60 Minutes Special - Is Sugar Toxic?

Sugar, is it really toxic?  Tonight, 60 minutes with correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates new evidence concerning sugar.

Dr. Robert Lustig, pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, has begun an Anti-Sugar Campaign, motivated by his own patients.  He claims there are just too many children who suffer from obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.

He said that you need to be careful when purchasing at the store, sugar is hidden in bread, yogurts, sauces, peanut butter and also to remember, High Fructose Corn Syrup, it's equally toxic.

Dr. Lustig has co-authored an American Heart Association report that recommends men should consume no more than 150 calories of added sugar a day and women, just 100 calories.  The average person now consumes 130 pounds of sugar per year, that's 1/3 pound every day.

Kimber Stanhope, a nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, is in the midst of a 5 year study that links excess high fructose corn syrup consumption to an increase in risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

During the first few days of the study, the subjects eat a diet low in added sugars.  Then 25% of their calories are replaced with sweetened drinks, blood is drawn throughout the study.  The results, within 2 weeks, LDL cholesterol levels have increased and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease are noted.

Lewis Cantley, a Harvard Professor and the head of the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center claims that when we eat or drink sugar it causes a sudden spike in the hormone insulin, which can serve as a catalyst to fuel certain types of cancers.  Nearly a third of some common cancers, such as breast and colon cancers have something called insulin receptors on their surface.  Insulin binds to these receptors and signals the tumor to start consuming glucose.

Cantley went on to say, "Every cell in our body needs glucose to survive.  But the trouble is, these cancer cells also use it to survive."

Lewis Cantley's research team is working on developing drugs that will cut off the glucose supply to cancer cells, but in the meantime, the advice is to stop consuming sugar and sugar products.

Eric Stice, a neuroscientist at the Oregon Research Institute, is using MRI scanners to learn how sugar activates our brain.  According to the research, it turns out that Dopamine, a chemical that controls the brain's pleasure center, is being released, just as it would in response to drugs or alcohol.

Source: CBS News

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Light At Night Cancer Link Possible Obesity Link

Evidence for Light At Night (LAN) cancer link and possible obesity link.

A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at Israel's University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer.

The researchers, headed by Prof. Abraham Haim, hypothesized that LAN harms production of melatonin, a hormone that is released from the pineal gland during the dark part of the 24-hour cycle and which is linked to the body's cyclical night-day activity and seasonality.  When this hormone is suppressed, the occurence of cancer rises.

The researchers noted that, "Exposure to LAN disrupts our biological clock and affects the cyclical rhythm."

Earlier studies at the university have shown that people living in areas that have more night-time illumination are more susceptible to prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women. 

In one of these earlier studies, according to Haim, artificial Light At Night cancels out the sun's natural setting time, the body's continuous exposure to high levels of light disrupts the biological clock and thereby damages the circadian regulation of body cells, tissue, organs and systems.

"Watching TV at night can cause obesity, not only due to inactivity and overeating, but also because it upsets the body's natural daily cycle.  Chapter three of Ecclesiastes says, 'Everything has an appointed season, and there is a time for every matter under the heaven.' " said Prof. Haim

source:
 http://israel21c.org/201011018492/briefs/more-evidence-for-lan-cancer-link
http://israel21c.org/201012028584/health/artificial-light-at-night-may-cause-obesity

Antibiotic Therapy Risks

According to Dr. James Howenstine, a board certified specialist in internal medicine, he writes in his article entitled "ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER", that having a healthy gastrointestinal tract is a key component for good health. He goes on to say that he believes all antibiotics kill healthy intestinal bacteria and when these bacteria are killed, they are replaced in the intestines by more dangerous anaerobic bacteria, parasites, fungi, yeast and mycoplasma. In addition, our ability to kill cancer cells is probably being compromised by decreased production of intestinal immune cells, since more than 70% of our immune system cells reside in the intestine.

