Everyone reading this essay knows of someone who has contracted cancer, heart disease, diabetes or arthritis. Everyone, including the media, is interested in a cure for cancer. The media lavishes attention on finding a breast cancer cure, early detection and treatment options. Conspicuously absent is a focus on the very significant role of diet and nutrition in both preventing and treating cancer.
Aren't dietary and lifestyle reforms at least as important as finding a cancer cure? Certainly, we can and should choose a diet and lifestyle that minimizes our risk of contracting cancer and other degenerative diseases. The wise cancer patient will chose a diet and mode of living that maximizes her ability to fight cancer.Studies have shown that vegetarians have much less cancer ( 50% less ) than nonvegetarians. The link between higher fat consumption and the increasing occurence of common cancers has been known for years. We also know that the link between fat and breast cancer is also well established because breast tumors are fueled by estrogens. Women who eat a plant-based, low fat diet can quickly drop their estrogen level.
A National Cancer Institute report stated that vegetables and fruits protect against cancers if consumed in large enough quantities. Hundreds of scientific studies have determined this. Research indicates that raw vegetables contain the most powerful anti-cancer ingredients of all foods. And beans, including soy, have added anti-cancer benefits protecting against reproductive cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer.
An herb called artemesia has been known to cure cancer. Readers of this blog would be wise to follow their doctors' suggestions for cancer treatment and use artemesia in addition to medical treatments. Visit: http://www.cancure.org/12-links-page/43-artemesia
In his book "Eat to Live," Dr. Joel Fuhrman explains: "Research shows that those who avoid meat and dairy have lower rates of heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. The data is conclusive: vegetarians live longer in America, probably a lot longer. Remember, long-term vegans almost never get heart attacks." To quote a respected authority, William Castelli, M.D., director of the famed Framingham Heart Study: "We tend to scoff at vegetarians, but they're actually doing much better than we are. Vegans have cholesterol levels so low, they almost never get heart attacks."
Coronary artery disease and its end result - heart attacks, the leading killer of American men and women - is almost 100 percent preventable. Cholesterol levels can de decreased by reducing both saturated fat and animal protein while eating more plant protein.
Dr. Fuhrman explains in his book "Fasting and Eating for Health" that it cannot be denied that vegetarian populations live longer and healthier lives than meat-eating populations. Not only does the epidemiologic evidence from around the globe point to this, but also the studies on healthy vegetarian populations show that there is a significant survival advantage when animal foods are eliminated from the diet.
He continues, "Studies comparing vegetarians to nonvegetarian groups show much less cancer among vegetarians, especially those avoiding dairy products. Whenever we look at populations who consume high levels of fruits and vegetables, we find reduced levels of cancer and disease in general. Just as heart disease and cancers are strongly related to a high consumption of animal foods, the same can be said of autoimmune illnesses and osteoporosis. Multiple studies have linked osteoporosis not to low calcium intake, but to diets high in protein, salt, refined sugar, caffeine, and phosphorous contained in soft drinks."
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EXCERPT FROM DR. ANDREW WEIL'S BOOK "EATING FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH"
Pg. 32) Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D., the California cardiologist who has demonstrated reversal of coronary disease on a program of very low fat vegetarian food, stress reduction, and group support calls Dr. Atkins "irresponsible." "It's a great way to sell books to tell people that
steaks and eggs are health foods, but they're not, " he says.
The Pritkin Institute, brainchild of the late entrepreneur Nathan Pritkin, puts people with high blood pressure, heart disease, adult-onset diabetes, and other chronic diseases on diets with no more than 10 percent of total calories as fat and gets many good results. Pritkin meals emphasize grains, vegetables, fruits and moderate amounts of low-fat preparations of fish and chicken. The institute teaches that fat is the root of all evil, and that the ideas of Atkins and Motignac are dangerous.
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GARY NULL ADVISES AGAINST HIGH - PROTEIN DIETS
In his book "Power Aging," Gary Null states that high - protein diets are dangerous for cardiovascular health. It is true that a person can lose weight on these diets, but the price they pay is this: flooding your body with toxic protein can increase your LDL cholesterol, your homocysteine, your fibrinogen, and your C - reactive protein. When you have an elevated C - reactive protein level, you increase the chances of a deadly heart attack by up to 500 percent, and of a stroke by up to 700 percent.
What is the point of losing a few pounds on a high - protein diet and then die of a heart attack while on the diet. What is the point to losing weight but increasing inflammatory processes, flooding the body with antibiotics and growth - stimulating hormones and toxic debris, all the while putting an unnecessary burden on the liver and kidneys? - By Gary Null
Kathy Freston writes in her book "The Lean" that Dr. W. Anderson, professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at the University of Kentucky, said this about the Atkins diet: On Atkins, "people lose weight, at least in the short term. But this is absolutely the worst diet you could imagine for long - term obesity, heart disease, and some forms of cancer." Dr. Anderson noted in 1999 that there were 18 million diabetics in this country, and 55 million people with high blood pressure (those numbers have greatly increased since 1999).
"These people can have kidney problems, and high protein intake will bring them on faster," Anderson said. He explained that the diet is thrombogenic, which means the fat will tend to form lipid particles in your blood after meals, and that could lead to blood clots, meaning heart attacks or stroke. We worry about this because many of the people who love these
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ADVICE ON PROTEIN& NUTRITION - from the book "Vegan for Life":
Overt protein deficiency is rare among Americans and occurs in other parts of the world where people don't get enough food. Many vegan advocates point out that people don't end up in hospitals because of a protein deficiency. It's true that in countries where food is
abundant, acute deficiency of protein doesn't occur. But diets that are marginal in protein - not quite deficient, but not quite optimal - can result in loss of muscle mass, poor bone health, and compromised immunity.
We'd like to say that vegans never need to worry about protein, but that isn't entirely true. There are a few situations where vegans may fall short on meeting protein needs.
Vegan diets that are low in protein-rich foods like legumes are likely to be too low in protein. Obviously, junk-food vegan diets - those based on potato chips, French fries, and soft drinks - can be too low in protein ( and too low in just about everything else you need to be healthy). And extreme versions of vegan diets, such as raw foods or fruitarian regimens, are often low in the higher-protein plant foods like legumes and soyfoods and can lead to a marginal protein intake.
With the exception of vitamin B12, it's possible to get all of the vitamins and minerals you need from plant foods. Nutritional yeast is popular among vegans and Red Star brand Vegetarian Support Formula is a good choice.
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Powdered wheat grass and powdered green formulas are popular in health food stores, but they are more expensive than nutritional yeast. Here's what I found on a trip to the local Whole Foods Market:
Garden of Life Raw Fit Protein (organic, vegan, whole food, high protein)
Amazing Grass Raw Reserve Greens & Protein (vegan) - 11.5 oz - $28.00
Amazing Grass Amazing Meal - Amazing Meal (vegan, raw) - 12.5 oz - $28.00
Vibrant Health Purgereen Protein (vegan) 16 oz &28.00
ALIVE! Whole Food Energizer- 90 capsules multivitamin/mineral - $15 for 90 capsules
Garden of Life Vitamin Code - 120 vegetarian capsules $40
mykind Organics (certified organic whole food multivitamins - $50 for 72 vegan tablets
$30 for 36 vegan tablets
Garden of Life Perfect Food Energizer Raw Organic Super Food - 30 servings - $41.00
WholeFoods Nutritional Yeast - 16oz. - $15.00
Vibrant Health Green Vibrance - 30-day supply - $45.00
Amazing Grass Organic Wheat Grass - 60 servings - $45.00
The author of this blog suggests that natural vitamin and mineral supplements also provide vitamin D, which is a very important vitamin.
Anyone who is concerned about a proper vegan diet can research the Web or consult with a nutritionist. Remember, a proper vegan diet is far more beneficial than the Standard American Diet.
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Now, if the reader of this blog consults a physician about these vegan diets, he or she will tell you that they can't hurt as long as you get adequate nutrition. Medical doctors will most likely DOWNPLAY the benefits of these diets, but they will let you eat whatever you want to eat. Don't be afraid of not getting adequate nutrition!
