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Friday, July 18, 2008
CANCER UPDATE from JOHNS HOPKINS
I just wanted to share this information with you all because I think it is useful and will help us lead healthier lives.
Cancer Update from JohnsHopkins:
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 tumors.
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 including 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,
gastrointestinal 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 color. Better alternative is Bra gg's aminos orsea 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 juic e, 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 buildinghealthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetablesincluding 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 theprotein 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,
unforgi veness 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 downto the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to
destroy cancer cells.
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
JohnsHopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This
information is being circulated atWalterReedArmyMedicalCenteras 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 atCastle
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 intothe food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such asCorningWare, 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. Paperisn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use
tempered glass,CorningWare, et! c. He re minded 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.
Cancer Update from JohnsHopkins:
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 tumors.
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 including 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,
gastrointestinal 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 color. Better alternative is Bra gg's aminos orsea 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 juic e, 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 buildinghealthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetablesincluding 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 theprotein 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,
unforgi veness 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 downto the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to
destroy cancer cells.
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
JohnsHopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This
information is being circulated atWalterReedArmyMedicalCenteras 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 atCastle
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 intothe food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such asCorningWare, 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. Paperisn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use
tempered glass,CorningWare, et! c. He re minded 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.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Should you trade in your car?
Here’s a scenario that car shoppers face every day… You are in the market for a new car because
your want to upgrade. There’s nothing particularly wrong with your current vehicle, but you are convinced that you’ve been driving this old car for long enough and don’t want to end up with an unreliable money-pit. So, you do your shopping, find your dream car and then, you have to make a decision. What to do with the old car? Do you: 1. Trade it in to offset the new purchase2. Sell it in a private transaction3. Keep it; perhaps for a winter beater.The decision only gets tougher when the existing vehicle is complimentary to the new purchase. For example, you have a pickup truck or an SUV and want to buy a sporty convertible. Or, inversely, you are in the market for a truck, but have an economy car that you can use for in-town commuting. No question, having two vehicles is convenient, but what about financial implications? First there’s a matter of depreciation on your current vehicle. Even though it’s not costing you any more money per-say, the money that’s tied in this vehicle could be used somewhere else (also known as opportunity cost). Then there are insurance premiums, annual licensing fees, maintenance costs and parking space issues.
Let’s examine these options in more details:
Option #1
Trading your car in definitely makes a lot of sense. Besides eliminating above-stated costs, a trade-in can reduce the taxable amount of the new purchase. For example, if you can reduce your new purchase price by $5,000, depending on state taxes that can yield an additional $300-$500 in tax savings. You also save on financing, since the amount financed is reduced. On a four year loan, that can equate to an additional $1500. So, in addition to the $5,000 your dealer will knock off your new purchase, you can also get up to $2,000 in intangible savings.
Option #2
Private sale can bring you a bit more money as dealers have to make their margins. However, besides losing benefits of a trade in, also consider: showing hassles, advertising costs, and possible post-sale problems. The upfront gains may very well be a wash in the end, leaving you with just a big headache.
Option #3
There are indeed some financial benefits in keeping the old car. Depending on how many vehicles you have in the family, there may be insurance benefits to have more than one vehicle. Assuming the old car is paid off, there’s no need to keep full (comprehensive) insurance on the old vehicle. Therefore, having an inexpensively ensured primary vehicle and a fully-insured secondary vehicle, may be even cheaper than paying full price for one. Also, by alternating between the two vehicles, you are reducing the drivable mileage, which may influence your financing decision (i.e. leasing) or result in less depreciation on your purchased vehicle.
For me, the trade-in is a no-brainer, at least financially. However, if you do decide that the financial premium are worth the convenience of multiple vehicles, there are ways to better your position. What are your thoughts on this subject? Tell us about your experience.
For me, the trade-in is a no-brainer, at least financially. However, if you do decide that the financial premium are worth the convenience of multiple vehicles, there are ways to better your position. What are your thoughts on this subject? Tell us about your experience.
Friday, January 4, 2008
A Brief Anatomy Lesson
There are four main muscle groups that need to be trained for a strong and healthy core.1) Rectus Abdominis
This muscle is your "six-pack" muscle and runs down the front of your stomach. Their primary function is to FLEX the abs. For example, bringing the chest toward the hips i.e. crunches, or bringing the thighs toward the chest i.e. leg raises.
2) Obliques
These muscles run down the side of your waist. They are activated through ROTATION (e.g. broomstick twist) and LATERAL FLEXION (e.g. bending from side to side).
3) Transversalis Abdominis
This muscle group lies underneath your Rectus Abdominis, and is responsible for sucking your tummy, a.k.a. compression (e.g. when you see a pretty lady walking toward you).
4) Erector Spinae
These are the muscles of the lower back, which help extend the abdominal region a.k.a. hyperextension.
5) * Serratus/ Intercoastals
Although not considered part of the "core", a set of well-developed serratus add a finished-look to any set of abs. They are the fan-shaped muscles that lie just above the rib cage, and they make an average physique look incredible. Exercises that train the serratus include cable (rope) crunches, and dumbbell pullovers.
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