At the start of the new year, everyone wants to eat better and get healthy. Everywhere you turn, someone is cutting a food here or adding a meal plan there. Cheer yourself on; nutrients are important! But have you given much thought to your gut – the part of your body that determines what to do with all those good choices?

Few people realize that the gut is deeply connected with the nervous system, as a team working the command post of the body. Whether or not you have obvious gut issues (like stomach upset or trouble in the restroom), don’t overlook your health and diet history, lifestyle, and other factors that may have damaged the gut. Knowing how to heal your gut is a cornerstone of an anti-cancer lifestyle. [Full article]

Investigative Journalist Jen Moore was found dead in a suburban Washington D.C. hotel room Monday, according to police and shocked and distraught friends and colleagues.

Moore died of an apparent seizure. Police are closely investigating the cause of death in Prince Georges County, Maryland. Preliminary reports from police said the death was not the result of suicide. [Full article]