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READ VICTORIA BOUTENKO'S WEBSITE - REVERSING DISEASES WITH A RAW-FOOD DIET: http://www.rawfamily.com/about-the-raw-family
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Forget what your meat-eating friends and relatives tell you about diseases! Forget Paula Deen's cookbooks! Better yet, forget Paula Deen! Read about how to cure, reverse or alleviate most major diseases using a low-fat vegan diet: visit a fascinating website titled "VEGAN HEALTH" at http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
Here's an excerpt from that website: Frank and I speak from years of experience enjoying excellent health as a direct result from “going vegan.” Before learning and changing our eating habits, we suffered for years from health problems that we had no idea stemmed from the animal products we were eating. And our doctors never asked us about our diets! They and we never made the connection that our health problems were the direct result of the animal products we were consuming!
For example, for years I not only suffered with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), but also with the urinary bladder condition known as Interstitial Cystitis (IC). If any of my readers have had these conditions, you know the misery they cause. You read and hear about “searching for cures” and they hint about “autoimmune disease” as a cause. Why is it so difficult to admit that taking into our bodies foreign proteins from animal products may cause this “autoimmune disease,” and that an easy way to find out is to try going vegan for a period of time?
Frank went vegan (no animal products) in 1987. A year later, after a stubborn sore throat would not respond to my doctor’s prescribed medications, Frank convinced me to drop dairy products (I had stopped eating all other animal products). As I’ve mentioned before in a Blog, if we had it to do over again, all dairy products would be the first to go!
The stubbornness of people clinging to harmful notions and avoiding the obvious is unbelievable! It seems as though many people would rather spend lots of money unnecessarily and keep suffering so that they can feel accepted by their peers, rather than to think and act in their own best interest, which also happens to coincide with the best interest of their fellow creatures. To me, this hard-hearted attitude is proof that there is indeed a Satan – the deceiver and father of lies, as the Bible says. Satan and his demons must be laughing up a storm at the stupidity of human beings!
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that our becoming born again believers in the Lord Jesus Christ happened before our change in eating habits. We thank God that, through His Holy Spirit, He gave us the compassion and empathy to feel for His other creatures. In turn, our health improved, and we received many other blessings.
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NO CHEATING!
It's important to realize that "cheating" on these vegan, curative diets will reduce their benefits. Indulging in meat and/or dairy foods will negate or diminish the healing benefits of these diets. Eating sugar, junk food, etc. is NOT conducive to healing. However, the healing wonders of these vegan diets are enormous: aches and pains disappear, blood pressure will quickly normalize, heart disease will be reversed, etc. You will be amply rewarded for your patience and perseverance!
Now, a curative, therapeutic vegan diet is more strict than a low-fat vegan maintenance diet. People who do not have chronic diseases can eat a wider range of foods, and even consume a small amount of junk food, whereas curative diets are quite strict. Be sure to visit Dr. Joel Fuhrman's website at http://www.drfuhrman.com
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HIPPOCRATES HEALTH INSTITUTE
Hippocrates Health Institute was founded over 60 years ago by Anne Wigmore, and they have accomodations for people to live at the Institute while they experience the healing benefits of a raw vegan diet. If I had enough money and I had a chronic disease, I would definitely check out this website: http://www.hippocratesinst.org
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THE ROLE OF DIET IN ARTHRITIS
THE ROLE OF DIET IN ARTHRITIS
For years people have suspected that foods are an important factor in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Many notice an improvement in their condition when they avoid dairy products, citrus fruits, tomatoes, eggplant and certain other foods.
Initially, the evidence was anecdotal. A woman from the Midwest once suffered from painful arthritis. Today she is a picture of health, thin and athletic, and her arthritis is totally gone. It seemed that dairy products were to blame for her arthritis, for when she eliminated them from her diet, the arthritis disappeared completely.
A 1989 survey of over one thousand arthritis patients revealed that the foods most commonly believed to worsen the condition were red meat, sugar, fats, salt, caffeine, and nightshade plants (e.g., tomatoes, eggplant). Once the offending food is eliminated completely, improvement usually comes within a few weeks. Dairy foods are one of the principle offenders, and the problem is the dairy protein, rather than the fat, so skim milk products are as much a problem as whole milk.
An increasing volume of research shows that certain dietary changes do in fact help. For example, polyunsaturated oils and omega-3 supplements have a mild beneficial effect, and researchers have found that vegan diets are beneficial. One 2002 study looked at the influence of a very low-fat vegan diet on subjects with moderate-to-severe RA. After only four weeks on the diet, almost all measures of RA symptoms decreased significantly. The Journal of Rheumatology published a study that found a gluten-free vegan diet improved the signs and symptoms of RA. An uncooked vegan diet, rich in antioxidants and fiber was shown in another study to decrease joint stiffness and pain in patients with RA. Some research studies have looked at fasting followed by a vegetarian or vegan diet. A review of multiple research studies concluded that this dietary treatment might be useful in the treatment of RA.
Vegan diets dramatically reduce the overall amount of fat in the diet, and alter the composition of fats. This in turn can affect the immune processes that influence arthritis. The omega-3 fatty acids in vegetables may be a key factor, along with the near absence of saturated fat. The fact that patients also lose weight on a vegan diet contributes to the improvement.
In addition, vegetables are rich in antioxidants, which can neutralize free radicals. Oxygen free radicals attack many parts of the body and contribute to heart disease and cancer, and intensify the aging processes generally, including of the joints.
Iron acts as a catalyst, encouraging the production of these dangerous molecules. Vitamins C and E, which are plentiful in a diet made of vegetables and grains, help neutralize free radicals. Meats supply an overload of iron, no vitamin C, and very little vitamin E, whereas vegetables contain more controlled amounts of iron, and generous quantities of antioxidant vitamins.
As well as being helpful in preventing arthritis, antioxidants may also have a role in reducing its symptoms. Some arthritis treatments, including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, work at least in part by neutralizing free radicals. For the most part, however, vitamins and other antioxidants will be of more use in preventing damage before it occurs, rather than in treating an inflamed joint.
A diet drawn from fruits, vegetables, grains, and beans therefore appears to be helpful in preventing and, in some cases, ameliorating arthritis.
The Four-Week Anti-Arthritis Diet (adapted from Foods That Fight Pain, by Neal Barnard, M.D.):
For four weeks, include generous amounts of foods from the pain-safe list in your routine. At the same time, scrupulously avoid the major triggers. It is important to avoid these foods completely, as even a small amount can cause symptoms.
You may well experience benefits earlier than four weeks, but for some people it can take this long for chronically inflamed joints to cool down. Pain-safe foods virtually never contribute to arthritis or other painful conditions. Pain-safe foods include:
Brown rice
Cooked or dried fruits: cherries, cranberries, pears, prunes (but not citrus fruits, bananas, peaches or tomatoes)
Cooked green, yellow, and orange vegetables: artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, chard, collards, lettuce, spinach, string beans, summer or winter squash, sweet potatoes, tapioca, and taro (poi)
Water: plain water or carbonated forms, such as Perrier, are fine. Other beverages, even herbal teas, can be triggers.
Condiments: small amounts of salt, maple syrup, and vanilla extract are usually well-tolerated.
After four weeks, if your symptoms have improved or disappeared, the next step is to nail down which one or more of the trigger foods has been causing your problem. Simply reintroduce the foods you have eliminated back into your diet one at a time, every two days.
Have a generous amount of each newly reintroduced food, and see whether your joints flare up again. If so, eliminate the food that seems to have caused the problem, and let your joints cool down again. Then continue to reintroduce the other foods. Wait at least two weeks before trying a problem food a second time. Many people have more than one food trigger.
It is not recommended to bring meats, dairy products, or eggs back into your diet. Not only are they major triggers, but they also encourage hormone imbalances that may contribute to joint pain, and also lead to many other health problems.
