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Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Benefits of Curcumin in Cancer Treatment

English: Curcumin Polski: Kurkumina
 Curcumin  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



By Dr. Mercola
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. What if there was a safe, natural herb that could work for nearly every type of cancer?  
According to Dr. William LaValley, who focuses most of his clinical work on the treatment of cancer, curcumin—a derivative of turmeric, and the pigment that gives the curry spice turmeric its yellow-orange color—may fit the bill. It's a natural compound that has been extensively researched, and has been found to have numerous health applications.
Like me, Dr. LaValley was trained in general medicine, but he's devoted a considerable amount of time to understanding the biochemical pathways that can support health nutritionally.
In 1982, he participated in an exchange program to the People's Republic of China, where he got first-hand experience with the ancient practices of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.
"One of the important messages that I learned there was that natural products, natural molecules, from plants and animals that are already available in nature, have been used by the Chinese for at least hundreds, probably thousands of years. That deeply changed my perspective in the world of medicine," he says.
"I came back to medical school, and thereafter, looked at how I could integrate the perspective of conventional pharmaceutical administration as well as natural extract, natural product administration."

Curcumin Has Potent Anti-Cancer Activity

In 2005, he took a 75 percent sabbatical from clinical practice to immerse himself in the science of molecular biology, specifically the molecular biology of cancer. He also devoted approximately 9,000-9,500 hours building a relational database from the PubMed literature about the molecular biology of cancer.
One important lesson he learned through that venture is that the understanding of molecular biology can be applied across a range of diseases and symptoms described in the scientific literature. That knowledge can be applied by searching PubMed and other related databases, looking at the relevant molecular pathways involved.
"In learning the molecular biology of cancer pathways, and in learning that what the evidence actually shows for the effect of natural product extracts on various relevant molecular targets in various cancers, 

We see that there's actually quite a large amount of evidence that supports using various molecules, natural products, and pharmaceuticals that are already approved and that have been around for a long time to affect anti-cancer activity along that pathway at that target. That's called molecularly targeted anti-cancer treatment, and it's widely practiced in oncology today.
What's not widely practiced is the use of the natural products for the molecularly targeted anti-cancer activity. I provide that for my patients because the evidence base suggests and supports the use of these treatment recommendations."

Curcumin—A 'Universal' Cancer Treatment?

Interestingly, curcumin appears to be universally useful for just about every type of cancer, which is really odd since cancer consists of a wide variety of different molecular pathologies. You wouldn't necessarily suspect that there would be one herb that would work for most of them. Dr. LaValley explains how he came to this conclusion:
"I went back to the literature and looked at how I can support the decision-making process and the recommendations that I'm making for treatment from the scientific literature, including literature that goes from the treatment of humans with oral products like pharmaceuticals or natural products.
This is where I learned about this molecule called curcumin, all the way down to its use in animals and then its use in test tubes or petri dish... One of the amazing things about curcumin is that this molecule has some profound anti-inflammatory activity and has activity in many molecular targets.
There are molecules that are in the cells, and those molecules interact with each other along certain pathways or tracks. The traffic of that interaction, the signals that are transferred in that trafficking of information in the molecules, presents many different targets or molecular-specific complexes."
As explained by Dr. LaValley, whether the curcumin molecule causes an increase in traffic or activity of a particular molecular target, or a decrease/inhibition of activity, studies repeatedly show that the end result is a potent anti-cancer activity. Furthermore, curcumin does not adversely affect healthy cells, suggesting it selectively targets cancer cells. Research has also shown that it works synergistically with certain chemotherapy drugs, enhancing the elimination of cancer cells.

Curcumin Destroys Cancer in Multiple Ways

Curcumin has the most evidence-based literature1 supporting its use against cancer of any nutrient, including vitamin D, which also has a robust base. Interestingly, this also includes the metabolite of curcumin and its derivatives, which are also anti-cancerous.
Curcumin has the ability to modulate genetic activity and expression—both by destroying cancer cells and by promoting healthy cell function. It also promotes anti-angiogenesis, meaning it helps prevent the development of additional blood supply necessary for cancer cell growth. As for its effect on molecular pathways, curcumin can affect more than 100 of them, once it gets into the cell. More specifically, curcumin has been found to:
Inhibit the proliferation of tumor cellsDecrease inflammation
Inhibit the transformation of cells from normal to tumorInhibit the synthesis of a protein thought to be instrumental in tumor formation
Help your body destroy mutated cancer cells so they cannot spread throughout your bodyHelp prevent the development of additional blood supply necessary for cancer cell growth (angiogenesis)

