MAGIC SHOW AT ASHRAM

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

Bharat Seavashram Sangha in association with Tata Memorial Hospital will conduct an  Awareness Programme on Saturday June 1, 2013, between 10 am to 11 am at the Ashram. 

Dr. Sandeep Gunjal, Fellow in Preventive Oncology (Tata Memorial Hospital) and Ms. P. Majumdar (Medical Social Worker) will discuss various points highlighting on “Awareness regarding Tobacco Control & Cessation for Cancer Patients and their relatives”.  The program is free and open to all.

MAGIC SHOW

Life is full of Twists and Turns, but laughter and smile can make it enduring and simple.

A thrilling and unique Magic Show was conducted at Bharat Sevashram Sangha – Home for Cancer Patients, Vashi.  This Show was organized by Mrs. Bhartiben Dalal who is our regular donor and well-wisher.  The Magicians named Mr. Christopher  and Mr. Tom came from USA. 

The Show was held on 25^th April, 2013 at 6:00 PM.  Both the Magicians performed magic tricks involving children and patients with a laughter riot for all the patients, staff, and monks present at the venue.  All the visitors thanked the Ashram for giving them this opportunity.  On behalf of Swami Prashantanandaji, Ms. P. Negi presented them with bouquet and mementos as a thanking gesture.

Cancer Awareness Program

Bharat Seavashram Sangha has been conducting continuous Medical Education (CME) program regularly for the benefit for patients staying at the Ashram. Cancer Awareness Program was conducted by Wockhardt Hospital Doctors Dr. Vikas Ostwal – Medical Oncologist and Ms. Fatima Chatriwala – Dietician on Friday 12^th April 2013.

Doctors had one to one interaction with patients and explained them their individual cases as regards treatment, diet and precautions.

Treatment to be given only by Doctors trained at Tata Memorial Hospital was the significant point emphasised to all the patients

Wish you all a happy and fresh beginning in the form of Basakhi, Bihu, Nabo borsho and any other festival celebrated in any part of our great, colourful country. Fill your life with optimism and live effectively, qualitatively.

CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMME

NUTRITION IN CANCER

 

An awareness camp is arranged for the benefit of the Cancer Patients at our Ashram premises at Vashi.  Lectures on the subject Nutrition in Cancer will be delivered by the Doctors of Wockhardt Hospital, Vashi

This event will start from 7.30 pm and will continue till 8.30 pm.

Dr Vikas Oswal - DM Oncology - between 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm; one to one session with patients to solve there queries

Dr Fatema Chatriwala - Consulting Dietician - between 8.00 pm to 8.30 pm,  PPT presentation on Nutrition in cancer

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person ha nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7.. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy.

Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

             *CANCER CELLS FEED ON:-

A. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful.

A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses , but only in very small amounts.

Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

B. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract.

Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.

C. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment.

A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat, like chicken.

Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

D. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.

About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.

To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..

E. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine

Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water.

Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes.

Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering.

By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy cancer cells..

Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit.

 A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.

Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment.

Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit.

Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment.

Exercising daily, and deep breathing help  to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxyge therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

            1. No plastic containers in micro.

            2. No water bottles in freezer.

            3. No plastic wrap in microwave..

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well.

Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies.

Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.

Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin.

So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.

Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.