Avoid Major Arthritis Triggers:
1. Dairy products*
2. Corn
3. Meats**
4. Wheat, oats, rye
5. Eggs
6. Citrus fruits
7. Potatoes
8. Tomatoes
9. Nuts
10. Coffee
*All dairy products should be avoided: skim or whole cow's milk, goat's milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
*All meats should be avoided: beef, pork, chicken, turkey, fish, etc.
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EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK "MEATONOMICS"
Pg. 95) Another comparison offers more clarity: how vegetarians stack up against meat eaters. When researchers compare vegetarians to omnivores, they routinely find differences in health and longetivity between the two groups. The typical meat eater will die as much as 10 years earlier and have twice the risk of diabetes and half again the risk of heart disease and colorectal cancer. Omnivorous men have two and a half times the risk of prostate cancer as those who abstain from meat, and omnivorous women have twice the risk of breast cancer. And of course, because these diseases can kill, omnivores' overall risk of death is two to three times higher than found in vegetarians.
A 2008 study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found those who eat poultry just twelve times a month are more than three times as likely to develop heart disease as those who rarely eat it.
Pg. 93) Another disease closely linked to animal food consumption is type 2 diabetes, the scourge of some 34 million Americans. A 2011 study by researchers from Harvard Medical School of Public Health, and other leading institutions looked at the eating habits of more than 200,000 people. The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluded that consumption of just one serving of red or processed meat was associated with up to a 35 percent higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Thus, if eaten as a steak, hamburger, hot dog, or bacon, a single serving of meat each day - well below the multiple servings Americans actually eat - significantly increases one's risk of becoming diabetic. As Americans eat about 50 percent more red meat than white, such research may help to explain the nation's surging incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Pg. 92) Take heart disease, the number-one killer of Americans, dispatching more people each year than AIDS, cancer, and car accidents combined. A stack of published studies taller than a quadruple cheeseburger with all the fixings establishes a direct, causal link between eating meat and developing heart disease. Much of the research finds that red and processed meats carry the biggest rick of heart disease, making these the most dangerous animal foods.
Or take cancer. Regularly eating the amount of meat in three Chicken McNuggets, about one-tenth of the typical American's daily meat intake, is enough to materially increase one's risk of developing cancer. Copious research finds that meat eaters are particularly prone to cancers of the prostate, breast, and colon.
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You may well experience benefits earlier than four weeks, but for some people it can take this long for chronically inflamed joints to cool down. Pain-safe foods virtually never contribute to arthritis or other painful conditions. Pain-safe foods include:
Brown rice
Cooked or dried fruits: cherries, cranberries, pears, prunes (but not citrus fruits, bananas, peaches or tomatoes)
Cooked green, yellow, and orange vegetables: artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, chard, collards, lettuce, spinach, string beans, summer or winter squash, sweet potatoes, tapioca, and taro (poi)
Water: plain water or carbonated forms, such as Perrier, are fine. Other beverages, even herbal teas, can be triggers.
Condiments: small amounts of salt, maple syrup, and vanilla extract are usually well-tolerated.
After four weeks, if your symptoms have improved or disappeared, the next step is to nail down which one or more of the trigger foods has been causing your problem. Simply reintroduce the foods you have eliminated back into your diet one at a time, every two days.
Have a generous amount of each newly reintroduced food, and see whether your joints flare up again. If so, eliminate the food that seems to have caused the problem, and let your joints cool down again. Then continue to reintroduce the other foods. Wait at least two weeks before trying a problem food a second time. Many people have more than one food trigger.
It is not recommended to bring meats, dairy products, or eggs back into your diet. Not only are they major triggers, but they also encourage hormone imbalances that may contribute to joint pain, and also lead to many other health problems.
Avoid Major Arthritis Triggers:
1. Dairy products*
2. Corn
3. Meats**
4. Wheat, oats, rye
5. Eggs
6. Citrus fruits
7. Potatoes
8. Tomatoes
9. Nuts
10. Coffee
*All dairy products should be avoided: skim or whole cow's milk, goat's milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
*All meats should be avoided: beef, pork, chicken, turkey, fish, etc.
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EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK "MEATONOMICS"
Pg. 95) Another comparison offers more clarity: how vegetarians stack up against meat eaters. When researchers compare vegetarians to omnivores, they routinely find differences in health and longetivity between the two groups. The typical meat eater will die as much as 10 years earlier and have twice the risk of diabetes and half again the risk of heart disease and colorectal cancer. Omnivorous men have two and a half times the risk of prostate cancer as those who abstain from meat, and omnivorous women have twice the risk of breast cancer. And of course, because these diseases can kill, omnivores' overall risk of death is two to three times higher than found in vegetarians.
A 2008 study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found those who eat poultry just twelve times a month are more than three times as likely to develop heart disease as those who rarely eat it.
Pg. 93) Another disease closely linked to animal food consumption is type 2 diabetes, the scourge of some 34 million Americans. A 2011 study by researchers from Harvard Medical School of Public Health, and other leading institutions looked at the eating habits of more than 200,000 people. The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluded that consumption of just one serving of red or processed meat was associated with up to a 35 percent higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Thus, if eaten as a steak, hamburger, hot dog, or bacon, a single serving of meat each day - well below the multiple servings Americans actually eat - significantly increases one's risk of becoming diabetic. As Americans eat about 50 percent more red meat than white, such research may help to explain the nation's surging incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Pg. 92) Take heart disease, the number-one killer of Americans, dispatching more people each year than AIDS, cancer, and car accidents combined. A stack of published studies taller than a quadruple cheeseburger with all the fixings establishes a direct, causal link between eating meat and developing heart disease. Much of the research finds that red and processed meats carry the biggest rick of heart disease, making these the most dangerous animal foods.
Or take cancer. Regularly eating the amount of meat in three Chicken McNuggets, about one-tenth of the typical American's daily meat intake, is enough to materially increase one's risk of developing cancer. Copious research finds that meat eaters are particularly prone to cancers of the prostate, breast, and colon.
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In America, eating sugary, fatty foods is the great American pastime. Eating junk food has become a virtual secular religion based on gluttony and hedonism as the goal of human life. Billion-dollar corporations saturate the American body and psyche with their fat-laden, artery-clogging, cancer-causing garbage fare which is helping to create epidemics of arthritis, cancer, heart disease, strokes, etc.
Bad luck or accidents are not the reasons that people develop chronic degenerative diseases, rather, these conditions are earned through years of poor dietary habits and poor nutrition. Consider too, the long-term effects of smoking or exposure to environmental toxins and the source of common diseases is less of a mystery.
Yet, these serious, debilitating illnesses can be reversed. Joel Fuhrman M.D. writes in his book "Fasting and Eating for Health" that he has helped hundreds of patients recover from serious, degenerative diseases by fasting and eating a healthy, low-fat vegan diet. Joel Fuhrman's book should be read and thoroughly digested by all medical doctors and serious laymen. Visit Joel Fuhrman's website at http://www.drfuhrman.com
Dr. Dean Ornish mentions in the book "Breast Cancer - Beyond Convention" that "incidences of clinically significant prostate, breast and colon cancers are much lower in parts of the world that eat a predominately low-fat, whole-foods, plant-based diet. Subgroups of people in the United States who eat this diet also have much lower rates of these cancers than those who eat a typical American diet."
Despite increasingly sophisticated methods of diagnosis and treatment, our so-called "War on Cancer" is being lost; cancer is still the second leading cause of death in the United States. The War on Cancer and other degenerative diseases is being lost because the standard American diet is more powerful at creating disease than medical science is at curing it.
We all know that obesity is a national epidemic which is fueled by ceaseless TV commercials reminding us of the joys of gluttony. Where are the commercials reminding us of the health hazards of these foods? Some of these "foods" are so dangerous they should be served with a warning label.
Early detection, surgery and radiation can be very effective treatments against cancer, but they cannot prevent a reoccurrence of the disease, which is quite common. A true cure consists of correcting the underlying causes of the cancer using proper diet, lifestyle and nutrition. And standard medical treatments cannot reverse conditions that are operating concurrently with cancer. For that, a holistic approach is needed.
