Cancer Findings Part 2

Something to keep in mind while strolling in those comfortable moccasins. The following is important!

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 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 soya 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.

Cancer can be fought using the following:

1. 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).

2. 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.


3. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of
digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefied
and leads to more toxic buildup.


4. 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.


5. 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.


6. 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.


7. 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.

Quote of the Day:

"If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you've already got."

Cancer findings - Part 1

Whether you wear shoes, moccasins, or mukluks, you will find the following an interesting dialogue on cancer.


AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY
(TRY is THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY
STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.


Cancer Update from John Hopkins


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 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,
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.



Our next blog will discuss foods that appear to help fight cancer.



Quote for the Day:



"If I've learned anything in my 70 years it's that nothing's as good or as bad as it appears." Bushrod H. Campbell

Breast Cancer - Part 2

Whether following moccasin trails or lounging on the couch with your slippers on , you should know the risks of getting breast cancer:

1. 70% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no risks
2. Family history of breast cancer significantly increases one's risk
3. Increasing age is the second highest factor for breast cancer, being female is the highest
4. There is a six times greater risk if one's mother or sister had breast cancer prior to menopause
5. There is up to 10 times greater risk if one's mother or sister had cancer in both breasts
6. The risk of breast cancer is slightly higher with a family history of cancer for the uterus, cervix or colon
7. The risk triples for obesity with excess caloric and fat intake

Source: http://www.bcsc.ca/breasthealth.htm

It is a fact that everyone knows of someone that has battled breast cancer. If you can, support the battle against this disease.

Quote of the Day:

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.-- Chinese Proverb

Special Month: Part 1

Take off those moccasin boots and tie on the runners- it's Breast Cancer Month.
There are some startling facts about breast cancer that you should be aware of every month :

• One in 27 women will die from it
  
• In 2007, an estimated 22,300 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die from it
  
• The cause of breast cancer is unknown and cannot be prevented
  75% of all breast growths, whether malignant or benign are discovered during breast self examination
  
• 9 out of 10 growths are detected by women themselves
  
• As many as 2 million women in North America were diagnosed with breast cancer during the 1990's
  
• Since 1993, incidence rates for breast cancer have stabilized and death rates have declined 8 out of 10 breast growths are non-cancerous
  
• Male incidence of breast cancer accounts for 2% of all cases
  In 2005 an estimated 150 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 45 of them will die from it
  
• On average 415 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer each week
  
• On average 102 Canadian women will die from breast cancer every week

In the next blog we will discuss YOUR RISKS on getting breast cancer

Source: http://www.bcsc.ca/breasthealth.htm

Quote of the Day:

"Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball." - Mitzi Chandler

Not Too Late Part 2

In the last blog we discussed ways to detemine if you have poor indoor air quality while lounging in your moccasin slippers.

Today, we are going to look at possible sources for that inadequate air quality in the home.

1. One of the logically reasons may be smoking indoors or smoke coming into the house from outside.
2. Other things that burn such as, gas, kerocene, charcoal biquettes, wood or candles
3. Central heating, cooling or humidity systems
4. New or recently installed building materials and furnishings, including carpets and certain wood pressed products
5. Household cleaning and maintenance products
6. Personal care products such as hair sprays and soaps
7. Mold or mildrew
8. Tracking pesticides and pollens in on shoes or clothes
10. Improper circulation of fresh, outside air.

The most assured and practical way to clean indoor air is to invest in an air exchanger system that will filter out harmful pollutants and distribute fresh air throughout the home. They may "set you back a penny" but well worth the investment.

Quote of the Day:

"We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are."

Not Too Late Part 1

Wandering in your moccasins from room to room in your house or cabin and darn there's that headache again. No, it is not the cooking but something else and it is affecting your health. You are sneezing and at times congested. The problem may be the quality of the air you are breathing. Most people are quite aware that outside air pollution can significantly affect your health, however, EPA studies have shown that levels of air pollution indoors maybe 100 times greater.

Indoor air pollution can be a concern because people can spend as much as 90% of their time indoors, and much of that time is in their homes. You can have an immediate or long - term reaction to poor indoor air quality.

One way to determine whether you have an indoor air quality problem is to look at how you or those in your household feel when at home.
1. Do you or others sneeze and cough in your home?
2. Do you or others in your home wake up congested or with a headache?
3. Do you or others in your home often have an irritated throat, nose or eyes?
4. Does anyone in your home have frequent asthma episodes or respiratory infections?
5. Do you notice that you feel better when you are away from home?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you may have an indoor air quality concern.

Next time we will look at possible causes of poor indoor air quality.

Quote of the Day:

"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil."
-- Max Lerner

Fanning the Seasons

Not only moccasins are comfortable for the body but also fans can play an important role.
Fans can improve year round comfort and energy efficiency, moving warm air around the home. Most fans feature a switch that allows you to change the spin direction of the fans. This is where I can get confused. During the summer you want the blades to spin COUNTER CLOCKWISE. That is, you want to draw the air up from the floor to the ceiling. In the winter it is the exact opposite. You want to adjust the spin to a CLOCKWISE position to allow better circulation of the warmer air close to the ceiling.
A ceiling fan can be effective , but only if you chose a fan that is the right size for the room. Fifty -two-inch fans are good for rooms approximately 15 feet by 15 feet or 12 feet by 12 feet. the air in larger rooms can be circulated by a 52-inch fan, however, 56- and 60-inch fans are better suited in a room of that size. For smaller rooms such as bedrooms, choose a 34-to 42-inch ceiling fan.

Quote for the Day

"If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your wife told you!"