Lika’s Log

Have you ever wondered if the email you get is true or not. Cause I know me, I believe alot I read. So how many times have we gotten the email about to freeze your bottle of water and no microwave with plastic wrap or whatever?

Today I got a really informative Cancer piece and added to da bottom was da no freeze dis & no microwave dat. Personally, I’ve had da attitude ~ if I all ready have cancer what difference does it make. Attitude I know. I live in the Valley of Triple Digit weather, I’m sorry I’m freezing my bottle of water.

Finally today I “snoped it!” Went to www.snopes.com and searched for da freeze water bottle issue. FALSE! Thank you. Urban legend. Then again even if was true I would still have an attitude about it but thats another entry. LOL

Oh & remember reading about da doctor from Castle Hospital. The Doctor being cited is a PhD not an MD. Ok, no disrespect to PhD-ers cause I gave birth to one; but dang it just goes to show you can’t believe everything you read and you must do your own research cause there is more to it then “what it says in the email.” *L*

Not to be a smart ass or anything, ok to be a smartass….when I first read the “don’t freeze the water bottle” email….my first thought was “how does freezing release chemicals?” Doesn’t freezing mean freezing make hard cause really cold so how can da chemical be release. I neva know da answa, do I look like a scientist. Now HEAT, the microwave thing I thought was moe realistic. Kinda sort of cause its heat that would bind chemicals or make germs active? Ain’t it?

Cause like did you know its bad for females to have sex in a hot tub cause bacteria thrives in da hot wahtah and can go insai yo’belot. Fo’real. So wahines make sure you…neva mind neva mind, wahines can figgah dat part out demselves, I’m sure. Eh but I digress….

Below is a list I got in my email. I haven’t snoped it or anything…..but I want to add MY 2CENTS anyway. LOL

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.

~What MY biology professor told me (and I believe him) because he taught doctors to be doctors and he collected eyeballs LOL; A cancer cell is basically a bad/an unhealthy mutant cell so to speak. We all have good cells and bad cells. In most cases the bad cells are killed off by the good cells BUT if you have more bad cells then good cells then the bad cells win and that is called Cancer.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.

~My professor told me: If you live long enough you will get cancer.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
~See #1

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.

~My endocronologist said: Stay away from processed food and fast foods. But do I listen….still eating junk. Less junk but still yet…. need more fruits and vegetables.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

~All my doctors told me this, eat well and exercise. I’m still work on the eat well part.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

~I’ve never had Chemo, knockonwood making da sign of da cross and all dat no bachi me stuff. What I know about Chemo I’ve learned from others who have had treatment. You need to be physically & mentally strong for it becasue it drains you, literally zaps you.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

~Yes, its covering an area and not a specific cell(s). So both good & bad cells get destroyed sometimes, you gotta pray all da bad ones get zapped.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

~I’ve had Radioactive Iodine and yes it reduces/shrinks it and sometimes zaps all of it. But with what I have, I know that it could be zero for a few years and next thing you know its back. That happened to my friend. 5 years of nothing and this year its back, so you neva know. Just gotta do the regular checkup thing.

9 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.

~True, it makes you weak so yeah so don’t want to be getting anybody’s germs cause a cold or flu can do serious damage.

10. 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.

~Probably. Cancer cells matastasize(?) they frkng move on their own. I don’t know if surgery would do it but you figure any kind of surgery puts your body into stress mode so your body is susceptible to anything.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

~No processed food. More fruits and vegetables. Go organic. Easier said then done let me tellya…

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 Aspartame 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.

~I guess? The sugar substitute I was told to use is Stevia. Hawaiian salt is betta den table 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 soya milk cancer cells are being starved.

~I dunno, I partially lactate intolerance. Aka I gotta go battroom, now! LOL But I still eat ice cream. Badpatient! LOL

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.

~True. My Docta said gotta be range free kine meat. Meats in the super markets have additives & what not, unless it says its range free aka you gotta pay way plenny moe.

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 juices provide live enzymes that are easily 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).

~I guess…. lol….eat more fruits and vegetables dats all I know.

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine.Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

~Too late I went Starbucks awreddy. LOL I’m a tea person.

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.

~Eat yogurt or Activia regularly.

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 and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

~Yes. Less meat is better.

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.

~I’m told also necessary selinium & fish oil.

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 and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

~TRUE, I am proof of this. Yes and it comes with the power of prayer from yourself and everyone. Both by those you know and don’t know. I think with the Internet this power of prayer by people you don’t know is a bigger blessing then any of us realize.

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.

~YES, and I did go to the gym this morning, what a goodgirl am I! I think I need to do yoga.

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