Actually, few if any diseases, can really be cured by modern medicine. It is a basic fact that drugs and surgery cannot cure disease. A true "miracle drug" would be one with no side effect, and that miracle has yet to occur. All drugs are basically toxins that when injested will accumulate in the body. But a healthy, low-fat vegan diet can allow the body to heal itself because the proper healing environment is created and all obstacles to healing are removed.
Symptoms may be relieved, pain diminished, and offending body parts removed, but the underlying causes of the disease must be addressed for a true cure to occur. Holistic medicine does not view cancer as a localized, foreign invader as much as it is the body's attempt to localize toxins resulting from poor diet, wrong lifestyle and/or a toxic environment.
Cancer and other serious, degenerative diseases are at epidemic proportions because people are not living in harmony with natural laws of diet and healthy living. Eating greasy- fried double bacon cheeseburgers, French fries, double-layer pizzas, ice cream and more has mass appeal, which is why we have massive amounts of disease. It is no great secret that the American diet is highly toxic.
According to Kevin Trudeau's book "Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About," the so-called "war on cancer" is a fraud. The book states: "Consider that modern Western medicine has "searched" for the "cause" and "cure" for cancer and other degenerative diseases for well over 100 years and has failed miserably even though:
1.) The mission was entrusted to the "best" researchers in the medical, academic and industrial sectors.
2.) They have private and government contracts with huge amounts of money.
3.) They falsify research procedures, lie about results and cover for each other.
Dr. Linus Pauling, PhD., twice Nobel laureate, called the war on cancer largely a failure.
The purpose and driving force of the pharmaceutical industry is to increase their sales of pharmaceutical drugs that treat ongoing diseases, and to find new diseases or rename old diseases to market their existing drugs.
The eradication of any disease inevitably destroys a multi-billion dollar market for prescription drugs as a source of revenue. Therefore, deadly toxic chemical drugs are developed to treat symptoms but not cure anything.
It's been known for at least a hundred years that a natural raw foods diet, colonics, fasting, vitamins and minerals can be used to cure, or at least improve, the majority of diseases. Pharmaceutical companies and the food industry control the media, and they absolutely do not want natural cures for any disease made known to the public.
Millions of people suffer from painful inflammatory conditions. Here again, it is NOT meat and dairy to the rescue - it is fruits and vegetables. Anti-inflammatory eating can be boiled down to six simple rules:
1.) Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables - at least five servings each day
2.) Add flaxseed oil to your diet
3.) Eat very little meat, poultry, cheese, butter, and other animal products - or become a vegetarian or vegan.
4.) Take a multi-vitamin mineral supplement everyday
5.) Eat less
6.) Eliminate or at least decrease junk food intake
As if mountains of scientific evidence are not enough, we also have personal testimonies of people who have lived on a strict, whole-foods vegan diet. Paul Bragg was one such individual and in his book "The Miracle of Fasting" he stated that even though he was past 85 years of age, he could jog several miles, swim, and even perform difficult yoga postures while standing on his head! Imagine Robert Atkins performing such feats.
Robert Atkins himself had suffered a heart attack while eating one of his artery-clogging, fat-laden breakfasts on April 25, 2002. But he and his cardiologist said it was not diet related! Atkins was also clinically obese at the time of death. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that massive quantities of saturated fat and cholesterol will eventually wreak revenge on the human body. I'd like to see a single legitimate study showing that Atkins dieters are living long and healthy lives.
For some reason, the general public more readily accepts the reality of living - or dying - with serious, self-imposed diseases than it does in changing dietary habits. To become a junk food vegetarian is not the goal. Hundreds of healthy, tasty vegetarian and vegan recipes exist in books, magazines and on the Web. However, to reverse diseases a very strict low-fat, healthy vegan diet is required, although depending on the condition, some people eat a small amount of fish. Sometimes fasting is necessary, which will require expert supervision, depending on the severity of the illness.
Diseases among middle-aged and elderly people is the rule not the exception. The American Medical Association, the media, and most doctors have little appetite for natural healing methods that use diet and/or fasting, and this is a major disservice to the American public. Instead of reading about hundreds of people cured of serious, debilitating diseases using naturopathy, we have been saturated with articles about the Atkins Diet. Where are the studies showing us that Atkins dieters are living long and healthy lives? Where is the evidence showing us that meat and dairy are effective foods to fight cancer, heart disease, or any disease for that matter?
Fighting disease is not only big business - it is serious business. A wise person will reflect on what causes diseases to form and what foods are most effective at preventing or controlling these conditions. An ounce of prevention is worth at least a pound of cure.
- by Scott Palczak
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VEGAN DIETS FIGHT ARTHRITS & CANCER
http://www.scottsbuddhistiveg.blogspot.com/2015/05/vegan-diet-alleviates-arthritis.html
PETA PRIME: Can a Plant-Based Diet Cure Cancer?
http://prime.peta.org/2009/12/can-a-plant-based-diet-cure-cancer
ANTI - CANCER DIET - by Dr. Richard Beliveau
http://www.richardbeliveau.org/en/cancer-prevention.html?showall=1Despite increasingly sophisticated methods of diagnosis and treatment, our so-called "War on Cancer" is being lost; cancer is still the second leading cause of death in the United States. The War on Cancer and other degenerative diseases is being lost because the standard American diet is more powerful at creating disease than medical science is at curing it.
We all know that obesity is a national epidemic which is fueled by ceaseless TV commercials reminding us of the joys of gluttony. Where are the commercials reminding us of the health hazards of these foods? Some of these "foods" are so dangerous they should be served with a warning label.
Early detection, surgery and radiation can be very effective treatments against cancer, but they cannot prevent a reoccurrence of the disease, which is quite common. A true cure consists of correcting the underlying causes of the cancer using proper diet, lifestyle and nutrition. And standard medical treatments cannot reverse conditions that are operating concurrently with cancer. For that, a holistic approach is needed.
Actually, few if any diseases, can really be cured by modern medicine. It is a basic fact that drugs and surgery cannot cure disease. A true "miracle drug" would be one with no side effect, and that miracle has yet to occur. All drugs are basically toxins that when injested will accumulate in the body. But a healthy, low-fat vegan diet can allow the body to heal itself because the proper healing environment is created and all obstacles to healing are removed.
Symptoms may be relieved, pain diminished, and offending body parts removed, but the underlying causes of the disease must be addressed for a true cure to occur. Holistic medicine does not view cancer as a localized, foreign invader as much as it is the body's attempt to localize toxins resulting from poor diet, wrong lifestyle and/or a toxic environment.
Cancer and other serious, degenerative diseases are at epidemic proportions because people are not living in harmony with natural laws of diet and healthy living. Eating greasy- fried double bacon cheeseburgers, French fries, double-layer pizzas, ice cream and more has mass appeal, which is why we have massive amounts of disease. It is no great secret that the American diet is highly toxic.
According to Kevin Trudeau's book "Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About," the so-called "war on cancer" is a fraud. The book states: "Consider that modern Western medicine has "searched" for the "cause" and "cure" for cancer and other degenerative diseases for well over 100 years and has failed miserably even though:
1.) The mission was entrusted to the "best" researchers in the medical, academic and industrial sectors.
2.) They have private and government contracts with huge amounts of money.
3.) They falsify research procedures, lie about results and cover for each other.
Dr. Linus Pauling, PhD., twice Nobel laureate, called the war on cancer largely a failure.
The purpose and driving force of the pharmaceutical industry is to increase their sales of pharmaceutical drugs that treat ongoing diseases, and to find new diseases or rename old diseases to market their existing drugs.
The eradication of any disease inevitably destroys a multi-billion dollar market for prescription drugs as a source of revenue. Therefore, deadly toxic chemical drugs are developed to treat symptoms but not cure anything.
It's been known for at least a hundred years that a natural raw foods diet, colonics, fasting, vitamins and minerals can be used to cure, or at least improve, the majority of diseases. Pharmaceutical companies and the food industry control the media, and they absolutely do not want natural cures for any disease made known to the public.
