Archive for April, 2007

CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Hi Everyone,

This is too important not to post in this blog.  Even if you don’t read every word, please scan it.  There  is valuable information for all of us in this article I received. 

Blessings, Patricia

 
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not
show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few
billion.When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer
cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are
unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the
detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s
lifetime.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be
destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple
nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental,
food and lifestyle factors.
 
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and
ncluding supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and
also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow,
gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver,
kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages
healthy cells, tissues and organs.
 
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce
tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not
result in more tumor destruction.
 
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and
radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence
the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and
become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer
cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by
not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
 
CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
 
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one
important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like
NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is
harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses
but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make
it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt. 

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the
gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and
substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is
acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef
or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and
parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
 
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains,seeds,
nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.
About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable
juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to
cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of
healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and
drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and
eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at
temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea
is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best
to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy
metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
 
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive
enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified
and leads to more toxic buildup.
 
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from
or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of
cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer
cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence,
Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the
body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like
vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the
body’s normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded
cells.
 
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and
positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger,
unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic
environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax
and enjoy life.
 
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising
daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular
level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
 
(PLEASE SHARE IT TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT)
 
CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL
 
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This
information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as
well. Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.Dioxins
are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies.
Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases
dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness
Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this
health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us.
 
He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using
plastic containers.
 
This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the
combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the
food and ultimately into the cells of the body.
 
Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or
ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only
without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and
soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in
something else.
 
Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s just safer
to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while
ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam
containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
 
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as
dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the
food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt
out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.
Cover food with a paper towel instead. 

SPRING TRAINING

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Spring is here, along with the urgency to clean our closets, weed our yards, and pack away our winter clothing.     

 

Through the shedding of layers of winter wear, we face the world with the reality of how much, or how little we’ve exercised the past few months.     

 

If you’re like most people, you can probably pinpoint exactly when you dropped the diet and exercise program.  And right about now, you’re probably regretting some of the choices you made. 

 

It’s easy to backslide in the winter months, and it’s amazing how many things interfere with our good intentions.  Well, don’t worry, the good news is that you can always begin again, so don’t give up.    You can start today by creating your spring training plan.  It should to consist of a good diet strategy, a weight-training program, and aerobic exercise activities.   

DIET

There is no quick fix diet that works in the long run. You need to BOTH cut your calories and increase your exercise if you truly want to get that weight off. It’s a slow process, but it works.   

To take off one pound per week, you need to create a “caloric deficit” of 500 calories per day. (One pound of body fat equals about 3,500 calories.) You can do this by reducing calories, or exercising more, or ideally, by a healthy combination of both.     

Try eating 250 calories less per day and exercising enough to burn 250 calories— like walking about 2.5 miles each day.

The easiest way to cut back on calories is to watch your portion sizes. Survey your diet and look for places to make cuts.  Try not to eat foods that are processed.  Instead, whole grains, raw fruits and vegetables, and reduced fat meats/protein are best. 

 

WEIGHT TRAINING 

Weight training plays an important role in getting rid of extra weight. Aerobic exercise burns calories, but the body’s metabolism quickly returns to pre-exercise levels, usually within 30 minutes or so. Weight training, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins University, leads to increased calorie burning for up to two hours after the workout is over.Weight training should be performed 2 to 3 times per week.    Do 2-3 sets of 8-12 repetitions for the major muscles in your body, (i.e. chest, back, abdominal, legs, shoulders, and arms).

 

AEROBIC EXERCISE

To improve cardiovascular fitness and to decrease body fat or maintain body fat at optimum levels, you should exercise (cardiovascular) at least three days a week, and ideally 30 minutes daily.

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends three to five days a week for most cardiovascular programs.

 Helpful tips:

¨       You MUST want it bad enough!
¨       Don’t be too hard on yourself when you have “off” days.
 

¨       Be patient!
¨       Set realistic goals for yourself and write them down. Take a few minutes and really think about them. Write your ultimate goal down last, and be specific. There is no greater motivation than seeing your goals fulfilled before your eyes!

¨       The first 3 weeks are the hardest.
¨       Listen to motivating music while exercising.
¨       Document your progress, diet, and exercise.

Remember this while you are planning.  Researchers suggest that it takes 21 days to develop a new habit, and this, more than any amount of weight loss, is what you want to develop.

Making diet and exercise a habit will guarantee your ongoing success, so let’s get going on this spring training plan today!
Blessings,
Patricia


  

 

 



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