There is a Joyful Truth found in the mind, brought about by the Love found in Prayer.
Knowing that there are so many Kind people all across our World, brightens up each Day. It gives us Hope for the future of our World.
We become beyond Grateful, when we awake from the Dream we become.
Time heals. Hold on, and be kind to yourself. Do little things for yourself throughout the day.
What our World needs is Kindness, Laughter and Love. . Then, everything will stop, like the wind.
Life is precious my Dear Friends.
The Universe is present in our Hearts.
You are deeply Loved, you are Truly valued, and you have great purpose. . Have Faith. Everything is possible.
Life is full of Beauty. There are Beautiful things to look forward to. Stay strong. God will always be with you.
The healthy Human Heart needs not only a healthy diet, it needs awareness, that Love does exist. . It Lives in every Flower, in every Leaf, in every blade of Grass. It Lives in you.
Many studies show that immersing oneself in Nature, can have a profound and positive impact on our mental health and well-being. God’s NaturalWorld will reduce stress and anxiety levels. . A soothing combination of singing Birds and Beautiful Flowers is effective in promoting relaxation and a sense of inner Tranquility.
A look at God’s Beautiful World will allow you to focus on the present moment, and appreciate all the Beauty God Gifts to you in His Natural World. . His World is Amazing. There is so Much Love and so much Truth in His Holy Word and His Beautiful World.
Open your eyes. Open your Heart. God is in this Life. The Light of His Love is also your own Light, your own Love, your own Beauty.
Your Compassion truly touches the Heart and Soul. The Blessings you bestow on others, will be bestowed on you. Love has a way of easing the mind and body. It is amazing how Caring for others can have such a profound effect on our well-being.
The Holy Word of God, will guide you in the Right Direction. Forgive yourself and let go of your past. You are Deeply Loved. Be Thankful and enjoy the now. . Thank you for Blessing our Earth with your precious presence. You are deeply Loved, appreciated, and worthy of anything and everything you wish. . Goodnight.
The little-known nutrient that turns cancer cells back into healthy cells
Recent research suggests that a little-known phytochemical – called apigenin – is a powerful anti-cancer agent. In fact, it can actually transform cancer cells back into healthy cells.
Let me explain…
Your body is protected by a protein called p53 that’s a natural tumor suppressor. Unfortunately, p53 can’t stop cancer on its own. But that’s where apigenin comes in.
In Dr. Fred Pescatore’s Essential Cancer Protocol, he explains that apigenin is able to activate p53. And he adds, “This lowers cancer cells’ resistance to chemotherapy and improves responses to treatment.”
But apigenin fights cancer in another important way…
Dr. Pescatore cites a study that shows how apigenin blocks vascular endothelial growth factor. This prohibits angiogenesis – a technical term for the new blood vessels that tumors grow to feed themselves.
“In other words,” Dr. Pescatore says, “apigenin starves malignant tumors, stopping cancer development.”And there’s even more research to back-up apigenin’s cancer-fighting abilities.
Turning cancer cells back into normal cells
According to another breakthrough study cited by Dr. Pescatore, apigenin restores a normal life cycle to cancer cells – literally, turning cancer cells back into normal cells.
He says, “This gives malignant cells a different set of ‘instructions’ that makes them vulnerable to programmed cell death, when they otherwise wouldn’t be.”
In all these ways, apigenin helps to prevent and treat cancer. But it’s also been shown to reduce the likelihood of cancer recurrence.
Dr. Pescatore cites a study that observed 29 patients who underwent surgery for colon cancer. Of the study group, 15 took a 20 mg apigenin supplement and 14 took a placebo. Four years later, three participants in the placebo group had a recurrence of their cancer, but everyone in the apigenin group remained in remission!
It’s no wonder why Dr. Pescatore calls apigenin “an uncommonly powerful anticancer agent.”
So how can you increase your apigenin levels? Well, it all starts with your diet.
Turn dinnertime into a cancer-defeating, apigenin powerhouse
If you enjoy chamomile tea, indulge all you like because chamomile is a rich source of apigenin. In fact, Dr. Pescatore believes that this tea’s famous calming effect is almost certainly due to its apigenin content.
Meanwhile, be sure to load your grocery cart will plenty of these foods and spices that are also excellent sources of apigenin:
Basil
Beans
Broccoli
Celery
Endive
Leeks
Onions
Oregano
Parsley
Red peppers
Rosemary
Thyme
Tomatoes
As for supplementing with apigenin, Dr. Pescatore has this recommendation: “Swanson currently offers a single-ingredient apigenin product derived from grapefruit. But an alternative is a chamomile extractstandardized for apigenin.”
Dr. Pescatore notes that you can simply follow the dosage recommendation on the products’ labels.
Apigenin is just one of many powerful, natural cancer-fighters that Dr. Pescatore features in his Essential Cancer Protocol.
You’ll get the latest news and updates on science and recommendations you’ll find in our library of protocols. As well as exclusive updates, offers, and news of the latest protocols.
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Dedicated with all our Love to Dr. David J. Welsh, for all the Hope and Love and Beauty he gives to this World. How much we need this Gentle and Kind Soul. In a World filled with doubt and turmoil and lack of Wisdom, Dr. Welsh always remains one Beautiful Soul, with a precious Heart that touches so very many, too numerous to count. . Thank you for being you. . And THANK YOU for being here for so many fragile Children and their precious Parents. You will forever Live in our Hearts.
“Whoever saves one Life, saves the World entire.” – The Talmud
You enter the precious Lives of the needful, the confused, the conflicted, and you give the Treasured Guidance and Compassion and Love we Truly need. . God Bless You.
Only a few Wonderful Friends of Human Kind can bring such Wonder and Hope and Beauty back into Life again.
Our very fragile younger generations do not understand this needlessly stressful and dangerous World that we have created, in which so very many Truly struggle just to survive. And many do not. . Nearlyonemillion people die by suicide Worldwide eachyear. . They had a need to be more aware of the hidden place inside of all of us, the Sacred Human Heart, that many could not see, could not feel. . Through your Blessed Guidance, Dr. Welsh, Children find Hope, and they learn to feel Love in their young Lives, as we did.
Many Children are in need of Heartfelt advice that they can relate to. And your Beautiful words become their Songs of Salvation that remain in so many Hearts forever.
Through the Beautiful lessons of Life you have shared with so many, the most important thing in this Life becomes learning how to give Love, and to let Love come in to our Hearts. . Love is the only thing capable of transforming our thoughts and our deeds into the Positive power of Life. . You, Dr. Welsh, are sharing the Divine Beauty of Love. . Love is gleaming from your Soul and from your powerful Spirit.
Dr. Welsh, you are one of the most meaningful and most Beautiful People this World has ever been Blessed with.
In the opinion of myself and Mrs. Anderson, and very, very many others your precious Life has deeply touched, you have no equal.
You are, and will always be, very Special to all of us. . We thank God for the Blessing of your Life.
“Ask the Man whose been around to a hundred towns and byways, or a thousand hills and highways for he knows, if the Eiffel Tower falls or if the Bank of England closes, your still left with the Importance of the Rose.” – Rod McKuen
Your Life, Dr. Welsh, is the Flower of Life, the Rose, that provides the deep Spiritual meaning of Hope and Salvation for so many Children.
Thank you.
Yes. Thank You.
Today we arefree, to be in Love with God for Eternity.
Our Lord Speaks to the Inner Spirit and Touches us on a Deeper level.
The illusions we cling to, in our desperate desire to Love and be Loved. Thank God our glasses are Rose-Colored. . The Truth is colored by fragrant Roses and laced with the Love of God.
“If you enjoy the fragrance of a Rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.” – Isaac Hayes
I am amazed by the simplicity and the Beauty of God’s Love. . Life can be simple and yet, so Beautiful. Everything dwells in the interpretation, the rhythm, the focus and how each day is played. . Life comes with such a simple and such a Beautiful Theme. . All we need do is accept God’s Love.
The deep feelings of the Heart can transport you to a Place you cannot describe. . Our Loving Lord always provides a way out of the illusions of reality, a way to heal the brokenness of Life and give Hope and Peace and Clarity. . His Love you may have all your Life.
The Love of God, is what True Love is.
It is deeply moving. His Love is a Heavenly Melody, Absolutely Enchanting and Filled with Mercy and Grace.
The Love of God is everything your Heart needs to be Happy. . Allow yourself to be Guided and encouraged by the Sacred Words of the Holy Bible. Let your Heart, mind, and body be put at ease with the Truth. Yes, the Truth shall set you Free. . The Lord is with YOU.
You are not alone.
There are so many caring, Beautiful people in this World. . .The sounds of their caring voices are gentle and soothing. They help us dispel our hardships, and refresh the Spirit and mind.
Reduce the noise of the telephone, the TV, and the World. It helps to get quiet, and be Lifted up by your Heart, to the Lord.
If you are trying to find something to bring about Peace and Serenity, know what a Beautiful Gift you are giving to others in their brief moments of Life, with your caring and compassion. . Your Life will be the best moments some will ever know.
I wish you good health, Love and Happiness. . Goodnight.
NATURAL CANCER CURE
By Dr. Jerry Lee Hoover N.D. click here to read more Cancer is a uniquely western problem. One out of three Americans die of cancer, it used to be one out of four.
WHY? FAULTY DIET IS A MAJOR CAUSE In 1979 a special report was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, citing more than 2,000 scientific studies from around the world, and compiled with the advice of more than 2,000 doctors, nutritionist and biochemists, who concluded that the normal American diet is dangerous. Of the 2.1 million Americans who died that year, the report said that 1.5 million died from diseases associated with diet. The report stressed that most people should reduce the consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, such as from eggs, butter, or untrimmed red meats.
Researchers at the University of Victoria in British Columbia did a careful follow up on 200 persons who underwent a “spontaneous remission of cancer”. They found that 87% of those persons had switched diets, usually to a vegetarian diet.
Recently a link between excessive meat eating and cancer has been explained by Dr. Williard J. Visek a research scientist at Cornell University. The problem, according to Dr. Visek, is ammonia the carcinogenic by-product of meat digestion.
Although cancer is increasing at an alarming rate and it can be prevented, by keeping our body’s immune system up. Much poisoning of the body has been caused by the use of improper foods, such as meat, dairy products, white sugar, white flour, white rice, along with the use of liquor, tobacco, coffee, soda and all other denatured foods. Good wholesome food builds good blood, where as unwholesome foods builds a poor quality of blood. Cancer will not develop where there is a pure blood stream and the body’s immune system is functioning at its optimum.
For years the National Cancer Institute held fast to the principal that diet had nothing to do with cancer. Recent overwhelming evidence has forced them to change their mind. They now even recommend that one consume certain fruits and vegetables in order to prevent cancer. “Fruits, such as oranges and bananas, and leafy green and yellow vegetables, including carrots and broccoli, all contain cancer preventing vitamins and fiber, and should be a part of everyone’s daily diet”, says the National Cancer Institute. To prevent and cure cancer we must keep our body’s immune system high. This is done by following eight simple rules that I will briefly cover here. Lots of fresh air, using lots of pure water, eating lots of wholesome natural foods, getting sufficient rest, moderate daily exercise, getting outside in the sun everyday, being temperate in all we eat and do and having faith in God.
Every one of us has cancer cells within us. Cancer has to be treated by building the body’s immune system then the body’s white blood cells, etc. will attack and destroy the cancer from within. Cancer cells are weaker than normal cells and will not get out of control if our immune system is high.