Why Whole Turmeric Is Ineffective

Unfortunately, while there's some curcumin in whole turmeric, there's not enough in the regular spice to achieve clinically relevant results. The turmeric root itself contains only about three percent curcumin concentration. Another major limitation of curcumin as a therapeutic agent is that it is poorly absorbed. When taken in its raw form, you're only absorbing about one percent of the available curcumin.
"The natural product industry has developed a standard of a 95-percent concentration of curcumin," Dr. LaValleyexplains. "Initially, years ago, that was what we had available for patients. Even at that, taking a 95-percent concentration orally in a capsule, only one percent of that could be absorbed. In order to get amounts of curcumin in the bloodstream that are reasonable to have therapeutic effect, people had to take large amounts of curcumin...
In searching the literature, I found that a way to change that, to dramatically increase the bioavailability, is actually a very simple process of bringing water to a boil, putting those capsules or some dry powder (I use it by the teaspoon), and boiling it for 10 to 12 minutes. That increases the amount of curcumin dissolved in water from that one-percent amount up to 12 percent or so. That amount is a vast number of curcumin molecules that are now in a bioavailable or absorbable form."
However, while this is certainly doable, it's really inconvenient, and great care must be taken to prevent staining your clothes and kitchen surfaces. It's a significant enough problem to have been dubbed "yellow kitchen syndrome," as it's virtually impossible to get the stains out. Turmeric is in fact an excellent dyeing agent for fabrics, rendering them a yellow-orange color.
Convenience and efficiency has driven many of the changes in the forms of curcumin in later years. Because it's a fat-loving or lipophilic molecule, many newer preparations now include some sort of oil or fat, which improves its absorbability and bioavailability. Such preparations typically have seven to eight times higher absorption than the raw, unprocessed 95-percent-concentration of dry powder. There are also newer sustained release preparations, which Dr. LaValley prefers and recommends.

The Connection Between Cancer and Insulin Resistance

If you are overweight, or have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and/or diabetes, then in all likelihood insulin and leptinresistance is a factor. Insulin and leptin resistance is also a very common factor among cancer patients. From my perspective, aketogenic diet (with or without intermittent fasting) would be a prudent treatment strategy to resolve that underlying problem. Once you've normalized your insulin and leptin, you don't necessarily need to maintain a ketogenic diet, if you find it too restrictive.
"I agree with you that a ketogenic diet is really appropriate in many cases, probably the significant majority of cases," Dr. LaValley says. "It's been known for probably 80 years or longer that solid tumors, and some of the blood cancers, are sugar-loving. Another term is that they are addicted to sugar.
I use [a] PET scan to demonstrate to patients that here is objective proof that the tumors you have in your body are sugar-avid. They're taking up sugar at a rate much higher than the other regular healthy cells. I want to drive home that message, so that they are motivated to alter their diet to have a low, low carb intake, causing their body to generate additional nutrient supply molecules called ketones...
What that means is that we're trying to provide an anti-cancer antagonistic pressure on the cancer cells by reducing the amount of sugar that's readily available for uptake by reducing the easily available sugar in the diet and compensating for the nutrient reduction and sugar [reduction] by increasing healthy fats."

Cutting Down on Protein May Be Particularly Useful for Cancer Patients

It would also be prudent to assess your protein intake. Many Americans eat far more protein than required for optimal health. The reason for this is because your body can actually use excess protein (you do need some) to stimulate carbohydrate production. Excess protein also stimulates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways, which are useful for building muscles but can be detrimental when treating cancer, as mTOR is a pathway that increases cellular proliferation. (Interestingly, the pharmaceutical drug Metformin, which has anti-cancer activity, also inhibits mTOR, and it turns out that curcumin has a very similar effect.)
The formula I recommend for assessing how much protein you might need in your diet is from Dr. Rosedale, which calls for one gram of high-quality protein per kilogram of lean body mass, or about half a gram per pound of lean body mass.
As an example, if your body fat mass is 20 percent, your lean mass is 80 percent of your total body weight. So, if your total weight is 200 pounds; you would then divide 160 by 2.2 to convert pounds to kilograms and come up with 72.7 grams of protein. If you are doing vigorous exercises or are pregnant, you can add up to another 25 percent or another 18 grams in this illustration to increase your total to 90 grams per day.

