Flax Seeds

Hi,
It is good for cats if the cats will eat it. We have had some that would
and some that wouldn't.
It is extremely difficult to stuff FO/CC down a cat that doesn't want to eat
it. Ha!
Cliff

What did the receptionist tell you..And you must go directly to the President sometimes to get results..let us know later if this now will be taken out. I thoink we should all phone when we see this in any foods. Would someone like to ttake the time to maybe write us a list of some foods this is on.

I just checked my low-carb, high-protein lunch drink. Sure enough, it
has carageenan! I called the company to let them know I won't be buying
it anymore until they take this out.

Please people, watch your labels. Carrageenan causes cancer,
according to 45 animal studies. It's in dairy products, wet pet
foods, Diestel Turkey, etc. I've called dairy companies,
(Stoneyfield Farm is taking carrageen out of their products
immediately. They emailed me 24 hours after I sent the Medline
abstract.)
\
Imaginefoods.com does NOT care about the animal studies. Big soy
health food Company. They thumb their noses about these cancer
studies.
Watch your organic dairy products; carageenan is in most. Check
your wet pet food.
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Environ Health Perspect 2001 Oct;109(10):983-94
eview of Harmful gastrointestinal effects of carrageenan in
animal experiments.
Tobacman JK
College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
[Medline record in process]
In this article I review the association between exposure to
carrageenan and the occurrence of colonic ulcerations and
gastrointestinal neoplasms in animal models. Although the
International Agency for Research on Cancer in 1982 identified
sufficient evidence for the carcinogenicity of degraded
carrageenan in animals to regard it as posing a carcinogenic risk
to humans, carrageenan is still used widely as a thickener,
stabilizer, and texturizer in a variety of processed foods
prevalent in the Western diet. I reviewed experimental data
pertaining to carrageenan's effects with particular attention to
the occurrence of ulcerations and neoplasms in association with
exposure to carrageenan. In addition, I reviewed from established
sources mechanisms for production of degraded carrageenan from
undegraded or native carrageenan and data with regard to
carrageenan intake. Review of these data demonstrated that
exposure to undegraded as well as to degraded carrageenan was
associated with the occurrence of intestinal ulcerations and
neoplasms. This association may be attributed to contamination of
undegraded carrageenan by components of low molecular weight,
spontaneous metabolism of undegraded carrageenan by acid
hydrolysis under conditions of normal digestion, or the
interactions with intestinal bacteria. Although in 1972, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration considered restricting dietary
carrageenan to an average molecular weight
resolution did not prevail, and no subsequent regulation has
restricted use. Because of the acknowledged carcinogenic
properties of degraded carrageenan in animal models and the
cancer-promoting effects of undegraded carrageenan in
experimental models, the widespread use of carrageenan in the
Western diet should be reconsidered.
PMID: 11675262, UI: 21531413
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To The Group.....

I would be interested in input from the Group about Udo Erasmus's book

Fat that Heal, Fats that Kill

Respectfully,

Mike Martin

Miz Judy:
Yogurt cheese (=Quark) is tangier than cottage cheese. But it
doesn't matter, because you can add honey to sweeten, or herbs
and spices to make a spread. Here's a very good site with info
about Quark: http://www.appel-farms.com/products.htm
I learned all I know about Quark from this and similar sites.
You make Quark by first making yogurt. Commercial Quark
makers ferment their yogurt for about 16 hrs. However properly
made yogurt should be fermented for 24 hrs. Anyway, after you
make the yogurt, just put it in a fine mesh strainer, or line a
regular one with cheesecloth (or something similar), with a bowl
underneath to catch the draining liquid. Then just let it sit in the
refrigerator for about 8 to 10 hrs.
If you decide you want cream cheese instead, drain the yogurt for
only about 5 hrs.
It's just a matter of how long you drain the yogurt. The longer you
drain it, the milder and thicker it gets.
Enjoy!
Vivian
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I find it interesting that I've not seen a single mention of the impending
Codex intrusion on our freedom to buy supplements, anywhere in the Whole
Foods supermarket I go to 2 or 3 times a week; not a word. There is plenty
of info regarding GE foods, when you go through the doors at the market; but
nothing about Codex! Very strange.
John P.

I received this from om@... -- and it really scares me. The owner of
my
local healthfood store says: "They're trying to put us all out of business."
Another step toward 1984. dorothy
Codex Alimentarius meeting in Germany on Monday
On Monday, the Codex Alimentarius committee is meeting in Germany
to remove our worldwide rights on vitamins, all natural supplements,
and natural health care. Control would go to the drug companies,
thus either eliminating or outlawing many products altogether, making
others very expensive and only available with a prescription, and
manufactured with synthetics by select mega pharmaceutical companies
(this has already happened in Germany).
Please go to this website and send your protest and get
this to as many people as you possibly can. It only takes a minute
and is very easy to do - the protest letters go directly to this
committee (I believe there are over 40 million letters so far, but we
have to keep it up). The website is http://www.vitamins-for-all.org
Send the petition for each person in your household.
It only takes a minute.

Does your vet now know that Dollie is getting FSO/cc daily? And what are the reactions to the vet about this?

Our Sheltie came down with cancer on her hind left leg
last spring. The vet (holistic) recommended some diet
changes and amputation. We gave and are now giving
Dollie FSO/CC daily. The tumor has disappeared. We have
not had the leg removed and Dollie is quite insistent
that she get her FSO/CC daily. I don't think Dollie ever
figured out anything was wrong except for when the tumor
was first removed and biopsied. The vet who did this had
to leave part of the tumor. And when she examined the
dog after being on FSO/CC for 2 months could not find
the part she had left.
Russell

hi, have someone here in texas who's dog had tumors. and they gave it fs/cc and the tumors disappeared within a week. they asked me how i considered doing flaxseed oil, which i already had.
their dog had a vaccine shot, got very sick and wouldn't eat, and the tumors came back, since he wouldn't eat the fs/cc and finally they had to put him to sleep.
cynthia

In a message dated 11/25/01 3:14:17 PM Central Standard Time, dbates3809@... writes:

To all: When I started on the Budwig FSO/CC program, I went on a search for
"dry
curd cottage cheese"

Why were you looking for dry curd cc? I have purchased it (in a red cottage cheese container) but it doesn't seem to mix as well.
Just curious,
Carolyn

Cliff and others,
As you can see below, I have Don's permission to cross-post an email that
he sent to the sheltie-natural list. I thought the pet-lovers on the FSO
list would enjoy reading this.
Sharon
VA
Sharon,
I am no longer on the flax list, so feel free to cross post. I have
been meaning to send a note to Cliff but haven't.
Don

Hi guys!
Just wanted you to know that I'm with you on FSO2! I'm computer
challenged, along with several other faults, so it took me a while. Truth
be told, Cliff had to do it for me!
Sharon
VA

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Dorothy:
Hoop cheese is not really dry curd. I think a better choice is their
"Farmers cheese" wich I use ocasionally for cheesecake and
some 'flour-less' breads. Whenever I'm out of Farmers cheese
(DCCC), I substitute with my yogurt cheese.
Actually, after some digging on the net, I've found out that Quark
cheese IS yogurt cheese. So, just by straining properly made
homemade yogurt for a few hours, you end up with Quark
cheese.
Vivian
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Actually, after some digging on the net, I've found out that Quark
cheese IS yogurt cheese. So, just by straining properly made
homemade yogurt for a few hours, you end up with Quark
cheese.
Vivian, Is it more tangy since it is made of Yogurt. Or maybe sweeter, or the same as plan cottage cheese. How exactly would one make if using Yogurt?..Maybe I missed that part.

I know I've made cottage cheese when we raised cows. It was delicious. But did someone say the whey is left on the yogurt cheese? Would that also cause a nastier taste?

Miz Judy

To all: When I started on the Budwig FSO/CC program, I went on a search for
"dry
curd cottage cheese" in NY city where I live. Finally talked with a man at
Friendship
dairies who told me about their Hoop Cheese which is dry curd. I just looked
up their
website and thought I would post it for anyone interested.
dorothy
http://www.friendshipdairies.com/beta/hoopcheesenew.htm

To The Group :

Here is a good book I thought I would pass onto the group, its called a "Dietitians Cancer Story" and

it relates the experiences of a three time cancer survivor.

http://www.dianadyermsrd.com/

Just I thought I would share it.

