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		<title>When to Use Alternative Medicine For Cancer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there have been great improvements made in how modern medicine manages certain types of cancer. People are now able to live longer with this disease than at any other time in history. Unfortunately, the disease continues to acquire new strains, and so there is a rise in the occurrences of some types of cancer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently, there have been great improvements made in how modern medicine manages certain types of cancer. People are now able to live longer with this disease than at any other time in history. Unfortunately, the disease continues to acquire new strains, and so there is a rise in the occurrences of some types of cancer each year. There are still too many cancer patients suffering needlessly through the terminal stages. Two of the most important reasons to look at the role alternative medicine for cancer can play are the aspect of prevention of the disease, and relief from some of the most distressing symptoms of cancer, including an inability to eat.</p>
<p>Using Alternative Medicine for Cancer Prevention</p>
<p>It is a well known fact that a diet rich in fiber helps prevent cancers in the digestive tract. Holistic nutrition practices using coarse grain and unrefined flour are useful examples of alternative medicine for cancer prevention. Traditional medicine also relies on dietary supplements made from the husks of certain cereals to help keep bowel movements in good order. It is definitely in your best interest to consider the principles of alternative medicine for cancer prevention if colon cancer and other similar cancers are present in your family medical history. There are also herbal remedies available that assist in healing cancerous lesions developing in the liver. This type of medicine for cancer can be used in a proactive manner.<span id="more-1216"></span></p>
<p>Alternative Medicine for Cancer in the Final Stages</p>
<p>Early detection is an important component in the fight against cancer, as it can keep the cancer from progressing into a terminal stage. Unfortunately, there is no cure for cancer available and so some patients must spend a considerable amount of time in the terminal stage of an illness. Nutrition and pain management are the most important considerations for helping the patient stay as comfortable as possible during the final stages of life. Alternative medicine for cancer can greatly assist with these two important components. Nutrition powders, supplements, and fluid extracts can be given to patients who are no longer able to enjoy normal meals, while topical preparations can be combined with more traditional forms of medicine to help manage pain. There are also some unsubstantiated reports of these types medicine for cancer reversal or containment, which some patients turn to when modern medicine is not able to offer any more hope. Some patients have outlasted their prognoses for their condition by using alternative medicine for cancer.</p>
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		<title>VACCINES: THE GENOCIDE OF CHOICE by J.E. Ante</title>
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I have always wondered if there was a major medical conspiracy against America or other countries of the world especially since WWII ended. There have been so many major medical disasters of foods, drugs, chemicals, and vaccines over the past 60 years it seems impossible they could all be just coincidences.
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<p>I have always wondered if there was a major medical conspiracy against America or other countries of the world especially since WWII ended. There have been so many major medical disasters of foods, drugs, chemicals, and vaccines over the past 60 years it seems impossible they could all be just coincidences.</p>
<p>After WWII ended America virtually kidnapped several thousand of the major chemical and biological scientists of Germany. Much of the German research of chemical and biological weapons were also transferred to America at that time. And even before WWII Hitler sent several thousand Germans to America to influence America&#8217;s opinion to stay out of the war and to avoid helping Great Britain against the Germans. These Germans were instructed to get jobs in the media, newspapers, government, and sciences to spy on America and influence decisions during WWII in Germany&#8217;s favor.</p>
<p>Then upon loosing the war America kidnaps several thousand more high ranking German scientists to work in America. Many of these scientists were influential German Nazi Party members who lived through the war years of saturation bombing and saw many of their friends, family, neighbors, sons, and daughters, mothers and fathers killed by bombs and live fire. And then we kidnap these men and their families and says they must now come and work for America (their former enemy) in our most highly sensitive and important industries of chemicals, foods, drugs, and nuclear research.</p>
<p><span id="more-43554"></span>Hiltler in his writings always stated that the real war to conquer the world was going to be with America because so many of the strongest German ethnic stock immigrated to America. And it is known that Hitler had many chemical and biological weapons that he never used during WWII. Maybe these thousands of German scientists have kept the war going all these years by developing foods, chemicals, and drugs that are harmful to Americans.</p>