HOW DO WE FIGHT CANCER There is no one drug, herb, or treatment that will kill cancer. Cancer has to be treated by building the body’s immune system. Listed here are some natural ways to help build the immune system. ELIMINATE SUGAR AND JUNK FOODS Eating white sugar will paralyze and hinder your white blood cells from fighting off an infection. Eating 25 teaspoons of sugar will paralyze 92% of your white blood cells for approximately five hours. The average American eats over 42 teaspoons of sugar per day. For example: A banana split has 24 teaspoons of sugar. A 12 oz coke has approx. 8-10 teaspoons, a piece of white bread 2 teaspoons. It must be remembered that sugar or empty calories and junk foods interfere with the working of the body’s immune system. ELIMINATE HIGH FAT DIET Diets high in refined fats have long been associated with increased cancer risk. Breast cancer is more frequent in women on diets high in both saturated fats, (whole milk), and in animal fat. (2) A low fat diet not only prevents breast cancer but increases the survival of women who already have breast cancer. (3)
EAT A TOTALLY RAW DIET This is or will be the hardest single thing to follow, but it is very important. Only raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and sprouted grains are what you will be eating until your cancer is in remission. Nothing cooked, no cooked beans, bread, potatoes, etc. Sounds tough, but let me tell you this is much easier then taking chemotherapy and having your hair fall out, vomiting, being weak, etc. And , of course chemotherapy will not build up your immune system. Instead it will tear it down. Raw food is live food and possesses the highest nutritive value. It is full of vitamins, mineral, enzymes, phytochemicals, etc. Cooked food is deadfood, plant any seed and it will grow. Cook the seed and then plant it and it will not grow, because it’s life principle has been destroyed. Place cancer cells in a cooked media and they will proliferate. Now place the cancer cells in a raw matter and they will disappear!This astounding fact is known to the Cancer society, but the public was never informed. (4)
HERE ARE SOME RAW FOOD RECIPES
I have asked Mirko to put together some raw food recipes for those who need to be on a raw food diet. Here are just a few of his recipes.
Raw Foods Recipes can be Tasty and Delicious By Creator for Functional Food, Mirko Albrecht, Dipl.-qualified NC.
The base of preparation to “Functional Food” is very simple. A recipe must be tasty, but for me a recipe is more than that. Functional Food are recipes with some “healing” effects but tasty and delicious as well.
The possible benefits of natural Functional Food can be:
– Natural immune support to help fight cancer. – Stress-Relief, esp. chronic stress – Detoxification-support – Improve the liver function – Provide the body with vitamins, minerals, enzymes etc. – Supporting to natural acid-alkaline balance
Our world has many “Healthy Foods” we must just only discover them and with a bit of fantasy we can prepare delicious meals such as dips for vegetables or fruits sticks, sweet desserts.
Here are a few simple raw food recipes that one can try.
RAW SOUP
2 cups of water 2 or 3 tomatoes salt 1 onion 6 teaspoons parsley 2 to 4 teaspoons celery Bend all the ingredients together
ALMOND MILK
Soak raw unroasted almonds overnight in water Blend in the morning just before you use it. Ratio of almond to water depends upon how concentrated you like your almond milk.
SALAD DRESSING
1/4 avaocado 1/2 cup water salt 1 teaspoon fine chopped onion 4 to 6 teaspoons chopped parsley 1/2 fine chopped tomatoe Mix avocado, water, salt and parsley together then add fine chopped tomatoe and onion.
FRUIT SMOOTHIE
Put in blender fresh or frozen strawberries or fresh fruit of your choice 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla Raw Almond Milk Option (3 tablespoons of raw honey) Blend and enjoy
SPROUTING GRAINS OR SEEDS
You can get all the information on sprouting by going to http://www.google.com and write in sprouting foods.Sprouted foods are the freshest and most nutritious of all. They are full of enzymes, and a higher percentage of vitamins and minerals and they are raw.
WHEAT GRASS JUICE
Wheat Grass juice is the very best for cancer. You take some soil put it on a flat pan and plant wheat on it, keep it watered and in a few days you will have wheat grass. Then cut the grass put it in the blender with some water and blend it all up then strain it and drink it, it will be sweet. You can let the grass grow again and give it a second cutting, after that you need to start all over again with new wheat. Many people think you need to buy a special juicer which causes the juice to be to concentrated and hard to drink, all you need is a blender.
DO NOT EAT BETWEEN MEALS A Swedish study indicated the frequency of snack eating may be related to the risk of colon cancer.Earlier, largely ignored studies have suggested that each eating episode over the course of the day increases colon cancer risk. Regular meal intake did not seem to produce the same risk as did snack consumption. (Cancer Causes and Control3: 77-81,1992)
DRINK ONE TO THREE GLASSES OF CARROT JUICE DAILY Carrots are a very good source of Vitamin A, and the juice should be taken 15-30 minutes before your vegetable meal. A recent study done by Dr. Raymond J. Shamberger, Professor of the Dept. of Biochemistry, the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, showed that Vitamin A is one of the most important aids
to the body’s defense system fighting and preventing cancer. When subjected to carcinogens, this vitamin has a remarkable ability to inhibit the introduction and or retard the growth of both malignant and non-malignant tumors.
DRINK PLENTY OF PURE SOFT WATER How much is plenty? It depends upon how much you weigh, you take your weight, divide it in half and that is how many ounces of water you need in a 24 hour period. Of course if you are working out in the hot sun and perspiring a lot you would need more. For example: you weigh 160 lbs. Half of that is 80 so you need 80 ounces, which would be 10 eight ounce glasses. The type of water we need to drink is soft water, that is water that has no minerals, as the minerals in water are inorganic and are harmful to our health. Where as the minerals in food are organic and our body needs this type of minerals. Two types of water that have no minerals are distilled water and reverse-osmosis water.
TAKE DAILY SUNBATHS Expose as much of the body to the sun. If you have a light complexion start with ten minutes and gradually increase it to a minimum of one hour a day. While sun bathing use no lotions, sunscreens (they can cause cancer), or oils. Do not wear glasses while sun bathing as it is important for the ultraviolet light to get into the eyes, and glass of any kind will keep the rays out. Interferon is effective against several different kinds of cancer including carcinoma, sarcoma and leukemia. This fact spurred the American Cancer Society; to purchase interferon from Finland for experimental use. Dr. Hans Strander of Finland discovered that he could give interferon to terminal bone cancer patients and double the number of long-term disease free survivors. White blood cells in our bodies manufacture this wonderful interferon that can help so dramatically in cancer.Sunlight is a great stimulus for increased white blood cell production and thereby increases the production of interferon.
BARE FEET ON THE SOIL EVERY DAY Everything on this earth has an electrical frequency, the earth, the seeds, the plants animals, and the human body. Cancer cells have a different electrical frequency than normal cells. Our bodies can easily get off the electrical frequency that they are supposed to be on. How can we get it back on track? Very simply, by standing or walking bare foot in the soil.Wearing shoes is not a natural thing, although we need to protect our feet, as shoes insulate our body from the earth so it would be good to spend at least 10 minutes a day outside barefoot in the soil.
GET PLENTY OF FRESH AIR Deep breathing of fresh outside negatively charged air, (the good kind), helps cleanse the lungs and increase circulation. Fresh air from the ocean, near a river or waterfall or after a rainstorm is not only negatively charged but is high in oxygen which is very beneficial for cancer. Be sure to have plenty of fresh air in your bedroom as you sleep, keep a window open, even in the winter the window should be partially open. A fact worth knowing is that cancer cells cannot live in the presence of oxygen. (6)
EXERCISE OUT OF DOORS Brisk Walking is a good form of exercise, but not jogging, as the impact of jogging is harmful to all the joints of the body. Bicycling and swimming are two other good exercises. Exercising in a gym is not ideal as there is no fresh air, its like exercising in a dirty shoe. One of my favorite authors stated that exercise outside in the fresh air and sunshine is ten times more beneficial then indoor exercise. I believe the best piece of exercise equipment one can use is a regular or mini trampoline. By jumping on a trampoline you are exercising everyone of the trillions of cells in your body. Use it from one to three times daily for a minimum of 3 minutes or longer each time. This exercise is especially good for anyone who has cancer of the lymphatic system.
GET 7-8 HOURS SLEEP EVERY NIGHT The earlier you go to bed the better. Every hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours, every hour after midnight is worth one.
USE HERBS There are many herbs for cancer, but the one I highly recommend is Red Clover. You use only the flower, not the stem or roots.Red clover contains the following chemicals: biotin, choline, copper, coumarins, glycosides, inositol, magnesium, manganese, and selenium. It also contains vitamins: A, B1, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, B17, C, P and the mineral Zinc. This is quite an assortment of minerals and vitamins for one herb. And possibly in the future we will discover it contains other important ingredients. Red Clover has been used in America for over 100 years to treat and prevent cancer. It is good for cancer on any part of the body. I have personally used it for many years at my clinic and have seen many individuals recover from cancer.
Use only the bulk red clover flowers, not the stem or roots, use no red clover capsules. Make a tea by bringing the water to a boil, removing from the heat and adding the herb. Let it steep for 20 minutes or longer. Use one to two teaspoons of herb per cup of tea. The best time to take the tea is at night before bed on an empty stomach. If you take it twice a day then also first thing in the morning when you first get up on an empty stomach.
You can order the herb Red Clover from Frontier Herbs on line at www.frontierherbs.com
Red Clover is now being studied for anti-aids and anti-diabetic activity. (7)
Many of you who have contacted me have mentioned that you were unable to purchase the herb Red Clover as it does not grow in your country. If that case I suggest you go to a reliable herbalist in your country and find out what herb he uses for cancer and use it. As there are many herbs for cancer as God in His wisdom made many different herbs for the many different countries He created.
INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BREAST CANCER When one has breast cancer they need to improve the circulation of the blood flowing through the breast. Two ways to do this is daily massaging the breasts and the other way is through hydro therapy. You fill two pans with water one with very hot water the other with very cold water containing ice cubes. You start by wringing out a wash cloth in the hot water and applying it to the breast and than covering it with a dry towel, leave it on the breast for 3 minutes. Than remove the wash cloth and apply a wash cloth that has been taken out of the ice water, apply it to the breast for only ONE minute and cover with a dry towel. You need to do this three times in a row. First hot than cold than hot than cold than hot than the last application is cold. What this does is that when you apply the hot water it draws the blood to the breast, when you apply the cold water it chases the blood from the breast. This is a very efficient way to improve the circulation in the breast, this improved circulation helps to carry away the toxins in the breast and will also start breaking down the cancer and carrying it away.
You should use no deodorants, as they are one of the causes of breast cancer, most breast cancers are located in the area of the breast near the armpit. Under your arm you have major lymph glands, and when you use deodorants, which contain aluminum and other toxic ingredients, they can enter the lymph system. The antiperspirant deodorants are the most harmful as they block the skin pores from sweating out the impurities in the body, so they are re absorbed into the body and breast area.
Also using any type of milk, eggs or dairy productsare another cause of breast cancer, as these are high in artificially added hormones that can increase cancer of the breast and female organs. Also birth control pills are another cause of cancer of the breast and female organs.
COLON CANCER Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S. It is the third leading cause of cancer deathfor both men and women in the U.S. Health experts estimate that about 70% of colon cancers could be prevented by changes in diet and nutrition. People who regularly eat red meat and processed meat have a greater chance of developing colon cancer.
There is an inheritance risk of approx. 50% for both males and females. When a parent carries a genetic predisposition, each child has a 50% chance of inheriting the predisposition. If you have been diagnosed with colon cancer and someone in your immediate family has had colon cancer then my recommendation is for you to have the surgery to remove the cancer, since it is genetic and many times the body’s immune system will not try to destroy the cancer because the body believes it belongs there. But under no circumstances do I recommend chemo or radiation before or after the surgery. On the other hand if no one in your immediate family has had colon cancer then I would first follow the diet, etc. I recommend and see if it reduces and disappears.
