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Cleansing the colon helps to get rid of toxins so that the body’s resources are more effective in fighting disease. It is best to start the colon cleanse along with a dietdesigned to eliminate all processed foods and by eating fresh fruits and vegetables along with lean protein and good fats (flax, olive and borage).
Internal cleansing consists of a colon cleanse, parasite cleanse, kidney cleanse and liver cleanse. They are the key elements to an overall cleansing and detoxification plan. The colon, kidneys and liver are the primary elimination organs in the body. They help eliminate waste and toxins and if they don’t function properly there is a build up of toxins and as a result disease, lack of energy, obesity and other symptoms can appear.
The colon is a very vital organ and an unhealthy one can cause disease of the liver, heart, brain and other organs in the body. Crohn’s disease and colitis are signs of an unhealthy colon. The kidneys are also an important organ in the body and kidney stones and urinary tract infections are signs that the kidney may not be healthy. The liver provides many necessary functions in the body and if it is not healthy allergies, a poor immune system, malnutrition, hepatitis and gallstones can be the result.
Including a parasite cleanse is another important cleanse to consider. Parasites can derive food, nutrition and shelter in our bodies and they will naturally migrate to those areas of the body that is not functioning optimally. They can be present in our blood, joints and other organs. If you have pets, chances are you have parasites.
If you are going to undertake an internal cleanse it is very important to start with a Colon Cleanse, followed by a Kidney Cleanse and then a Liver Cleanse. The reason for this order is that the liver is generally full of toxins and when you undergo a liver cleanse, the liver release all the stored toxins into the body. It is then the job of the colon and kidneys to eliminate those toxins. If your colon is not functioning property, for instance you are constipated, or if your kidneys aren’t functioning well, you end up with the toxins being reabsorbed by the liver. As a result, you end up where you started and are not better for the experience. The colon and kidney need to be functioning at their peak before you undertake a liver cleanse.
The parasite cleanse should be done following the colon cleanse and then followed by the kidney cleanse and then the liver cleanse.
A breakthrough secret is all you need in order to forever shed those extra pounds, stay healthy, and add more life to your years! This secret is not difficult and it doesn’t require you to do something completely out of the ordinary or to eat special foods.
The doctor that came up with this secret realized that the colon and digestive system need to work in harmony for proper nutritional absorption. In doing some independent test the doctor’s patients got to see some fantastic results.
This same medical practitioner went on to accurately determine a definitive correlation between harmful plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and people suffering chronic obesity. These people who despite intense diet and exercise were unable to lose any weight whatsoever.
Over the course of six years the doctor developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly reproducing digestive parasites. The research found that when applied to even patients suffering from extreme obesity (98% of which were in immediate danger of dying) there was a 100% effectiveness and success rate.
The next step was to use the same research with people with milder cases of being overweight and the results were as described above (although individual weight loss per patient was not nearly as much as those patients who were 100 to 200 pounds or more overweight).
Again, nothing about this secret is unnatural or requires you to do any major action or modification in your life.
In fact, the doctor’s entire treatment is based completely on natural herbs, extracts, and organic components, and which can be found in a variety of plants. When combined this secret makes for a solution to what is perhaps the world’s worst ever plague: OBESITY (and the illnesses and diseases resulting from it, or at least severely aggravated or exacerbated by it).
While you’re there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the stories from others who have had incredible success with this program and have achieved rapid, massive weight loss and extremely improved and enhanced health.
There are many reasons that senior citizens should exercise on a regular basis, but the main one is that it helps to increase your overall health and ward off life-threatening diseases – especially those associated with aging. Simply put – exercising helps us age more gracefully.
Almost everyone knows the sort of problems we face when aging – slower metabolism, bone loss and stiffness in joints, muscle loss, balance problems, less endurance and heart and lung problems. We all want a quick fix to aging, such as injections and facelifts or a pill we can take to halt or reduce the aging process. But, in reality, regular exercise is the only thing we can do for ourselves that will increase our overall health and well-being.
Exercise can help us maintain the ability to do things we love and to accomplish everyday tasks that we need to do rather than depending on someone else. Even if you’re a very out of shape senior citizen, there are simple exercises you can do that will make you feel better and enjoy your life.
Stretching is simple to do (you can even stretch while sitting) and can make remarkable strides in improving your joints and muscles. You can find online stretching exercises, choose from the many television shows that promote exercising or get a book from the library or bookstore. You’ll want to be sure to choose exercises that stretch your back, arms, calves, thighs, stomach and chest – but don’t overdo it. Stretch for 5 to 20 minutes per day or whatever you feel up to.
Any activity that increases your endurance is great for senior citizens. Those exercises might include gardening, biking, swimming or simply walking the dog. Try to increase your breathing and heart rate, but don’t exercise so strenuously that you lose your ability to talk. Take it easy and you’ll benefit more than you realize.