More Information

Dr. LaValley is available for consultation on a wide variety of health challenges, including cancer, and he's licensed to practice medicine in the US and Canada. His medical clinic is located in Chester, Nova Scotia, where he sees patients. Americans can fly there either through Chicago or Newark. His office number is 902-275-4555. He also spends time in Austin, Texas, where he conducts research. When there, he's available to consult for other physicians and their patients.
"For instance, if a patient has pancreatic cancer and the physician wants to implement one of the protocols that I provide, I will do a consultation with that physician's patient and then make recommendations to that physician for implementation,"  he explains. "In that way, patients are able to get it locally without having to travel to Nova Scotia...
It's a challenge right now because there's so much information that's not readily known by so many physicians that they become afraid. I think one of the biggest issues, certainly in US and Canada, is that when a physician wants to administer one of these natural products, or several of them, as well as some of the off-label pharmaceuticals for their anti-cancer usage, they are afraid of recriminations or disciplinary actions.
That is, I think, very unfortunate, because the evidence base does exist for it, and it's consistent with the way that other types of conventional medicine or practice using off-label pharmaceuticals as well. I think that the most important movement that needs to occur is for the patients to recognize their own value in the decision-making process and demand that they have access to these therapeutic choices because they're available, they're supported in the evidence base, and they have the right to ask for them rather than to just accept whatever the physician is otherwise offering in the conventional realm."
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Gerald Celente - Gary Null Show - February 13, 2013

Monday, January 20, 2014

China's January 2014 Massive Bubble Burst Already Scheduled For Default?

The China Bubble is about to burst and we have a date of January 31st, 2014.  The start in an international downturn that will affect the entire globe.

  Start your research with the link below.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2014/01/19/mega-default-in-china-scheduled-for-january-31/

The fed is about to raise interest rates which will go up even higher once the Chinese bubble bursts.  If you are in the stock market in any form, it's time to get out and that time is now.  This week.  Do not wait.  Even mutual funds are at major risk.  Increased interest rates will shock the stock market which will start it's downward trend and this time just when you think you have seen bottom, you have not seen anything yet.

  We are calling for the big burst this time.  Get your holdings in nearly every investment out now.  The dollar is going to plunge as is the rest of the world's currency will so currency holdings will have no hedge.  Bond funds will not save anyone this time either.  They are going to plummet as well as no one will have the money to pay the payments.

  Real estate is also no haven.  We are on the verge of another Real Estate burst that will start in California this year and the effects will be nationwide.  So if you are flipping houses, stop and get out now or you too will be upside down in no time flat no matter how good that deal may have been.

  Cash holdings will be better than stock or bond holdings but with the dollar about to be seriously devalued, it's still a bad bet but better than the stock crashes everyone else will have to put up with.

  Where do you put your money?  For the short term, we see two places as being sound bets.  E-gold and Bitcoins.  Bitcoins are worrisome to us as there is no market history in this type of scenario we are about to go through.  What we do like is the fact that Bitcoin is decentralized and therefore can not be controlled by any government.  That is what makes it more sound than any other investment.  It does not mean that it will not suffer being devalued the same as all other currencies, but we do not see that happening.

  E-Gold is a sound short term bet for the preservation of capital until it gets outlawed.  What, you don't think that time is coming?  Better look at your history.  There is also the concern of fraud charges that may come up in the future with some of the brokerage houses on e-gold.  (How else do you take down those types of exchanges?)

  Looking at E-Gold holdings at this present time is not so hot.  The requirements to hold an account and it's accounting fees are starting to go up.  The future of grabbing a percentage of personal holdings for whatever reason are becoming a serious liability.  Bitcoin is looking to be a safer bet each day.  It's not privacy that we are concerned about here.  It's the ability of governments to confiscate assets for any reason they may feel like is what we are concerned about here.  E-Gold is presently being put under the confiscation grab ability, yet Bitcoin is not subject to these same conditions.

  Expect the New World Order to start stepping up with solutions that will not work, but you will be told that their solutions are the only ones available and that they will work.  Don't bet on it.  
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Monday, December 30, 2013

Bitcoin 101 A Beginner's Guide - Part One Video

The bitcoin logo
The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



As we have said, Bitcoin is without question, the single biggest story of the 21st century right now.  It's like the invention of the automobile in many senses.  No matter what happens in the future, this technology is going to change everything.  We thought 3D printing was the major news story.  It's a big part of future trends, but Bitcoin is by far more a game changer.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Popular Communist Plan Email Propaganda Exposed

Restoring Honor rally Washington, D.C.
Restoring Honor rally Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Below is what has been circulating in various media and being sent via emails all around the nation right now.  This particular copy came from a PDF file that was downloaded from the Glenn Beck website.  Now we are not going to pretend that this document does not exist.  In fact, we are going to say that it is probably a very good plant.  We are also not going to say that the overall plans were not meant to be put into place.  But what we will say is that we are not of the opinion that this is any kind of communist plan.  In fact, because this site has a global reach and is also read heavily in places like China and Russia on a daily basis, we are asking our readers in those countries if they have similar emails circulating only calling it something like a capitalist plan with minor changes in the overall structure.