<p>Science is now so specialized that only a handful of the top people understand much of the cutting edge science of their specific fields. And it would be fairly easy to develop drugs and chemical that are harmful to Americans and no one would be much the wiser.</p>
<p>Vaccines would be the one specific area I would concentrate upon if I were a long term undercover scientist or drug company executive interested in harming a nation. It would be relatively easy of get your people concentrated in the research and development of vaccines and drugs in your company or departments. Then it would be just a matter of going slowly and making low level or long term toxins that would not be noticed or diagnosed for years until after they are given when it would be too late.</p>
<p>Vaccines are the perfect vehicle for harm because they bypass the bodies nature defenses and are injected directly into the bloodstream. Modern injections of vaccines today is the most idiotic and harmful practices of medicine because of this and no studies are ever done to try and determine their harmful effects past curing whatever ailment they are given to cure. Obviously if you are a drug maker or vaccine maker you do not want to fund a study that may put you out of business. And so no studies are ever done or if done any harmful findings are suppressed or trivialized in the press for many years. So you see the total madness of the current business practice of vaccines and drugs for profit. They are perfect as a vehicle for great abuse and great harm to a nation.</p>
<p>So as a master saboteur the vaccine or drug products will have a built in safety shield of silence, little or no research, and little scientific understanding of only elite scientists. This will keep me in business harming the country of my choice for generations to come. And the high technical knowledge to understand my science and its true nature will be in the hands of only a few which are of course my own people.</p>
<p>All of these scenarios apply equally well to an honest drug maker or vaccine maker. He may just seek to stay in business even though he knows his vaccine or drug is harmful. He needs to work and feed his family as do all of his employees. So a little harm to many customers will keep him and many others employed and prosperous in his company for many years. Such is the madness of making drugs and vaccines for profit. The possibility for corruption or sabotage is great and little can be done to stop it because no one will ever research their own products out of existence. But rather they will do just the opposite and try to cover up any negative results.</p>
<p>Continuing my career as saboteur as a vaccine maker I would manufacture a crisis in the press and magnify if out of proportion and tell government officials that only my drug or vaccine will work but everyone must take it for it to be successful so it must be mandatory and full compliance. Then a great harm could be done upon the entire country all at once and then I would disappear with my other enemy scientists to my mother country before the harm is discovered if it truly ever is discovered.</p>
<p>There is also what I call the &#8220;Government Survival Plans&#8221; of the major country governments, businessmen, scientists, and military. One day our government foresees that the world will face some great disaster and foods and resources will become scarce. Might our leaders and military men not have a few vaccines already developed to give to the masses of people that need to be eliminated so that the governments, military, and scientists might survive. I am quite sure this has already been done and taxpayers have funded these programs for their country under other benevolent sounding names. They will be slow or quick or a mixture of several things controlled by some government or military official at the right time. But mandatory vaccines would be the ideal weapon of choice. And of course it will be humanely done for the good of all.</p>
<p>It is of course for the good of humanity that some of its best survive whatever calamity befalls it someday. It must be done this way because there is just too much difficulty in amassing great quantities of ammunition to defend yourselves from the excluded hoard of peoples who might want into your government mountain fortresses.</p>
<p>This is the general &#8220;Government&#8217;s and Military Man&#8217;s Survivalist Plan&#8221; in the case of great disasters. They do not think as in a bunker full of survival gear and supplies like the local individual survivalist. They think kill everyone else so the few might survive and even if we are wrong about the disaster what the heck the world was overpopulated anyway wasn&#8217;t it. And maybe we should develop one more vaccine that we can give to all of our own people. But this vaccine we will be able to activate in many ways to kill or control the peoples if they rebel against us. They can work for us as long as there is food and then we can kill them humanely if they become sickly or unneeded. So support your local government controlled genocide programs today so humanity might survive the latest coming disasters. And Opps, if we were wrong and the asteroid missed the Earth that first time and we killed 6 billion people needlessly. Kind of makes you want to run for government office doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>Vaccines in my view are totally harmful and totally worthless by every measure of modern health care and science. Negative results are suppressed or trivialized and natural means of disease control which are highly effective are little known and utilized. Alternative healthcare providers who utilize these past and current methods of natural immunity building and disease control techniques must be more vocal in speaking out against the medical monopoly in America.</p>
