High calcium levels linked to fatal prostate cancer
This article was originally posted in Cancer on September 05, 2008.
Men with high blood levels of calcium have a significantly increased risk of developing fatal prostate cancer, new research suggests.
The study of nearly three thousand men revealed that those with the highest levels of calcium in their blood were 2.68 times more likely to develop fatal prostate cancer than men with the lowest levels of calcium. The association remained even after the researchers took into consideration major risk factors for prostate cancer – age, weight, race, and family history. Blood calcium levels did not have a predictive effect upon non-fatal prostate cancers.
The data on blood calcium levels was determined an average of 9.9 years before the diagnosis of prostate cancer was made, thus suggesting that a simple blood test may identify men that are at high risk of developing the disease.
At present it is unclear whether it is calcium itself or parathyroid hormone, which regulates blood calcium levels, that plays a role in the pathology of the disease.
Skinner HG, Schwartz GG. Serum Calcium and Incident and Fatal Prostate Cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. /Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev/. 2008;17:2302-2305.
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Isn’t it interesting that after a multi-year mineral imbalance we end up in the cancer ward? To balance calcium we need to supplement with transdermal magnesium. To balance thyroid and parathyroid we need to supplement with iodine, which is found in kelp and other sea weed. Our Twilight Topically Everything contains magnesium and trace minerals from alfalfa and kelp. Transderma Magnesium Gel also contains magnesium and is thickened with sea weed.
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Martin, Cellular Health, August 21, 2010 2:51 pm
Intestinal health is most commonly undermined by:
- Antibiotic usage
- Excessive Sugar Consumption
- Stress – your reaction to stimuli
- Drinking Chlorinated Water
- Long term diet of Acid Foods
When the ecology of the human gastrointestinal tract becomes disrupted, beneficial microorganisms can no longer flourish in numbers necessary for proper balance. Toxin producing bacteria and fungi begin to take over, changing the ecology of your whole gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Medical researchers have revealed that the #1 health complaint received by doctors worldwide is poor digestion, malabsorption and constipation, or its opposite irritation and diarrhea quickly followed by complaints of tiredness, lack of energy, slow recovery, etc.
The use of laxatives to relieve constipation can be avoided by supplementation of vital intestinal flora when there is evidence of imbalance such as gas and bloating. This condition is the result in part because of poor choice and combining of foods, and poor digestion of them usually due to lack of enzymatic activity. Here, we go full circle back to the need to balance enzymes with critical bowel flora for healthy digestion. The progressive results of imbalance causes energy to be radically reduced compromising the immune system. Chronic indigestion, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, muscle pain, candidiasis, arthritis, colon cancer and poor immune response are becoming more common, all resulting from imbalances in digestive processes and consumption of processed foods.
We offer effective solutions: Floracol by Generation Plus and StrataFlora by Exsula.
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Martin, Digestive Health, Nutrition, August 18, 2010 1:49 pm
My daughter was having difficulty keeping her waistline trim. She is sharing her kitchen with people who do not believe in quality produce, and who will not adjust to accommodate her nutritional awareness. I recommended she supplement with digestive enzymes (Digesticol). Sure enough, taking one capsule with every cooked meal made all the difference – she now fits into all the clothes she bought when she was trim and slim a few years ago. And she feels full of energy!
Later she switched to the simpler e3 Supreme, because the Digesticol felt too strong. I enjoy it, but I am 30 years older, and that may be the biggest reason.
For even greater effectiveness to deal with unwanted body fat we have Lipalone. As the name suggests, it deals with metabolism of fats. Especially in the festive season this product will come very handy.
To melt away some unwanted fat deposits, Lipalone needs to be used in sufficient quantity to:
- Promote Weight Reduction & Eliminate Toxins
- Normalize Body Fat Deposits
- Reduce Fat Storage
- Balance Cholesterol Levels
- Eliminate Toxins & Waste
Enzymes: how do they work?
 The image on the left is the molecular structure of protease, enzyme that digests proteins…
We begin life with enzyme reserves that decrease with aging and from an enzyme deficient diet. As we become enzyme deficient, we age more quickly. The more we feed our enzyme reserves, the healthier we’ll become.
A nursing mother provides her baby with all the enzymes it needs to digest her milk. Have you ever noticed that the stool of a breast-fed baby is almost odorless until it starts eating cooked, processed food.
Cooked food (especially meats) don’t digest properly, and travels undigested into the small intestine. As we cook foods at temperatures above 118 degrees F., enzymes are destroyed and digestion is hampered, beginning the cycle of toxemia begins. Toxemia results from undigested food putrefying in the bowel tract and that poisons the blood, the root of all disease.