Strength exercises are very important to engage in as you age. The more you can strengthen your muscles, the better able you’ll be to increase your metabolism (maintain a normal weight) and keep your blood sugar at normal levels. Strength exercises can be in the form of machines at a gym or fitness center – or, you can even use items around the house, such as books and cans of food.
Exercises designed to strengthen your back should be an important part of your exercise program. Back pain can be excruciating and life-changing and is common in senior citizens. Ask your doctor for a list of exercises you can do to strengthen back muscles or research on your own to find some that are right for you.
One of the worst maladies that can affect senior citizens is balance problems. Aging can cause loss of balance, but so can certain medications. There are exercises to specifically build your leg muscles and increase your perception of balance so that you’re less likely to fall. Keep in mind that in the United States, hospitals admit over 400,000 people per year for broken hips – and most are senior citizens.
As we age, we may experience some problems that affect the body and mind, including a change in our sensory perceptions. Our sense of smell may affect how we eat, enjoy food and drink and also affect the type of nutrients we put in our bodies. Depending on how severe the loss of smell is, it could actually be dangerous if it means we don’t smell hazardous chemicals, gas leaks and smoke.
Our sense of taste is also affected by our sense of smell. If you eat something while holding your nose, you might taste salt, bitterness or sweetness, but you won’t taste the robust flavor of what you’re eating. The sensory perception that affects our sense of smell is call olfaction and this is what weakens when you age.
The fact that you lose sense of taste as you lose sense of smell is especially problematic for seniors. It could result in lack of appetite or of eating foods that aren’t good for you just to try and taste them. Think about how fresh bread baking makes your salivate and then think about how it would be if you couldn’t smell it. Your enthusiasm for eating would certainly wane.
Anyone who needs to control his or her diet may be greatly affected by sense of smell. If the olfactory system quits working or weakens, it’s more difficult to control and stick to a nutritious diet plan and a greater risk of chronic diseases is possible. You might eat less fruits and vegetables because they only seem to taste bitter rather than producing the same great taste they used to have.
Some seniors eat a lot of sweets and food that contain a high volume of fat because they can taste them and tend to eat more than those without a sense of smell problem. These seniors may become overweight or obese and become even more susceptible to dangerous or deadly diseases.
Surprisingly, when you chew food, the flavor of it is recognized in the olfactory bulb that rests behind the bridge of the nose. Seniors who have gum disease or other problems with teeth and gums may not chew as heartily and much of the taste disappears because the flavor never reaches the olfactory bulb.
Sinus problems and blockages of the nasal passages can also interfere with the olfactory bulb and your ability to perceive the taste of foods and your sense of smell. These disorders are often found among seniors and the results may damage certain receptors which can lead to diet problems and eventually, immunity problems.
Cancer patients, especially those who have had chemotherapy, radiation and/or surgery could possible go through a cycle of damaged sense of smell and a reluctance to eat a proper diet because of lack of appetite or damaged sense of taste.
Research has found that spices and herbs don’t help with the taste of foods when a person loses their sense of smell. There’s no way to restore olfaction, but you can balance the problem by choosing natural sweeteners, powerful herbs and spices and by taking vitamin and mineral supplements.
One of the most important things you can do for your overall health is to keep your blood pressure (hypertension) under control. 140/90 should be the goal for a healthy person’s blood pressure reading, and lower if you have a medical condition such as diabetes or kidney disease. Changing your lifestyle is critical if you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure. If that doesn’t work, your health care provider can prescribe medication to keep it under control.
Among the lifestyle changes that you should make are changing to an appropriate diet plan and getting a moderate amount of exercise each day. Here are some specific lifestyle changes that you can make immediately to lower your blood pressure:
Reduce Salt and Sodium – Sodium is a major factor that could significantly raise your blood pressure, and it’s virtually hidden in many of the foods we eat today, such as soups and frozen dinners. Be sure to read the labels of canned or frozen products you purchase and limit your sodium intake to 1500 mg per day.
DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet – This diet was formulated specifically for people who suffer from high blood pressure and includes a diet of vegetables, fruits, low-fat dairy products and whole grains. You should also get plenty of potassium and reduce your intake of saturated fats.
Smoking and Alcohol – Tobacco causes hardening of the arteries and alcohol may raise your blood pressure. If you smoke, consult your doctor about a plan to quit, and limit your alcohol intake to one or two drinks per day.
Lose Weight – Even if you’re slightly overweight, losing unwanted pounds may help to lower your blood pressure.
Stress – Too much stress in your life is a major concern if you have high blood pressure. Exercise sometimes help reduce stress as does relaxation and deep breathing techniques, so strive for at least a half hour of physical activity per day and get plenty of sleep.
Lifestyle changes can certainly help to keep your blood pressure under control, but it may not be enough. If your blood pressure remains higher than your doctor thinks it should be, he or she may prescribe a medication to control it.
Diuretics, or water pills, are among the medications that are usually prescribed for high blood pressure. They help your kidneys flush out the sodium and water in your system and reduce blood volume. Diuretics may also reduce your chances of having a stroke or heart failure – especially if you’re 80 or older.