<p>Early vaccines worked for small pox because they worked with the body not against it. Early monks or doctors simply scratched the pus of small pox victims into the skin to give a man a small dose of the disease and the body would have ample time to react and make antibodies to kill it naturally. This is also how our tonsils work by sampling the air for new toxins and germs daily and giving the body a small dose of it so it can build a defense to to new germs. But instead of allowing this natural process tonsils are often removed as &#8220;infectious&#8221; and this natural childhood process of natural inoculations in man is removed for a lifetime.</p>
<p>A man&#8217;s appendix is another natural defense used by friendly bacteria to hide and survive when it is poisoned by some spoiled food or toxin which a man might eat. Then when a man purges the spoiled foods the good bacteria can recolonize the intestines much faster than the harmful bacteria and all is well.</p>
<p>Complementary medicine with natural therapies of alternative medicine both prevent diseases far better and completely and does no harm. This complementary medicine is a combination of best of traditional medicine and best of alternative medicines that have been used for centuries. But the current &#8220;Drug Therapy Medicine&#8221; doctors are hostage to today which has hijacked medicine in America are dead end therapies sponsored by the drug companies who have their own welfare and profits placed above the peoples welfare. &#8212; J.E. Ante</p>
<p>Graduate University of Indianapolis BA 1972, Head of the Life Science Institute Health Library, original<br />
organizer of first Earth Day in 1970 and local ZPG chapter in Indiana, Population and Environment Editor with Reflector at Indianapolis University, 12yr organic gardener with fruit, nuts, and berries, lifelong student of Out-of-Body spiritual techniques.</p>
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		<title>Effective Against Ovarian Cancer &#8211; Green Tea</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural and Alternative medicine has been getting notoriety in the treatment and prevention of cancer. Tea is the most well-known as a potential remedy. Continuing research shows the effectiveness of green tea in the prevention of heart disease as well as other forms of cancer.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Natural and Alternative medicine has been getting notoriety in the treatment and prevention of cancer. Tea is the most well-known as a potential remedy. Continuing research shows the effectiveness of green tea in the prevention of heart disease as well as other forms of cancer.</p>
<p>The first indication of tea effectiveness is in the markedly low incidence of major diseases in the Asian regions. Those who are living in Asia typically imbibe large quantities of green tea and statistics show that they have a significantly lower risk or heart ailments as well as cancer. Particularly Japanese men, as opposed to American men have statistically lower risk of lung cancer and heart ailments though as much as 75 percent of them smoke cigarettes.<span id="more-1944"></span></p>
<p>Breast cancers as well as the various cancers in the digestive system also have low incidences in the people living in Asia. They also have lesser chances of having diabetes or even high blood pressure. Their copious consumption of tea could possibly be the reason.</p>
<p>Typically, green tea in Asia comes from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis. The main difference between green tea and black tea is in the processing. In the preparation of black tea, it is also fermented, unlike green tea. Because the green tea is not fermented, the anti-oxidants are left in their natural state, making their benefits more potent.</p>
<p>Anti-oxidants are critical in fighting the presence of free radicals inside our body. Whenever we process the food that we eat and turn it into energy, free radicals are produces. These free radicals can potentially damage the cells as well as our DNA. The damaged DNA can cause other major illnesses like cancer, heart ailments and even stroke.</p>
<p>A growing number of researches connect tea with minimizing the risks of various forms of cancer like gastrointestinal, prostate, bladder, esophageal and breast cancer. Up until recently green tea has not been observed as having any effect on the prevention of ovarian cancer.</p>
<p>But studies conducted on women with ages between 40 and 76 in a span of 15 years show the following results:</p>
<p>-There is a far less likelihood for women who imbibe tea regularly to acquire ovarian cancer</p>
