I am starting to read more and more about the importance of magnesium.
The easiest way to take it is to use Epsom Salts in your bath.
Did you know that your skin absorbs a 1/4 litre of water every time you bath? I therefore suggest you start to check the labels of your bath oils etc. to make sure you are not doing more harm than good. Just by the by I take 1/4 teaspoon epsom salts + 1/4 teaspoon bicarb in 1/2 a glass of water with about 1TBSP of Apple Cider Vinegar before bed every night. The bicarb helps to regulate the pH. If you get your ratios right it should taste similar to plain water and is not in the slightest offensive.
Six reasons magnesium is an essential supplement for well-being
Monday, December 24, 2012 by: PF Louis
(NaturalNews)
Magnesium has been called the "master mineral" because it is involved with over 300 metabolic functions within our bodies. Yet, everyone who relies on commercially farmed, depleted topsoil crops is magnesium deficient. Organic crops have considerably more magnesium content than what Big Ag can offer.
As a supplement, magnesium is also vastly underrated. It seems the manic thrust for calcium supplementation exceeds the mild interest toward magnesium. But excessive calcium supplementation leads to a lot of health issues, including bone problems.
Calcium is also lost without magnesium to help guide it. Free floating calcium in the blood and calcifying soft tissue, such as inner arterial walls and heart chambers, instead of accumulating in bone matter.
Recent studies indicate excess calcium consumption causes cardiac issues.
Health practitioner and author, Mark Sircus, OMD, puts it this way: "Inside chlorophyll is the lamp of life and that lamp is magnesium. The capture of light energy from the sun is magnesium dependent." Foods grown in decent topsoil and superfoods high in chlorophyl are good sources of magnesium.
After examining a few reasons why your magnesium level needs to be high, some methods of supplementing magnesium will be reviewed.
Six areas of health that cannot do without magnesium
(1) Magnesium helps control heart beat rhythms. Low magnesium leads to arrhythmia, palpitations, atrial fibrillation, or even sudden cardiac arrest. It also acts as a calcium channel blocker for the heart and protects against heart muscle spasms.
(2) Magnesium deficiency can affect the nervous system beyond improperly timed heart muscle stimulation. Mental irritability and muscular tension can consume someone who's lacking sufficient magnesium.
(3) Magnesium is essential to glutathione production in the body from properly provided precursors, such as NAC. The master mineral magnesium helps provide the master antioxidant glutathione.
Glutathione is able to revitalize all other antioxidants that have scavenged their fill of electron radicals and recycle them back into doing their business again. Very vital for overall immunity.
(4) Research has uncovered a common thread among fibromyalgia sufferers, they are usually very low in magnesium.
(5) Magnesium deficiency is also common amongst Type II diabetes sufferers. With heavy magnesium supplementing, diabetes peripheral neuropathy symptoms and coronary artery disease improve. Insulin sensitivity improves and fasting glucose levels decline when magnesium is supplemented.
(6) Twitches, spasms, convulsions, restless leg syndrome, sensitivity to light or sound, hypertension, and a multitude of nervous system symptoms that can be attributed to other diseases may all be from magnesium deficiency. Magnesium affects the brain and nervous system in many unimagined ways.
Supplementing magnesium
Magnesium from supplements is tricky, but usually necessary. The problem is magnesium supplements are not so easy to assimilate and absorb where needed. This issue has given rise to transdermal magnesium oil (magnesium chloride), which is applied topically and absorbed into the blood through the skin.
It's actually not an oil. It just feels like it; slippery stuff.
Magnesium oil is a high concentration of magnesium from ancient sea beds that are often underground. It can be sprayed or rubbed onto the skin wherever it's comfortable. It irritates a few people's skins. So it's wise to sample a small amount before buying a gallon or less.
A cheaper transdermal method for taking in magnesium is through Epsom salt baths. Some use it orally on occasion to ease muscular tension and restlessness upon retiring. But Epsom salt's magnesium is packaged with some impurities, so use with caution.
GreenMedInfo.com recommends magnesium glycinate as a highly bio-available oral magnesium supplement. Pricier oral solutions for immediate magnesium absorption that advances rapid relaxation come with various magnesium citrate formulas, such as Natural Calm, A to B Calm, and Cal-Mag.
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Citrus Fruit for Cancer Prevention
A new study has shown for the first time how limonoids, natural compounds present in lemons and other citrus fruit, impede both ER+ and ER- breast cancer cell growth. This sheds new light on the importance of citrus fruit for breast cancer prevention and supports past studies which showed fruit consumption may lower breast cancer risk.
Limonoids show cytotoxic and anti-aromatase effects
Preventing breast cancer is not the only reason to consume citrus limonoids, though. In the lab, limonoids have shown cytotoxicity to colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, neuroblastoma, leukemia, and others. This opens an important question: How much citrus fruit must we consume for meaningful protection from cancer?
Citrus fruit for cancer prevention - How much is needed?
A recent case-control study out of Europe showed that consuming four or more 150-gram portions per week of citrus fruit decreased the risks of throat cancer by 58 percent, oral/pharyngeal cancer by 53 percent, stomach cancer by 31 percent, and colorectal cancer by 18 percent. This study did not find a protective effect of citrus against breast cancer, but a recent American study did show that women consuming about 75 grams daily of grapefruit (fruit or juice) saw a 22 percent reduction in breast cancer risk if they had never used hormone replacement therapy. It is noteworthy that the protective level of citrus consumption was nearly identical in both these studies (525-600 grams per week) and could be interpreted as a minimum intake level for meaningful cancer protection. However, it's also important to know the best sources of limonoids if they are key to citrus fruit's anti-cancer properties.
Sources of citrus limonoids - Oranges are best
While the limonoids in the latest study above were taken from lemon seeds, they are also found in the peel, pulp and juice of all citrus fruits. Citrus juices contain approximately 90 to 300 mg per liter of limonoid glucosides (orange juice: 300 mg/l, grapefruit juice: 200 mg/l, lemon or lime juice: 90 mg/l). Citrus pulp and peel contain up to 500mg/kg of limonoids, so if you freshly squeeze your juice, be sure to include as much pulp as possible. Citrus seeds can contain up to two percent by weight of limonoids, with grapefruit seeds being the richest source.
Taken together, these recent studies suggest that women wanting to reduce breast cancer risk should consume at least 75 grams daily of citrus fruit or juice as part of a well-balanced, healthy lifestyle, and that further benefit may be obtained by concentrating on limonoid-rich orange and grapefruit as whole fruit, or pulp-rich juices.
(NaturalNews)Thursday, December 06, 2012 by: Ethan Evers
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
How to avoid Xenoestrogens
I found this on the Port Moody Naturopathic Health & Wellness site and felt it gives good info on what to look out for when it comes to avoiding xenoestrogens.
Breast cancer is a complex condition with no single identifiable risk factor. Rather, this disease process is widely thought to progress as a result of a combination of family history, genetic susceptibility, and environmental factors. As a hot topic in the recent media, researchers are beginning to make more links between xenoestrogens and their role in potentiating breast cancer risk.
