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Bowel Gas and Carcinogenesis

Posted on December 29, 2013 by challenyee

Have you ever wondered how much damage you would do to yourself having to regularly hold your gas in? Then for your benefit, we return again this week to Michael Weiner, a nutritionist and doctor of ethno-medicine, whose book “The Way of the Skeptical Nutritionist” discusses various diet and nutrition relationships to cancer.

If you happen to be in a profession that demands “air tight” standards on etiquette, it would behoove you to either take frequent breaks and/or adjust your diet to reduce the generation of gas. The quality of your drinking and cooking water (chlorine content) may also contribute to the creation of free radicals. Make sure you are taking the opportunities to not only pass gas but to perform your daily bowel movements.

Holding your gas may improve your love life but not your ability to reduce free radicals!

Cultural Factors Influence Amount of Bowel Gas Retained

My hypothesis is that those of us who tend to suppress the impulse to “pass gas” run a greater risk of contracting cancer of the large bowel and rectum than those of us who release at will. This tends to be supported by statistics from various countries where cultural attitudes affect individual action or suppression in this matter. Japanese, for example, think nothing of passing gas at a good dinner, something a “proper” North American, Dane, or Britisher would never dare do. The incidence of large bowel and rectal cancer is greatest in the “uptight” countries and lowest in nations where there seems to be less of a “hang-up” about one’s own bodily functions (Africa, India, Singapore, Chile, and Japan; see table, “Regional Variations in Cancer Incidence”).

This variation in incidence of bowel cancer has been explained as having to do with the amount of meat people eat (the more meat the greater the risk of bowel cancer), and also related to the relative amount of fibrous foods eaten (the more fiber, the lower the incidence of bowel cancer). I suspect that carcinogenesis in the large bowel is also related to the amount of gas one holds in this organ. Methane, or “swamp gas,” is a major component of bowel gas. When it reacts with chlorine in the large bowel (a product of water treatment), hydrochloric acid and a free radical are formed, as shown in the following formula:

CH4 +Cl —>HCl + free radical
(methane) (chlorine) (hydrochloric acid)

This free radical then reacts with another molecule, producing another free radical. This self-propagating chain reaction continues until all materials are consumed or until two free radicals meet and join, producing, perhaps, carcinogenic substances that initiate the process of bowel cancer. Thus, in addition to implicating bowel gas in this process, I suspect that the chlorination of water also contributes to this disease process, as described above. Of course, potent carcinogens such as methyl chloride, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride are also produced when methane is chlorinated, as any first-year chemistry student learns. To protect yourself from speeding this process, I can only suggest that you excuse yourself from the dinner table, leave the room, not hesitating for a minute out of polite considerations, a frequent enemy of the natural man within.

Table from “The Way of the Skeptical Nutritionist” (1981) Michael Weiner, PhD.

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Hope you are having a joyous holiday season and are ready for a great 2014!

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3-Day cleanse using all food

Posted on December 22, 2013 by challenyee

As you approach a Christmas celebration and the potential for ending a long season of overindulgence, you might consider the need for a body cleanse.

On the other hand, maybe you are suffering from insomnia, fatigue, poor digestion, headaches, poor vision, bad breathe, constipation, joint pain, acne, sexual disfunction? Seriously, any number of ailments can stem from the fact that your liver, the major organ which filters your blood, has reached its maximum limit and the life affecting symptoms will begin to manifest more distinctly until you have to take your clunker into the shop.

Not letting up on the introduction of toxins is a little bit like never changing your oil and filter in your car’s engine. Eventually, the benefits of having clean oil will be lost on your slendid machinery and the fine finish on all of your once polished surfaces will start to tarnish, pit and corrode.
I find that most people can benefit from a periodic cleansing as we are inundated with toxins from every which way you can imagine on a daily basis.

As a preparation to do an effective cleanse, I advise patients to balance their diet for a two-week pre-cleanse. Essentially have a healthy diet for two weeks and resolve any constipation issues before your start. This is so that when you perform your 3-day cleanse, the effect will be to strike the target crud that is hiding in your system rather than being decoyed away by a daily induction of new junk.

There are a lot of cleansing formulas out there for you to choose from. Here is one using all fresh food foods. From Dr. Michael Weiner’s “The Way of the Skeptical Nutritionist” (1981).

