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Bonnie writes:
I read the craziest
article the other day and I still can't believe it's
true but it said they are experimenting with using
Anthrax serum or some such thing to cure cancer. Could
that be for real? What is your take on such a thing
happening?
Steve's Motivator this week, "SAY
AWE"
is truly a wakeup for our life and how we look
at things!
If you enjoy Steve's weekly Motivator let him know and
tell him you read it in "A Natural Environmental Health
Facts Ask Lena Health Q & A ezine."
mailto:Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com
I answer all health questions to
the best of my ability using what I gleaned from
20-years as a Medical Office Nurse and Administrator
along with my education in
nutritional and alternative modes. I am not a doctor and
you should not think of me as one.
Just lived many years while observing
the life and health of many in the world
around me...
Q & A is for your information and education only and in
some instances to give you a different perspective on a
particular problem!
My wish for you, in the use of the information gained
here, is that you will apply it in a smart and safe
manner in order to enhance your life and not harm it!
Not to be used in place of your judgment but in
addition to... Even though I daily watch people become
healthy with the information imparted nothing works 100%
of the time for 100% of people...
I have always felt that I had to know all sides to a
problem and then make a decision for myself and I hope
that will be your attitude as well!
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Question:
I read the craziest article the other day and I still
can't believe it's true but it said they are
experimenting with using Anthrax serum or some such
thing to cure cancer. Could that be for real? What is
your take on such a thing happening?
Bonnie
Answer:
This is really old news but someone apparently is
bringing it to the forefront again, which means they
think they are close to releasing it for use by
oncologists as an acceptable cancer cure or has been
released. Sadly! Yes there is research going on using
anthrax bacterium. I will give you what I found that has
been written about using anthrax to cure cancer. I, for
one, will wait 20 years after it is released, if it ever
is (which is what it takes to know the true nature
of any cure/medication) to see the true outcome
and hope it doesn't create a nightmare as so many
so-called health cures have! Just look at all the
recalls weekly and monthly at
http://www.safetyalerts.com/ and you can see how
wrong so many are and have been. Never in history has so
many drugs been recalled so often!
Since Botox, a deadly disease, injected into the body is
used for nerve damage and wrinkles this shouldn't be
such a shock?
Reported so far is;
Scientists at the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., have
supposedly "disabled" the deadly bacterium and
redesigned its toxins to help fight disease.
"We've modified the anthrax bacterium so that it's
essentially harmless," says NIH research scientist
Stephen Leppla. Harmless, but not to certain cancer
cells.
Potential Cure
In ground-breaking research published in the Proceedings
of the National Academies of Science, scientists found
they could cure skin cancer in mice by injecting them
with the anthrax "toxin."
The toxin prevents tumors from growing by limiting their
blood supply and by also directly destroying the tumor
cells themselves.
The most recent study used very low doses of the poison,
preventing other tissues in the body from being damaged.
"Probably melanoma, colon tumors, and breast cancers are
the most susceptible to the effects of anthrax toxin,"
says Nicholas Duesbery, research scientist at the Van
Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Mich.
The concept of using bacterial toxins for therapy isn't
entirely new. Last year a trial reported in the New
England Journal of
Medicine showed that toxins caused complete remission in
11 out of 16 leukemia patients who had been resistant to
standard chemotherapy.
In addition, researchers recently described how they are
now re-engineering the poison so that it's safer and
more effective, and targets cancer cells exclusively.
"We have changed the anthrax toxin so that it's only
activated and toxic once it's in contact with the
surface of the cancer cell," says Thomas Bugga, research
scientist at the National Institutes of Health.
That means scientists can now use much higher doses, on
many more types of cancer.
"The data we have from treating human tumor cells
growing in mice are certainly encouraging and we plan to
go ahead full speed," adds Bugga.
Scientists say because anthrax is a poison, it will take
several more years of testing on animals before the
toxin might be tried on humans.
Some experts believe that as more funds are allocated
for bioterrorism prevention, new findings will mean more
progress towards improved cancer treatment.
And likewise, better understandings of cancer biology
could possibly contribute to the homeland security
effort.
I would suspect that it is being used more than we
know... It seems to me as well as many other alternative
health practitioners that the cancer answer is not thoroughly understood
by the traditional medical world or they would be working to get
immune systems healthy and trigger them to working to the maximum
ability so it can kill cancer, as it will and does. But at this time
cancer treatment is all about
killing the immune system and hoping a person survives
that process - 60% don't survive a dead immune system
killing process, hence die from the process and not the
cancer... That does not make sense to me
or any other alternative health practitioner... What I
do know is that in order to prevent cancer and a
multitude of other illnesses a
total mineral balance must be maintained in the body
and we can no longer get that from our foods and need to
supplement to achieve that end...