What are Xenoestrogens?
Xenoestrogens are environmental estrogens that mimic the effect of naturally-produced estrogen in the body. While healthy levels of estrogen in the body are key in supporting a number of normal physiological functions, an excessive amount of estrogen (specifically, high levels of “bad” estrogen) may lead to hormonal imbalances with detrimental effects on reproductive health. In addition to breast cancer, they have also been implicated in PMS, infertility, and menopausal symptoms.
Where Are Xenoestrogens Found?
Some of the major culprits include:
• Plastic containers, particularly those containing Bisphenol-A (BPA). This includes many disposable and reusable water bottles, and baby bottles – particularly those marked with “7”.
• Chemical pesticides and herbicides. Although the infamous culprit “DDT” has been banned in North America, it is still used abroad in some countries and has the potential to enter our food sources through import and export. As well, there remains a number of agricultural xenoestrogens being used widely in Canada.
• Meat and dairy products. Growth hormones are a major source of xenoestrogens and can be found in most supermarket beef, poultry, and pork products. Additionally, those dairy products from hormone-treated cows will also contain xenoestrogrens.
• Cosmetics and beauty products. These may include shampoos, creams, makeup, sunscreen, hairsprays, and even nailpolish. Many preservatives used in these products are xenoestrogens, and unfortunately are readily absorbed through the skin.
What Can I Do to Avoid Xenoestrogens?
• Use non-BPA containing water bottles – or better yet, drink out of a glass or stainless steel bottle on a regular basis. Some popular brands available locally include Klean Kanteen and Sigg, both with a line of products for children and infants.
• Avoid microwaving plastics – as the heat may encourage leaching of xenoestrogens into your food. Use glass, pyrex or ceramic containers instead.
• Eat organic, local foods as much as possible. When you do eat non-organic or imported fruits and veggies, take care to wash them well before consumption.
• Look for beauty products that are labeled as being free of hormone-disruptors such as pthalates, PABA, and parabens.
Friday, 30 November 2012
The truth is coming out slowly.
Quite shocking really that women are still not being informed about the below.
A disturbing new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is bringing mainstream attention to the possibility that mammography has caused far more harm than good in the millions of women who have employed it over the past 30 years as their primary strategy in the fight against breast cancer.[i]
Titled “Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence,” researchers estimated that among women younger than 40 years of age, breast cancer was overdiagnosed, i.e. “tumors were detected on screening that would never have led to clinical symptoms,” in 1.3 million U.S. women over the past 30 years. In 2008, alone, “breast cancer was overdiagnosed in more than 70,000 women; this accounted for 31% of all breast cancers diagnosed.”
As we revealed in a previous article,[ii] the primary form of mammography-detected breast cancer is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as ‘stage zero’ or ‘non-invasive breast cancer.’ Unlike truly invasive cancer, which expands outward like the crab after which it was named (Greek: Cancer = Crab), ductal carcinoma is in situ, i.e. situated, non-moving – an obvious contradiction in terms.
Also, DCIS presents without symptoms in the majority of women within which it is detected, and if left untreated will (usually) not progress to cause harm to women. Indeed, without x-ray diagnostic technologies, many if not most of the women diagnosed with it would never have known they had it in the first place. The journal Lancet Oncology, in fact, published a cohort study last year finding that even clinically verified “invasive” cancers appear to regress with time if left untreated:
The adverse health effects associated with overdiagnosis and overtreatment with lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone-suppressive treatments cannot be underestimated, especially when one considers the profound psychological trauma that follows each stage of diagnosis and treatment, and the additional physiological burdens such psychic injuries lead to, including up-regulation of multidrug resistance genes within cancer as a result of the increased adrenaline associated with the ‘flight-or-fight’ stress response.[v]
Also, it is now coming to light that chemotherapy and radiation actually increase the proportion of the highly malignant cancer stem cells to the relatively non-malignant daughter cells within the tumor colony. Much in the same way that conventional antibiotic agents will drive multidrug resistance within the subpopulation of surviving post-antibiotic bacteria, ensuring recurrence, conventional treatments also drive the surviving stem-cell enriched tumor populations into greater resistance and metastatic potential when it does inevitably recur. Or worse, radiation therapy may actually increase the ‘stemness’ of breast cancer cells making them 30 times more malignant (capable of forming new tumors).
If it is indeed true that DCIS, other abnormal breast findings, as well as clinically confirmed invasive breast cancer, either remain benign or regress when left untreated, the entire breast cancer industry, which is already deeply mired in cause-marketing conflicts of interest, must radically reform itself, or face massive financial and ethical liabilities vis-à-vis outdated and no longer “evidence-based” practices.
Another serious problem with mammography (and there are dozens of them) not addressed in this latest research finding concerns the unique carcinogenicity of the x-rays the technology employs. We now know that the 30 kVp radiation, colloquially known as “low energy” x-rays, are between 300-400% more carcinogenic than the “higher energy” radiation given off by atomic bomb blasts (200 kVp or higher).[vi] Present day radiation risk models used to assess the known breast cancer risk associated with mammography against the purported benefits do not take into this profound discrepancy. In fact, these models were developed before DNA was even discovered.
Also, considering that breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1/BRCA2, interfere with the DNA self-repair mechanisms needed to reduce the carcinogenicity associated with radiation exposure within those who carry these genetic variations, the harms associated with mammography may be exponentially higher than the conventional medical community presently understands and communicates to their patients. Indeed, it is likely that x-ray based mammography screenings have been planting the seeds of future radiation-induced breast cancer within exposed populations.
With top-tier biomedical journals now publishing research diametrically opposed to the policies and recommendations of both governmental, non-governmental and industry-sponsored health organizations, the time is ripe for us to critically evaluate conventional medicine’s conventional standard of care and to educate ourselves further to the true causes of cancer, and how to go about preventing and/or removing them.
For more alternative information on breast cancer, and related women’s health issues, visit our health guides on GreenMedInfo.com.
“30 Years of Breast Screening: 1.3 Million Wrongly Treated”
Written by Sayer Ji
The breast cancer industry’s holy grail (that mammography is the primary weapon in the war against breast cancer) has been disproved. In fact, mammography appears to have CREATED 1.3 million cases of breast cancer in the U.S. population that were not there.A disturbing new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is bringing mainstream attention to the possibility that mammography has caused far more harm than good in the millions of women who have employed it over the past 30 years as their primary strategy in the fight against breast cancer.[i]
Titled “Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence,” researchers estimated that among women younger than 40 years of age, breast cancer was overdiagnosed, i.e. “tumors were detected on screening that would never have led to clinical symptoms,” in 1.3 million U.S. women over the past 30 years. In 2008, alone, “breast cancer was overdiagnosed in more than 70,000 women; this accounted for 31% of all breast cancers diagnosed.”
