| As we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month, | | | | like pent-up anger and bad reactions to stress cause |
| you are probably sobered to learn that you have a | | | | the body to produce acids that destroy proper pH |
| one in eight chance of getting breast cancer, just like | | | | balances. Get plenty of rest to refresh yourself and |
| celebrities Supreme Court judge, Sandra Day | | | | exercise to relieve stress's effects from your body. |
| O'Conner, champion ice skater, Peggy Fleming, and | | | | Remember, even your thoughts contribute to your |
| singer, Melissa Etheridge. In addition to wearing a pink | | | | body's environment. Research in this area suggests |
| ribbon or running in one of the races to raise money | | | | that lack of control over stress has negative effects |
| for the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation, I | | | | on immune function and contributes to tumor growth. |
| would like to encourage you to take a look at your | | | | Breathe deeply! It's important to manage your body's |
| lifestyle and take steps to reduce your own potential | | | | oxygen levels. Another effect of acidic pH balances is |
| for this disease. | | | | that your body falls into an anaerobic condition when |
| Doctors say that genetics do play a part in the | | | | body pH balances falls below 7.0, leading to organs |
| statistics of your probability of getting breast cancer, | | | | becoming acidic. Your body now is susceptible to |
| but there are other factors in our American lifestyle | | | | many diseases, including cancer. The lack of proper |
| that contribute to those chances as well. Those | | | | oxygen in the body contributes to a cancerous |
| things, you have control over. | | | | environment. |
| Your cells are designed to live in a healthy | | | | Nobel Prize winner, Otto Warburg proved half a |
| environment, which includes proper hydration levels, a | | | | century ago, that a lack of oxygen respiration in cells |
| healthy pH balance, proper mineral balance, the | | | | causes cancer. His work, "The Prime Cause and |
| absence of toxins, proper oxygen levels, etc. If your | | | | Prevention of Cancer" explains that cancer occurs |
| internal environment balance is upset and your | | | | when any cell is denied 60% of its oxygen |
| immune system weakened, your cells become | | | | requirements. Instead of normal oxygen respiration, |
| stressed and your body can develop diseases, | | | | the cells experience a fermentation of sugar, which |
| including cancer. | | | | feeds cancer cells. Research shows that cancer cells |
| How does your cell environment become unhealthy? | | | | can't exist when there is enough oxygen. |
| Many components can contribute to this imbalance in | | | | So, how can you increase your oxygen levels? Start |
| your cells' environment: an acidic pH balance, improper | | | | by breathing properly and deeply, increasing oxygen |
| diet, lack of exercise, low water consumption, | | | | intake, and exercising regularly to increase cardiac |
| improper breathing, and high toxic levels. | | | | flow carrying oxygen to the cells. This changes the |
| Be sure you keep track of your pH balance. If you | | | | internal environment to one that which cancer doesn't |
| test your saliva pH in the morning before eating or | | | | thrive in. |
| drinking anything, you should have a reading of 7.0. If | | | | Drink! Drink! Drink! Another contributor to an |
| your system is too acidic, you can suffer from | | | | unhealthy cellular environment is improper |
| excessive fatigue, weak kidneys, easy weight gain, | | | | consumption of water. I'm sure you've heard that a |
| excessive stress, reluctant weight loss, constipation, | | | | great percentage of the body is made of water, but |
| aches, pains, headaches, malaise, proneness to | | | | did you realize that every system in your body |
| catching colds, mental confusion, and even lack of | | | | depends on water to function properly? Without |
| clear thinking. Research is showing that cancer cells | | | | enough water, you don't absorb nutrients and |
| thrive in an acidic environment as well. | | | | vitamins, you become constipated, have more kidney |
| Wouldn't you like to take steps to put your body | | | | stones and urinary infections, and you can become |
| into the best shape possible for fighting this and | | | | dehydrated. If you become dehydrated, your blood |
| many other diseases? As you can see, one way you | | | | gets thicker, your heart has to work harder to |
| can do that is to keep your body's pH balance in an | | | | circulate it, your brain feels sluggish, and you can |
| alkaline range. Here are a few ways to achieve that | | | | have trouble concentrating. Can you believe that |
| goal: | | | | water, or the lack of it, can affect your body to |
| Design your diet to produce an alkaline environment | | | | such degrees? |
| for your cells. Concentrate on alkaline-triggering foods | | | | Incidentally, as you balance these areas of your |
| like fruits and vegetables. (Avoid those vegetables | | | | lifestyle, you could reap other rewards besides |
| grown in mineral depleted soils.) Limit very | | | | maintaining a healthy cell environment. You could lose |
| acid-triggering foods like meats, fish, and poultry. Eat | | | | weight, sleep better, have more energy, have better |
| reasonable amounts of acidic eggs, dairy products, | | | | hair and skin, and enjoy a greater level of wellness |
| and carbohydrates like breads, pasta, and cereals. | | | | than you have ever experienced. |
| Relax! Learn to handle your stress more effectively. | | | | Copyright (c) 2006 Dr. |
| Tests have proved that strong negative emotions | | | | |