  We are beating there are.  The below is not the plans of the communists to overthrow other countries, although some will take credit for the plans.  This is the kind of stuff of anarchist secret societies.  Demoralize the populace, divide and conquer.  Stuff like this is leaked to well placed mouth pieces like Glenn Beck or Alex Jones who then report it as scare stories.  It's well designed misinformation and well placed.  The aspect again as stated is misdirection and finger pointing to what one wishes to say is the enemy.  Is Russia the enemy?  For news purposes Russia is supposed to be the enemy.  However, we have read a number of propaganda pieces coming out of both counties that are saying the same thing about the other country and at the same time.  If your news is limited to just the country you live in, you will never see this.  If you actually surf the Internet throughout the world, you see that there is a global propaganda game being played everywhere against everyone.

  Again, because we are read worldwide, we surf the sites that commonly link to us and get an overall view of what is going on in those countries.  Russian life is hard to distinguish from life in China or America for that matter.  The overall surroundings and countryside may be different and cultures are different, but overall lifestyles are now about the same throughout the world.  Websites that we view in Russia sell the same goods as the US and everywhere else in the world.  Cars are about the same throughout the world.  Clothing and fashions are all blending to a one world model.  Even furniture lacks cultural distinctions these days and is modeled into a global set mix.  So are we willing to buy that the below is a Communist plan?  No way.  Has the overall plan been put into place and have the planners been successful with the overall objective?  You bet.  Take the time to read it.  It's rather eye opening.


1963 Communist Goals:

The following was entered into the Congressional record by Albert
Herlong, Jr. (a Floridian who served in Congress from 1949-69) in 1963.

1) US acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war
2) US willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war
3) Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the US would be a
demonstration of "moral strength"
4) Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation
and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5) Extension of long term loans to Russia and Soviet Satellites
6) Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination
7) Grant recognition of Red China, and admission of Red China to the UN.
8) Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's
promise in 1955 to settle the Germany question by free elections under
supervision of the UN
9) Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the US has agreed to
suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress
10) Allow all Soviet Satellites individual representation in the UN
11) Promote the UN as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is
rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one world government with its own
independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be
taken over as easily by the UN as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers
compete with each· other as they are now doing in the Congo)
12) Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party
13) Do away with loyalty oaths
14) Continue giving Russia access to the US Patent Office
15) Capture one or both of the political parties in the US
16) Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American
institutions, by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17) Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for
Socialism, and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get
control of teachers associations. Put the party line in text books.
18) Gain control of all student newspapers
19) Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or
organizations which are under Communist attack.
20) Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial
writing, policy-making positions.
21)· Gain control of key positions in radio, TV & motion pictures.
22) Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic
expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good
sculpture from parks and buildings", substitute shapeless, awkward, and
meaningless forms.
23) Control art critics and directors of art museums. '1 Our plan is to
promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art".
24) Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and
a violation of free speech and free press.
25) Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography, and
obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio and TV.
26) Present Homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as "normal, natural,
and heal thy"~
27) Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social"
religion. Discredit the Bible and emphas·ize the need for intellectual
maturity, which does not -need a "religious crutch"
28) Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on
the grounds that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state"
29) Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old
fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between
nations on a worldwide basis.
30) Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish
aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man".
31) Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of
American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of "the big
picture:" Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took
over.
32) Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part
of the culture - - education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental
health clinics, etc.
33) Eliminate all laws or procedures, which interfere with the operation of
the Communist apparatus.
34) Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35) Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI
36) Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37) Infiltrate and gain control of big business
38) Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social
agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no
one but psychiatrists can understand or treat.
39) Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a
means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40) Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy
divorce.
41) Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of
parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to
suppressive influence of parents.
42) Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate
aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups
should rise up and make a "united force" to solve economic, political, or
social problems.
43) Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready
for self-government.
44) Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45) Repeal the Connally Reservation so the US can not prevent the World
Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court
jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over
nations and individuals alike.
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