LEARN TO DEAL WITH STRESS Almost everyone I have personally known, who has come down with cancer, has been under a lot of stress prior to getting cancer. We must learn to take the problems we cannot handle to God, (The Greatest Healer Of All Time). We cannot hold anger, hate, selfishness, etc. inside ourselves or we will not recover. The mind greatly affects the body. I believe that 90% of all sickness starts in the mind. King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived said, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine”, Proverbs 17:22
WHAT CANCER CAN’T DO It cannot cripple Love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away at peace, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot shut out memories, It cannot silence courage, It cannot evade the soul. It cannot reduce eternal life,
IN CONCLUSION If a person who has cancer follows the simple things I have outlined in this article they will notice improvement within less then two weeks, the closer you follow this program the faster you will improve. JUST THINK, it is possible for you to heal yourself, you do not always need surgery or expensive dangerous drugs. All you need to do is follow what I have outlined here.
(1) Surgeon General (1979), Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Gov. Printing office (2) Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Newsletter, Vol. 7, No 4, June 1989 (3) Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Newsletter, Vol. 7, No 11, Jan. 1970 (4) Banik, Allen, The Choice Is Clear, pg. 24, 1989 (5) Shamberger, Dr. Raymond A. Study on role Vitamin A plays in building the Body’s Defense system. Dept. of Biochemistry, the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio (6) Airola, Dr. Paavo, Ph.D. How to Get Well, Health Plus Publications, pg. 59 (7) Foster, S.& Duke, J.A., “ Medicinal Plants” Houghton-0Mufflin Company, Boston pg. 158, 1990
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To find the place you are searching for, Pray, and even the darkest place within you, will be filled with Light and Love.
Your Divine Light will shine out in the World. And you will discover yourself, and remember who you are – a Child of God, a Divine Being.
The most fruitful and fertilizing rains come with the darkest clouds.
Be grateful for the pain that you are feeling, for it is the best Teacher you can have in this Life. . You overcome obstacles and find strength that resides in you, through Prayer.
.Live your Life in fullness. You are a Child of the Universe, of God. . You are Love, and you are Loved. You are His Love. . Send Eternal Gratitude and Love, through Prayer. . God is Listening, and Loving every Word.
Reconnect with the Eternally Knowing and Peaceful Space within your Precious Heart.
Remember, success is not the key to Happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Open your Heart, connect to the Source of Love. . We are so much more than we have ever realized.
. Let the Love within you awaken, and spread Healing on our Beautiful Mother Earth. . We are all Beautiful Children of God.
Transform the World around you, into real Peace. Listen to your Inner Voice.
Find the Way to LOVE.
Inner Healing comes when we realize the need to close our eyes from the worlds of distraction, and Listen to the Sacred Silence.
“A Sacred quietness ushers you into God’s very Presence and Power. The Holy Spirit Himself is often very quiet. You must learn to get still before the Lord and Worship Him quietly. Only then can you understand the anointing that often comes in silence. This is why God Himself tells us, “Be still, and knowthat I am God.” – www.bennyhinn.org
The Gift of Life is precious, and it has been Given to you. . Live it with Gratitude in your Heart. Become aware.
Cherish Life for the amazing Blessing that it is. . As we Pray, we promote positive and Heartwarming energy. . Prayer Heals, Energizes and Rejuvenates Life.
The Beautiful Creation that you are, comes from True Love, the Love of God. . Tears of Thanksgiving and Joy need to be released. Let us Pray with as full an open Heart as we can. . Prayer will resonate Harmonically with the Real World of the Spirit of God.
The Bible States that the things we see were made from a World we cannot see.
To deny the Existence of God is to be as blind as those who asserted that the Earth is flat, or that the Earth is the center of the solar system. To insist there is no God becomes destructive of intellectual Freedom.
Let us all dedicate Today to doing something fun. . Nurture the Inner Child within you, and remember that you have only one Life to Live. . Every Life tells a different Story. Live yours for all it is worth. Live Life to the fullest. Become aware of what God wants for you. . What God wants for your Life is beyond comprehension. . Ephesians 3:20‑21, tells us, “God can do anything, you know — far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams.”
Our Spirit soars with Peace and Prayer. The Love you express to others is beyond Beautiful.
Say good Morning to all of God’s Beautiful Creations.
The incredible Beauty of His Nature and His Breathtaking Living Creations are truly Healing in our Lives.
Our World is phenomenal. . It is very relaxing, soothing, visually so Beautiful to see all the things He Created in this World for us.
Do not get so caught up in the ways and things of want and worry to have perfect vision, but be blind to the Beautiful things that GOD has Created for us all to experience.
Goodnight.
Processed meat ‘linked to breast cancer’
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By Alex Therrien
Health reporter, BBC News
Regularly eating foods like bacon and sausages may raise the risk of breast cancer, according to researchers.
A review of studies found women who ate high levels of processed meat had a 9% increased risk of the cancer compared with those who ate little of it.
The study backs up previous findings of the World Health Organization, which says processed meats cause cancer.
Experts recommend caution about the findings and say the actual risk for individual women is “very small”.
This review, which included data on more than a million women, shows a link between processed meat consumption and breast cancer risk, but it’s not clear if the food is actually causing this.
There are also other pitfalls to consider.
The 15 studies used in the analysis had different definitions of the highest consumptions.
For example, one of the UK studies in the review classed high consumption as more than 9g a day – the equivalent of just two or three rashers a week – while in others it was much higher.
The researchers in the majority of these studies noted what people said they ate and followed them up to see which of them developed breast cancer.
But the problem with this is that people who eat different amounts of processed meat may also have other behaviors that might explain the differences in breast cancer risk, such as being more or less healthy in other ways.
What is the risk?
In the UK about 14 out of every 100 women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives.
That means a 9% increase in risk in this population would be expected to translate into roughly one extra case of cancer in every 100 women.
The WHO lists processed meat as carcinogenic, primarily because of evidence linking it to a raised risk of bowel cancer, while it says red meat is “probably carcinogenic”.
What is processed meat?
Processed meat has been modified to either extend its shelf life or change the taste, usually by smoking, curing, or adding salt or preservatives to meat.
This includes bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, corned beef, beef jerky and ham.
There are different theories for why it may raise the risk of cancer, including that curing salt may react with protein in the meat to make it carcinogenic.
So should we cut out processed meat?
Lead author Dr Maryam Farvid, of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the US, recommends cutting down on the meat rather than eliminating it.
Currently, the NHS recommends eating no more than 70g of red and processed meat a day.
Dr Gunter Kuhnle, associate professor in nutrition and health at the University of Reading, who was not involved in the study, said it was “questionable” whether people should lower their red and processed meat consumption on the back of this study.
He said the actual risk posed by processed meats was “very small” for the individual and more relevant on a population-wide level.
However, he said the study’s findings should be followed up to investigate the links between processed meat and cancer and see whether the associated risk could be reduced, for example through new food production methods.
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Feel incredible Hope in your Sacred Heart. Listen to the beat of your Loving Heart.
Pray to God to Know Him, Talk to Him, and Hear Him. Ask Him what He wants from your Precious Life. Pray for a Life in Service to Him. . He will answer. . Blessed Communication comes from His Holy Word.
Open your eyes and open your Heart to Bathe in the Beauty and Perfection of God’s Love. Drink from the Stream of Life.
We may Truly know ourselves, in the Light of God’s Love. We will Truly know God in His Light.
The Lord Speaks to us every Day. And we do not listen. . What is He Saying? . Hear His Voice. Listen to His Song of Life. It stops you in your tracks. He is Saying “I Love You”. .God has been Speaking every precious Day. And we are too busy to listen.
God is watching over us and guiding us as we focus our minds and listen to our Hearts. . His Love will bring great comfort to our World. Let us all join together in feeling the Love of God.
Tears may flow like the waters of a mighty River. But the water in a River flows not against its Natural course. The water does not know where it is headed. But it will Trust. . We can be like that, with our Faith in God.
Wherever God Desires for us to go, even when it doesn’t make sense, we can follow Him, like the waters in His Rivers.
We may have Peace like a River, like a River in the Soul. Have Faith like a River, and you will have Hope.
And if Love is like a River, there will be Peace in your Soul.
My Dear Friends, we areRivers of Water. Up to 60% of the Human adult body is water. According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and Heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79% water.
A brand new Human baby is 75 percent water.
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Keep hydrated. And let your LOVE flow like the Sacred River you are. . And let there be desire in our Hearts, to lead someone out of darkness and into the Light, out of the darkness to the Blessed Word of God.
“Love is that condition in which the Happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein
Goodnight.
New Cancer Treatment Defies All Odds and Boasts an Amazing Cure Rate
There are a lot of things in the World that plague people. The most devastating illness that claims more human life is cancer. There are so many types of cancer in existence that there seems to be little hope for those with aggressive types. But there is good news circulating in the medical world indicating that a new type of treatment has been developed that carries a fantastic cure rate.
IFLScience reports that the new treatment attacks the tumors’ defenses that seem to keep the immune system from attacking the invasive growth. The treatment is so effective that every person who participated in the study had cancer that ended up in remission. Those in the trial study had advanced rectal cancer, and they never needed to have chemotherapy for eradicated cancer. They never had to go through radiotherapy or surgery to remove the growth.
Dr. Diaz is the Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is also the one that wrote the stunning report. He stated that “I believe this is the first time this has happened in the history of cancer.”
There has never been a treatment that had such a fantastic cure rate.
IFLScience has also reported that “The drug in question is an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody named dostarlimab. PD-1 (programmed death-1) is a protein that forms a complex with PD-L1 (programmed death ligand-1) that is expressed on the outside of tumor cells. It acts as a ‘shield’ from the immune system, telling immune cells that they should not attack the tumor and allowing it to grow uncontrollably. It may sound like a wholly-unhelpful protein, but it prevents T cells from attacking other cells that they shouldn’t. Cancer cells can co-opt PD-1 for nefarious uses, allowing them to fly under the radar of the immune system.”
Cancer has a way of masking itself from being attacked by the human immune system. The new treatment breaks down cancer’s ability to hide, which allows the human body to attack the mutated cells and eliminate the threat.
IFLScience also reported that cancer is particular to every person. Current patients often have to have their treatment tailored to their specific type of cancer. But this new treatment being developed has targeted all the unique cases and sent the person into remission.
The private sector has developed the science behind the new cancer treatment. But this time around, the public has found a way to save lives.
The new treatment works by empowering the body to defend itself against a killer disease. The new drug allowed T cells to begin recognizing the mutated cancer cells, which were destroyed by the body.
The 16 people involved in the trial testing went through rigorous testing to try and determine if all the cancer was gone. Every single person in the group was found to be cancer-free by the end of the trial period. Each person was brought back in for more testing a year later, and there was no indication that the cancer had returned.
The report indicated that the side effects were minimal, ranging from rashes to tiredness. Each person in the trial had beaten an aggressive form of a deadly disease.
The human body is a fantastic creation designed to fight a lot of different diseases.
Knowledge is power and LIFE.
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The Key to unlocking the Treasure Chest of your Heart, may be found in the precious Heart of another. .Your Kindly thoughts and deeds for someone other, will provide a dimensional shift that feels like a Euphoric Utopia that lets your Spirit free.
So choose Freedom. No one is as Free as one who Loves. Your Sacred Heart is amazingly Beautiful and can sing like an Angel. It can make Life immensely more meaningful and profound.
Your Spirit can be Floating in a State of perpetual Freedom. So, choose to be Free. . YOU are one of many Beautiful, Magical Moments in Today and Tomorrow and Forever.
Let Time stand still.
The Stars in the Skies, are the same in your Eyes. . One of the most Beautiful days in Life comes when you are Grateful for the Time and the Love of others, and of God. Thank You Dear Lord, for so many Wonderful Blessings given to those who are responsible for our Bliss. Beautiful Blessings come from God.
Coming to know the Love of God, makes us feel like we are in Paradise, and every Story is a Love Story.
Close your eyes. See with your Heart. Breathe deeply and feel the flow as Life and Love move through you, as you enter into a World of Inner Peace.