Beta blockers are also effective in reducing blood pressure. They serve to open blood vessels so that your heart doesn’t have to work as hard. There are other medications such as enzyme inhibitors, receptor blockers and channel blockers that may also help to lower blood pressure.
A combination of drugs may be in order to more effectively reduce your blood pressure, and after the high blood pressure is under control, your health care provider may suggest that you take an aspirin on a daily basis to lessen the risk of cardiovascular problems.
The Fitbit accurately tracks your calories burned, water taken, steps taken, distance traveled and sleep quality. The Fitbit contains a 3D motion sensor like the one found in the Nintendo Wii. The Fitbit tracks your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities.
Similar to NASA technology that monitors astronauts in space, the device’s integrated accelerometer monitors the intensity and duration of movements, tracks steps taken and distance traveled, and calculates calories burned even during activities that do not require walking. The sensor fits into the included wristband while you sleep and tracks tiny tremors in the wrist to determine how long it took you to fall asleep, how often you woke up, and how long you were actually asleep, not just lying in bed. When the device is within 15′ of the charging station, it automatically uploads information to the manufacturer’s website, where your readings are displayed on timelines and graphs. Includes Windows and Mac compatible software for uploading readings to the website. Operates for 10 days after a 1 1/2-hour charge.
You can wear the Fitbit on your waist, in your pocket or on undergarments. At night, you can wear the Fitbit clipped to the included wristband in order to track your sleep. Anytime you walk by the included wireless base station, data from your Fitbit is silently uploaded in the background to Fitbit website.
Multiple devices can coexist in the same household and can sync to the same base station or multiple base stations. In your house, at a minimum, you will only need to hook up one base station to a computer. Each Fitbit has a unique id, so that data will upload automatically to the proper person’s account. This versatile wellness monitor sells for about $100US.
A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite too.
This is only a 1 minute 44 second long video, but it is brilliant. Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.
This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20 year old. The contest was titled “u @ 50″ by AARP. This video won second place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause.
So simple and yet so brilliant. Take a minute and watch it.
Our modern way of life means that there is less oxygen entering our bodies. In fact the World Health Organization reports that over two million deaths occur a year around the world that can probably be blamed on bad air.
Pollution comes in the form of carbon monoxide which lowers the ability for our blood to carry oxygen in our bodies. And the result of all this pollution is our health suffers. Our water is not only polluted too but there is chlorine and other chemicals in the water we drink. We also eat too many processed foods which mean we are ingesting foods with little oxygen. This food is dead and lifeless unlike food that has been packaged by nature. Along with a lack of vitamins and minerals we are also depriving ourselves of the very life force we need; oxygen.
Taking medications like antibiotics may also contribute to the amount of beneficial oxygen we receive. Did you know that cancer cells thrive in low oxygen environments? There is scientific proof that the treatment of certain cancers and tumors can be greatly enhanced if they increase the concentration of oxygen around the cancer.
Other ailments that are on the rise include asthma, emphysema and other lung diseases. There is hope. Adding oxygen therapy using food grade Hydrogen Peroxide (which occurs naturally in our bodies) might actually work as claimed in the One-Minute Cure for Virtually All Diseases!
Disease doesn’t discriminate and it isn’t bigoted. Cancer, for instance, strikes anyone of any age, and of any race or social background. Cancer will find you whether you lead a healthy or unhealthy lifestyle; whether you’re physically fit or out of shape; whether you exercise regularly or are a couch potato; whether you’re rich or poor, male or female; whether you’re a vegetarian, pescetarian or meat lover; and whether you’re an adult, adolescent or child.
Did you know that one out of every three adults in America already has cancer? But most of them don’t know it yet because the cancer is undiagnosed and undetected. According to the American Cancer Society, there’s a 41% probability that an individual, male or female, will develop cancer in his or her lifetime (or die from it). Additionally, every human being has cancer cells existing in the body which are just seeking a low-oxygen environment where they can multiply into the full-blown disease.
What if you could reduce your chance of getting cancer from 41% to zero? What if you completely removed all probability that you’ll ever get ANY disease, for that matter? And what if you had a way of curing any disease that you might already have?
But you can’t do it simply by eating a healthy diet, or even by becoming a vegetarian. Linda McCartney, the late wife of Paul McCartney was a life-long vegetarian, who not only campaigned for vegetarianism, but also wrote a book on vegetarian cooking and produced a line of frozen vegetarian meals. Yet, despite her healthy eating, she died of breast cancer at the age of 56. That’s 20 years ahead of the average life expectancy of American women.
And you can’t become immune from disease simply by exercising or becoming physically fit. Some of the greatest athletes of our time, including 7-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Olympic ice skating champions Scott Hamilton and Peggy Fleming, and basketball star Magic Johnson, have all been victims of cancer or HIV.
And no, neither can you prevent or cure disease by popping a variety of nutrients, super nutraceuticals, vitamins and minerals either.
The absolute best way to eradicate disease from your life is by supplying the cells and tissues of your body with its most essential element – and that’s oxygen.
