For those wishing to increase their antioxidant capacity. Antioxidant quality can be determined by ORAC scores (ORAC - Oxygen radical absorbance capacity)
The following information might be helpful: From: Brunswick Laboratories (Wareham, MA) Brunswick Laboratories in co-operation with Dr. Ronald Prior at the U. S. Department of Agriculture are responsible for the development of the ORAC assays. The ORAC test is a reliable and recognized standard for the antioxident capacity of natural products which measure the ability of a substance to absorb, or quench, the peroxyl radical, one of the most important reactive oxygen species in the human body. Comparative hydrophilic ORAC analysis with a variety of food products. Product ORAC 1 per 6 oz ORAC 2 per 100 grams Berry Young Juice2 1,200 3,900 Xango2 550 1,840 Tahaitian Noni 2 500 1,710 Himalayan Goji2 400 1,350 Note: 1. micromales Trodox equivalent 2. Test conducted on a single sample of unopened retail product These vales represent the antioxidant capacity of the prducts tested per one fluid ounce serving and per 100 grams. Christine Contact me off line if you want to know about BYJ. From: Sally Khanna <khann...@yahoo.com> In the study of herbal medicine, I was taught that miso can counter act the effects of x-rays. Many people I know take lots of miso soup after x-rays. Sally Paul Holloway <p.j.hollo...@btinternet.com> wrote: I agree that early detection is a good thing - thermography will detect breast cancer earlier than mammography, with zero risk. http://www.breastthermography.com/ Those who decide to go ahead with a mammography might consider taking large doses of antioxidants before and after to reduce free radical damage caused by radiation. It's hard to balance harm against benefit in screening tests like this. That's why I think it's a shame that thermography isn't in wider use. Paul H ----- Original Message ----- From: patriot2...@mindspring.com At 05:48 PM 8/27/2004, you wrote: >1. Studies do not show that routine mammography reduces >mortality - Maybe large statistical studies don't -- I am sure that is true, but for any one individual, it can mean the difference between life and death. I am also quite sure that I would be deader than a dornail right now, if my breast cancer had not been identified in time by a mammogram. It was already an inch in diameter, and I could not even feel it -- nor had it been visible on a mammogram the year before. I am a seven year (eight this December) "survivor," -- so far (breast cancer can come back anytime) -- after doing the things the allopathic docs recommended: lumpectomy, lymphoidectomy (ouch!) followed by radiation and Tamoxifen (and a year of shark cartilage I decided to take myself to "mop up" any little cells that might be left). But if it comes back again -- I will go the surg! ery route, perhaps even the radiation, but chemo -- NYET! I'll try any alternative that seems to be worth its salt, instead. I have a friend dying of her metastasized breast cancer right now -- her loving husband tried to get her to go the alternatives route right after diagnosis, but she followed the advice of a family member in the medical profession and has instead made her last weeks miserable with the chemo. Docs decided it wasn't helping so quit that and decided to give her massive radiation to make the tumor smaller. That, too, is making her very ill. Duh... A few years back, I also had another friend who had metastasized breast cancer and was facing imminent death take my advice and bring herself back from death's door with Benefin shark cartilage (now banned by our friendly FDA who clamped down on Dr. Lane, its developer, proponent, and supplier), whereupon she lived happily and healthily for a year past the time she should h! ave died, eating like a horse, working full time, and playing tennis twice a week, until her dimwitted son read on the Internet that shark cancer was all a scam and told her she was wasting her money. She stopped using it, went back on chemo at her doctor's behest and was dead in three months. Not from the cancer. No...from an opportunistic infection which grew deadly from a little cold -- it attacked her damaged immune system and killed her six days later. The best chances for a cure are WHEN THE CANCER IS DIAGNOSED EARLY. I think surgery is our best bet from the mainstream docs. Anything after that is a crapshoot. And that is why I keep a very large archive of alternative cancer treatments. I advise others to do the same. A great start is Bill Henderson's comprehensive book about Curing your Cancer, and his free Cure Your Cancer e-newletter. Write him here to sign on. <bhender...@getandstaywell.com> Marlys