A Cleansing Fast* (3 days only)

3 Day: JUICE FAST NO. 1

Fruit Juice: Mix sweet juices (pear, apple, pineapple) 50/50 with water, all other fruits available at full strength. Alternate the different fruits throughout the day in order to get a good variety each day.

Green Drink: 75% carrot juice, 15% celery, 10% mixed green vegetables (any edible green leaf vegetable). Change the 10% mixed leafy green vegetables for each 8 oz of juice such as 10% spinach etc. In some 8 oz use 5% parsley and green peppers as the 10%.

7.00 a.m.: Fruit juice 8 oz
9:00 A.M.: Green drink 8 oz
11:00 a.m.: Fruit juice 8 oz
1:00 p.m.: Green drink 8 oz
3:00 p.m.: Fruit juice 8 oz
5:00 p.m.: Green drink 8 oz
7:00 p.m.: Vegetable broth 8 oz
9:00 p.m.: Vegetable broth 8 oz

Be sure juice and broth are made fresh each day.

Vegetable Broth Recipe
2 large potatoes, unpeeled,chopped or sliced to 1/2- inch pieces
1 cup carrots, shredded or sliced
1 cup red beets, shredded or sliced
1 cup celery, leaves and all, chopped to 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup any other available vegetable: beet tops, turnips and turnip tops, parsley, cabbage, etc.

Use stainless steel, enameled, or earthenware utensil.
Fill it up with one and one-half quarts of water and slice the vegetables directly into the water to prevent oxidation.
Cover and cook slowly for 30 minutes. Let stand for another 30 minutes; strain; cool until warm and serve or refrigerate.

* Devised by Anabolic Foods, Irvine, California.

May you have the best of Holidays this Christmas Season.
Please spread the good cheer.

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Non-Organic & toxic: “I don’t want [industry people] gambling with my kids”

Posted on December 15, 2013 by challenyee

Studies Involving Toxic Exposure from Non-Organic Foods

Earlier this year, I wrote about a study which compared the nutritional value of organic versus non-organic foods (go to this link to see the previous post). The study out of Stanford University when publicly disclosed touted the indifference between the two without mention of the toxic variable.

Studies like the following written in David Servan-Schreiber’s “Anti Cancer, A New Way of Life,” are the ones consumers need to consider to consider when evaluating the safety of the food they and their children eat.

At the University of Washington, a young researcher, Cynthia Curl, PhD, questioned whether the organic food her friends gave their children was really healthier. She succeeded in organizing a study of forty-two children aged two t0 five by contacting families as they were leaving either a conventional supermarket or an organic co-op. For three days, the parents had to write down exactly what they gave their children to eat or drink. Their diet was considered “organic” if more than 75 percent of their food was labeled organic, and it was considered “conventional” if more than 75 percent of their food was not. Curl then measured the traces of organochlorine pesticides (the most
common kind) in the children’s urine. She found that the level of pesticides in the “organic” children’s urine was distinctly below the maximum fixed by the Environmental Protection Agency. It was also one sixth that of the “conventional” children. For the children on the conventional diet, the level found was four times higher than the official safety limit. Clearly, organic food made a big difference, since toxicity levels were substantially lower.
As reported by the New York Times, reactions to Curl’s results were fortunately typical. David Klurfeld, PhD, a reputable nutritionist at Wayne State University in Detroit, argued that there was no clear view of the impact these amounts of pesticide on health: “I’m not saying there is no possible health hazard. But we have to be realistic and that means not to panic over any of this. I would not change any of my or my family’s eating
habits based on this study.”

However, there are specialists who see things in a different light. In the Department of Environmental Studies at Yale, John Wargo, PhD, has been watching the impact of environmental changes on children’s health for years.

Chart from “AntiCancer, A new Way of Life” (2009) by David Servan-Schreiber, MD.

His reaction was just the opposite: “This justifies the importance of an
‘organic’ diet, and shows that organic foods lower a child’s exposure. Industry people are saying ‘show me the dead bodies.’ I don’t want them gambling with my kids that way.”

Since then, a second study from the same university has backed up the original findings. Twenty-three children were first tested after following a conventional diet for several days. Their urine showed the presence of pesticides.
These same children then consumed organic foods exclusively. In a few days,all traces of pesticides had vanished from their urine. When they resumed a conventional diet, the level of pesticides initially seen in their urine rapidly returned.