Mike Martin

Carolyn:
Thanks.
I can't have lactose, so the cottage cheese sold in stores is out
because the manufacturers add milk (cream) to the finished
cottage cheese. There is a product called Dry Curd Cottage
Cheese (DCCC) that is just the curd. Properly made Farmers
Cheese is also just the curds. I wonder if DCCC can be used
with the FSO and obtain the same benefits.
I would prefer to use yogurt, bacause properly made
(homemade) yogurt doesn't contain lactose. And you can always
strain the whey out, and have a cream cheese-like food that is
more concentrated.
Is it difficult to make your own cottage cheese?
Could you please give me your recipe for it?
Vivian
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Codex Alimentarius meets next week in Berlin to continue their
pharmaceutically
backed plan to severely limit sales and potency of vitamins.
You can protest this with one click if you go to:
http://www.vitamins-for-all.org/mainsites/usa/index.html
Codex would like the manufacturer of all vitamins in the hands of
pharmaceutical companies which would limit the potency and raise the
prices of vitamins. Pharmaceutical companies have already been buying
up vitamin companies in a trojan horse attempt to take over the
industry.
Read more:
http://www.vitamins-for-all.org/codex/usa/wibca.html
http://www.vitamins-for-all.org/codex/usa/wibca2.html
http://www.vitamins-for-all.org/codex/usa/wibca3.html
What are the aims of the Codex Alimentarius Commission?
Constructed by the pharmaceutical industry, the Codex Alimentarius Commission
is a self-proclaimed expert organization that has allied with the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the World Food Organization (FAO). From the beginning,
this was done with the intention of passing regulations and laws to protect
the
global pharmaceutical market.
Of the 30 committees using the title "Codex Alimentarius," those involved with
food supplements and vitamins are of particular interest to the pharmaceutical
industry. The central committee is the "Codex Committee for Nutrition and
Dietetic Foods." A puppet of the pharmaceutical industry, this committee has
only been concerned with one topic since the middle of the 1990's: how to
prevent vitamins and other food supplements from causing the collapse of the
markets for beta blockers, calcium antagonists, cholesterol lowering products
and other widely superfluous pharmaceutical preparations.
By far, Germany is the biggest exporter of these dubious pharmaceutical
products, and nowhere else in the world exists such a bond between the
pharmaceutical industry and politics. Therefore it is no surprise that the
Government of the German Federal Republic is in charge of this committee
benefitting the pharmaceutical cartel.
The aims of the Codex Alimentarius are clearly defined: Statements on the
curative effects of vitamins and other natural remedies will be banned and
made
a punishable offense. In the future, the distinction between a foodstuff and a
medicine will be made by the pharmaceutical industry itself and not by
governments.
Using this new legislative edict, the pharmaceutical industry will extend its
own markets as it sees fit. At present, the pharmaceutical industry has
succeeded in classifying 500 milligrams of vitamin C in pill form as a
medication and requiring a prescription in Germany. If the pharmaceutical
industry had its way, 100 mg or even 50 mg vitamin C would be classified as
medication.
The pharmaceutical industry knows that most people have no understandings of
these restrictions and has disguised them with legal jargon.
The strategic aims of "Codex Alimentarius"
1. The distribution of health information concerning
vitamins, amino acids, minerals and other natural
products for the prevention and treatment of diseases
will be banned globally.
2. The sale of vitamins and other natural products which
exceed the guidelines of this Codex commission
(which are arbitrary and far too low) will be prohibited
globally.
3. Countries that fail to apply these laws will be punished
by international economic sanctions.
To mask its actual intention of protecting the world market of superfluous
pharmaceutical preparations, those responsible for Codex have invented
exculpatory statements:
Thus the Codex Alimentarius conference will occur at the "Federal Office for
Health-related Consumer Protection" in Berlin in June of 2000. In addition to
the "consumer protection" from alleged "harmful side effects" of vitamins, a
need for united international administration of the pharmaceutical industry
was
indicated.
The fact that the pharmaceutical industry believes that this disguised
justification will be unaccepted is clearly evident since Codex plans to
punish
all those who oppose its plans with economic sanctions by the UN.
Our response: Talk to as many people as possible about these irresponsible
plans and let the members of the Codex commission and their delegates know
what
you think.
As the graphic below shows, the pharmaceutical industry is one of the most
lucrative industries today. Profits exceeded 500% in only 10 years. The greed
of the majority holders of the pharmaceutical groups fuels the unethical Codex
plans.
http://www.vitamins-for-all.org/codex/usa/wibca4.html
Basis of the pharmaceutical industry:
The "business with the disease"
· The pharmaceutical industry bases its existence on the "business with
the disease." As with other segments of the economy, the pharmaceutical
industry wants to expand its market - patients as well as disease.
· The prevention, treatment and eradication of diseases are bad for the
pharmaceutical industry and thus must be attacked.
· As a direct result, the ills of civilization, such as heart and
circulatory diseases, high blood pressure, cardiac insufficiency, cancer,
osteoporosis and others are spreading.
· According to statements of German health insurance companies, 24,000
useless pharmaceutical preparations are on the market. (AOK magazine 4/98)
· The dangerous side effects of prescription drugs are now the fourth
most
common cause of death. (American Medical Journal of the American Medical
Association dated April 15, 1998
How does the Codex Alimentarius Commission work?
The Codex Commission for Nutrition and Dietetic Foods meets every two years.
Since the Government of the German Federal Republic is in charge of this
committee, these meetings usually occur on German soil. In 1996, the meeting
took place in Bonn, in 1998 in Berlin. The next meeting will take place in
Germany as well, at the Federal Office for Health-Related Consumer Protection
(BgVV) in Berlin-Marienfelde, Diedersdorfer Weg 1, on June 19-23, 2000.
The Codex procedure to establish resolutions takes eight steps - starting with
the deliberation stage to the recommendation stage to the decision stage.
Because of a massive protest in October 1998, we stopped the Codex meeting at
stage four.
At present, the pharmaceutical cartel prepares to execute the final four
stages
in one step during the next meeting. This would mean that the Codex conference
of June 2000 will recommend that all member nations confirm the vitamin
censure
laws.
Examining the composition of this Codex commission explains how such nefarious
plans can spawn in a panel of the United Nations.
More than half of all Codex members receive money from the pharmaceutical
industry. If you now add those politicians who depend on salaries or bribes
from the pharmaceutical industry, the imbalance becomes clear: more than three
quarters of the Codex Alimentarius members represent the interests of the
pharmaceutical industry.
To grant superficial ligitimacy to the proceedings, the pharmaceutical groups
include "Consumer Protection" organizations, which have been created by the
pharmaceutical companies themselves, into the Codex commission. The best-known
example is the German Association for Nutrition (DGE).
The governments of smaller European countries and developing nations face
economic blackmail from the international pharmaceutical groups. Only months
after the Swiss group Novartis (formerly Sandoz and Ciba Geigy) moved its head
quarters to Norway, the Norwegian government supported the Codex plans. Where
subsidiaries of multi-national pharmaceutical groups settle depends largely on
a government's attitude toward certain policies within the framework of the
UNO
- i.e. "Codex".
Who Is Behind The Codex Alimentarius?
Multi-national pharmaceutical groups founded and maintain the Codex
Alimentarius Commission. In many places, the pharmaceutical industry still
maintains the image of the benevolent humanitarians; however, the following
realistic picture of this business prevails:
The pharmaceutical industry differs from most commercial enterprizes. If they
do their jobs and produce the drugs that will make people well, then they have
no customers and ultimately face dissolution. From its inception, the
pharmaceutical industry was created as an investment industry. In America, the
Rockefeller group, looking for new investment opportunities for their billions
made in the oil industry (Esso Group), promoted the pharmaceutical groups. In
Europe, BASF, Bayer and Hoechst combined to create the foundation for the
industry.
With the discovery of vitamins and the deciphering of their chemical
structures
at the beginning of the last century, the natural medicines should have been
the clear path to combat most ills of civilization. From the beginning, the
strategic aim of the architects of the pharmaceutical industry was to
discourage natural remedies with all means necessary.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission is only the last and most brutal form with
which these financiers of the "business with the disease" are determined to
defend their sinecure. No sinister dark men stand behind the unethical plans
of
the "Codex Alimentarius" commission, but unscrupulous shareholders and
investors of the pharmaceutical industry bank on it.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the pharmaceutical industry has
dominated the economic and political culture of Germany. Every German
chancellor has prostrated himself before the German pharmaceutical cartel.
The pharmaceutical/chemical firm IG Farbenindustrie was the largest sponsor
that provided aid and sustenance to Hitler's power grab. In 1946, the
Nuremberg
War Crimes Tribunal concluded that World War II would not have been possible
without IG Farben, and the Tribunal broke the IG Farben trust into its
present-day successors: BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst.
Also after World War II, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries
systematically groomed politicians for the highest offices of government.
Thus,
BASF was Helmut Kohl's first employer, and from 1959-69, Kohl was a full-time
lobbyist for the industry. For 25 years as chairman of the CDU party and 16
years as Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl served his patrons well.

