Good Info on Cancer Cells

Good info on cancer cells and how to protect yourself.
Johns Hopkins Update

After years of telling people chemotherapy is the only way to try (try, being the key word) to eliminate cancer, Johns Hopkins is finally starting to tell you there is an alternative way

Cancer Update from Johns 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, 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
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 becomes 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 bodies 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, un-forgiveness 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.

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 cause 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 Cast le 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. Pa per 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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Organic Clothing

You can help contribute to a healthier environment and your own personal health by choosing organic clothing. Organic clothing comes from fibers which are turned into fabric that is grown or raised without pesticides, herbicides or other chemicals. Purchasing organic clothing leads to more sustainable, earth-friendly farming practices. Sales of organic clothing are on the rise and have been for several years. Organic clothing manufacturers are striving to create fashionable clothing, thereby appealing to a wider variety of people. We are starting to see organic clothing in more department stores, from the discount department stores to some high end department stores.

In the past, one of the problems was a small range of colors available to the clothing manufacturers. Many of the larger companies have been expanding their product line to include organic clothing. This will help their companies be more environmentally friendly and help with the supply of organic cotton.

Some say that organic clothing is healthier to wear. This makes sense, when you consider the chemicals that go into standard fabric production. There are chemicals used to color the fabric, plus there are chemicals that are used to make the fabrics stiff, these chemicals have to go somewhere. Do they wash out? and if they do then they are polluting your environment through your water supply. Some state that even when the clothing has been washed the chemical residue still remains.

While there is no published USDA evidence that organic clothing is healthier to wear, we can all use some common sense here, the idea that many people with chemical sensitivities can wear it as well as the fact that organic clothing is not saturated with chemicals is enough evidence for many people to choose organic.

 

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The Global Fund, (RED) and (STARBUCKS)RED Card

Here's an idea to help others. If your'e buying your coffee from STARBUCKS be sure and get the (RED) card. Through 2009 when you use your(STARBUCKS)RED Card five cents will go directly to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa. Yes Green Living is also about helping others. The (STARBUCKS)RED Card is a stored value Card that can be given as a gift or purchased for personal use at participating stores in the U.S. and Canada.

The (STARBUCKS)REDCard and the multi-year partnership with (RED) is another iteration of the Starbucks™ Shared Planet™ commitment to responsibly serve the communities and people that grow Starbucks® coffee. Contributions from (PRODUCT)RED™ Starbucks products will go directly to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa, a key coffee growing region for the company. In 2009, Starbucks plans to open Starbucks Farmer Support Centers in Ethiopia and Rwanda.

About RED™ and (PRODUCT) RED™
(RED)'s primary objective is to get the private sector involved by raising awareness and funds for the Global Fund, to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. The companies involved contribute a significant percentage of the sales or portion of the profits from products that have a (PRODUCT) RED mark. The Global Fund contributes to AIDS programs in Africa, with an emphasis on the health of women and children. Current partners are: Starbucks, Dell, Hallmark, Gap, Windows, Emporio Armani, Converse, Apple and American Express (U.K. only). More than $120 million has been generated by (RED)for the Global Fund since the spring of 2006. (RED) money is at work in Rwanda, Ghana, Lesotho and Swaziland. For more info, visit http://www.joinred.com/

Also check out The Global Fund and see how they are helping to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria www.theglobalfund.org

 

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Electric Cars at National Park

Cleaner Cars. Cleaner Air. Green Living at its finest.

Electric Cars Trial Run Successful

Point Reyes National Seashore park rangers are going green. They have been driving all-electric RAV4's for the last four years The vehicle is a small SUV that makes only a small whine as it makes its rounds through the park. The park has five electric vehicles which now have approximately 18,000 miles on them. They were donated by Toyota for a three-year test period in 2005.
The green living cars have become an integral part of the park's effort to become greener and are very popular with the park staff. According to park staff the cars have become so popular that Toyota agreed to let them keep the cars.
Toyota has produced 2,000 of the electric vehicles and loaned them to government agencies for trial periods.
There appears to be more interest in electric vehicles line now. Toyota announced this week that it is re-entering the electric car market. The vehicle termed a small urban commute vehicle is due to be released for 2012.
The park has set up five charging stations, powered by a photovoltaic system used to generate electricity for buildings. The cars can go around 100 miles on a full charge and they produce zero emissions, thus drastically reducing the parks carbon footpring. The stations are also available for the public to use.

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