NATURAL HEALER

How Dr Wu rid himself of cancer with a vegetarian diet
By: ANJIRA ASSAVANONDA


At the age of 30, Chinese doctor Tom Wu was diagnosed with advanced stages of lung cancer, and was told he had only a few months to live.

However, Dr Wu, who recently spoke with Mylife, has already reached 70 years old, and to our surprise, he still looks like a young and healthy
man in his 50s.

Not only has he survived, but the doctor has maintained a healthy life. The cancer is all gone, and he said he's never caught a cold or other
illness for 40 years. He has stopped going for blood tests.

"My body and feelings tell me I'm well, that I'm truly in good health," says Dr Wu.

His secret lies in the power of natural healing. Dr Wu always says that no wonder drug can cure diseases. But our own internal healing power,
our immune system, can. And what can strengthen our immune system are simple foods from Mother Nature, and a healthy lifestyle.
In his view, diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease can be overcome by changing the diet.

Dr Wu says people get sick because they eat the wrong foods. Fried food, for example, causes blockage in the arteries, bad circulation,
cholesterol, and heart disease.

"Instead of taking a cholesterol lowering drug, I would urge them to stop eating greasy food. My suggestion is to eat clean food, which is
high in phytochemicals," he says.

Phytochemicals are natural cleansing agents that will help rid plaque from your arteries. They come from natural foods such as vegetables,
fruits with their seeds, and common garden herbs. Phytochemicals will nourish the body's cells so they can fight against any foreign substances that invade your body.

Dr Wu's outstanding contributions to the development of natural medicine earned him the "World Famous Doctor Award" from the UN in 2001,
and the "Best Wellness Doctor of the World" award from India's World Wellness Open University in March.

The secrets of how he won the fight against lung cancer and maintains a healthy body are revealed in his first book, Dr Wu's Principle of
Natural Cures, which has recently been translated from its original Chinese version into a Thai edition, Thammachart Chuay Chewit, published by Nanmeebooks Publications.
It was launched in Thailand in March.

Dr Wu says what's written in the book is unique and easy to understand because "the author is both the doctor and the patient himself".
All the ideas and guidelines suggested in the book come from his own experience as well as what he has learned from his patients.

Dr Wu turns to natural medicine.

Dr Wu had first studied Western medicine in France, and then furthered his education in alternative therapy, earning a doctorate degree.

The turning point arrived when he was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 30. Modern medicine gave him no hope; it was too late
to remove the damaged parts of the lung. The cancer had already spread to other organs, and the doctor told him he had only a few months left.

In his despair, Dr Wu picked up the Bible and prayed to God. Then the Bible fell to the floor, and he read the page it opened to carefully.
The chapter talked about the days God created the Earth and everything needed for human beings. Then he created Adam and Eve,
and told both of them that plants, vegetables and seeded fruits growing on Earth have been provided for them to eat.

"I thought about what I had eaten in the past - meat, fish, fried and grilled food, sweet cake, but God simply wanted us to eat vegetables and
sour fruits. I was confused and doubted whether I would become weak if I ate too many vegetables and less meat," says Dr Wu.

Yet he decided to follow the Bible's guidance. He ate a lot of vegetables and fruits, drank clean water, and completely adjusted his
lifestyle - his sleeping, breathing and exercise habits.

Nine months later, he went for a check-up, and surprisingly no cancer cells were detected.

He advised people in his family and in the neighbourhood about his discovery, and studied natural medicine until he received a doctorate
degree in naturopathy and nutrition from the US.

Dr Wu has been a frequent speaker at worldwide forums, spreading his knowledge on natural cures and the use of organic food.
He advises people to use the most simple foods in the most natural way in order to fight illnesses and maintain good health.


Dr Wu's secrets to good health
Published: 7/05/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Mylife


The human body has the power to heal itself. The immune system has a self-defence mechanism to block and destroy bacteria or viruses that
invade our bodies, while the self-healing mechanism will get us back on the road to recovery. When you have a cold and take medicine, the medication may kill the virus but your immune system will not fully function, and its efficiency will decrease. As a result, your body will be more vulnerable to germs.

Dr Wu's principle is to strengthen the immune system, and avoid medication as much as possible. In his book, he offers the following guidelines to good health:

1. Have at least three bowel movements a day. (if we went 3x a day, we'd think something is wrong, huh?)

Other health experts may advise one bowel movement a day, but Dr Wu says that's not enough. You need three to four bowel movements a day in order to excrete all the accumulated faeces from your intestine. Your liver will not be overburdened and it also helps reduce cholesterol in your body.

2. Drink at least three glasses of fruit or vegetable smoothies each day.

This is a way to ingest enough phytochemicals to strengthen the body's cells and immune system.
Use not only the flesh, but also the skin and seeds of fruits and vegetables to make smoothies, as they are rich in phytochemicals.

Most of the fruit seeds have small amounts of cyanide which kill bacteria and viruses without damaging the body.