As we revealed in a previous article,[ii] the primary form of mammography-detected breast cancer is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as ‘stage zero’ or ‘non-invasive breast cancer.’ Unlike truly invasive cancer, which expands outward like the crab after which it was named (Greek: Cancer = Crab), ductal carcinoma is in situ, i.e. situated, non-moving – an obvious contradiction in terms.
Also, DCIS presents without symptoms in the majority of women within which it is detected, and if left untreated will (usually) not progress to cause harm to women. Indeed, without x-ray diagnostic technologies, many if not most of the women diagnosed with it would never have known they had it in the first place. The journal Lancet Oncology, in fact, published a cohort study last year finding that even clinically verified “invasive” cancers appear to regress with time if left untreated:
[We] believe many invasive breast cancers detected by repeated mammography screening do not persist to be detected by screening at the end of 6 years, suggesting that the natural course of many of the screen-detected invasive breast cancers is to spontaneously regress.[iii]The new study authors point out “The introduction of screening mammography in the United States has been associated with a doubling in the number of cases of early-stage breast cancer that are detected each year.” And yet, they noted, only 6.5% of these early-stage breast cancer cases were expected to progress to advanced disease. DCIS and related ‘abnormal breast findings,’ in other words, may represent natural, benign variations in breast morphology. Preemptive treatment strategies, however, are still employed today as the standard of care, with mastectomy rates actually increasing since 2004.[iv]
The adverse health effects associated with overdiagnosis and overtreatment with lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone-suppressive treatments cannot be underestimated, especially when one considers the profound psychological trauma that follows each stage of diagnosis and treatment, and the additional physiological burdens such psychic injuries lead to, including up-regulation of multidrug resistance genes within cancer as a result of the increased adrenaline associated with the ‘flight-or-fight’ stress response.[v]
Also, it is now coming to light that chemotherapy and radiation actually increase the proportion of the highly malignant cancer stem cells to the relatively non-malignant daughter cells within the tumor colony. Much in the same way that conventional antibiotic agents will drive multidrug resistance within the subpopulation of surviving post-antibiotic bacteria, ensuring recurrence, conventional treatments also drive the surviving stem-cell enriched tumor populations into greater resistance and metastatic potential when it does inevitably recur. Or worse, radiation therapy may actually increase the ‘stemness’ of breast cancer cells making them 30 times more malignant (capable of forming new tumors).
If it is indeed true that DCIS, other abnormal breast findings, as well as clinically confirmed invasive breast cancer, either remain benign or regress when left untreated, the entire breast cancer industry, which is already deeply mired in cause-marketing conflicts of interest, must radically reform itself, or face massive financial and ethical liabilities vis-à-vis outdated and no longer “evidence-based” practices.
Another serious problem with mammography (and there are dozens of them) not addressed in this latest research finding concerns the unique carcinogenicity of the x-rays the technology employs. We now know that the 30 kVp radiation, colloquially known as “low energy” x-rays, are between 300-400% more carcinogenic than the “higher energy” radiation given off by atomic bomb blasts (200 kVp or higher).[vi] Present day radiation risk models used to assess the known breast cancer risk associated with mammography against the purported benefits do not take into this profound discrepancy. In fact, these models were developed before DNA was even discovered.
Also, considering that breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1/BRCA2, interfere with the DNA self-repair mechanisms needed to reduce the carcinogenicity associated with radiation exposure within those who carry these genetic variations, the harms associated with mammography may be exponentially higher than the conventional medical community presently understands and communicates to their patients. Indeed, it is likely that x-ray based mammography screenings have been planting the seeds of future radiation-induced breast cancer within exposed populations.
With top-tier biomedical journals now publishing research diametrically opposed to the policies and recommendations of both governmental, non-governmental and industry-sponsored health organizations, the time is ripe for us to critically evaluate conventional medicine’s conventional standard of care and to educate ourselves further to the true causes of cancer, and how to go about preventing and/or removing them.
For more alternative information on breast cancer, and related women’s health issues, visit our health guides on GreenMedInfo.com.
Also, view the free webinar titled “The Problem with Pink” hosted by the co-authors of Cancer Killers: The Cause is the Cure below:
Resources
- [i] New England Journal of Medicine, Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence
- [ii] GreenMedInfo.com, Mammograms Linked To An Epidemic of Misdiagnosed Cancers, Oct. 5th, 2012
- [iii] Per-Henrik Zahl, Peter C Gøtzsche, Jan Mæhlen . Natural history of breast cancers detected in the Swedish mammography screening programme: a cohort study. Lancet Oncol. 2011 Nov ;12(12):1118-24. Epub 2011 Oct 11. PMID: 21996169
- [iv] GreenMedInfo.com, Mastectomy Research
- [v] GreenMedInfo.com, Stress Hormones Found To Make Cancer Resistant To Treatment
- [vi] GreenMedInfo.com, Low Dose Ionizing Radiation
Sayer Ji is the founder and director of GreenMedInfo.com and co-author of the book The Cancer Killers: The Cause Is The Cure. His writings and research have been published in the Wellbeing Journal, the Journal of Gluten Sensitivity, and have been featured on Mercola.com, NaturalNews.com, Reuters.com, GaryNull.com, and Care2.com. Check out his newest project with co-author Tania Melkonian: EATomology: An Edible Philosophy of Food
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Robyn Hanisch included this in successfully healing herself of lymph cancer.
Benefits of Wheatgrass
WHEATGRASS JUICE…
Increases red blood-cell count and lowers blood pressure. It cleanses the blood, organs and gastrointestinal tract of debris. Wheatgrass also stimulates metabolism and the body’s enzyme systems by enriching the blood. It also aids in reducing blood pressure by dilating the blood pathways throughout the body.
Stimulates the thyroid gland, correcting obesity, indigestion, and a host of other complaints.
Restores alkalinity to the blood. The juice’s abundance of alkaline minerals helps reduce over-acidity in the blood. It can be used to relieve many internal pains, and has been used successfully to treat peptic ulcers, ulcerative colitis, constipation, diarrhea, and other complaints of the gastrointestinal tract.
Is a powerful detoxifier, and liver and blood protector. The enzymes and amino acids found in wheatgrass can protect us from carcinogens like no other food or medicine. It strengthens our cells, detoxifies the liver and bloodstream, and chemically neutralizes environmental pollutants.
Fights tumors and neutralizes toxins. Recent studies show that wheatgrass juice has a powerful ability to fight tumors without the usual toxicity of drugs that also inhibit cell-destroying agents. The many active compounds found in grass juice cleanse the blood and neutralize and digest toxins in our cells.
Contains beneficial enzymes. Whether you have a cut finger you want to heal or you desire to lose five pounds…enzymes must do the actual work. The life and abilities of the enzymes found naturally in our bodies can be extended if we help them from the outside by adding exogenous enzymes, like the ones found in wheatgrass juice. Don’t cook it. We can only get the benefits of the many enzymes found in grass by eating it uncooked. Cooking destroys 100 percent of the enzymes in food.
