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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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Let’s look at cancer in a totally new light. This way we can understand how it operates. Instead of asking, “Why does cancer grow?” We can ask the question, “How does cancer grow?” It can be a key to winning our fight with cancer! more…
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Information is a key element to fight an enemy and increase our chances to win big! In our fight against cancer, most of the information comes from researches of scientists. They are usually published in scientific journals. But like majority of specialists, they mostly talk shop and use a language or terminology that’s alien to most of us to understand. This makes us lose interest in the matter.
In spite of this, a collection or compilation of several studies and the valuable information they offer can greatly help us. more…
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We hear the story we’re getting fatter. Fat is an organ that produces hormones. In turn, hormone affects our metabolism. We’re like an organ that easily doubles its size. And soon, we’re overweight. We know that obesity is linked to diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer development. more…
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It’s like giving an old product a new look and a better label. Before the industrialization on food, functional foods were an advantage to civilization. These plants proved to be resistant to diseases, have better growth and fertility.
The industrialization of our food production entailed a mass production of foods we consume. Then, our food necessitated processing and standardization. The processing produced new kinds of food that weren’t tested by time. When this happened, many components that had originally been present in our traditional foods were destroyed.
Fleming discovered penicillin in the mid twentieth century and it help manage a scourge of mankind: infection. Now, here comes an old scourge of humanity: cancer! more…
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When we hear we have cancer, we’re in disbelief! That verdict puts us on a challenging crossroad and our lives hang on the balance. One path leads to remission while the other leads to emptiness and hopelessness. Obviously, this is one of the most difficult moments in our lives. We mark our lives at this significant moment – from before and after the diagnosis.
There’s a short pause here. Before we’re tested we feel those unusual symptoms. That pain, that feeling of bladder fullness and that wanting to discharge urine but nothing comes out. Our urine is obstructed by the prostate mass. We’re constantly fatigued. We want to get to the bottom of this. So finally, we seek the doctor’s help. more…
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Valentines’ day is here! It’s that time of year we sweetly celebrate love and offer our loved ones affection with a dozen red roses plus chocolates. We may as well make it great and fun. So let’s give them a lot of chocolates but make it dark. That way, we’re both having fun and fighting cancer.
Dark chocolate containing 70 percent or more cacao is the closest thing to a cacao bean. It tastes so yummy and a much better indulgence for those sweet toothed like most of us! Yummy! more…
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If our food fix are veggies and fruits to battle cancer, looking for creative recipes isn’t difficult to find. As mentioned in an earlier blog, the book, “Zest for Life” is a good book to start with. The gems from this book are the recipes written by an expert on nutrition, a lady with a degree in nutrition. Her brush with cancer inspired her to write this book coupled with her conviction that our food choices influence our chances at survival. She evolved into a passionate advocate in enlightening people that we can prevent this scourge through our lifestyles and especially with what we eat. more…
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36 years isn’t old. Being Brad Pitt partner is every girl’s dream! Six kids bring delight and inspiration! Being pregnant feels utterly wonderful! It looks like Angelina Jolie lives a very full and blissfully happy life. Now, add the possibility of cancer to that fairy tale kind of life and you’ll get an explosive situation. more…
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Cancer can strike anyone – the young or the old, the celebrity or the common man, the rich or the poor. Most people need to share their experiences to be able to cope as a patient, family or friend.
I saw a movie that does just that on DVD. The title of the movie is 50/50. The title was based on the doctor’s verdict of survival of the characters. This means the 50 percent chance of survival and the 50 percent of death. more…