It’s estimated that 80% of diseases are caused by improperly digested foods and their by-products being absorbed into the body (“Survival into the 21st Century” by Viktoras Kulvinskas).
The saying ‘You are what you eat’ is only partly correct. The truth is, you are what you digest. We cannot expect good health if our digestive system isn’t functioning properly. Enzymes are essential to healthy digestion and perform specific tasks such as:
* Digest food
* Break down toxins
* Cleanse the blood
* Strengthen the immune system
* Build protein into muscle
* Contract muscles
* Eliminate carbon dioxide from the lungs, and
* Reduce stress on the pancreas and other vital organs.
Enzymes are the workers in your body — they carry out every chemical reaction. To have a healthy body we require both workers (enzymes) and building materials. The building materials are proteins (amino acids), minerals, and vitamins. These are necessary to build a healthy body. Trying to function without all the necessary enzymes is the reason for most body malfunctions.
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Martin, Digestive Health, Nutrition, August 18, 2010 1:20 pm
Enzymes and aging: Quite a concept to consider! A critical factor in aging, Enzymes are the spark of life… a critical energy devices that control all body processes. Axiomatically, as we grow older, our bodies produce less and less enzymes, and as the body becomes depleted of enzymes, nutrients essential to maintaining a young and healthy body function become progressively more scarce.
Water, oxygen, minerals, fatty acids, vitamins, enzymes – each of these are important, and cannot be ignored. To approach our well-being in a holistic way we must understand that no single aspect can be ignored or dismissed and that a proper balance of each vital ingredient is necessary.
Digestive health is vital to assimilation of nutrients, and that is solely predicated on the body’s ability to produce enzymes appropriate to our environment and diet.
Enzymes are essential activators of chemical reactions that continually take place and act as catalysts, joining with coenzymes (vitamins and minerals).
We’re all familiar with vitamins and minerals but may not know that they’re not activated, until they are processed by enzymes.
Enzymes supplement digestion and proper assimilation of nutrients assisting your body’s natural inner healing powers restoring health and vitality. For the longest time I thought that I should not use them – make my body dependent on them. That was not smart. The more enzymes I get in my food, the more health I experience. It is a direct correlation.
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Martin, Digestive Health, Nutrition, August 18, 2010 1:01 pm
Hydrogen Peroxide
Don’t spend a lot of money on teeth whiteners. Brush your teeth with it and they will turn white in a few weeks.
I found hydrogen peroxide is good for more than just health. For four years I have used it almost exclusively in both my vegetable and flower gardens. I liked it because it is non petrochemical.
I found an easy, inexpensive, quick and, convenient way to use it. I came to the conclusion that if it could be sprayed into my throat it would go directly to my lungs and instantaneously into my bloodstream. Then into the muscles. At that time I was 69 years old. To get out of bed I would have to lay on my stomach. I used a nasal pump. As I inhaled I would squeeze the pump one time. I did this four times, four times a day. For about a month. From then on I spray my throat as many times as I could in 1 deep inhale. I inhale two times, three times a day. I used three percent right out of the bottle from the drugstore. I don’t have any that mixing or measuring to do.
I have found that I no longer have aching muscles (my muscles are now very flexible), bursitis, sore gums, sore throat is relieved quickly, and many other things that I haven’t thought of are gone. I am 76 years old and people judge me to be 60 to 65. Since I’ve been using peroxide I haven’t been puffing for air as I work. I have many friends who experienced great things from taking peroxide this way. Thank you for your time.
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Martin, Health, August 9, 2010 7:51 am
You will be amazed by the anti-oxidizing and hydrating power of MegaHydrate.
It’s no secret that aging can be significantly slowed by proper hydration of the cells in our bodies. MegaHydrate has the power of active hydrogen for health and longevity, providing a way for your cells to hold on to the hydration they so desperately need. Without proper hydration, everything is affected; hair, skin, fingernails, even elimination.
MegaHydrate scavenges free radicals within your body, without leaving any reactive free radicals behind. This antioxidant power may provide many benefits including: better memory, increased stamina, improved hearing & vision, and a more youthful appearance.
We highly recommend using MegaHydrate together with SuperFoods, as they work synergistically and provide enhanced benefits.
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MegaHydrate is the key that unlocks the potential of water as the medium for nutrient replenishment and waste removal at the cellular level. In a state of dehydration, body cells cannot assimilate nutrients and remove waste and relief pain from conditions like arthritis or fibromyalgia.
Dehydration also occurs as a side effect of caffeine. Caffeine effects include anxiety, dizziness, headaches, sleep disorders, and many common ailments.
MegaHydrate also helps fight the negative effects of alcohol, stress, and free radicals as part of aging.