Dr. Howenstine further sites a study from the JAMA that revealed that women who have taken antibiotics are at an increased risk for developing breast cancer.

Dr. Howenstine also believes that long term use of antibiotics may be the primary reason why patients with Lyme Disease are now frequently being discovered to have lymphomas. Suppressed activity of killer lymphocytes related to decreased production of immune cells by damaged intestines whose health has been compromised by loss of healthy intestinal flora could be a key contributing factor to the lymphoma problem. source

HealthIsInReach has a couple of suggestions:
1. For increased immune system response, we suggest Beta-1,3D Glucan.
2. For help with bacteria, parasites, fungi and yeast overgrowth, we suggest the Advanced ERE.
3. For help with lymphomas and cancer, we suggest the FIR Dome and/or Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine.

Beneficial Nutritional Avocados

The Benefits and Nutritional Facts of Avocados

The average avocado contains 300 calories and 30 grams of healthy polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat.

Avocados have the highest protein content of any fruit.


Avocados contain more potassium than bananas.

One avocado contains 81 mcg of lutein. Lutein protects against macular degeneration and cataracts. source

Avocados have been shown to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer.

Avocados are high in oleic acid which has been shown to prevent breast cancer in numerous studies.

Avocados are high in beta-sitosterol, a compound that has been shown to lower cholesterol levels.

Avocados are the best fruit source for vitamin E. source

Percent Daily Values (%DV) for one Avocado

Vit A - 6%

Vit C - 33%

Vit E - 21%

Vit K - 53%

Thiamin - 9%

Riboflavin - 15%

Niacin - 17%

Vit B6 - 26%

Folate - 41%

Protein - 8%

Dietary Fiber - 54%

Cholesterol - 0%

Sodium - 1%

Total Carbohydrate - 6%

Percent Daily Values (%DV) are for adults or children aged 4 or older, and are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. source

Navarro Urine Test to Detect Cancer

When you are on an alternative cancer treatment, how do you know whether or not it is working?

To determine whether your treatment is effective, the Navarro Urine Test was designed to help you in your treatment protocol.

Even people without cancer can take the Navarro test to get an early warning that they may have cancer creeping up on them.

Cancer patients in remission should take the Navarro Urine Test every six months for 2 or 3 years after they think they are in remission.

Developed in the late 1930's by the renowned oncologist, the late Dr. Manuel D. Navarro, the test detects the presence of HCG in urine. It indicates the presence of cancer cells even before signs or symptoms develop. Dr. Navarro found HCG to be elevated in all types of cancer.

The Navarro Urine Test detects the presence of brain cancer as early as 29 months before symptoms appear; 27 months for fibrosarcoma of the abdomen; 24 months for skin cancer; 12 months for cancer of the bones (metastasis from breast cancer extirpated 2 years earlier).

Patients follow a simple direction for preparing a dry extract from the urine sample. The powdery extract is mailed to the Navarro Medical Clinic where the HCG testing is performed.

For directions for preparing the urine sample

Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine

The Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine offers you a full body massage, including internal organs and all body systems. A 15 minute massage is estimated to be the equivalent of walking ten thousand paces (about 90 minutes), in terms of body oxygenation. If used with proven relaxation techniques, there's no limit to the potential scope of healing and fitness enhancement for the body and mind.

The Original Sun Ancon Chi Machine will help eliminate body toxins and provide essential benefits of sporting and fitness programs without putting stress on the body such as vertebrae joints, heart and lungs and without depleting body energy levels or causing injury.

“I am a registered nurse and have used the Chi Machine and FIR dome for several years for my chronic fatigue syndrome with incredible results of increased health and energy. I have had similar results on many other women I have used it on for complaints varying from pneumonia, breast cancer and fibromyalgia to severe chronic fatigue. I use it as a pick- me-up when I just can't seem to go on any further or to get going in the morning; it is far more invigorating than any other product I have come across." – K.R., UT source