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Pfizer's Cholesterol Drug Boosts Death Rate by 58 Percent
Posted On Sunday, June 22, 2008 at at 2:48 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
(NaturalNews) Patients who take the cholesterol drug torcetrapid, intended to increase levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol and lower LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels, have a 58 percent higher risk of death than similar patients who do not take the drug, according to a study led by researchers at the Heart Research Institute in Sydney and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers studied 15,067 participants, all considered to be at high risk of cardiovascular disease. All the patients were treated with the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin, while half were also treated with torcetrapid.
Torcetrapid is marketed by Pfizer, as is atorvastatin (under the brand name Lipitor).
Researchers studied 15,067 participants, all considered to be at high risk of cardiovascular disease. All the patients were treated with the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin, while half were also treated with torcetrapid.
Torcetrapid is marketed by Pfizer, as is atorvastatin (under the brand name Lipitor).
Patients receiving both drugs had a 58 percent higher chance of dying and a 25 percent higher chance of experiencing cardiovascular events such as heart attacks than those who were treated only with atorvastatin.
Torcetrapid is one of a new class of drugs called cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors. Unlike older cholesterol drugs, which only lower LDL levels, CETP inhibitors are intended to raise HDL levels at the same time. The drugs function by blocking the action of a protein that transfers cholesterol from HDL to LDL, thus forcing the cholesterol to remain in HDL form.
In the recent study, torcetrapid was found to raise HDL levels by an average of 72.1 percent, and lower LDL levels by an average of 24.9 percent.
Scientists are still unclear why torcetrapid appears to increase patient death rates and heart attack risk. While the drug is known to raise blood pressure, many of the patients who died in the recent study actually had blood pressure levels below normal.
Researchers have hypothesized that the drug may increase the levels of a hormone involved in regulating blood pressure, and that this may lead to stress on the cardiovascular system.
Merck and Roche Holding have placed the development of their own CETP inhibitors on hold, pending the results of further trials on torcetrapid.
by David Gutierrez
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Obesity boosts cancer risk, says health review
Posted On Sunday, June 1, 2008 at at 10:06 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
Being obese boosts the risk of half a dozen types of cancer, and the odds strengthen as one's waistline thickens, according to a major review published on Saturday by The Lancet.
Doctors at the University of Manchester, northwestern England, trawled through 141 studies that monitored the health of 282,000 people who gained weight.
Their benchmark of fat was the body mass index (BMI), in which the individual's weight in kilos is divided by the square of the person's height in metres. Individuals with a BMI of 25-29.9 are considered overweight, while those with a BMI of 30 or more are obese.
The investigators found that every gain of five points in BMI among men raised the risk of gullet cancer by 52 percent, of thyroid cancer by 33 percent and of colon and kidney cancers by 24 percent.
Among women, a BMI increase of five points hiked the risk of cancer of the uterus lining by 59 percent, of the gallbladder by 59 percent, of the gullet by 51 percent and of the kidney by nine percent.
Smaller but still significant associations were seen between BMI increase and cancer of the rectum, colon and skin among men, and of the breast, pancreas, thyroid and colon among women. In both sexes, there was an increased risk of leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and
multiple myeloma.
Obesity has long been linked to deaths from cardiovascular disease and to diabetes in industrialised countries, a phenomenon that is now extending to cities in developing economies.
According to some estimates, deaths from obesity in the United States outstripped those from smoking in 2005.
But only recently has strong evidence emerged of an association between excess body fat and cancer.
A ground-breaking report issued last year by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research found a link with cancers of the throat, colon, rectum, kidney and, among post-menopausal women, the breast.
In a commentary, also published by The Lancet, Swedish nutritionists Susanna Larsson and Alicja Wolk of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm speculated that excess body fat may cause changes in levels of insulin, sex steroids and other hormones.
This could have an impact on apoptosis, the mechanism by which a flawed cell commits suicide.
Cancerous cells are able to bypass apoptosis and proliferate unchecked. Localised accumulation of fat cells could also contribute significantly to specific tumours, such as cancers of the liver and
throat, suggested Larsson and Wolk.
Antioxidants & The Tango
Posted On Monday, March 31, 2008 at at 8:06 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
The antioxidants vitamin E and lutein, from both food and supplements, may reduce women's risk for cataracts, researchers report.
A study in the January issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology enrolled more than 35,000 women who were followed for an average of 10 years.
After statistically adjusting for smoking, alcohol use, body mass index and other variables, the researchers found that the more vitamin E and lutein the women used, the less likely they were to have cataracts. Compared with the one-fifth of women who consumed the least antioxidants, the one-fifth who consumed the most reduced their risk for cataracts by 14 percent with vitamin E and 18 percent with lutein.
Vegetable oils, nuts, leafy green vegetables and whole grains are sources of vitamin E, and lutein is found in various fruits, corn, kale, spinach and other vegetables. William Christen, the lead author and an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said this study was observational only and that "there is no solid randomized trial for any specific nutrient to prevent eye disease."
Still, Christen said, the findings suggest that there is a benefit to antioxidants and that people should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. "This is advice you may have heard before," he said. The research was supported in part by a grant from DSM Nutritional Products.