Lorenzo :

Heres the study - it points to benefits from fish and flax seed as well

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/1/132?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=flaxseed&searchid=1006670767678_127614&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=10&fdate=1/1/1965&tdate=11/30/2001&jc=all

Mike Martin

"The American Heart Association recognizes
the health benefits of flaxseed oil
December 15, 2000
<VANCOUVER
everyone knows how easy it is to translate the talk into nutritious meals.
Many, no doubt, will be surprised to learn the truth of the old adage about
good things in small packages as researchers once again taut the health
benefits of consuming a very small seed.
The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a scientific statement and
dietary guidelines for healthcare professionals in which it notes the
beneficial effects of adding flaxseed and flaxseed oil to an individual's
diet.
The AHA publication states that "a growing body of evidence indicates that
foods rich in the omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid reduce the risk of
myocardial infarction and fatal ischemic heart disease in women."
In addition, the statement notes that several recent studies have
demonstrated the beneficial effects of alpha-linolenic acid on both coronary
disease and mortality in patients with the disease. "Because of the
beneficial effects of omega-3 fatty acids on risk of coronary artery disease
as well as other diseases such as inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, the
current intake, which is generally low, should be increased."
This from a report by Omega Nutrition
Best Regards, Lorenzo

In a message dated 11/20/01 4:12:06 PM Central Standard Time, spinner@... writes:

aspect to join the group which Mike
has started,

I did join flaxhealth earlier, but I just unsubscribed. I was getting so many double messages. Many of the messages posted on flaxhealth were also posted on this list.
(Actually I was getting triple messages because many of the same messages were posted on another list that I was on, too.)
Carolyn

Hi Mike Martin,

1.With regards to your below request reference the accuracy of the two articles, please note that the Dr. Turner,N.D.,article found at http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Nutrition/turner60.htm

is pretty much on the mark He has included adequate information to give a good view of what is going on with the Dr. Budwig formula, the reasons behind it, and ways that people can prepare this helpful combination in an easy to understand manner from Dr. Roehm`s recipes for the flaxseed/ cottage cheese formula, the spread, etc., extremely valuable reading.

2. The second article found at http://www.cancure.org/budwig_diet.htm,

mainly confirms DR. Turner article with some deviation at times, although it may have been written earlier. For instance, the title of Dr. Budwig`s book is Flaxoil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, And Other Diseases not the " True Health...", although that may be also in print but I never saw it.

3.Also, the article mentions ..." It is essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linolic acid content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppyseed, walnut, and flax oils. Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right proteins otherwise the oils will have the OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more harm than good."... While this is advocated by Dr. Budwig, t`s not clearly stated that those oils are not as powerful as Flaxoil in the formula for best results, although Linseed oil [the British name for flaxseed oil, I believe] is mentioned. An adequate amount of Omega 3 is vitally important in the Budwig formula and according to Dr Udo Eramus, in his book "Fats and Oils", page 321, he gives the contents in percentages of the Fatty Acid 18:3w3 [Omega 3} as follows: Flax 58%, hemp 25%, pumpkin15%, soybean 9%,walnut 5% and rape (canola) as 7%. He includes notes that hemp oil is illegal and that rape(canola) has "toxic fatty acid." There is no
mention of poppyseed and sunflower which in itself does not have any Omega 3 at all. So flaxseed oil is by far the best.

4. The article does give some alternatives for people who cannot use cottage cheese or milk products, and supplies sources. This is a real contribution but as I have maintained on this list, it is advisable not to deviate too far from Dr. Budwig`s formula, although it may be necessary at times.The article also gives some easy to follow recipes in making the Budwig formula. The discussions on Companion Nutrients are found in the Flaxseed archives, if you want to investigate them.

5. Mike, both article do a good service by providing easy to understand langauge on this complex subject, and if you and Jane want to do more research, the best thing to do is to read the Budwig books because that`s where most of the info came from initially.

Lastly. om a personal note, thanks to Jane and you, I have recieved her book and have started to read it already. It is very interesting and straightforward. Good for you two. I will send a more complete ctritique when I have finished it, if you want. O.K.?
Ciao for now, Fondest regards to all, Mike Cinelli

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HI,
To my knowledge, Dr. Budwig does not endorse yogurt. However many seem to
have used it successfully be using three times as much as would be used if
it were cottage cheese.
Cliff

I wonder if combining FSO with yogurt will have the same
beneficial effects as FSO with cottage cheese...?
Does anyone know if Dr. Budwig (or someone else) conducted
any studies using yogurt instead of CC?
Vivian
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Hi Joel,

I do not believe your friends and I doubt seriously that they are reporting the correct story. I believe their story is concocted. Dr. Budwig discovered her method by years of hard work and there are many people out to discredit her. Her method certainly didn`t come from "folk food," and it would be absolutely a billion to one shot, or more, that "The Berliners are using that formula. IHow she did it is explained in her book which I mentuioned. By the way, have you read her book(s)? If so, pls send a copy to your friends who "heard the Berliners`s report." To me this is another case of disinformation.

By the way, you used the term "Too common to be taken seriously". Now isn`t that just what all the alternative medicine people are saying about what they advocate as against what the Medical Community advocates? Examples include Chinese medicine, naturopaths, Herbalist and others. If you choose to believe rumors, such as your friends report, that is o.k. by me. We have Germans on this list, and I `m sure some will speak with Dr. Johanna Budwig about this "Berliner tradition" as your friends are wont to say. Nothing personal against you.Joel, but I am extremely skeptical about this report. Thanks and best, Mike Cinelli

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Hi Cliff and Flaxseed Oil list members,
In the last few weeks there has been an increased flurry of messages to this
list and to another list to which I subscribe. Since I have been unsually
busy recently I have not had much time to answer e-mails except on the run
or in double quick fashion.
Therefore, time is vitally important to me as to other list members.
But with this flurry of email messages taking up a lot of space, I am
questioning what is going on, especially since these messages are pushing
allopathic sources, which are interesting to some degree, but dreadfully
misleading to pure non-allopathic methods. Actually, many list members
joined this list because they were fed up with the treatments they
experienced at the hands of most allopaths. Dr. Budwig is a true natural
alternative medicine specialist. Yet, her unique formula has been
questioned as 'well known to Berliners who work in the markets," but who
never heard of her. On another list, Cancercured, one "recent contributor"
claims he is not a Medical Doctor yet 1.5 years ago he was attacking
everyone and signing his name as a M.D. ( Allopaths are banned from that
group). [I don`t think he lost his license....]
Now on our list, one member, advertently or inadvertently, is flooding the
list with references to the USDA, NIH, and MedLine, all groups that advocate
non-natural medicine and conduct research based soley on "Scientific
Studies", (always omitting natural/alternative methods), and from which many
on this list have turned away from because they favor the Chemical/Parmaco
Cartels, the very groups causing the world to be flooded with synthetic
drugs and the cause of many of our diseases. As a matter of fact, Dr.
Budwig warned us about these groups and she has fought them for years,
because they dragged her into court seven times. She won every case.
Here are some references which I copied
:========================
USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe
KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe
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I would like a clarification here. Are these misguiding "Scientific Reports"
which further the cause of Allopathic Medicine actually wanted on this list
or needed? Aren`t we suppose to focus on and further the knowledge of Dr.
Budwig to help people understand the process, rather than adding this
allopathic confusion to the mix? [God knows how much there is to understand
this good doctor`s messages without added consternation or detours.] Are
there any provisions to stop this sort of "creeping allopathism" on this
list or what? For my part, I will use an old Aussie saying: "Put the lid
on, matie."
I am usually very opened minded but when time is so short, I don`t want to
be bombarded with misguiding e-mails. There are other forums for these kinds
of allopathic references, but personally I don`t think this forum is one. If
someone one wants to believe in the allopathic messages, that`s o.k. by me
but this list should remain free of that sort of reasoning. In fact, I
believe that there is currently an all out assault on our kind of forum by
groups like Quach Watch, Allopathic Interests, and others. If I am opening
Pandora`s box, so be it. I hope that"Hope" is still located at the bottom of
her Box.Dr. Budwig gives us hope...and as a Doctor in Bio-Chemistry has done
more for the world on Fats and Oils than anyother person to date, in my
view.
Opinions are welcomed on what should be discussed and what should be
.redirected to other forums would be welcome.
No offense to anyone but if the shoe fits, wear it. Otherwise, let`s keep
straight lines in our thinking and postings reference Flaxseed Oil and
Quark/Cottage Cheese/ Yoghurt. Thanks and good health to all,. Mike Cinelli
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Dear Cliff,
You were wondering,
"I have wondered if there is anything about meat that is hurtful to cancer
other than the Omega balance.
I have long thought that if it were the meat alone that was bad for cancer
the eskimos and Indians would have been long gone from the beginning. They
would all be dead from cancer.
I wonder if anyone has actually compared the amount of Omega 3 and Omega 6
in grass fed cattle, grain fed cattle, and partly grassfed and partly grain
fed cattle."
Dear Cliff
<A HREF="http://www.mercola.com/beef/main.htm"
(look in www.mercola.com) this is the page in Dr. Mercola's newsletter that
answers the questions about grass versus grain beef. I have not gotten
around to ordering any of this meat for myself but I intend to; The
Newsletter has an add for a source. I have also read that the farm raised
salmon isn't a very good souce of omega 3 compared to the wild salmon for
similar reasons. Certainly, you can taste the difference in the fish, we do
get both around my area. Unfortunately, I do not know a local souce of grass
fed beef in Northern New Jersey.
Stuart L. Weg MD

