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The first time you hear something controversial, or something that goes against everything you’ve been taught – you might find it mildly interesting, but not worth taking to heart.

The second time you hear something, you might think, “Wow, I’ve heard that before.” But you still probably won’t believe it.

How many times does it take before you start to think, “Maybe I need to listen to this..”?

 

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No, its not the car or the furnace. Yes those are important, but everyone seems to forget about getting your body prepared.

The weather is changing – unless you live in LA I guess… Some people are already dealing with wet heavy snow. You might have noticed more sniffles going on at work. More people out sick

It’s time to get serious about keeping our bodies strong and healthy to withstand the rigors of winter.

The best thing you can do is build your immune system now. Read More …

Here it comes – pink ribbons, bracelets, pins, t-shirts. Companies are raking in big profits on all things pink. And only a pittance, if any – goes to anything related to breast cancer. It mostly goes to the company bottom line. Pink is a huge profit center.

I hear it everyday – “I’m doing this because my (friend, mother, sister, principal, etc) had breast cancer.”

How does spending billions of dollars on pink symbols help anyone survive breast cancer? It doesn’t. Its all just another money making sucker punch.

As a matter of fact, the breast cancer industry is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Do you really want to do something meaningful? It’s time to Pink Differently…

How about if we quit doing the things that cause breast cancer in the first place?

How about if we quit eating foods that encourage the breakdown of our bodies?

How about if we quit supporting all of the products that lead to poor health?

How about if we supported our health every day making it harder for cancer to invade your body?

How about if we focused on eating foods that protect your body from cancer?

Did you ever wonder why breast cancer is so prevalent now, yet 50 years ago it hardly existed?

What happened?

In the case of breast cancer, its hormones and hormone mimicking substances. Everyday people are being loaded with female estrogen from soy, plastics, and the hormones in commercial animal products.

The biggest offenders?

Almost all packaged foods. Try finding one that doesn’t contain soy.

And the biggest commercial chicken producers. I’ve said it before – a chicken doesn’t naturally have bigger breasts than you. You think you’re getting a great deal when you get that package of huge chicken breasts for a song, don’t you?

Microwaving in plastic releases even more estrogen mimicking chemicals.

Cancer feeds on sugar. You might think that you don’t eat many sweets, but like soy, there is sugar in almost every packaged food. Its hidden under a bunch of different names – corn syrup, fructose, and dextrose, to name a few. Heck, even tomato soup is sweet now.

If you value your breasts, don’t touch these menaces with a ten foot pole – and start getting more broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts into your diet. Cruciferous vegetables help your body dispose of excess estrogen.

Cut as many chemicals out of your diet as possible. Try some new delicious and easy recipes. The best way to really know what’s in your food is to make it yourself.

Eat more of the foods that make it harder for cancer to survive in your body.

Instead of buying pink t-shirts – buy broccoli and organic chicken. It will go a lot farther in preventing breast cancer than the latest pink products.

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• Red wine ingredient resveratrol stops breast cancer growth (scienceblog.com)
• Dear Susan G. Komen . . . (cancerfree2b.com)

Have you ever wondered why bad for you foods are so cheap?

Here’s an article by Dr. Mercola that explains it all quite clearly -

The 9 Foods the US Government is Paying You to Eat

  The Dalai Lama was in Chicago today. And what do you think was the big news on the radio this morning? The Dali Llama has to eat meat for health reasons. I’ve heard a lot of scoffing today – but we Rebels know the truth. Yes, you need the nutirents in animal products. 

Vegetarians have suffered from fatigue, heart disease, thyroid problems, and crumbling teeth. Yes, crumbling teeth is common for vegetarians. Doesn’t sound too attractive does it? Not that we ever wanted to eat nothing but vegetables. 

1/3 of all vegetarians stop because of health problems. 

I’ve been saying that this trend was ridiculous for years. While yes, we all need to eat more fruits and vegetables, you also need nutrients that you get from meat and eggs. 

Now with that being said, that doesn’t mean that we should look the other way when animals are being treated cruelly. And its been documented that animals that are raised in the healthy envorinment and allowed to run and eat the foods that are right for them, that the meat and eggs are much healthier for us. 

Lets face it – nobody really likes the idea of killing an animal to eat. But, that is the way its always been. The Prophets ate meat. So did Jesus. 

The problem is when people care more about animals than they do humans. When you put your health and your family’s health at risk – that’s a problem. When people care more about saving animals than they do about feeding homeless kids – that’s a problem.

When you financially support industries that are doing harm – that’s a problem. 

I understand that a lot of people eat the way they do because they think its cheaper. If you truly add up what you spend on food, and add in lost days at work, doctor and hospital bills, prescription drugs, stress on the family, and all the other things that come with poor health – I think it becomes obvious which is the cheaper choice. 

Maybe the best we can do as ‘enlightened’ human beings is to eat with dignity. 

Maybe if everyone would treat their body as a temple and attend to their nutritional needs, the world would be a much different place. Just think, a world without ADD, arthritis, asthma, Cancer, heart disease, and, and, and…Wouldn’t that be wonderful? 

Stop treating your body like a garbage dump.

 Worry about your own choices and quit pointing the finger at everyone else. Just do the best you can with what you’ve got. Its the best any of us can do.

Many of us have our story about how we came to want to start eating healthier. Our own little wake up calls. That one instance that makes us question what we are feeding ourselves and our families.

But it doesn’t stop there. Oh no! Then we want to change the world! We want everyone to know what we have discovered.

Unfortunately, most people are like the woman in the following video described herself before she got her wake up call…

Have you been reading and applying your small bites training?

Keep making your small changes!

 

You know, I passionately believe that a healthier lifestyle will improve your life one hundred fold. However, I really try not to be the shove it down your throat type.

Now I’m feeling a little guilty.

A girl at work lost her husband to pancreatic cancer last night.

I did talk about things I’ve read about, and I sent her articles- and then I waited to see if she would come to me to find out more. She didn’t.

My friend Linda was not interested in natural or alternate therapies – so I shut up.

Now, I can’t tell you if any of this stuff works. I’ve never had cancer. I can only report on what I’ve read that sounds at least half way credible.

But even so, there are 2 things that really bother me about all of this.

1. Even if these things didn’t work totally, they certainly wouldn’t hurt, and they at least could make things better.
2. People aren’t willing to try things even when they are on their death bed.

I think I would be willing to try any wacky thing, especially if it isn’t going to make matters worse if it doesn’t work. I would take 4000+ mg. of curcumin. I would find hemp oil. If I had the strength, I would be in infared saunas every day. If it came down to it, I’d go raw and eliminate sugar. I would fill myself with foods and supplements that are rumored to help stop cancer. I thought everyone would.

But what bothers me the most is that I didn’t push enough. What if some of this stuff really does work? I mean, there are over 200 studies on curcumin and cancer.

I’ve decided that I need to quit being so timid and really get the reports out there, even if people think I’m a crack pot. If I can help one person, it will be worth it.

If you are a member and you have something going on that I haven’t written about it yet or you want more help with something – drop me a line and I’ll help you research it.

Why only members? I wish I could do it for everyone, but there are only 24 hours in a day. At only $10 a month, I’m not making any big fortune here, so I still have to work. And it wouldn’t be fair to the members who are paying their dues to keep the site alive for me to be giving away free help. I hope you can understand.

The best defense is a good diet before you get sick.