen linked to at least seven cancer types. WHO states there is no safe level for cancer risk, and the old heart-protection argument is not a good reason to drink.
-
What You’re Drinking With Your Meal: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Cancer Risk
Sugary drinks do not directly cause cancer in a simple one-drink way. The stronger concern is long-term metabolic stress: weight gain, insulin resistance, fatty liver, and inflammation.
-
Obesity and Cancer: The Evidence Behind 13 Cancer Types
Excess body fat is linked to higher risk for at least 13 cancer types. The biology involves insulin signaling, estrogen, inflammation, adipokines, and changes in the gut environment.
-
Coffee and Cancer: A More Complicated Story Than You Think
Coffee is most consistently linked with lower liver and endometrial cancer risk, but the evidence is not a license to drink unlimited coffee. Temperature, caffeine sensitivity, pregnancy, sleep, anxiety, reflux, and heart symptoms still matter.
-
The Sugar and Cancer Myth: What the Science Actually Says
Sugar does not selectively feed cancer in the way social media often claims. The real concern is long-term metabolic stress from added sugars, sugary drinks, obesity, insulin resistance, and inflammation.
BreathPharma 