I recently learned that the combination of flaxseed oil and Quark (or
cottage cheese) recommended by Dr. Budwig is a traditional food in the
area around Berlin and perhaps other parts of northern Germany. A
German friend who grew up in the Frankfurt area tells me that he had
never heard of this combination until he moved to Berlin. There, in the
farmer's markets, it's common to see Quark and flaxseed oil being sold
as a combination. When he asked the merchants and their clients if this
was a recipe recommended by Dr. Johanna Budwig, they said they had never
heard of her, but that "everyone knows eating flax oil with Quark is
good for you." When he asked what it was good for, they said: "Your
health."
Joel

Although I don't suffer from cancer, I did have Ulcerative Colitis
IBD, until a couple of years ago. I cured myself using E.
Gottschall's "Specific Carbohydrate Diet" (SCD). Thousands of
others have also cured themselves of various gastrointestinal
diseases using the SCD, when the MD's tried to pump them full
of harmful pharmaceuticals and told them that there was nothing
to be done, except perhap removal of part of their digestive
system (!!!)
After reading the "Budwig Diet principles" on that website you
linked to ( http://home.online.no/~dusan/diseases/cancer/
cancer_dr_budwig.html ), I was pleasantly surprised to find out
that the Budwig diet is very similar to the SCD.
One main difference appear to be that Dr. Budwig did not allow
any meats, apparently because most commercially available
meats are full of antibiotics, hormones, and who knows what
else. The SCD includes meat, but it's recommended that it be
as fresh and natural as possible, e.g. organic, grass fed.
The other difference is that the Budwig diet allows grains and
starches, both of which are strictly forbidden by the SCD,
because of their deleterious effect in the gut leading to
malabsorption, leaky gut, allergies, etc.
The success of both of these diets, in my opinion, shows that
what we put in our bodies has a tremendous effect on our
health. Why is it that this simple basic principle has been
ignored for so long by the medical establishment? That's just a
rethorical question. I know the answer, and I believe must of you
do too.
Vivian
--------

Dear Lorenzo,

We purchase only "grassfed beef (which contains absolutely
no pesticides or hormones), from: Highland Hearth Farm
Grassfed Beef, E 4262 Finnegan Road, Reedsburg,
WI 53959-9342. Ph. (608) 524-6299, or e-mail:
<highlandhearth@...

Link on to: http://www.eatwild.com/suppliers.html/
for a USA Directory for grassfed meat, eggs & dairy.
Simply find a place where it's available in your state,
(from this Directory), and purchase it.

We just purchased 200 pounds of freshly frozen, grassfed
beef on 11/14/2001. It's DELICIOUS! : - )

With Warm Regards,
Esther

NOTE: Current research has shown that, compared to grain-fed
beef, grassfed beef proves to be higher in Omega 3 essential
fatty acids, higher in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), higher in
Vitamins E and A, and higher in beta carotene.

Red meat and dairy products are the only naturally occurring
sources of Vitamin B-12. When animals are raised on grass,
and humans eat grassfed meat studies show the health benefits
that result are: decreased risks of cancer, diabetes, obesity,
heart disease, depression, anxiety, asthma, auto-immune
diseases, Parkinsonism, A. D. D., eye disease, liver disease,
and lung disease.

Studies have shown a marked reduction in tumor growth,
reversal of the atherosclerotic process, and lean muscle
mass increases. Potent antioxidants slow aging, improve
circulation, repair and heal tissues, and develop good brain
and nervous systems.

Sources: /www.eatwild.com;Why Grassfed is Best!/ by Jo Robinson, 2000;
Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon, 1999.

Cliff......... the meat that Eskimoes and Indians eat is usually meat that
they hunt and not what we buy from the grocery stores, now as long as the
animal and fish has not become toxic as a result of chemicals that has
saturated the invironment they would be okay, the eating of meat is not
necessarily harmful to man but the additives that the animals are being fed
is our problem, again many will disagree but a good example is the high
levels of soy that is being fed to cattle, pigs, chickens and farm raised
fish is just one of the foods that seem to be adding to the problems of man,
of course it is not just soy that is being added to animal feed, cows are
being fed processed meats from pigs and pigs are being fed processed meats
from cows both of these animals are not meat eaters by nature what problems
are being caused here alone........... Several years ago the Indians in the
Lake of the Woods area in northern Ontario, Canada a community in the area
of Kenora (Grassy Narrows) had a problem with pollution to the local lakes
and rivers and streams, the pollution came from the pulp and paper mills in
these areas, and resulted in heavy Mercury poisoning, many of the natives
from these areas ended up with severe brain damage resulting from eating the
fish from the water, I don't know if this problem has been rectified to this
date or not. Now they claim that you can eat fish that has Mercury
poisoning but maybe one fish every now and again, but the Indians from these
areas relied on the fish as their many food supply....
Gerry Logan

Hi,
Upon checking the websites on Greg's post yesterday, I realized something
anew.
I had mentioned it before in passing.
There is no experimentation outside of that done by Dr. Budwig herself that
involves the use of flaxseed oil or flaxseeds in conjunction with the sulfur
based proteins that Dr. Budwig has found to be essential to the
effectiveness of the oil against active cancer.
To compare Dr. Budwig's work with that of the experiments described on
MedLine is like comparing apples to oranges. They are not the same.
Comments made on the basis of those experiments are irrelevant to those
things described on this forum. They mean little or nothing.
I will attach a document at the end of this message giving a website that
can be checked for principles of Dr. Budwig's approach.
It is not new. Dr. Roehm, who was a strong advocate of the Budwig protocol,
passed away in 1993.
Note that Dr. Rohm points out that without the associated sulfur based
protein, the use of the oil would "have the opposite effect" or cause more
harm than good.
I would suggest that comments based on MedLine types of research have their
place on Mike Martin's site which emphasizes prevention. I would uggest
that the small amounts of Omega 3 inolved in the use of ground flaxseeds,
when used with meals, find enough of the right proteins to make them fairly
effective in prevention.
I read several years ago that flaxseed oil would best be used with meals as
the proteins would make it more effective. I am sure they were talking
about the use of flaxseed oil without mixing with cottage cheese.
Cliff
Dear Mr Beckwith,
Thanks so very much for your kind email response (see below).
Independently I think I answered the question myself. I found the internet
site
http://home.online.no/~dusan/diseases/cancer/cancer_dr_budwig.html
where Dr. Dan C. Roehm writes:
" Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right
proteins otherwise the oils will have the
OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more harm than good."

How much FSO and how much yogart should be used per each 100lb body
Wt.

