Atherosclerosis is a Vitamin C Deficiency Disease

Every year half a million people die from coronary heart disease. In a recent CNN article discussing a new study based on the data from the Framingham study concludes: The study "reaffirms the notion that coronary heart disease is the 800-pound gorilla of disease in this country, now and for the foreseeable future," says cardiologist Dr. Stuart Seides. Heart attacks were virtually unknown before the turn of the century. Our diets, especially in "developed" countries have gone through dramatic changes in this period. There is a very real connection between this new disease and our new diets.

As we discuss in the Primer section, Vitamin C is required for tissue integrity. Tissues that are under constant stress are particularly vulnerable to degradation from C deficiency. This is certainly true of our arteries.

Shortly before his death at 93, Linus Pauling and Matthias Rath had completed work on the link between atherosclerosis and Vitamin C (please see the link in the side bar). They had concluded that chronic Vitamin C deficiency lead to a serious compromising of our arterial system. Our bodies respond to this situation with a healing process. Let me explain.

Imagine your arterial wall to be like a stone dam. This is a reasonable analogy since your cells are like the stones and the water being held by the dam is similar to the blood under pressure in our arteries. Now, if the cement between the rocks is inferior, leaks could occur. Likewise in our arteries, if the ground substance between our cells is inferior due to lack of the proper development of collagen and fibrils as a result of inadequate Vitamin C, the arterial wall may be susceptible to seepage.

When arteries are compromised, our systems produce a specialized, sticky form of low-density lipoprotein (yes, there is a link with cholesterol. Please read the side bar) called Lp(a) which attaches itself to the arterial wall to prevent blood seepage. This is consistent with where arterial plaque is found - where there are lesions and where there is particular stress (i.e. at branches, in arteries, not veins, due to the pressure and in coronary arteries due to the stress of the constant motion).

A study, Vitamin C Deficiency and Risk of Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) was published in the March 1997 issue of the British Medical Journal. The Aceology Medical Review states this conclusion:

This study looked at the association between blood vitamin C concentration and risk of heart attack in 1605 men from eastern Finland who did not have evidence of coronary artery disease on exercise testing between 1984 and 1989.

Seventy of the men had a fatal or a non-fatal heart attack between 1984 and 1992. Among men with the vitamin C deficiency 13.2% had a heart attack compared to 3.8% in those who were not deficient in Vitamin C.

This study concludes that vitamin C deficiency may be a risk factor for coronary artery disease and heart attack.

The Stage is Set - One More Element is Required to Produce a Heart Attack

The vast majority of cardiac events (heart attacks) are caused by a thrombus (blood clot) that gets stuck in an already narrowed (occluded) coronary artery. Blood flow to that section of heart muscle is cut off and the starvation of oxygen is the heart attack. If the lack of oxygen (ischemia) lasts very long, cells will die, leaving permanent heart injury or very commonly, death.

Vitamin E (see, I can discuss other things besides C) is our body's natural anti-thrombin. It prevents the blood cells from aggregating, without the side affects of blood-thinning drugs (possibly blindness from macular degeneration).

Understanding that most heart attacks are a combination of both restricted blood vessels AND a blood clot, not getting a blood clot would seem a very good thing! If a blood clot gets lodged in a vessel in the brain, that's a stroke - also something to avoid.

In Richard Passwater's book Supernutrition for Healthy Hearts, he discusses his studies of 17,884 cases for evidence of alpha-tocopherol's (vitamin E) impact on heart disease. Of most interest is one subgroup, those that had taken 400 IU or more of tocopherol for ten years or more. There were 2508 people in this group. Government statistics would indicate that of these 836 would be expected to have heart disease. The actual number reported was four! That is less than 1/2 of 1% of statistical expectations. A December 6, 1998 article at About.com discusses

Vitamin E and Heart Disease.

Vitamin E also increases our cells ability to utilize oxygen. That is the primary reason it is used on burns. It allows more cells that were not killed, but are getting marginal nutrition due to circulatory damage in the area, to survive. This property of vitamin E also helps those with circulatory problems. This can include the minimization of angina (heart pain), cramps, and even have a positive effect on senility, which is very-much circulation related.