Actually the recommended smoothie diet is six glasses a day, two in the morning, one before lunch, two more in the afternoon, and one more
before dinner.

However, if that's too much, you may start with three glasses a day. Use a high powered blender (at least three horsepower) as it can release
phytochemicals from the fibre. It's best to choose sour fruits like green or red apples, grapes, pineapples, kiwi and lime.

3. Sunbathe 30 minutes daily. (and save on UV sunblock and end up like obama)

We often hear that the Sun's UV rays will damage our skin, and many people apply sunblock before going out.

But Dr Wu says the opposite. He says the UV rays will help convert cholesterol underneath the skin into vitamin A which helps moisten the
skin and prevent skin cancer, and also vitamin D that helps prevent colds, osteoporosis, and certain kinds of cancer.

"Therefore, use the Sun. Expose yourself to sunlight about one-half hour a day, at noon or another appropriate time based on your local climate.
The Sun will make you healthier," says Dr Wu.

4. Exercise 30 minutes a day. (not > 30mins - like that!)

Don't exercise for more than 30 minutes. If you go beyond that, your body will be overworked.

"If you do it more than half an hour, that will become labour, not exercise. Your heart and your body will be working too hard," he says.

5. Shower with hot, then cold water.

Try an alternating cold and hot water shower: Three minutes of hot water followed by 30 seconds of cold water, then repeat twice more.

This process will bring a rush of blood and energy to your body. It helps increase your immune system, blood circulation, and metabolism.

6. Drink a lot of water, in the correct way. (must sip slowly....)

How much water you need to drink each day depends on your specific situation. If your office is air-conditioned, drinking six glasses of
water a day is enough. If your work involves lots of walking, you have to drink 8-10 glasses a day. If you work under the hot sun, then 10-12 glasses of water are required.

The way you drink is also important. The correct way is to sip it little by little, to give your body cells time to absorb the water.
If you drink the whole glass down at once, your cells can't absorb it all, and the water will be excreted as urine.

7. Eat according to your blood type.

Your blood type determines what you should eat. Eating the wrong foods will make you sick.

People with blood type O have to eat a certain amount of meat. If they eat only vegetables for a long time, their body won't absorb all the
substances they need to strengthen their immune system. The recommended diet for this group is 75% vegetables, 10% fruits, 10% meat, seafood and goat's milk (avoid cow's milk), and 5% grains.

People with blood type A, however should avoid milk and meat, while increasing grains and fruits.

People with blood type B should also avoid meat, while those with blood type AB should avoid chicken and beef.

8. Eat according to your biological clock.

Every human being has a biological clock that tells us when to eat, sleep, and wake up. If you don't follow your biological clock, the organs will lose their balance.
Toxins and wastes won't be excreted from your body, and soon you'll get sick.

According to Dr Wu, the biological clock is divided into three phases.

From 4am to noon is the time for bowel movements, so in the morning you should eat foods with lots of fibre. Fruit and vegetable smoothies are
recommended.

From noon to 8pm, your body will absorb food so lunch is the most important meal. A vegetable salad with grains is recommended.

Fish or boiled eggs can be added to your lunch. Avoid meat at dinner as the amino acids in the meat will disturb your sleep. Try to finish
dinner by 6pm.

From 8pm to 4am, the nutrients and energy from food will be distributed throughout your body organs. The golden time for your sleep is between 10pm and 2am, as your immune and self-healing system will function at its best.

Night Shift Health Effects

If you work during the night, or in the graveyard shift, as it is commonly known, there are certain health effects that you might have to deal with. Working in shifts can jeopardize your body and brain, both. Read on to find out the night shift health effects.

Night Shift Health Effects

It becomes quite impossible to have a sound sleep during the daytime. Not only because a human brain is programmed to rest and sleep during the night, but also because of the noise, which is perhaps the biggest disturbing factor. People who sleep during the day have to deal with noisy neighbors, children, traffic, etc.

The brain generally requires atleast 8 hours of sleep to feel nourished and rested. But because of the busy environment during the daytime, it is not always possible to sleep 8 hours everyday. As a result, your body will be tired and you will feel fatigued the whole time.

The sleep/wake cycle of the body is disturbed because of working in shifts. When you are awake during the night and asleep during the day, your body does not receive the proper, positive biological cues because of the amount of light that is present in the environment during the daytime. These signs are very important to regulate the circadian rhythms that control the sleep/wake cycle of the body and brain. Inturn, this will pose difficulty in sleeping.

Working in shifts can have an effect similar to jet lag. The body, on an average, needs one hour per day to adjust to the changes in the sleeping habit but working in shifts disrupts this. Hence the person who works in night shifts finds it quite impossible to sleep properly.

Working the whole night can also cause heart attacks. People who work during the night and sleep during the day are more susceptible to heart diseases and even heart attacks, mainly, because of their work pattern. This is because of lack of proper sleep, stressing your body during the night, chronic stress, etc.