"""
Just today, I had a visit from a 63 year old man who is a terminal
cancer patient; he has stage four prostate cancer. It has metastasized to
his hips. He had pain and tenderness in the pelvic bone from the spreading
cancer. He needed pain killers to sleep.
He is on combination hormone therapy which had initially worked. But
now, the cancer has become hormone independent and the treatment isn't
stopping the cancer.
What doctors don't realize is that the hormones involved in the cancer
are also used by the body for regional water regulation. In a state of
dehydration, these hormones can become ineffective.
After drinking 10-12 glasses of water a day, he said the pain in his hip
has gone down from an intensity of ten to an intensity of one. It is
essentially gone. This is the pain from his hip cancer. He is hopeful of a
recovery.
[Editors Note: I spoke with the man myself while he was at Dr.
Batmanghelidj's office. He confirmed everything that the doctor told me.
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http://www.sciam.com/news/111401/1.html
MEDICINE
Malaria and Cancer Cells Yield to the Same Garlic Compounds
Garlic may not ward off vampires, but scientific research indicates that it does
provide a number of health benefits,
exhibiting antifungal and antibacterial properties, and seeming to help lower
the risk of cardiovascular disease and
certain kinds of cancer. Animal studies have also shown it to fight malaria.
Exactly how garlic works against such
disparate foes, however, has proved somewhat difficult to understand. To that
end, findings announced yesterday at the
annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in
Atlanta provide some insight. According to
the report, both malaria and cancer cells succumb to the same garlic compounds.
To probe garlic's protective powers, Ian Crandall of the University of Toronto
and colleagues focused on compounds
called disulfides that are known to have antifungal, antibacterial and
anticancer properties. The team tested 11
synthetic disulfide compounds against malaria-infected cells and cancer cells.
Those that effectively combated the
malarial cells, they found, also eliminated the cancer cells.
Crandall suspects that their shared susceptibility may stem from their
dependence on what is known as the glutathione
system. In this cell system, the antioxidant and detoxifier glutathione is
reduced and stored for use later, when it is
needed to absorb damage. Cells that rapidly reproduce, such as those afflicted
by cancer or malaria, are particularly
dependent on this glutathione system because toxins are natural by-products of
metabolism. As it turns out, the garlic
disulfide Ajoene inhibits glutathione reduction, which can be a death sentence
for malaria-infected cells and cancer
cells.
Looking forward, Crandall hopes that such disulfide compounds may one day find
use in the treatment of both malaria and
cancer. For now, however, he and his colleagues must endure the perfume of the
stinking rose while they work. "Does this
stuff smell like garlic? Well, every time we open a vial of it in the lab
everybody runs." Kate Wong
========================
Again this study suggests reduced glutathione (reduced capacity to deal with
toxins & free radicals) assists cancer cell
death. So what you feed yourself to stay healthy may be different if you have
cancer.
========================
Good Health & Long Life,
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1\
1221959&dopt=Abstract
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2001;47(1):34-40 Related Articles, Books, LinkOut
Suppression of tumor growth and metastasis by dietary fish oil combined with
vitamins E and C and cisplatin.
Yam D, Peled A, Shinitzky M.
Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot,
Israel.
PURPOSE:
The anticancer activity of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFA)
has been shown in a large number of
studies. This study was undertaken to analyze the combined effect of omega-3
PUFA and antioxidative vitamins on the
level of spontaneous metastatic dissemination. The supportive effect of this
dietary combination on chemotherapy with
cisplatin (CP) was determined in parallel.
METHODS:
C57BL/6J mice bearing the Lewis lung carcinoma 3LL were fed ad libitum one of
three isocaloric diets containing 5%
soybean oil supplemented with 40 mg/kg alpha-tocopherol acetate (SO diet), or 4%
fish oil plus 1% corn oil, and basal
amounts of vitamin E (FO diet) or FO diet supplemented with vitamins E and C
(FO+E+C diet). These diets were tested in
combination with the conventional cytotoxic agent CP in a series of regimens.
Tumor growth, feed consumption, body
weight, lung metastasis and lung histology were followed.
RESULTS:
Both the FO dietary groups showed significantly lower tumor development than the
SO group in all examined parameters,
indicating that omega-3 PUFA have anticancer activity.
However, the FO diet, in comparison with the FO+E+C diet induced a significantly
slower rate of tumor growth, and lower
metastatic load, as reflected in lung weight.
The decrease in the anticancer activity of FO by the addition of vitamins E and
C suggests that in situ oxidation of
omega-3 PUFA underlies their anticancer action.
*^*^* Please note the above *^*^*..gw
It is thus proposed that oxidized omega-3 PUFA accumulates in the membranes and
the cytosol of tumor cells, reducing the
ir vitality and eventually leading to their death.
No signs of anorexia or cachexia were observed in either FO group, in contrast
to the SO group. CP treatment with the SO
diet had no apparent therapeutic effect, while with the FO diets it reduced the
metastatic load.
The best regimen of this combined treatment was FO diet followed by CP treatment
with FO diet supplemented with vitamins
E and C after resection of the primary growth.
This regimen could be translated to a combined therapy for human cancer.
CONCLUSIONS:
Diets enriched with omega-3 PUFA may have beneficial anticancer effects in
particular when containing only basal amounts
of antioxidants such as vitamin E or C. Furthermore, the addition of drugs which
promote oxidation of omega-3 PUFA, such
as ferrous salts (e.g. as prescribed for the treatment of anemia), may further
increase these effects. However, the
supportive effect of omega-3 PUFA in chemotherapy (e.g. with CP) increases when
vitamins E and C are also included.
PMID: 11221959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
========================
Note it is the long chain Omega 3 EPA & DHA fats in the fish oil that are the
active agents and ADDING anti-oxidants
(Vit C & E) actually reduced the cancer killing effects of the long chain Omega
3 fats.
Here it is suggested that in fighting cancer cells, the use of anti-oxidants may
be counter productive.
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Good Health & Long Life,
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To The Group,

There are presently studies on the way were soon you will find Flax Seed being added to everything from Cattle Feed to Chicken feed. Studies have shown that intake of Omega 3's are passed on in the meat of cattle and the egg's of chickens and in a host of other forms. Both Cargil and Archer Danials Midland have sourced large amounts of flax and are presently looking at all the applications that would be germain. Since ground flax seed can be added to practically everything in the coming years if not months look for it. The fear among health professionals is that they won't add sufficient quantities to actially be beneficial healthwise but represents more of a marketing effort. I really think that truth in labeling needs to make manufacturers specify the amount of Flax,i.e. ala, lignans etc. so that educated consumer can make informed decissions. Its very important that the marketing not exceed the science when it comes to flax. Myths and false claims are everywhere and
getting worse.

This could distroy flax the same way in which soy was assaulted in the 1970's.

Respectfully,

Mike Martin

Hi All,
Interesting Finnish study into the cancer protective phytoestrogens in soy.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9\
5190656&dopt=Abstract
J Nutr 1995 Mar;125(3 Suppl):757S-770S Related Articles, Books, LinkOut
Soybean phytoestrogen intake and cancer risk.
Adlercreutz CH, Goldin BR, Gorbach SL, Hockerstedt KA, Watanabe S, Hamalainen
EK, Markkanen MH, Makela TH, Wahala KT,
Adlercreutz T [corrected to Adlercreutz CH].
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Because many Western diseases are hormone-dependent cancers, we have postulated
that the Western diet, compared with a
vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diet, may alter hormone production, metabolism or
action at the cellular level.
Recently, our interest has been focused on the cancer-protective role of some
hormone-like diphenolic phytoestrogens of
dietary origin, the lignans and isoflavonoids.
The precursors of the biologically active compounds originate in soybean
products (mainly isoflavonoids but also
lignans), as well as whole grain cereals, seeds, probably berries and nuts
(mainly lignans).
The plant lignan and isoflavonoid glycosides are converted by intestinal
bacteria to hormone-like compounds with weak
estrogenic and antioxidative activity; they have now been shown to influence not
only sex hormone metabolism and
biological activity but also intracellular enzymes, protein synthesis, growth
factor action, malignant cell
proliferation, differentiation and angiogenesis, making them strong candidates
for a role as natural cancer protective
compounds.
Epidemiological investigations support this hypothesis, because the highest
levels of these compounds are found in
countries or regions with low cancer incidence.
This report is a review of results that suggest that the diphenolic
isoflavonoids and lignans are natural
cancer-protective compounds.
PMID: 7884562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Isoflavones mainly from soy and lignans mainly from ground falx / linseed.
========================
Good Health & Long Life,
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Hi,
I have been intrigued by Lorenzo's posts and its relevance to Flax Oil as a
source of Omega 3 connected with meat.
I have wondered if there is anything about meat that is hurtful to cancer
other than the Omega balance.
I have long thought that if it were the meat alone that was bad for cancer
the eskimos and Indians would have been long gone from the beginning. They
would all be dead from cancer.
I wonder if anyone has actually compared the amount of Omega 3 and Omega 6
in grass fed cattle, grain fed cattle, and partly grassfed and partly grain
fed cattle.
I wonder if high amounts of flaxseed oil would balance the high Omega 6 in
the meat. How much difference would trimming the fat do? If the meat is
high in the wrong kind of Omega 6, could supplements change it?
After The Flood, according to Scripture, G-d told Noah that the animals
would be food for him. Prior to the Flood, animals were not used for food.
I have wondered about some of these things for a long time.
Cliff

Hi All,
This summary of the recommendations for healthy eating by the American Heath
Association should cast serious doubt about
food conspiracy theories as I don't think the very powerful US meat and dairy
producers would like the "cut down meat
and dairy, eat more veggies" message given here.
Note the bad rap frying gets. Well deserved!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1\
1032452&dopt=Abstract
Nutrition 2000 Sep;16(9):767-73 Related Articles, Books, LinkOut
Eat to live, not live to eat.
Weisburger JH.
American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
John_Weisburger@...
Most of the prevailing chronic diseases in the world have an important
nutritional component by directly causing a
specific disease, enhancing the risk through phenomena of promotion, exerting a
beneficial effect in decreasing risk, or
preventing the disease.
International studies in geographic pathology have shown that a given disease
may have vastly different incidence and
mortality as a function of residence.
Laboratory research in animal models can reproduce fairly accurately what is
learned through international research and
provide the basis for examining relevant hypotheses and, more importantly,
proposed mechanisms of action.
Validation of these approaches can be the basis for public-health
recommendations and health-promotion activities.
Through such techniques, it has been found that regular intake of foods with
saturated fats such as meat and certain
dairy products raise the risk of coronary heart disease.
The total mixed-fat intake is associated with a higher incidence of the
nutritionally linked cancers, specifically
cancer of the postmenopausal breast, distal colon, prostate, pancreas. ovary,
and endometrium.
The associated genotoxic carcinogens for several of these cancers are
heterocyclic amines, which also play a role in
heart-disease causation, and these are produced during the broiling and frying
of creatinine-containing foods such as
meats.
Monounsaturated oils such as olive or canola oil are low-risk fats as shown in
animal models and through the observation
that the incidence of specific diseases is lower in the Mediterranean region,
where such oils are customarily used.
High salt intake is associated with high blood pressure and with stomach cancer,
especially with inadequate intake of
potassium from fruits and vegetables and of calcium from certain vegetables and
low-fat dairy products.
Vegetables, fruits, and soy products are rich in antioxidants that are essential
to lower disease risk stemming from
reactive oxygen systems in the body.
Green and black teas are excellent sources of antioxidants of a polyphenol
nature. as is cocoa and some chocolates.
Nutritional lifestyles that offer the possibility of a healthy long life can be
adopted by most populations in the
world.
PMID: 11032452 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Good Health & Long Life,
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Data from the net; not Dr. wig/s book.
Dr. Budwigs diet differs in two areas from the Paleo diet.
1. Meat and animal fat- almost all meat available to most people is raised
on grain and given hormones. Grain is not a natural diet for animals. On
a diet of grain their fat contains mostly Omega 6 and little Omega 3. No
wonder Dr. Budwig rejects meat and fat.
The Paleo diet includes meat and fat from WILD Animals as it has a healthy
ratio of Omega oils. Grass finished Beef also-has a healthy ratio of
Omega oils; but where will you find it!
2. Dr. Budwig's diet includes a wide variety of grain. The Paleo diet
would avoid the modern grains like wheat.
3. They both avoid sugar and permit honey.
In essence Dr. Budwig is seeking to get back to the elements of the Caveman
diet; Which is, a proper ratio of Omega oils.
Now the Disclaimer that sometimes I leave out: IF YOU HAVE CANCER YOU WILL
BE PRUDENT TO FOLLOW THE BUDWIG DIET TO THE LETTER.
If you are reading this to avoid Cancer then may I suggest that you go to
the root of the problem and attempt to understand the diet your ancestors
ate as that is natural.
The reading list is at
Best Regards, Lorenzo
If you have pain -Join the CaveManFood list and eat like our ancestors.

