† Top Cancer-Fighting Food †

It is sad to notice that we're living in an era where more people are now surviving to an age when they are more likely to develop cancer. Cancer is everywhere: I deal with cancer patients almost everyday in my previous job, I've seen my grandfather and dad being diagnosed cancer and many friends' parents as well. This is catastrophic.

There are many ways to help fighting cancer off and one of it is via food controlling. People nowadays are too busy and they tend to go for fast food which is totally a damage to the body. Optimize your food selection may greatly cutting down the risk of cancer.

Fighting Cancer With Colors: Fruits and vegetables are the best choice for a healthy diet. The more the colors, the more nutrients they contain. Note that vegetables and fruits may not contribute their cancer fighting properties directly but its long term effect is well known in term of clearing the toxins from our bodies.

Cancer-Fighting Breakfast: Folate and vitamin B may help to reduce cancer. These nutrients can be found in cereals, oats and brans.

Food Rich In Folate: Asparagus is one of the examples. There are many more presented with folate such as eggs, chicken liver, sunflower seeds and many more grain products.

Run Away From Preserved Food: Eating preserved food once in a while may not harm you but a long term ingestion of such food might bring chaos to your body. These preservatives are actually the inducer of cancers and they can be a catalyst for tumor growth.

Army of Tomatoes: Rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, tomatoes showed beneficiaries to several types of cancer especially prostate cancer. Having it boiled instead of ingesting it raw is a better option to absorb its nutrients.

Green Tea Fights Cancer: Green tea has been shown to protect the colon from cancer. You may also read my previous post about green tea.

All About Grapes: Grapes and grape juice, especially purple and red grapes, contain resveratrol. Resveratrol has strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It helps in preventing cell damage that is believed to trigger the cancer process in cells.Grape seed oil is also a powerful antioxidant that is useful to be consumed.

Alcohol Kills: Know the optimum alcohol amount to drink. Excessive intake may actually increase the risk of cancer such as esophageal cancer, liver cancer and stomach cancer.

Protection From Fluid: The average fluid requirement for a normal person is 1.5 - 2 liter per day. It may help to reduce bladder cancer.

Everything Goes Green: Green leafy food is the best. Having it stir fried with minimum amount of olive or grape seed oil is the best method. If its possible, 2/3 of your food should be consisted of green leafy food.

Dark Green Leafy Food: The darker the leaf, the better it is.Such dark green leafy food are rich in vitamin B and fiber.

Turmeric The Exotic Spice: Recently, there are many advantages being found in turmeric. Not only that it can suppress pain (Narcox), it is also found to suppress proliferation of cancer cells.

Red Berries: Raspberries, cranberries and strawberries are powerful antioxidants. These berries are recommended to eat in an appropriate amount.

Blue Berries: Blueberries and bilberries are also powerful antioxidants. Having it every morning along with your cereal or oat is always a good choice.

Sugar-Less: Not to say that sugar will cause cancer, but it will actually displace other nutrient-rich food from being absorb by the body. Anyhow, cutting down sugar intake is always pros more than cons.

Cooking Method: In the end of the day, what takes into account is the method of your cooking. Always remember, involve more water and less oil. That is the safest.

Supplements Are Not Wonder Drugs: I'm a pharmacist and of course I recommend taking supplements everyday. However, many people often misunderstand the usage of supplements. "Oh, I'm taking supplements everyday so I'm safe now." This is totally wrong. Taking supplements without controlling one's diet and lifestyle is still a failure.

† Everything Goes Black: The Bamboo Charcoal †

Bamboo charcoal has a long history back in ancient China and its benefits are remarkable. It is known as takesumi or chikutan in Japanese. Made up of bamboo which is five years old or older, these chopped pieces of bamboo will be burnt inside an oven at a temperature as high as 800 Celsius and taa-dah, the bamboo charcoal is ready.

Why bamboo charcoal? The thing is that, bamboo is one of the fastest growing grass species on Earth and and it is considered a highly renewable energy as it takes less than 4 years to regrow. As usual, charcoals are odorless but the good thing about bamboo charcoal is that, it releases less toxic as compared to other wood charcoal.

Amazing Facts About Bamboo Charcoal:

1. Relaxation Effect: The effects of air purification and anion generation of bamboo charcoal make people relaxed and feel comfortable.

2. Deodorization: The excellent absorbing power of bamboo charcoal can remove all kinds of bad smells such as smell of refrigerator, of old rice or even shoe smell.

3. Skin Care Effect: Bamboo charcoal has the ability of turning the bath water alkaline which is good for the skin.

4. Water/Air Purifier: It is found that bamboo charcoal has the properties of activated charcoal where it can be used to detoxify many chemicals by adsorbing these chemicals.

5. Humidity Regulator: Bamboo charcoal is able to absorb moisture from the humid air and release it during dry condition.

Other Interesting Applications:

BAMBOO CHARCOAL BREAD: This is definitely interesting and I've personally tasted one before. Black colored bread might be bad in term of presentation but most people will accept it open-heartedly because of its wonderful benefits.

BAMBOO CHARCOAL SWISS ROLL: This thing is definitely going to taste good and I really hope to taste it myself.

BAMBOO CHARCOAL SOAP: The ability of bamboo charcoal to reduce acidity and produces far-infrared red to provide excellent skin care effect is well incorporated into soaps and shampoos.

BAMBOO CHARCOAL FABRIC: I've seen many bamboo charcoal pillow cases, bed sheets and clothes. I've even found bamboo charcoal underwear in some of the Japanese websites. Interesting but innovative.