Even though your body may need an array of different elements and nutrients such as CoQ10, magnesium, Omega-3 fatty acids and the like, only oxygen is in such critical demand that an insufficient supply makes the body develop diseases and it absence causes the body to die within minutes.
The important key to remember is that sufficient amounts of oxygen need to be supplied at the cellular level. Unless oxygen is delivered to the cells and tissues of the body, it cannot do a good job at creating an environment in the body that is uninhabitable by disease.
Your healthy cells are aerobic, which means that they not only thrive but become rejuvenated and revitalized in the presence of oxygen, thereby promoting vibrant health.
You will find these 10 foods in your cupboard or at the local grocery store and should be added to your menu. These foods are not listed as a miracle cure, they are just foods you might already be eating and some you might have thought weren’t healthy.
Here is a list of common foods you might want to start eating more regularly.
Peanut Butter. Yes, peanut butter. The food we have loved since we were kids contains healthy fats and is associated with decreasing total cholesterol and lowering LDL and triglyceride levels. And the good news, it satisfies which means you don’t have to eat the whole jar!
Cabbage. Did you know that Europeans and Asians eat more cabbage that we do in North America? Cabbage is low in calories and high in nutrition. It even contains some cancer fighting enzymes.
Quinoa. This tiny grain which isn’t a grain, is actually related to spinach, beets and Swiss chard. It is full of good nutritional value with protein, minerals, vitamins and fiber.
Spelt. This is a grain. If you are gluten intolerant this grain is for you. Spelt bread and cookies can be found in most bakeries.
Walnuts. This is the king of the nut family. It has been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. Did you know that eating walnuts after a meal containing bad fat will reduce the damaging effects of the meal?
Avocado. My favorite. This little green fruit is high in cancer fighting antioxidants and phytonutrients that may also help the absorption of the nutrients from other foods sources.
Mushrooms. Speaking of phytonutrients, mushrooms are loaded with antioxidants and are thought to boost the immune system, help ward off some cancers and are high in potassium.
Tea. This beverage, which has been around for centuries, is healthier than coffee because it doesn’t contain as much caffeine. Tea is high in antioxidants, more so than coffee. Here’s a little bit of information: a study found that elderly women who drank tea had 2.8 percent more bone mineral density at the hip than non-tea drinkers.
Cinnamon. Considered little more than a spice, cinnamon has been long prized and offers a host of benefits. People with type 2 diabetes who consumed one gram a day for six weeks, significantly reduced their blood sugar, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol.
Natto. Never heard of it, right? Natto is fermented soybeans and is enjoyed in Japan. Nearly all soybeans offered in North American are non-fermented, but there are many healthy benefits to fermented soybeans including having antibiotic properties. It has been associated with reducing the risk of cancer, minimizing the risk of blood clotting, aids digestion, increases blood circulation, improves the immune system and bone density and lessons the risk of heart attacks. Natto can even help create better skin and reduce the chance of balding.
Our modern way of life means that there is less oxygen entering our bodies. In fact the World Health Organization reports that over two million deaths occur a year around the world that can probably be blamed on bad air.
Pollution comes in the form of carbon monoxide which lowers the ability for our blood to carry oxygen in our bodies. And the result of all this pollution is our health suffers. Our water is not only polluted too but there is chlorine and other chemicals in the water we drink. We also eat too many processed foods which mean we are ingesting foods with little oxygen. This food is dead and lifeless unlike food that has been packaged by nature. Along with a lack of vitamins and minerals we are also depriving ourselves of the very life force we need; oxygen.
Taking medications like antibiotics may also contribute to the amount of beneficial oxygen we receive. Did you know that cancer cells thrive in low oxygen environments? There is scientific proof that the treatment of certain cancers and tumors can be greatly enhanced if you increase the concentration of oxygen around the cancer.Other ailments that are on the rise are asthma, emphysema and other lung diseases. There is hope. Adding oxygen therapy using food grade Hydrogen Peroxide (which occurs naturally in our bodies) might actually work as claimed in the One-Minute Cure for Virtually All Diseases!
Cancer rates in general are on a decline, but it’s still the number one killer in America. Nearly 1.5 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2009. In all, more than 1,500 people die from cancer each day, accounting for nearly one out of every four U.S. deaths.
Fortunately, the realization that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was causing breast cancer, and the subsequent decrease in use of artificial hormones, has led to a 37 percent reduction in death rates among women.
That’s impressive, and a testament to just how devastating an incorrect pharmaceutical intervention can be. Just imagine what might happen to mortality rates if we stopped swallowing a number of dangerous drugs that are currently taken by millions of people, day in and day out!
How Drug Companies Fooled Me and Most Doctors
As little as ten years ago, conventional medicine touted HRT as THE answer to women’s post-menopausal health.
Interestingly, shortly after I completed my residency training program in 1985, I was actually a paid lecturer for the drug company that sold Premarin, the horse-based estrogen that was sold to women in menopause.