Hope this answers your question
Lena
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MOTIVATOR
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SAY, "AWE"
Albert
Einstein said that wonder is the source of all true art
and all science. "He to whom this emotion is a stranger,
who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
During our recent visit to Peru, we were amazed at the
magnificent Incan architecture. Their precise stonework
has withstood the centuries, though earthquakes have
toppled other buildings all around. We were enthralled
by the terraces the Incan people built on the sides of
Andean mountains to grow crops. They created perhaps the
finest irrigation system the world had known at the
time.
At Nazca we looked in wonder at the so-called "Nazca
Lines" -- a series of lines and pictures the ancient
Nazca people drew in the desert sand many hundreds of
years ago. Archaeologists are still bewildered by the
significance of these lines, yet we were thrilled to
gaze in awe at this unusual relic of antiquity. To us,
everything was new. Every moment an adventure.
I'm reminded of the little girl who rode a train with
her mother. Looking out the window, she exclaimed,
"Look! A horse!" And a moment later, "Look! Houses!"
She gave every indication of keeping this up, so her
embarrassed mother apologized to the man next to her.
"I'm sorry my daughter is going on like this," she said.
"She still thinks everything is wonderful."
When do we stop thinking everything is wonderful? When
we grow up? Does growing older also mean growing jaded?
And must we travel to faraway places to marvel once
again? Can't we experience wonder and awe today -- this
moment?
A fresh orange or buttered toast is no less marvelous
today than when you first tasted it. The building you
work in may be an architectural miracle the ancients
never fathomed. The smell of your summer garden or the
sight of this evening's sunset can be no less glorious
today than it ever was. Few things are commonplace in
themselves -- it's our reaction to them that grows dull
over the years.
As Einstein observed, those who will pause to wonder and
stand rapt in awe will truly live. They will see what
others miss. They will feel what others cannot. Life
will be for them both exquisite and mysterious when they
learn to say, "Awe."
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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You either love it or you
hate it!
"Abelmoschus esculentus" and
also "Hibiscus esculentus".
The discussion in a group last weekend as we sat in the gazebo was on
this very food. And all gamete of likes and dislikes for it came up? I
found in the group that there aren't usually too many who simply can
take it or leave it they seem to be that you either like or dislike it?
I personally love it raw, pickled, steamed or sautéed? We call it Okra!
Heart healthy, long pointy ended fuzzy, vegetable that can make you itch
when picking fresh! Known in various parts of the world as Okra, Ochro,
Okoro, Quimgombo, Quingumbo, Ladies Fingers, Gombo, Kopi Arab, Kacang
Bendi, Bhindi (S. Asia), Bendi (Malaysia), Bamia, Bamya or Bamieh
(middle east). Apparently Gumbo is Swahili for okra. In Portugal and
Angola, okra is known as Quiabo (plural: Quiabos). In Japan it is known
as okura. Patrick Taylor adds: "Okra has found its way to Taiwan, where
it's called "qiu kui" (pronounced cheeoh kway). Check out the potassium
and calcium content below, making them great heart and bone builders.
"Okra is found in its wild state on the alluvial banks of the Nile and
the Egyptians were the first to cultivate it in the basin of the Nile
(12th century BC). It was then introduced into North Africa to the
Mediterranean, the Balkans, and India. It arrived then in the Americas
at Brazil (1658), Dutch Guinea and at New Orleans before extending in
the United States and going up to Philadelphia in 1781." Or so some
say.
In the 1800's slaves from Africa used ground okra as a part of their
diet, and this apparently led to the use of ground okra seeds as a
coffee substitute by other southerners during the American Civil War
blockades of the 1860's. Even today, ground okra is used in West Africa
to make a "...local soup made from dried and ground okra, baobab leaves
or rosselle. Fish sometimes is added into it . I wasn't there so I don't
know that for sure?
Best and most tender when picked at approx. 3 inches in length. Picking
the pods while wet may darken the skin, but the taste is not affected.
We usually pick ours at mid day so they retain that bright green color.
Picking every other day means less that the goats get from getting tough
on us. Yes, my husbands pet goats get the tough ones and love them.