A study in the January issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology enrolled more than 35,000 women who were followed for an average of 10 years.
After statistically adjusting for smoking, alcohol use, body mass index and other variables, the researchers found that the more vitamin E and lutein the women used, the less likely they were to have cataracts. Compared with the one-fifth of women who consumed the least antioxidants, the one-fifth who consumed the most reduced their risk for cataracts by 14 percent with vitamin E and 18 percent with lutein.
Vegetable oils, nuts, leafy green vegetables and whole grains are sources of vitamin E, and lutein is found in various fruits, corn, kale, spinach and other vegetables. William Christen, the lead author and an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said this study was observational only and that "there is no solid randomized trial for any specific nutrient to prevent eye disease."
Still, Christen said, the findings suggest that there is a benefit to antioxidants and that people should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. "This is advice you may have heard before," he said. The research was supported in part by a grant from DSM Nutritional Products.
whereas in another story,
THE TANGO MAY HELP PARKINSON'S PATIENTS
When the band strikes up a tango, people with Parkinson's disease may want to head for the dance floor. That is the lesson from a new study reporting that when Parkinson's patients took tango classes, their balance improved.
Problems with walking and balance are common among people with the disease, and often lead to falls. Among the difficulties, the researchers said, are shuffling and trouble turning while walking.
Patients may experience a sudden "freezing" that can either slow them down or stop them entirely. They also have trouble walking while performing another activity at the same time.
The study appears in the December issue of The Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. The lead author is Madeleine Hackney of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
The researchers described what happened when 19 Parkinson's patients were given either 20 tango classes or 20 exercise classes. The exercise class consisted of one hour of movement, much of it in chairs or using chairs for support. The tango class was more vigorous, and focused on stretching, balance, footwork and timing.
Both groups demonstrated general improvement, but only the tango students appeared to do better when it came to balance. The improvement was fairly limited, and the researchers said more study was needed.
A New Look at Fasting: Studies Find Health Benefits Options
Posted On Saturday, February 16, 2008 at at 5:31 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
If your pants mysteriously shrank during the holiday season, you may want to consider a weight-loss method with a bad reputation: skipping or drastically restricting meals.
You've heard the reason not to: You'll only eat more later on. But people don't automatically replace all the missed calories at their next meal, says David Levitsky, a professor of nutrition and psychology at Cornell University.
His research team assigned one group of people small lunches of about 200 calories, while a second group dined on about 600 calories. Both ate as they wished during the rest of the day. After two weeks, the small-lunch bunch lost weight; they were eating about 400 calories fewer than the all-you-can-eaters.
You've heard the reason not to: You'll only eat more later on. But people don't automatically replace all the missed calories at their next meal, says David Levitsky, a professor of nutrition and psychology at Cornell University.
His research team assigned one group of people small lunches of about 200 calories, while a second group dined on about 600 calories. Both ate as they wished during the rest of the day. After two weeks, the small-lunch bunch lost weight; they were eating about 400 calories fewer than the all-you-can-eaters.
A variation that might not even feel like self-denial is to restrict calories every other day. In a small study published in March 2007, researchers followed a group of 10 overweight people who were fed just 20 percent of their normal calorie intake on alternate days. The other days, they could eat what they wanted.
After eight weeks, they'd lost an average of 8 percent of their body weight, says study co-author James Johnson, a clinical instructor in the department of surgery at Louisiana State University School of Medicine and author of a forthcoming book on alternate-day calorie restriction.
"I like the psychology of it," says Kenneth Webb, 37, a hedge fund trader from Walnut Creek, Calif., who's followed Johnson's program. "On the down days, you've got hope for tomorrow who can't diet for one day? And on an up day, you've got no guilt about it." Webb calculated his basic calorie needs based on his level of activity and eats just 30 percent of that one day; the next, he eats 130 percent. He's lost 30 pounds since July.
Besides shrinking the waistline, skipping meals on a regular basis might protect against disease. A study presented in November 2007 at an American Heart Association conference compared the rates of heart disease among Mormons, who are supposed to fast on the first Sunday of every month, with the habits and disease rates among a smaller number of non-Mormons.
Controlling for other behaviors that make a difference in the risk of heart disease, the researchers found that fasting seemed to be significant: If you fasted, you had a smaller chance of having heart disease.
"The thought from a biological perspective is that fasting rests the metabolism for a day and resensitizes the body's cells to glucose and insulin," says study author Benjamin Horne, who researches heart disease at Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. That's only a theory, he notes, since most studies on calorie restriction have been done on rodents, roundworms and slugs.
Still, there's plenty of evidence from the animal studies to suggest that some sort of calorie -restricted eating plan might be good for humans, too, says Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist at the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Md., who was also an author of the alternate-day study. (That study focused on asthma sufferers, whose symptoms improved more when they reduced their intake than seemed attributable to just losing weight.)
