The Truth About Food

Shirley,

Thanks for the heads up!  I think I will watch it.  8:00pm, on Discovery Health...

Thanks!

Harley

hmmm, I just now wrote a whole 2 paragraphs, then poof off they went....

so Im giong to try again, I have a problem with deficiciencies in my body, and this coming wed i will find out which ones, then I hope i can come here and ask you guys which would be best, the real thing or a suppliment, i know the real thing is normally the best but I am soooo picky, that I wish I could just pop a pill for a meal and get a bit full.......

And as of that part of that program, dang I missed it as i was on animal planet, antoehr favorite....so if any of you saw some or part, will you let some of us who want to know a bit of what you saw and heard, I know Id love to hear some,

thanks so much  

Ter

Shirley,

Don't forget to add 1 tsp of cinnamon, supposedly it helps keep the natural sugar spike we get from all the fruits down to a more acceptable level.

Those who ate all raw foods, all lowered their cholesterol by 19% in only  12 days.  One guy was knocking on the diabetes door and his levels lowered down also.  

Tonight's show had cabbies eating fish for its omega 3 and it lowered their stress levels.   Pretty interesting show. 

The advice out there is to eat the fruit, it's more important than the pesticides which for a lot of them it can be washed off.  It's just the thin skin stuff  such as strawberries that should be avoided.

I buy organic frozen berries.  I was lucky and just happened to look for them and bingo, there they were.

The latest show was on dieting.  It turns out that we release more fat when we eat low fat dairy products.  They think it's because of the calcium in dairy.  It binds to fat and is excreted.  The participant in the research excreted twice the amount of fat while eating non fat dairy. 

It makes me wonder then if calcium from dairy is binding to fat and being excreted, then how is it being absorbed in the bones?  Or that's the reason why we absorb less than 50% of what we take in.

I found this recipe in a magazine I received yesterday (Women and Cancer) The recipe is called, "Immune Charger".

1cup carrot juice

1 teaspoon ginger

1/2 cup apple juice

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

It says, "clinical studies have found that ginger reduces the pain and swelling caused by osteoarthritis and has releived pain and/or swelling in 75% of arthritis patients. Apples have infection preventing abilities etc. Carrots are known as carotenoids that protect cells from environmental damage."

Sounds like a good drink ladies!!

Shirley,

That sounds good to me!! 

Oh, you mean I have more to look forward to with the hormone treatment phase of my treatment??  Oh, Goodie!

Harley

Shirley,

The ginger is a snack thingy.   Plus it helps to keep the heartburn away so I have to eat a couple of them, ok a few everyday to make sure I don't get any heartburn.   Good excuse, eh?

Ter,

Since we're doing recipes, I have a tasty one.  

orange juice , a few splashes

2-4 strawberries,  all organic 

handful of wild blueberries

4-5 blackberries and raspberries each

1 tsp of cinnamon

whey protein powder

1 tbl of tahini, not for tamoxifen users

1 -2 tbl of vanilla yogurt (optional)

I don't have to add ice because they're all frozen.

Then you'll have to eat it with a spoon because it will be thick.

I'm heavy on berries cause all 4 were researched to be cancer fighters.

Yes, I was surprised to read that tamoxifen and seseme seeds don't mix.  Supposedly they reduce the effectiveness of tamoxifen.  I like the tahini and cumin powder together for their natural iron content.

I had a peach hanging around and threw that in the smoothie, that was really good too.

Menopause. 2007 May 30; [Epub ahead of print] Links

Lignan-rich sesame seed negates the tumor-inhibitory effect of tamoxifen but maintains bone health in a postmenopausal athymic mouse model with estrogen-responsive breast tumors.

From the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

OBJECTIVE:: Flaxseed, the richest source of mammalian lignan precursors, enhances the tumor growth-inhibitory effect of tamoxifen while exerting no adverse effects on other estrogen-responsive tissues such as bone. Ingestion of sesame seed produces mammalian lignans comparable with flaxseed, but its anticancer potential is unknown. This study determined the interactive effects of sesame seed and tamoxifen on established MCF-7 tumor growth and bone health in ovariectomized athymic mice simulating a postmenopausal condition. DESIGN:: Mice with established MCF-7 tumors were treated for 8 weeks with (1) basal diet (negative control), (2) 10% sesame seed, (3) basal diet + tamoxifen implant, (4) 10% sesame seed + tamoxifen implant, or (5) basal diet + estrogen implant (positive control). Weekly palpable tumor size, final tumor weight, cell proliferation, and apoptosis were measured. Bone mineral content, bone mineral density, and biomechanical strength testing were performed on the femur and lumbar vertebrae. RESULTS:: Sesame seed induced regression of established tumor size similar to the negative control but tended to negate the tumor-inhibitory effect of tamoxifen, in part by reducing apoptosis. Sesame seed combined with tamoxifen induced higher bone mineral content, bone mineral density, and biomechanical strength in the femur and lumbar vertebrae than either treatment alone. A significant positive relationship was found between final tumor weight and bone strength parameters. CONCLUSIONS:: Sesame seed is not protective and negatively interferes with tamoxifen in inducing regression of established MCF-7 tumor size but beneficially interacts with tamoxifen on bone in ovariectomized athymic mice.

PMID: 17545920 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]