Suppose there were a product you could simply sprinkle on a steak, on a fruit, or in a glass of milk. By changing color, a single drop of this product would reveal the presence of pesticides. Overnight, the food industry would have to change its practices radically to meet the most elementary precautionary principle in dealing with the questionable substances introduced in our food since 1940. But these toxic substances are odorless, colorless, and tasteless Are they “acceptable” simply because they are hidden? Is this a concern only for those of us already affected once by cancer?

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Laugh Long and Often to Boost Your Immune System

Posted on December 8, 2013 by challenyee

We really do need to laugh more often. Whether it is to keep us healthy or to establish an inviting atmosphere at home or at the office, taking lighthearted approach can reap great benefits.

From How to Treat and Prevent Cancer with Natural Medicine (2002), by Dr. Michael Murray.

Laugh Long and Often to Boost
Your Immune System

Laughter is without question the most powerful immune enhancer available. Recent medical research has also confirmed that laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function; plays an active part in the body’s release of endorphins and other natural mood-elevating and painkilling chemicals; and improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Here are seven tips to help you have more laughter in your life.

1. Learn to laugh at yourself. Recognize how funny some of your behavior really is – especially your shortcomings or mistakes. We all have little idiosyncrasies or behaviors that are unique to us that we can recognize and enjoy. Don’t take yourself too seriously.

2. Inject humor any time it is appropriate. People love to laugh. Get a joke book and learn how to tell a good joke. Humor and laughter really make life enjoyable.

3. Read the comics to find one that you think is funny and follow it every day or week.

4. Watch comedies on television. With modern cable systems, it is usually quite easy to find something funny on television.

5. Go see a funny movie with a friend. We laugh harder and more often when we are around others who are laughing. It is contagious, we feed off each other’s laughter, and laughing together helps build good relationships.

6. Listen to comedy audiotapes in your car while driving. Check your local record store, bookstore, video store, or library for recorded comedy routines of your favorite comic.

7. Play with kids. Kids really know how to laugh and play. If you do not have kids of your own, spend time with your nieces, nephews, or neighborhood children with whose families you are friendly. Become a Big Brother or Sister. Investigate local Little Leagues. Help out at your church’s Sunday school and children’s events.

Which suggestion would you like to follow to lighten up your life this week!

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Lower back self-therapy

Posted on December 1, 2013 by challenyee

One of my favorite exercises is a hanging leg lift/knee raise off a pull-up bar.

This exercise offers several benefits:
1) Strengthen core, firming and defining abdominals, provide support for spine.
2) Opens the back, especially the lower back which is necessary to reverse the daily load we place on this work horse.

Please note: If you are just starting on an exercise program consult with a certified physical trainer or your physician before starting.

click on this link to go to my exercise demonstration video

As an acupuncturists, I see a lot of patients who have some complaint in their lower body. As part of my assessment, I always check their lower back.

The lower back, in many cases, is the source of, for example, knee, ankle and foot pain. It can also contribute to digestion problems, urinary, bowel and sexual performance issues.

In terms of a detox routine, exercising the abdomen and opening the lower back will improve gut performance and therefore have positive effects on digestion, bowel, urinary and immune systems.

A lower back exercise should be incorporated with other strengthening and flexibility exercises, an aerobic routine, a healthy diet and lifestyle enhancements for best results.

Being overweight or obese just in terms of your lumbar can be thought of like this: Losing 8 pounds of weight is like losing a gallon of water that your lower back needs to haul around on a daily basis. 24 pounds = 3 gallons, 48 pound = 6 gallons. More than 50 pounds is like half a tank of gas is many cars.

The “distribution box” used to control lower abdominal and lower body functions is located in the lumbar region. Therefore, pinching off or or two or more of the signals due to muscle tightness, inflammation, misalignments, or complications due to the obstruction of blood flow to your core and lower back is often a cause for problems you may be experiencing.

Everything we do to improve the flow of energies through and across our core area will improve health and performance.

To do this exercise, it’s idea to be part of a daily routine, but a few days a week is also fine.
I’d say, start with a routine that you will stick with.

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Exercise Description

The easiest is to raise your knees as up to 90 degrees and repeat 10 times. When this becomes comfortable, you can either do two sets and/or increase the height you raise your knees.