What Is Homocysteine?

Homocysteine is an amino acid in the blood. Epidemiological studies have shown that too much homocysteine in the blood (plasma) is related to a higher risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease.

Other evidence suggests that homocysteine may have an effect on atherosclerosis by damaging the inner lining of arteries and promoting blood clots. However, a direct causal link hasn’t been established.

Plasma homocysteine levels are strongly influenced by diet, as well as by genetic factors. The dietary components with the greatest effects are folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12. Folic acid and other B vitamins help break down homocysteine in the body. Several studies have found that higher blood levels of B vitamins are related, at least partly, to lower concentrations of homocysteine. Other recent evidence shows that low blood levels of folic acid are linked with a higher risk of fatal coronary heart disease and stroke.

Several clinical trials are under way to test whether lowering homocysteine will reduce CHD risk. Recent data show that the institution of folate fortification of foods has reduced the average level of homocysteine in the U.S. population.

Recent findings suggest that laboratory testing for plasma homocysteine levels can improve the assessment of risk. It may be particularly useful in patients with a personal or family history of cardiovascular disease, but in whom the well-established risk factors (smoking, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure) do not exist.

Although evidence for the benefit of lowering homocysteine levels is lacking, patients at high risk should be strongly advised to be sure to get enough folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 in their diet. Foods high in folic acid include green, leafy vegetables and grain products fortified with folic acid. But this is just one risk factor. A physician taking any type of nutritional approach to reducing risk should consider a person's overall risk factor profile and total diet.

Uric Acid / Purine ~ Gout

"Uric acid is a chemical created when the body breaks down substances called purines. Purines are found in some foods and drinks, such as liver, anchovies, mackerel, dried beans and peas, beer, and wine.

Most uric acid dissolves in blood and travels to the kidneys, where it passes out in urine. If your body produces too much uric acid or doesn't remove enough if it, you can get sick. High levels of uric acid in the body is called hyperuricemia"

Intake of foods containing purines is directly linked to the body's production of uric acid. In most cases, the body is able to dispose of uric acid, regardless of how much is made. However, in some cases, uric acid cannot be properly processed, which can lead to a very painful condition called gout. A person who is suffering from gout should either eliminate or severely limit certain purine-rich foods in his diet because these foods produce too much uric acid.

Relationship

Purines are found in all plant and animal cells. When the cells die after they are consumed in foods the body metabolizes the purines, converting them to uric acid. In most cases, the uric acid is expelled from the body as waste. However, if a large quantity of purine-rich foods is consumed, the uric acid levels in the body rise. This can be a problem for certain people whose systems are not equipped to handle the increase in uric acid.

Gout

Gout attacks develop when high levels of uric acid are not properly controlled by the body. When uric acid remains the body, it crystallizes around the joints of the toes, ankles, fingers and wrists. These crystals lead to painful redness, stiffness and swelling that lasts for five to 10 days. Gout strikes without warning, but can sometimes by controlled by monitoring the intake of purine-rich foods.

High-Risk

Certain foods contain such a concentrated amount of purine that they are exceptionally high-risk for those with gout. This category of foods includes organ meats and certain fish and seafood, such as herring and mussels. It also includes mushrooms and yeast. Those who are concerned about having elevated uric acid levels should avoid these foods.

Moderate-Risk

Some foods pose a moderate uric-acid risk, but can still be consumed by those with gout. These items include turkey, anchovies, asparagus, bacon, liver, trout, goose, scallops, pheasant and mutton. Those with gout may choose to eat these items on a very limited basis, or just eliminate them altogether.

Alcohol

Alcoholic beverages contain a low-to-moderate amount of purines, but they can also affect the body's ability to process uric acid efficiently. Therefore, most doctors recommend that anyone who already has an increased risk for gout should not drink alcohol. Beers contain the highest level of purines, but all types of alcohol can bring on a gout attack.

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Gout (podagra or uric acid)

What is gout?

Gout, otherwise known as podagra or uric acid arthropathy is a rheumatic complaint, that usually attacks a single joint at a time.

