Dear Healthy Friend,

I think for most of us, normal, every-day life is back into full swing... No more "lying-in" in the mornings and no more lazy days... So now that your mind is in full use again and you're pushing it to the max, how about you do the same for your body?

Let's fight the ailments and disease plaguing you together... Last week in Health Bytes we gave you the secrets to defeating diabetes, today I share some chemo-free, cancer-conquering solutions that could help you!

Keep reading...

In the name of good health,

Taryn Strugnell
Managing Editor of Nutrition & Healing

P.S. Feeling a little like you should'nt have spent quite so much during the Christmas chaos? Or do you just long for a little more moola in your bank account? See the sidebar to discover how you could build a little slush fund...

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If an apple a day keeps the doctor away - could orange juice conquer cancer?   
Dr Allen Spreen
Northstar Nutritionals

At least that's what researchers at the National Institutes of Health are reporting. To be fair, the treatment requires way more than a few glasses of orange juice. In actuality, it requires massive doses of intravenous vitamin C.

Just how promising is the treatment? Well, Dr Scott Greenberg of the Magaziner Center for Wellness in Cherry Hill, NJ has treated several patients successfully.

For example, one of Greenberg's patients was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to his brain and yet another had breast cancer that could be seen protruding from her chest. Both were told their situations were grim. However, after several months both patients responded well to the vitamin C treatment and today, both are doing well and appear to be cancer free.

In fact, the breast cancer patient is past the critical five-year mark - typically considered a full remission.

While some researchers believe the treatment works by killing the cancer cells outright, others believe it's vitamin C's powerful antioxidant protection at work.

Both theories are right, to a degree. You see, just like chemotherapy, vitamin C produces hydrogen peroxide in the body - the same stuff you might've been using to kill germs on cuts and abrasions.

Hydrogen peroxide has a powerful oxidising effect inside the body. And while oxidation (often referred to as free radical damage) is largely considered a bad thing, the flood of oxygen that results from the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide within the body actually destroys cancer cells - leaving healthy cells unharmed while super-charging the immune system.

However, unlike chemotherapy, side-effects are essentially non-existent.

Dr Greenberg says that the therapy can be used in conjunction with more traditional therapies. But, just as is the case with chemo and radiation, the treatment doesn't work for everyone. But it's certainly worth the effort for patients battling with cancer.

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Did you know...

Vitamin C could helps prevent bone loss in men    

We all know that vitamin C is perhaps the world's greatest multi-tasker. It defends us against a slew of proven enemies: From the common cold, to cancer (intravenously - as mentioned above), to heart disease. Now there's new evidence that vitamin C could even help prevent loss of bone mass in men.

Over a four-year period, researchers at Tufts University studied the bone density of men and women 75 years and older who take anywhere from no vitamin C to 520mg daily.

They found that men with the highest levels of vitamin C maintained their bone density. While men with lowest levels of vitamin C experienced bone density loss.

(Interestingly, high vitamin C intake seemed to provide some protection for women, but it wasn't "statistically significant". Maybe more research here is needed.)

The RDA of vitamin C is laughable (and surely negligent) at 90mg per day for men and 75 mg for women. In my opinion, everyone over the age of 10 should get at least 1,000mg of vitamin C twice a day. Natural sources include: Citrus fruits, broccoli, red peppers, brussel sprouts, parsley and strawberries.

Very few "multi" vitamins contain enough of it, however. Your best bet is to find 1,000mg capsules and take one twice a day at a minimum. Don't take them all at once. And stay away from "time-release" capsules. Vitamin C only stays in your system for a few hours, so time-release could acutally be a waste.

(There are some rare exceptions, so check with your health provider to make sure this is a safe quantity for you.)

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