When you get more advanced, you can add in leg lifts and work your way to two to three sets per day. Do as many reps up to 10 as you can. If you can only to 5, for example, do 3 sets of 5.

It’s important to raise quickly and lower slowly. Raising quickly is effective in unloading the lumbar and lowering slowly will tone abdominal muscle and keep you from swinging on the bar. You want to minimize the amount of body swing by lowering slowly.

If your upper body strength doesn’t allow you to hang off the bar, you can put a chair or bench underneath you so that you are resting when your legs are in the lowered position. Another alternative is a special arm cradle to hang off a pull up bar to take most of the strain off you arms (consult with a trainer for this option).

For more advanced training or therapy, you can try a couple of pounds of ankle weights.

What I do, as part of a quick routine where I do pull-ups, pushups, rows and back extensions, is I finish it off with 10 legs lifts immediately followed by 10 knee raises for a mildly intense workout.

To your better health!

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P-C-F Diet

Posted on November 24, 2013 by challenyee

The following dietary recommendation comes from Dr. Ronda Nelson who was the instructor of a seminar I attend last weekend as part of my Applied Clinical Nutrition training. You’ll find some surprises in these recommendations but I believe organic and pasture raised quality is important.

Listening to her in person, she emphasizes avoidance of all grain and grain derivatives, dairy, soy proteins, caffeine and refined sugar, the exception being organic pasture-raised raw dairy which contains all the whole food un-pastuerized benefits in the least toxic form.

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Restoration Health’s Golden Dietary Guidelines
info@restorationhealth.net

Where to begin

Making the choice to become healthy is an ongoing process, and involves more than a quick fix or short- term solution. Although changing your diet may seem overwhelming at first, you will quickly find that by choosing the healthiest food possible will jump start you into better health and abundant energy you didn’t even know you had! Here are the three golden guidelines:
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1. Don’t skip meals

2. Eat a protein, carbohydrate, and a fat with every meal or snack

3. Eat every 2-3 hours

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Following these guidelines will stabilize your blood sugar throughout the day, allowing for optimal use and storage of the high quality fuel you will be putting in your body. Outlined below are examples of exceptional food choices to include with every meal or snack. Keep in mind these lists are merely a snap shot of ideas to help you begin following the golden guidelines successfully.

Embrace a well-balanced lifestyle…

Proteins

Proteins should make up about 40% (by weight) of every meal or snack. Include as much cooked animal protein as possible, which will supply your cells with strong building material to heal and repair your body. When shopping for the proteins listed below, always check labels for the words antibiotic free, grass-fed, hormone free, organic, and/or free range.

o Eggs (hard boiled, scrambled, poached, omelet)

o Chicken (roasted, sliced, cubed, grilled)

o Wild caught fish (salmon, halibut, tilapia, tuna)

o Canned tuna fish (we recommend yellow fin in olive oil from Trader Joes)

o Turkey (roast, sliced, bacon)

o Beef/red meat (burger, tacos, meat sauce, steak, roast)

o Jerky without preservatives or added sugars

o Nuts – only used as a mid-morning snack rather than as a meal protein
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Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates should make up about 40% (by weight) of every meal or snack. These provide the fuel that keeps your body running. When shopping for your carbohydrates, remember that fresh is always best and buy organic whenever possible. The majority of your carbohydrates should be fruits and vegetables but you may also include non-processed, organic grains in moderation.

Fruits

Apples, pears, bananas, grapes, grapefruit, peaches, plums, fresh or frozen strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, blackberries, mangos, pineapple, papaya, guavas, kiwis, watermelon, raisins, dried cranberries, figs, prunes, freshly juiced fruit

Vegetables Celery, cucumber, bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce sprouts, yams, sweet potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, turnips, squash, beets, broccoli, bok choy, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, leeks, okra, cabbage, freshly juiced vegetables

Grains

Organic oats, Rice crackers, Rice pasta, Rice wraps, Quinoa Millet

Fats

Your meal will be complete by adding approximately 20% fat. Fat is needed for adequate energy and to ensure absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.

Organic coconut oil
Extra virgin olive oil Grape seed oil
Flaxseed oil
Avocados
Butter

Nuts (macadamia, cashews, walnuts)
Seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower)
Nut butters (cashew)

Things to keep in mind

– Portions of protein should be about the size and width of your palm

– Consume twice as many veggies as fruits (2:1 ratio) each day

– Plate portions should not be heaping and there should be space between each food item

– Every meal or snack should include one item from each of the three lists above

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ENJOY!

