Food and Health, Part 3
Inflammation is key to
cancer formation. Cancer cells utilize our body's response to
inflammation to feed themselves. There are many anti-inflammatory drugs
available. However, each has bad side effects. Because drug companies
cannot make money off them, medical science has ignored the many
anti-inflammatory foods which are available. A diet rich in these foods
can help prevent cancers from developing or recurring.
Foods which aggravate
inflammation include: refined sugars, white flour, red meats from
industrially raised animals (see the documentary King Korn), oils rich
in omega-6 (such as corn, sunflower, safflower, soy), dairy products
from industrially raised livestock (especially if full fat), eggs from
industrially raised hens fed corn and soybeans, persistent anger or
despair, less than twenty minutes of physical activity a day, cigarette
smoke, atmospheric pollution, domestic pollutants. Read more....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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