I promoted it because after carefully reviewing the “scientific” literature for over a year, it certainly seemed that it had far more benefits than downsides. However, this was my introduction in the mind-bending manipulation that the drug companies had been using for many decades.
They had meticulously bought off the leading physicians in this area of research with huge speaking engagements and grants, and were able to facilitate their articles being published in the most respected medical journals.
By using this strategy, they were able to completely pervert the scientific process and as a result, convince nearly the entire medical community, generating billions of dollars in profits from the sale of these unnatural hormones for humans.
It took me several years to recognize how these companies manipulated the system but eventually I learned the truth and stopped prescribing and recommending HRT as conventionally recommended.
In fact the leading proponent of using estrogen in the 1960’s, Dr. Robert A. Wilson, established a sham research foundation and wrote his seminal book, “Feminine Forever”, all with secret pharmaceutical company funds. His research institute and treatment recommendations were later found to be fraudulent, but by the time this was discovered the theory of using estrogen had been well established and carried on with it’s own momentum even in the face of research to the contrary. Every medical doctor in the United States fell into this trap of misinformation and mistruth and these dangerous prescribing practices continued for almost forty years.
The Dangers of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Even powerful multi-national, billion-dollar drug firms can’t squash the truth forever. Eventually the truth came out in the form of a large government-funded study known as the Women’s Health Initiative, which exposed the real dangers of HRT. The hormone trials were stopped early when researchers discovered an increased risk of breast cancer and other side effects that greatly outweighed the benefits of the therapy.
Just ONE YEAR after millions of women quit taking HRT, incidents of breast cancer fell by seven percent!
It is hard to describe how frustrating it was to argue against arrogant and ignorant physicians back then, who claimed that this form of treatment was actually helping women.
Other studies looking at the long-term usage of synthetic estrogen have revealed many negative side effects, including:
Heart attacks
Strokes
Blood clots
High blood pressure
Vaginal bleeding
The following hormone prescriptions now carry black box warnings:
Premarin. Premarin is an estrogen extracted from a pregnant mare’s urine and is associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
Estrogen Therapy. Estrogen, which is extracted from Premarin, was effective in combating some menopausal symptoms but proved to have serious, negative side effects, such as the increased risk of breast cancer and an increase in insulin levels.
Provera. This drug contains a synthetic form of progesterone called PROGESTIN, which has well-documented, negative side effects such as blood clotting. Progestin is probably even more dangerous than Premarin and is the same class of hormones that are in all birth control pills.
There’s no question that nearly all medicinal estrogen is unhealthy and can cause more problems than they prevent. Studies have found that HRT increases your breast cancer risk by at least one percent per year, and HRT with progestin increases your risk by eight percent per year, potentially going as high as 30 percent after just four years of use.
HRT was at one point also thought to protect against heart disease, bone fractures, and Alzheimer’s disease. But none of those claims turned out to be true either after more diligent investigation.
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement
There are far better and less risky alternatives to HRT, such as bioidentical hormones. For more information about bioidenticals, please to to http://tinyurl.com/cvjavr
Bioidentical hormones have never been associated with the dangers of Premarin and synthetic progestins like the ones uncovered in the Women’s Health Initiative, and it is likely that they never will be, as they are natural human hormones.
However there are many potential dangers to using bioidentical hormones and they need to be prescribed by someone who is very knowledgeable in this area. If one simply measures female hormones and then supplements with bioidentical hormones, most likely they will NOT do better.
This is because the ideal way for most women to balance their hormones is to FIRST normalize their adrenal hormones with lifestyle changes like stress reduction, exercise and diet. Once that is done it becomes MUCH easier and far more likely that a successful hormone balance will be achieved.
One of the best ways to address adrenal hormones is through a 24-hour saliva test from a reputable lab. You need to find an experienced health care clinician that has helped many other women achieve good results. It would be wise to ask for names and numbers of other women who were treated so you can confirm for yourself that their treatment worked well.
If this is a challenge for you, another option is our website. We are actually in the process of developing a program where women will be able to do this on our website later this fall, so stay tuned.
What Do Mammograms Have to Do With it?
Another reason mentioned as a cause for the decline in breast cancer deaths is simply delayed diagnosis, as many women are not getting their yearly mammogram. Said Dr. Marisa Weiss, the president and founder of advocacy group Breastcancer.org,
“Fewer women are getting mammography and that’s why fewer women are getting diagnosed with breast cancer, so eventually that will come back and bite us in the rear end.”
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends women get a mammogram every year or two after age 40.
I disagree with this recommendation, and don’t believe it is part of the overall reduction in the number of breast cancer cases. If anything, the reduction in mammograms may actually be another factor that is driving the breast cancer rate down.
The benefits of mammograms are highly controversial, while the risks are well established. A startling study published in The Lancet in 2001 concluded that previous research showing a benefit of yearly mammograms was flawed, and that widespread mammogram screening is unjustified.
Specifically, the Danish researchers argued that earlier studies in Europe and North America were improperly randomized and that they used a faulty definition of breast cancer survival.
