Focus on Prevention
Health Challenges and How to Face Them
The American Cancer Society issued the 2010 estimated cancer statistics in the US – 1,529,560 new cases and 569,490 deaths. Will you become a statistic this year? I submit to you that you can have a great impact on whether or not you are.
Focus on Prevention: Be aware of family history.
I have a family history of cancer from my mother’s side with 4 people dying from cancer and 3 people facing it. So becoming a victim of cancer was high on my concern list. Being in the wellness field for the past 13 years has eased my concerns. As with most problems, knowing the cause and source of the problem gives you the answer to eliminating it. The American Cancer society is on the right track in asking you to eat your fruits and vegetables because that helps alkaline the body. Alkalizing your body is an important key. Disease, especially cancer, is born out of an acidic body and a weaken immune system.
Focus on Prevention: What you can do!
We have some health challenges today, wouldn’t you agree?
The biggest health challenge is our toxic environment. Our bodies are bombarded with toxins from within and from without. There are many new chemicals added into our environment and products every week and we don’t know much about them or what they may do to us. There are 80+ known cancer-causing ingredients used in our personal care and cosmetics products. The fragrance industry used 900 toxic ingredients.
Dr. Samuel Epstein is an international authority on the causes and prevention of cancer and the founder of The Cancer Prevention Coalition. In his book Unreasonable Risks, he compares the risks of smoking tobacco to the risks that are in our personal care and cosmetics products. We all know that smoking tobacco is harmful and shortens life and yet no one has ever smoked for a week and gotten cancer. Why? Because the danger is in the accumulation of harmful ingredients over time. Yet in the “safety” of our homes we are using products that contain know cancer-causing ingredients . These toxins get into the body through the skin and accumulate in the body.
I don’t know how you feel about that fact, but when I learned that, it alarmed me because I have no idea when my “cup would be full” – so to speak. Do I have 6 months to go, I year, or 5 years? I have no way of knowing and neither do you. The products we use have no warning labels on them, except for our toothpaste. We are not informed enough to make better and healthier choices.
Another health challenge is with the foods we eat. For the most part, they are not giving us the vitamins and minerals we think we are getting. In 1924 congress determined that our mineral depleted soils could not produce foods that would keep us healthy without supplements. We are not eating the same foods that our parents and certainly our grandparents were eating. What has our foods become today? Our foods are largely commercially grown and prepared, chemically colored, genetically modifies, sprayed with pesticides, hormone injected, synthesized, preserved, irradiated and microwaved. Is it any wonder that we can easily have a weaken immune system and health problems?
About being a statistic – you CAN make a positive impact on your well-being. What is the best thing you can do? Educate yourself – purpose to live a preventive life style – become a label reader and a wiser shopper. This boils down to daily choices. This will require the one thing from you that most everyone resists and that is change. Why should you do this? Because your health requires it and good health is priceless.
With this website I plan to help educate you on great health supplements and health and anti-aging tips. I am a baby boomer myself and I am looking forward to a top quality life as I age and I will be sharing with you what I find and what works for me. The two companies that I have found to be very helpful in this are: The Amazon Herb Co – great health supplements and personal care from the Amazon Rainforest – bestofhealth.amazonherb.net. Neways – non-toxic products – personal care, cosmetics, household, and supplements – bestofhealth.ineways.com. These websites are set up to give you great products at wholesale prices. I will be putting articles on this site about these products – why you should incorporate these type products in your life, and tips on getting and keeping your body disease free.
Learn more about how to focus on prevention from this article. Wikipedia also has good information about how to focus on prevention.
