Archive for October, 2009
Trick or Treating and Nutrition, Oxymoron?
October 31st, 2009 | 
Author: Hey moms out there. Well tonight is the time for your little ones, or perhaps not so little ones anymore? (won’t say how old mine are and can’t get it out of their systems….a bit embarrassing:(….) In any case,we all know that candy is by no means healthy food but they sure will have fun collecting it tonight. Some call it begging, but I won’t go there, and they’re really not begging since it’s being handed to them with just a couple words after knocking on the neighbor’s door.
Anyway, the important thing is of course to handle what they do collect with discretion and some sanity. Yes, I know, that’s no fun. Especially for them, but better for you too since who wants to deal with hyper kids after they’ve gorged on all that sugar, especially since they’ll probably be out later this year, not being a school night and then gobbling up a lot of it right after?? YIKES.
Something to be aware that many aren’t though is that sugar, especially from candy will greatly reduce, and possibly even shut down the immune system for several hours. A study showed that a candy bar (regular size, not Halloween candy size) and a can of soda will shut down the immune for up to 6 hrs. Although like I said, that’s a regular sized bar, with Halloween candy being small, they will probably eat more than one and end up eating much more in volume than a regular sized bar. Have you everr noticed that they often get sick soon after Halloween? Or perhaps since the weather is usually getting cooler at this point, any illness was attributed to that. Well actually of course it;s both, with weather changing the body has to adjust, but if the immune system has been conpromised from excessive candy intake. That won’t help. One thing that will help some is drinking lots of water. If you can get them to do that, which can help fill them up with something more useful than the sugar.
If you’re in the habit of going through all the candy that has been collected, that would be a good first step. Having them keep only the stuff they really like and discard the rest. Why bother eating it just because you have it if you really don’t enjoy it that much. Why eat the added sugar? Also avoiding eating too much at a time. Just having a few pieces every day. If you can get them to make it last till Thanksgiving, their pancreases would be very happy.
Hopefully, this has given you some food (pardon the pun) for thought.
Happy Halloween.
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Tags: Immune System, immunity | 
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Medical Thermography;Not just for Breast Cancer Prevention
In my previous blog, I referred to the use of Medical Thermography in comparison to Mammograms. The video I linked to from that blog pointed out the use of Thermography for other types of scans as well. Phlebitis, Thyroid Disfunctions, Arthritus and other types of inflamations can be done using thermography. Here is a link to another video.
Before I link back to that. came across this video that drives home additional information about it’s use in breast screening.
Also found this:
This video though showing emphasis on Breast Screening points out it’w benefit compared to an MRI scan.
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Posted in Breast Cancer, MRI, Obama Health Care Reform?, breast cancer prevention, breast health, breast thermography, cancer prevention, disease prevention, mammograms, mammography |
Tags: arthritus screening, Breast Cancer, breast mammogram, breast mammography, disease prevention, mammogram, mammograms, medical test, medical testing, MRI |
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Mammograms or Thermography for safe, accurate Breast Cancer Screening?
This I grabbed from Dr. Mercola’s Blog. I was informed in the last few years that the radiation from mammogram machines was much less than I read about 20 years ago, as I mentioned in one of my previous blog posts. However Dr. Mercola seems to be saying otherwise here. Something women should be aware of. With healthcare reform being in the spotlight these days, it’s unfortunate that the changes that really need to be made aren’t being given proper attention.
Here is a link to his video about it.
http://www.viddler.com/explore/mercola/videos/209/
Here is his blog poston the subject:
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, who have a one in eight chance of developing this disease during their lifetime. It is the most common cancer among American women but fortunately, the death rate is gradually decreasing due to modern early detection and intervention technology.
Many doctors recommend that women over the age of 40 should have a mammogram once a year to diagnose and screen for breast cancer. Dr. Joseph Mercola, however, believes that mammograms expose women to radiation that’s almost 1,000 times greater than that from a chest x-ray, which may further increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.
A mammogram also tightly, and often painfully, compresses the breasts, which may dangerously hasten the growth of any existing malignant cells.
There is also no solid evidence proving that mammograms help save women’s lives, Dr. Mercola points out. Studies show that having an annual mammogram along with the physical examination of your breasts does not lead to an improved survival rate compared to physical examination alone.
If this is the case, what can you do to lower your breast cancer risk?
Thermography can increase your chances of detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages by locating irregular patterns in the breast – conditions that occur before a noticeable lump is formed.
Thermal imaging looks at vascular changes in the breast and detects blood flow patterns, inflammation and asymmetries. Mammograms, on the other hand, focus on anatomical changes, like masses or lumps in the breast tissue.
Dr. Mercola highly recommends thermograms because they benefit all women, are quick and non-invasive, make no contact with the body, and provides more financial savings than conventional diagnostic tools.
Aside from breast cancer, thermography screenings can also help detect many other conditions, including heart disease, arthritis, neck and back pain, sinus issues, dental issues, immune dysfunction, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, carpal tunnel syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease, etc.
If you are in the South Florida area, you can call or visit Florida Natural Healthcare Center, one of their services is Thermography http://floridanaturalhealthcare.com/thermography.html
Call them and let them know I referred you.
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H1N1 Overestimate of danger & Immune System reality
This video is from the Dr. Mercola website. Highly recommend you subscribe to his mailing list. Often has great info on the realities of medical practices and nutrition.
This is actually a series of 3 videos where Dr. Mercola interviews Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of the National Vaccine Information Center. (see her website for a video regarding vaccines)She is the Go-To person with regard to valid vaccination information. She is no Anti-Vaccine as I am but she does shed light on the realities of the pros and cons of them. She warns against the H1N1 for a number of reasons. In section two of this she points out the concerns of the medical community, or more accurately the drug companies aim to make us dependent on vaccines vs. what our immune system will do more effectively.
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Tags: boosting the immune system, disease fighting, Immune System, innoculation, Swine flu vaccine, swine flu vaccine dangers, swine flue vaccine, vaccination, vaccine dangers |
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Mammogram and Prevention Health Care
This posting is to help spead the word on this article from Dr. Wang on Green Health Spot http://www.greenhealthspot.com/2009/10/rethinking-cancer-screening.html
The administration’s health care reform talks of prevention health care. In the same sentence it also talks of using early detection screening processes as a part of that scenario. This makes it confusing because prevention and early detection are NOT the same thing. The real purpose of early detection is to get you to start spending money on treatment, drugs, radiation or surgery early thus beginning their cash flow process. The late Dr. Robert Mendelson wrote in his book “Confessions of a Medical Heretic” and published in his newsletter some 22 years ago that mammograms actually succumbed each breast to the same amount of radiation in one screening, that the entire body gets exposed to in a year. The conclusion? Not only are mammograms questionable but have a good chance of increasing your risk of the disease you’re there to be alerted to. Though I was informed a few years ago by a radiation oncologist that the radiation used now is much less, this article reveals that the danger is still there. Also note that near the end of this article it mentions Thermography. “Breast thermography which is FDA approved as an adjunct to mammograms can tell years before an actual tumor forms that there are problems in the breast.”
Hopefully this will help your understanding, and if you have FaceBook, you’ll become a fan of Dr. Wang’s postings.
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