http://www.lef.org/news/disease/2001/11/20/a/0000-0030-prostatetest.html
Developing Marker for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer
Scripps Howard News Service
By LEE BOWMAN
November 20, 2001
Using a genetic marker to test for prostate cancer could greatly improve
detection at an early stage when the disease
can still be cured, scientists have found.
Although the studies on the test are preliminary, researchers at Johns Hopkins
University believe using a genetic marker
would be a dramatic improvement over the current prostate specific antigen (PSA)
test, which can signal prostate cancer
but is also elevated when men have other prostate problems.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the
United States. More than 198,000 men were
diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, and another 31,500 died from the
disease, although it can usually be
successfully treated if detected early.
"A genetic marker that occurs mostly in early-stage cancers may improve the way
we diagnose cancer in the future and
help us catch it early,'' said Dr. David Sidransky, a professor at Hopkins
Medical School and director of the research,
which is published Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Hopkins has licensed the technique for possible development as a medical test to
a private company, Virco Inc., with
terms of the arrangement being managed by the university in accordance with
conflict-of-interest policies. Sidransky is
a paid consultant for the firm and both he and the university own stock in the
company.
Hopkins researchers discovered in 1994 that a mutation in a gene called GSTP1
disrupts chemical processes. Those
processes create a protein that detoxifies environmental carcinogens and
protects against cancer. The mutation, called
hypermethylation, inactivates the GSTP1 gene and is most often seen in
early-stage prostate cancers, but rarely in
normal prostates or benign prostate disease.
Armed with this knowledge, the researchers used a methylation-specific genetic
test to examine tissue samples from 69
patients with early-stage prostate cancer and 31 patients with benign prostate
disease. They also evaluated tiny
lesions, thought to be precursors of prostate cancer, found in 28 of the 69
patients with early-stage disease. High
levels of methylation, the genetic marker, were found in 63 of the 69
early-stage patients and in 15 of the 28 lesions.
Some methylation was also found in nine of 31 samples of the patients with
benign disease.
The researchers also tested prostate tissue from 21 patients who had high PSA
levels. The genetic test correctly
predicted a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 10 of 11 samples later found to be
positive for cancer using traditional
pathology examination. And they correctly excluded a diagnosis of prostate
cancer in the other 10 patients who turned
out to be negative for cancer.
========================
Sounds like a better marker than PSA.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1668000/1668243.stm
Thursday, 22 November, 2001, 00:04 GMT
Gene therapy could save many lives from cancer
A new type of gene therapy which fools cancer cells into committing suicide has
been developed by scientists.
The technique, which has proven effective on all types of cancer, is a potential
breakthrough in the fight against the
disease.
Designed by a team of scientists funded by the Cancer Research Campaign, the
gene therapy system appears to target
cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. Team leader, Dr Nicol
Keith, said: "I feel very strongly that our
research represents a potential breakthrough, with implications for the
treatment of a variety of common cancers.
People have discussed similar kinds of gene therapy system before, but we have
now made significant progress by moving
from talking about the theory to actually killing cancer cells in a very
efficient manner. With a bit of genetic
trickery, we have managed to fool cancer cells to their doom without harming
normal cells. I am optimistic that we
could soon have targeted treatments that spare cancer patients the side-effects
that many suffer today."
The technique works by fooling a cancer cell into "switching-on", or activating,
a gene which will in fact destroy it.
In 80% of human cancers the gene telomerase is switched on to ensure the cell's
survival and to allow it to divide
beyond its allotted time span.
The scientists, from the Beatson Laboratories at Glasgow University, took a copy
of the "on-switch" for telomerase and
wired it to another gene, called nitroreductase. The cancer cells were then
tricked into switching on the
nitroreductase, which is a very effective cancer treatment, thinking it was
telomerase. Nitroreductase works by
converting the normally harmless drug CB1954 into a toxic product which rapidly
kills cancer cells. But non-cancerous
cells are not able to "switch-on" telomerase and therefore are unable to switch
on the genetic treatment either - saving
them from damage.
Dr Keith said: "Using a sleight of hand we can convince cancer cells that they
are switching on the telomerase - which
is essential to their survival - when in fact they are actually switching on a
gene that will ultimately kill them."
Professor Nick Lemoine, head of Molecular Oncology at Imperial Cancer Research
said: "This research is positive progress
towards making gene therapy a realistic treatment in the clinic. Using the
telomerase gene is an interesting area of
research and the next step forward will be to prove we can target cancer cells
selectively in people. Certainly gene
therapy holds the promise of saving many lives from cancer in the future."
The system was also shown to work with other genes apart from nitroreductase,
also making it very versatile.
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Sounds good. Fingers crossed............
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Good Health & Long Life,
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To The Group....

On behalf of Jane, Myself and our three sons, TJ & Sam and Alex we sincerely hope this thanksgiving finds you well and we honestly hope that there is plenty to be thankful for all the members. When struggling with an illness or just struggling with life its all to easy to forget about the many blessing that we all have to be thankful for.

One of the things that I am most thankful for is each and every member who puts foreth their views on this list. Yes I am talking about Lorenzo, NYH, Greg and everyone who takes time to share their experiences in that we can all gain insight. We are all held together by the common thread that we really do have the best interest of all the people at heart. Its the strength of our convictions which promotes these spirited discussions and that serves the interests of everyone. I look forward to the future with hope of well being for everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving

The Martin Family

May everyone who has contributed to this list have a Happy Thanksgiving and may I single out Cliff Beckwith. Just the existence of this list helps me stay the course on trying to do the right thing for myself.

"AMEN" TO ALL THAT YOU HAVE WROTE IN YOUR LAST EMAIL.
A MAN THAT I KNOW THAT HAD HIS LUNG REMOVED DUE TO CANCER, AND 7 MONTHS AGO, MY DAUGHTER (RN NURSE) TOLD HIS WIFE ABOUT ME AND THE FO/CC WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND SHE CAME TO ME FOR THE OIL. THEY HAD FOUND A SPOT ON THE HIS SPLEEN BUT DIDN;'T WANT TO OPERATE IN CAUSE THEY STIRRED UP HIS CANCER CELLS. MY DAUGHTER SAID SHE DIDN;'T THINK HE WOULD LIVE VERY LONG, HE WAS IN PRETTY BAD CONDITION, BUT HIS WIFE FOLLOWED MY INSTRUCTIONS, AND TO THIS DAY HE HAS REALLY GOOD COLOR, HE CAN GET AROUND NOW AND EVERYONE IS AMAZED AT HOW GOOD HE LOOKS, THAT ANOTHER PERSON CAME TO BUY THE OIL FROM ME, BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE LOOKED!!
SO, ONE DOWN UP AND MORE TO FOLLOW!!
CYNTHIA