The disease has a preference for the big toe of middle-aged men - it swells, turns red and becomes sore. The soreness is such that just walking through a room can cause severe pain.
It is more common in men than women by a factor of 10 to 1.

What is the cause of gout?

The disease is caused by the deposition of sodium urate (uric acid) crystals in the joints. Uric acid is a by-product of the body's metabolism.

Normally the uric acid is removed when urinating, but among patients with a predisposition for gout, the uric acid accumulates in the blood.

Among some of these patients, the concentration in the blood is so high that the uric acid 'overflows' and settles in the joints and possibly in the skin.

How do you get gout?

The are two kinds of gout.

Primary hyperuricaemia and gout

Hyperuricaemia means an increased level of uric acid in the blood. It is usually caused by an hereditary abnormality in the system that changes the nucleic acid into uric acid. In this case the body is incapable of excreting uric acid fast enough even during normal circumstances.

Secondary hyperuricaemia and gout

Is caused by another disease or because of consumption of certain medicines (eg diuretic preparations, which increase the output of urine, and acetylsalicylic acid derivatives including aspirin). In these cases, the problem is that the body produces such large quantities of uric acid that the kidneys cannot keep up.

What are the signs of gout?

Prior to the onset of symptoms of gout, there is usually a latent period of several years in which the concentration of uric acid in the blood has gradually increased. This condition is called asymptomatic hyperuricaemia.

Some 95 per cent of the people with this condition never develop gout.

The first gout attack is often at night. Typically, the afflicted person wakes up in the middle of the night with extreme pain near the joint of the big toe (if the pain is in the knee it is called gonagra). The joint is swollen and may turn a shining purple.

Even the smallest stimuli produce severe pain, for instance a blanket on the toe. The first attack usually subsides after about a week.

About 10 per cent of sufferers will never again experience gout whereas others will experience more frequent and longer lasting attacks if they are not treated.

If it is not treated, repeated cases of gout over several years can produce permanent damage in the joint.

If no preventive treatment is undertaken, over time, sodium urate will collect under the skin. In this case the crystals are seen as small bumps near the joints or on the outer side of the ear called tophi.

Occasionally they rupture or ooze out yellowish chalky materials.

Who is at most risk?

Gout attacks are brought on by several factors including:

• overconsumption of alcohol, especially beer.
• some foods with a high content of protein and purines, such as liver, kidneys, sardines, and anchovies.
• being overweight.
• haemorrhages in the gastrointestinal canal.
• bodily trauma with extensive tissue destruction.
• major surgery.
• conditions in which there is a high rate of cell turnover, eg leukaemia, lymphoma, psoriasis.

Good advice

• Cut down on alcohol consumption.
• Avoid food that you know can cause attacks.
• Watch your weight.

The uric acid crystals can be secreted in the urinary system as calculi (stones). Therefore you have to drink plenty of water, preferably 10 to 12 glasses a day, in order to wash out the urinary system and prevent any stones from developing.

How does the doctor diagnose gout?

The diagnosis is usually made from the way the patient presents the symptoms, plus the clinical picture.

In order to rule out other rheumatic complaints, the doctor will usually take a blood sample to measure the concentration of uric acid. He may also undertake an X-ray examination and an examination of the synovial fluid (found within joints), where uric crystals will be visible by using special equipment.

Future prospects

About 60 per cent of the people who experience a gout attack will have a similar or more severe attack within the next year.

The disease can become complicated with calculi (stones) in the urinary system.
With modern treatment it has become much easier to relieve gout.

How is gout treated?

Treatment is concentrated on three areas:
during the actual attack the most important thing is to soothe the pain with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (ordinary analgesics like paracetamol will not relieve the pain, and aspirin must not be used). Colchicine is used to relieve the pain in people who cannot take NSAIDs.
once the attack has passed, you are offered preventive treatment, usually with allopurinol (eg Zyloric), which will reduce the level of uric acid in the blood. The preventive treatment can - if it is used during an active attack of gout - actually aggravate an attack, because it causes a large quantity of uric acid to be released at the same time.

finally it is important to change your lifestyle, as described above.

The goals of the treatment are to remove the pain and the swelling, prevent further episodes, prevent and treat tophi and to stop the production of stones in the urinary system.

