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The Indications Of Ovarian Cancer

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

The unrestrained growth of cells is a disease called cancer. Other malignant characteristics of cancer are an invasion that destroys adjacent tissues and metastasis i.e. the spreading to other areas of the body by means of the blood or the lymph glands. Benign tumors are unlike cancer in that they do not invade or metastasize.

Either environmental or hereditary reasons can be the cause of cancer. Primarily, it is an environmental disease with enhanced risk from genetic influences. The main environmental factors behind the cause of cancer are obesity, smoking, pollution, disease and radiation etc..

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common kinds of cancer. It takes place in the ovaries of women which is why it is called ovarian cancer. There are two ovaries in females, one on either side of the uterus. Both eggs and hormones i.e. estrogen, testosterone and progesterone are made by the ovaries.

Mostly, it affects those women who have reached their menopause. Usually an ovarian cancer is a kind of epithelial cancer i.e. cancer in the outer cells of an ovary. Most common sorts of epithelial cancer of the ovaries are serous. Less commonly known sorts are clear cell and endometrioid ovarian cancers

Almost 85% of the women treated for ovarian cancer are above the age of 50, although there are possibilities of its occurrence in younger females as well. Multiple genetic mutations are the cause of this cancer. The danger of the disease is greater in those women who have never had a baby.

The danger is higher for those whose menstrual cycle begins at an early age and whose menopause happens late. Infertility is the biggest danger factor behind this disease. Personal or family history of breast cancer increases the danger of ovarian cancer as well.

The indications of the disease are not specific to it and it usually begins stealthily. Some of the indications of ovarian cancer are pelvic pain, abdominal pressure, indigestion or wind, constipation, lower back pain, the frequent requirement to urinate, loss of appetite, pain with intercourse, changes in the menstrual cycle and a deficiency of energy.

The indications of ovarian cancer tend to be persistent and they worsen with time. An appointment with a GP must be made if any of the above mentioned indications occur each day for two to three weeks. If someone has a family history of this cancer, she should make contact with her doctor for further diagnosis of the problems.

The most widespread diagnostic procedures and tests are pelvic examination, ultrasound, CA 125 blood test and surgery for removing samples to test (biopsy). Four stages of ovarian cancer are identified according to the concentration of the disease.

The treatment of ovarian cancer is possible. Researchers are working on creating methods of identifying it at earlier stages because it is very problematic to treat it at later stages. The most common form of treatment for ovarian cancer is a combination of chemotherapy and surgery.

Healthy habits like eating a balanced diet, exercising and getting enough sleep can be useful to control your symptoms of the disease. Although there is no certain way to protect you from this illness, the risk of getting ovarian cancer can be reduced by thinking about the risks and benefits of using birth control pills and discussing issues with your doctor.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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Vegetarians And Cancer

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Most people have a nebulous idea that eating meat is bad for you and that eating vegetables will prevent you from developing some serious illnesses such as cancer. Not everybody believes this, but still there is an under current or popular belief that it is so.

It certainly is a fact that you will consume less animal fat if you become a vegetarian. However, even vegetarians normally eat some animal fats when they eat shop-bought cakes or meals in restaurants. There are basically two schools of thought on dietary fat.

The traditional view is that reducing saturated fats is good for you but there is the Atkins Diet notion that saturated fats will not hurt you but carbohydrates will. Regrettably, the average guy in the street who does not have a medical level of knowledge only has to go with his or her best judgment and hope for the best. After all, if the experts can not agree on what is good and what is bad for us, what prospect do we have of knowing?

It is almost certainly fairly true that eating less saturated fat and eating more fibre-rich vegetables and fruit is a good notion, but there is no real need to cut out meat all together. Some studies in Europe have suggested that vegetarians are up to 40% less to be expected to develop cancer than meat-eaters.

Additionally, studies into breast cancer rates around the world suggest that there is less breast cancer in countries where they eat less meat like China and other eastern countries, whereas in Japan, where the American presence has meant that more Japanese eat a la American, the incidence of breast cancer is eight times higher.

