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SOME INTERESTING NEWS WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ON CANCER
Subj:
Johns Hopkins very interesting
Date:
9/5/2008 10:20:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 and 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong, the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
7. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
8. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with Asp artame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells ar e being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable j uices provide live enzymes that are easil y absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F, 40 degrees C.
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water: drink purified water, or filtered water: Avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it also.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells an d allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving a nd forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.
Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how harmful they are. Dr. Fujimoto said we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. The combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dr.Fujimoto recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results without the dioxin.
TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's much safer to use tempered glass or Corning Ware, etc. Fast food restaurants have moved away from foam containers to paper; the dioxin problem is one of the reasons why.
Also, he pointed out plastic wrap, such as Saran, is dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, high heat causes poisonous toxins to melt out of plastic wrap and drip into our food. Cover food with a paper towel.
Subj:
Johns Hopkins very interesting
Date:
9/5/2008 10:20:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 and 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong, the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
7. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
8. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with Asp artame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells ar e being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable j uices provide live enzymes that are easil y absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F, 40 degrees C.
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water: drink purified water, or filtered water: Avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it also.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells an d allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving a nd forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.
Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how harmful they are. Dr. Fujimoto said we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. The combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dr.Fujimoto recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results without the dioxin.
TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's much safer to use tempered glass or Corning Ware, etc. Fast food restaurants have moved away from foam containers to paper; the dioxin problem is one of the reasons why.
Also, he pointed out plastic wrap, such as Saran, is dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, high heat causes poisonous toxins to melt out of plastic wrap and drip into our food. Cover food with a paper towel.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Samuel's funeral arrangements have been confirmed:
Date: Saturday October 11th, 2008
Time: 2pm
Place: "Church of our Fathers"
Cypress Forest Lawn
4471 Lincoln Avenue
Cypress, CA 90603
If you are unable to attend, please remember the family, especially Sudhir and Anjali in your prayers. Some of you have also asked for their address and phone number. Here it is:
Sudhir and Anjali Vijaykumar
19711 Jersey Ave
Cerritos, CA 90703
(562) 402-0461
Thanks so much for everything.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
I hear mom talking to me.
Dad is that you over there!
UPDATE ON BABY SAMUEL
Hey Guys! it has been almost a month since mom posted any pictures of me.I have had surgery since then and am recovering well.Thank you again for all your prayers.Baby Shayna I may take you up on the offer for a tea party when I get home.I am getting bigger everyday and able to have more formula.I cannot wait to come home,I am sure Choco is waiting for me.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BABY SAMUEL
This is a picture of me just a few minutes after I was born.I think I am really cute.I have a tube in my mouth that helps me breathe.
This is a picture of my when I was baptized.
I am almost three weeks old and I love to look around and I know when Mom & Dad are here.
I got tired of the tube in my mouth so when mom & Dad had gone home and the nurse was taking a nap I pulled my tube out.I am doing well without it but had to be put on this mask which is called a CPAP.It is a little tight around my nose but helps me breathe.
LOOK! the mask is gone and I only have nasal prongs which gives me oxygen, and a feeding tube in my nose.I am doing well.Mom and Dad are so excited,mom even got a new video camera so she can take some more pictures of me.
I am one month old.I love to be held by mom and dad.I feel very secure and mom tells me I have a very large extended family and a doggie called Choco..I am waiting to see all of you.I may be home next week.I am sure mom will post more pictures of me so you can see how I have grown.Thank you for praying for me.
This is a picture of me just a few minutes after I was born.I think I am really cute.I have a tube in my mouth that helps me breathe.
This is a picture of my when I was baptized.
I am almost three weeks old and I love to look around and I know when Mom & Dad are here.
I got tired of the tube in my mouth so when mom & Dad had gone home and the nurse was taking a nap I pulled my tube out.I am doing well without it but had to be put on this mask which is called a CPAP.It is a little tight around my nose but helps me breathe.
LOOK! the mask is gone and I only have nasal prongs which gives me oxygen, and a feeding tube in my nose.I am doing well.Mom and Dad are so excited,mom even got a new video camera so she can take some more pictures of me.
I am one month old.I love to be held by mom and dad.I feel very secure and mom tells me I have a very large extended family and a doggie called Choco..I am waiting to see all of you.I may be home next week.I am sure mom will post more pictures of me so you can see how I have grown.Thank you for praying for me.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
BABY SAMUEL HAS ARRIVED
Congratulations Sudhir and Anjali.
Baby samuel arrived on July 2 2008 at 1.40 am.
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Asked of God
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
SHAYNA HAS ARRIVED
Dear friends and Family,
Please visit our website, we have lots of pictures to share of Shayna . We will be updating periodically so please check in and watch her grow.
love
Sanjay and Sweta
Monday, June 23, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALA
Pick a star, any star
who needs candles when you have the sky
And make a birthday wish.
Wish for whatever you want,
Whatever your heart desires.
And know that whatever you wish for,
We wish the same for you
And wish for a way for it to come true
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Maya's wedding
The Reception or Valima was at the Hyatt in Michigan, June 14 2008.There were about 400 guests and a lot of food, music and dancing.I have just a few pictures to share.all of them are not inI will post the other pictures later.
I want to thank each and everyone of you who came to Maya's wedding and celebrated with us.We were very happy to see even the little children take part and have a good time.We also want to thank everyone for being there at the Mehndi ceremony, please remember Maya & Haseeb in your prayers as they start their life together.
Joe & June
Ps... a few pictures
Maya's Mehndi
It was a fun filled evening with music food and lots of Mehndi.Thank you everyone who came and a special thank you to Vincent and Arlene who made it all possible.