Eating less cuts down on the production of free radicals, which damage cells and can lead to disease, says Mattson. And there's a cellular response similar to what happens when we exercise. Like working out, going without calories is mildly stressful to the cells at the time but beneficial over the long run."Dietary restriction is about the best dietary advice I can give you," says Levitsky. "We don't know about living a longer life, but all the markers are in a favorable direction."
You may have noticed, though, that the bottom line of any of these techniques is cutting the overall number of calories you eat. Webb, for example, has effectively reduced his average daily calorie intake to 80 percent of what it used to be.
Like Webb, many people may find that skipping a meal or two a week, or taking a day every month entirely away from food, or eating a lot less during a given meal or every other day, is far more appealing than making the sacrifice all the time.
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Attention Ladies: Why sadness can blow your budget?
Posted On Monday, February 11, 2008 at at 9:23 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- If you're sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people's spending judgment goes out the window when they're down, especially if they're a bit self-absorbed.
Study participants who watched a sadness-inducing video clip offered to pay nearly four times as much money to buy a water bottle than a group that watched an emotionally neutral clip.
The so-called "misery is not miserly" phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personal shoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in 2004.
The new study released Friday by researchers from four universities goes further, trying to answer whether temporary sadness alone can trigger spendthrift tendencies.
The study found a willingness to spend freely by sad people occurs mainly when their sadness triggers greater "self-focus." That response was measured by counting how frequently study participants used references to "I," "me," "my" and "myself" in writing an essay about how a sad situation such as the one portrayed in the video would affect them personally.
The brief video was about the death of a boy's mentor. Another group watched an emotionally neutral clip about the Great Barrier Reef, the vast coral reef system off Australia's coast.
On average, the group watching the sad video offered to pay nearly four times as much for a sporty-looking, insulated water bottle than the group watching the nature video, according to the study by researchers from Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and Pittsburgh universities.
Thirty-three study subjects -- young adults who responded to an advertisement offering $10 for participation -- were offered the chance to trade some of the $10 to buy the bottle. The sad group offered to trade an average of $2.11, compared with 56 cents for the neutral group.
Despite the big difference, participants in the sad group typically insisted that the video's emotional content didn't affect their willingness to spend more -- an incorrect assumption, said one of the study's co-authors.
"This is a phenomenon that occurs without awareness," Jennifer Lerner, a Harvard professor who studies emotion and decision making, said in a phone interview. "This is really different from the idea of retail therapy, where people are feeling negative and want to cheer themselves up by shopping. People have no idea this is going on."
The researchers concluded sadness can trigger a chain of emotions leading to extravagant tendencies. Sadness leads people to become more focused on themselves, causing the person to feel that they and their possessions are worth little. That feeling increases willingness to pay more -- presumably to feel better about themselves.
"Because the study used real commodities and real money, results hold implications for everyday decisions," according to the authors of the study, to be published in the journal Psychological Science, and presented Saturday at a meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology.
Edward Charlesworth, a Houston-based clinical psychologist who was not involved in the study, suggested the misery-is-not-miserly phenomenon is rooted in a culture that encourages people to buy to feel better.
"Certainly, the advertising industry knows that," Charlesworth, citing as an example a 1970s McDonald's fast-food jingle, "You deserve a break today."
Charlesworth frequently sees clients in his clinical practice who overspend to deal with difficulties.
"It's not necessarily that you go to the mall and go on a shopping spree," said Charlesworth, author of a book on stress management. "It's often more subtle -- you spend a bit more on something than you normally would. But if you magnify that over the course of a year, or a lifetime, those little things add up."
Personal shoppers, who make a business of prowling the aisles for others, say they frequently see clients stray from their budgets when they're feeling blue.
"At that point, cost isn't usually a factor," said Kalyn Johnson, of New York City-based Style by Kalyn Johnson. "They say, 'If I can have these wonderful shoes, I'll look better, and feel better.'
"But on the back end, I've seen buyer's remorse. This kicks in after they realize that new pair of shoes, or iPod, or whatever, didn't make them feel better, and then there's that sense of, 'Oh my God, why did I spend money on this?"'
The study released Friday was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health. Besides Lerner, the other study authors were Carnegie Mellon's Cynthia Cryder, Stanford's James Gross, and the University of Pittsburgh's Ronald Dahl
Study participants who watched a sadness-inducing video clip offered to pay nearly four times as much money to buy a water bottle than a group that watched an emotionally neutral clip.
The so-called "misery is not miserly" phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personal shoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in 2004.
The new study released Friday by researchers from four universities goes further, trying to answer whether temporary sadness alone can trigger spendthrift tendencies.
The study found a willingness to spend freely by sad people occurs mainly when their sadness triggers greater "self-focus." That response was measured by counting how frequently study participants used references to "I," "me," "my" and "myself" in writing an essay about how a sad situation such as the one portrayed in the video would affect them personally.
The brief video was about the death of a boy's mentor. Another group watched an emotionally neutral clip about the Great Barrier Reef, the vast coral reef system off Australia's coast.
On average, the group watching the sad video offered to pay nearly four times as much for a sporty-looking, insulated water bottle than the group watching the nature video, according to the study by researchers from Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and Pittsburgh universities.