VIRUS H1N1 adakah satu wabak @ ciptaan?

Tatkala laporan mengenai meletusnya wabak selesema babi di seluruh dunia, satu soalan yang tidak boleh dielakkan ialah apakah ini wabak yang akan memusnahkan umat manusia? Atau apakah ia bala yang diturunkan oleh Allah swt terhadap manusia yang semakin jauh menyimpang daripada landasan kehidupan islam. Suatu ketamadunan mengambil masa yang begitu panjang untuk dibina dan jatuh semula dengan mudah atau sedikit demi sedikit. Lihatlah bagaimana kaum Thamud dibinasakan oleh Allah swt dan juga kaum Luth atas kekufuran mereka terhadap seruan para anbia yang terdahulu.Mungkinkah kita akan mengulangi perkara yang sama?Nauzubillah!! Semoga Allah swt melindungi kita semua daripada ujian yang berat ini.

Segalanya ada kemungkinan. Terlalu awal untuk membuat kesimpulan. Namun, dari siri bukti-bukti sejarah, reaksi Obama dan pengkajian saintis serta bukti-bukti yang didapati dari kes sebelumnya, segalanya mungkin! Ketika selsema babi mengganas di US pada tahun 1976, manusia yang paling mendapat keuntungan diatas merebaknya wabak ini ialah Presiden Donald Rumsfeld, yang mana pada masa itu dia adalah CEO kepada syarikat Gilead Sciences Pharmaceutical. Syarikat yang bertanggungjawab untuk memproduksi vaksin kepada selsema babi ini. Syarikat ini berjaya mengaut keuntungan ber-million dollar dan saham syarikat ini pada masa itu melambung tinggi. Cerita ini bermula bila seorang tentera mati akibat daripada apa yang disyaki oleh pakar sebagai selsema babi pada tahun 1918. Sebagai alasan daripada insiden ini, Rumsfeld selaku Setiausaha Pertahanan berjaya melancarkan 1 kempen mempengaruhi rakyatnya bahawa pemerintahan US yang baru akan memastikan bahawa setiap lelaki, wanita dan kanak-kanak di Ameika akan diberikan vaksin. Pada masa itu, Kemenangan berpihak pada Gerard Ford dan dia berjaya menjadi presiden. Lantas, vaksin dicipta dan diedarkan diseluruh US sepantas kilat! Namun, program distribusi vaksin itu berhenti sebulan selepas tamatnya pilihanraya.

Dari segi keuntungan harga saham,Reuters telah menjalankan kajian dan mendapati bahawa sejak tersebarnya selsema babi, syer saham bagi syarikat Biocryst Pharmaceuticals melonjak sehingga 26% dan Novavax melonjak sehingga 75%, hasil daripada spekulasi yang menyatakan kemungkinan 2 syarikat gergasi ini akan menjadi pengeluar kepada vaksin selsema babi ini. Walaubagaimanapun, syarikat Baxter International Inc. mengesahkan bahawa mereka sedang bekerjasama dengan WHO untuk mengeluarkan vaksin bagi menghalang merebaknya virus ini. Syarikat ini telah berjaya untuk membina teknologi yang akan memungkinkan penciptaan vaksin virus ini dalam masa yang singkat. Jurucakap Baxter - Christopher Bona telahpun meminta sampel virus daripada WHO untuk menjalankan ujikasi makmal bagi mencipta vaksin yang berpotensi. 1 perkara yang cukup 'menarik' perhatian saintis dan pengkaji adalah, SEBULAN sebelum tercetusnya epidemik tersebut, Baxter telahpun menjalankan ujikajinya terhadap sampel virus tersebut!

