REGARDING HEALTH AND CANCER
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HOW TOXIC IS CIGERETTE
SMOKE?
CIGERETTE SMOKE CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEMICALS,
70 OF WHICH ARE LINKED TO CANCER.
AMONG THE TOXIC CHEMICALS CONTAINED IN CIGERETTE SMOKE ARE ARSENIC, CYANIDE, CARBON MONOXIDE AND
FORMALBEHYDE.
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF
BLACK CUMIN?
IN ONE STUDY, BLACK CUMIN (NIGELLA SATIVA) DESTROYED 82 PERCENT OF PANCREATIC TUMOR CELLS. IT HAS ALSO PROVEN EFFECTIVE AGAINST COLON, BRAIN, BONE,
BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCERS. OTHER
USES: IMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES, MIGRAINES, ALLERGIES, ACNE, HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
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CAN COFFEE HELP ME CUT MY
CANCER RISK?
FIVE OR MORE CUPS OF CAFFEINATED
COFFEE PER DAY CAN CUT BRAIN CANCER RISK BY UP TO 40 PERCENT. A BRITISH STUDY REPORTS: FIVE CUPS A DAY
SLASHED THROAT AND ORAL CANCER RISK BY ALMOST AS MUCH. COFFEE WAS FOUND TO OFFER GREATER PROTECTION
AGAINST CANCER THAN TEA.
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IS BPA FOUND IN CANNED
FOODS?
BISPHENOL-A (BPA) SHOULD BE AVOIDED
SINCE IT HAS BEEN LINKED TO CANCER, HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES. IT IS FOUND AS A LINER IN MOST FOOD
CANS.
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WHY DO GREEN VEGETABLES
LOWER MY CANCER RISK?
DARK GREEN VEGETABLES LIKE SPINACH AND KALE CONTAIN HIGH AMOUNTS OF
MAGNESIUM, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN IN LARGE STUDIES TO LOWER CANCER RISK.
MAGNESIUM AFFECTS THE SIGNALING OF CELLS. WITH INADEQUATE MAGNESIUM IN THE DIET,
CELLS MAY DIVIDE AND REPLICATE IMPROPERLY, SETTING THE STAGE FOR CANCER.
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CAN DRINKING WATER LOWER
MY CANCER RISK?
DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER HAS BEEN SHOWN TO OFFER PROTECTION
AGAINST BLADDER CANCER BY DILUTING CANCER-CAUSING COMPOUNDS IN URINE AND
FLUSHING THEM THROUGH THE BLADDER FASTER.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SUGGESTS DRINKING AT LEAST 8 GLASSES OF
LIQUID PER DAY.
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CAN DRINKING FILTERED
WATER LOWER MY CANCER RISK?
THE PRESIDENT’S CANCER PANEL REPORTS THAT HOME-FILTERING WATER CAN LOWER CANCER RISK BY REMOVING
POTENTIALLY CANCINOGENIC CHEMICALS FOUBND IN PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES. IT SUGGESTS THAT FILTERED TAP WATER IS
OFTEN SAFER THAN BOTTLED WATER. STORE WATER IN STAINLESS STEEL OR GLASS
TO AVOID BPA LEACHING.
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IS THERE A CANCER RISK IN
EATING MEAT?
MEAT THAT IS COOKED AT HIGH TEMPERTURES CAUSES HETEROCYCLIC AMINES (HCAs) AND POLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS TO FORM ON THE MEAT. BOTH ARE CARCINOGENIC COMPOUNDS. ADD
ROSEMARY AND THYME TO YOUR MARINADE AND LET IT SOAK FOR AT LEAST AN
HOUR BEFORE COOKING. ROSEMARY
AND THYME HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE HCAs
BY UP TO 87%.
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DO YOU KNOW?
LACK OF SLEEP COULD PROBABLY CAUSE CANCER AND ALSO INCREASE
YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE, DIABETES AND OBESITY.
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ORAL CANCER PATIENTS NOW
HAVE AN OPTION OF GETTING TREATMENT THROUGH LASER:
A LASER BURNS THE TUMOUR AS AN INSIDE-OUT APPROACH. SINCE THERE IS NO CUTTING, A PATIENT IS
COMFORTABLE AND CAN RESUME ROUTINE ACTIVITIES IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. IN ADDITION THE BODY RETAINS ITS CAPACITY
TO FIGHT BACK. THIS WORKS ON ALL
STAGES OF CANCER BUT NOT IN VERY ADVANCED STAGE.
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DENDRITIC CELL THERAPY
HELPS FIGHT CANCER
DENDRITIC CELLS (DC) OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOGNISES AND FIGHTS
CANCER CELLS. CANCER SPECIFIC DC CAN BE MADE FROM PATIENT’S BLOOD CELLS. DC THERAPY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SECURE THE
FUTURE OF THE CANCER PATIENTS BY SILENTLY TRACKING THE MUTATIONS THAT THEY
DON’T COME BACK AGAIN.
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WHAT IS A POWERFUL FOOD
THAT FIGHTS CANCER?
THE LITTLE-KNOWN INDIAN GOOSEBERRY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE ALMOST AS
EFFECTIVE AS THE POPULAR CANCER DRUG TAXOL AT INHIBITING CANCER CELL
METASTASIS. ALSO KNOWN AS AMLA, THE
INDIAN GOOSEBERRY IS AMONG THE MOST POTEST PLANT COMPOUNDS KNOWN TO MAN. INDIAN
GOOSEBERRY IS AVAILABLE IN CAPSULE, POWDER AND JUICE FORM ALSO.
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