You can escape your worries and gently drift to a Beautiful Place. You can become One with your Creator and everything Created. Open your Heart and see your World at Peace.
Feel the connection of Love and Life. Feel the most Glorious feeling you can feel. Feel complete and whole. . Yes, feel who you are, and you will put yourself where Love flows throughout Life.
Life is brief. Love is rare.
But Memories can be Sweet. Cherish them, like your next breath of air.
God Creates endless Beauty and Natural Wonders, like YOU.
Life is about LOVE. Love keeps our World together. Your Heart keeps you together. The World that once seemed merely charming, is bursting with Life, and LOVE.
The feeling of Love is so strong, that we all connect together.
Prayer is the most Beautiful way to keep God in our Heart.
It is so easy to overlook the deep and abiding expressions of God’s Love in all of His Beautiful Works of Natural Art.
Life is not to do with anything, other than Love.
When Life is filled with Love, it is Beautiful and touches the Soul. Happiness is reachable and Life is celebrated every Day.
If you don’t feel Beauty in Life and Living, it just takes a little effort to find it.
You may have to venture into the unknown to set your mind free, to choose Hope and choose your own destiny.
Search for and find what makes you Happy.
You are a blooming Blossom that will someday burst with the brightest colors. Trees whisper and Flowers shout. Life is abundant in the gentle sway of the leaves, as the wind carries the language of Love.
Words are black and white, but Life is not. We should never forget. You areinfinitely Beautiful and Eternally Loved. You have the Key to unlock the Future. Be willing to use the Key to unlock your Love. Be yourself, Love yourself and accept who you are. . Your precious Life can create such a Beautiful flow of soft and soothing emotions. . Your Love can bring Peace and strength through the gentle and careful way you share your Life. Your Compassion can be Blessing each one of us.
One small act of Kindness, a Smile, a positive vibration that we send out, can have an exponential effect for someone else, we may never come to know. . These expressions and gestures are like the Butterfly Effect, by which small changes can lead to large-scale variations in the Future. Your Love will uplift and fill your Soul with Beauty.
Your Kindness touches the Heart and helps you to feel more. You Breathe Life into it.
You can give Life meaning. Never tire of trying to do your best for those around you, in this moment. Close your tired eyes. Forget everything in Life that does not really matter. (Very LITTLE does.) Feel the deep feeling of Love which emanates from your chest and runs everywhere in your Body.
Let your awareness and positive energy inspire you. Wherever you may go, bring your own Sunshine. To let Light come into your Life, stand where it is shining.
There is Beauty beyond what words may describe.
Listen each and every day to the tranquility and quiet in the World of Nature, the forest, trees, and birds. There is a quietude so Beautiful and Peaceful that it flows smoothly and transitions ones conscience to make perfect Harmony with it all. Such awareness will inspire you to search your Heart for the Sacred Space within yourself.
Your Journey in Life can Bless you with Peace and Serenity and Love.
You are a Magical Child of God, a Beautiful Masterpiece of the Universe. You are a shining Light of Happiness, Health, abundance and Joy. . You are not one in a million. You are one in Forever. There is only one of you in all Time. . You are unique and very extraordinary in your own unique and remarkable way. Life is all about celebrating and cherishing each and every moment. You were in Love with Life, as a Child. Fall in Love again, with Life. It is Beautiful.
From the depths of your Soul, listen to the Song of Life, and appreciate the tenderness of each note. . Paradise can be found on Earth. It resides in your Heart. It has no description, except the sound that is found in the quiet, tranquil and Peaceful beat of your Sacred Heart. Your Spirit soars to Heavenly Universal Places that touch the Heart. . Love is the sensation of soothing sounds in each note of Life. It is impossible for anyone to cause you suffering or pain without your permission. YOU must recognize them, and give permission for them to enter your Heart and mind. . In its simplicity, Love washes away all negativity that dwells within. Forgiveness is that powerful. . Goodnight.
How very Beautiful. Our World is incredibly Lovely and Inspiring. And the Songs our Lives Sing add another layer of Joy.
Yes, Life gives us reasons to cry. But Life gives us many more reasons to Smile. Let your Heart soar and you will have a Joy-filled Life.
“Life is like a piano; the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through Life’s Journey, remember that the black keys also create Music.” – Ehssan
My Dear Friends, I am amazed at the simplicity and the Beauty of Life in the Natural World, our World.
The melodies of each precious moment are medicine. Such wonderful music the Birds sing so wild and free, and so many Beautiful Landscapes, make us feel like we are Truly part of this Beautiful Universe. And we are. Our Mother, Nature, provides pure, crystalline and soothing sounds, along with breath-taking images, to help us realize how Truly Blessed we are.
You can feel tension melting away, and your mind focusing on the gentle flow of Time, as you fall in Love with the Beauty in Nature. Mother Nature is Truly a Natural part of our very Heart and Soul.
The opening of God’s Beautiful Flowers, should be accompanied by the Beautiful Blossoming of Awareness of just how Beautiful YOU are.
Yes. You are Blessed. . And Dreams do come True. Time can be on your side. This moment can be YOU. Shine your Light in this World. Our World needs you, and Loves you.
Love Life now.
As you awake from the rain falling, as it has stopped, you suddenly realize you are listening to the sound of your Heart. . You feel your Being, the Essence of who you are, transported to this Time and Place, where you belong. Thank the Lord for everything you have been given on this Wonderful Day, and for everyone that is here Today. . Thank You Lord for this Inspiring Moment. Praise the Lord, for you are Beautiful and deeply Loved.
Our God in Heaven, our Loving Creator, from whom we all belong, gives us Peace, Joy, and Love. And, you know where to find it.
Wake up every morning and look at the Beautiful Smiles, and the Beautiful Scenery for miles and miles. Smell the Life giving air. Listen to the sound of water, of which you are made, falling through the Sky and come to realize your Dreams come True. And God’s Dream is you, a Dream come True. You are a Beautiful Celebration of the unique traits that every Child has. God takes Delight in all of our strengths and our thoughts and our desires to do good. God Loves and Adores each one of us. We should be proud to be who we are. Our Faith is a Gift of empowerment, and Purpose.
Your Love can become a parade to show the World you are wonderfully made.
God Loves us so Deeply, and takes Delight in who we are.
Be inspired by the Brushstrokes of who you are. You have been Beautifully made. And you can Truly make a difference.
Home is not a place, but the beat of your Heart, and the moment it beats for someone in need of you. Life is given to us from Heaven Above. May all who Live be given Peace, Joy, and Healing to your body, your Heart and mind, your Spirit and Soul.
Do not under estimate the power of Faith. It can Heal mind, body and Soul.
You are Infinitely Loved by God. His Love gives Infinite Power within you to achieve anything you deeply desire. Share the Gift of Love and let your Light shine. Every Child of God deserves your Love, your Compassion, your Kindness, and your Acceptance.
Throughout our galaxy we can bring forth Peace and Harmony and make our existence worthy of the task it took God to Create us and to Give us Life. His Love is here and always.
The Creations of God are Beautiful and Uplifting.
We cannot help but be drawn to our Beautiful and Inspiring Lord. He is the Artist and Designer of all the precious Life on this Earth and Beyond. We simply cannot comprehend all the Pristine and Natural Beauty.
Be at Peace. Be calm and still. Open your Heart and receive the Love that belongs to you.
May your Journey in Life be filled with Love.
Every Dream begins with the Dreamer.
Remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the Stars and beyond. You can change the World.
Breathing, My Dear Friend, is a Victory.
Remember the memories of Loving and being Loved.
It will always take you away from the things you do not need to be near.
Listen to the Child you were, the Child you are.
It will bring you back to your innocence. To the times when you were Joyful, and playing lost and found. And you longed to get back to that place of Serenity with your inner Child, to do some much needed Healing.
We are all Light waiting to shine in the darkness of the World. Be the brightest Light in this day and everyday. Those who are lost in the dark of night can then find their way Home.
Goodnight.
25 Meaningful Ways You Can Help Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens more lives, here are some meaningful ways you can help.
Editor’s note: The situation in Ukraine is actively evolving, as are the needs of citizens in the country and neighboring regions. We will be keeping this list up to date with the evolving ways Global Citizens can help in the coming days and weeks.
The world was brought to a standstill as news broke on Feb. 24 that Russia had invaded Ukraine. Global Citizen released a statement condemning Russia’s attack on Ukraine and calling for all military action to cease immediately, as well as for humanitarian aid to be supported as the conflict unfolds.
Global Citizen has pulled together a list of things you can do to support the people of Ukraine wherever you are.
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Support the Ukraine Crisis Appeal
What to Know
President Putin’s invasion is putting civilians at risk, forcing families to flee, and disrupting essential supplies.
The UN is launching an urgent appeal for US $1.7 billion to deliver life-saving humanitarian support.
Call on governments and businesses to unite and pitch in to meet the target. Tweet now.
Who Is the Most Impacted?
According to UN data, in 2021 the crisis in Ukraine affected1.5 million people— half a million of whom are children and minors. As with any crisis, women, children, marginalized communities, and the poor will be those most affected. Ukrainian parents are already taking heartbreaking measures to protect their children including sending them into school wearing stickers identifying their blood types in case of bombings.
There are many students from overseas who were studying in Ukraine and are now trying to leave. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kulebatweeted on March 2 that an emergency hotline has been established for African, Asian, and other students wishing to leave Ukraine (at +380934185684), working to ensure their safety and speed up their passage.
While many of us might feel helpless when confronted with geopolitical machinations of this scale, we’ve rounded up some ways you can help the people of Ukraine right now.
DONATE
Organizations on the ground and globally are actively supporting people within Ukraine and refugees seeking safety elsewhere with medical and humanitarian aid.
These organizations include:
People in Need is providing humanitarian aid to over 200,000 people on the ground. For those most in need, they provide food packages, emergency shelter, safe access to drinking water, hygiene items, and coal for heating. Donate here.
The Ukrainian Red Cross does loads of humanitarian work, from aiding refugees to training doctors. Donate here.
The International Medical Corps is on the front lines and prepared to help citizens with emergency health care services, as well as mental health and psychosocial support. The agency is also keeping the pandemic top of mind throughout the crisis by prioritizing COVID-19 awareness and prevention services, to help keep displaced citizens safe from the pandemic. Donate here.
CARE is responding to the crisis by providing Ukrainians in need with food, hygiene kits, psychosocial support services, access to water, and access to cash. Donate here.
Nova Ukraine is a nonprofit that delivers aid packages to Ukraine with everything from baby food and hygiene products, to clothes and household supplies. Donate here.
UNICEF is repairing schools damaged by the bombings and providing an emergency response to children affected by the conflict. Donate here.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency has stepped up its operations and is working with governments in neighboring countries “calling on them to keep borders open to those seeking safety and protection.” You can help support the UNHCR’s work supporting refugees by donating here, and take action here to send a tweet urging governments and businesses to support the United Nations’ urgent appeal for $1.7 billionto deliver life-saving humantarian support.
OutRight Action International is helping to support LGBTQ+ groups and organizations on the ground, setting up shelters and providing safety for citizens. All donations made to OutRight will go directly to the cause. You can donate here.
The United Nations World Food Programme(WFP) is deploying emergency operations in Ukraine and surrounding countries to provide food assistance to those fleeing the conflict. Donate here.
Save the Children is working with partners to respond to meet the urgent needs of affected children and their families. It’s ready to provide life-saving assistance, such as food, water, cash transfers, and safe places for children as people flee amid freezing temperatures and brutal conditions, and to scale up oprtions to ensure children impacted by the crisis have the support they need. Find out more and donate here.
SOS Children’s Villageshas worked in Ukraine since 2003 and is coordinating an emergency response to support families who are living in the conflict areas and those who have been internally displaced. Find out more and donate here.