All of a sudden I have an urge to cook eggs in butter 🙂

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Cellphones: 9 ways to cut cancer risk

Posted on November 17, 2013 by challenyee

The cell phone has become a staple in the daily lives of the masses. It seems like we just can’t get away from them in the day to day pursuits of business and pleasure.

It may seem strange at first to read health warnings from everyday practices that are so ubiquitous, but the onset of such diseases have a way of being insidious, acting unseen, in a way Cicero described the treasonous interloper, “unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city.”

What evidences are there in this relatively new technology that indicate long term health risks by the introduction of daily doses of electromagnetic fields to your body?

In Anti-Cancer A Way of Life (Servan-Schreiber 2009), the author cites a published 2008 study called the Interphone Study which in its initial results confirms a few previous daily phone usage studies. Evidence indicates using a cellphone for over an hour a day for at least ten years doubles the risk of a tumor developing on the side of the head the phone is used.

Here are the nine advisories:

1) Except in rare cases, do not let children under twelve use cell phones. Growing organs, in children and in fetuses, are the most sensitive to the effects of electromagnetic fields.

2) During phone calls, try to stay as far as possible from the phone itself. At a distance of four inches (ten centimeters), the amplitude of the electromagnetic field is four times weaker; it is fifty times weaker three feet (one meter) away. As often as you can, use the “speaker” function, a regular headset, or even a Bluetooth headset, which will reduce the electromagnetic emissions of your cell phone by a factor of a hundred.

3) Keep away from people who are using their cell phones and avoid using yours in the subway, train, or bus: You’ll be exposing your fellow travelers to the magnetic field of your phone.

4) Avoid keeping a cell phone constantly on your person, even if it is on standby. Do not keep it close to you at night (for example, under the pillow or on your nightstand), especially if you are pregnant. You can choose the “airplane” or “offline” mode, which stops electromagnetic emissions.

5) Restrict your cell phone use to short calls. The biological effects are directly linked to duration of use. And it’s better to call back from a corded landline telephone: Cordless phones use microwave technology that is similar to that of cell phones and were recently incriminated in a Swedish study as possibly increasing cancer risk as well.

6) When you use your phone, regularly change the ear you use. And before you put the phone to your ear, wait for the other person to pick up the call. The electromagnetic field will become less powerful.

7) Avoid using your phone when the signal is weak or during rapid travel, as in a train or a car. Because the phone is constantly searching to connect with a transmission antenna, its power output will be at maximum.

8) Use text messages rather than calls. This will limit the duration of exposure and reduce proximity with the body.

9) Choose a phone with the lowest possible SAR. (The “specific absorption rate” measures the level of radio frequencies emitted by phone to the user.) Lists of the SAR levels of various brands are available on a number of Web sites.

Be advised.

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Garlic – from “The Antioxidant Cookbook”

Posted on November 10, 2013 by challenyee

Garlic is an important staple in the healthy minded kitchen.
Reinvesting some time to reinforce your knowledge of the beneficial bulb will deepen the character you craft into your delectable creations and perhaps even impress your guests as well.
I return to Dr. Michael Weiner and another of his books “The Antioxidant Cookbook” (1995). His well researched and written text contains just enough biochemical details to expand the average enthusiast’s mind for the subject. Enjoy!

GARLIC
Scientific Name: Allium sativum
Parts Used: Cloves
Dosage: 1/2 teaspoon of the juice 3 times daily

Recent Scientific Findings

As knowledge about the benefits of Garlic continues to spread from folklore into mainstream medicine, numerous claims are being made regarding various Garlic products. Before looking at some of these claims we should summarize the health significance of Garlic and Garlic constituents.

One of the world’s leading authorities on this subject is Dr. Eric Block, a professor of chemistry at the State University of New York at Albany. His review article published in Scientific American remains an important summary of the chemistry of this fascinating plant.

