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You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

Adequate winter time vitamin D could prevent 10,000 cases of prostate cancer and 1,300 premature deaths in the US annually. [International Journal Cancer 111: 470-71, 2004] Even in cases of dreaded melanoma, sun exposure cuts the death rate in half. [Journal National Cancer Institute 97: 195-99, 2005] Hodgkin's lymphoma is related to vitamin D. There is a 20 percent reduction in mortality for cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma that are diagnosed in autumn versus winter.

The Secret History of the War on Cancer Devra Davis See book keywords and concepts

But those who forced us to wait for incontrovertible proof exacted a heavy price in premature deaths. Millions perished while the debate on tobacco lingered far longer than it should have, and millions of those in the developing world are headed toward certain death because of these delays. Today, the debate on chemicals and radiation has been framed by the same terms and fanned by some of the same expert public relations strategies that kept us tied in knots on tobacco. We are repeatedly asked to prove that people have already been harmed before acting to stave off future damage.

You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

Anticancer Research 26: 2605-14, 2006] In a paper published in 2002, Grant estimated the annual number of premature deaths from cancer due to low vitamin D/sun-light levels was 23,600. [Cancer 94:1867-75, 2002] "It's the great cancer cover-up. Panicked into avoiding sunlight by health experts, we are now dying by the thousands from diseases linked to deficiencies of vitamin D. But still the exaggerated warnings come,"says Dr. Grant.

There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program Gabriel Cousens See book keywords and concepts

Walter Willett and Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health have estimated that 30,000 premature deaths each year are attributable to our consumption of trans fats.9 Foods high in trans-fatty acids include: margarine, commercial peanut butter, and pre-packaged baked goods, cakes, pies, and cookies. Naturally occurring trans fats can also be found in some animal products such as dairy products and beef fat, since the trans isomer is produced by bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of cattle and other ruminants.

You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

A deficiency of vitamin D may account for several thousand premature deaths from colon, breast, ovarian and prostate cancer annually" Professor Garland says: "A preponderance of evidence from the best observational studies... has led to the conclusion that public health action is needed. Primary prevention of these cancers has been largely neglected, but we now have proof that the incidence of colon, breast and ovarian cancer can be reduced dramatically by increasing the public's intake of vitamin D.

One researcher estimates the annual number of premature deaths due to inadequate sun exposure (vitamin D production) is nearly 22,000 in the US. [Cancer 94: 1 867-75, 2002] Another researcher estimates 30,000 US cancer deaths could be averted by moderate sunning. [Preventive Medicine 22: 132-40, 1993] The world death rate from all causes rises in winter, when vitamin D levels are low. [Age Ageing 25: 343-48, 1996] Amount supplemental vitamin D3 No supplemental vitamin D3 1000 IU vitamin D3/day (25 micrograms) Blood concentration achieved 46.7 nanomole/liter 68.

The Green Tea Book Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews See book keywords and concepts

Based on a seventy-five-year life span, premature deaths from heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases result in the loss of almost five million years of potential life annually. Green tea's polyphenols can help turn the tide against this loss of life. The following chapters will show the many ways in which green tea polyphenols also improve the quality of life, including detoxifying the body, boosting immune function, and keeping the teeth healthy. CHAPTER 7 Longevi-tea Have you ever tried to read your fortune in tea leaves?

Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means Ron Garner See book keywords and concepts

As the birds aged, problems such as decreased fertility, deformed offspring, and premature deaths developed, which resulted in a steady decline of the aviary population. Autopsies on dead birds revealed that the birds' digestive organs were in a state of disintegration. Subsequent research of studies dating back to the 1950s done by Mike Fitzpatrick, the toxicologist the Jameses hired, revealed that similar disorders, including increased cancer and infantile leukemia, were linked to the consumption of soy protein.

The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest Dan Buettner See book keywords and concepts

Okinawa now has Japan's highest rate of obesity, and, among middle-aged men, one of the highest rates of premature deaths from cardiovascular diseases. While Okinawan women are still among the longest-lived people on earth, men are dragging down the region's average life expectancy. Formerly the longevity leaders (and still the leaders in remaining life expectancy at age 65), by the year 2000, Okinawan men had dropped to the middle of the pack, sitting in 26th place among 47 prefectures in life expectancy at birth.

You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

Lancet 362: 847-52, 2003] Do health authorities really want to reduce smoking related deaths? Health authorities are appointed by politicians, many of whom receive a great deal of funding from the tobacco lobby. A ruse is created that government has an anti-smoking campaign. In fact, it took years for tobacco advertising to be banned, and television networks had no moral hesitance to air tobacco ads prior to this. Over a period of many years, the tobacco industry has placed its products in movies and television shows, associating their use with fun, excitement, sex and wealth and power.

Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

Excess weight and inactivity account for more than 300,000 premature deaths each year in the United States. This is second only to deaths related to smoking, according to the CDC. People who are overweight or obese are more likely than those of normal weight to develop heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallbladder disease, joint pain (gout), sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. In addition, carrying excess weight means a higher risk for cancer.

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Walter Willett and Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health have estimated that 30,000 premature deaths every year are attributable to our consumption of trans fats. - Julian Whitaker, M.D., Reversing Diabetes Of all the metabolic disruptors and unhealthful ingredients discussed so far, none are more frequently abused and more damaging to your overall health than the ones discussed here: hydrogenated oils and trans fatty acids. I'll be discussing them together because they go together in most foods.

The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie Craig Pepin-Donat See book keywords and concepts

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson was quoted as saying, "We have so many Americans, 500,000, that are suffering each year from heart disease and heart defects and a lot of that can be con-tributable and attributable to trans fatty acids." The FDA now requires the disclosure of levels of trans fat on food labels, but there is still a major loophole that actually requires manufacturers to label any food containing 0.5 grams or less of trans fats with zero trans fats. This system actually forces manufacturers to lie to consumers.

This is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2020. Topics covered include the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking, the psychodynamics of cigarette addiction and the basic pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain. Willpower's Not Enough: Recovering from Addictions of Every Kind Arnold M. Washton, Ph.D., and Donna Boundy, M.S.W. ISBN: 0060919698 Book Description: Many people think that what the addict needs is willpower, but nothing could be further from the truth.

The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

This in turn resulted in the diet being responsible for many premature deaths, chronic diseases, and increased health care costs. To replace the Basic Four Food Groups model, various other government and medical organizations developed guidelines of their own, designed either to reduce a specific chronic degenerative disease such as cancer or heart disease or to reduce the risk for all chronic diseases. In an attempt to create a new model in nutrition education, the USDA published the "Eating Right Pyramid" in 1992.

Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies Greg Critser See book keywords and concepts

Pfizer's blockbuster, Lipitor, seems consistently to lower cholesterol levels and hence reduce cardiovascular risks, although there is still relatively little evidence that it prevents premature deaths, which might be something we want to know before we routinely prescribe it for everyone over fifty — itself a serious proposal by some of the world's top cardiologists.

Foods that Fight Cancer Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Pierre Bruneau Anchorman, Reseau TVA President, Fondation Charles-Bruneau Montreal, Quebec, Canada The authors: Richard Beliveau and Denis Gingras FOREword Cancer continues to defy the progress made by modern medicine; after over forty years of intensive research, it remains a mysterious killer, responsible for the premature deaths of millions of persons each year. If certain cancers are now treated with a good degree of success, many others are still very difficult to fight and represent a major cause of mortality among the active population.

Disease Prevention and Treatment The Life Extension Editorial Staff See book keywords and concepts

It is theorized that properly administered folate might prevent as many as 13,500-50,000 premature deaths annually (Boushey et al. 1995). The New England Journal of Medicine reported that a combination of folic acid, vitamin B12, and pyridoxine reduced homocysteine levels and also the necessity for revascularization procedures. (Revascularization refers to restoring adequate blood supply by means of a coronary bypass or angioplasty.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that extra pounds and inactivity are to blame for hundreds of thousands of premature deaths in the United States annually. As girth increases, the chance of developing some form of ill health dramatically increases, including the risk for diabetes. At least 10 million overweight Americans could sharply cut their risk of developing diabetes by making relatively simple lifestyle changes, e.g., altering eating habits (restricting calories to 1200-1800 a day) and introducing exercise into their daily regime.

The Healing Miracle of Coconut Oil Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara See book keywords and concepts

Researchers estimate that in the United States, consumption of trans fatty acids causes at least 30,000 premature deaths a yearP5 It appears that the soybean industry in its effort to capture a larger market and gain greater financial profits has caused untold pain and suffering by contributing to, rather than reducing, the incidence of heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, and other diseases. Are they about to admit they fooled everybody, that tropical oils aren't so bad after all, and that we would be better off without hydrogenated oils? Not likely.

Death by Medicine Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD, Debora Rasio MD, Dorothy Smith PhD. See book keywords and concepts

When elucidating iatrogenesis in nursing homes, some critics have asked, "To what extent did these elderly people already have life-threatening diseases that led to their premature deaths anyway?" Our response is that if a loved one dies one day, one week, one year, a decade, or two decades prematurely, thanks to some medical misadventure, that is still a premature, iatrogenic death. In a legalistic sense perhaps more weight is placed on the loss of many potential years compared to an additional few weeks, but this attitude is not justified in an ethical or moral sense.