Has remarkable similarity to our own blood. The second important nutritional aspect of chlorophyll is its remarkable similarity to hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in the blood. Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, president of the Hagiwara Institute of Health in Japan, is a leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and fat particles are absorbed directly into the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this way. In other words, when the “blood” of plants is absorbed in humans it is transformed into human blood, which transports nutrients to every cell of the body.
When used as a rectal implant, reverses damage from inside the lower bowel. An implant is a small amount of juice held in the lower bowel for about 20 minutes. In the case of illness, wheatgrass implants stimulate a rapid cleansing of the lower bowel and draw out accumulations of debris.
Externally applied to the skin can help eliminate itching almost immediately.
Will soothe sunburned skin and act as a disinfectant. Rubbed into the scalp before a shampoo, it will help mend damaged hair and alleviate itchy, scaly, scalp conditions.
Is soothing and healing for cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes, poison ivy, athlete’s foot, insect bites, boils, sores, open ulcers, tumors, and so on. Use as a poultice and replace every two to four hours.
Works as a sleep aide. Merely place a tray of living wheatgrass near the head of your bed. It will enhance the oxygen in the air and generate healthful negative ions to help you sleep more soundly.
Enhances your bath. Add some to your bath water and settle in for a nice, long soak.
Sweetens the breath and firms up and tightens gums. Just gargle with the juice.
Neutralizes toxic substances like cadmium, nicotine, strontium, mercury, and polyvinyl chloride.
Offers the benefits of a liquid oxygen transfusion since the juice contains liquid oxygen. Oxygen is vital to many body processes: it stimulates digestion (the oxidation of food), promotes clearer thinking (the brain utilizes 25% of the body’s oxygen supply), and protects the blood against anaerobic bacteria. Cancer cells cannot exist in the presence of oxygen.
Turns gray hair to its natural color again and greatly increases energy levels when consumed daily.
Is a beauty treatment that slows down the aging process when the juice is consumed. Wheatgrass will cleanse your blood and help rejuvenate aging cells, slowing the aging process way down, making you feel more alive right away. It will help tighten loose and sagging skin.
Lessens the effects of radiation. One enzyme found in wheatgrass, SOD, lessens the effects of radiation and acts as an anti-inflammatory compound that may prevent cellular damage following heart attacks or exposure to irritants.
Restores fertility and promotes youthfulness.
Can double your red blood cell count just by soaking in it. Renowned nutritionist Dr. Bernard Jensen found that no other blood builders are superior to green juices and wheatgrass. In his book Health Magic Through Chlorophyll from Living Plant Life he mentions several cases where he was able to double the red blood cell count in a matter of days merely by having patients soak in a chlorophyll-water bath. Blood building results occur even more rapidly when patients drink green juices and wheatgrass regularly.
Courtesy: Hippocrates Health Institute
Increases red blood-cell count and lowers blood pressure. It cleanses the blood, organs and gastrointestinal tract of debris. Wheatgrass also stimulates metabolism and the body’s enzyme systems by enriching the blood. It also aids in reducing blood pressure by dilating the blood pathways throughout the body.
Stimulates the thyroid gland, correcting obesity, indigestion, and a host of other complaints.
Restores alkalinity to the blood. The juice’s abundance of alkaline minerals helps reduce over-acidity in the blood. It can be used to relieve many internal pains, and has been used successfully to treat peptic ulcers, ulcerative colitis, constipation, diarrhea, and other complaints of the gastrointestinal tract.
Is a powerful detoxifier, and liver and blood protector. The enzymes and amino acids found in wheatgrass can protect us from carcinogens like no other food or medicine. It strengthens our cells, detoxifies the liver and bloodstream, and chemically neutralizes environmental pollutants.
Fights tumors and neutralizes toxins. Recent studies show that wheatgrass juice has a powerful ability to fight tumors without the usual toxicity of drugs that also inhibit cell-destroying agents. The many active compounds found in grass juice cleanse the blood and neutralize and digest toxins in our cells.
Contains beneficial enzymes. Whether you have a cut finger you want to heal or you desire to lose five pounds…enzymes must do the actual work. The life and abilities of the enzymes found naturally in our bodies can be extended if we help them from the outside by adding exogenous enzymes, like the ones found in wheatgrass juice. Don’t cook it. We can only get the benefits of the many enzymes found in grass by eating it uncooked. Cooking destroys 100 percent of the enzymes in food.
Has remarkable similarity to our own blood. The second important nutritional aspect of chlorophyll is its remarkable similarity to hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in the blood. Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, president of the Hagiwara Institute of Health in Japan, is a leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and fat particles are absorbed directly into the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this way. In other words, when the “blood” of plants is absorbed in humans it is transformed into human blood, which transports nutrients to every cell of the body.
When used as a rectal implant, reverses damage from inside the lower bowel. An implant is a small amount of juice held in the lower bowel for about 20 minutes. In the case of illness, wheatgrass implants stimulate a rapid cleansing of the lower bowel and draw out accumulations of debris.
Externally applied to the skin can help eliminate itching almost immediately.
Will soothe sunburned skin and act as a disinfectant. Rubbed into the scalp before a shampoo, it will help mend damaged hair and alleviate itchy, scaly, scalp conditions.
Is soothing and healing for cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes, poison ivy, athlete’s foot, insect bites, boils, sores, open ulcers, tumors, and so on. Use as a poultice and replace every two to four hours.
Works as a sleep aide. Merely place a tray of living wheatgrass near the head of your bed. It will enhance the oxygen in the air and generate healthful negative ions to help you sleep more soundly.
Enhances your bath. Add some to your bath water and settle in for a nice, long soak.
Sweetens the breath and firms up and tightens gums. Just gargle with the juice.
Neutralizes toxic substances like cadmium, nicotine, strontium, mercury, and polyvinyl chloride.
Offers the benefits of a liquid oxygen transfusion since the juice contains liquid oxygen. Oxygen is vital to many body processes: it stimulates digestion (the oxidation of food), promotes clearer thinking (the brain utilizes 25% of the body’s oxygen supply), and protects the blood against anaerobic bacteria. Cancer cells cannot exist in the presence of oxygen.
Turns gray hair to its natural color again and greatly increases energy levels when consumed daily.
Is a beauty treatment that slows down the aging process when the juice is consumed. Wheatgrass will cleanse your blood and help rejuvenate aging cells, slowing the aging process way down, making you feel more alive right away. It will help tighten loose and sagging skin.
Lessens the effects of radiation. One enzyme found in wheatgrass, SOD, lessens the effects of radiation and acts as an anti-inflammatory compound that may prevent cellular damage following heart attacks or exposure to irritants.
Restores fertility and promotes youthfulness.
Can double your red blood cell count just by soaking in it. Renowned nutritionist Dr. Bernard Jensen found that no other blood builders are superior to green juices and wheatgrass. In his book Health Magic Through Chlorophyll from Living Plant Life he mentions several cases where he was able to double the red blood cell count in a matter of days merely by having patients soak in a chlorophyll-water bath. Blood building results occur even more rapidly when patients drink green juices and wheatgrass regularly.