BAMBOO CHARCOAL DECORATION: These charcoal sticks are usually not cheap and they can add a unique and functional deco accent to your room.

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† Miraculous Garlic †

Garlic (allium sativum), also known as the 'stinking rose' due to its strong odor, is a famous herb used in both the field of medicines and cookeries. Many people consume garlics without knowing much about the background stories of garlics. It all started in the ancient times long long ago...

ANCIENT TIMES

In ancient China, the Chinese believed that garlic provides more energy, alleviate depression and as an aphrodisiac (sexual stimulant).

Ancient Egyptians were very into garlic. They used it as currency, swore oaths on it and fed it to their slaves to increase their endurance and ward off illness.

Ancient Greeks serves most of their food along with garlic and wine. The Greeks also used garlic as an aphrodisiac. Surprisingly, the name is derived from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

In some ancient cultures, it was considered holy as there are legends saying that the blood-sucking vampires and werewolves are afraid of garlic's odor. Is it true? Of course they're not. In the ancient times, mosquitoes were symbolized vampirism because these creatures extract blood from the host. Since garlics are natural mosquito repellent, thus garlics are then referred as vampire's enemy.

MODERN TIMES

In general, due to the sulphur content presence in garlic, it gives garlic the weird smell and hence its medicinal value. Some people have suggested that organically grown garlic will have a higher sulphur level and hence greater benefit to health. In my experience it definitely tastes better so I prefer to have organic garlic whenever possible whether or not it's best for my health.

Raw garlic is believed to help preventing cold and flu when is taken raw. Some ingest garlic to treat acne inflammation. Other than that, garlic is also used in lowering blood cholesterol. The bad thing about raw garlic is that, it is rather 'strong' to be ingested in a large amount as it causes irritation to your gastro-intestinal tract (botulism). I've seen people allergic to garlic (most probably due to allicin). Raw garlic when is taken in huge quantity may disrupt blood coagulation. So it is best to avoid taking garlic before any surgical procedures.

Garlic extracts or garlic supplements are most welcomed by many modern people firstly because it has no strong odor, secondly and most importantly, it is easy to ingest. There is some scientific evidence that garlic can lower high cholesterol although it is not nearly as effective as regular prescription medicines used to lower cholesterol. Garlic seems to also lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure and possibly via slowing down the process of hardening of the arteries.

There is also some evidence that eating garlic might reduce the chance of developing some cancers such as cancer of the colon, and possibly stomach cancer and prostate cancer. But there is no reliable evidence that garlic is helpful for people who already have cancer. Some people with diabetes try garlic to help lower blood sugar. But garlic does not seem to be effective for this use.

MY POINT OF VIEW

Garlic stinks, and isn't it obvious? Do not eat garlic if you plan to kiss your love ones or else they will immediately reject you. Here are a few clues how you gonna remove garlic odor from your mouth: Firstly, brush your teeth a few times using toothpaste and remember to include your tongue as well. Secondly, drink something high in alkaline such as vinegar or lemon juice. It helps wash-off the garlic odor. If you love to eat garlic so much, another way of reducing garlic odor is to swallow it whole instead of the crushed one because crushed garlics give more smell.

2010 CRISIS

Due to the great floods in China, there's a shortage of garlic globally and it seems that garlic price is shooting up. Apparently China is the largest of producer of garlic and it accounts for over 77% of the world's output.

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† Don't Drink & Drive: How To Deliver The Message †

It doesn't matter whether you're an acute or a chronic drinker, alcoholism will affect the health of the consumers without fail. Being drunk is one of the immediate effects of drinking alcohol and is one of the top killers that causes motor-vehicle accidents. So how are the alcohol companies going to deliver the message of 'please drink responsibly'?




This is definitely a smart way of delivering the message by printing a graphic on the bottle cap of the alcohol drinks. When the bottle is opened, the graphic of the car appears to be distorted and it kinda remind the drinkers that car accident may happen if they drink and drive.

† Stereotype Packaging †

Unhealthy diet among human beings is one of the leading causes to human diseases. Perhaps design can help to change the idea of "healthy food = lousy food" among the people? Thanks to Daizi Zheng's concept in designing the stereotype packaging in order to promote healthy food.

Something that look familiar? According to WHO, 29% of the human population are smokers. If a healthy food is to be projected via the package of cigarette pack, I guess its going to be a good sell.

I'm not sure how many Earthlings love fast food, but I can assure you that I'm one of the kind that love it to the max. Maybe I'll grow to love vegetable fibers if they come in such lovely package.

† Apple Juice In Colon Cleansing †

You probably never thought that apple juice could be used as a natural colon cleanser. Talking about colon cleansing, many people might be thinking of taking all kind of fibers, detox diets, or even gastrointestinal stimulant medicines. However I think drinking apple juice to cleanse you colon can be so much easier than anything else.


Have you ever tried drinking apple juice in an empty stomach? I've tried it a lot of times and I always had a very bad diarrhea each time approximately 15 - 20 minutes post-consumption. I thought that was an expired product but it wasn't. The diarrhea persisted even though I've switched a few brands. Many people suffered from the same condition and here's a few complains that I've found from the internet.


As I was searching for information about apple juice, it gave me a shock when I found out that apple juice is actually a natural colon cleanser. Its ability to stimulate bowel movement can be the reason of my diarrhea. People often say "an apple a day, keeps a doctor away" and sometimes I think its true. Apple juice contains very good source of soluble fibers and antioxidants.

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