Menurut Mike Adams, aktivis dan penulis NaturalNews.com, mitos tentang virus dicipta oleh pihak tertentu, menyebarkan virus tersebut dengan sengaja untuk mengakibatkan kucar kacir dan dalam masa yang sama mengaut keuntungan berlipat ganda adalah sebenarnya fakta yang telah berlaku dan sedang berlaku! Sepertimana yang telah dilaporkan oleh LifeGen.de -Deerfield, Illinois-Syarikat Baxter International Inc telah dibongkar kejahatannya apabila salah seorang pegawainya ditangkap sedang membuat penghantaran virus hidup selsema burung yang dicampur dengan perkakas vaksin kepada pembekal perubatan di 18 buah negara. "Kesilapan" ini dibongkar oleh National Microbiology Laboratory, Canada. Persoalannya, bagaimana perkara ini boleh berlaku? Jika dilihat dari sudut pandang yang berbeza, Baxter dilihat sebagai satu organisasi bio-terroris yng dengan sengaja menghantar virus ke seluruh dunia. Masakan mempertahankan tanahair dari cengkaman penjajah barat dan mempertahankan akidah dengan mengangkat senjata ketika diperangi dianggap pengganas, dan Baxter, yang semestinya didalangi oleh beberapa pemimpin dunia kapitalis terlepas walaupun ada buktinya?

Harus difahami bahawa Baxter International mempunyai satu kodifikasi keselamatan yang dinamakan BL3 iaitu (Biosafety Level 3). Dibawah BL3, Mereka yang terlibat secara langsung dalam menguruskan pathogen dan agen merbahaya, telah melelaui latihan yang spesifik dan dikawalselia oleh saintis yang berpengalaman. Semua ujikaji dijalankan dalam bekas keselamatan biologi ataupun sebarang alat fizikal, dan mereka yang terlibat diwajibkan memakai pemakaian yang bersesuaian dengan tahap keselamatan pengendalian pathogen dan agen merbahaya. Malah, makmal-makmal tersebut dilengkapi dengan ciri-ciri keselamatan yang tinggi. Jadi, dibawah kawalan BL3, ianya suatu perkara yang MUSTAHIL untuk virus selsema burung, mencemari pengeluaran bahan vaksin yang dipasarkan ke pembekal seluruh dunia.

Maka disini terjadi 2 kebarangkalian :

1. Baxter tidak mengikut kodifikasi BL3 yang menyebabkan virus tersebar diluar kawalan mereka
2. Ada pekerja mereka yang berkomplot untuk memusnahkan dunia dengan menyebarkan virus ini ke pembekal ke seluruh dunia.

Namun, kita harus faham bahawa penyebaran sesuatu virus, akan menyebabkan peningkatan dalam permintaan vaksin. 1 fakta yang tidak boleh disangkal bahawa memang ada corporations yang sanggup untuk membahayakan nyawa jutaan manusia atas kesempatan mengaut keuntungan. Dan 'sayangnya' corporations ini datangnya dari Amerika Syarikat, negara dambaan penguasa negara kaum muslimin.

Bagaimana pula dengan virus selsema babi ini? Menurut Mike Adams, suatu keanehan yang perlu diperhatikan apabila virus H1N1 ini bersifat hybrid atau percampuran. Daripada sumber yang beliau dapati, virus selsema babi ini terdiri daripada bahagian kodifikasi virus human influenza, selsema burung daripada America Utara, selsema babi daripada Eroah dan selsema babi daripada Asia! Bagaimana virus yang dibawa oleh burung dari Amerika Utara ini mampu berjangkit kepada babi di Eropah, kemudian bermutasi dan menjangkiti kembali burung tersebut, lalu ianya terbang dan menjangkiti pula babi di Asia dan kemudian virus itu bermutasi lagi menjadi virus yang mampu menjangkiti manusia, daripada babi di Asia lalu menjangkiti manusia di Mexico!! Sekali pandang, proses ini adalah suatu yang mampu berlaku secara alami. Namun, dek kerana butanya mata kerana wang, ianya suatu yang tidak mustahil, untuk ada campurtangan manusia dalam 'menjayakan' kewujudan H1N1 ini.

Ditambah pula dengan kenyataan daripada pegawai tinggi Amerika Syarikat seperti Fort Detrick, U.S. Army Medical Command dan Chad Jones, jurucakap Fort Meade yang mengsyaki akan keilangan sampel-sampel virus H1N1 daripada U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.Kehilangan sampel, penghantaran virus hidup dengan sengaja, peningkatan pembelian saham syarikat yang bertanggungjawab memproduksi vaksin dan mungkin pernyataan bersahaja Obama Presiden US yang terbaru bahawa statistik dan penyebaran wabak selsema babi ini tidak memerlukan perintah darurat namun perlu diberi perhatian yang terperinci, merupakan antara poin-poin penting dalam mengkaji semula keberadaan virus-virus yang melanda dunia masa kini.