Courtesy: Hippocrates Health Institute
Saturday, 3 November 2012
Sodium Benzoate
Did you know that Sodium Benzoate, which is a very common preservative and found in many products, when combined with Vitamin C, creates Benzine (a known carcinogen) when ingested? I have just checked the label of a well known "fresh" fruit juice to find that it is preserved with sodium benzoate and that there is added Vitamin C to the "natural" fruit juice. And to think that we think we are being healthy and doing the right thing!! Scary stuff! Makes you wonder about all the other things that we feed ourselves and our children.
The Value of Digital Infrared Thermography
I found this on the Port Moody Naturopathic Wellness site, which explains thermography vs mammography very well. I sometimes wish that I could shout this message from the roof tops to all the women out there who have no idea that they do NOT have to have a mammogram.
Cancer Prevention
I found this on the Port Moody Naturopathic Wellness site, which explains thermography vs mammography very well. I sometimes wish that I could shout this message from the roof tops to all the women out there who have no idea that they do NOT have to have a mammogram.
Cancer Prevention
The Value of Digital Infrared Thermography In Breast Cancer Prevention
Dr. Sharon Gurm, BSc, ND - Sep 04, 2012 - breast cancer prevention, breast cancer thermography, education and awareness, thermography - No Comments
What Is Thermography?
Advanced digital infrared technology (thermography) is an FDA approved imaging technique that is used to evaluate breast health. It measures heat emitted by tissue cells that are excessively metabolically active and exhibit other variant behaviors characteristic of abnormal (cancerous or pre-cancerous) cells. Suspicious clusters of cells begin to generate blood vessels and follow growth patterns that are unique from surrounding healthy tissue – characteristics that generate more heat and can be detected by advanced digital infrared equipment.
What are The Benefits of Breast Thermography?
Thermography is a safe, non-invasive and painless procedure that does not expose the individual to any radiation. There are no adverse effects or contraindications, and it can be used at any age, but is most appropriate for women age 18+.
There are many benefits in using thermography to evaluate breast health:
Previous research has looked at the clinical validity of thermography in diagnosing benign or malignant (cancerous) disease. However, even with the advances made in thermography as of today, it is not capable of diagnosing malignancy – its benefit lies in the ability to detect the tissue changes that occur when a woman is at greater risk of malignancy or if malignancy is present. Therefore, I recommend this tool to monitor breast tissue as part of a complete breast health evaluation that also includes hormone testing, nutritional analysis, clinical breast exam and personal as well as genetic health history (i.e. risk factor assessment). When used this way, we can minimize the number of mammograms needed for a given individual (sometimes even avoid them altogether) and thereby help avoid a large percentage of unnecessary imaging and biopsies performed as a result of false positives from mammograms.
Findings published in the CMAJ (Nov 2011), support previous and subsequent evidence that routine screening with mammography does not reduce all-cause mortality (i.e. overall rate of death). Rather, the findings indicate that due to the high rate of false positives yielded by routine mammography, the number of invasive procedures (such as biopsy) occur at a high rate, thereby causing more harm (from overdiagnosis and overtreatment) than benefit. If findings on thermography are alarming – particularly if there is change from the baseline thermogram – further assessment using structural testing (mammogram, ultrasound) should be performed.
Another concern with thermography, is variability in assessment technique and accuracy of information from center to center. It’s important to do your research before choosing a center for thermography evaluation. The evaluator must be a board-certified thermologist and the equipment used should be advanced digital infrared technology. External influences must be controlled to reduce the influence of confounding factors (i.e. room temperature, clothing, pre-exam activities, etc.). Images must be taken from anterior and lateral views. In addition, results are more useful when another set of images are taken after a “cold challenge” is performed. The cold challenge induces a physiological response in normal cells that can further assist the evaluator and physician in distinguishing abnormal tissue activity.
What’s Your Attitude Toward Breast Cancer Prevention?
The decision to use or not use thermography, ultimately depends on your attitude around breast health and cancer prevention. What are your beliefs toward healthy living? How important is health to you? How much do you value quality of life? How long do you wish to live and do you wish to live those years in good health? Are you prepared to make the necessary changes that may be required to preserve your health (mind, body, spirit) and prevent or reverse malignant disease? Do you wish to be empowered with the knowledge that you can take a proactive approach to cancer prevention and treatment or are you of the mindset that you will wait and deal with it if and when the time comes that you are faced with a cancer diagnosis?
The decision to screen for breast cancer and how to go about it is currently a hotly debated topic in medicine. The evidence is clear that what we have traditionally been doing in North America does reduce death from breast cancer (for women aged 40-74) but the benefit is small and partially offset by harms caused by unnecessary intervention. As physicians and as patients, we need to appreciate the need for individualized recommendations and informed decision-making based on risk factors and most importantly, based on a philosophy that respects the patient’s beliefs, attitude and wishes.
With mounting evidence suggesting there is a significant environmental influence on cancer development and progression, breast cancer is largely a preventable disease. There are aspects of environmental, nutritional and genetic influence that are within our control and some aspects that are not. If you empower yourself with the knowledge of what you can do, then at least you can make sure you have done your part. I believe our role as physicians and health care providers is to guide you in this journey and facilitate the path to optimal health – mind, body and spirit.http://thermoscansa.wozaonline.co.za
Advanced digital infrared technology (thermography) is an FDA approved imaging technique that is used to evaluate breast health. It measures heat emitted by tissue cells that are excessively metabolically active and exhibit other variant behaviors characteristic of abnormal (cancerous or pre-cancerous) cells. Suspicious clusters of cells begin to generate blood vessels and follow growth patterns that are unique from surrounding healthy tissue – characteristics that generate more heat and can be detected by advanced digital infrared equipment.
What are The Benefits of Breast Thermography?
Thermography is a safe, non-invasive and painless procedure that does not expose the individual to any radiation. There are no adverse effects or contraindications, and it can be used at any age, but is most appropriate for women age 18+.
There are many benefits in using thermography to evaluate breast health:
- For some individuals, it can be used as an alternative to more invasive procedures (such as mammography and ultrasound). If there is an area of concern, it can be closely monitored with thermography while the patient makes some lifestyle, dietary and nutritional modifications – as appropriate and as directed by their naturopathic doctor or integrative medical doctor. Not only does this method avoid or minimize harmful radiation exposure and undue psychological stress, it avoids the additional – and more significant – harms of potential over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Recent evidence from long-term studies evaluating the harms and benefits of routine mammography demands review of current standards of practice in breast cancer screening. Studies reveal that, in most age groups, routine mammography causes more harm than benefit – quite the opposite of long held beliefs of the medical community and public. For more information on the subject of risks associated with routine mammography, read: Routine Mammography Proves No Benefit and May Even Increase Your Risk – What are Your Options?