This tends to suggest that the American diet of plenty of saturated fat and processed meat like hamburgers and hot dogs is responsible for higher rates of cancer.

It is also said that meat and dairy products contribute to the development of a number of kinds of cancer including breast, colon, ovarian and prostate cancers. Colon cancer seems to be the most affected by a high consumption of meat and dairy with one report stating that it can raise the risk by an enormous 300%.

One recognized difficulty for adults with drinking milk is that it can raise the body’s amount of oestrogen which is the ‘female’ hormone. This can produce breasts in overweight men and arise the risk of breast cancer in both sexes.

It has been reported that one study into cancer in premenopausal women showed that those who ate meat had a thirty-odd percent more risk of developing cancer. Eating dairy products has been linked with ovarian cancer, because it seems that breaking down lactose damages the ovaries in some way.

There is a similar trend in men. Men who eat meat every day have a higher danger of prostate cancer, some say up to three times as high and drinking milk might double the risk too. Those men who do not eat vegetables at all or very occasionally quadruple their chances of prostate cancer.

It is very difficult to know what to do, because various studies by different bodies reveal different findings. If you do not know who to follow, it seems best to try to follow a balanced diet in which fruit and vegetables make up the majority of the bulk and calories.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you would like to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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The Symptoms Of Ovarian Cancer

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

The symptoms of ovarian cancer are fairly problematic to recognize regrettably. This is because they are similar to the indications of regular menstruation or menopause that many (or most) women experience frequently anyway. The chance that women who still menstruate have, is if they notice that some of the regular feelings are not quite right.

Menopausal women have a bigger problem because they are new to their condition and it is so erratic anyway. The indications of ovarian cancer include: abdominal pain, a feeling of being bloated, twinges and tiredness.

That is why it is so difficult to use these symptoms as predictors or ovarian cancer. However, if you get these symptoms at a time when you would not usually do so, or if they last longer than usual, then it would be worth checking with a doctor or your gynecologist.

If you are concerned, naturally, you will have to have a check up, but if you are ‘umming and ahhing’, endeavor to find out whether someone in your family has had ovarian cancer before. There is a tendency for it to run in families, but that is a fact or most kinds of cancer really.

However, if you are looking into your family’s history of cancer, bear in mind that cancer can out itself in different forms. for instance, a man obviously cannot have ovarian cancer, but if your dad died of cancer you have an increased likelihood as well, albeit it in possibly another form.

Age is another issue in the likelihood of someone having this form of cancer - the older the more likely to be expected. There is also another bizarre twist here. Women who have had a number of children are least at risk, women who have chosen not to have children are more at danger, and women who have always been incapable of having children are most at danger.

The fact is that this is such a problematic kind of cancer to home-diagnose that it is hardly worth the trouble. You have to listen to your body and trust your gut feelings. If things are not the same as you are used to, go and have a check up as soon as possible.

Apart from that, go for a ordinary check up anyway. Different countries have different recommendations, but whatever advice that your doctor or gynecologist gives you, you should follow. Ovarian cancer can be treated successfully and not only that but if it is caught early enough in young women, treatment does not necessarily mean loss of fertility.

So, the watchword is do not miss your check ups. Almost 75% of women who are diagnosed early can expect a complete recovery. Young women have an even higher chance than older women, which means that older women should go for check ups more often than younger women.

Do not become apathetic about this form of cancer even though the symptoms of ovarian cancer are not simple to recognize, in fact that is a good reason for you to let an expert check you out. The tests are not invasive and consist of just a blood test and an ultra sound scan.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of topics, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you would like to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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Gas Furnace Repairs You Can Do Yourself

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

There is not actually a lot to go wrong with contemporary gas furnaces, but every mechanical item can fail and the central heating system is one of them. The problem is though, that hundreds of millions of households around the world have come to depend on their central heating unit.

In general, people are not advised to tamper with things that they know nothing about, especially when it refers to something that could become a fire hazard, but this article is about safe gas furnace repairs, that you can undertake yourself.

Some of these tips might stand you in good stead if the gas furnace in your home central heating device gives up the ghost. These tips could save you cold nights and high call-out fees.