Millions of people suffer from painful inflammatory conditions. Here again, it is NOT meat and dairy to the rescue - it is fruits and vegetables. Anti-inflammatory eating can be boiled down to six simple rules:
1.) Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables - at least five servings each day
2.) Add flaxseed oil to your diet
3.) Eat very little meat, poultry, cheese, butter, and other animal products - or become a vegetarian or vegan.
4.) Take a multi-vitamin mineral supplement everyday
5.) Eat less
6.) Eliminate or at least decrease junk food intake
As if mountains of scientific evidence are not enough, we also have personal testimonies of people who have lived on a strict, whole-foods vegan diet. Paul Bragg was one such individual and in his book "The Miracle of Fasting" he stated that even though he was past 85 years of age, he could jog several miles, swim, and even perform difficult yoga postures while standing on his head! Imagine Robert Atkins performing such feats.
Robert Atkins himself had suffered a heart attack while eating one of his artery-clogging, fat-laden breakfasts on April 25, 2002. But he and his cardiologist said it was not diet related! Atkins was also clinically obese at the time of death. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that massive quantities of saturated fat and cholesterol will eventually wreak revenge on the human body. I'd like to see a single legitimate study showing that Atkins dieters are living long and healthy lives.
For some reason, the general public more readily accepts the reality of living - or dying - with serious, self-imposed diseases than it does in changing dietary habits. To become a junk food vegetarian is not the goal. Hundreds of healthy, tasty vegetarian and vegan recipes exist in books, magazines and on the Web. However, to reverse diseases a very strict low-fat, healthy vegan diet is required, although depending on the condition, some people eat a small amount of fish. Sometimes fasting is necessary, which will require expert supervision, depending on the severity of the illness.
Diseases among middle-aged and elderly people is the rule not the exception. The American Medical Association, the media, and most doctors have little appetite for natural healing methods that use diet and/or fasting, and this is a major disservice to the American public. Instead of reading about hundreds of people cured of serious, debilitating diseases using naturopathy, we have been saturated with articles about the Atkins Diet. Where are the studies showing us that Atkins dieters are living long and healthy lives? Where is the evidence showing us that meat and dairy are effective foods to fight cancer, heart disease, or any disease for that matter?
Fighting disease is not only big business - it is serious business. A wise person will reflect on what causes diseases to form and what foods are most effective at preventing or controlling these conditions. An ounce of prevention is worth at least a pound of cure.
- by Scott Palczak
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VEGAN DIETS FIGHT ARTHRITS & CANCER
http://www.scottsbuddhistiveg.blogspot.com/2015/05/vegan-diet-alleviates-arthritis.html
PETA PRIME: Can a Plant-Based Diet Cure Cancer?
http://prime.peta.org/2009/12/can-a-plant-based-diet-cure-cancer
ANTI - CANCER DIET - by Dr. Richard Beliveau
FOODS & ARTHRITIS - PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE
http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/foods-and-arthritis
PHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE - Researchers Unveil
Six Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention:
http://www.pcrm.org/media/news/six-dietary-guidelines-for-cancer-prevention
VEGAN DIETS FIGHT CANCER! - from the Huffington Post with Kathy Freston
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/vegan-diet-cancer_b_2250052.html
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HOT DOGS & PROCESSED MEATS RAISE RISK of CANCER
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HOT DOGS & PROCESSED MEATS RAISE RISK of CANCER
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A diet containing plenty of processed meats, like hot dogs and sausages, raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a large multiethnic study unveiled on Wednesday.
Researchers found that heavy consumers of processed meats - 40 grams a day or more - were 67 percent more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas than study participants with the lowest intake.
In addition, a diet rich in pork and red meat - 70 grams a day or more - also increased pancreatic cancer risk by about 50 percent, according to the study.
Meat consumption has been linked to pancreatic cancer in the past, but study results have been inconsistent.
This seven-year study examined the relationship between diet and pancreatic cancer in 190,545 men and women of African - American, Japanese - American, Caucasian,
Latino and Native Hawaiian descent.
It is believed that chemical reactions that occur during the preparation of processed meats might be responsible for the association.
The results were reported at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Anaheim, California.
Researchers found that heavy consumers of processed meats - 40 grams a day or more - were 67 percent more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas than study participants with the lowest intake.
In addition, a diet rich in pork and red meat - 70 grams a day or more - also increased pancreatic cancer risk by about 50 percent, according to the study.
Meat consumption has been linked to pancreatic cancer in the past, but study results have been inconsistent.
This seven-year study examined the relationship between diet and pancreatic cancer in 190,545 men and women of African - American, Japanese - American, Caucasian,
Latino and Native Hawaiian descent.
It is believed that chemical reactions that occur during the preparation of processed meats might be responsible for the association.
The results were reported at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Anaheim, California.
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Everyone reading this essay knows of someone who has contracted cancer, heart disease, diabetes or arthritis. Everyone, including the media, is interested in a cure for cancer. The media lavishes attention on finding a breast cancer cure, early detection and treatment options. Conspicuously absent is a focus on the very significant role of diet and nutrition in both preventing and treating cancer.
Aren't dietary and lifestyle reforms at least as important as finding a cancer cure? Certainly, we can and should choose a diet and lifestyle that minimizes our risk of contracting cancer and other degenerative diseases. The wise cancer patient will chose a diet and mode of living that maximizes her ability to fight cancer.Studies have shown that vegetarians have much less cancer ( 50% less ) than nonvegetarians. The link between higher fat consumption and the increasing occurrence of common cancers has been known for years. We also know that the link between fat and breast cancer is also well established because breast tumors are fueled by estrogens. Women who eat a plant-based, low fat diet can quickly drop their estrogen level.
A National Cancer Institute report stated that vegetables and fruits protect against cancers if consumed in large enough quantities. Hundreds of scientific studies have determined this. Research indicates that raw vegetables contain the most powerful anti-cancer ingredients of all foods. And beans, including soy, have added anti-cancer benefits protecting against reproductive cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer.
An herb called artemesia has been known to cure cancer. Readers of this blog would be wise to follow their doctors' suggestions for cancer treatment and use artemesia in addition to medical treatments. Visit: http://www.cancure.org/12-links-page/43-artemesia
In his book "Eat to Live," Dr. Joel Fuhrman explains: "Research shows that those who avoid meat and dairy have lower rates of heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. The data is conclusive: vegetarians live longer in America, probably a lot longer. Remember, long-term vegans almost never get heart attacks." To quote a respected authority, William Castelli, M.D., director of the famed Framingham Heart Study: "We tend to scoff at vegetarians, but they're actually doing much better than we are. Vegans have cholesterol levels so low, they almost never get heart attacks."
Coronary artery disease and its end result - heart attacks, the leading killer of American men and women - is almost 100 percent preventable. Cholesterol levels can de decreased by reducing both saturated fat and animal protein while eating more plant protein.
Dr. Fuhrman explains in his book "Fasting and Eating for Health" that it cannot be denied that vegetarian populations live longer and healthier lives than meat-eating populations. Not only does the epidemiologic evidence from around the globe point to this, but also the studies on healthy vegetarian populations show that there is a significant survival advantage when animal foods are eliminated from the diet.
He continues, "Studies comparing vegetarians to nonvegetarian groups show much less cancer among vegetarians, especially those avoiding dairy products. Whenever we look at populations who consume high levels of fruits and vegetables, we find reduced levels of cancer and disease in general. Just as heart disease and cancers are strongly related to a high consumption of animal foods, the same can be said of autoimmune illnesses and osteoporosis. Multiple studies have linked osteoporosis not to low calcium intake, but to diets high in protein, salt, refined sugar, caffeine, and phosphorous contained in soft drinks."
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EXCERPT FROM DR. ANDREW WEIL'S BOOK "EATING FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH"
Pg. 32) Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D., the California cardiologist who has demonstrated reversal of coronary disease on a program of very low fat vegetarian food, stress reduction, and group support calls Dr. Atkins "irresponsible." "It's a great way to sell books to tell people that
steaks and eggs are health foods, but they're not, " he says.