Mercy Corps is mobilizing a team to the region to assess where help is most needed, and is anticipating providing emergency cash assistance, as well as supporting local organizations that know their community needs best. Between 2015 and 2017, Mercy Corps provided humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine, reaching more than 200,000 people with emergency cash, food, water, and sanitation supplies, small business development grants, restoring war-damaged homes and more. Find out more and donate here.
Medical Teams International is fundraising to send medical supplies to the region, with all procees going towards sending medicines and/or medical supplies. Learn more and donate here.
The World Health Organization Foundation is raising funds for WHO’s Health Emergency Appealfor Ukraine. An estimated $57.5 million must be raised to deliver urgent physical and mental health care to the 18 million people in Ukraine needing urgent humanitarian assistance, and more than 4 million refugees who’ll need protection and assistance in the coming months. You can donatehere, and share the WHO Foundation’s call for donations on your own social media, including Instagram and Twitter.
Alight is a humanitarian nonprofit that has sent teams of emergency response workers to Poland to assist with the burgeoning refugee population by helping to meet all of their material and psychosocial needs. You can donate here.
TAKE ACTION
Join a Peace Protest
If you’re following and keeping up to date with the ongoing situation on the ground, but you’re still wanting to do more and/or you don’t have the financial means to donate, consider joining demonstrators around the world — from London to Tokyo — who have taken to the streets to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Find your nearest demonstration here.
Take Action With Global Citizen
You can join Global Citizen in taking action in a few key ways. The first, is to show solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, by sending our tweet highlighting that we must #StandWithUkraine and choose peace not war. Take action here.
The United Nations (UN) has launched an urgent humanitarian appeal for $1.7 billion to deliver life-saving humanitarian support. You can send an urgent tweet in support of the UN’s appeal, urging governments and businesses to support the people of Ukraine. Take actionhere.
Meanwhile, 40 Ukrainian civil society organizations have come together with six urgent appeals for the world with the Kyiv Declaration, and you can take action to help them get heard. They request safe spaces to be provided for civilians, sanctions on Russian banks, support for local humanitarian responses, freezing the assets and revoking the visas of Putin and his cronies, defensive military assistance, and provision of equipment to track war crimes and ensure that all those responsible are one day brought to justice. Take action here to help amplify their appeal.
Global Citizens based in the UK can also join us in calling on MPsto stand with people fleeing Ukraine and all refugees who need safety and protection, and vote against the Nationality and Borders Bill — also known as the “Anti-Refugee Bill”. The proposed bill would punish people that are seeking safety in the UK by stripping basic and essential protections. The UK government has announced its solidarity with Ukraine, and now it’s time to put those words into action by providing safe passage and protection to refugees. Take action by emailing your MP here.
UK-based Global Citizens can also join us and Make My Money Matter in urging UK pension funds to stop funding the Ukraine invasion. That’s because UK pension funds invest in lots of industries, and your pension could well be investing in weapons and Russian industry directly linked to the crisis in Ukraine without you knowing it. Take action by emailing UK pension providers here.
STAY INFORMED
One of the best ways to help the most vulnerable in Ukraine is by staying on top of what is happening on the ground, and learning more about how citizens are being affected by the conflict. We’ve rounded up a few trustworthy sources you can refer to below. If you want to fact-check news and information you’re seeing about Ukraine, #UkraineFacts is a great resource; you can also use the fact-checking website of news agency AFP here.
The Kyiv Independent has been a leading voice on the front lines, covering a timeline of ongoing events since the beginning and highlighting those who have been most affected by the violent attack. The English-language outlet is continuously reporting on how the invasion and conflict are impacting citizens, the economy, as well as Ukrainian foreign politics. Keep up to date on its website here, or on the Twitter page here.
The New Voice of Ukraine: Covering news in three different languages — English, Ukrainian, and Russian — the New Voice of Ukraine has not only covered breaking news, but has released informative analyses on the situation that detail how the situation led to this point, and is continuously publishing op-eds by Ukranian scholars and experts that help to give a view of tone of the situation. Read more on its website here.
Ukraine World: While Ukraine World is not posting breaking news and timeline updates on its website, it is very active on its social media accounts. Its independent journalists on the front lines have gathered first-hand footage, and it is using its account to share other informative sources that its followers can refer to in order to keep up to date. Follow Ukraine World here.
Kyiv Post is the only non-independent media outlet on this list, and it is important that those following state-funded outlets are aware that they are affiliated with the state.The outlet has been at the forefront of delivering breaking news directly from government and national offices, releasing statements from ministry officials, military leads, and other dignitaries. You can read more on its website here, or follow it on Twitter here.
CNN Reporter Dale Dan compiled a Twitter list of verified journalists reporting the best information about the invasion, which you can follow here.
Olga Tokariuk is a verified independent correspondent working in Kyiv, sending frequent tweets on the latest information while also capturing the humanity of living in Kyiv. Follow her here.
Global Leaders are all tweeting their updates and responses to the situation as well. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba are active on Twitter in English, giving regular updates. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeting about the US and international response to the invasion. And UN Secretary General António Guterres and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are giving updates.
Aggression will surely result in violence, in hundreds of thousands of people being displaced and deprived of basic human rights, pushing more people to the brink of hunger and poverty.
What can we do?
The world must stand with the people of Ukraine, and make all financial and humanitarian assistance available to all who will be impacted by the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.
Every Life has its own unique qualities. Every Human Heart has its own unique rhythm. Listening, you will hear the Divine Melody of Eternity, synchronized by the Graceful Will of God.
The Beautiful Music of the Human Heart, when sharing our Love with others, sends the Spirit to a different plane of Consciousness. And listening over and over again brings us to a sense of Wonder and Peace and Transcendence.
No words are adequate to describe the Serenity it brings. It is Beautiful, Divine Love.
Sometimes, Life is too real, and it hurts.
Close your eyes and imagine Wonders to explore, and remember Visions in your Dreams. It is a different level of Spiritual Existence.
When the World becomes unbearable, we can escape to the realms of our subconscious, to a World of creativity and Wonder, and Peace.
We have the Power, to make us feel like we are watching dark clouds all fade away on a trying day, to leave only Sunshine smiling in a blue Sky, as we join in Prayer with the One who Truly Loves us.
Our Minds and our Hearts, can be transported to another World, a Real World of Peace and Happiness.
The anxieties and uncertainties of Life can be left behind for this moment in Time and Forever, as we listen to the soothing sounds of His Nature and see Natural Wonders, and admire the Beautiful colors and landscapes which reflect Our Lord’s Love.
His Beautiful and Natural Works of Wonder and Art are Medicine for the Soul.
Many precious moments can absolutely be moments of Bliss and Pure Love.
Your Sacred Awareness of the Bountiful Blessings all around can be a vector of Kindness, Gratitude and Generosity.
Nature is the most Beautiful encounter you will ever experience. Just looking at the serene and Peaceful Beauty it displays, lifts the Spirit to the Heavens, and Beyond.
The gentle and soothing sounds of the great out of doors are music to the ears.
Another Beautiful Living Creation.
You can feel the deep Majesty within and beyond. It calls you away from trivial and troubling thoughts and takes you far away, back to your Home.
My Dear Friends, we must preserve our Paradise we are Blessed with and are so unaware of.
We must not destroy our Blessings. Nature is a Sacred Gift from God to all.
The Beautiful Harmonies achieved in blending God’s Love in the Natural World around us, with our True Inner Nature allows us to facilitate our contact with the Greater Spirituality that resides within and guides us, seeking Sacred – Knowledge through Blessed Resources.
Allow yourself to awaken from Spiritual slumber and have Fellowship with The Lord. Your Spiritually depressed Life can Truly Live Again.
Stay connected to the Light of God’s Love. His Love is Pure and Unconditional Love.
Sometimes, we are heading for somewhere we have never been before.
And with the Grace and Guidance of our Precious Lord, we can confidently venture out and find our way, Home.
Goodnight.
Mrs. A, Annie and Daddy at Camp Klebit in Thorp Springs, Texas 1985. Texas Christian University had its beginning here as Add-Ran Christian College, established by J. A. Clark and sons. The small building on the right was a hospital during the Civil War. I was in Heaven at Camp Klebit from the age of 6 to 8. The Love and Joy I felt cannot be described.
Facts & Figures 2021 Reports Another Record-Breaking 1-Year Drop in Cancer Deaths
The death rate from cancer in the United States has continued to decline. From 1991 to 2018, the cancer death rate has fallen 31%. This includes a 2.4% decline from 2017 to 2018 – a new record for the largest one-year drop in the cancer death rate. These are just some of the findings from the annual statistics reported by the American Cancer Society (ACS).
In Cancer Statistics, 2021 and its consumer-friendly companion, Cancer Facts & Figures 2021, ACS researchers estimate that in the US in 2021, almost 1.9 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed. And more than 600,000 people will die from cancer.
These numbers do not account for the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has likely had on cancer diagnoses and deaths because they are projections based on reported cases and deaths through 2017 and 2018, respectively. More details about COVID-19 and its impact on cancer is available in the Cancer Facts & Figures report’s Special Section: COVID-19 and Cancer.
Each year, ACS reports on the most recent facts about cancer in the US. They estimate numbers of new cancer diagnoses and deaths for the current year. These estimates are some of the most widely quoted cancer statistics in the world.
The cancer death rate in the US mostly went up during the 20th century. The rise was mainly due to the smoking epidemic.
The cancer death rate hit its peak in 1991, with 215 out of every 100,000 people dying from cancer. Since then, the cancer death rate has steadily gone down – dropping by a total of 31%.
The fastest decline so far was in the last two years. Each year set a record for the largest one-year drop in the cancer death rate – 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 and 2.4% from 2017 to 2018.
Declines in the cancer death rate since 1991 are mainly due to fewer people smoking, but also advances in early detection and treatment for some cancers.
But even with this drop in death rates, cancer is still the second most common cause of death in men and women in the US. Only heart disease kills more people than cancer.
Major cancer types: Lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer
The 27-year decline in the overall cancer death rate is mostly due to long-term drops in the four most common cancers: lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate. Among the largest drop is in lung cancer deaths. In contrast, progress in reducing colorectal and breast cancer deaths has slowed and prostate cancer rates have stayed the same.
These four cancers account for more than four out of every ten cancer deaths in the United States. Almost one-quarter of all cancer deaths are due to lung cancer – more than breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined.
Reductions in the lung cancer death rate account for almost half of the total drop in the cancer death rate from 2014 to 2018. Overall declines in the lung cancer death rate are mostly due to reductions in smoking, although improved treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common subtype, appear to have accelerated this progress. Even with these advances, lung cancer is still the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and women. More than 80% of lung cancer deaths are due to cigarette smoking.
The death rate from breast cancer dropped by more than 40% from 1989 to 2018 because of earlier detection, through both increased awareness and mammography screening, as well as advances in treatment.
Finding prostate cancer earlier through PSA testing and advances in treatment helped lower the death rate for prostate cancer by about 4% each year from the mid-1990s until about 2013. But more recently (2013-2018), the death rate is no longer dropping.
Death rates from colorectal cancer have dropped by 55% from 1970 to 2018, due to changes in risk factors (like declines in smoking); colorectal cancer screening, which can prevent cancer and find cancer earlier through screening; and better treatments. But death rates are increasing in adults younger than age 55 because of increasing incidence.
Cancer disparities
The American Cancer Society is committed to eliminating disparities in cancer. Cancer disparities are differences in who develops cancer and how well they do after a diagnosis. These differences are closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages and other characteristics historically tied to discrimination or exclusion, including historical and persistent racism. In the US, this has led to differences in socioeconomic status (SES) measured by income, education, work, housing, and health insurance status.
For example, although the five-year relative survival rate has improved greatly for all cancers combined for individuals who are Black and white, it remains substantially lower for those who are Black, 63% versus 68% for diagnoses during 2010-2016. For many cancers, the difference is much larger. Five-year survival is about 20% lower in Black individuals for melanoma and cancers of the uterine corpus (endometrial cancer) and oral cavity.