Thirty-three study subjects -- young adults who responded to an advertisement offering $10 for participation -- were offered the chance to trade some of the $10 to buy the bottle. The sad group offered to trade an average of $2.11, compared with 56 cents for the neutral group.
Despite the big difference, participants in the sad group typically insisted that the video's emotional content didn't affect their willingness to spend more -- an incorrect assumption, said one of the study's co-authors.
"This is a phenomenon that occurs without awareness," Jennifer Lerner, a Harvard professor who studies emotion and decision making, said in a phone interview. "This is really different from the idea of retail therapy, where people are feeling negative and want to cheer themselves up by shopping. People have no idea this is going on."
The researchers concluded sadness can trigger a chain of emotions leading to extravagant tendencies. Sadness leads people to become more focused on themselves, causing the person to feel that they and their possessions are worth little. That feeling increases willingness to pay more -- presumably to feel better about themselves.
"Because the study used real commodities and real money, results hold implications for everyday decisions," according to the authors of the study, to be published in the journal Psychological Science, and presented Saturday at a meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology.
Edward Charlesworth, a Houston-based clinical psychologist who was not involved in the study, suggested the misery-is-not-miserly phenomenon is rooted in a culture that encourages people to buy to feel better.
"Certainly, the advertising industry knows that," Charlesworth, citing as an example a 1970s McDonald's fast-food jingle, "You deserve a break today."
Charlesworth frequently sees clients in his clinical practice who overspend to deal with difficulties.
"It's not necessarily that you go to the mall and go on a shopping spree," said Charlesworth, author of a book on stress management. "It's often more subtle -- you spend a bit more on something than you normally would. But if you magnify that over the course of a year, or a lifetime, those little things add up."
Personal shoppers, who make a business of prowling the aisles for others, say they frequently see clients stray from their budgets when they're feeling blue.
"At that point, cost isn't usually a factor," said Kalyn Johnson, of New York City-based Style by Kalyn Johnson. "They say, 'If I can have these wonderful shoes, I'll look better, and feel better.'
"But on the back end, I've seen buyer's remorse. This kicks in after they realize that new pair of shoes, or iPod, or whatever, didn't make them feel better, and then there's that sense of, 'Oh my God, why did I spend money on this?"'
The study released Friday was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health. Besides Lerner, the other study authors were Carnegie Mellon's Cynthia Cryder, Stanford's James Gross, and the University of Pittsburgh's Ronald Dahl
Deaths Partially Halt Diabetes Study
Posted On Sunday, February 10, 2008 at at 12:18 AM by Aishah Abd Latiff
WASHINGTON - The government abruptly halted aggressive treatment in a major study of diabetes and heart disease after a surprising number of deaths among patients who pushed their blood sugar to super-lows — findings that call into question a growing movement in diabetes care.
Wednesday's move doesn't affect health guidelines for most Type 2 diabetics, but it raises concern about a particularly vulnerable group: Patients at especially high risk of heart attack or stroke.
The 10,000-patient study, dubbed ACCORD, was supposed to answer a big question: Could pushing blood sugar to near-normal levels, below today's recommended target, help protect these high-risk patients' hearts?
Instead, the National Institutes of Health took the rare step of halting part of the study 18 months early — citing 257 deaths among aggressively treated patients compared to 203 among diabetics given more standard care.
That translates into an extra three deaths for every 1,000 participants per year, and researchers were at a loss to explain why. Diabetics' blood sugar wasn't too low, a condition known as hypoglycemia. And a close look at the multiple medications patients used, including the drug Avandia that is suspected of being heart-risky, showed no sign that any were to blame.
Ironically, the study's death rate was well below what doctors usually see in Type 2 diabetics, probably due to the extra care and monitoring they received as part of the research.
Wednesday's move doesn't affect health guidelines for most Type 2 diabetics, but it raises concern about a particularly vulnerable group: Patients at especially high risk of heart attack or stroke.
The 10,000-patient study, dubbed ACCORD, was supposed to answer a big question: Could pushing blood sugar to near-normal levels, below today's recommended target, help protect these high-risk patients' hearts?
Instead, the National Institutes of Health took the rare step of halting part of the study 18 months early — citing 257 deaths among aggressively treated patients compared to 203 among diabetics given more standard care.
That translates into an extra three deaths for every 1,000 participants per year, and researchers were at a loss to explain why. Diabetics' blood sugar wasn't too low, a condition known as hypoglycemia. And a close look at the multiple medications patients used, including the drug Avandia that is suspected of being heart-risky, showed no sign that any were to blame.
Ironically, the study's death rate was well below what doctors usually see in Type 2 diabetics, probably due to the extra care and monitoring they received as part of the research.
Moreover, the aggressively treated patients suffered about 10 percent fewer heart attacks overall than their counterparts, said Dr. William Friedewald of Columbia University, who helped monitor the study.
"However, it appeared that if a heart attack did occur, it was more likely to be fatal" in that group, Friedewald said. "In addition, the intensive treatment group had more unexpected sudden deaths, even without a clear heart attack."