The more that you get involved with your central heating system, the more easily you will recognize issues that arise, because in general, home heating units have intermittent issues and recurring issues.

Does your heating system keep switching itself on and off at inappropriate times? This probably has something to do with the thermostat. The old fashioned of dealing with thermostats was to tinker with them, but no one does that anymore, they just replace them. You might as well do the same.

Purchase a replacement thermostat and fit it, but if you want to learn more, play about with the metal disk in the old one and refit it after a modification. If you carry on going like this, you may find out what works one day. Some thermostats are quite easy devices and you can suss them out.

If your central heating system keeps closing down, this is also probably a difficulty with the thermostat, so long as there is fuel in the tank. The strategy is the same. Look at the disk inside the thermostat and read any writing on it. Normally, if you bias it one way or the other, it will correct the problem.

A very easy one is the pilot light. If your set-up is not working, simply check that the pilot light is burning. The pilot light serves as the ignition for a heat cycle, so if there is not one present, there will be no heat cycle or heating.

The pilot light can get blown out or just go out because of a temporary shortage of fuel, after which it will have to be re-ignited.

If your entire heating system seems to be working normally, but there is no heat coming through the vents, it is probably the blower. Check the fan belt and either tighten the tension or replace it. This is a simple task, which, having done once, you can do in your sleep.

The main thing concerning any home appliance is not to automatically reach for the phone book if items go wrong. That is exactly what the want you to do. They would like you to think that things are too intricate unless you have studied them, whereas in fact, the majority of engineers only replace parts - very little is fixed or taken apart any more.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece writes on a number of subjects, but is at present concerned with emergecy air conditioning repairs. If you would like to know more or check out some great offers, please go to our website at Home Air Conditioning Systems.

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Trying To Avoid Cancer Of The Lungs

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Cancer is the main or second biggest killer in most countries in the world in spite of the fact that there has been a blitz on smoking. There are not that many countries left in the Western world where there are not some restrictions on smoking. This is hardly surprising actually, we all know what smoke and pollution is doing to the world’s atmosphere and to the world’s foliage - it’s lungs - so why would it not be doing the same to us? In spades, even?

Cancer is a state where cells start growing out of control, as most of us already know. The majority of people affected are over forty rears old and it affects women smokers equally as much as men smokers. By tradition, more men smoked than women, but that ratio is changing.

These days, it is more common to see women smoking than men. This is usually because women endeavor to use smoking as a hunger suppressant - in other words an aid to dieting.

Smoking is the main reason for cancer and so it is expected that during the next decades, that there will be a higher percentage of women dying of lung cancer than men for the first time in history.

An off-shoot of smoking is passive smoking, which is the condition in which someone breathes the secondhand smoke of a smoker. This used to happen most often in bars and offices, but smoking there has now been banned, so it is expected that most passive smoking now takes place in the home, which puts children most at risk. There are equivalent experiences to passive smoking from pollutants from vehicles.

The problem with lung cancer is that there is no cure. Your body can repair itself if you give it a fair opportunity, but it does need a fair chance. Many people have been able to do well with a little lung cancer, but you cannot do well with just a few percent of your lungs.

This is why some of the symptoms of lung cancer are coughing, wheezing, blood in the phlegm that smokers cough up, being out of breath and having chest pains. Heavy smokers who are developing lung cancer are frequently under weight too.

Unfortunately, chemotherapy and radiotherapy do not have a immense deal of effect on this kind of cancer. The most a sufferer can look forward to is a wheezy life in an oxygen tent. And not a long life at that. Drugs can alleviate the pain and improve breathing, but not much more.

Surgery can help, but you just have so much lung capacity and if that is cut away it will not grow back. You can do pretty well with only one lung, but a full and active regular life is difficult. You would need an inhaler to walk any distance.

The other thing is that blood flows through the lungs to pick up oxygen which it distributes to each part of your body. While it is oxygenating this blood it will also pick up cancerous cells and distribute these over your whole body too. It could well be that it is one of these secondary cancers that will do for you.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of topics, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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Water And Dehydration

Monday, June 13th, 2011

We, as human beings, as very dependent on water. We are roughly 70% water and we cannot live without it. In fact, we can go weeks without food, but just about three days without water.