There is a similar disparity in cancer death rates, although the gap has begun to narrow. In 1993, the cancer death rate was 33% higher among Black people than white people. In 2018, this number had dropped to 13%. This improvement is largely due to a steep drop in smoking by Black teens.
Still, for most cancer types, death rates are higher for Black people. The death rate for Black men with prostate cancer is more than double that of men in every other population. And Black women have a 40% higher breast cancer death rate than white women, even though their diagnoses rates are slightly lower.
Special section: COVID-19 and Cancer
Each year, American Cancer Society researchers include a special section in Cancer Facts & Figures highlighting a specific timely cancer-related topic. This year, the topic is COVID-19 and cancer. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused reduced access to care for other illnesses, including cancer. This has led to delays in cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Even as access to care improves, people may continue to wait to see their doctors for preventive care or an evaluation of symptoms because they’ve lost their jobs due to COVID-19 (including their work-based health insurance) or are afraid they will expose themselves to the virus. This delayed care is expected to result in a brief drop in cancer diagnoses, followed in the years to come by a rise in late-stage diagnoses and cancer deaths.
Also, habits that can increase cancer risk, such as drinking alcohol, not staying physically active, and weight gain, have increased during the pandemic and may lead to long-term health problems.
We will not know the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on future cancer outcomes until nationwide data become available in a few years.
Lives saved
The death rate has decreased for most cancer types. This steady progress is due to fewer people smoking, earlier detection for many types of cancer, and improved cancer treatments. This progress means that there were about 3.2 million fewer cancer deaths from 1991 to 2018.
Other highlights from the report:
Every day in 2018, about 11 women died from cervical cancer in the US, with half of them in their 50s and younger. Cervical cancer also remains the second leading cause of cancer death among women in their 20s and 30s.
Cervical cancer is almost 100% preventable through screening and the HPV vaccine. The US has lower up-to-date HPV vaccination rates than other high-income countries.
Compared to dropping incidence trends for lung and colorectal cancers, the rate of new female breast cancer cases increased by about 0.5% each year from 2008 to 2017, which is thought to be due, in part, to increased obesity rates and decreased fertility rates.
Prostate, lung and bronchus, and colorectal cancers make up 46% of all cancer cases in men, with prostate cancer accounting for 26% of all cancers in men. For women, breast, lung, and colorectal cancers combined make up just over 50% of all new diagnoses, with breast cancer accounting for 30% of all cancers in women.
Our team is made up of doctors and oncology certified nurses with deep knowledge of cancer care as well as journalists, editors, and translators with extensive experience in medical writing.
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My Prayer is that we find the Inner Child we all so fervently need.
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like Children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” – Matthew 18:2-4
Everything we desire in Life is simple. What we truly need is Love and Forgiveness, Compassion and Peace of mind. And these precious Gifts all come through you from God.
If darkness prevails in Life, a Robe of Remembrance of the Love of our Lord may be worn to clothe our fragile Being.
The day will come when your precious Dreams come True. Through Prayer you will finally feel that you are at Peace with yourself, and everything and everyone around you.
Let your Sacred Life be filled with Joy and the Light of God’s Love.
The Love of God is so Beautiful. He gives us truly Beautiful things in Life. He gives us Life.
.With God everything is so Powerful and Peaceful and Indescribably Beautiful. Let us Thank Him and rejoice in His Creation of us. . Day by Day He is making a way for us. He is a Lamp to our feet. He is the Light in the darkness. . He is the Keeper of Promises. And the best Gift we can Give to Him is our Prayerful Thanksgiving. Our Prayers add Poetry to this Beautiful Life.
His Divine and Inspiring Words are so Uplifting and Pure.
Our World is a Heavenly Garden with Beautifully colored Flowers, wonderful singing Birds, and Butterflies that open their wings and open our Hearts in a marvelous Dance of Joy and Life.
The Presence of God is all around, and within your Sacred Heart.
So many Beautiful Things can be seen and heard. See and hear them with your Heart.
Your Beautiful Prayer is always a Thing of Clarity and Beauty. When we Pray, God listens to Music in our Hearts and the Song of our Lives.
The Prayers of our Heart allow us to go back in Time and be Forgiven and be Embraced by our Creator. . My Dear Friends, we come through our Parents, and from God.
When we think of God in our Life, we capture the same Love Bond between a Mother and Baby, and the absolute Beauty of new Life.
“The pain you’ve been feeling can’t compare to the Joy that is coming.” – Romans 8:18
Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless – like water. When you put water into a cup, it becomes the shape of the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes like the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the tea in the pot. Now your worries can flow. Be water, my Friend. Be what your are.
Yes, we are Water. Take the shape that you desire, like water does. . Water makes up about 71% of the Earth’s surface, about the same as you. Why are we so easy to be shaped? Why are we so easily shaped by the Society`s needs?
We are water. And water always shapes itself according to the surfaces it touches.
When the Heart is not burdened by the mind, the Soul will fly so freely in Peaceful ways.
Wonderful Spring Flowers quiet the mind, and bring Magical Moments to our Hearts. When the warm rays of the Sun hit the Earth, everything starts to bloom again. It is a Miracle how Nature changes in Spring.
Let the Love of God warm your Heart, and feel the Miracle of your Life as it Beautifully blossoms again.
Goodnight.
A World Without Cancer: Is Prevention the Cure?
In the following interview, Dr. Margaret I. Cuomo, author of the book A World Without Cancer, discusses the importance of cancer prevention with Motley Fool health care analyst Max Macaluso.
Macaluso: Dr. Cuomo is the author of the new book, A World Without Cancer, and she’s also the daughter of our former Governor Cuomo, and the sister of our current Governor Cuomo.
It’s been about 40 years – actually more than 40 years – since 1971, when the war on cancer was declared by President Richard Nixon. In that time, we’ve spent over $90 billion on cancer research, and yet we are still seeing cancer incidence rates rise.
We haven’t come as far as you’d think we should have, for that amount of time and money spent, so I said to myself, with all the horrific effects of cancer on the lives of my patients, friends, and family, it was time to delve into the subject and give it a fresh perspective.
Macaluso: In your book you talk a lot about the misconceptions of cancer prevention. What do you think the top misconception is today?
Cuomo: I think most people, even people who are quite knowledgeable, think that cancer is an inevitability. “No matter what I do, I’m going to get cancer. Either I’ll inherit it, or I’ll grow old enough and I’ll get cancer just because I’ve grown old.”
That’s clearly not the case. We know that over 50% of all cancers are preventable. Attention to diet, exercise, limiting alcohol, ending smoking, protecting our skin from the sun, and taking vitamin D all contribute to a cancer-free life and the environmental toxins that are in our midst can be eliminated, or at least limited so that they don’t raise our risk of cancer.
Macaluso: What are some of the specific things we’re not paying enough attention to when it comes to prevention? Let’s start with diet.
Cuomo: OK, diet. You know the old expression, “You are what you eat.” To a large extent, that’s very true. A plant-based diet is what nearly all the experts say is not only the healthiest in terms of preventing heart disease and diabetes, but also reducing our risk for cancer.
If you look at your plate, your daily plate, two-thirds of it should be fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grainslike brown rice or quinoa, or even a whole grain pasta – and then a very small amount of lean protein like fish or chicken, and a minimal amount of red meat. That is the cancer prevention diet, but it also, as I say, decreases your risk for heart disease and diabetes.
Limiting alcohol – that means you really can’t afford to go out once a week and binge. They say no more than one drink a day of alcohol – that includes wine – for a woman and no more than two for a man, and it may be even less than that, but certainly you want to watch your alcohol intake.
Macaluso: I can tell you, after reading your book I definitely modified my diet. I’m drinking more green teaand a lot more vegetables.
Cuomo: Excellent. Green tea has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.
Macaluso: Let’s shift the discussion from diet to environmental factors.
Cuomo: Yes, environment; very important. In fact, the United Nations just issued a report, that the World Health Organization was involved in as well, in which it said that there are so many of the so-called “endocrine disrupting chemicals,” such as BPA, which are in our plastic water bottles, other beverages, also food containers, the lining of the cans of food, soup — a can of soup, a can of beans — etc. Even a cashier receipt can have BPA.
Parabens – parabens are in everything from facial wash to shampoo, toothpaste – these are endocrine-disrupting chemicals. What does that mean?
That means they modify the development of hormones in our body. They affect our endocrine system, which has been linked to cancers of the breast, prostate, thyroid, and others. Also linked to obesity and diabetes, and they even drew a link to autism.
For all those reasons we want to rid our products, our personal care products at the very least, of these harmful chemicals, so there is good news on that note.
Macaluso: In your book, you talk a lot about BPAs and all the things in consumer packaging. I understand that Johnson & Johnson is leading the charge in making a commitment to rid their products of these chemicals. Can you speak a little bit about that?
Cuomo: Yes. I applaud Johnson & Johnson.They are the first major consumer products company in the United States to voluntarily commit to removing all harmful chemicals from their personal care products.
I would like to see other major companies, like Procter & Gamble and Colgate and L’Oreal follow the good example of Johnson & Johnson. Why should consumers be at risk for washing their face or brushing their teeth?
Macaluso: Excellent point. Going along with that, are there any other companies focused on organic products or specific foods, that you might applaud?
Cuomo: Yes. I am happy to share with you, in terms of being BPA-free in all of their food packaging materials, the Hain Celestial Group. First of all, they’re the market leader in organic products, I’ve learned, and they include products such as Arrowhead Mills, Health Valley, Earth’s Best baby food, Walnut Acres juices, DeBoles pasta, Imagine sauces and soups.
They have made a commitment to BPA-free in all of their food packaging, cans, etc., and they also are very conscious in terms of sustainability for their packaging materials, so big applause for Hain Celestial Group.
Also, Whole Foods 365 brands, many of their brands are BPA-free, Trader Joe’s, and Eden Foods are some that come to mind.
Macaluso: Is there anything that consumers can do, or do we just have to wait for these companies to change their practices?
Cuomo: What you can do as an educated consumer is to read the labels. Certainly, if you don’t see “BPA free,” you have to question, “Does this packaging material contain BPA?”
In terms of your personal care products, read the labels. If you see anything with “paraben” in it – that means methylparaben, butylparaben – anything that has that phrase, “paraben,” avoid it completely. Also another word, difficult to pronounce, phthalates, another endocrine disruptor.
Basically, Max, anything you can’t pronounce you would be wise to stay away from it.
Macaluso: Yeah, I think that’s a good rule of thumb. Let’s talk a little bit about obesity. I think a lot of people might not realize that obesity is linked to certain types of cancers.
Cuomo: Yes. Obesity is linked to quite a few cancers. Scientists have pointed to the fact that breast cancer and colon cancer are definitely linked to obesity, but there are many other cancers that are as well.
What do we want to do? How do we avoid this epidemic? Do you realize, in the past 30 years the rate of obesity among children has tripled, and it has doubled for adults? Everyone agrees we have an epidemic. What do we do about it?
It’s all about education, isn’t it? We have to start with our very youngest children, teaching them what is a healthful diet. It’s not a bag of chips at every meal. It’s not a can of soda at every meal. If children don’t have the tools, the strategies, how can we expect them to eat healthfully?
Often times, what children learn in school in terms of vegetables and a plant-based diet, they will take home and they will be the teachers for their parents and caregivers. Isn’t that a wonderful thing?
I really feel education is the key here.
Macaluso: Once again, focused more on prevention than treatments.
Cuomo: Prevention is so important.
Macaluso: Let’s talk about tobacco products a little bit. Not all smokers get lung cancer, but it is a major risk factor.