Hi,
In a recent post, Greg mentioned that "it has helped you". I gathered by
the test that it was believed that might be a rarity and that it has not
been the answer for others.
I am going to an account here of something that happened a number of years
back.
When I was first diagnosed and using Flax Oil and Cottage Cheese I was
working as a school counselor.
From what I knew at the time I believed that the FO/CC had brought my PSA
from 75 to 0.2 in 6 months.
When I asked the doctor if he had expected that he said, "No Way!" In all
honest, I was the first patient he had put on a Hormon Blockade. He really
did not know what to epect.
My feeling was renforced by an acquaintance, 75, who had a PSA of 73. He
did nothing but eat raw fruits and vegetables and FO/CC for three months and
the PSA came down 60 points to 13. He was not on any medication. I do not
know what has happened since or if he is still living. I have net heard
that he has died. He would be 83 or 84 by now if he is still living.
A fellow teacher, Kim, had an aunt who had been operated on for Colon cancer
and part of the Colon removed. She had been put on heavy chemo. Her
husband was the pastor of a church where Kim was the head musician.
Kim tried to get her to go on FO/CC but her daughter, a student nurse, said
"Momma, don't do anything the doctor doesn't tell you to do."
The time came when the aunt, Brenda, had little immune system left and she
was kept in the house so she wouldn't go out and catch a cold and die.
Chemo was stopped to see if her body would rebuild some.
Now she began using FO/CC and in a short while the immune system was
rebuilding, she was becoming stronger and soon she could get out in society
again.
She had an appointment with her Oncologist and told him what she had been
doing. He said, "That didn't help you any! It was the chemo that did it."
He got her back on chemo.
She did OK for a few months and went into a coma and died.
Her husband, John, told me that her heart and liver had been virtually
destroyed by the chemo.
We attended services at the church at night occassionally and one night John
aske for a tape. I did not know he hadn't heard it.
A month later we were there again and we were talking after the service and
John said, "I hope you are wrong, but I think you are right. They killed my
wife". He always referred to her as his best friend.
Another woman in the church, Betsy, has a brother in law who a few months
earlier had had to quit work. He was incapacitated with lung cancer.
Betsy had told him of the FO/CC and he began using it at 4 tablespoons a
day, but with Companion Nutrients from Nature's Distributors instead of
cottage cheese. He would rather die than eat cottage cheese.
[Unfortunately, the company does not ship outside of the US]
He had just had a check up and X ray and there was nothing left but a little
scar tissue.
I had just heard that the day before from a friend of Betsy's.
I said to John, "Have you heard about Betsy's brother in law." He said, "I
hear he's pretty bad". I said, "He's well". John said, "WHAT??"
I repeated, "He's WELL"
John to Betsy, who was still there, and said, "How's your brother in law?"
She said, "He's well."
John looked at me, and with all the feeling he could put in it, he said,
"There're going to doctors in HELL because of things like this!!"
I tend to believe him.
That was in 1993 or 94. I heard early this summer that Betsy's brother in
law is still doing very well and working.
I never knew his name.
I don't know the why's other than trusting Dr. Budwig's work.
I don't know the techincal part of it and it really doesn't matter much to
me. We hve seen it fail very seldom.
People get better. There are more accounts on www.beckwithfamily.com
To me, that is where the rubber meets the road; the bottom line. Where
there is imperfect progress we need to know why. I am not perfect today,
but am still alive. There are things I am improving and learning. I have
learned from Greg but I am not sure of all of it.
I need to know what the pecent of success the doctors are having using these
ideas in stopping cancer.
When they can top Dr. Budwig's 98% success I will be Praising The Lord!
regards
cliff

For the full text, see http://www.personalmd.com/news/n1109095420.shtml
The good side has been left out. This writer is satisfied that for now and
until more tests are completed Soy is not necessary in a healthy diet. We
can wait.
Excerpts:
WASHINGTON -- Get ready for a rush of good news from the soybean industry --
and read it carefully.
Soy Foods Are Coming -- With Praise And Warnings ............
The industry is gearing up for new sales, buoyed by favorable regulatory
decisions and preliminary scientific suggestions that soy and its
ingredients may avert or mitigate some of America's most dreaded
diseases............
But FOUR HUNDRED researchers attending an international symposium on the
role of soy in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases last week
warned repeatedly that their findings are preliminary................
And some went even further: their preliminary findings suggest that normal
soy diets can even be harmful.......
A Hawaii study, for example, turned up a statistically significant
relationship between three servings of tofu a week to ``accelerated brain
aging'' and even an association with Alzheimer's disease. ..................
Best Regards, Lorenzo

Recently many reports have been published about Berries; Read a few and
you will begin to think that Berries are a Superfood. Our ancestors must
have eaten Berries since the very beginning. Therefore our system should be
able to use them effectively.
Best Regards, Lorenzo
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Lorenzo, Would you share those cookie recipes? Thanks

Lorenzo, Would you share those cookie recipes? Thanks
Since you ask:
The goal is bake a nutritious cookie.
First, No Sugar; So we use ripe bananas or sugarless applesauce.
If the bananas are too hard to mash and mix, just cook them a little.
Mash the bananas, add enough flour to make a cookie dough, for flour I use
a mix of oatmeal, rye flour and ground flaxseed. Even though many recipes
call for some "enriched" or "all purpose" flour; that just seems to be a
bad habit developed during the last 75 years. It is not needed. Then some
healthy oil; In my book that is Butter, Lard, or Coconut oil. And spices,
Cinnamon for sure and whatever else you like. Sometimes we put in raisins.
A little water may be needed to get the right consistency. Grease or oil
the pan.
350 degrees for 20 minutes will burn the raisins. 250 degrees for 30
minutes is much better and is below the heat damage level of the flaxseed.
If you are not used to guessing at how much, just follow the amounts on the
Oatmeal Box and put in at least as much or more banana as there is flour.
We find the baking powder is not needed. Too much banana makes them
softer.
These cookies will keep for a week in the Fridge, or longer in the freezer.
But they will spoil in a few days at room temperature.
When a banana gets too ripe and you are not ready to make cookies just
freeze it, when it thaws it will be softer.
If you have never cooked just bananas; try it you will like it. Sliced
lengthwise and sautéed in butter?
Best Regards, Lorenzo
Subject: [FlaxSeedOil2] Cookies..umm
Lorenzo, Would you share those cookie recipes? Thanks
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Hi All,
Sometimes it is hard to estimate your daily oil and fat intake.
The best way is to work on elimination or how long a tub of butter / margarine /
jar of mayonnaise / bottle of oil / etc
lasts in days then divide the original contents by the time in day then by the
people in the house. This will give you
a good but rough idea as to daily intake.
As an example 500 ml of extra virgin olive oil lasts us about 8 weeks or 56 days
and there are 2.5 people in our house
(part time daughter) so we would get an average of 500 ml / 56 days / 2.5
people = 3.5 g of extra virgin olive oil a
day.
You can use this method for many foods and get good analytical results from
using software packages like DWIDP and KIM.
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Good Health & Long Life,
Greg Watson, gowatson@...
USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe
KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe

Sorry to object but my Asian Ancestors came to the Americas before
cultivation of Soy or anything else. . That lets out Soy on that count.
In several hundred reports submitted by scientists to the anthropology
Journal's; It seems that Soy was only used the last few hundred years in
China and introduced more recently to Japan. The diet of Asians is so
vastly different from that of the USA that the relatively small amount of
Soy they eat shows us little of value in comparison to other foods.
For anyone who has not had the privilege to visit the Anasazi Sites in
Arizona. Found there is a mix of beans and clay. these beans eaten alone,
hurt the stomach; But these guys were smart enough to de-codify them by
mixing them with clay before eating them.
Best Regards, Lorenzo
If you have pain -Join the CaveManFood list and eat like our ancestors.

Funny Greg should say that as it comes off one of his most often quoted
sites; PubMed.
Lorenzo
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Good Health & Long Life,
Best Regards, Lorenzo
If you have pain -Join the CaveManFood list and eat like our ancestors.

Hi All,

Here is just a small part of the nutritional data which DWIDP provides, based on your daily food intakes. It can also suggest foods to better balance your nutritional intake and you can set your own goals for each item.

I have NO commercial interest in this software and the free demo version (lack print and a few other items) available via the link below is VERY usable.

UE is User Entered goal

RDA is the US nutrient RDAs

SA is "Safe and Allowable".

You need KIM (download from link below) to do the polyunsaturated Omega 3 & Omega 6 analysis.

Long term members on the Cr Society discussion group know all about DWIDP but some new members may not.

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Dr. Walford's Interactive Diet Planner

NUTRIENT TOTALS for TODAY for User : Greg
Daily Totals for 21 Nov, 2001

"Toxic effects in dairy cattle following the ingestion of a large volume of
canola oil.
Clark C, Radostits O, Petrie L, Allen A.
Department of Large Animal Clinical Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 52
Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
The clinical and laboratory findings of a group of 9 dairy cattle that
accidentally ingested large volumes of canola oil are described. Four of the
animals died, and 3 were necropsied. No specific cause of death was found,
although a number of theories are advanced. This is the first report of such
an occurrence."
COMMENT: Does anyone think they would have died, if it had been Olive Oil?
Best Regards, Lorenzo

Friends,
There are two food items that are extremely controversial. Your Ancestors
never ate them (unless?).
Canola Oil and Soy.
So why take a risk that is not at all necessary. Spend that money on
brightly colored Berries. They were one of the original vitamin pills.
Best Regards, Lorenzo
If you have pain -Join the CaveManFood list and eat like our ancestors.

Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/11/011119072232.htm
Date: Posted 11/21/2001
Mice With Human Protein, COX-2, Exhibit Age-Related Memory Loss, Similar To
Alzheimer's Disease
A new player is emerging in the complex world of the brain. This player, a
protein called COX-2, appears to be
critically important in the brain's normal functioning, as evidenced by its
ability to wreak havoc in mice that have too
much of it.
These mice, engineered to make the human COX-2 protein, develop memory problems
as they age, mimicking problems seen in
Alzheimer's disease, report scientists from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and
the biomedical research company
Pharmacia. The results are scheduled for presentation Nov. 14 at the annual
meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in
San Diego.
Additional studies seem to link COX-2 to loss of brain cells in animal models of
other neurologic diseases, as well,
including stroke, Parkinson's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease.
"The really exciting thing is that this protein is turning out to be involved in
so many things, and we already have the
means to target it, to block it," says Katrin Andreasson, M.D., assistant
professor of neurology and neuroscience at
Johns Hopkins. "It makes it very conceivable that in the years to come we could
prevent these diseases."
Drugs that reduce swelling, like ibuprofen and newer anti-inflammatories like
Celebrex and Vioxx, work by blocking
COX-2. However, Andreasson cautions that a lot of work remains to learn whether
these drugs might prevent neurological
disease or damage in people.
Building on their report in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience,
Andreasson's colleagues Alena Savonenko
and Alicja Markowska are to present new data at the neuroscience meeting that
shows the more COX-2 protein the mice make
in the brain, the more pronounced their memory problems and the faster those
problems develop.
Andreasson's colleagues measured the animals' abilities to learn and remember
using a battery of tests, including mazes
and swimming tests. The animals' behaviors in the test situations reflected how
brain levels of the human COX-2 protein
affected their learning and memory at different ages.
"The effect of having lots of the human COX-2 protein is remarkable in these
mice," says Andreasson. "At age seven
months -- roughly similar to humans in their 20s and 30s -- they are fine, but
as these mice get older they exhibit
progressively greater memory deficits. These mice have real age-dependent memory
loss, and higher age-dependent loss of
brain cells that parallels the behavioral changes."
Because so much is already known about the human COX-2 protein, learning more
about what it does in the brain, even the
mouse brain, is a little easier, says Andreasson. "We already have tools to see
where COX-2 is located in the brain and
in individual nerve cells, and we can also test whether it's working by
measuring levels of the molecules it makes."
COX-2 helps make a group of five molecules, called prostaglandins, that send
signals to the nerve cell. Andreasson says
one of the prostaglandins may be the real culprit behind COX-2's effects on
memory and it's role in disease.
"If it's a prostaglandin, we can find out which is good and which is bad, and
potentially target the bad one
specifically to prevent memory loss or damage from aging or stroke or disease,"
she says. "The possibility would exist
to prevent neurological problems and to do so with fewer side effects than
blocking COX-2 itself."
While targeting prostaglandins is still hypothetical, current research is
beginning to evaluate COX-2 inhibitors to
prevent or delay neurological problems. For example, an ongoing study at Johns
Hopkins and three other centers will
determine whether using these drugs can affect development of Alzheimer's
disease in older patients at high risk for it.
COX-2's role in exacerbating damage from strokes is another hot topic of pursuit
among neurologists and neuroscientists.
Another Hopkins presentation at the Society for Neuroscience meeting shows that
the area of the brain affected by a
stroke is much larger in mice with extra COX-2, but importantly, the study also
shows it might be possible to save a
large part of that affected area.
"In a stroke, a core part of the affected brain is destroyed, but there's a
region around the core that isn't
immediately destroyed, but is at high risk for damage," explains Andreasson. "If
you can save that area, called the
penumbra, or save a large part of it, that would have huge potential to improve
recovery after stroke."
While studies looking at COX-2 inhibitors in patients with stroke haven't begun,
scientists at Johns Hopkins have
started a study of people at high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease to see
if using COX-2 inhibitors can prevent or
delay that disease. Since participants in the study don't have the disease, it
will take many years for the researchers
to know for sure if there is an effect.
Authors on the Society for Neuroscience presentation on age-related memory loss
in COX-2 mice are Savonenko, Andreasson
and Paul Worley of Johns Hopkins, Peter Isakson of Pharmacia Research and
Development (Peapack, NJ), and Markowska,
formerly of Johns Hopkins University, now at the National Institute on Aging.
(Wednesday, Nov. 14, poster session 4-5
pm)
Authors on the Oct. 15 Journal of Neuroscience paper on age-related memory loss
in COX-2 mice are Andreasson, Savonenko,
Worley, Isakson and Markowska, as well as Sveta Vidensky and Walter Kaufmann of
Johns Hopkins, and Joseph Goellner, Yan
Shang and Alex Shaffer of Pharmacia Research (St. Louis). (J. Neurosci., 2001;
21(20): 8198-8209.) This study was funded
by the National Institutes of Health, the Alzheimer's Association and Pharmacia
Research and Development.
Authors on the analysis of stroke in the COX-2 mice are Sylvain Dore, Nobuo
Sugo, Richard Traytsman, Raymond Koehler and
Patricia Hurn of anaesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins;
Worley, Andreasson and Isakson. (Monday,
Nov. 12, 11 a.m. - noon poster session)
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Another potent COX-2 inhibitor...... Omega 3 EPA.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1\
1421736&dopt=Abstract
J Nat Prod 2001 Jun;64(6):745-9 Related Articles, Books, LinkOut
Cox-2 inhibitory effects of naturally occurring and modified fatty acids.
Ringbom T, Huss U, Stenholm A, Flock S, Skattebol L, Perera P, Bohlin L.
Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Biomedical Centre,
Uppsala University, Box 574, SE-751 23
Uppsala, Sweden.
In the search for new cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selective inhibitors, the
inhibitory effects of naturally occurring fatty
acids and some of their structural derivatives on COX-2-catalyzed prostaglandin
biosynthesis were investigated. Among
these fatty acids, linoleic acid (LA), alpha-linolenic acid (alpha-LNA),
myristic acid, and palmitic acid were isolated
from a CH(2)Cl(2) extract of the plant Plantago major by bioassay-guided
fractionation. Inhibitory effects of other
natural, structurally related fatty acids were also investigated: stearic acid,
oleic acid, pentadecanoic acid,
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Further, the
inhibitory effects of these compounds on
COX-2- and COX-1-catalyzed prostaglandin biosynthesis was compared with the
inhibition of some synthesized analogues of
EPA and DHA with ether or thioether functions.
The most potent COX-2-catalyzed prostaglandin biosynthesis inhibitor was
20:4w3 Eicosatetraenoic acid,
20:5w3 EPA
22:6w3 DHA
18:3w3 alpha-LNA
18:2w6 LA,
tetraenoic acid,
octadecatetraenoic acid,
pentaenoic acid
with IC(50) values ranging from 3.9 to180 microM. The modified compound 2 and
alpha-LNA were most selective toward
COX-2, with COX-2/COX-1 ratios of 0.2 and 0.1, respectively. This study shows
that several of the natural fatty acids as
well as all of the semisynthetic thioether-containing fatty acids inhibited
COX-2-catalyzed prostaglandin biosynthesis,
where alpha-LNA and compound 2 showed selectivity toward COX-2.
PMID: 11421736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Good Health & Long Life,
Greg Watson, gowatson@...
USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe
KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe

Hi All,
Mayo Clinic:
Role of Soy in Promoting Heart Health Is 'Promising' As Research Continues on
Benefits
http://www.lef.org/news/nutrition/2001/11/20/pr/0000-1218-dc-mayo-soy-health.htm\
l
PR Newswire
November 20, 2001
WASHINGTON, Nov 20, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Researchers don't yet know everything they'd like to know about how nutrition
affects your heart, the Mayo Clinic says,
but as research continues into the role of soyfoods, the "results appear
promising."
In the latest edition of the "Mayo Clinic Heart Book," physicians and staff at
Mayo note that in cultures where soy is
the main source of protein, such as the dietary intake of many Asian
populations, "rates of cardiovascular disease and
some kinds of cancers are low."
Increasing evidence shows that isoflavones, which are found in soy, can play a
role in promoting health: "Research shows
that eating about an ounce (25 grams) of soy protein a day can reduce three
important numbers in your lipid profile by
about l0 percent," the book's authors said.
The three "important numbers" are total cholesterol, LDL or "bad" cholesterol,
and triglycerides.
"Eating soy also may help improve your 'good' HDL cholesterol," the Mayo Clinic
Heart Book recommends.
While researchers aren't yet sure exactly how soy may lower cholesterol and
triglycerides, the book says, "it's not
difficult to substitute soy foods for animal products that are high in saturated
fat and cholesterol."
For example, the diet and health statistics of some Asian countries and peoples
are well-documented, the Mayo
publication said, and "there is enough reliable information available to show a
general pattern," including various soy
foods in Asian diets.
The Mayo Clinic Heart Book suggests adding "several of these soy products" to
daily diets: Soybeans; tempeh and miso,
made from fermented soybeans; soy milk, soy flour, tofu, and textured soy
protein.
Soy sauce isn't recommended, Mayo said, because it doesn't contain healthful
amounts of soy and is high in sodium.
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Just be sure to get a bit of iodine to balance thyroid activity.
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Good Health & Long Life,
Greg Watson, gowatson@...
USDA database (food breakdown) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
PubMed (research papers) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
DWIDP (nutrient analysis) http://www.walford.com/dwdemo/dw2b63demo.exe
KIM (omega analysis) http://ods.od.nih.gov/eicosanoids/KIM_Install.exe