Here are some pictures I put together and hope you will enjoy
Joe & June
I want to thank each and everyone of you who came to Maya's wedding and celebrated with us.We were very happy to see even the little children take part and have a good time.We also want to thank everyone for being there at the Mehndi ceremony, please remember Maya & Haseeb in your prayers as they start their life together.
Joe & June
Ps... a few pictures
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Maya's Mehndi
It was a fun filled evening with music food and lots of Mehndi.Thank you everyone who came and a special thank you to Vincent and Arlene who made it all possible.
Here are some pictures I put together and hope you will enjoy
Joe & June
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Down memory lane
I was awakened by the sound of the wind and the leaves rustling and the squirrels running on the rooftop.The north wind is at play I say to myself, as I get out of bed and walk over to the window,I can see the leaves on my neighbors palm tree swaying in the breeze.As I stood looking at that palm tree I am transported back in time ,I see myself as a child running home from church waving a palm and clutching a palm cross tightly in my hands."June wake up it is time to go help out in the church,crosses need to be made and the church needs to be cleaned"my mother says..I roll over in my bed,Oh! not today I say to myself.I just want to sleep,why do I have to go and help.Thinking my mom had left the room, I try to get a few more winks, but I hear her voice again,"wake up, you are going to be late.Reluctantly I wake up, get dressed and walk to the church hoping some of my friends would be there.
As I approach the church I see a few old ladies huddled around a whole bunch of palms.Where are all the young people? I ask myself, I look around me, my friend Rani & Grace are not there, one of the ladies beckon me"come here she says,"are you here to help make crosses? I nod my head "Yes,but I really don't know how". "don't be afraid",the lady says,it is very easy and I will show you how. She first strips the palm, then cuts it into six inch strips,takes two strips crosses them over and over and before you know it a beautiful cross was made.I never ever thought I would be able to make a cross, but after many tries and bruised fingers I eventually learned to make one.I was so excited and tried to make as many as I could.All the crosses were put in a basket and some of the palms were placed in a pail of water.
Next came the task of polishing all the brass crosses and signs in the church.As I polished them I would read the "In memoriam signs and think of all the people who had been a part of this church."Mom" I called out,when I got home, see what I made.I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out a cross,I was so proud of myself,I had learned to make a cross and had made quite a few of them.
As I stand looking out of the window, I can almost taste the smell the sweet mixture of the coconut and jaggery coming from the kitchen.Then I hear my mothers voice in the distance"June it is palm Sunday, time for breakfast","Mom I will be there" I say and turn around, alas! it is the year 2008, I am not at home in India but in Simi valley California.For a brief moment it was really nice to have gone back in time .
Do any of you have palm Sunday memories to share?
Here is the recipe for the dumplings. Mom used to make this every palm sunday for breakfast.
COCONUT DUMPLINGS
Mix together:
4 Tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut
1 Tbsp sugar or jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp cardamom powder ,use less if you want only a mild flavor.
In a separate bowl, mix: 1 c. rice flour,salt to taste and enough water to make a dough.
Form a dough from the rice flour and water.
When formed, coat your hand with extra flour to prevent sticking, and take a ping-pong sized ball of dough and flatten.the size of a Puri.
Place about a marble-sized amount of the coconut mixture in the middle of the dough. Fold over and crimp the edges making a seal.
Repeat the above until all of the rice flour dough is used.
Steam the dumplings for 10 minutes. Delicious for breakfast or with afternoon tea.It is a specialty of Kerala, and in Malayalam it is called "kazhikutta."
HOW TO MAKE PALM CROSSES
(courtesy of www.geocities.com/salvarolac/craft01b.html)
START with a long vertical strip of palm as shown in the upper left drawing.
Step 1 - Make a diagonal fold near the middle of the strip so that the top part of the strip extends out to the right.
Step 2 - Fold C over B so that the top of strip extends to the left.
Step 3 - Fold C end under B so that top of strip extends to the right again.
Step 4 - Fold A under B and through slot and pull tight (shape looks almost the same but B now has more slots).
Step 5 - Bring A end up and through bottom slot at B and pull half way through and tuck A into top slot at B.
Step 6 - Bring C end over and through right slot at B and pull half way through and tuck C into left slot at B.
In step 4 be sure to pull end A all the way through, snug and tight but gently. It is this step that creates the flat knot that has the slots you will use in steps 5 and 6. When you have completed step 6, push/pull to adjust the limbs of the cross and shape it.
The size of the cross depends on the size of the palm strip that you use.
Example: A palm strip size 13" long x 1/2 " wide, will create a cross that is approximately 2 1/2 inches tall.
You can pin the small palm crosses on your lapel. Larger crosses can hang on the frames of religious pictures, statues, grave stones, etc... in a place of respect because the palms have been blessed.
The "palm cross" helps us to remember the sacrifice of the Easter Passion, throughout the year. Please, share this activity with your children as a way of celebrating Palm Sunday and pass on the tradition into the millenium.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Hello Everyone!
Our blog is off to a new start. A lot of good things happenning this year.
Our blog is off to a new start. A lot of good things happenning this year.
CONGRATULATIONS
Sweta and sanjay found out that they will be proud parents of a baby girl, due May 24th 2008.
Sweta and sanjay found out that they will be proud parents of a baby girl, due May 24th 2008.
Maya's bridal shower will be on April 19th, 2008-more details to follow.*
All of you should have received Maya's 'Save the Date' card-Wedding is on June 7th, 2008*
visit her website .
visit her website .
Make sure you keep the 6th of June free, for the Mehndi ceremony everyone is invited, It will be held in Simi valley, Mehndi for the women .Good food , drinks and games for the men.
Rene and Naveen are hosting a baby shower for Sweta on April 26th.please save the date, details will follow.
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