- If there is an area of particular concern, the patient and the doctor can then discuss further evaluation using structural testing (mammogram, ultrasound). This allows for doctor and patient discuss individualized recommendations breast cancer screening based on the person’s risk factors, thermography evaluation, clinical breast exams and other applicable information – rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach to breast cancer screening that, again evidence is mounting, causes more harm than benefit. To learn more about the subject of personalized recommendations for breast cancer screening, read: Breast Cancer Screening: A Need for Personalized Recommendations
- Thermography can be used to clarify findings of a mammography report before more invasive – possibly unnecessary – steps are taken, such as a diagnostic mammogram (involving more radiation exposure), ultrasound and/or biopsy. All of these procedures carry additional risk. There is also the significant and often overlooked issue of added psycho-emotional stress for women who are suddenly faced with the possibility of a cancer diagnosis and often have to wait several weeks-to-months before further tests can be performed. This is a common scenario for women with dense breasts (or fibrocystic breasts), breast implants and microcalcifications (tiny deposits of calcium) in breast tissue. Unlike thermography, mammography cannot accurately distinguish microcalcifications from cancerous tissue. If the mammogram reveals microcalcifications, the next step is often ultrasound and diagnostic mammogram, possibly followed by biopsy. Often the end result is “negative” on biopsy. The woman has just undergone significant stress, trauma and disproportionate concern over an inconclusive mammogram report resulting in unnecessary invasive procedures that have now (as a result of stress, radiation and disruption to the delicate environment of the breast tissue) raised the level of risk of developing breast cancer in a woman who did not have that risk in the first place. I have witnessed this exact scenario multiple times in my practice and I cannot emphasize how damaging it is for the woman on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.
- Thermography appears to be superior to mammography at detecting DCIS – the most common form of breast cancer.
- Thermography can often detect changes in breast tissue before a tumor forms and reveals hormonal influences that can contribute to cancer development or recurrence. Mammography can only detect a potential cancer once a sizable tumor (at least 1 cm in diameter, consisting of 1 billion abnormal cells) has actually formed. In addition, mammography is not sensitive to fast-growing tumors in the pre-invasive stage. At this stage, the temperature variance detectable by thermography can provide valuable information for early intervention using non-invasive strategies.
- Thermography can help point patient and physician in the direction of appropriate course of treatment and it can be used to monitor changes in breast tissue. When hormonal influences and unhealthy metabolic or vascular activity is revealed by thermographic evaluation, the individual can discuss intervention options and treatment strategies to reverse the changes and actually help prevent cancer from occurring in the first place. While some women may continue to use the old “I’ll wait-and-see if a mammogram tells me I have cancer and then I’ll have to do something about it” approach, I think if given the option most would choose to take a more empowering and proactive approach to their breast and overall health – and thermography can help facilitate the latter choice.
Previous research has looked at the clinical validity of thermography in diagnosing benign or malignant (cancerous) disease. However, even with the advances made in thermography as of today, it is not capable of diagnosing malignancy – its benefit lies in the ability to detect the tissue changes that occur when a woman is at greater risk of malignancy or if malignancy is present. Therefore, I recommend this tool to monitor breast tissue as part of a complete breast health evaluation that also includes hormone testing, nutritional analysis, clinical breast exam and personal as well as genetic health history (i.e. risk factor assessment). When used this way, we can minimize the number of mammograms needed for a given individual (sometimes even avoid them altogether) and thereby help avoid a large percentage of unnecessary imaging and biopsies performed as a result of false positives from mammograms.
Findings published in the CMAJ (Nov 2011), support previous and subsequent evidence that routine screening with mammography does not reduce all-cause mortality (i.e. overall rate of death). Rather, the findings indicate that due to the high rate of false positives yielded by routine mammography, the number of invasive procedures (such as biopsy) occur at a high rate, thereby causing more harm (from overdiagnosis and overtreatment) than benefit. If findings on thermography are alarming – particularly if there is change from the baseline thermogram – further assessment using structural testing (mammogram, ultrasound) should be performed.
Another concern with thermography, is variability in assessment technique and accuracy of information from center to center. It’s important to do your research before choosing a center for thermography evaluation. The evaluator must be a board-certified thermologist and the equipment used should be advanced digital infrared technology. External influences must be controlled to reduce the influence of confounding factors (i.e. room temperature, clothing, pre-exam activities, etc.). Images must be taken from anterior and lateral views. In addition, results are more useful when another set of images are taken after a “cold challenge” is performed. The cold challenge induces a physiological response in normal cells that can further assist the evaluator and physician in distinguishing abnormal tissue activity.
What’s Your Attitude Toward Breast Cancer Prevention?
The decision to use or not use thermography, ultimately depends on your attitude around breast health and cancer prevention. What are your beliefs toward healthy living? How important is health to you? How much do you value quality of life? How long do you wish to live and do you wish to live those years in good health? Are you prepared to make the necessary changes that may be required to preserve your health (mind, body, spirit) and prevent or reverse malignant disease? Do you wish to be empowered with the knowledge that you can take a proactive approach to cancer prevention and treatment or are you of the mindset that you will wait and deal with it if and when the time comes that you are faced with a cancer diagnosis?The decision to screen for breast cancer and how to go about it is currently a hotly debated topic in medicine. The evidence is clear that what we have traditionally been doing in North America does reduce death from breast cancer (for women aged 40-74) but the benefit is small and partially offset by harms caused by unnecessary intervention. As physicians and as patients, we need to appreciate the need for individualized recommendations and informed decision-making based on risk factors and most importantly, based on a philosophy that respects the patient’s beliefs, attitude and wishes.
With mounting evidence suggesting there is a significant environmental influence on cancer development and progression, breast cancer is largely a preventable disease. There are aspects of environmental, nutritional and genetic influence that are within our control and some aspects that are not. If you empower yourself with the knowledge of what you can do, then at least you can make sure you have done your part. I believe our role as physicians and health care providers is to guide you in this journey and facilitate the path to optimal health – mind, body and spirit.http://thermoscansa.wozaonline.co.za
Monday, 29 October 2012
By now we all know how acid forming our Western diet is and that no disease
can thrive in an alkaline environment. This is the first and MOST important step to be taken when trying to follow a more healthy lifestyle.
There is no simpler, cheaper and more natural way to do this, other than by using Sodium Bicarbonate or Bicarbonate of Soda.
It can be used to heal: acne, cancer, colds, flu, acid reflux and has many household uses too.
I have already started with this, but wasn’t doing it 4 times per day.
Perhaps I should look at increasing the frequency too.
If you would like to know more then read the below article which was published by Natural News.
Happy alkalizing!
The connection
between fungus and cancer
The groundbreaking work of Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD and Dr.
Simonchini, an oncologist in Rome, Italy, has shown the tremendous potential of
sodium bicarbonate. Dr. Simonchini originally made the connection between
fungal infections and cancer proliferation. He realized that when a tumor was
flushed with baking soda (which is anti-fungal), it shrank and completely
disappeared within days. Mark Sircus takes this idea one step further,
believing that baking soda can be ingested as well with remarkable results.
Sircus feels that cancer is a complex disease and healing goes beyond simply
targeting the tumor -- the body needs to be brought into harmony with breathing
techniques, exercise, sun exposure and massage along with bicarbonate therapy.
