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Grill season is almost over. It’s a wonderful time to enjoy the wonderful summer weather and take pleasure being with family and friends. Good company, great weather and flavorful mouth-watering juicy BBQs!

We’re well aware though of the publicity that BBQ and grilling can cause cancer. Well, that’s true! If we cook with maximum heat, the protein and fat in our meat turns into carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

But this shouldn’t happen. If we use functional foods as marinade we can inhibit and minimize the formation of those carcinogenic compounds. more…

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Cancer is everywhere. Most of us know someone who have or had cancer within our circle of families, friends or neighbors.

This monster is a hijacker seizing our body to its own advantage. Cancer cells recruit healthy cells to develop abnormally. Then it grows slowly and sturdily. It’s like an evil twin taking our rightful place.

This doesn’t happen in a day. Cancer evolution is a lengthy process that can take as much as 20 years. Most types of cancer are detected only in the last 3 years.

Our Defense

Our immune system is our main defense. How does it work? The immune system recognizes these aberrant cells as a foreign body. Then, it kills the cancer cells. more…

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Apart from the emotional pain cancer inflicts upon its survivors, it produces physical pain. The pain can be excruciatingly painful and debilitates most patients. And that’s not to be taken lightly.

Chemotherapy for breast cancer patients involves treatment with aromatase inhibitors. In estrogen dependent breast cancers, aromatase inhibitors prevent sexual hormones to be converted into estrogen. Where estrogen, on the other hand, supports cancer growth. Nevertheless, most breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitor chemo complain of skeletal and joint pain, muscle pain and weakness. These painful symptoms are interpreted as side effects of chemotherapy. more…

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The summer is almost at its last stretch. Summer, a wonderful time, comes with the best our gardens can offer – those red sun ripened tomatoes! These little babies pack one, two or even three punches at cancer.

Three Punches

How does this work? First, phytochemicals from tomatoes attack the inflammation process. Second, they increase apoptosis. And third, they block cancer cell proliferation. Those are three deadly punches for cancer! more…

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There’s a new death this week from one staunch advocate who fought cancer with a totally new way of life. He was the first to talk about the significance of functional foods in France as early as 20 years ago. David Servan-Schreiber died on July 25, 2011 at age 50 after a 20 year battle with brain cancer.

His Life

David Servan-Schreiber was the co-founder of the Centre for Integrative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was one of the founders of the US branch of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) an organization awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Dr. Servan-Schreiber was a dedicated volunteer to Iraq in 1991 and other third world countries. He’s a French physician, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, writer and author of books. more…