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Is Chicken Really Safe?

September 18, 2013

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We all know about asbestos exposure and how it causes cancer but do you know poultry is exposed to this as well. Dr Greger says, poultry workers have a 9 times risk of cancer over smoking. In America we believe eating white meat is safer than red but poultry is not safe. Watch what you consume or it may consumes you! Our food is important for our health. Our health is important for our happiness. Eat well! Chicken may not be as safe as you think.

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Colonoscopy

July 9, 2013

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Colonoscopy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I had a colonoscopy yesterday and the prep has horrible for a vegetarian. No fruit or vegetables for 4 days before. Eat meat, eggs and diary. They obviously haven’t read the CDC, AMA or numerous universities reports on animal protein causes cancer. So I have to eat the very food that causes cancer for a cancer screening test. Who’s thinking here?

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Yourwellness Magazine explores the importance of preparing for a colonoscopy (prweb.com)
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Women can be screened years later than men with ‘virtual colonoscopy’ (eurekalert.org)
Colon Cancer: Getting Checked = Living Longer! (starsforfalledangelsproject.com)
Only the Lonely: (brothersjuddblog.com)
New Blood Test May One Day Act as Alternative to Colonoscopy for Cancer Detection (dailytech.com)

Eat Meat before a Colonoscopy?

April 26, 2012

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Endoscopic image, 1 of 4, of an endomucosal resection of a sessile colon polyp. Next Image Stephen Holland, MD Category:Endoscopic images (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

My fiancée was told she shouldn’t eat vegetables and fruit before her colonoscopy but it was OK to eat meat, white bread (not whole wheat) and diary. She asked “So I am getting a colonoscopy to check if I have colon cancer and I should only eat the foods that cause colon cancer?” The medical communities lack of understanding the dietary side of epigenetics and how it can cause cancer is concerning. We need the young doctors coming out of medical school to take a hard look at the affects of epigenetics and understand our environment is what is affecting out health and the answer is not drugs and certainly the old school thinking needs to be updated. Lawyers could have a field day with this one.