The Pritkin Institute, brainchild of the late entrepreneur Nathan Pritkin, puts people with high blood pressure, heart disease, adult-onset diabetes, and other chronic diseases on diets with no more than 10 percent of total calories as fat and gets many good results. Pritkin meals emphasize grains, vegetables, fruits and moderate amounts of low-fat preparations of fish and chicken. The institute teaches that fat is the root of all evil, and that the ideas of Atkins and Motignac are dangerous.
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GARY NULL ADVISES AGAINST HIGH - PROTEIN DIETS
In his book "Power Aging," Gary Null states that high - protein diets are dangerous for cardiovascular health. It is true that a person can lose weight on these diets, but the price they pay is this: flooding your body with toxic protein can increase your LDL cholesterol, your homocysteine, your fibrinogen, and your C - reactive protein. When you have an elevated C - reactive protein level, you increase the chances of a deadly heart attack by up to 500 percent, and of a stroke by up to 700 percent.
What is the point of losing a few pounds on a high - protein diet and then die of a heart attack while on the diet. What is the point to losing weight but increasing inflammatory processes, flooding the body with antibiotics and growth - stimulating hormones and toxic debris, all the while putting an unnecessary burden on the liver and kidneys? - from "Power Aging" by Gary Null
Kathy Freston writes in her book "The Lean" that Dr. W. Anderson, professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at the University of Kentucky, said this about the Atkins diet: On Atkins, "people lose weight, at least in the short term. But this is absolutely the worst diet you could imagine for long - term obesity, heart disease, and some forms of cancer." Dr. Anderson noted in 1999 that there were 18 million diabetics in this country, and 55 million people with high blood pressure (those numbers have greatly increased since 1999).
"These people can have kidney problems, and high protein intake will bring them on faster," Anderson said. He explained that the diet is thrombogenic, which means the fat will tend to form lipid particles in your blood after meals, and that could lead to blood clots, meaning heart attacks or stroke. We worry about this because many of the people who love these
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ADVICE ON PROTEIN& NUTRITION - from the book "Vegan for Life":
Overt protein deficiency is rare among Americans and occurs in other parts of the world where people don't get enough food. Many vegan advocates point out that people don't end up in hospitals because of a protein deficiency. It's true that in countries where food is
abundant, acute deficiency of protein doesn't occur. But diets that are marginal in protein - not quite deficient, but not quite optimal - can result in loss of muscle mass, poor bone health, and compromised immunity.
We'd like to say that vegans never need to worry about protein, but that isn't entirely true. There are a few situations where vegans may fall short on meeting protein needs.
Vegan diets that are low in protein-rich foods like legumes are likely to be too low in protein. Obviously, junk-food vegan diets - those based on potato chips, French fries, and soft drinks - can be too low in protein ( and too low in just about everything else you need to be healthy). And extreme versions of vegan diets, such as raw foods or fruitarian regimens, are often low in the higher-protein plant foods like legumes and soyfoods and can lead to a marginal protein intake.
With the exception of vitamin B12, it's possible to get all of the vitamins and minerals you need from plant foods. Nutritional yeast is popular among vegans and Red Star brand Vegetarian Support Formula is a good choice.
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Powdered wheat grass and powdered green formulas are popular in health food stores, but they are more expensive than nutritional yeast. Here's what I found on a trip to the local Whole Foods Market:
Garden of Life Raw Fit Protein (organic, vegan, whole food, high protein)
Amazing Grass Raw Reserve Greens & Protein (vegan) - 11.5 oz - $28.00
Amazing Grass Amazing Meal - Amazing Meal (vegan, raw) - 12.5 oz - $28.00
Vibrant Health Purgereen Protein (vegan) 16 oz &28.00
ALIVE! Whole Food Energizer- 90 capsules multivitamin/mineral - $15 for 90 capsules
Garden of Life Vitamin Code - 120 vegetarian capsules $40
mykind Organics (certified organic whole food multivitamins - $50 for 72 vegan tablets
$30 for 36 vegan tablets
Garden of Life Perfect Food Energizer Raw Organic Super Food - 30 servings - $41.00
WholeFoods Nutritional Yeast - 16oz. - $15.00
Vibrant Health Green Vibrance - 30-day supply - $45.00
Amazing Grass Organic Wheat Grass - 60 servings - $45.00
The author of this blog suggests that natural vitamin and mineral supplements also provide vitamin D, which is a very important vitamin.
Anyone who is concerned about a proper vegan diet can research the Web or consult with a nutritionist. Remember, a proper vegan diet is far more beneficial than the standard American diet (SAD).
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Now, if the reader of this blog consults a physician about these vegan diets, he or she will tell you that they can't hurt as long as you get adequate nutrition. Medical doctors will most likely DOWNPLAY the benefits of these diets, but they will let you eat whatever you want to eat. Don't be afraid of not getting adequate nutrition!
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READ VICTORIA BOUTENKO'S WEBSITE - REVERSING DISEASES WITH A RAW-FOOD DIET: http://www.rawfamily.com/about-the-raw-family
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Forget what your meat-eating friends and relatives tell you about diseases! Forget Paula Deen's cookbooks! Better yet, forget Paula Deen! Read about how to cure, reverse or alleviate most major diseases using a low-fat vegan diet: visit a fascinating website titled "VEGAN HEALTH" at http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
Here's an excerpt from that website: Frank and I speak from years of experience enjoying excellent health as a direct result from “going vegan.” Before learning and changing our eating habits, we suffered for years from health problems that we had no idea stemmed from the animal products we were eating. And our doctors never asked us about our diets! They and we never made the connection that our health problems were the direct result of the animal products we were consuming!
For example, for years I not only suffered with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), but also with the urinary bladder condition known as Interstitial Cystitis (IC). If any of my readers have had these conditions, you know the misery they cause. You read and hear about “searching for cures” and they hint about “autoimmune disease” as a cause. Why is it so difficult to admit that taking into our bodies foreign proteins from animal products may cause this “autoimmune disease,” and that an easy way to find out is to try going vegan for a period of time?
Frank went vegan (no animal products) in 1987. A year later, after a stubborn sore throat would not respond to my doctor’s prescribed medications, Frank convinced me to drop dairy products (I had stopped eating all other animal products). As I’ve mentioned before in a Blog, if we had it to do over again, all dairy products would be the first to go!
The stubbornness of people clinging to harmful notions and avoiding the obvious is unbelievable! It seems as though many people would rather spend lots of money unnecessarily and keep suffering so that they can feel accepted by their peers, rather than to think and act in their own best interest, which also happens to coincide with the best interest of their fellow creatures. To me, this hard-hearted attitude is proof that there is indeed a Satan – the deceiver and father of lies, as the Bible says. Satan and his demons must be laughing up a storm at the stupidity of human beings!
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that our becoming born again believers in the Lord Jesus Christ happened before our change in eating habits. We thank God that, through His Holy Spirit, He gave us the compassion and empathy to feel for His other creatures. In turn, our health improved, and we received many other blessings.
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NO CHEATING!
It's important to realize that "cheating" on these vegan, curative diets will reduce their benefits. Indulging in meat and/or dairy foods will negate or diminish the healing benefits of these diets. Eating sugar, junk food, etc. is NOT conducive to healing. However, the healing wonders of these vegan diets are enormous: aches and pains disappear, blood pressure will quickly normalize, heart disease will be reversed, etc. You will be amply rewarded for your patience and perseverance!
Now, a curative, therapeutic vegan diet is more strict than a low-fat vegan maintenance diet. People who do not have chronic diseases can eat a wider range of foods, and even consume a small amount of junk food, whereas curative diets are quite strict. Be sure to visit Dr. Joel Fuhrman's website at http://www.drfuhrman.com
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HIPPOCRATES HEALTH INSTITUTE
Hippocrates Health Institute was founded over 60 years ago by Anne Wigmore, and they have accommodations for people to live at the Institute while they experience the healing benefits of a raw vegan diet. If I had enough money and I had a chronic disease, I would definitely check out this website: http://www.hippocratesinst.org
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THE ROLE OF DIET IN ARTHRITIS
THE ROLE OF DIET IN ARTHRITIS
For years people have suspected that foods are an important factor in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Many notice an improvement in their condition when they avoid dairy products, citrus fruits, tomatoes, eggplant and certain other foods.
