Fighting Cancer with Vitamin B17

Lately, quite a few people have told me that friends or family members have been diagnosed with cancer. Doctors have advised surgery and chemotherapy to remove the 'tumour' and they are worried about this. They are suffering from stress - both financial, health and care related, as well as anxiety about the future. 

This set me thinking - How is it possible for so many people to suddenly develop cancer? Why is it that when a person visits a doctor for a simple health issue, they come back with a diagnosis of cancer? Why do doctors recommend surgeries to remove tumours soon after diagnosis?

Well, cancer is a trillion-dollar industry, with even celebrities promoting 'awareness' and 'treatments'. After doing some research on JSTOR I came across various research papers by scientists (whose research is not promoted for obvious reasons) that show cancer to be a deficiency disease of Vitamin B17. By having regular dosages of Vitamin B17 (present in common fruits and vegetables), one can get rid of cancer and continue living a healthy life. Some sources of Vitamin B17 are: 

• Apple Seeds: You may have received forwards or social media posts saying that apple seeds contain cyanide, but don't be afraid. Cyanide is present in trace amounts only and you would have to eat about 40-50 apple cores in an hour for it to actually affect you. Apple seeds are actually a very good source of Vitamin B17, which helps fight and cure cancer. 
• Other fruit seeds: This includes seeds of apricot, peach, pear, prune or dried plum as well.
• Wheat sprouts and bean sprouts.
• Beans and peas: lobia, rajma, green beans sabzi and french beans.
• Kernels of bitter almonds
• Mulberries: shahtoot and other berry fruits like strawberry and gooseberry 
• Unprocessed grains: brown rice, groats of oats, barley, millets, jowar, bajra etc. 

In addition to having foods rich in Vitamin B17, also do the following:

• Keep your body alkaline: Drink a glass of hot water with some lemon juice in the morning. This helps maintain alkalinity in your body and prevents tumours/cancer from occuring. Read my article on 'alkaline foods' for more details. 
• Remove plastic bottles and utensils from your home: Do not store food in plastic containers and never drink water from plastic bottles. This is important. Plastic from such bottles and containers gets attached to food/water particles and enters the blood stream. This is extremely harmful and causes various health issues as well as prevents the body from using the minerals and vitamins present in the food you eat. 

Many people know the truth about cancer and its freely available cure, but are afraid to speak up. There is a lot at stake - millions of dollars in research funding, education, running hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry etc. - and of course lots of jobs. 

Let me know how this article has helped you and your family fight cancer. 

Three Dietary Tips for Maintaining Good Health

Health is wealth, and if you are tired of falling sick everytime, here are a few tips to help you improve your health and lead a better life.

Tip 1: Eat Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables Only - Today, due to the availability of modern transportation and cold storage facilities, we get a variety of vegetables and fruits in the market. In large cities, we also find foreign exotic fruits and vegetables sold at premium prices. These include fruits such as avocados, dragon fruit, galanjal, blueberries etc. We can also buy winter vegetables like spinach and green peas in the peak of summer. If not available in stores, they can be ordered online. If you wish to maintain good health, the idea is to live a simple life and only eat seasonal fruits and vegetables that grow in the area you live. Eating such organically grown local seasonal vegetables and fruits will give you the minerals and vitamins to bear the weather conditions in the area you live (whether extremely hot, cold or humid) and protect you against endemic infections or diseases occurring during the particular season.

Tip 2: Eat Food that Agrees with your Body - Everyone has a unique body type, and there may be some foods that others may comfortably eat but which may not be suitable for your body. If you feel an aversion to some types of food, or suffer some health issue after eating it - then keep it simple and just don't eat it. For example, while cow's milk is promoted as a healthy drink, it causes stomach problems for some people who may be lactose intolerant. Other foods which may not be good for some people are chocolates, egg, meat, coffee, peanuts, rajma etc. Family and friends may encourage you to consume these items (due to supposed health benefits or other reasons etc) but if you feel they are not good for you then politely refuse. Also do not force anyone else to eat something if they say they do not want it.

Tip 3: Do not Overeat - No matter how much you like a particular dish or how much you paid for it, do not eat too much of it. Whether it is your favourite biryani lovingly prepared by your mom, wedding or festival delicacies, or a free office lunch, we need to exercise restraint and resist the temptation to stuff our stomachs with food. At buffet lunches and dinners, we may be tempted to try the various yummy dishes on offer. Here it is best to choose a few dishes you are comfortable with rather than taking a sampling of all dishes on offer in your plate. Take small to moderate helpings of food that blends well together and keep your stomach half empty. This will make you feel comfortable after the meal and leave space for a glass of water without stretching or stressing the stomach.

Following these three tips will help you improve your health and contribute to your general well-being. 