So for now, the NIH's message: Diabetics with heart disease shouldn't strive for near-normal glucose, but to a level long described as optimal for all diabetics — around 7 on a measurement scale known as the A1C.
"We obviously were surprised. We were hoping for a positive outcome, but the reason we do this research is we don't know that," said study researcher Dr. Hertzel Gerstein of Canada's McMaster University.
The findings contradict previous research suggesting that the lower diabetics can make their blood sugar, the better. That had specialists cautioning Wednesday that it's too soon to know if the finding among heart patients was a fluke, or a real sign of how exquisitely tailored to each patient's risk factors diabetes care must be.
"Everything else has suggested, for 50 years or more, that tight control was good," said Dr. James Dove, president of the American College of Cardiology. "We've got half a century of literature that is put on the back burner right now by one study. ... It may not be the final decision."
Some 21 million Americans have diabetes, meaning their bodies can't properly regulate blood sugar, or glucose. Diabetics already are at increased risk of heart disease. Type 2 diabetes, the most common form, is linked to obesity, which in turn harms the heart. Plus, high blood sugar over time damages blood vessels.
The A1C test tracks average glucose levels over two or three months. People without diabetes have A1C levels as low as 5.
The American Diabetes Association has long recommended that diabetics aim to get their A1C level below 7, far below the long-common 8 or 9. Every point-drop lowers the risk of serious complications, such as blindness or kidney failure, by 25 percent to 40 percent.
Recent research shows that about half of U.S. patients have succeeded, and that "this overall level of glucose control appears to be of great benefit rather than harm," the ADA said Wednesday.
Getting too far below an A1C of 7 is very difficult, and very few patients outside of research studies succeed. The NIH study aimed to have aggressively treated patients dip below a level of 6, into near-normal range. Only half got below 6.4, compared to an A1C of 7.5 among study volunteers getting standard treatment.
Wednesday's announcement does not change that guideline. Rather, the NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute added the nuance that diabetics with heart disease stop at a level of 7 rather than dip below, while researchers try to figure out what happened. They have switched all the study participants to standard therapy, and will track their health until June 2009.
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press Writers - Wed Feb 6, 3:24 PM PST
Very Interesting 'Food or Fruit' for Thought!
Posted On Saturday, February 9, 2008 at at 11:53 AM by Aishah Abd Latiff"You are what you eat" So eat well. A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today's investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called "The Doctri NE of Signatures" was astoundingly correct.
It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures.
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemica l cons tituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterilit y, and guess what they resemble?.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Grapefruits, Oranges, and O there Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes
Interesting Facts About Our Organs
Posted On Sunday, February 3, 2008 at at 10:46 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
There are 12 important organs in our body, which will be at its peak for two hours a day. Normal health or disease of any person depends on this factor. To lead a healthy life, one should learn one's own body functioning language.
Time Organs Remarks
Early Morning
3-5 AM LUNGS
It is good to wake up at this hour. The ozone content in atmosphere will be more at this time, which will give a new lease of energy if we practice breathing exercise, yogasanas and meditation. Asthma patient cannot sleep in this time and will suffer breathlessness.
Morning
5-7 AM LARGE INTESTINE
If a person gets up in this time will not have constipation problem. If bowel's movement and taking bath in cold water are done during this time, then he will not have any nervous debility.
7-9 AM STOMACH
Breakfast should be completed during this time.
9-11 AM SPLEEN
It is better to avoid eating. If food is taken in this time, it will increase body temperature, tiredness will increaseand digestion power will come down. Particularly diabetic patient will suffer from palpitation, drowsiness etc.
Noon
11-1 PM HEART
Only water can be taken at this time. One shall neither do any hard work nor sleep at this time. Otherwise more carbon-di-oxide will get mixed with oxygen and chances of getting heart attack or paralytic attack or body pain are likely. Generally doctors will be on double alert in hospitals during this time because heart and diabetic patients may get heart attack during this time compared to other hours.
Time Organs Remarks
Early Morning
3-5 AM LUNGS
It is good to wake up at this hour. The ozone content in atmosphere will be more at this time, which will give a new lease of energy if we practice breathing exercise, yogasanas and meditation. Asthma patient cannot sleep in this time and will suffer breathlessness.
Morning
5-7 AM LARGE INTESTINE
If a person gets up in this time will not have constipation problem. If bowel's movement and taking bath in cold water are done during this time, then he will not have any nervous debility.
7-9 AM STOMACH
Breakfast should be completed during this time.
9-11 AM SPLEEN
It is better to avoid eating. If food is taken in this time, it will increase body temperature, tiredness will increaseand digestion power will come down. Particularly diabetic patient will suffer from palpitation, drowsiness etc.
Noon
11-1 PM HEART
Only water can be taken at this time. One shall neither do any hard work nor sleep at this time. Otherwise more carbon-di-oxide will get mixed with oxygen and chances of getting heart attack or paralytic attack or body pain are likely. Generally doctors will be on double alert in hospitals during this time because heart and diabetic patients may get heart attack during this time compared to other hours.
Mid Day
1-3 PM SMALL INTESTINE
After taking lunch, 5 minutes of rest can be taken just by closing eyes. Sleep shall be avoided.