One of the sad facts about the Western diet is that a great deal of people no longer drink water. They have completely replaced water with sugary soft drinks, which of course contain enough water but also contain too much sugar or sugar substitute.

The first step that these people have to take in order to get back on track is to give up this silly, childish habit and begin drinking plain water again. It has been estimated that around two-thirds of people do not drink enough water, which means that they are in a permanent state of partial dehydration.

Water has a number of important functions in our bodies, but one of the most important ones is to flush out toxins. It is worth realizing that if you feel thirsty, your body has arrived at a state where it is crying out for water. In other words, it has already passed the state where it requires water, so endeavour not to wait until you are thirsty before you take a drink.

Another point is that tea, coffee and alcohol (some of our most well-liked adult drinks) are diuretics, which is to say that they force urination, sometimes more than they replenish. So you can put 250mm in but you may lose 270mm. This is naturally not the purpose of drinking if you are thirsty

Exercise is another reason why we lose water. In fact, merely by being alive, we lose water due to body heat and evaporation, but while we are actually doing something, we lose water quite rapidly. You might get worried about drinking water before going to bed, but if you can do it, it is a very good thing.

If you wake up a bit groggy every day and have to have breakfast, tea or coffee before you can really wake up, it may be because of dehydration, not because you have problems waking up. Being dehydrated causes drowsiness and lack of concentration.

In fact, dehydration is a major killer in the Third World. This is not because there is no water, but because the water is contaminated. This contaminated water causes diarrhoea which causes dehydration. It is important to keep drinking if you are sick even if you do not feel like eating.

It is recommended that we drink at least eight tumblers of water (say, of 250mm each) a day. More if you are exercising or sick. It sounds like a lot of water, but most people are awake for about 16 hours a day, so eight tumblers works out to only one each two hours.

It is more of a difficulty to get into the habit of drinking water on a regular basis than it is to really do the drinking, but once you have established the habit, you will feel better on a day-to-day basis. It will not prevent you from getting sick, but your general degree of health will improve, because you are getting rid of toxins.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a variety of subjects, but is now involved with Sundance hot tubs. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Hot Springs Spa Parts

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Fighting Atherosclerosis With Good Nutrition (part 2)

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

You will have to make your own mind up on whether cholesterol or omega 6 is to blame for arteriosclerosis. The argument is similar to the dieting difficulty: do you have faith in in the old-style fat-reduction, high carbohydrate diet or the newer, Atkins’ high fat low carbohydrate diet?

It is very confusing for the layman, but that is how specialists sell books. You pay your money and take your choice or you only go along with your GP.

However, both factions of nutritionists agree that fish oil is good for you and in particular is helpful for decreasing LDL cholesterol and omega 6 overdose. Omega 3 is best taken in oily, cold water fish like salmon, herring and mackerel.

They contain relatively high degrees of omega 3 essential fatty acids. Another source of omega 3, but different ones from the fish, is from meat that has been fed on grass.

Garlic is well-known for being an antiseptic but it is also useful for reducing cholesterol. It appears to have a deleterious impact on LDL (bad) cholesterol, but leaves HDL (good) cholesterol alone. One clove a day is said to be adequate to have a beneficial effect.

Fibre and roughage are crucial for good general health. These components are to be found in fruit and vegetables (particularly the leafy green ones); grains, lentils, legumes and nuts. Roughage and fibre will help remove LDL cholesterol and prevent constipation. They also help avoid bowel cancer which is on the rise in the West.

Some dietitians say that LDL is not dangerous, but is just a threat and it becomes dangerous after it has been damaged. One form of damage is oxidization. Therefore, anti-oxidants will reduce the risk from cholesterol and atherosclerosis. The next question ought to be: what are strong anti-oxidants?

There is a colossal array of anti-oxidants ranging from the fun to the boring. I do not know what you find boring, but flavonoids are a good anti-oxidant and they are present in high quantities in red wine. Besides red wine, other anti-oxidants include: Vitamins Ce and E and beta carotene.

