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Eating must be pleasant. Our food needs to be flavorful and presented as colorful and attractive as possible. This is especially true if we have to fight cancer with food and we intend to keep eating functional foods. Incorporating spices to our food brings a delightful zing to our taste buds. Besides that, some spices fight and brush aside cancer. more…

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You might ask, “How can an active life stave off cancer?”

Sedentary bodies results into slow peristaltic movements of the colon. Consequently, cancer-causing chemicals that we ingest through food stay in contact with the mucosa of the colon for an extended time. If this happens, it gives time for these chemicals to create damage to the DNA structure of the mucosa cells. Conversely, physical activity hastens the transit of food from the colon and prevents too much contact of harmful chemicals.

Physical activity reduces weight if we’re obese and maintains our ideal weight. Lack of exercise leads to fat deposits, we become obese with a higher percentage of fat in our bodies. Estrogen, a culprit in most breast cancers, isn’t only produced in the ovary but also in fat tissues. So, being obese means a higher production of hormones. This additional estrogen burden promotes the growth of tumors in the cervix, endometrium, ovaries and breasts. more…

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Will I get cancer? This question makes us anxious. In our life span, we have a 50 % chance to develop cancer. It isn’t a question of how but more of a when. It isn’t a doomsday prediction though. We may be lucky with a 50% chance of living our life without cancer. With that kind of luck we better prepare. Call it an insurance policy. more…

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There’s a great connection between the amounts of fiber we eat and our colon cancer risk. But not all types of fiber are equally effective to prevent the development of colon cancer. People in western countries typically consume more processed foods which are generally low in fiber. Processing of food strips them of their healthy fiber. These processed foods are linked with a higher incidence of bowel cancer. Because all foods with fiber aren’t the same health wise, where can we find the good ones? more…

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How much control do we really have over our own lives? Some say our life’s destiny is all written in our genes and we can’t do anything about this. Well, this isn’t true. We can do much about our life’s destiny.

Organisms evolve “consciously,” as our DNAs change in response to its environment. Our cell’s “consciousness” lies in its membrane which contains receptors that pick up various environmental signals. This mechanism controls the “reading” of the genes inside the cell.

We are an extension of our environment. Our environment includes everything we are in and what we do such as our exposure to sunlight, exercise and of course everything we choose to put into our bodies. It includes the food we eat, the air we breathe, the chemicals we lather on our skin and our exposure to toxic chemicals in some other ways. Hence, we control our environment. Further, if we can control our environment we take control of our lives and our destiny too. more…