I grew up eating southern fried okra and I thought that was the only way
you should eat it. Then my husband came along with his garden, which
includes okra and one day, while he was giving me his weekly tour of his
pride, he pulled off a couple of pods of okra and handed one to me to
eat. Now I was sure that was a really dumb thing to do but he finally
convinced me and I have been a raw okra fan ever since. Try it; you'll
like it even if you've never liked okra before. I've seen it happen over
and over with visitors to his garden as he repeats what he did with me
to them. Our next favorite way of eating okra is steamed or boiled, both
are equally tasty. I sometimes add a little rice vinegar just for a
change in flavor. I also pickle several jars of okra every year. I make
them spicy as my grandchildren will then eat them. (Recipe at end of
article) If you cook okra in brass, iron or copper the pan will darken
almost black.
Nutrition Facts (1/2 cup cooked okra) 4 or 5 pods.
Calories 25
Dietary Fiber 2 grams
Protein 1.52 grams
Carbohydrates 5.76 grams
Vitamin A 460 IU
Vitamin C 13.04 mg
Folic acid 36.5 micrograms
Calcium 50.4 mg
Iron 0.4 mg
Potassium 256.6 mg
Magnesium 46 mg
Raw will contain much more nutrients as they have not leached out!
The super fiber found in okra helps to stabilize blood sugar as it curbs
the rate at which sugar is absorbed from the intestinal tract. Okra not
only binds cholesterol but bile acid carrying toxins dumped into it by
the filtering liver. But it doesn't stop there... The okra fiber,
absorbing water and ensuring bulk in stools, helps prevent and improve
constipation. Fiber in general is helpful for this but okra is one of
the best, along with ground flax seed and psyllium. Unlike harsh wheat
bran, which can irritate or injure the intestinal tract, okra's mucilage
soothes, and okra facilitates elimination more comfortably by its
slippery characteristic that many people abhor. Making it great for
those with IBS?
This incredibly valuable vegetable not only binds excess cholesterol and
toxins (in bile acids) which cause numerous health problems if not
evacuated, but then assures easy passage out of the body of same. Unlike
some prescription and over-the-counter drugs for this, the veggie is
completely healthy, non-toxic, non-habit forming (except for the many
who greatly enjoy eating it), has no adverse side effects, is full of
nutrients, and is economical.
Okra can be frozen or pickled for storing.
Frozen:
Start with freshly picked okra. Wash, cut the stems off, being careful
not to cut into seed chamber, otherwise the seeds may spill out. Blanch
by putting into rapidly boiling water for about 3 minutes. Remove and
cool immediately by placing under cool running water. Pat dry, pack in
plastic bags, seal tightly and place in the freezer. Unblanched okra
will quickly lose its nutrient content, flavor and turn dark. Should
keep well up to a year.
Canned: Making spicy canned okra is simple and easy!
Lena's Pickled Spicy Okra:
Step 1:
Wash wide mouth pickling jars in dishwasher for maximum germ killing, or
in hot soapy dish water and rinse in boiling water.
Fill canning pot with water and begin heating on stove. (Any pot that
will hold pint size jars and can be covered with water, such as a
spaghetti cooker will work. You will need to put a rack of some sort in
the bottom so jars will not be in direct contact with bottom of pot.)
Step 2
Wash okra and trip stem. Do not cut into pod as seeds will fall out and
you will have nothing but slime?
Step 3
Pickling liquid:
2 cups white vinegar
4 cups purified/filtered water
1/3 cup sea salt
Put on stove and bring to boil. Stir until salt is dissolved. Keep hot
until ready to pour into jars.
Step 4
Put lids and seals in a pan of boiling water for 5 minutes immediately
before putting on jars.
Step 5
Fill hot jars with cleaned and dry okra.
Add 2 cloves fresh garlic, 1 jalapeno pepper sliced, more if you like
really hot. Or put 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper? 1/4 teaspoon dill seed
or 1 teaspoon or large sprig of fresh dill. 1 small or medium bay leaf.
Pour boiling pickling liquid over okra and spices, leaving about 1/2
inch at top. Wipe rim with moist paper towel or cloth. (Anything on
the rim will prevent sealing of jars, hence spoiled okra.) Put hot
lid and seal on jar.
Step 6
Put jars into canner, making sure water covers the tops and about 1/2
inch above. Boil for 10 minutes. Remove jars from water to a clean cloth
covered surface to cool. You may hear popping sounds coming from the
jars as they cool and sealing takes place, that is perfectly normal and
hoped for step.
Enjoy!
Lena
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