These are accessible in peppers, citrus fruit, strawberries, cantaloupe melons, broccoli, white carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, mangoes and green leaf vegetables. Other decent sources are wheat, oats, nuts and seeds.

Mono unsaturated fat is one of the best sources of oil you can find. Mono unsaturated fat comes best from olive oil, which is one of the factors why the so-called Mediterranean Diet is so good for people.

Mono unsaturated fat has another beneficial effect: eating it reduces hunger for a longer time than you would expect for the calories involved. This makes it a good substance for dieters. The same is true of roughage, fibre and eggs.

Mono unsaturated fat is one of your best allies in the fight against atherosclerosis. However, it is not just present in olive oil, it is also in avocados and nuts, especially pecan nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds.

Last but not least is ginger. Ginger has a high quantity of phytochemicals known as gingerol and shogaol which are also antioxidants. Ginger not just lowers LDL cholesterol, but it also helps prevent the oxidization of LDL

If you can just implement a few these alterations to your diet you may be able to ward off arteriosclerosis and avoid having to take drugs like statins for ever.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on several topics, and is now concerned with omega 3 arthritis. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Omega 6 9

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Sight Improvement

Friday, June 10th, 2011

We are under great pressure not to look old, not to look our age. One of the best compliments people of more than 21 years think that they can receive is: ‘Really? You do not look it!’ To a certain extent this obsession with a youthful appearance has always been with us, but the pressure has ratcheted up due to films and television.

Film stars and pharmaceutical companies unscrupulously team up to persuade us that we need this surgery too in order to become popular. What they do not tell you is that the pharmaceutical businesses have paid the film stars to have free treatment and then paid (or sponsored) the chat shows that so blatantly promote them.

And ageism is rife as well, both among the young, whose worst insults usually have the word ‘old’ included and among employers who can not wait to be rid of employees at 65 after a lifetime of service. Governments or at least some governments are exactly as bad, penalizing pensioners with a meager salary after fifty years of paying taxes.

People used to grow old gracefully, now it is a sin. There is a long list of ‘improvements’ that you can work your way through: face lift, liposuction, hair transplants, dentures and several others, but the one that actually makes sense to me is sight improvement by whatever technique works.

We live in a picturesque world and it is a shame that while we are at the correct stage in our life to enjoy it - that is while we have more time, more money and have become more philosophical, we start to go blind. Just as your grandchildren begin arriving, your sight starts going.

There are numerous factors why you could begin losing your eyesight besides only old age, but old age does play a part in some of them as well.

Macular degeneration is usually called age-related macular degeneration, but there is a rare kind that affects the young. There are two types wet and dry. The dry form is less severe, but the wet kind is more easily treated.

Cataracts are thought to be age-related as well, but I had premature senile cataracts 20 years early. Luckily these are easily treated too with merely a couple of minutes of surgery. Glaucoma is a nasty one, which can leave you totally blind, if you do not catch it soon enough and have it treated.

The key to success with all of these eyesight impairments is tackling them early. If you suspect that anything is not right with your eyes, go to a physician or optician immediately. Do not be fooled by quack remedies that you might see advertised on late night TV or in the small ads. They should get banned.

Eye exercises and eye drops are fine for healthy eyes, but they will not help you if you have a problem, only a fully qualified expert can do that. These advertisers prey on individuals who either do not have the money for surgery or who are frightened of it and there are lots of them around too.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a variety of topics, but is now concerned with macular degeneration glasses. If you want to know more, please visit our website at Macular Degenerative Disease

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Is Hair Transplant Surgery Good For Women?

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

People associate balding with men and that is not surprising as most western men do go bald sooner or later. Most men actually hate going bald. Some take to brushing their hair in a different fashion, having it cut short or even shaved off altogether or they wear a hat. Increasingly, men are seeing balding as a natural process over which they have no control and just get on with their lives. This is a step in the correct direction.