Afternoon
3-5 PM URINARY BLADDER
It is the right time for coffee, tea or juice etc.
Evening
5-7 PM KIDNEY
This is the time to relax from routine work otherwise renal failure or urinary infection may trouble.
Night
7-9 PM HEART WALL
Supper should have been completed during this hour. Otherwise palpitation or chest pain may arise.
Late Night
9-11 PM TEMPERATURE WARMER
This is the time to recharge the organs that worked since morning. So one shall go down to sleep and avoid reading books, watching TV or working with office files.
Mid Night
11-1 PM GALL BLADDER
One must sleep during this time otherwise one will not have any energy for next day work.
Too early morning
1-3 AM LIVER
This is the time for deep sleep. Otherwise it will affect eyesight and body irritation.
YourHealth: "A Not-So-Useless Appendage"
Posted On at at 2:33 AM by Aishah Abd Latiff
Scientists have finally figured out how your seemingly useless appendix works. It is a "safe warehouse" for those good germs working in your gut.
Indeed, your appendix could be a vital part of your secondary immune system as it could contain immune system tissue.
That is what surgeons and immunologists from the world famous Duke Medical School published online in the scientific journal, The Journal of Theoretical Biology early last month.
For generations, the appendix was dismissed as a useless part of the body. We thought it had no function.
Worse still, it could get infected and inflamed. This could cause lots of problems, including death if not removed in time. Indeed, surgeons removed it routinely.
According to the Centre for Diseases Control, 321,000 Americans were hospitalised with appendicitis in 2005. About 300 to 400 Americans die of appendicitis every year.
There are a large number of germs in your gut, about two to three kilogrammes in dry weight. There are 400 different types present there. Indeed, there are more bacteria in your gut than there is in the entire human body.
We do not quite know what these germs do. Indeed, not all have been characterised. They are a mix of the good, bad and neutral germs.
The good bacteria help you digest your food, break down toxic substances that arise from digestion and produce lactic acids as well as other anti-bacterial substances that keep the bad bugs at bay.
The function of the appendix seems to be related to this massive amount of bacteria populating the human digestive system.
There are times when the bacteria in the intestine are killed off or purged. Diseases like diarrhoea, cholera or amoebic dysentery would get rid of much of these good bacteria.
Similarly, taking water with chorine, antibiotics- tainted meat or going on a course of antibiotics would kill of many of these beneficial bacteria.
The appendix's job is to re-boot the digestive system if this does happen. The appendix would act as a "good safe house for bacteria" wrote Bill Parker, Duke's Professor of Surgery, a co-author of the study.
The location of the appendix -- just below the one way flow of food and germs in the large intestine in a sort of cul-de-sac -- helps support the theory. It also has a worm like shape. This acts like a "bacterial underground bunker" cultivating the good germs for the rest of the gut.
In modern times this is less important, as you can replace the dying good germs with food and supplements. However, in the past, it was not so easy to repopulate the gut with good bacteria. Thus, the appendix came in really handy.
Indeed, in less developed countries, where the appendix is more useful, the rates of appendicitis are much lower as other studies have shown.
Bill Parker says that the appendix may be another case of an overly hygienic society triggering an over reaction of the body's immune system.
Even, if the appendix does appear to have a function, it must be removed when it is inflamed or infected as it can be deadly, writes Parker.
The Duke proposal for the function of the appendix makes sense and raises some very interesting questions. The idea seems by far the most likely explanation for the function of the appendix. It makes evolutionary sense.
We have evolved for millions of years with this seemingly useless and ugly appendix that can be also be very deadly. Surely, evolution would have eliminated this tissue completely if it was useless and posed a danger.
It should also make us wonder about another part of our body that is conveniently cut off -- the tonsils. I bet we will find some use for this part as well.
The moral of the story is: Keep all parts of yourself intact unless it is absolutely necessary to remove them. Trust the wisdom of Nature.
We know that if there were no germs in the gut, you would be dead in just three days.
What do you do if you have had the appendix taken out? Consume more probiotic (friendly bacteria) as food. Take lots of yoghurt and other traditional cultured foods like tapai and tempeh.
If you are supplementing with probiotics, make sure that these are derived locally. That means it comes from local sources.
After all you got your first probiotics from your mother's vaginal passage and from her nipples. Your gut was sterile while you were in the womb.
After that, you got it in your food. You also picked up useful soil organisms from salads, fruits and simply playing with dirt as all children usually do.
That is how it has been right from the beginning of time. Only in the last 30 or 40 years have we started consuming bacteria that come from different climates and soils.
Imported bacteria are not bad and do not present any real danger to you. However, these germs are best for the guts of people in the countries that they have been imported from be it Japan or North America .
Probiotics are truly a case where "local is better". Nothing is more local than your gut that has to cope with the unique foods that you get in this part of the world.
The local bacteria will live better and longer in your gut. That would go a long way to making your healthier.
Datuk Dr Rajen M. is a pharmacist with a doctorate in Holistic Medicine
Indeed, your appendix could be a vital part of your secondary immune system as it could contain immune system tissue.
