Mammograms, Dental X-rays & Thyroid Cancers

Dr. Oz had a show on the fastest growing cancer in women, thyroid cancer. He said that the increase could be related to the use of dental x-rays and mammograms. He demonstrated that the apron the dentist puts on you for your dental x-rays has a little flap that can be lifted up and wrapped around your neck. Many dentists don't bother to use it. Also, there is something called a "thyroid guard" for use during mammograms. By coincidence, I had my yearly mammogram yesterday. I asked about the guard and sure enough, the technician had one in a drawer. I asked why it wasn't routinely used. Answer: "I don't know. You have to ask for it." Well, if I hadn't seen the show, how would I have known to ask?

Take note to request for the neck flap that is known as the "thyroid guard" when you need to do x-rays of your chest and mouth.

The open secrets of longevity

Okinawa island has more people living there who are over 100 years old per 100,000 persons than anywhere else in the world, and suffer the lowest death rates from cancer, heart disease and stroke. Their longevity is attributed to their "harahachi bu" philosphy (eat until you are 80% full) and their active lifestyle. Much of this elderly community still tend to farms, fields and gardens manually.

Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome are closer to understanding how a strict diet can contribute to longevity. The found that when calories are cut, the body produces a molecule called Creb 1 (known to regulate memory learning), which in turn activates another set of molecules linked to longevity called the Sirtuins.

Extraction from the article "Fountain of Youth", written by Jacqueline Toyad

沐浴乳含可致癌防腐剂

每天洗澡都会用到的沐浴乳，每天和皮肤亲密接触，当心洗出病来！

沐浴乳里面有种叫做防腐剂的成分，是用来防止沐浴乳变质的防腐剂。

不过医师在乳癌的切片中，也发现苯甲酸酯的成分！

市面上三成的沐浴乳，含有这种可能致癌的物质，如果长期使用，可能就会有危险！

轻轻按一下，瓶子马上吐出浓浓沐浴乳，三两下马上清洁溜溜。但看似平常的沐浴乳，竟然和乳癌有了关连！

 

医界在在乳癌切片中，发现一种叫做PARABEN防腐剂的成分就是藏在沐浴乳中，用来抑制沐浴乳变质的防腐剂。

由于这PARABEN防腐剂不会造成皮肤病变，所以一般人使用都不会有症状，一旦超过十年，就可能造成诱发乳癌，小孩子皮肤解毒力很弱，也千万不要碰触！

医师建议，如果真要用，选购时要仔细看清楚是不是含有防腐剂成分，如果可以最好使用甘油为基底的肥皂，因为成分简单不易变质。

别为了一时方便的迷思，选错了沐浴乳，否则年代后的代价真的很大！

 

建议使用香皂肥皂沐浴

你喜欢使用沐浴乳洗澡吗，现在，恐怕你要开始改变了！

很多人使用沐浴乳洗澡，多半都只是因为沐浴乳方便使用，但是，方便使用却未必是健康的，因为方便之中，利润是最终考量，创造方便可以刺激产量，进而带入利润，对生产者而言，营收的重要性大返回消费者的健康重要性，因此，沐浴乳的发明，虽然带来了消费者的方便性与生产者的利润，表面上是双赢的局面，实际上，使用的消费者永远是输出家！

首先，我们来探讨沐浴乳的制造过程，一般的香皂，无非是使用成本低廉的动物性油脂，如牛或羊或者成本高昂的植物性油脂，如椰子油与甘油，在过程中，加入化学凝固剂，或者自然凝固，然后成为一块块的香皂。

但是沐浴乳就不同了，由于水与油天生不相溶，试想不能相溶的水与油，如果要合而为一，唯一的方法，当然就是加入化学工程学系制造的的苏打与稳定剂，苏打与稳定剂，却是医学界工程学系公认的致癌物质之一。

也就是说，如果你使用一般的化学香皂，里面所含的化学成分已经足以让 你的皮肤产生过敏或者病变，而沐浴乳，则又加了更多更高的化学成分，大大缩短了你的皮肤病变的时间。

这一切，当我们当前年轻尚有足够的免疫力时，我们不会有太大的感觉，因此我们总是选择了方便性，但是如果有朝一日，免疫力下降，这些长期累积在我们肌肤皮下层，甚至渗透进入我们当前体内各脏器的物质，将会大举反扑，致使我们当前永远失去健康，万劫不复！

年轻不是挥霍的时代，而是储存的黄金期，现代人追求健康与养生的同时更应该减少化学物质对我们的腐蚀，否则，为了省钱或者方便，却在笺干年后将所省下的钱转化为医药费用，恐怕只会制造更多的不便。