RE: Re: Diet and Cancer--to Lottie

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Instead of Vita-Gro, which is what I feel like I've been taking!

From: bob-stewart@...

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:34:39 +0000

Subject: [ ] Re: Diet and Cancer--to Lottie

Dear Lottie,

Maybe we all should be taking a spoonful of OxiClean every day!

Bob , Granger, Indiana

>

> Many people with cancer become more diet conscious, choosing foods

that contain anti-oxidents. Many of us take supplements, but there

is no substitute for eating the foods that furnish these nutrients.

I am posting a portion of an interesting article about diet and

cancer, which may be of particular interest to some of you. The

continuation of the article is posted below.

> The Antioxidant Defences

> Oxygen is essential to life. But, as oxygen is used in the body,

some of the oxygen molecules become very unstable. These unstable

oxygen molecules, called free radicals, can attack cell membranes and

even damage the DNA (genetic code) in the nucleus of the cell. Damage

to DNA is the beginning of cancer. Fortunately, the foods we eat can

help protect our bodies. Antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin

E, beta-carotene, selenium, and others, can neutralize the damaging

effects of oxygen. These powerful, natural chemicals come to us in

vegetables, fruits, grains, and beans (see table below). People who

include fruits and vegetables in their daily diets have lower rates

of many forms of cancer.

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http://www.cancerproject.org/diet_cancer/nutrition/antioxidant_defence

s.php

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> If you have questions, you can ask the experts:

> http://www.cancerproject.org/ask/index.php

>

> I close with a quotation:

> Look to this day for it is life,

> For yesterday is already a dream,

> And tomorrow is only a vision,

> But today, well lived, makes every yesterday

> A dream of happiness and ever tomorrow,a vision of hope. --

Kalidasa

> (Kalidasa (AD ?450-600?) the greatest of the sanskrit

dramatists, and the first great name in Sanskrit literature after

Ashvaghoshha.)

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>

> Blessings,

> Lottie

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