To summarize, here are some of the claimed nutritional and pharmacological properties of Garlic:

1. Lowers serum total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in humans.
2. Raises high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL’s), in humans.
3. Reduces the tendency of blood to clot, and the aggregation (i.e. clumping) of blood platelets.
4. Inhibits inflammation by modulating the conversion of arachidonic acid (A.A.) to eicosanids.
5. Inhibits cancer cell formation and proliferation by inhibiting nitrosamine formation, modulating the metabolism of polyarene carcinogens, and acting on cell enzymes which control cell division.
6. Protects the liver from damage induced by synthetic drugs and chemical pollutants.
7. Kills intestinal parasites and worms, as well as gram-negative bacteria.
8. Protects against the effects of radiation.
9. Offers antioxidant protection to cell membranes.
Some of these health effects are worth looking at in more detail. Perhaps most significant is the effect of Garlic and onion and their extracts on the lipid profile of blood and tissues. They lower cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol levels while also increasing the beneficial cholesterol, HDL.

Both Garlic and onion oils inhibit the enzymes lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase. Each of these enzymes is known to act on one of two parallel biochemical pathways (within the arachidonic acid cascade) and only by inhibiting these enzymes can this pathway be arrested. When arrested, the production of prostaglandin is slowed. Since many cancers are prostaglandin dependent, this may explain why the allium oils have antitumor properties.

Garlic and onion contain over 75 different sulfur-containing compounds. While most of the medical benefits derived from supplementation with extracts of these plants are a result of these sulfurous compounds, recent studies show the additional
presence of the bioflavonoids quercitin and cyanidin.

The cellular antioxidant Selenium is another constituent found in the allium vegetables and their extracts. The antitumor effects claimed for selenium may be based on its ability to replace the sulphur in the amino acid 1-cystine. Leukemic white
blood cells have a rapid turnover of 1-cystine, a similar amino acid, and by substituting selenium for sulphur, leukemia can be suppressed, in animals.

Recent research in China demonstrated a significant inverse relationship between the incidence of stomach cancer and the intake of Garlic and related allium vegetables.
The research interviewed 1131 controls and 564 patients with stomach cancer and found that people with no stomach cancer ate significantly higher amounts of allium vegetables (a mean intake of 19 0 kg/year) than did the cancer patients (a mean intake of 15.5 kg/year). Those people who ate less than 11.5 kg/year were more than twice as likely to develop stomach cancer than were people who ate more than 24 kg/year.

Researchers at the Garlic Research Bureau in Suffolk, England, recently found “that even small amounts of Garlic, say 3 or 4 grams, will have a pronounced effect on fibrinolytic activity … in doses from 25 grams (10 cloves) to 50 grams Garlic seems to be highly effective in promoting beneficial changes in blood fat composition and in platelet adhesiveness.”

To understand which type of Garlic the raw, the cooked, or the preserved – may be most beneficial, we must look at the chemical changes which occur inside a Garlic clove. Fresh whole Garlic is pharmacologically inactive. When crushed, an internal
enzyme acts on alliin, a sulphur-containing amino acid, to produce the reactive compound known as allicin. Left to stand in the air or when cooked, allicin is destroyed.

While there is no final scientific agreement on the therapeutically active component of Garlic, there is a consensus that allicin is very important, both as an active component itself or as a precursor of other active components. Because it is unstable, it has been difficult to manufacture a Garlic product with significant amounts of allicin. The term “allicin potential” has been created to refer to the established standard of activity found in fresh Garlic. Obviously, fresh Garlic is highly desirable, for those who can tolerate the strong taste and aroma.

To receive Garlic’s benefits without consuming cloves and cloves each day utilize the product form. The minimum effective dosage for benefiting the cardiovascular system is one dove (3 grams of fresh or 1 gram of dried) per day. Obviously more would increase these benefits.
To prevent the pungent odor from seeping out in the breath some manufacturers are utilizing enteric coating. This moves the breakdown of alliin and alynase from the stomach to the small intestine.

(Thank you, Dr. Mike).

My note: According one of my acupuncture colleagues, Erik Smith, L.Ac., Dipl. OM, MSN, in his book “The Power of Nutrient Therapy” (2005) he states that chopping Garlic and letting it air for 10 minutes will unlock the potential of the allicin. Followed this by promptly adding it into your cooking toward the last minute and then cover to retain the nutrients.

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Detoxification: a 24-7 Routine

Posted on November 3, 2013 by challenyee

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your body stopped excreting and neutralizing the toxins being absorbed and created in your body?

Hmm… that’s obvious, right? You’d get sick and die. How soon depends largely on your habits and environment.