<p>-The risk of acquiring ovarian cancer is related to the quantity of tea consumed. Research show that the risk decreases by as much as 18 percent for every additional cup of green tea a day to the two recommended</p>
<p>There is really no reason why you should not try drinking green tea. It has no side-effects, its benefits are well known, and it is quite delicious. It can be taken hot or cold. It is even obtainable in tablet form, which makes taking larger doses possible.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important health issues I stress to my patients is creating, or maintaining, heart health. The best ways to ensure heart health and its all-important job of developing nourishing blood to every part of your body is to prevent plaque buildup and reduced blood flow in arteries. Diet, exercise, lifestyle changes, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the most important health issues I stress to my patients is creating, or maintaining, heart health. The best ways to ensure heart health and its all-important job of developing nourishing blood to every part of your body is to prevent plaque buildup and reduced blood flow in arteries. Diet, exercise, lifestyle changes, and certain supplements can work together to accomplish this goal!</p>
<p>In this first of a two-part series, I would like to explain to you a little about what coronary artery disease and blocked arteries can mean. Then we&#8217;ll talk about the proactive things you can do to avoid these conditions naturally without drugs or surgery.</p>
<p>Part II will deal with a controversial subject chelation therapy. Chelation methods of detoxing arteries with natural supplements have been an alternative medicine approach to arterial plaque for several years now.<span id="more-206"></span></p>
<p>First I would like to give you a little background on coronary artery disease and arterial blockages, how they develop and how you can prevent them with diet, exercise and supplements and cut your risk for heart attack, stroke, drugs and by passes!</p>
<p>Coronary Artery Disease and Blocked Arteries</p>
<p>Many people do not realize they have coronary artery disease, or arterial plaque build-up, until they wind up in an emergency room with an attack of angina (heart pain), or a heart attack! Both can be caused by the arteries of the heart not getting enough blood, usually from plaque buildup.</p>
<p>It was previously thought that a high saturated fat diet was the primary cause of arterial plaque. However, the French Paradox came along and taught us that oxidation has a lot more to do with cholesterol turning into those arterial plaques and blockages.</p>
<p>You see, the French people eat a pretty high saturated fat diet but they also drink a lot of red wine! This led to the discovery of a very important chemical in red wine called resveratrol. This is a powerful anti-oxidant which helps keep cholesterol lipids in blood from oxidizing into those arterial clogging plaques. Cholesterol undergoes oxidation first before it hardens into plaque. Ensuring that we get enough anti-oxidants in our diet to prevent oxidation, then, is key!</p>
<p>Who Is At Risk?</p>
<p>As I tell my patients, there is no hard and fast picture of the person who will develop coronary artery disease. It depends on a few factors such as:</p>
<p>1. Do you eat an unhealthy diet low in vitamins/antioxidants?<br />
2. Do you smoke?<br />
3. Do you exercise regularly?</p>
<p>Prevent Blocked Arteries and Heart Disease</p>
<p>As I advise my patients, keeping your arteries flowing freely with low risk of heart disease involves a three-fold approach on your part. However, that effort will reward you with enough heart health and stamina to live your life to the fullest into old age! Let&#8217;s look at what this entails:</p>
<p>• Diet &#8211; Arterial disease is not all about how much saturated fat you eat. Although I do recommend limiting saturated animal fat to 25-30 grams a day, I think it more important to prevent these fats from oxidizing and turning into plaque. Diets rich in anti-oxidants and polyphenols help dissolve saturated fats and stop oxidation. These include red wine, green apples, olive oil, oolong/green/white teas, Omega-3 rich nuts, coconut oils, apple cider vinegar. Add high fiber foods like beans, peas, whole grains, to absorb saturated fats and remove them through elimination before they enter the bloodstream as lipids.</p>
<p>• Exercise &#8211; Interval aerobic exercise, walking, running, bicycling, elliptical, stair stepper, treadmill, jumping rope, your choice. Interval exercise is warming up slowly for 10 minutes and then going at your capacity for 1-2 minutes then slowing down to a resting pace for 3 minutes and repeating for a set of 6 intervals. If you haven&#8217;t done aerobic exercise for a long while, do a slower warm-up, and try for half your capacity for 1 minute for 2 weeks. Slowly increase every week and build a higher capacity. This helps your heart adjust to sudden demanding loads. It also builds good HDL and lowers LDL (bad) choleserol and burns body fat. Also, 20 minutes 3 x a week of weight training. This creates muscle and burns fat even at rest.</p>
