Sometimes, the hardest part of a cancer battle isn't the disease itself - but what it does to the rest of your body. More than half of cancer patients suffer from cachexia, a wasting condition that involves malnutrition and weight loss so severe that patients don't just lose fat, but muscle too.

Today I want to tell you how to stay healthy by simply cutting one ingredient from your diet, rather than stocking up on mounds of vitamins and get-better-quick remedies...

Research shows that wooden cutting boards actually do not sustain the growth of bacteria – but the plastic versions do. In part, this research was stimulated by various health departments mandating the use of plastic cutting boards in commercial establishments.