Get Rid of Stomach Cramps (Endometrial Pain) with Oats

About 8-12 percent of women are known to suffer from endometrial pain in the form of ‘stomach cramps’, which can cause a lot of discomfort. One of the best ways to get rid of stomach cramps caused due to endometriosis is to have a bowl of oatmeal every day.

Endometriosis occurs when small parts of the uterine lining get detached and begin to grow outside the uterus.According to experts, these migrating cells can cause a lot of pain during menstruation. They sometimes result in so much inflammation, that one suffers from severe stomach cramps during their periods, together with a heavy ache that may last almost the entire month.

Reducing Stomach Cramps with Oats

This may prevent one from doing the things one wants to do and enjoying life as much as one would like to. However, there is no need to worry too much about how to cure it. According to research conducted by scientists, one can get rid of stomach cramps caused by endometriosis by choosing a diet rich in oats. This sort of diet has helped reduce endometrial pain for about 60 percent of women, within a period of six months.

Getting rid of endometrial pain with a bowl of oats

The main reason for this is that oats don’t contain ‘gluten’, a protein that triggers pain and inflammation in many women, and makes stomach cramps during menstruation periods very painful and almost unbearable. I usually have a bowl of oats about three times a week for breakfast, and I can thankfully say that it has brought me relief. Together with getting rid of stomach cramps, oats also have other benefits, such as improving your complexion and keeping you healthy overall.

There are different ways to cook oats. You can have it sweet in the morning with fruits for breakfast, add it to soups to thicken it, or have a savory dish with meat for dinner. If you have decided to go for an oatmeal diet to reduce monthly stomach cramps, then please let me know about your experience and whether you got any relief, by posting a comment below.

Get Rid of Chronic Pain with Turmeric

If you are suffering from chronic pain and are looking to get rid of it, nothing could be more effective than turmeric. Used all over Asia for flavouring food, turmeric (also known as haldi) is a spice that is known to be really useful for easing aches and chronic pain.

Easing Pain With A Sprinkle of Turmuric

According to various studies, turmeric is actually three times more effective at easing pain than allopathic medicines such as aspirin, ibuprofen or naproxen. In addition to this, turmeric is known to relieve chronic pain for about 50 percent of people suffering from pain-intensive health issues like arthritis and fibromyalgia.

Turmuric being grated and powdered

This finding came out of a study conducted by Cornell researchers. According to Dr. Julian Whitaker, nutrition researcher, turmeric has an active ingredient known as curcumin, which naturally shuts down cyclooxygenase 2. This is an enzyme that churns out a stream of pain-producing hormones. The dose of turmeric for getting rid of chronic pain recommended by the study is a ‘sprinkle of 1/4 teaspoon daily onto any rice, poultry, meat or vegetable dish’.

In India, we use a little turmeric in almost every dish we prepare for lunch or dinner time. In addition, turmeric is also used as an internal and external medicine. For aches and pains, it is usually mixed in milk and drunk in the night before going to bed. It may also be mixed with milk cream and other ingredients and applied on the face for a beautiful complexion. Tumeric may be bought at any supermarket or Indian specialty store.

If you got relief from using turmeric to get rid of chronic pain, please let others and me know about your experience by posting a comment below.

Preventing PMS with Yogurt or Curd

Who knew that yoghurt can actually help reduce the effects of premenstrual syndrome (PMS)? A large number of women struggle with PMS issues – in fact up to 80 percent of women (according to researchers in Yale). Symptoms could range from irritability, to bloating and stomach cramps.

The main reason why this occurs is because the nervous systems of many women are sensitive to changes in the levels of estrogen and progesterone, which are naturally produced by the body every month. One natural way to reduce the symptoms of PMS is to eat yogurt or curd.

Cup of yoghurt for reducing PMS symptoms

According to researchers at New York’s Columbia University, eating two cups of yogurt a day can reduce PMS symptoms by about 48 percent. They say that yogurt is rich in calcium, a mineral that is known to naturally calm the nervous system, and helps prevent painful symptoms even when hormonal levels are constantly changing.

I usually have a cup of curd every day with my lunch. This is traditional in India and other eastern countries, but it is good to know that the usefulness of yoghurt is being recognized in the West as well. However, here in north India, most people do not have yogurt in the winters, as it has a cooling effect and makes one feel colder when the weather is already cold outside. Maybe that’s why yoghurt is not very popular in countries located at higher latitudes. It may also take a long time for bacteria to ferment and the curd to form.

I can say I thankfully don’t suffer from cramps or pain related to PMS, and the reason for this could be the yogurt that I have daily. I used to have stomach pains a long time back, but at that time I never included curd with my diet.

Have you tried eating yoghurt to reduce the symptoms of PMS? What was your experience like?