Meanwhile, the technology carries a first-time false positive rate of up to 6 percent.
False positives can lead to expensive repeat screenings and can sometimes result in unnecessary invasive procedures including biopsies and surgeries. Just thinking you may have breast cancer, when you really do not, focuses your mind on fear and disease, and is actually enough to trigger an illness in your body. So a false positive on a mammogram, or an unnecessary biopsy, can in and of itself damage your health.
Not to mention that women have unnecessarily undergone mastectomies, radiation and chemotherapy after receiving false positives on a mammogram. And as you may already know, chemotherapy comes with the potential side effect of cancer later on!
I recommend you read my previous article detailing the shortcomings of mammograms, and the highly advanced, but much maligned, alternative detection tool for breast cancer called breast thermography. I even offer a free PDF report at http://tinyurl.com/yaskxlv on this marvelous cancer screening test.
How to Virtually Eradicate Cancer
There is now overwhelming evidence pointing to the fact that many of the 560,000 cancer deaths expected to occur this year could have been safely prevented with one simple lifestyle change – sun exposure.
If health officials would simply recommend that you get some sensible sun exposure, or supplement with oral vitamin D3 if you can’t get out into the sun, there could be major advances made in the fight against cancer.
In fact, a standard recommendation like that could potentially cut cancer rates in half! I can’t think of ANY other intervention that could possibly come close to that.
One recent study also points out vitamin D’s potential in treating breast cancer; not just in preventing it. They found that calcitrol (the active form of vitamin D) can induce a tumor-suppressing protein that inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells specifically.
In addition to something as basic as spending time in the sun, even the American Cancer Society states that about one-third of the cancer deaths expected to occur in 2009 will be related to overweight or obesity, physical inactivity and poor nutrition.
The final nail in the coffin for most would be to have excessive iron levels. This is actually very common once women stop menstruating. The extra iron actually works as a powerful oxidant, increasing free radicals and raising your risk of cancer.
All you need to do is measure your ferritin level and if it is above 80, just donate blood, which will reduce the amount of iron that you have.
Just imagine: if the focus of cancer prevention and treatment shifted from the current allopathic view to one that embraced a healthy diet, physical exercise, and appropriate sun exposure, cancer would likely fade into the shadows and become a rarity – as it should be.
This FREE ebook contains a collection of over 35 fabulous raw recipes, contributed by
12 well-known raw food chefs.
Angela Stokes-Monarch asked 12 stellar raw chefs to send in a few of their favourite recipes from their books, for this showcase ebook… Here are our 12 generous contributors:
Ani Phyo, Bryan Au, Brigitte Mars, Frank Giglio, Elaina Love, Jeremy Safron, Meredith Frantz, Mark Reinfeld & Jennifer Murray, Nomi Shannon, Matt Amsden, Solla, Rod Rotondi
These chefs really offered up some wonderful recipe treasures for you all to enjoy. Every chef sent in 1-6 recipes, resulting in a yummy little collection of over 35 fabulous raw recipes from professional raw chefs.
There are so many yummy treats to explore: how about a little Corn Chowder from Ani Phyo, Asparagus Quiche with Brigitte Mars, a slice of Elaina Love’s German Chocolate Cake, a nibble of some Cilantro Pesto Stuffed Mushrooms from Mark Reinfeld, a brimming bowl of Real Deal Oatmeal courtesy of Rod Rotondi or even a wedge of Matt Amsden’s famous Onion Bread!
The intention with this 46-page free ebook is to help give you a ‘taste’ of the kinds of yummies each of these talented chefs serve up. Think of it like a ‘sampler’ ebook – a ‘virtual’ potluck with some of the most outstanding raw chefs around today. Most of the chefs provided recipes from their books – some also provided “new” recipes that can’t yet be found in any of their books.
You can download the free ‘Profoundly Raw Recipes‘ ebook HERE. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it and may it bring you some inspiration, in the process of your own glorious unfolding journey into more vibrant health. Please feel free to share it with friends too.
Ever wonder what the main culprit in the obesity epidemic might be? Well look no further than that can of soda that you drink. Studies show that it is the source of the most calories consumed in the world accounting from between 11% and 19%. We all know that it is readily available and it is inexpensive to buy. Most of us probably don’t realize that it is also very addictive. The following are some reasons why you might consider giving up that can of soda and having a glass of water instead.
A report in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention noted that consuming as little as two or more soft drinks a week may increase your risk of developing pancreatic cancer twice as much as those people who did not drink soda at all. The study followed more than 60,000 men in women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for fourteen years. In that amount of time there were 140 pancreatic cancer cases.
Do you think that drinking the diet soda is healthier? Think again. A report done in 2005 by the University of Texas Health Science Center showed that there is a 41% increased risk of getting obese for every can of diet soda a person drinks in a day.