However, women go bald too, or at least it is possible that they can do. Traditionally western women care more about their appearance than their men folk do and so women can take it very badly when or if they start losing their hair. Some women take to wearing a wig and others attempt a hair transplant.

The difficulty is that men and women lose their hair for different reasons and hair transplants favour the causes of men’s baldness rather than women’s.

Typical male baldness is known as ‘male pattern baldness’ and everybody knows men whom it has affected. It means that men lose hair initially at the front, a receding hairline, and then on the top; leaving a band of hair running about three sides of the head. The three lower sides actually have healthy, growing, self-replicating follicles.

It is this hair that is used if a man goes for a hair transplant - healthy hair and it has to do with testosterone, the male hormone, as oestrogen is the female hormone.

Female baldness tends to have an effect on the whole of the head at the same time, which means that there is not a crop of healthy hair follicles from which to transplant hair to other regions of the head. This makes most women unsuitable clients for a hair transplant.

Luckily for women up to about retirement age, baldness merely affects a small percentage of them unless it is through illness or the treatment of an illness. On the other hand, just about 5% of women are decent candidates for a hair transplant. Women who have lost their hair due to using rollers for a long period of time, usually have a couple of patches of good hair left that can be utilized for transplanting.

Other women who have a decent chance of a successful hair transplant are those who have a kind of male pattern baldness and those who have lost hair due to damage surrounding areas of surgery. Those who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy, will often experience a full or near full recovery after the chemo sessions are complete.

The easiest option for older women is to wear a wig. It is not ideal, naturally, but it does restore some confidence to those who could not otherwise go out without hair. Other choices are hats, scarves and turbans, jus like many women wore in the Twenties and Thirties.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on quite a few topics, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you would like to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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Cancer Prevention And Green Tea

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Most people are scared stiff of contracting cancer. That is perfectly understandable - who wants to spend a couple of years experiencing chemotherapy just to die a couple of years later? Or even if you recover it is a couple of years out of your life that have been worrying and gruelling. And not merely for the patient but for friends and family too.

So, some people do everything possible to reduce the risks of developing cancer. Most of us do not think we know how to do this, others are not certain, but they have heard or read something that sounds ‘around about correct’ and others are convinced that they know how to avoid contracting cancer.

My wife is convinced that I might get cancer from eating burnt toast and others are convinced that they can stave off cancer by saturating their flesh with green tea. It has often been pointed out and for decades as well, that countries where green tea is the norm, say the Far East, have a much lower incidence of cancer than we do in the West.

And this is almost certainly true at the moment. But why is it a fact? I live in Asia and diabetes is the number one killer near me. Do Asians not get cancer as much as we do because they drink green tea or for other reasons?

In fact, where I live in Northern Thailand, I have never seen anyone drink tea or coffee or accept a cup off me, except my wife. Villagers here drink water or alcohol, depending on the time of day. Kids love Cola or Sprite or whatever because they watch as well much television, but drink a lot of water.

It is stated that green tea is an anti-oxidant and it is alleged that anti-oxidants help get rid of free radicals which can cause cancer. If this is the case, then the claims for green tea are perhaps more substantial.

However, the claims are so all-embracing that it makes me sceptical. I am reading a report just now that claims that green tea will prevent the growth of cancerous cells in the: “… aesophagus, bladder, on the skin, in the ovaries, the pancreas and the prostate”.

That is a very tall order indeed.

The problem for me with all these claims is that they are not substantiated - there are no references that you can follow that do not lead to businesses selling green tea. This is a difficulty.

Some will say that the government or the pharmaceutical firms are suppressing the knowledge because they want to sell more costly drugs - and this might be a fact - grist to the mill for conspiracy theorists and sellers of Chinese tea.

Now that we seem to be entering into a ‘new era’, a more sceptical and more progressive era (thanks a great deal to the World Wide Web), couldn’t someone do some research on green tea and Acai berries and all the rest of the stuff you read of in your junk emails and put an end once and for all to the false hopes, if that is what they are, that we are being sold every day by unscrupulous advertisers looking for a quick dollar?

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on quite a few subjects, but is now involved with the stages of ovarian cancer. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Signs and Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

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