A striking example of success is Vernon Johnston who cured stage IV prostate
cancer with this protocol. His story can be found here.
Protect
against colds and influenza
Cancer is not the only ailment that is healed by baking
soda. Contagious illnesses like colds and influenza also respond well to sodium
bicarbonate. In 1922, a small booklet was published extolling the healing
virtues of this simple powder. Edward R. Hays, MD said at the time:
"In 1918 and 1919 while fighting the 'Flu' with the U.
S. Public Health Service it was brought to my attention that rarely any one who
had been thoroughly alkalinized with bicarbonate of soda contracted the
disease, and those who did contract it, if alkalinized early, would invariably
have mild attacks. I have since that time treated all cases of 'Cold,'
Influenza and LaGrippe by first giving generous doses of Bicarbonate of Soda,
and in many, many instances within 36 hours the symptoms would have entirely
abated."
Recommended
dosage for colds and influenza:
On the first day, consume a total of six doses of half a
teaspoon of baking soda in one cup of water. Take at two hour intervals.
Continue the same protocol on the second day, but reduce to
four doses.
On the third day, consume only two doses -- one in the
morning and another at night.
Continue thereafter with one dose in the morning until
illness is cured.
Additional
benefits
Not only helpful with disease, baking soda has a broad
spectrum of use. It is also good for:
- Clearing acne
- Cleansing hair and removing build up
- Detoxifying radiation poisoning
- Acid reflux
- Cleaning teeth
- Insect bites
- Boosting laundry detergent
- Removing dirt and residue off fresh fruits and vegetables
- Household cleaning and deodorizing
- Unclogging drains when combined with vinegar
For pennies per use, sodium bicarbonate really is an
economical workhorse. Considering the average conventional cancer treatment
costs over $350,000, baking soda provides an inexpensive, safe and effective
alternative. Whether contending with the threat of cancer, infectious disease,
acne or simply seeking a environmentally friendly cleansing agent, baking soda
is a natural champion.
Friday, 26 October 2012
Hugely beneficial linseeds/flaxseeds
Golden linseeds (also known as flaxseeds) are powerhouses of nutrition. They have a subtle nutty, slightly earthy flavour and are a cheap superfood that everyone can include in their diet. They are available whole or - for easier absorbtion - split, ground or as linseed or flaxseed oil.
I particularly love the oil, as it is such a fantastic natural skin moisturiser. Drink a couple of spoonfuls a day, by either adding it to a juice or smoothie, mixing it into milk for your cereal, or making a quick salad dressing.
Linseeds are the richest plant source of omega 3 fats, which are essential for a healthy brain, heart, joints and immune system.Due to the high content of plant chemicals known as phytoestrogens, linseeds have been called nature's answer to hormone replacement therapy. Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring forms of the female hormone oestrogen and are found in certain foods. They help to either reduce high levels of oestrogens or to boost low levels. This can have a positive impact on the unpleasant effects of the menopause, such as flushing and night sweats.
There is ongoing research into the benefits of including phytoestrogens in diets aimed at preventing cancer. With a history of colon cancer in my family I am keen to keep my colon healthy. The high-fibre content of linseeds can help.
A good way to get the best from them is to soak them first. Put one heaped desertspoonful of seeds into a glass, cover with water and leave overnight. Add the swollen seeds and water to a drink such as fruit juice or a smoothie, or to your cereal or yogurt, or drink it on its own. You can eat linseeds in this way every day. They are a good cure for constipation, but avoid eating the seeds if you have bowel problems, such as diverticulitis.
Alternatively, you can grind linseeds in a pestle and mortar or coffee grinder before adding them to food. Never cook with linseeds or their oil - as the heat will render them unstable. To keep them fresh, store airtight in the fridge.
I particularly love the oil, as it is such a fantastic natural skin moisturiser. Drink a couple of spoonfuls a day, by either adding it to a juice or smoothie, mixing it into milk for your cereal, or making a quick salad dressing.
Linseeds are the richest plant source of omega 3 fats, which are essential for a healthy brain, heart, joints and immune system.Due to the high content of plant chemicals known as phytoestrogens, linseeds have been called nature's answer to hormone replacement therapy. Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring forms of the female hormone oestrogen and are found in certain foods. They help to either reduce high levels of oestrogens or to boost low levels. This can have a positive impact on the unpleasant effects of the menopause, such as flushing and night sweats.
There is ongoing research into the benefits of including phytoestrogens in diets aimed at preventing cancer. With a history of colon cancer in my family I am keen to keep my colon healthy. The high-fibre content of linseeds can help.
A good way to get the best from them is to soak them first. Put one heaped desertspoonful of seeds into a glass, cover with water and leave overnight. Add the swollen seeds and water to a drink such as fruit juice or a smoothie, or to your cereal or yogurt, or drink it on its own. You can eat linseeds in this way every day. They are a good cure for constipation, but avoid eating the seeds if you have bowel problems, such as diverticulitis.
Alternatively, you can grind linseeds in a pestle and mortar or coffee grinder before adding them to food. Never cook with linseeds or their oil - as the heat will render them unstable. To keep them fresh, store airtight in the fridge.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Irresponsible Behaviour
Last week I had two ladies tell me that they have had to undergo a
mastectomy, even though they had been going for their regular mammograms. In
both cases the mammogram failed to pick up their cancer. The purpose of this
letter is in the hope of saving more ladies from the same fate.
I consider it shocking that despite all the hype of “October Breast
Cancer Month”, ladies are not being told about thermography as an added option
when it comes to routine breast cancer screening, which has no radiation and is
painless.
Thermography cannot diagnose cancer, but then, neither can mammography
do this. Thermography works from a very young age and is excellent with dense,
fibrocystic breasts and works well with implants, which are all acknowledged by
radiologists to be weak points of mammography. Despite the fact that
thermography detects suspicious activity before a tumour has formed & in
some cases up to 6 years before a mammogram shows up as suspicious, it does not
replace mammography. They work together, but thermography fills this gap and
perhaps then there will be fewer mastectomies. Women should be empowered with
this knowledge.
I sent this to the Witness out of sheer frustration after having asked them a while ago, including the editor, to do a feature about thermography with no luck.
Friday, 12 October 2012
WHFoods: How Does Digestion Work and How Can I Improve Mine? (Animated graphics)
WHFoods: How Does Digestion Work and How Can I Improve Mine? (Animated graphics)
This is really great if you would like to know how the digestive system works.
This is really great if you would like to know how the digestive system works.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Monday, 8 October 2012
Thermography | Dr. Mercola's Natural Health Center
Thermography | Dr. Mercola's Natural Health Center
Not sure what thermography is all about? Google the above to learn more. It's really informative and it's well explained by both the text and the video.
http://thermoscan.wozaonline.co.za
Not sure what thermography is all about? Google the above to learn more. It's really informative and it's well explained by both the text and the video.
http://thermoscan.wozaonline.co.za
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Change your pH to fight disease
The first step to being healthy is to change the pH of one's body. Our western diets are highly acidic. No disease can live in an alkaline environment.
