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05/06/2015

May 6, 2015

Breast Cancer Information David Christopher, M.H.

Early detection of breast cancer is good, but prevention is better. Accurate diagnosis is essential. However, I’m sorry to say that mammography is not an accurate diagnostic tool. Medical professionals claim that mammography correctly identifies 78% of women who have breast cancer, but they seldom mention the 20 plus percent of false positive readings,
which jumps to 50 plus percent after 10 years of screening. Nor do they mention the 17 plus percent of false negative readings. This simply means that around one fifth of women may be told they have breast cancer when they don’t or that they do not have breast cancer when they do. Either scenario can result in trauma or death.

Safe diagnosis is also essential. Pressing a woman’s breast between two metal plates and irradiating it 40 times more than a chest x-ray every year is not safe. Most people would receive a chest X-Ray only once in a lifetime.

Cancer starts from damaged cells, and the radiation from mammograms causes cellular damage. Many things we live with today cause cellular damage such as chemicals, cell phones, and pollution and organic causes like bacteria and viruses.

One example is the virus SV-40 which was hotly debated in the 1970’s as a cause of cancer. Although scientists, employed or influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, dismissed this scenario, today autopsies on cancers frequently detect the presence of this SV-40 virus. This virus was found in the vaccines that were being forced on children during the 1960’s. The “S” stands for simian monkeys, on whose tissues the vaccines were grown. The “V” stands for virus and the 40 indicates that it was the 40th contaminant virus found in the vaccines. Studies in the seventies showed that rats developed cancer after exposure to the SV-40 virus. Subsequent experiments showed a prolific growth of the virus colonies after radiation exposure. If this scenario is correct, wouldn’t radiation exposure from mammograms propagate this virus? This virus damages cells and has been shown to cause cancer.

Our government was so concerned with this information that NIH predicted an epidemic of cancer. With this dire prediction, President Nixon declared war on cancer and billions of dollars were earmarked for that war. Although he predicted a future 10 year victory, we still have an epidemic which worsens every year. Cancer is predicted to eclipse cardiovascular disease as the number one killer in the near future.There is only one winner in this cancer epidemic and that is the huge medical complex which pulls in trillions of dollars in private and government funds. ObamaCare insures that everyone can participate in a broken system that pays out over $60,000 per person each month for cancer drugs that do not cure cancer but merely prolong life for as long as you take the drugs.

We want to prevent cancer and all society comparative studies show a link to proper diet and an absence of cancers. For example, breast cancer is rare in Chinese women unless they adopt American eating habits.

You will avoid cancer if you eat live fresh produce and reject animal based foods and highly processed grains and sugars.

David Christopher is a Master Herbalist and the director of The School of Natural Healing. He also co-hosts the popular radio show "A Healthier You" and is a popular international teacher and lecturer.

03/04/2015

Most kids’ breakfast cereals have over 50 percent of their calories as sugar. The good news is that the box is high in fiber.

03/04/2015

Mushrooms and B-12 David Christopher, M.H.

Our health is dependent on the red blood cells in our bodies transporting essential nutrients to each of our trillions of cells. Without these nutrients our cells cannot function correctly. The red blood cells that transport these nutrients cannot be made without vitamin B-12. It is also a co-factor for the production of DNA. In fact, the initial diagnosis of B-12 deficiency is made from observance of DNA irregularity (macrocytosis). Proper functioning of the brain and nervous system are dependent on the oxygen carried by the red blood cells, which again are dependent on vitamin B-12.

Medical and nutritionist sources say that if you are a vegan, without supplementation, you will develop a vitamin B-12 deficiency. This statement is possible, under certain conditions. If fermented foods and mushrooms are not included in the vegan diet, a deficiency could occur. Animals, humans, and plants can’t manufacture this important nutrient. Plants cannot even store this essential vitamin. However, we as humans can store a two years supply of it.

Vitamin B-12 is only produced by microorganisms like bacteria, yeast and fungi. Mushrooms are a fungi and do contain this important vitamin. One cup of mushrooms only supplies 3% of the daily need of B-12. Alternatively, animal products generally supply 100% of one’s needs per serving. Other sources for obtaining this nutrient are fermented foods such as miso, tempeh and possibly sauerkraut and kimchi. A good quality nutritional yeast is an excellent source of vitamin B-12 (check the label for vitamin content) and it can supply the daily need of B-12 in one rounded teaspoon.

The majority of individuals who eat the standard American diet obtain their vitamin B-12 from eating meat. Animals cannot make vitamin B-12. Lions, tigers, bears and animals that are raised for human consumption do not eat fermented foods and mushrooms. So where is the B-12 coming from? Microorganisms residing in our intestines manufacture this essential vitamin. The microorganism Propionibacterium shermanii consumes our mucosa and excretes vitamin B-12, which is immediately absorbed. This happens in the last segment of our small intestine known as the terminal ileum. Therefore, it is possible to survive without vitamin B-12 in our diets, as do all herbivore animals, if we maintain a healthy flora in our intestines.

Obtaining B-12 from our food supply is much more complicated. Protein rich foods high in B-12 require the protein to be separated from the vitamin by hydrochloric acid. Afterwards, the B-12 needs to unite with a substance called intrinsic factor, which is manufactured and excreted in the stomach, for uptake into our bodies.

Supplementation by manufactured B-12 doesn’t need intrinsic factor and can be absorbed in the mouth, if not attached to a protein.

Certain drugs like oral contraceptives decrease levels of B-12. Anti-biotic use entirely wipes out the microorganism that manufactures vitamin B-12. Foreign proteins (as contained in vaccines) in the bloodstream create an auto immune disease (pernicious anemia) that destroys the body’s cells that manufacture intrinsic factor, which is needed to uptake B-12 from food.

It is possible to be a vegan and not be vitamin B-12 deficient, if you stay away from anti-biotic therapy and drugs that interfere with normal body functioning. Improve your odds of good health by eating fermented foods, nutritional yeast and those delicious mushrooms.

David Christopher is a Master Herbalist and the director of The School of Natural Healing. He also co-hosts the popular radio show "A Healthier You" and is a popular international teacher and lecturer.

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