Not only heart attack, an irregular heart beat is a good indicator of the condition of your heart and your body as well. Irregular heart beat can occur when you work during the night and try and sleep during the day. It is also a good indicator of how your body is taking this whole change in the sleep cycle. An irregular heart beat can cause several other diseases in the body as well.

Another very important problem that night shift workers face is they are not able to relax from the work environment, after their shift is over. This might not seem to be an important thing, but it sure is. People who work during the day time mostly have 3-4 hours before they go to bed. But night shift workers generally come home and get right into the bed with all the stress and tension of work with them. It is very important to relax and distance yourself from the stress of the work before you go to bed. One can listen to music, eat something healthy or watch some kind of TV show to relax.

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I am personally working two weeks routine night shift work since September 2007, it's one year and 3 months until to date. I feel the health effect of working night shift and rotating shift patterns, I started to have food supplements to "maintain" my health.

The main supplement is Milk Thistle which help detoxified my body and improves my liver functions.

I hope I could one day start not working night shift, and see the day lights, everyday, always...

Cheers.

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平时可以吃奶蓟胶囊作为日常保健,保肝护肝.

保肝极品—奶蓟(Milk Thistle)，本品含奶蓟草提炼浓缩剂，可清肝解毒，保护肝脏不受肝炎病毒的侵犯，减少肝硬化，脂肪肝，黄胆，湿疹，以至心血管疾病等等。

奶蓟浓缩胶囊的功能特点:

1. 对肝细胞形成一层保护膜，阻当毒性物质，特别是酒精及环境污染物(农药、重金属等)入侵损害肝脏。对於一些急性肝中毒的病症， 保肝素能有一定的解毒功效。

2. 具有强力的抗氧化功能，能保护肝细胞免受自由基破坏，效力远胜於维生素E。

3. 奶蓟浓缩促进蛋白质的合成， 加快再生新的肝细胞，或令已受损的肝细胞自行修复。

4. 服用奶蓟浓缩胶囊可预防：肝硬化、脂肪肝、急慢性肝炎、肝中毒、胆囊炎、胆囊周围炎、胆石、 牛皮癣、酒精性脂肪肝等。

所以说,你不应该熬夜.如果是熬夜上班的话,应该和单位商量给予照顾.并且注意休息,保证营养充足.

有助減患癌風險，建議禁用保麗龍容器

檳城消費人協會主席莫哈末依里斯促請政府禁止人們使用聚苯乙烯（保麗龍）食物容器，因為研究證明聚苯乙烯會滲出致癌物質苯乙烯。

他於今日（週三，9月24日）召開新聞發佈會說，小販普遍使用聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料容器，盛滾熱及油膩的食物，經常是直接把食物放進這類容器，以致增加致癌物質進入食物的機會。

“餐館和飲食中心也使用聚苯乙烯制的杯、碗、碟、叉和湯匙。聚苯乙烯通常被稱為6號塑料，為國內第3大常用塑料，全世界每年使用數以百萬噸計。”

苯乙烯歸類為2B級致癌物

他說，世界衛生組織屬下的國際癌症研究機構，把苯乙烯歸類為2B級致癌物，為可能使人患癌症的物質。

“苯乙烯也是一種誘發突變的物質，誘變劑為可能引發癌症的風險因素，同時可能損害生殖能力。”

他說，生產聚苯乙烯要用苯。苯是人類的致癌物質，已證實與白血病（血癌）有關。據英國對包裝食品的聚苯乙烯塑料的研究，發現其苯含量可高達百萬分之八十。

“研究證明，接觸少量苯乙烯，可能造成紅血球的數量偏低。婦女在工作場所接觸了低濃度的苯蒸汽，會患上各種經期紊亂的疾病。”

他說，把苯乙烯從人們的飲食習慣中剔除，將有助於減少人們患癌的風險。

為此，檳消協勸請消費人在向小販購買食物時，攜帶安全的食品容器，拒絕苯乙烯的致癌物質。

甚麼是聚苯乙烯？

聚苯乙烯比紙做的代替品便宜，因此成為食品製造商、食品包裝服務業者、學校、醫院和其他機構的選擇。

聚苯乙烯包裝有2類，即泡沫塑料和結實塑料。泡沫聚苯乙烯用來製造打包食物的泡沫塑料盒和用後即丟的杯、碗和碟等。

結實的聚苯乙烯則用來做食品盒（蓋子分開的）、餐具，和酸奶及乾酪的容器。

聚苯乙烯製品，有時可從食品容器底部的6號或PS代號辨認。這號碼或字母圍在連環的箭號之內。

聚苯乙烯包裝通常含有一些殘餘的苯乙烯，有可能進入食物中，或因受熱、曝曬及磨損而碎裂，以致化學物質成份滲入食物之中，最終會進入人體，影響健康。

Source: 星洲日報‧2008.09.24