Cuomo: Tobacco is a scourge and as you say, certainly we’ve proven that it causes lung cancer but it causes many other cancers as well; cancers of the digestive tract, even pancreas and bladder, have been linked to smoking.
What do we do? Well, years ago there was something called the Master Settlement Agreement, where all of the tobacco companies agreed to contribute billions of dollars to a fund that would later be given to the states with the intention that those funds be used for tobacco cessation programs and other tobacco elimination programs.
However, as I understand it the law is that the money goes to the states, but the states are not compelled to use it for that purpose. In these economically trying times, states are using it for infrastructure, they’re using it for a lot of other reasons.
We have to get back to preserving that money for tobacco cessation. Right now we have an increasing trend in smoking among adolescents, and among people of low education and low income.
Again, the burden of their illnesses is going to impact all of us. It doesn’t only impact the person who is going to be unfortunate enough to get lung cancer; it affects our health care costs, and we all absorb that, so it behooves all of us to make sure those funds are used properly.
Macaluso: Let’s shift the conversation from prevention to treatment. Your book does talk about some major successes in medicine, in the treatment of cancer. One in particular is Novartis’ Gleevec. This is a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.
What I was wondering, reading your book, was why haven’t we been able to replicate the success of Gleevec and chronic myeloid leukemia with other types of cancer, namely solid tumors?
Cuomo: That’s a very astute question. Chronic myeloid or myelogenous leukemia, CML, is based on a single genetic mutation. This terrible disease is actually a very simple disease, unlike breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer – these more common cancers – which are several orders of magnitude more complicated than that.
Therefore, Gleevec can attack CML and effectively cure it because it’s a very simple disease. Breast, prostate, lung cancer, are all much more complicated and it’s not as easy to treat them with a single chemotherapeutic agent or a monoclonal antibody, and that’s what Gleevec is.
Cuomo: prevention is the most effective strategy we have for ridding ourselves of cancer, and yet we devote so little time and attention to it.
My agenda is not to draw attention away from treatment. Again, there will always be patients who require treatment, and they should have it. What I am saying is that we have the intellectual resources and the financial capability to achieve both.
The National Cancer Prevention Institute would do just that. It would be based on a collaborative focused effort divided into teams, each team addressing a specific cancer type, and it would draw from many disciplines.
It would be a trans-disciplinary approach, including epidemiology, cancer biology, microbiology, immunology, engineering, pharmaceuticals, even urban planning; everything you need to decrease cancer incidence.
I don’t see that happening right now, and a lot of people that have been studying this for a long time feel it is time now to do this kind of approach, the way we did for the moonshot and for the Human Genome Project, both of which took a collaborative effort which had team science at its core. That’s what we should use for the prevention of cancer.
Macaluso: Dr. Cuomo, recently there was an Institute of Medicine report that addressed cancer care. Can you speak a little bit about that?
Cuomo: Yes. I was very pleased to see some experts in the country, such as Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Peter Bach, contribute to this workshop last October. They just issued a report from the Institute of Medicine addressing the question, “How do we contain cancer costs and what can we be doing better?”
Some of the key points were, what should a cancer therapy do? How do we assess its effectiveness and its value?
Well, it should increase our overall survival. It should increase the patient’s survival. It should increase the patient’s quality of life, while at the same time it should have very few side effects – certainly not life-threatening side effects or side effects that degrade that quality of life – and it should contain costs. It should not be an unsustainable cost.
I thought that was a very good way of focusing attention on the question of how do we end the spiral of cancer care cost in America.
Macaluso: Thank you very much. Once again, Dr. Margaret Cuomo, author of the bookA World Without Cancer.
Max is the Technology, Biopharma & Health Care Bureau Chief at Fool.com. Prior to joining the Fool, he completed a PhD in chemistry at the University of Cambridge and an MBA at the College des Ingenieurs.
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“True Beauty is the Reflection of the Glory of God on our countenances, in our character, and through our Lives, as God transforms us through fellowship with Him in His Word and in Prayer.” – II Corinthians 3:18
True Beauty cannot be put into mere words. Such Beauty can convey to us that Divine Intervention is real. The deep poignancy of God’s Love for His Children is expressed over and over in the Beautiful, Haunting Creations that abound all around our Sacred Planet.
His Love is in the fresh morning air, in the Glory of Morning, and in the Morning Glory, and in all the Fruits of God’s Gifts beneath His Bountiful Sun.
“For Flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so sweet, Father, we thank Thee. For the song of Bird and hum of Bee, for all things fair we hear or see, Father in Heaven, we thank Thee.
For blue of stream and blue of sky, Father, we thank Thee. For pleasant shade of branches high, Father, we thank Thee. For fragrant air and cooling breeze, for beauty of the blooming trees, Father in Heaven, we thank Thee.
For this new morning with its Light, Father, we thank Thee. For rest and shelter of the night, Father, we thank Thee For health and food, for Love and friends, for everything Thy Goodness sends, Father in Heaven, we thank Thee.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The busier we become, the less time we spend thinking upon what will draw us closer to God.
Such reflection is a Present from God to Human Kind. In Prayer we are simply, amazingly Peaceful, in a World filled with distractions and sorrow. Our Communion with God is Beauty on a level we have seldom encountered.
Few of us have felt the fullness of the Love of God. But each of us have felt the desperate yearning for the Joy and the Peace that such Unconditional Love brings.
Such Love is indescribable, powerful and Truly Beautiful, and it is waiting for you. Close your eyes, and open your Heart. God is so in Love with you.
“Beloved, let us Love one another, for Love is from God, and whoever Loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not Love does not know God, because God is Love.” – 1 John 4:7-8
The Music of your Prayer blossoms into Song that will make you Truly Happy.
In Love, there is no measure of Time. Love is ageless and Evergreen. It serves to deepen the meaning of Life, and let us walk into our Dreams,
Find Happiness. Look for it in your precious Heart. Sail above the Oceans Deep, and find Love that you can keep. . My Dear Friends, all we have is who we are. But who we are is far, far more than we have ever discovered. And we have each other. And yes, we have Forever, the Precious Love of God. Our destiny is in our hands, and in the Sacred Hands of our Sisters and Brothers. We belong to each other.
Our destiny depends upon whether we live in Harmony with God, following His Moral Teachings. It is our responsibility to decide our destiny.
“So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” – Isaiah 55:11
Our Lord is looking for you, like a Rose under the Spring snow. Be certain Love will grow, ageless and Evergreen. Never give up on Love. It is patiently waiting for you.
OneLove that is shared by two will make every day warm and colorful and exciting.
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the Heavens, Nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people Happy, amidst the simple Beauty of Nature.”
– Anne Frank
We can live Life everyday with Love and care. We can touch the Heart, Mind, and Soul of others. What Beautiful Angelic Gifts there are to see, and hear and feel in the Fruits of God’s Love.
Let us Love one another, and let the Love of God flow through us.
Over the last several decades, certain foods have been vilified as being potentially carcinogenic, or capable of causing cancer. So which ones are the biggest culprits? And how can you eat to prevent cancer or reduce the chances of a recurrence if you’ve been diagnosed?
The list of potentially cancer-causing foods includes:
— Redand processed meat.
— Sugar.
— Alcohol.
— Processed and packaged foods.
Red and Processed Meat
For thecarnivores among us, it’s probably tough to hear the news that red meat and processed meat are associated with a higher risk of certain types of cancer. “Red meat is defined as beef, veal, pork, lamb and goat,” says Cathy Leman, a dietitian, personal trainer, nutrition therapist, speaker, writer and breast cancer survivor based in Chicago.
“Processed meat refers to meat that has been salted, cured, fermented, smoked or other processes that enhance flavor or improve preservation,”she adds. Examples include hot dogs, luncheon meats, ham and bacon.
Jeannette Schenk, senior staff scientist in the cancer prevention program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, says “There have been many epidemiological studies that have reported an association with high intakes of processed meat and red meat with an increase in cancer incidence and mortality.”
According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, a high intake of red meat is defined as more than three servings per week. A single serving of red meat is about 3 to 4 ounces — or one small hamburger, steak or a medium-sized pork chop. Your total weekly consumption, the AICR reports, should be under 350 to 500 grams (about 12 to 18 ounces cooked) each week.
The cancer risk associated with processed meat products is even higher. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, classifies processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen, meaning that like other Group 1 carcinogens — tobacco, UV radiation and alcohol — research has proven that processed meat can cause cancer in humans. Eating just 50 grams of processed meat each day, the IARC reports, can elevate cancer risk by 18%. Four strips of bacon or one hot dog contains about 50 grams of processed meat.
Kailey Proctor, an oncology dietitian with the Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, emphasizes, though, that the observed connection between meat and cancer “is an association, not a causation,” meaning that we don’t know for sure whether consumption of red meat is causing the cancer directly. Nevertheless, she notes that processed meat products “are processed foods” that should be consumed in moderation, aiming for one serving per week or less.
Why these meats appear to elevate cancer risk, particularly colorectal cancer, is believed to be because red meats and processed meatscontain mutagens and carcinogens. Mutagens change genetic information by altering DNA, and carcinogens are cancer-causing agents.
When meat is cooked at high temperatures or grilled, amino acids in the meat interact with the heat to form carcinogenic compounds called heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. “Those have been linked with cancer risk,” Schenk says.
With processed meats, the cancer risk appears to be related to the way the meat is preserved and cooked. Specifically, the addition of preservatives called nitrates and nitrites may elevate cancer risk. Similarly, smoking meats can also create carcinogenic compounds, Schenk says.
Sugar is also implicated in the development and progression of certain kinds of cancer. In the early 20th century, a German biochemist named Otto Warburg observed that cancer cells often rely on sugar to fuel their prolific growth. Called the Warburg effect, this process suggests that starving the body of sugar and carbohydrates that can be converted to sugar could theoretically starve cancer cells.
As a result, the ketogenic diet, which reduces carbohydrate intake to 10% or less of calories consumed and increases fat consumption to 70% or more, has been suggested as a way to slow the spread of cancer.
The effectiveness of the keto diet to prevent or slow cancer hasn’t been fully proven, but an association between sugar and cancerhas been established. For this reason, “any food which has a very high glycemic index” can increase your risk of cancer and should be consumed in moderation, says Dr. Adil Akhtar, associate professor in the department of medical oncology and hematology at Oakland University-William Beaumont School of Medicine and director of Inpatient Clinical Operations at Karmanos-McLaren Oakland Cancer Center in Michigan.
A food’s glycemic indexis “defined by the rate at which a food when it’s digested will raise the level of sugar in the blood,” Akhtar explains. Sugary foods, such as soda and candy, have a high glycemic index.
Some experts say that if you’re concerned about cancer, you should eliminate all refined sugar from your diet because many types of cancer cells use sugar as their primary fuel. In fact, some diagnostic tests for cancer use radioactive glucose to pinpoint tumors on PET scans because most cancer cells have such an affinity for sugar that they suck up glucose molecules faster than noncancerous cells can, thus showing themselves on the scan.
Alcohol is actually a type of sugar, so it’s also on the list of foods that can increase your risk of cancer. “Alcohol is an established risk factor for mouth, pharynx, esophageal, liver, colorectal, breast and pancreatic cancer,” Schenk says.
Exactly how alcohol increases risk is not clearly understood, but “it’s possibly related to DNA damage” incurred by the cells after exposure to alcohol, Schenk says.
“In addition, it could be an indirect contributor because calories from alcohol contribute to weight gain.” Alcoholic beverages contribute a lot of excess calories that offer no nutritional benefits, so “it’s one of those added foods that we need to be limiting,” she says.
The federal government’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 states that if you don’t drink, don’t start. It also recommends that moderating intake is an important way to curb cancer risk in people who do choose to consume alcoholic beverages.
Moderate alcoholic drinking is defined as one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 8 to 9 ounces of malt liquor, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits.
