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Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #25
December 14, 2011 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cancer NEwsletter #25. We have a New Video Presentation: Walter Carter, long-term recovered pancreatic cancer patient. His case history is particularly noteworthy because of the calm, methodical way he went about dealing with his very serious situation. When doctors told him he had maybe 3 months to live, Carter took time…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #25
Read more...Medicinal properties of Clove
December 12, 2011 - Category: Spice of the Month
Cloves (Eugenia caryophyllus), the dried flower buds of an Asian evergreen tree, look like crude-shaped nails — so no surprise the word “clove” comes from the Latin clavus, meaning “nail.” The Chinese wrote about this pungent, slightly sweet tasting spice as early as 400 B.C., including records of courtiers told to keep cloves in their…Medicinal properties of Clove
Read more...Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #24
November 16, 2011 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
With the Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #24, we’re taking the liberty of wishing ourselves a Happy Two Year Anniversary! It was October 2009 when the newsletter and our website, RethinkingCancer.org, were born, though the gestation period began 4 decades earlier, in 1971 when F.A.C.T. was established. Our work with clinicians and patients worldwide has enabled us to amass…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter #24
Read more...The health benefits of Turmeric
November 14, 2011 - Category: Spice of the Month
Turmeric (Curcuma domestica) is a spice superstar with toms of health benefits! Used for nearly 4,000 years in India, first as a dye, then a kitchen staple, the colorful root has been revealing its many medicinal properties over the centuries and now, under intense scientific scrutiny, it's emerging as one of nature's most powerful healers.…The health benefits of Turmeric
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October 24, 2011 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cancer Newsletter 23. Looking to spice up your life? Look no further. With #23, we're rolling out a new Newsletter feature: Spice of the Month! Humans have been sprinkling spices on their foods as far back as 50,000 B.C. But, beyond adding flavor, these dried seeds, fruits, root or bark can…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter 23
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October 24, 2011 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
Welcome to the Rethinking Cancer Newsletter 22. The current rage in conventional cancer treatment, according to a recent New York Times front page story, is hot chemo, “a treatment patients liken to being filleted, disemboweled and then bathed in hot poison.” The grueling 8 hour plus surgical protocol had been an obscure procedure used mostly for rare…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter 22
Read more...All you need to know about Mustard
October 19, 2011 - Category: Spice of the Month
Mustard is a great spice, used for centuries to add great flavor but also with extreme health benefits. Find out all you need to know about mustard. Originally, mustard was the name for the pungent sauce made by grinding the seeds of the senvy plant into a paste and mixing it with "must" (unfermented wine).…All you need to know about Mustard
Read more...Spice of the Month: Cinnamon
September 13, 2011 - Category: Spice of the Month
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum zeylanicum), believed to have come originally from Sri Lanka, is the dried, fragrant bark of the cinnamon tree. In the ancient world, cinnamon was more precious than gold - not too surprising though, as in Egypt gold was abundant and, thus, a fairly common ornamental metal.Nero, emperor of Rome in the…Spice of the Month: Cinnamon
Read more...Rethinking Cancer Newsletter 21
August 15, 2011 - Category: Rethinking Cancer Newsletters
How time is flying! July already and we’ve just completed the 4th printing of the DVD for our documentary film, Rethinking Cancer! We made this film because we wanted to offer another way of thinking about cancer and chronic disease in general. Unfortunately, the conventional medical community today suffers from a severe lack of imagination. Why else…Rethinking Cancer Newsletter 21
Read more...The health benefits of Huckleberry
August 1, 2011 - Category: Foods of the Week
The huckleberry resembles the blueberry but does not belong to the blueberry family and although all huckleberries are edible, some species are not very tasty but nonetheless huckleberry's do have health benefits. The garden huckleberry, which was developed by Luther Burbank, is closely related to the tomato. It is best in pie, with lemon juice…The health benefits of Huckleberry
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