Initially, the evidence was anecdotal. A woman from the Midwest once suffered from painful arthritis. Today she is a picture of health, thin and athletic, and her arthritis is totally gone. It seemed that dairy products were to blame for her arthritis, for when she eliminated them from her diet, the arthritis disappeared completely.
A 1989 survey of over one thousand arthritis patients revealed that the foods most commonly believed to worsen the condition were red meat, sugar, fats, salt, caffeine, and nightshade plants (e.g., tomatoes, eggplant). Once the offending food is eliminated completely, improvement usually comes within a few weeks. Dairy foods are one of the principle offenders, and the problem is the dairy protein, rather than the fat, so skim milk products are as much a problem as whole milk.
An increasing volume of research shows that certain dietary changes do in fact help. For example, polyunsaturated oils and omega-3 supplements have a mild beneficial effect, and researchers have found that vegan diets are beneficial. One 2002 study looked at the influence of a very low-fat vegan diet on subjects with moderate-to-severe RA. After only four weeks on the diet, almost all measures of RA symptoms decreased significantly. The Journal of Rheumatology published a study that found a gluten-free vegan diet improved the signs and symptoms of RA. An uncooked vegan diet, rich in antioxidants and fiber was shown in another study to decrease joint stiffness and pain in patients with RA. Some research studies have looked at fasting followed by a vegetarian or vegan diet. A review of multiple research studies concluded that this dietary treatment might be useful in the treatment of RA.
Vegan diets dramatically reduce the overall amount of fat in the diet, and alter the composition of fats. This in turn can affect the immune processes that influence arthritis. The omega-3 fatty acids in vegetables may be a key factor, along with the near absence of saturated fat. The fact that patients also lose weight on a vegan diet contributes to the improvement.
In addition, vegetables are rich in antioxidants, which can neutralize free radicals. Oxygen free radicals attack many parts of the body and contribute to heart disease and cancer, and intensify the aging processes generally, including of the joints.
Iron acts as a catalyst, encouraging the production of these dangerous molecules. Vitamins C and E, which are plentiful in a diet made of vegetables and grains, help neutralize free radicals. Meats supply an overload of iron, no vitamin C, and very little vitamin E, whereas vegetables contain more controlled amounts of iron, and generous quantities of antioxidant vitamins.
As well as being helpful in preventing arthritis, antioxidants may also have a role in reducing its symptoms. Some arthritis treatments, including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, work at least in part by neutralizing free radicals. For the most part, however, vitamins and other antioxidants will be of more use in preventing damage before it occurs, rather than in treating an inflamed joint.
A diet drawn from fruits, vegetables, grains, and beans therefore appears to be helpful in preventing and, in some cases, ameliorating arthritis.
The Four-Week Anti-Arthritis Diet (adapted from Foods That Fight Pain, by Neal Barnard, M.D.):
For four weeks, include generous amounts of foods from the pain-safe list in your routine. At the same time, scrupulously avoid the major triggers. It is important to avoid these foods completely, as even a small amount can cause symptoms.
You may well experience benefits earlier than four weeks, but for some people it can take this long for chronically inflamed joints to cool down. Pain-safe foods virtually never contribute to arthritis or other painful conditions. Pain-safe foods include:
Brown rice
Cooked or dried fruits: cherries, cranberries, pears, prunes (but not citrus fruits, bananas, peaches or tomatoes)
Cooked green, yellow, and orange vegetables: artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, chard, collards, lettuce, spinach, string beans, summer or winter squash, sweet potatoes, tapioca, and taro (poi)
Water: plain water or carbonated forms, such as Perrier, are fine. Other beverages, even herbal teas, can be triggers.
Condiments: small amounts of salt, maple syrup, and vanilla extract are usually well-tolerated.
After four weeks, if your symptoms have improved or disappeared, the next step is to nail down which one or more of the trigger foods has been causing your problem. Simply reintroduce the foods you have eliminated back into your diet one at a time, every two days.
Have a generous amount of each newly reintroduced food, and see whether your joints flare up again. If so, eliminate the food that seems to have caused the problem, and let your joints cool down again. Then continue to reintroduce the other foods. Wait at least two weeks before trying a problem food a second time. Many people have more than one food trigger.
It is not recommended to bring meats, dairy products, or eggs back into your diet. Not only are they major triggers, but they also encourage hormone imbalances that may contribute to joint pain, and also lead to many other health problems.
Avoid Major Arthritis Triggers:
1. Dairy products*
2. Corn
3. Meats**
4. Wheat, oats, rye
5. Eggs
6. Citrus fruits
7. Potatoes
8. Tomatoes
9. Nuts
10. Coffee
*All dairy products should be avoided: skim or whole cow's milk, goat's milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
*All meats should be avoided: beef, pork, chicken, turkey, fish, etc.
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EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK "MEATONOMICS"
Pg. 95) Another comparison offers more clarity: how vegetarians stack up against meat eaters. When researchers compare vegetarians to omnivores, they routinely find differences in health and longetivity between the two groups. The typical meat eater will die as much as 10 years earlier and have twice the risk of diabetes and half again the risk of heart disease and colorectal cancer. Omnivorous men have two and a half times the risk of prostate cancer as those who abstain from meat, and omnivorous women have twice the risk of breast cancer. And of course, because these diseases can kill, omnivores' overall risk of death is two to three times higher than found in vegetarians.
A 2008 study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found those who eat poultry just twelve times a month are more than three times as likely to develop heart disease as those who rarely eat it.
Pg. 93) Another disease closely linked to animal food consumption is type 2 diabetes, the scourge of some 34 million Americans. A 2011 study by researchers from Harvard Medical School of Public Health, and other leading institutions looked at the eating habits of more than 200,000 people. The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluded that consumption of just one serving of red or processed meat was associated with up to a 35 percent higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Thus, if eaten as a steak, hamburger, hot dog, or bacon, a single serving of meat each day - well below the multiple servings Americans actually eat - significantly increases one's risk of becoming diabetic. As Americans eat about 50 percent more red meat than white, such research may help to explain the nation's surging incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Pg. 92) Take heart disease, the number-one killer of Americans, dispatching more people each year than AIDS, cancer, and car accidents combined. A stack of published studies taller than a quadruple cheeseburger with all the fixings establishes a direct, causal link between eating meat and developing heart disease. Much of the research finds that red and processed meats carry the biggest rick of heart disease, making these the most dangerous animal foods.
Or take cancer. Regularly eating the amount of meat in three Chicken McNuggets, about one-tenth of the typical American's daily meat intake, is enough to materially increase one's risk of developing cancer. Copious research finds that meat eaters are particularly prone to cancers of the prostate, breast, and colon.
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In America, eating sugary, fatty foods is the great American pastime. Eating junk food has become a virtual secular religion based on gluttony and hedonism as the goal of human life. Billion-dollar corporations saturate the American body and psyche with their fat-laden, artery-clogging, cancer-causing garbage fare which is helping to create epidemics of arthritis, cancer, heart disease, strokes, etc.
Bad luck or accidents are not the reasons that people develop chronic degenerative diseases, rather, these conditions are earned through years of poor dietary habits and poor nutrition. Consider too, the long-term effects of smoking or exposure to environmental toxins and the source of common diseases is less of a mystery.
Yet, these serious, debilitating illnesses can be reversed. Joel Fuhrman M.D. writes in his book "Fasting and Eating for Health" that he has helped hundreds of patients recover from serious, degenerative diseases by fasting and eating a healthy, low-fat vegan diet. Joel Fuhrman's book should be read and thoroughly digested by all medical doctors and serious laymen. Visit Joel Fuhrman's website at http://www.drfuhrman.com
Dr. Dean Ornish mentions in the book "Breast Cancer - Beyond Convention" that "incidences of clinically significant prostate, breast and colon cancers are much lower in parts of the world that eat a predominately low-fat, whole-foods, plant-based diet. Subgroups of people in the United States who eat this diet also have much lower rates of these cancers than those who eat a typical American diet."