Now, how does one do that? You have a choice of using bicarbonate of soda, lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. But lemons and vinegar are so acidic I hear you say. Yes, they are, but the moment they come into contact with the gastric juices of the stomach, they turn to alkaline. I think most of you have heard that having a glass of water in the morning and before bed with some lemon in it is healthy. Now you know why.
I personally prefer apple cider vinegar mixed in some water, which I sip on all day. Don't buy the common one on the supermarket shelves. You need to look for the brown coloured one that has "gunge" in it. This brown, stringy stuff is called "the mother" and that is the active ingredient. Therefore don't buy the filtered one.
My Mom and my business partner, who have been on blood pressure tablets for years have both been told by their doctors that they no longer need to take their tablets on a daily basis as both their pressures have started to come down! This since they started drinking apple cider vinegar. I lost 10kgs since I started drinking the ACV. I have also heard that it is excellent for type 2 diabetes. Do the test yourself. Take your blood sugar count after your normal meal. Next time round, drink a glass of ACV about 30 minutes before your meal. Take your blood sugar count after the meal and see the difference..
The expensive "alkalising powders" that one can buy are basically bicarbonate of soda, which does the same thing. So, for a real fast alkalising drink mix bicarb with the ACV and voilla!
Happy alkalising!
Now, how does one do that? You have a choice of using bicarbonate of soda, lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. But lemons and vinegar are so acidic I hear you say. Yes, they are, but the moment they come into contact with the gastric juices of the stomach, they turn to alkaline. I think most of you have heard that having a glass of water in the morning and before bed with some lemon in it is healthy. Now you know why.
I personally prefer apple cider vinegar mixed in some water, which I sip on all day. Don't buy the common one on the supermarket shelves. You need to look for the brown coloured one that has "gunge" in it. This brown, stringy stuff is called "the mother" and that is the active ingredient. Therefore don't buy the filtered one.
My Mom and my business partner, who have been on blood pressure tablets for years have both been told by their doctors that they no longer need to take their tablets on a daily basis as both their pressures have started to come down! This since they started drinking apple cider vinegar. I lost 10kgs since I started drinking the ACV. I have also heard that it is excellent for type 2 diabetes. Do the test yourself. Take your blood sugar count after your normal meal. Next time round, drink a glass of ACV about 30 minutes before your meal. Take your blood sugar count after the meal and see the difference..
The expensive "alkalising powders" that one can buy are basically bicarbonate of soda, which does the same thing. So, for a real fast alkalising drink mix bicarb with the ACV and voilla!
Happy alkalising!
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Breast thermogram
I have just been categorised as a TH4 (high risk) on my breast thermogram
and thought I would share my research as I go along.
Even if you are a low risk, I believe that you and your families can
only benefit with the knowledge that I will be sharing with you. It is
frightening once you start doing research to see how much there is out there
that could potentially be harming us. I’m not suggesting that we make our lives
a misery and stick flatly to avoid all the “baddies” at all costs, but firmly
believe that when we make a choice at least let it be an informed one.
I thought I would simplify some of the things that you could start to look
at with a view to preventing cancer and starting to make those lifestyle changes
that will greatly benefit your families too.
LifeStyle changes
October is Breast Health Month
Here are a few tips on how to start with lifestyle changes to protect you and your family from potentially harmful influences.
Prevention Starts
in your Everyday
Environments.
Here’s how:
Tip 1: Protect yourself
from the sun—and sunscreen
Sunscreens often contain
small amounts of
hormone-disrupting chemicals that
are
bad for us
and aquatic life.
Stay out of
the sun during
peak hours, cover
up and look
for a safer
sunblock at
www.safecosmetics.org/skindeep.
Tip 2: Make sure your
water bottle is BPA-free
Avoid toxic bisphenol
A, or BPA,
which is in
polycarbonate plastic reusable
water
bottles, and kick
the bottled-water habit.
Instead, get a
non-toxic, reusable stainless
steel bottle.
Tip 3: Avoid pesticides
It’s no surprise
that weed and
pest killers aren’t
good for humans,
either. Look for
non-toxic alternatives such
as vinegar, salt,
soapy water and
rubbing alcohol.
Tip 4: Take caution
with EMFs
Wireless
Internet and phone
networks expose us
to very low
levels of non-ionizing,
or
electromagnetic field (EMF),
radiation. Health risks
are not yet
well understood,
but it’s good
to take precautions.
Keep your computer
in “sleep” mode
and disable
your wireless network
when not in
use. Don’t keep
your cell phone
in your pocket,
use a headset
and, when possible,
text instead of
calling.
Prevention starts
with your morning
routine.
Here’s how:
Tip 1: Simplify
Some beauty products
contain carcinogens and
hormone-disrupting chemicals.
Decrease your exposure
by using fewer products with
simpler ingredients.
Tip 2: Avoid
“fragrance”
“Fragrance” can contain
dozens, even hundreds,
of chemicals—including hormonedisrupting phthalates.
Avoid synthetic fragrance
and opt for
products that are
fragrance-free or contain
natural fragrances like
essential oils.
Tip 3: Ingredients to
avoid
Avoid products with
DMDM hydantoin and
imidazolidinyl urea; parabens
or
any word ending
in “-paraben”; “PEG”
and words ending
in “-eth”; triclosan
and
triclocarban;
triethanolamine (TEA); hydroquinone
and oxybenzone.
Tip 4: Products to
avoid
Anti-aging
creams with lactic,
glycolic, AHA or
BHA acids
Hair dyes, especially
dark permanent dyes
Nail polish and
removers with formaldehyde,
DBP or toluene
Skin lighteners with
hydroquinone
Prevention starts
at home.
Here’s how:
Tip 1: Avoid canned
foods
The lining in
canned foods contains
toxic bisphenol A,
or BPA, which
leaches into
food and then
into us. Choose
fresh and frozen
over canned foods.
Tip 2: Know your
plastics
Avoid plastics that
contain hormone-disrupting phthalates,
especially polyvinyl
chloride, or PVC
(usually recycling code
3). Avoid clear,
shatterproof plastic that
contains BPA (usually
code 7). Safer
plastics are coded
1, 2, 4
and 5. The
safest
options are stainless
steel, glass and
ceramic.
Tip 3: Keep plastic out
of the microwave
Even “microwave safe”
plastic can leach
chemicals into your
food when heated,
so
choose glass or
ceramic containers and
cover your food
with a ceramic
plate or an
unbleached paper towel
instead of plastic
wrap.
Tip 4: Use non-toxic
cleaning products
Many cleaning products
contain harmful chemicals.
Seek out non-toxic
alternatives
or make your
own. Try baking
soda for scouring
and vinegar for
cleaning glass.
Tip 5: Eat hormone-free
meat and dairy
Choose
hormone-free beef and
dairy to avoid
consuming the residue
of livestock
growth hormones.
Courtesy: Breast Cancer Fund
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