In addition to hydration, MegaHydrate is the most powerful known antioxidant food. Since it is an “pure” antioxidant that does not turn into a free radical itself, taken daily, MegaHydrate delivers far more Hydrogen ions than by eating pounds of raw fruits and vegetables or drinking gallons of “healing waters,” also known as “glacial milk.”
Humans need Hydrogen to survive. It is the key to long life and anti-aging. However, due to mass food production, mineral deficient soil, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, over-processing of foods, chemical preservatives, and drinking over-chlorinated and over-fluoridated water, people do not get enough Hydrogen ions daily.
Body cells become damaged, hydration levels decrease and cells age. In summary, MegaHydrate challenges the symptoms of dehydration and minimizes the process of aging. Many customers report immediate pain relief and increases in energy. MegaHydrate is a dietary supplement that is considered a food grade supplement rich in antioxidants by the FDA. Antioxidant foods like MegaHydrate help defy the aging process.
It is safe, having been tested and shown to have no known side effects. MegaHydrate is more powerful than other antioxidant.
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Martin, Health, August 9, 2010 7:34 am
We have a problem: in the old days we used to pull a carrot from the ground, swish it under some running water or in a bucket, and started eating. On the surface of that carrot there would still be a rich coating of Soil Based Organisms. Today the carrots are washed and scrubbed in chlorinated water that removes all living creatures, and to make sure it is all really dead we refrigerate the package for weeks or even months. Not like in the old days when the carrots were stuck in some wet sand in the root cellar, unwashed.
The result is Sterile Gut. You and your children do not need more chlorinated spray to “Kill All Germs”, instead you need to let them “Eat Some Dirt”. The best example of how this plays out is when you show up in Mexico or some other less sterile terrain. The locals are coping just fine, but you are suffering from the Montezuma’s Revenge.
Other than not eating enough soil based organisms, intestinal health is most commonly undermined by:
- Antibiotic usage
- Excessive Sugar Consumption
- Stress
- Drinking Chlorinated Water
- Long term diet of Acid Foods
When the ecology of the human gastrointestinal tract becomes disrupted, beneficial microorganisms can no longer flourish in numbers necessary for proper balance. Harmful toxin producing bacteria and fungi begin to take over, changing the ecology of the gastrointestinal tract.
Medical researchers have recently revealed that the #1 health complaint received by doctors worldwide is poor digestion, malabsorption and constipation, quickly followed by complaints of tiredness, lack of energy, slow recovery, etc.
Do not use laxatives to relieve constipation. When intestinal flora is out of balance, problems can quickly evolve beyond gas and bloating. Energy is radically reduced and the immune system is radically compromised. Along with the cases of chronic indigestion, the cases of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic muscle pain, candidiasis, arthritis, colon cancer and poor immune response are becoming more common.
We offer effective solutions to repopulate your digestive system. They include fulvic and humic acids as well as the intestinal flora: Floracol by Generation Plus that can be greatly aided and amplified by adding Xtrapure Lecithin by Exsula, because it can help smooth out the rough moments you could experience. And remember to add plenty of fiber – raw fruit and vegetables are a great start.
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Martin, Digestive Health, June 28, 2010 10:05 am
As for the importance in predicting breast cancer, in a long-term study of 5,000 women it was found that DHEA levels fell drastically up to nine years before the onset of clinically proven breast cancer. The researchers concluded that the highest risk factor for breast cancer was a low level of DHEA.
(A list of 21 illnesses were also found to be deficient in DHEA)
(Astonishing Healing Cures, pg 55, Douglass, M.D.)
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Martin, Cellular Health, June 28, 2010 9:32 am
It surprised me to hear how many people are getting the flu in the summer. Maybe they are just getting a cleansing or detox reaction now that they eat more fresh produce. Or maybe it is from all the barbecued meat …
I suppose I am preaching to the choir saying that the right way to protect yourself from the flu is to keep your immune system strong, and to keep other people’s germs out of your life. I just can’t help but think it is a cynical conspiracy pushed by the big pharma and their advertising medium, the television, that whips up public fear about a possible epidemic with a virus that has not even been found. That’s almost as valid as saying that millions will die when the next asteroid hits this planet. Duh …
So please do the obvious – wash your hands. Hand washing was statistically proven as the single most effective way to reduce transmission of infectious disease. We even have great non-toxic soap for that.
