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Take a moment and ask yourself: are you ware of your current colon health? If not, you could be asking for a world for trouble. For, your colon performs a variety of tasks important to the health of your body. The more you know about what is required for colon health, the more you are prepared to help your body! These are the 10 commandments to get AND maintain a healthy colon! • A – ASPRINE: consider taking low-dose aspirin; • B – BINGING: Eat properly, do not bing; • C – CHEMICALS: Avoid exposure to industrial and environmental toxins & chemicals such as asbestos fibers, benzene, aromatic amines, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); • D – DRINKING: Be careful with drinking, limit yourself to one to two drinks a day; • E – EXERCISE: Do your yoga & exercise regularly; • I – INFECTIONS: Avoid infections that contribute to cancer, including hepatitis viruses, HIV, and the human papillomavirus; • L – LEAN: Stay lean; • R – RADIATION: Avoid unnecessary exposure to radiation; • T – TOBACCO: Avoid tobacco in all its forms, including exposure to secondhand smoke; • V – VITAMIN: Get enough vitamines & nutritions supplement, especially vitamin D. Source: Chicagotribune.com |
Whole grains are healthy for your colon!
May 15, 2009
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Eating whole grains is definitely healthy for your body. But what exactly is a whole grain? And what foods are in the category ‘whole grains’? And what are the health benefits for the colon, and beyond? Question: What is a whole grain? There are 3 parts of the whole grain: • 1 – The BRAN – which is full of fiber, B vitamins, and 50 to 80 percent of the grain’s minerals. Question: What foods are in the category ‘whole grains’? Whole grain foods include breads, pastas, and cereals that are made with 100% whole grain and not with white processed flours. Question: What are the health benefits of whole grains? The major health benefits for the colon are: reduces the risk for constipation, reduces the rise in glucose and insulin, reduces the risk for bowel disorders, and provides protection against colon cancer, rectum cancer & stomach cancer. Other major health benefits of whole grains beyond the colon are a lower risk for: heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and stroke. Source: Emporiagazette.com |
 Corazon Aquino had a surgery for colon cancer. |
On monday may 5 (2009) former president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino had a successful surgery for colon cancer in the Makati Medical Center in Manila. A few days earlier Aquino decided to go ahead with the colon cancer surgery because doctors determined that the cancer cells had not moved beyond the section of the colon. |
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In 2008, the Aquino had been diagnosed with colon cancer, and she underwent chemotherapy. In public remarks made one year ago (May, 2008), Aquino announced that blood tests indicate she is responding positively to the medical treatment.
Cory Aquino became in 1986 the 11th President of the Philippines (serving from 1986 to 1992). Aquino was the first female President of the Philippines and was Asia’s first female President. She is a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women’s empowerment, and religious piety. Aquino was named by Time Magazine as the woman of the year 1986. MORE COLON NEWS ABOUT CELEBRITIES: Source: Wikipedia.org |
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On may 1 (2009) Tai Shan, the giant Panda of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo was given a colonoscopy – an endoscopic exam was made of his upper and lower intestinal tract to check whether he had healed from eosinophilic colitis, a rare chronic inflammatory bowel condition diagnosed last summer. A colonoscopy can for sure save a life: even a Panda can get it! 7 reasons for not being afraid of a colonoscopy: • 1 – You can not feel a colonic polyps forming, and when you have the symptoms, it may already be too late. Karen Smith (registered colonscopy unit nurse) says:
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“If you have any of the following you should check with your doctor for prompt diagnosis and treatment: Change in bowel habits, such as diarrhea, constipation, or narrowing of the stool, that lasts for more than a few days. Feeling that you need to have a bowel movement that is not relieved by doing so. Rectal bleeding, dark stools, or blood in the stool (often, though, the stool will look normal). Cramping or abdominal pain. Weakness and fatigue. So, please, if you are 50 or older, it’s time for a screening colonoscopy.”
The western diet raises risk for colon cancer!
May 3, 2009
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The typical Western diet pattern includes: high intakes of red meat, sugary desserts, high fat, refined grains, high-fat dairy products, high-sugar drinks, and eggs! How healthy is a Western diet really? Professor Stephen O’Keefe from the University of Pittsburgh points out that the typical Western diet – rich in meat and fats and low in complex carbohydrates – increases the risk for colon cancer! The is growing evidence that the composition of the diet influences the diversity of intestinal microbes, supporting the link between: diet, colonic disease and colon cancer – which is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in adults in the West. In particular, those people whose diet is rich in complex carbohydrates have high numbers of bacteria in their gut called ‘Firmicutes’ which use undigested residues to synthesize short-chain fatty acids and vitamins such as folate and biotin that maintain colonic health. People should know that meat digestion produces sulphur, which decreases the activity of ‘good’ bacteria and increases the production of hydrogen sulphide and other possible carcinogens! The study also demonstrates how simple dietary changes may prevent a serious illness that requires medical intervention. Professor Stephen O’Keefe (physician) says:
Sources: Personalliberty.com & Naturalnews.com |
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New research Michigan State University points at what many already expected: people who have a bulging waistline are more likely to develop colon cancer! Jenifer Fenton, an MSU food science and human nutrition researcher with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, was recently able to identify the connection between a high percentage of fat (resulting in a bulging waistline) and colon cancer – which is known as the third-leading killer of Americans. Fenton examined a key hormone found in fat tissue which is thought to promote cancer. The researcher from Michigan found a link between obesity and colon cancer, and there is also evidence that weight loss is the best way to prevent the risk. Fenton’s conclusions are published in a study in the journal Carcinogenesis – which is online available. Professor Jennifer Fenton (nutrition researcher) says:
Source: MSU News |