Akibat daripada keruntuhan ekonomi Amerika Syarikat, mungkinkah ini merupakan 'jalan keluar' bagi Amerika dan sekutunya dalam mendapatkan kembali pengaruhnya dimata dunia, dan dalam masa yang sama, mengaut sumber kewangan dari seluruh pelusuk dunia, akibat merebaknya virus yang merbahaya ini? Dalih yang pelbagai telahpun digunakan. Bush, pernah menggelar dirinya sebagai Bapa Peperangan. Telah berjaya dibuktikan bahawa 9/11 merupakan suatu pembohongan besar terhadap dunia sebagai alasan menduduki Iraq dan merampas hak-hak kaum muslimin. Tidak mustahil, akibat kebencian dunia terhadap Bush, maka pelobi-pelobi yahudi yang menguasai White House menggunakan Obama sebagai Bapa Virus dalam meneruskan hegemoni mereka terhadap dunia dan Islam. Terbukti bahawa sepanjang sejarah siri peperangan Amerika Syarikat terhadap musuh-musuh mereka, senjata biologi dan kimia seperti agent orange, tidak terkecuali daripada digunakan untuk memusnahkan musuh, yang membawa kepada kesan jangkasama panjang dan penderitaan yang tidak berkesudahan.

KesimpulanAdakah ini yang dikatakan sebagai an act of God? Ataupun terbit dari tangan-tangan kotor penguasa kapitalis, yang disokong penuh tanpa soal oleh penguasa negara kaum muslimin? Pada hari ini, kita semua akan diperdaya oleh para kapitalis bangsat yang akan memaksa ke atas manusia penggunaan vaksin ciptaan mereka, mengaut keuntungan dan natijahnya, kita menjadi mereka yang 'bersyukur' kepada para kapitalis dan sekutunya..Dari itu memanglah benar “setiap penyakit pasti ada ubatnya kecuali mati”.Kita sebagai orang ISLAM tidak terlepas dari berdoa kepada Yang Maha ESA,minta dijauhkan wabak,dan bala bencana ini.Sekiranya berlaku juga,kita diminta menilai & muhasabah adakah kita memang patut ditimpa penyakit ini diatas kezaliman,kemaksiatan yang telah kita lakukan @ ianya adalah ujian terhadap hambanya yang bersabar &beriman moga ditingkatkan lagi martabat imannya ke tahap yang lebih tinggi dengan diuji dengan pelbagai bentuk ujian.La Hau La Wala Quwwata illa BILLAH

CANCER NEWS 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 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, 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:

• 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.
• Milk: Be careful with the milk you buy off the shelves because some of them could have been produced under dubious circumstances. Buy milk only from known dairy producers or those that have been established for a long time. Take colostrum to help the body replenish the vital nutrients in the body.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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 putrefied 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 pro-active 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.

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CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL , U S - PLEASE READ

1. NO plastic containers in microwave
2. NO personal use 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 for drinking 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 container. 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.

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Metabolic Syndrome

What is metabolic syndrome?
An association between certain metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease has been known since the 1940s. In the 1980s this association became more clearly defined and the term metabolic syndrome (also known as syndrome X or the dysmetabolic syndrome) was coined to designate a cluster of metabolic risk factors that come together in a single individual. In more current times, the term metabolic syndrome is found throughout medical literature and in the lay press as well. There are slight differences in the criteria of diagnosis - depending on which authority is quoted. Regardless, the concept of a clustering of risks factors leading to cardiovascular disease is well accepted.

The main features of metabolic syndrome include:

1. insulin resistance,
2. hypertension (high blood pressure),
3. cholesterol abnormalities, and an increased risk for clotting.
4. Patients are most often overweight or obese.