Akhtar says certain processed foods can also raise your risk of developing cancer.“Things like microwaved popcorn have compounds that are linked with cancer.” The environmental organization Environmental Working Group raised the alarm about a chemical called PFOA that was used to coat the inside of popcorn bags as a likely carcinogen, prompting the FDA to ban its use in food packaging in 2006.
However, a subsequent EWG investigation suggested that the replacement chemicals (needed to prevent oils in the bag from soaking through the paper) are also potentially carcinogenic and likely contain perfluorinated chemicals. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports that these chemicals, known as PFCs, may increase the risk of cancer.
Other ultra-processed foods, such as packaged baked goods and snacks, fizzy drinks, sugary cereals, ready meals and reconstituted meat products, have also been linked with an increased risk of certain types of cancer, according to a 2018 study in the British Medical Journal.
The study, which included 104,980 healthy French adults, found that a 10% increase in the proportion of ultra-processed foods in the diet was associated with increases of 12% in the risk of overall cancer and 11% in the risk of breast cancer. No significant association was found for prostate and colorectal cancers.
Ultra-processed food products also tend to be higher in calories, salt, sugar and saturated fats, all of which may contribute to obesity, which is a known risk factor for cancer.
Even seemingly healthy foods, such as farmed salmon, may contain chemicals that might increase cancer risk. The Environmental Protection Agency has classified polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs as probably carcinogenic in humans. This class of chemicals were manufactured from 1929 until they were banned in 1979, but they linger still in the environment. Whether the levels of these chemicals, which enter the food chain from industrial and hazardous waste sites and become concentrated in the feed given to farmed fish, are high enough to cause cancer is still being debated.
If you’re concerned about this risk, Harvard Health suggests removing the skin of the salmon and the fat directly underneath it before cooking, as that’s where the chemicals are most concentrated. Allowing the fat to drain off by grilling, baking or broiling can also reduce risk. Studies have also suggested that lower levels of these chemicals have been identified in fish farmed in Chile and Washington State, so check where your fish is coming from.
How Should I Eat to Avoid Cancer?
While some foods have been associated with an increased risk of certain kinds of cancer, other foods are believed to help reduce your risk. This is where Yael Vodovotz, director of the center for advanced functional foods and entrepreneurship at the Ohio State University in Columbus, is focusing her research efforts.
“Our lab is focusing on foods for prevention,” she says, and they’re investigating the bioactive compounds in food that “potentially can work together for cancer prevention.” (Bioactive means the compound has an effect on cells or a living organism and is used to describe vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other components of food.) In addition, they’re looking to formulate foods or food combinations that can offer a bioactive effect.
In that work, berrieshave been one brightly colored bright spot in terms of the benefits they can provide. “We’ve studied black raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. A lot of berries have combinations of bioactive properties.”
Soy is another food they’re studying, and while there has been some concern that soy might elevate risk of breast cancer in some people, some studies have shown it could be protective against other kinds of cancer. Look for soy to remain part of the food-and-cancer conversation for some time to come.
Vodovotz also says that green tea, tomatoes,grapefruit and cruciferous vegetablessuch as broccoli have bioactive compounds that are under investigation for their cancer-fighting properties too.
“The idea is to incorporate the whole foods,” she says, instead of extracting a single compound. And finding the optimal combination of foods that give the full balance of cancer-fighting phytochemicals and nutrients is still a work in progress.
Vodovotz also notes that eating too much of any food can have negative consequences. “Foods are all made of chemicals, and if you take in way, way, way too much for a prolonged time, it’s going to be a problem.”
Eat a Balanced Diet
While her work continues determining which compounds can help and which may hurt in the quest to remain cancer-free, Vodovotz says, you can get a jump start by eating a balanced diet. “I’m very big on the USDA’s (U.S. Department of Agriculture) MyPlate plan,” which advocates incorporating lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, fiber and lean and plant-based proteins. “I do believe there’s an intimate link between cancer prevention and diet.”
Akhtar agrees, adding that there’s not one specific diet that will solve the cancer question, but he likes the Mediterranean diet for its balance of nutrients, low levels of sugar and focus on whole foods.
“Eat a balanced diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables” and limits carbohydrates and sugars, he says. “Eat smaller portions of lean meat and healthy fats included in fish, nuts and olives. If you look at the list of different diets, all the healthy diets will have these basic components with a little bit of modifications.”
The American Institute for Cancer Research recommends a mostly plant-based diet for cancer prevention, Proctor says. “Their ‘New American Plate’ model suggests having two-thirds of your plate plant-based foods, such asfruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and legumes. The remaining one-third of the plate should be a lean source of protein, such as chicken, turkey and seafood.”
To help curb cancer risk, seek to eat a whole, balanced diet that includes:
— Vegetables and fruits.
— Anti-inflammatory spices.
— Plant-based proteins.
— Fiber.
Vegetables and Fruits
These fresh, whole foods contain antioxidants and a host of other helpful nutrients that keep the body working the way it’s supposed to. In addition to the vitamins, minerals, fiber and “other bioactive components that may directly impact cancer risk,” vegetables and fruits may also “potentially have an indirect impact” on cancer risk, Schenk says. Plus, the more veggies and fruits you eat, the less you tend to weigh, which can also impact your risk of developing cancer given the connection between obesity and cancer.
Adding more plants to the diet is believed to confer some protective benefits against cancer, but it’s also important to note that cancer is about more than just diet. Your genetic make-up, environmental exposures, lifestyle and other risk factors can greatly influence your chances of developing the disease. “It’s important to stress that we don’t yet have 100% cancer prevention through diet,” Leman says. “But we do have strong evidence to use in developing dietary guidelines for reducing risk.”
Leman recommends eating at least five servings (2.5 to 3 cups total) of non-starchy vegetables and fruit daily.
Anti-Inflammatory Spices
Adding turmeric— a bright orange spice found in many Indian dishes — to your diet may help reduce inflammation in the body. Cinnamon and ginger have also been shown to offer anti-inflammatory properties. Inflammation is a hallmark feature of cancer and other chronic diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, and many doctors and researchers believe that decreasing inflammation can reduce the risk of cancer.
Plant-Based Proteins
Instead of relying heavily on animal products for protein intake, look to plants for protein. Legumes and beans are excellent sources of protein that also contain lots of fiber.
“While it’s not necessary to eat a vegetarian or vegan diet, it’s wise to limit intake of red meat to 18 ounces per week, and enjoy processed meats like ham, bacon and sausage on occasion,” Leman says.
Fiber
Increasing your intake of fibermight also help reduce your risk of cancer, specifically colorectal and gastric cancers, Proctor says. “Fiber also gives us a sense of fullness so we’re less likely to snack between meals, which helps maintain a healthy body weight.”
Leman recommends striving to consume at least 30 grams of fiber daily.
Maintaining a healthy body weight is an important partof controlling cancer risk. “We do know maintaining a healthy body weight is one of the best ways to reduce your risk for cancer. A healthy body weight is considered to be a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2.” BMI, or body mass index, is a metabolic assessment based on height and weight.
You can calculate your own BMI using the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s online BMI calculator. Aim to stay in the healthy BMI range between 18.5 and 24.9 — being underweight can pose health risks, Proctor says.
“While undergoing active treatment, people often have special nutritional requirements,” she says. “Working with an oncology dietitian for individualized nutritional care and guidance can help patients manage side-effects like nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue and changes in bowel habits.”
And while there’s no one “best diet” for cancer, think about everything you eat in context. Emphasize whole foods, and reduce intake of processed foods and sugars. “We have to consider the diet as a whole. We’re shifting at looking more at dietary patterns versus individual foods with respect to impact on cancer risk and cancer prevention,” Schenk says.
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With silence, like a pendulum about to strike a bell. And if you allow the pendulum to choose you, there will be Music.
Listen from a place that most people cannot reach, way down deep in the Soul, in silent Communion with the Infinite.
The Silence of the Soul is louder than loud, instinctively intuitive, and deeply Loving.
Yes, we can rediscover our World, again.
If you keep searching for meaning in Life, suddenly, you will search no more.
And you discover you cannot find, that which is not missing.
Life, need not be a sad melody. Think of the many things that are so Beautiful and make us smile.
Or, My Dear Friend, do not think at all. Just Listen to the golden silence, and feel where the Song of Life takes you. Take a deep breath, and let out the meaningless stress, slowly.
Everything and everyone you come to Love can have a piece of your Heart. This one moment in Time, can have a piece of your Life. And the Song your Life sings, can become a transcendental experience. It will SHINE like the Sun, in a jealous sky.
Your precious Life will brightly glow with all the Love you GIVE.
Believe. . Yes, bring your Heart to what you Truly Believe. Close your eyes and visualize the details of Life that brought you Joy, that made those around you Happy. Go there again, every day. Your Home is in your Heart. Just BELIEVE.
People all over the World are like you and me – they Hope and they wish and they Dream. . Remember, not to be sad about the past, or worry about the future. What we are Truly Blessed with, is Today. And Tomorrow is a new chance, to unwrap the Gift of a new day.
Life can not only give you something new, it can draw something out of you to give to others – to Love, and cherish and renew.
You can be transported to an entirely different, unsuspected and Beautiful place. Your ability to find new dimensions in Life that are not familiar, is unmatched.
This is a Life to get lost in. Switch off all the lights that expose deep regret, and anger, and despair. Float away on clouds of Dreams. YOU are far more than you have ever imagined.
God’s Universe is Beautifully designed to reunite us somehow, someway, like a gentle breeze that gathers Leaves of Gold together. In the magical World of the Human Heart lies every wish fulfilled.
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His Power that is at work within us,” – Ephesians 3:20 . God is awesome and He wants to Bless you with much more than you could ever dream of or imagine, because He is in Love with you and wants to give you His best for your precious Life.
With my most Heartfelt Prayer for Peace in all the troubled Souls and the sadly broken Hearts. . Goodnight.
‘MASSIVE OPTIMISM’
RNA technology in Covid-19 vaccines could be used to treat other diseases like cancer, top expert says.
THE mRNA technology used in potential Covid-19 vaccines could be deployed to treat other diseases such as CANCER, a top Irish expert has said.
Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Immunology at Trinity CollegeLuke O’Neill told RTE’s Brendan O’Connor that “there’s grounds for lots of optimism” over the Covid-19 vaccines being developed.
mRNA technology used in Covid vaccines could be
deployed to treat cancer, an Irish expert has said.
Prof Luke O’Neill
Asked by O’Connor if Ireland was “counting our chickens” too much over a Covid vaccine, the professor responded: “I don’t think so.“
Discussing U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer stating their Covid-19 vaccine was 90 per cent effective, Prof O’Neill said: “Of course, it’s a press release as I’ve said one thousand times.
“I need to see the data and the science.
“But they wouldn’t be releasing this unless they knew it was really good.“
‘LOOKING VERY GOOD’
He continued: “It’s looking very good and even more importantly, in a way, there’s at least two other vaccines that are very similar to Pfizer’s one, which are being tested as we speak.”
When asked by O’Connor about the mRNA technology in the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and their partner, the German company BioNTech, Prof O’Neill said: “You can fall off our seat as well because this could be used for other diseases as well, not just Covid, even cancer.”
He explained: “The husband and wife team – Dr Ugur Sahin and Dr Ozlem Tureci – they developed this vaccine for BioNTech, a German company.
“They’ve been pushing this for years and nobody was listening.”
“It was fringe, RNA was seen as too difficult.”
“Now they’ve got somewhere and they were going after cancer actually.”
“Now if it works in Covid, it could work in cancer as well, so there’s grounds for lots of optimism.“
According to Pfizer, RNA vaccines work by introducing into the body an mRNA (messenger RNA) sequence that contains the genetic instructions for the vaccinated person’s own cells to produce the vaccine antigens and generate an immune response.
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To prevent and cure cancer we must keep our body’s immune system high. This is done by following eight simple rules that I will briefly cover here. 
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