<p>• Supplements &#8211; 1,000 mg/daily Omega-3 fish and krill oils boost HDL and lower LDL cholesterol; 1-2 gm/daily of Vitamin C builds collagen which strengthens arterial walls. CoQ-10, 100 mg, is a crucial anti-oxidant that works with Vitamin E to attach to LDL cholesterol and prevent oxidation. As we age CoQ10 levels decrease so it is important to supplement them. Other powerful anti-oxidants include resveratrol (found in red wine, dark red grapes and berries), pomegranate juice, and green tea. Niacin (and other B vitamins) is also effective at reducing LDL and boosting HDL cholesterol, 1-3 gm/day. Chelation supplements which contain EDTA, and antioxidants, which we&#8217;ll talk about in more detail in Part II.</p>
<p>• Smoking &#8211; Quit! Smokers are at much higher risk of developing arterial plaque because of the toxins in cigarette smoke which contribute to oxidation damage in your body.</p>
<p>There you have the basics of what I recommend to keep your arteries free from obstructing plaques and keep your heart from suffering serious, if not life-threatening, consequences.</p>
<p>Part II of this series on heart health deals with the pros and cons of removing existing arterial plaque from your arteries called chelation therapy which uses ingredients so safe they&#8217;re even in baby food! Meet me here next issue and learn about this drugless, surgery-free way to clean arteries and protect your heart!</p>
<p>Mark Rosenberg, M.D.<br />
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		<title>How Can We Protect Our Brains from Declining as We Move into Old Age?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lifestyle factors are important. For example, studies have shown reduced cognitive decline amongst older people who walk regularly. By exercising for a fit body, you also benefit from improved blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain, which improves mental acuity, balance and motor skills as well. Exercise also causes the release of “feel good [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lifestyle factors are important. For example, studies have shown reduced cognitive decline amongst older people who walk regularly. By exercising for a fit body, you also benefit from improved blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain, which improves mental acuity, balance and motor skills as well. Exercise also causes the release of “feel good hormones” or endorphins.  Some depressed people benefit so much from exercise that they are able to forgo their antidepressants, which are sometimes the cause of memory problems. Another benefit of exercise was seen in a study where it  was found that the brain produced significantly more of an important brain cell protein growth factor after exercise, increasing mental acuity and memory.</p>
<p>People who eat a lot of leafy green vegetables and eat fish at least once a week have also been found to show reduced cognitive decline with aging. Another important finding is that sugar can be a cause of memory decline. Studies have shown reduced blood supply to the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus, an area involved in memory formation, after a high sugar meal resulting in a blood sugar spike. This is a finding that has been seen in diabetics. It is therefore very important to watch your diet and to control diabetes.<span id="more-127"></span></p>
<p>Social factors can also be important. Older people who live with a spouse or other family members and who have a lot of human interactions tend to do better both in terms of physical health and cognition than those who are more isolated in old age. Adequate sleep is also important for maintaining mental clarity, acuity and memory. It may sound like old fashioned advice that your grandmother may have given, but it&#8217;s scientifically backed by extensive research. Weight control is another very important factor in maintaining a healthy brain and memory. New research has shown a strong link between obesity and cognitive and memory decline</p>
<p>Cognition is sensitive to a wide variety of nutritional factors, and modern nutritional science is uncovering that we can improve our mental powers effectively, and even powerfully, through a wide array of nutrients and supplements, including antioxidants, herbs, fats and other targeted dietary supplements.A November 2008 review in the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association pointed to benefits of a variety of bioactive nutritional supplement ingredients (often called nutraceuticals) in slowing age-associated memory impairment.  Vitamins B, C and E and the botanical brain boosters Ginkgo, Ginseng, Pomegranate, Alpha lipoic acid, rhodiola, Vinpocetine huperzine and acetyl-L-carnitine were found to be especially effective</p>
<p>The brain is not a separate organ from the rest of your body. How you treat your body also affects your mind. By exercising regularly and consistently for a fit body, by watching your diet and weight, and taking brain boosting neutraceuticals, you can enjoy a fit mind that has you functioning to your highest potential every single day.</p>
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<p>Dr. Ray Ricardo is a retired physician. He is currently chairman and president of Totalmed Corporation http://www.totalmedsubic.com, a health delivery company and International College of Integrative Medicine, a teaching and training institution for complementary medicine. He is also president of Antioxidants Inc. http://antioxidantsinc.com, a health products marketing company.</p>
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