Concerned about ingesting BPA (bisphenol A) from your soda bottle. Although most water bottle companies stopped using bottles made with BPA the soda companies have continued to use it in their products. A study done in Canada reported that “in the vast majority” of soft drinks tests, BPA was present. “Out of 72 drinks tested, 69 were found to contain BPA at levels below what Health Canada says is the safe upper limit. However, studies in peer-reviewed science journals have indicated that even at very low doses, BPA can increase breast and ovarian cancer cell growth and the growth of some prostate cancer cells in animals.”
Unfortunately it is not just about consuming soda. The bottled-water industry which is mostly owned by the soda companies is not taking care of the planet either. They use around seventeen million barrels of oil a year and as well the aluminum industry, who make the cans, use as much electricity as the entire continent of Africa! And, the aluminum industry leaves behind toxic chemicals from the process.
What else is in your soda! How about genetically modified food, high fructose corn syrup or aspartame. There are lots of scientific studies going on regarding aspartame in our diet these days. The Center for Science in the Public Interest noted a study by the European Ramazzini Foundation in Italy found that rats who consume aspartame in large quantities are more likely to develop cancer.
Another study, this time done at the Boston University School of Medicine found that drinking diet soda increased the risk factors for both heart disease and diabetes. The study found that adults who drink one or more sodas a day had about a 50% higher risk of excessive fat around the waist, low levels of “good” cholesterol, high blood pressure and symptoms that can lead to heart disease and/or diabetes.
And if you are in to eating a natural diet, then soda is the last food you should be consuming. There isn’t anything in soda that is natural other than caffeine. Soda is made from altered water (it is injected with carbon dioxide gas), artificial flavors, artificial colour, phosphoric acid and modified corn products. There isn’t any nutritional value in drinking soda. Unfortunately, it is not the Real Thing!
The soil in your garden is a living thing. Actually it is billions of living things and if you think you can feed them chemicals you are wrong.
Those microbes and worms will eat your chemicals, but the effect will not usually be what you desire and you risk burning the organic matter right out of your soil in doing so. Much of the nitrogen in chemical fertilizers is a byproduct of the fossil fuel business, people who may not have the long-term health of your soil at heart. It also has to be manufactured – burning energy – and trucked around the country – again burning energy unneccesarily. Then there is the damage that fast-release chemical fertilizers do to the watersheds. It’s not sustainable and it’s just not worth it. Plus, it’s hard to use chemical fertilizers in a way that matches your plants exact nutritional needs at various points through the growing season. There is a ton of energy and loads of nutrients in your soil, but your plants need them over the long haul, not just today.
LEFT: Healthy soil is dark, rich and holds moisture. If yours doesn’t it may be burned out from misuse.
Think about a campfire, burning low and slow. Feed it slowly with wood and it stays at a nice cooking temperature for a long time, releasing energy at a rate that is useful for cooking. If you use gasoline on your campfire, you will release loads of heat, but in a flash. Not so useful. Your plants need microbial activity to release energy and nutrients low and slow.
The temperature of your soil will rise through the spring until the peak of summer and the growth rate of your plants will increase along with it. As soil temperatures rise, microbial activity will increase in the soil, too, releasing energy and nutrients just as your plants need it. Doesn’t that seem like a good system?
LEFT: Kitchen waste and worms create a compost that will super-charge your vegetable patch. Use it when it turns black and looks like rich earth.
Your job is to carefully stoke the microbial fire in your soil with good fuel. Well-rotted compost and manures will provide long-burning fuel, but they will cause your metaphorical fire to flare up a little so don’t put them in when you are planting seedlings or seeds. Adding fuel will cause a spike in microbial activity and those microbes burn the same fuel that plants do. For a few days or even a couple of weeks the microbes will feed voraciously on the fuel you have given them and that will rob any nearby plants of their share of that fuel.
A lot of people are confused when they plant their garden and load it with nutritious manures and compost only to see their plant growth suffer. The plants are starving because the microbes are having a party with their food.
Wait for the flare up in soil activity to die down and plant when the soil – your campfire – has settled down to embers, low and slow.
LEFT: Manure. It’s time. What’s the point of this rather arcane lesson in soil biology? Well, now is the time to feed your soil. If you have a compost heap, take half of it and top dress your garden patch and turn it under roughly with a spade. Same for manure. Do it now and when your earliest sowings of radish, broad beans, arugula and oriental greens go in early in March they won’t starve in the midst of a microbe smorgasbord.
The other point of my extended metaphor is this: Chemical fertilizer is gasoline. If you use it, it will feed your plants and microbes in a flash and then be gone, taking the long-term health of your soil with it.
You can easily mix your own organic slow-release fertilizer at home in a garbage bin. This mix is mellow enough to mix into the soil right along with your nursery-grown seedlings and seeds. It doesn’t burn roots and it will slowly increase its activity as soil temperatures go up and your plants need more fuel for growth. I adapted a recipe by gardening author Steve Solomon, who has closely studied local soils and the local climate just across the border. He’s a smart guy. Buy his books.
