Posted on 04/07/2010 6:26:53 PM PDT by djf
(NaturalNews) Smoking cigarettes and reading Natural News are two very incompatible notions. But Natural News readers are people after all, and thus not totally perfect. Besides, even the most fastidious raw foodist probably knows or even loves someone who occasionally takes a puff. For them, research on a substance that appears to reverse the health harming effects of smoking may have the ring of good news. Inositol, a compound found in many foods, seems to stop the threat of lung cancer from cigarettes dead in its tracks.
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Ceasing the practice of sucking on the exhaust of a leaf litter incinerator helps too.
My dad says it’s also used to cure baldness ... but then, what do I know ...
Its effect on cancer could be as real and true as President Soros’s no-cost, deficit-neutral, tax-reducing health care plan....which most likely will not pay for the drug anyway....
Well there are multiple pathways that a cell can take to become cancerous and I am wondering if there are other cancers it may work against.
Sounds to me like we’re back to the basics talking about what amounts to general nutrition.
You know, the part where we find out that all the things they tell us are bad for us actually have good stuff in them.
The article seems to paint a picture that it cures or helps just about anything. Too bad. I don’t trust holistic cures with such claims.
Not a drug per se.
Like lecithin and sphingomyelin, it’s one of the compounds that keep your cell membranes healthy.
Available without a prescription at any decent health food store.
"Inositol is a naturally occurring nutrient found in various forms, the most common of which is myo-inositol. Inositol is considered part of the B complex group of vitamins, even though it is not officially recognized as a vitamin and no RDA has been set. Like the B vitamins it is water soluble, and as a result is not stored very well in the body. It needs to be continually replaced from the diet, even though approximately 4 grams a day are produced from glucose in the kidneys.
Inositol is found in a variety of foods such as nuts, seeds, oats, rice, beans, corn, chickpeas, liver, pork, veal, whole grains, cantaloupe, most citrus fruits, lecithin granules, and wheat germ. It is available as a supplement in capsule or powdered form. Jarrow Formulas makes a powdered form that is readily available from online health retailers. There are others. Inositol powder has a delicious sweet, creamy taste and is a fabulous addition to smoothies.
Two famous researchers discovered inositol prevents cancer
Dr. Lee Wattenberg, known as the Father of Chemoprevention, searched for several decades starting in the 1970`s to find naturally occurring compounds that could theoretically prevent cancer and then applied scientific methodologies to research his discoveries. After testing several molecules, he found inositol to have great potential. Using various study models he was able to demonstrate that inositol could prevent lung cancer. It had previously been documented that a poor diet increased the chances for cancer to occur, but Dr. Wattenberg was among the first to show that a common nutrient could actually prevent cancer, a truly empowering discovery."
There was a report from Mt. Sini hospital saying that fruits and veggies do not necessarily prevent cancer ... can’t remember the exact phrasing but basically it’s not a cancer prevention diet as first thought ....
From the article:
"Inositol is a critical nutrient for hair growth. It helps prevent hardening of the arteries and is important in the formation of lecithin and the metabolism of fat and cholesterol. It helps remove fats from the liver. Inositol has a calming effect on the brain and has been used successfully at high doses as a treatment for psychiatric disorders such as depression, bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, and panic. Inositol is also used for insomnia, retinopathy, and bulimia nervosa and binge eating. It is beneficial for diabetic neuropathy, brain seizures, and for normalizing cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Symptoms of deficiency are arteriosclerosis, constipation, hair loss, high blood cholesterol, irritability, mood swings, and skin eruptions. The consumption of large amounts of caffeine usually results in inositol deficiency. As coffee consumption was often accompanied by cigarette smoking, this shortage of inositol may have been a critical factor in the cases of smoking induced lung cancer so prevalent during the time when smoking was in style."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIN8MmMloZE
“SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE! (THAT CIGARETTE)”
We’re all born with terminal condition—LIFE! If smoking tobacco brings one pleasure, then by all means, do so, if you so choose. Many live to advanced age who smoke...many die young who do not. It’s all relative.
Actually contained in lecithin.
I use the soy based lecithin (powdered) from NOW.
Says:
Contains 2.3 g (2300 mg) Phosphatidylcholine and 1.4 g (1400 mg) Phosphatidylinsitol per serving.
Maybe Michele Ma Belle can plant some in her garden.
Like I said above lung cancer is the number one cancer killer worldwide AMONGST NON SMOKERS AS WELL!
God,I actually remember that song.
The antidote for Enditol?
My mother in law died of lung cancer...never smoked or drank in her life. Ate totally organic. Same with her mother.
Life is a terminal, sexually transmitted condition.
I forgot to add..they both used alot of plastic...
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