News
The health value of Radish
May 14, 2012 - Category: Foods of the Week
The radish is a member of the mustard family, but is also related to cabbage, cauliflower, kale, and turnips. After this vegetable was introduced into Middle Asia from China in prehistoric times, many forms of the plant were developed. Radishes are a cool season crop, and the peak period is April through July. The American…The health value of Radish
Read more...Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #29
April 25, 2012 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cance Newsletter #29 H. Gilbert Welch, M.D. has written extensively about the questionable value of routine screenings for the diseases of our times — cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc. Too often, he has found, these tests can lead to misdiagnosis and unnecessary invasive, costly treatments, not to mention significant stress.…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #29
Read more...The medicinal properties of Black Pepper
April 23, 2012 - Category: Spice of the Month
Black pepper has medicinal properties dating back to the 1500's. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) bears the royal pedigree, "King of Spices." In early times, it was more valuable than gold. Only the wealthy could afford it; dowries were endowed with it and many bribes for special favors were paid with it. Black peppercorns were found…The medicinal properties of Black Pepper
Read more...Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #28
March 20, 2012 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #28. Happy Post-Valentine's Day! ("Where there's love, there's life." - Mahatma Gandhi) Ebook update: Doris Sokosh's wonderful recipe book, Triumph Over Cancer, is now on Sony US and Canada, in addition to Kindle at Amazon US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy; Nook (Barnes & Noble). Ipad, where are you?…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #28
Read more...Medicinal Properties of Nutmeg
March 20, 2012 - Category: Spice of the Month
The medicinal properties of nutmeg date back centuries. Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), a nut-like pit or seed, got its English name from Latin nux, meaning nut, and muscat, musky. From the 14th-18th centuries, nutmeg was at the center of the bloody spice wars as the Dutch, Portuguese, French, and English fought over the "spice islands," the…Medicinal Properties of Nutmeg
Read more...Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #27
February 15, 2012 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #27. Thanks so much for all your enthusiastic support over the past years. This website and our work to provide information about the nontoxic approach to health and disease would not be possible without your continued feedback and generous donations. We hope you'll join us again this year (our…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #27
Read more...The medicinal properties of Juniper
February 15, 2012 - Category: Spice of the Month
The juniper berry (Juniperus communis) is not a berry at all, but a tiny cone from the evergreen-like juniper tree. In ancient times, the piney-scented "berries" were believed to ward off witches, evil spirits, curses and contagion. Early Greek, Roman and Arab physicians considered the juniper berry a fruit with great medicinal properties; Renaissance doctors…The medicinal properties of Juniper
Read more...The health benefits of Lemons
January 23, 2012 - Category: Foods of the Week
Lemons may be a too sour for you but the health benefits of Lemons are truley amazing. Lemons are one of the most highly alkalinizing foods and are native to tropical Asia where cultivation goes back at least 2,500 years. In the twelfth century, the Arabs brought lemons to Spain and Africa and it was…The health benefits of Lemons
Read more...Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #26
January 18, 2012 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #26 We’re booked - e-booked, that is! Our publication, Detoxification by Ruth Sackman (next up:Triumph Over Cancer - My Recipes for Recovery by Doris Sokosh), is now available on Kindle at Amazon US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy; Sony US and Canada; Nook (Barnes & Noble); and soon, as an ibook on iTunes. A great holiday…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #26
Read more...Medicinal Properties of Star Anise
January 15, 2012 - Category: Spice of the Month
Star anise (Illicium verum), with its sensual curves, firm body and alluring scent, wins the spice beauty pageant! And it’s beauty is more than skin deep because it has so many medicinal properties. The perfect 8-pointed star with slender pods, each pod cradling a seed, is the sun-dried fruit of native Chinese evergreens. Its most…Medicinal Properties of Star Anise
Read more...