The Mix
10 kg canola seed meal
1 kg kelp meal
1 kg lime (dolomite or agricultural or a mix of the two)
1 kg bone meal
This will easily last you the growing season in normal-sized garden. Dig in a good handful around the roots of every plant and work a few cups into the soil around every row of seeds before you sow. I used this mix in my garden patch last season with good results and not a speck of commercial fertilizer of any kind. Last season’s parsley grew up to my hip, so I know it works. A good agricultural retailer should have all these things. Canola meal is used to supplement livestock feed, so shop near cows and you will find it.
Caution: make a bucket of this mix separately for the potato patch and leave out the lime. Potatoes get scabby in limed soil.
The only way to grow vegetables sustainably is to look after your soil and protect the water supply. In most cases that will mean applying the principles of organic gardening to your own yard. Generally speaking that means putting organic material into your garden to get organic material out of your garden. The bonus is that in most cases it costs less to do it that way and the produce is actually better (and some people say better for you). I say a richer tasting veggie is probably a healthier veggie.
Salt, fat and sugar. The North American’s triple health threat.
Don’t tell me you can have just one french fry. We both know innately that it isn’t true and scientists are starting to figure out why. Rats offered a selection of heart-stopping goodies, from bacon to chocolate cake, began to overconsume and they would keep doing it even when they had to endure an electric shock. In short the researchers say, they were behaving just like heroin addicts.
I’ll do you one better. Junk food addicts behave just like rats, eating whatever garbage comes their way so long as it has enough fat, salt and sugar in it. And the fast food companies know it. Just like the tobacco giants that “enhance” cigarettes by making them more addictive, junk food makers ensure that their products will make the bell ring in just the right parts of the brain and then call it Freedom of Choice. The scientists say that their rats showed signs of compulsive behaviour, that their eating appeared to be beyond their control. They also found that fast food triggered the same chemical responses in the brain as highly addictive drugs.
A magic thing about the human brain, when it wants something it is a remarkable tool for self-deception. An addict can always rationalize one last hit. But there is only another hit after that. For addicts there is no freedom of choice.
The trouble with fast food addiction is that the pusher is on every corner in every town and there is always some clown on the TV telling you to try the new one-third pound patty covered with cheese and AN EXTRA SLICE OF BACON. Even if you want to recover you will face a life of temptation.
I admit that I am not quite on the side of the angels here. I have a soft spot for anything crunchy. I love a juicy burger now and again and I have ten kinds of cheese in the fridge. But there has to be a limit to the ability of the big chains to convert our children into addicts.
I’m sure you try to feed your kids the most balanced and varied diet that you can and you may even talk about what makes foods good and bad, but evenutally you have to send them out into the world and they – being young – are bulletproof. Danger does not apply to the young.
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Do you want to know how to burn off that fat and lose weight? Colon cleansing provides energy and makes your metabolism work better. It is very effective in weight loss. Colon cleansing is a safer weight loss alternative than some of the other unnatural weight loss products.
When we eat too much of the wrong food, we build mucus in our colon. This mucus gathers around our colon walls. Colon cleansing flushes this mucus out of our colon. Some people claim to have lost 10 to 15 pounds after a colon cleansing procedure. This procedure cleans out the excess mucus and fat that is stuck to the walls of the colon. It is then sucked out during the procedure. This mucus and fat is caused by eating fatty foods like French fries and any other deep fried foods, etc. When this is cleansed from your body it makes your stomach flatter.
The colon is extremely important in making your digestive system work correctly. When your colon is stuffed with waste material, mucus, and fat, then your diet won’t work correctly. This makes burning fat and weight loss harder. Your body becomes tired more quickly. This makes your body not have enough energy to do the right weight loss activities. Colon cleansing helps to give your body the nutrients that your body needs for energy to burn fat and perform weight loss activities.
There are many colon cleansing procedures available today. There is colon irrigation and natural colon cleansing for weight loss. In the natural colon cleansing procedure, natural supplements are used. These are usually taken orally or as an enema. These supplements will force out the mucus, fat, toxins, and waste from our body. The colon irrigation procedure is used for severe clogging of the colon. It is administered by a therapist in the form of an enema. It will flush out the colon by pumping water through a tube through your rectum. They then use another tube to flush this water out of your body.
Most people use natural colon cleansing recipes. Her are a few of the most common and popular natural colon cleansing recipes used today.
Honey Apple Cider Vinegar Drink:
Mix one teaspoon of honey with one tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice Then mix in one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Add the mix to a cup of boiling water. Lemon juice and honey will cleanse your colon. The apple cider vinegar aids in the digestion process.
Lemon Ginger Cleanse:
Mix one quarter of a cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice with one teaspoon of fresh grated ginger. Add to a boiling cup of water. Lemon and ginger will cleanse your colon.
Lemon Cayenne Pepper Drink:
Mix 2 tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice with 2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup and one tenth of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper into three quarters of a cup of water. Mix together well.
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nd if it is not healthy allergies, a poor immune system, malnutrition, hepatitis and gallstones can be the result.