That is what surgeons and immunologists from the world famous Duke Medical School published online in the scientific journal, The Journal of Theoretical Biology early last month.
For generations, the appendix was dismissed as a useless part of the body. We thought it had no function.
Worse still, it could get infected and inflamed. This could cause lots of problems, including death if not removed in time. Indeed, surgeons removed it routinely.
According to the Centre for Diseases Control, 321,000 Americans were hospitalised with appendicitis in 2005. About 300 to 400 Americans die of appendicitis every year.
There are a large number of germs in your gut, about two to three kilogrammes in dry weight. There are 400 different types present there. Indeed, there are more bacteria in your gut than there is in the entire human body.
We do not quite know what these germs do. Indeed, not all have been characterised. They are a mix of the good, bad and neutral germs.
The good bacteria help you digest your food, break down toxic substances that arise from digestion and produce lactic acids as well as other anti-bacterial substances that keep the bad bugs at bay.
The function of the appendix seems to be related to this massive amount of bacteria populating the human digestive system.
There are times when the bacteria in the intestine are killed off or purged. Diseases like diarrhoea, cholera or amoebic dysentery would get rid of much of these good bacteria.
Similarly, taking water with chorine, antibiotics- tainted meat or going on a course of antibiotics would kill of many of these beneficial bacteria.
The appendix's job is to re-boot the digestive system if this does happen. The appendix would act as a "good safe house for bacteria" wrote Bill Parker, Duke's Professor of Surgery, a co-author of the study.
The location of the appendix -- just below the one way flow of food and germs in the large intestine in a sort of cul-de-sac -- helps support the theory. It also has a worm like shape. This acts like a "bacterial underground bunker" cultivating the good germs for the rest of the gut.
In modern times this is less important, as you can replace the dying good germs with food and supplements. However, in the past, it was not so easy to repopulate the gut with good bacteria. Thus, the appendix came in really handy.
Indeed, in less developed countries, where the appendix is more useful, the rates of appendicitis are much lower as other studies have shown.
Bill Parker says that the appendix may be another case of an overly hygienic society triggering an over reaction of the body's immune system.
Even, if the appendix does appear to have a function, it must be removed when it is inflamed or infected as it can be deadly, writes Parker.
The Duke proposal for the function of the appendix makes sense and raises some very interesting questions. The idea seems by far the most likely explanation for the function of the appendix. It makes evolutionary sense.
We have evolved for millions of years with this seemingly useless and ugly appendix that can be also be very deadly. Surely, evolution would have eliminated this tissue completely if it was useless and posed a danger.
It should also make us wonder about another part of our body that is conveniently cut off -- the tonsils. I bet we will find some use for this part as well.
The moral of the story is: Keep all parts of yourself intact unless it is absolutely necessary to remove them. Trust the wisdom of Nature.
We know that if there were no germs in the gut, you would be dead in just three days.
What do you do if you have had the appendix taken out? Consume more probiotic (friendly bacteria) as food. Take lots of yoghurt and other traditional cultured foods like tapai and tempeh.
If you are supplementing with probiotics, make sure that these are derived locally. That means it comes from local sources.
After all you got your first probiotics from your mother's vaginal passage and from her nipples. Your gut was sterile while you were in the womb.
After that, you got it in your food. You also picked up useful soil organisms from salads, fruits and simply playing with dirt as all children usually do.
That is how it has been right from the beginning of time. Only in the last 30 or 40 years have we started consuming bacteria that come from different climates and soils.
Imported bacteria are not bad and do not present any real danger to you. However, these germs are best for the guts of people in the countries that they have been imported from be it Japan or North America .
Probiotics are truly a case where "local is better". Nothing is more local than your gut that has to cope with the unique foods that you get in this part of the world.
The local bacteria will live better and longer in your gut. That would go a long way to making your healthier.
Datuk Dr Rajen M. is a pharmacist with a doctorate in Holistic Medicine
Lets Fight Cancer Together
Posted On at at 1:39 AM by Aishah Abd Latiff
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (TRY THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.
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.
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:
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. ( THE WEST MADE US 2 CHANGE FROM SEA 2 WHITE IODISED 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.
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.
Palm Secret
Posted On Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at at 10:49 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
Shiatsu Self Massage
Posted On at at 10:41 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
Click image for larger view!Foot Reflexology
Posted On at at 10:13 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
Painful feet can affect our ability to enjoy the most basic activities in our daily lives. Thankfully, many foot conditions can be easily prevented or treated by wearing properly fitting footwear or using the right over-the-counter foot care products. OR!
The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the organs are on right and left foot, the heart is on the left foot. This time, it put organs on the feet as they are.
Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to. It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here. This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.
God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.
So, keep walking...
Effects of Drinking Cold Water
Posted On at at 9:36 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send the link to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters. "S.T.R"
Posted On at at 9:20 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.
Seriously, Please read:
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and that she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.
Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this...
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke, totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR .
Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S : Ask the individual to SMILE (If the smile is lopsided, a stroke is likely to have occured)
T : Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (If the speech is slurred, a stroke is likely to have occured.) (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today)
R : Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS (If he or she cannot raise one arm, a stroke is likely to have occured)
*NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this:
Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.