Insulin resistance refers to the diminished ability of cells to respond to the action of insulin in promoting the transport of the sugar glucose, from blood into muscles and other tissues. Because of the central role that insulin resistance plays in the metabolic syndrome, a separate article is devoted to insulin resistance.

How is metabolic syndrome defined?
The definition of metabolic syndrome depends on which group of experts is doing the defining. Based on the guidelines from the 2001 National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III), any three of the following traits in the same individual meet the criteria for the metabolic syndrome:
Abdominal obesity: a waist circumference over 102 cm (40 in) in men and over 88 cm (35 inches) in women.
Serum triglycerides 150 mg/dl or above.
HDL cholesterol 40mg/dl or lower in men and 50mg/dl or lower in women.
Blood pressure of 130/85 or more.
Fasting blood glucose of 110 mg/dl or above. (Some groups say 100mg/dl)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has slightly different criteria for the metabolic syndrome:
High insulin levels, an elevated fasting blood glucose or an elevated post meal glucose alone with at least 2 of the following criteria:
Abdominal obesity as defined by a waist to hip ratio of greater than 0.9, a body mass index of at least 30 kg/m2 or a waist measurement over 37 inches.
Cholesterol panel showing a triglyceride level of at least 150 mg/dl or an HDL cholesterol lower than 35 mg/dl.
Blood pressure of 140/90 or above (or on treatment for high blood pressure).

How common is metabolic syndrome?
Metabolic syndrome is quite common. Approximately 20%-30% of the population in industrialized countries have metabolic syndrome. By the year 2010, the metabolic syndrome is expected to affect 50-75 million people in the US alone.

What causes metabolic syndrome?
As is true with many medical conditions, genetics and the environment both play important roles in the development of the metabolic syndrome.

1. Genetic factors influence each individual component of the syndrome, and the syndrome itself. A family history that includes type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and early heart disease greatly increases the chance that an individual will develop the metabolic syndrome.
   
2. Environmental issues such as low activity level, sedentary lifestyle, and progressive weight gain also contribute significantly to the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome.
   Metabolic syndrome is present in about 5% of people with normal body weight, 22% of those who are overweight and 60% of those considered obese. Adults who continue to gain five or more pounds per year raise their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by up to 45%.
   
3. While obesity itself is likely the greatest risk factor,

Others factors of concern include:

1. women who are post-menopausal,
2. smoking,
3. eating an excessively high carbohydrate diet,
4. lack of activity (even without weight change),
5. and consuming an alcohol-free diet.

Cancer-A Modern Disease

Cancer was very uncommon among even our recent ancestors, reinforcing the concept that it is a 'modern' disease and is largely a consequence of our longer lives, a major meeting on cancer research has been told.
A team of Croatian scientists analysed the skeletal remains of 3,160 individuals. The remains dated from 5300BC to the 19th century AD and had been collected from archaeological sites across Croatia. The scientists were looking for evidence of neoplasms - new and abnormal growths of tissue, which can be benign or cancerous. However very little such evidence was found.
Furthermore they found no evidence of secondary bone tumours in any individuals in the collection, a factor that is probably explained by the fact that the average age-at-death of the specimens was 35 years.

"Primary and benign tumours of bone were relatively rare, even in young individuals where the incidence of these neoplasms is highest, whilst secondary tumours of bone, although much more common, are associated with older age", said Dr Mario Slaus of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
According to Dr Slaus, life expectancy in the 21st century is higher then it has ever been in the past, due to factors such as better nutrition, better sanitation and more accessible healthcare. However increased longevity has also been accompanied by an increased incidence of cancer.
The factors most clearly linked with cancer are smoking, which is estimated to cause 30% of all cancer deaths and obesity/dietary factors, also estimated to cause 30% of cancer deaths. However these factors often take many years to lead to the development of cancer, so ageing populations naturally show a higher incidence of the disease.
"The individuals in the skeletal collection would have been prone to diseases such as syphilis, TB and leprosy. The change from these 'old' illnesses to 'modern' ones such as cancer can be seen as part of the evolution of our society", Dr Slaus said.
However as with these 'old' illnesses, we can attempt to combat the 'modern' illness of cancer through educating people about the risks of the disease and encouraging them to adopt a healthy lifestyle, he added.