Gofman predicts that 100 million premature deaths over the next decade will be the result of ionizing radiation. In his book, "Preventing Breast Cancer," Dr. Gofman says that breast cancer is the leading cause of death among American women between the ages of forty-four and fifty-five. Because breast tissue is highly radiation-sensitive, mammograms can cause cancer. The danger can be heightened by a woman's genetic makeup, preexisting benign breast disease, artificial menopause, obesity, and hormonal imbalance.91 Even X-rays for back pain can lead someone into crippling surgery. Dr.

Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call Doris J. Rapp, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Early research conducted or funded mainly by the United States government initially reported that animals who ate irradiated foods had premature deaths, internal bleeding, cancer, reproductive and genetic problems and nutritional deficiencies.47 Some of these claims have been confirmed by later studies.55 • The FDA did review 441 toxicity studies related to irradiated food safety and found that all were flawed. With shaky assurance from just five of 441 of these studies, the FDA approved irradiation of the public food system in 1986.

Dr. Cass Ingram's Lifesaving Cures Dr. Cass Ingram See book keywords and concepts

By giving salt to heart patients premature deaths were essentially halted, and the survival rate improved by some 400%. In other words, individuals with the lowest levels of salt in their bodies were most likely to die. In ancient times salt was traded as a valuable commodity, and in some regions it was equal in value to its weight in gold. There were specific health reasons it was so highly esteemed. Now we are rediscovering that our bodies require salt, and if we become seriously deficient in this nutrient, our lives are at risk.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Air pollution causes an estimated fifty thousand to two hundted thousand premature deaths each year. On a more subtle level, air pollution can cause watery eyes, breathing difficulties, headaches, cough, and frequent upper-respiratory problems. Aggravation of chronic 26 heart and lung disease, general poor health, and shortened life spans have also been connected with air pollution. The quality of outdoor air has been regulated since 1970 by the federal Clean Air Act. Since its passage, outdoor air has become somewhat cleaner, but we still have a long way to go.

The New Detox Diet: The Complete Guide for Lifelong Vitality With Recipes, Menus, and Detox Plans Elson M. Haas, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

In Addition, women who smoke experience gender-specific health consequences, including increased risk of various adverse reproductive outcomes. • Lung cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women; it surpassed breast cancer in 1987. About 90 percent of all lung cancer deaths among women who continue to smoke are attributable to smoking. • Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a cause of lung cancer and coronary heart disease among women who are lifetime nonsmokers.

Over 70 percent of tobacco associated deaths will occur in the developing world. Current Tobacco Use In 1999, 67 million Americans smoked cigarettes. This represents 30 percent among the U.S. population age 12 and older. Males are more likely than females to report the use of any tobacco product. Mortality Rates The past 25 years has been marked by a steady decline in cigarette consumption. Tobacco use contributes to 1 in every 5 deaths. A 35-year-old male who smokes 2 packs a day has a life expectancy that is 8.1 years shorter than his nonsmoking counterpart.

A Physician's Guide To Natural Health Products That Work James A. Howenstine, MD See book keywords and concepts

We have not been "programmed" to die at age 65 to 70. premature deaths may be caused by what we do to our bodies. Dispensing with artificial foods (white flour, margarine, salad oils, shortenings, white rice, white sugar, carbonated beverages, frying) and curtailing excessive dietary protein, along with a marked increase in consumption of vegetables, fruit, fish, flax oil, and fiber could bring very beneficial changes in our health and add years to our lives.

The Healing Power of Herbs: The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders of Medicinal Plants Michael T. Murray, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

Atherosclerosis and its complications are the major causes of death in the United States, accounting for nearly 43 percent of all premature deaths. Foremost in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis is the reduction of blood cholesterol levels. The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that elevated cholesterol levels greatly increase the risk of death due to heart disease or stroke. Cholesterol is transported in the blood by molecules known as lipoproteins.

Attaining Medical Self Sufficiency Duncan Long See book keywords and concepts

Louis Lasagna, dean of biomedical sciences at Tufts University, the lack of this effective drug most likely caused at least 119,000 premature deaths from heart disease in the US. If Lasagna is correct, this case alone is sobering to think about. But it isn't the only case. According to Dr. Richard Cummins of the University of Washington School of Medicine, from 1992-1994 the FDA placed unreasonable demands on the Physio Control Corporation which was developing an effective external defibrillator.

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