The problem is, unless you try holding your breath until you start turning blue, the adverse effects of many of your habits will not get your attention until some real damage is done.

The body’s organs mainly responsible to eliminate waste are the skin, lungs, kidneys, liver and the intestines. Are you habitually taxing any of these organs with poor daily habits?

For instance, the lungs are responsible to remove about 80% of the waste produced by your body in the form of carbon dioxide, but do you keep your lungs in shape with some mild aerobic exercise? Are you smoking anything?

Do you wear protective gloves when handling any kind of chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin? How about wearing clothing that is toxic, containing preservatives, plastics, cleaning chemical residue?

Are you drinking enough water to help the kidneys flush out accumulated toxins. Are you urinating when you feel the urge or are you always forced to hold it in?

The liver is the master controller for detoxification and yet most people end up bombarding it with drugs and pharmaceuticals and are not being guided to healthier and safer alternatives like proper eating habits and a healthy diet. I have heard that if a person is prescribed 4 drugs, the 4th one is highly likely being used to address the adverse effects of the first 3.

The intestines, like the kidney and bladder, need to be free of accumulated waste matter, otherwise irritation and inflammation of the lining, and reabsorption of toxins will result.

This week’s excerpt comes from Alejandro Junger’s CLEAN.

The Web of Waste

Inner waste is constantly being eliminated to ensure your survival. You probably know that:

If you don’t get rid of carbon dioxide, you asphyxiate.

if you don’t get rid of uric acid, you can develop gout and heart disease.

If you don’t get rid of homocysteine, from the breakdown of certain amino acids, you can develop Alzheimer’s and heart disease.

If toxins in general are not handled in a timely manner, your inflammatory system goes into overdrive.

If you don’t get rid of food debris, you can develop bowel disease- or at the very least, constipation.

On a subtler but still powerful level, if you don’t get rid of anger or anxiety, it can manifest as heart disease, cancer, and many other kinds of bodily injury.

Detoxification in a healthy human is an intricate web of activities, guided by natural intelligence.

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Is there a cancer-prone personality?

Posted on October 27, 2013 by challenyee

The following is an excerpt from the book Maximum Immunity (Weiner 1986). Weiner cites several sources linking psychological factors to cancer.
I am posting this to help further your understanding that detoxifying your health does not only include nutritious organic food and a clean environment but the very way we think, hindered by traps of negativity or helplessness, can very well lead you across the deadly threshold.

Is there a cancer-prone personality? As far back as the second century A.D., the Greek physician Galen observed that depressed women were more prone to cancer than cheerful women. Since then the medical literature has repeatedly reported that cancer
appears to be associated with depression, anxiety, disappointment, and other similar emotions.

In the twentieth century, while medical interest in psychological determinants of disease has been on the wane, clinical psychologists have taken up the question and developed personality profiles of cancer patients. One such profile, developed by psychologist Lawrence LeShan (1977), finds that the lives of many cancer patients have the following points in common:

• marked by feelings of isolation, neglect, and despair as a youth, and having difficult interpersonal relationships

• in early adulthood, a consuming interest in either a strong and meaningful relationship or a satisfying vocation, which became the center of the person’s life

• the loss of this relationship or role, resulting in despair and reactivating the painful feelings of childhood once again

• a characteristic “bottling up” of despair; while cancer patients are often described by other people as kind, sweet, and benign, this sweetness is really a mask they wear to conceal their feelings of anger, hurt, and hostility.

The stress of life changes alone does not induce the development of cancer. There must also be an underlying personality structure that handles such life changes in an unhealthy way. Feelings of loneliness and hopelessness, of being helpless or trapped, often characterize people who develop this dread disease.

Animal experiments also suggest that a sense of helplessness plays a role in cancer causation. In such experiments, rats were injected with cancer cells and then divided into different groups. Some were exposed to electric shock that they could escape, while a second group were unable to escape the shock. A control group received no shock at all. The rats who were exposed to the escapable shock were able to reject the implanted cancer cells significantly more effectively than the rats who had no way of escaping.

That is, the cancer grew fastest and led to the earliest deaths among the animals who had no means of coping with their stress.
The rats who received the same amount of shock but were able to act to evade it had about the same rate of tumor growth as the control group who received no shocks at all (Vistianer et al. 1982).
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