Despite increasingly sophisticated methods of diagnosis and treatment, our so-called "War on Cancer" is being lost; cancer is still the second leading cause of death in the United States. The War on Cancer and other degenerative diseases is being lost because the standard American diet is more powerful at creating disease than medical science is at curing it.
We all know that obesity is a national epidemic which is fueled by ceaseless TV commercials reminding us of the joys of gluttony. Where are the commercials reminding us of the health hazards of these foods? Some of these "foods" are so dangerous they should be served with a warning label.
Early detection, surgery and radiation can be very effective treatments against cancer, but they cannot prevent a reoccurrence of the disease, which is quite common. A true cure consists of correcting the underlying causes of the cancer using proper diet, lifestyle and nutrition. And standard medical treatments cannot reverse conditions that are operating concurrently with cancer. For that, a holistic approach is needed.
Actually, few if any diseases, can really be cured by modern medicine. It is a basic fact that drugs and surgery cannot cure disease. A true "miracle drug" would be one with no side effect, and that miracle has yet to occur. All drugs are basically toxins that when injested will accumulate in the body. But a healthy, low-fat vegan diet can allow the body to heal itself because the proper healing environment is created and all obstacles to healing are removed.
Symptoms may be relieved, pain diminished, and offending body parts removed, but the underlying causes of the disease must be addressed for a true cure to occur. Holistic medicine does not view cancer as a localized, foreign invader as much as it is the body's attempt to localize toxins resulting from poor diet, wrong lifestyle and/or a toxic environment.
Cancer and other serious, degenerative diseases are at epidemic proportions because people are not living in harmony with natural laws of diet and healthy living. Eating greasy- fried double bacon cheeseburgers, French fries, double-layer pizzas, ice cream and more has mass appeal, which is why we have massive amounts of disease. It is no great secret that the American diet is highly toxic.
According to Kevin Trudeau's book "Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About," the so-called "war on cancer" is a fraud. The book states: "Consider that modern Western medicine has "searched" for the "cause" and "cure" for cancer and other degenerative diseases for well over 100 years and has failed miserably even though:
1.) The mission was entrusted to the "best" researchers in the medical, academic and industrial sectors.
2.) They have private and government contracts with huge amounts of money.
3.) They falsify research procedures, lie about results and cover for each other.
Dr. Linus Pauling, PhD., twice Nobel laureate, called the war on cancer largely a failure.
The purpose and driving force of the pharmaceutical industry is to increase their sales of pharmaceutical drugs that treat ongoing diseases, and to find new diseases or rename old diseases to market their existing drugs.
The eradication of any disease inevitably destroys a multi-billion dollar market for prescription drugs as a source of revenue. Therefore, deadly toxic chemical drugs are developed to treat symptoms but not cure anything.
It's been known for at least a hundred years that a natural raw foods diet, colonics, fasting, vitamins and minerals can be used to cure, or at least improve, the majority of diseases. Pharmaceutical companies and the food industry control the media, and they absolutely do not want natural cures for any disease made known to the public.
Millions of people suffer from painful inflammatory conditions. Here again, it is NOT meat and dairy to the rescue - it is fruits and vegetables. Anti-inflammatory eating can be boiled down to six simple rules:
1.) Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables - at least five servings each day
2.) Add flaxseed oil to your diet
3.) Eat very little meat, poultry, cheese, butter, and other animal products - or become a vegetarian or vegan.
4.) Take a multi-vitamin mineral supplement everyday
5.) Eat less
6.) Eliminate or at least decrease junk food intake
As if mountains of scientific evidence are not enough, we also have personal testimonies of people who have lived on a strict, whole-foods vegan diet. Paul Bragg was one such individual and in his book "The Miracle of Fasting" he stated that even though he was past 85 years of age, he could jog several miles, swim, and even perform difficult yoga postures while standing on his head! Imagine Robert Atkins performing such feats.
Robert Atkins himself had suffered a heart attack while eating one of his artery-clogging, fat-laden breakfasts on April 25, 2002. But he and his cardiologist said it was not diet related! Atkins was also clinically obese at the time of death. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that massive quantities of saturated fat and cholesterol will eventually wreak revenge on the human body. I'd like to see a single legitimate study showing that Atkins dieters are living long and healthy lives.
For some reason, the general public more readily accepts the reality of living - or dying - with serious, self-imposed diseases than it does in changing dietary habits. To become a junkfood vegetarian is not the goal. Hundreds of healthy, tasty vegetarian and vegan recipes exist in books, magazines and on the Web. However, to reverse diseases a very strict low-fat, healthy vegan diet is required, although depending on the condition, some people eat a small amount of fish. Sometimes fasting is necessary, which will require expert supervision, depending on the severity of the illness.
Diseases among middle-aged and elderly people is the rule not the exception. The American Medical Association, the media, and most doctors have little appetite for natural healing methods that use diet and/or fasting, and this is a major disservice to the American public. Instead of reading about hundreds of people cured of serious, debilitating diseases using naturopathy, we have been saturated with articles about the Atkins Diet. Where are the studies showing us that Atkins dieters are living long and healthy lives? Where is the evidence showing us that meat and dairy are effective foods to fight cancer, heart disease, or any disease for that matter?
Fighting disease is not only big business - it is serious business. A wise person will reflect on what causes diseases to form and what foods are most effective at preventing or controlling these conditions. An ounce of prevention is worth at least a pound of cure.
- by Scott Palczak
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VEGAN DIETS FIGHT ARTHRITS & CANCER
http://www.scottsbuddhistiveg.blogspot.com/2015/05/vegan-diet-alleviates-arthritis.html
PETA PRIME: Can a Plant-Based Diet Cure Cancer?
http://prime.peta.org/2009/12/can-a-plant-based-diet-cure-cancer
ANTI - CANCER DIET - by Dr. Richard Beliveau
PETA PRIME: Can a Plant-Based Diet Cure Cancer?
http://prime.peta.org/2009/12/can-a-plant-based-diet-cure-cancer
ANTI - CANCER DIET - by Dr. Richard Beliveau
http://www.richardbeliveau.org/en/cancer-prevention.html?showall=1
FOODS & ARTHRITIS - PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE
http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/foods-and-arthritis
PHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE - Researchers Unveil
Six Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention:
http://www.pcrm.org/media/news/six-dietary-guidelines-for-cancer-prevention
VEGAN DIETS FIGHT CANCER! - from the Huffington Post with Kathy Freston
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/vegan-diet-cancer_b_2250052.htmlFOODS & ARTHRITIS - PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE
http://www.pcrm.org/health/health-topics/foods-and-arthritis
PHYSICIAN'S COMMITTEE for RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE - Researchers Unveil
Six Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention:
http://www.pcrm.org/media/news/six-dietary-guidelines-for-cancer-prevention
VEGAN DIETS FIGHT CANCER! - from the Huffington Post with Kathy Freston
FAT, SICK & NEATLY DEAD: Movie trailer and Joe's Fascinating Story
http://www.scottsbuddhisttveg.blogspot.com/2015_11_01_archive.html
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HOT DOGS & PROCESSED MEATS RAISE RISK of CANCER
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A diet containing plenty of processed meats, like hot dogs and sausages, raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a large multiethnic study unveiled on Wednesday.
Researchers found that heavy consumers of processed meats - 40 grams a day or more - were 67 percent more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas than study participants with the lowest intake.
In addition, a diet rich in pork and red meat - 70 grams a day or more - also increased pancreatic cancer risk by about 50 percent, according to the study.
Meat consumption has been linked to pancreatic cancer in the past, but study results have been inconsistent.
This seven-year study examined the relationship between diet and pancreatic cancer in 190,545 men and women of African - American, Japanese - American, Caucasian, Latino and Native Hawaiian descent.
It is believed that chemical reactions that occur during the preparation of processed meats might be responsible for the association.
The results were reported at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Anaheim, California.
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