Some USEFUL information on CANCER
Posted On Friday, November 23, 2007 at at 9:30 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do notshow up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a fewbillion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancercells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests areunable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached thedetectable size.Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person'slifetime.
When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will bedestroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiplenutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental,food and lifestyle factors. To vercome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet andincluding supplements will strengthen the immune system.
Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells andalso destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow,gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver,kidneys, heart, lungs etc.Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damageshealthy cells, tissues and organs.Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reducetumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do notresult in more tumor destruction.
When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiationthe immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the personcan succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and becomeresistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cellsto spread to other sites.An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by notfeeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestiveenzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefiedand leads to more toxic buildup.Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from oreating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls ofcancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancercells.
Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac,anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's ownkiller cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin Eare known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body'snormal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.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 acidicenvironment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relaxand enjoy life. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercisingdaily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellularlevel.
Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.CANCER CELLS FEED ON:Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one importantfood supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet,Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A betternatural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in verysmall amounts.
Table salt has a chemical added to make it white incolour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in thegastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk andsubstituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidicand it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef orpork.
Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones andparasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nutsand a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetablejuices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down tocellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth ofhealthy cells.
To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try anddrink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) andeat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed attemperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea isa better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best todrink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavymetals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
The following some tips or information on cancer. I hope its help! Only Allah knows best.
- 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. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering.. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes toattack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
- 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 areknown to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
- 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 andacidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
- 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.
Vitamins Could Shorten Lifespan
Posted On at at 9:28 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
According to UK media reports on 28 February, the study published in the journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that three types of supplements - vitamins A, E and beta-carotene-could increase the risk of early death. Research shows that vitamin supplements are a waste of money.
The British Heart Foundation recommends a good balanced diet over taking vitamin supplements.The Copenhagen University Hospital research team analyzed a lot of information. The analysis method is developed by Cochrane Collaboration, a renowned organization that specializes in medical analysis.
Vitamin supplement supporters believe that vitamins can act as antioxidants to prevent the damaging oxidizing effects of cholesterol etc on health, thereby helping heart disease and cancer prevention. This theory seems to make sense and is supported by initial tests. However, later tests reveal different results.The Copenhagen research team selected 68 randomized trials with 232,606 participants, including 47 low-bias trials with 180,938 participants.
They discovered that taking vitamin supplements, on the whole, increased death risk by 5%. Beta-carotene produced an approximate 7% increase risk, vitamin A, a 16% increase and vitamin E, a 4% increase. The risk of death was unchanged among vitamin C users. Certain trials showed that selenium, singly or combined with other vitamins, might lower death risk by 10%.
There is no evidence that vitamin C may increase longevity. We lack evidence to refute a potential negative effect of vitamin C on survival. Selenium tended to reduce mortality, but we need more research on this question, "stated Dr. Goran Bjelakovic, leader of the research team. In addition, beta-carotene might increase the risk of lung cancer among smokers.
A Chat with Dr. Devi Shetty (Heart Specialist)
Posted On at at 9:23 PM by Aishah Abd Latiff
A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees .
The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.
Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?
Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil.
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoids lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime.
3. Quit smoking.
4. Control weight.
5. Control blood pressure and suga r.
Qn: Is eating non-vege food (fish) good for the heart?
Ans: No
Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.
Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?
Ans: Yes
Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.
The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.
Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?
Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil.
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoids lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime.
3. Quit smoking.
4. Control weight.
5. Control blood pressure and suga r.
Qn: Is eating non-vege food (fish) good for the heart?
Ans: No
Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.
Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?
Ans: Yes
Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.
Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?
Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints.
Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?
Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient
Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient
Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?
Ans: Extremely rare
Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.
Ans: Extremely rare
Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.
Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart?
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.
Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.
Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?
Ans: Yoga helps.
Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.
Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
Ans: All oils are bad .
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.
Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.
Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?
Ans: Yoga helps.
Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.
Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
Ans: All oils are bad .
Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.
Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position, place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.
Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG .
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position, place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.
Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG .
Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.
Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?
Ans: Yes.
Ans: Yes.
Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?
Ans: Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child
Ans: Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child
Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart? What precautions would you recommend?
Ans: When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.
Ans: When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.
Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?
Ans: Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.
Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
Ans: No.
Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
Ans: No.
Qn: How would you define junk food?
Ans: Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds, samosas, and even masala dosas.
Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.
Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
Ans: No.
Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?
Ans: Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.
Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
Ans: No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.
Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?
Ans: Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.
Ans: Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.
Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
Ans: No.
Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
Ans: No.
Qn: How would you define junk food?
Ans: Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds, samosas, and even masala dosas.
Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.
Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
Ans: No.
Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?
Ans: Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.
Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
Ans: No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.
Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?
Ans: Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.
Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.
Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?
Ans: Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.
Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?
Ans: No.
Ans: Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.
Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?
Ans: No.
Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?
Ans: There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.
Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?
Ans: No.
Ans: There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.
Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?
Ans: No.
Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?
Ans: Nature protects women till the age of 45.
Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
Ans: Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ...
Ans: Nature protects women till the age of 45.
Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
Ans: Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ...