Here is an interesting statistic: people who have taken a flu shot five years in the row have a 10 times greater chance of getting Alzheimer’s. It is not clear to me if that means that flu shots cause the illness, or that people with diminishing mental capacity have their flu shots regularly… In any case, if you want to further challenge your immune system, go ahead and vaccinate. Just don’t come here complaining that it did not work. We are quite sure that flu vaccination is a waste of your money …
Dr. Brice Vickery of Supernutrient Corporation is recommending 6 Platinum Plus per day after studying the evidence of H5N1 pandemic possibilities. He writes: “Our evidence is that vaccine and drug attempts pale by comparison to a well armed immune system. The most important factor in strengthening the immune system has been clinically proven to be achieved with Platinum Plus Amino Acids.”
Mark Sircus Ac., OMD, Director International Medical Veritas Association, wrote this a while back:
Various U.S. and U.N. agencies are spreading the word that the Avian Influenza, if it breaks out this fall or winter, could be as severe as the worldwide Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918, and they are predicting hundreds of millions of deaths worldwide. Of course this is what they do each and every year and it does sell a lot of vaccines to an easily frightened public.
According to health consultant Jonathan Campbell, “The influenza currently isolated in China is a hemorrhagic illness. It kills many of its victims by rapidly depleting ascorbate (vitamin C) stores in the body, inducing scurvy and collapse of the arterial blood supply, causing internal hemorrhaging of the lungs and sinus cavities. Most people today have barely enough vitamin C in their bodies (typically 60 mg per day) to prevent scurvy under normal living conditions, and are not prepared for this kind of illness.” [ii]
“Some physicians would stand by and see their patient die rather than use ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) because in their finite minds it exists only as a vitamin.” Dr. Frederick R. Klenner
The International Medical Veritas Associations recommendation for flu prevention and treatment is simple and carries no side effects; Transdermal/topical application of magnesium chloride, zinc lozenges, vitamin C and a properly hydrated body. [Note: Twilight Magic Oil, Topically Everything, and Precious Prills address both hydration and magnesium supplementation.]
Instead of weakening the body with the toxic substances found in Tamiflu, other drugs and vaccines, we strengthen the cells from their roots up. A great part of people’s vulnerability to influenza is a combination of nutritional deficiencies and enormous toxic buildup from environmental poisons, toxin containing foods and noxious drugs.
Magnesium chloride addresses the greatest and most important deficiency in the body with upwards of 90 percent of the population deficient in this vital nutrient.
The first physician to aggressively use Vitamin C to cure diseases was Frederick R. Klenner, M.D.[iii] beginning back in the early 1940’s. Dr. Klenner consistently cured chicken pox, measles, mumps, tetanus and polio[iv] with huge doses of vitamin C. Certainly if it is effective for these diseases it will help tremendously with the flu. From 1943 through 1947 Dr. Klenner reported successful treatment of 41 more cases of viral pneumonia using massive doses of vitamin C.
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Martin, Cellular Health, June 28, 2010 9:14 am
Chuck Benbrook, science adviser to the Greenfield, Massachusetts-based Organic Center for Education and Promotion wrote: “The faster a plant grows/is pushed, the more intensive the production system, the higher the yield goal, the greater the chance that the harvest from that crop will be deficient in some set of minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants.”
Well, yes. What else would you expect? The plants are growing without pulling in the minerals they used to get when they were allowed to grow at natural rates. So now what? We believe that supplementation is the only way out, until we all as a society decide that we have to demand quality food, and by quality I mean nutrients, not looks.
A study of 43 vegetables and fruits suggests their nutritional value has declined in the past 50 years, scientists say. The researchers suggested the decline may result from the fact that farmers have been planting crops designed to improve traits other than nutritional value, such as size. Broccoli — a favorite among many mothers, thanks to its alleged nutritional value — is one of the many garden crops whose nutrient content has been declining in recent decades, according to studies. The researchers said the study also raises the possibility that similar declines might have affected other food crops, such as grains. More research is required to check whether this is so, said Donald Davis, the study’s lead author. The study was designed to investigate the effects of modern agricultural methods on foods’ nutrient content. Davis and colleagues studied U.S. Department of Agriculture data on garden crops, mostly vegetables, but also melons and strawberries, comparing data from both 1950 and 1999.
We have been been concentrating on mineral and nutrient rich supplementation for years. Exsula Superfoods, EssenceSea Minerals, Cell Food, Topical Magnesium, Himalayan Crystal Salts – all these products help restore the mineral balance we all require to keep well.
The other day the importance of minerals came to me and I expressed it this way: Our aura is the reflection of our well-being. The aura is dependent on the electric charge our cells are able to carry. The electric charge is directly dependent on the quality of the electrolyte in the cellular battery, and that is directly related to the mineral content of the bodily fluids involved in these exchanges. In other word: the total dissolved solids in our cellular structures will dictate how well we feel and function.
Read the scientific study about minerals in food …
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Martin, Cellular Health, Health, Nutrition, June 21, 2010 12:40 am
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