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- About Me:
- A breast cancer survivor who battled liver disease, I turned to organic foods to heal my liver and fight cancer recurrence. "Organic for Health" is that story.
My husband and I live in Englewood, FL, where we enjoy chasing after our grandsons.
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- http://sandyorganic.wordpress.com
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The Fractured Egg
The Fractured Egg
by Sandy Powers
“The perfect food,” my Mother would say as she scrambled our eggs for breakfast.
“All the elements for life,” she continued as she dished out the servings.
Then she would finish with, “Eat your eggs; they’re good for you.”
And they were—in those days. But something happened on the way to having my own children. Eggs became the “bad food.” Artery clogging cholesterol. Bad for your heart. One egg a week is plenty. I felt so guilty buying eggs when my children we… Continue
by Sandy Powers
“The perfect food,” my Mother would say as she scrambled our eggs for breakfast.
“All the elements for life,” she continued as she dished out the servings.
Then she would finish with, “Eat your eggs; they’re good for you.”
And they were—in those days. But something happened on the way to having my own children. Eggs became the “bad food.” Artery clogging cholesterol. Bad for your heart. One egg a week is plenty. I felt so guilty buying eggs when my children we… Continue
Posted on June 20, 2008 at 3:09pm —
America’s Life Expectancy Lags Behind Other Countries In international rankings, the life expectanc…
America’s Life Expectancy Lags Behind Other Countries
In international rankings, the life expectancy of Americans has been slipping. People in 41 countries are living longer than Americans. Where do these people live? In Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Jordan, Israel, to name only a few. This statistic is surprising since the United States has the most advance health care in the world. The question to ask is: how can this be?
Two indicators are commonly involved in li… Continue
In international rankings, the life expectancy of Americans has been slipping. People in 41 countries are living longer than Americans. Where do these people live? In Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Jordan, Israel, to name only a few. This statistic is surprising since the United States has the most advance health care in the world. The question to ask is: how can this be?
Two indicators are commonly involved in li… Continue
Posted on June 7, 2008 at 2:45pm —
Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage
Dietary Supplements Can Cause Liver Damage
By Sandy Powers
Dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and herbal products can cause liver damage. I learned this the hard way.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer and scheduled for a mastectomy, my pre-opt tests revealed my liver enzymes were higher than normal. Liver enzymes are an indicator of the health of the liver. When the liver is healthy, the liver enzymes reside within the cells of the liver. When the liver is injured or unheal… Continue
By Sandy Powers
Dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and herbal products can cause liver damage. I learned this the hard way.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer and scheduled for a mastectomy, my pre-opt tests revealed my liver enzymes were higher than normal. Liver enzymes are an indicator of the health of the liver. When the liver is healthy, the liver enzymes reside within the cells of the liver. When the liver is injured or unheal… Continue
Posted on June 7, 2008 at 2:32pm —
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Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
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Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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By Sandy Powers
When I was a child, my mother’s instructions in cleaning vegetables were to
discard the outer leaves and wash the rest thoroughly. For vegetables that could
be scraped, such as carrots or potatoes, she said to wash them well before scraping
them. Fruit should be washed before it was cut, peeled, or eaten. My mother
was ahead of her time. Even back then, she worried about the safety of food.
Today, pesticides and fertilizers are more potent than ever. They have to be to
battle the ever-adapting bugs. My daughter’s friend discovered this while she was
working on her doctorate in entomology (insects) at the University of Florida
in Gainesville. She spent long hours in the vegetable fields, especially the celery
fields, monitoring the success of pesticides that were sprayed on the crops to combat
insects. She tried to protect herself from the danger of absorbing pesticides
into her skin by wearing gloves and boots. Since vegetables don’t wear gloves or
boots, the vegetables absorbed dangerous amounts of pesticides.
The health toll of toxic pesticides and fertilizers on people is alarming.
In Washington State, where I once lived, farmers had a high rate of cancer
that researchers believed could be traced to the lethal pesticides and fertilizers
sprayed on the crops. The June 2006 issue of Movement Disorder reported a
study conducted by the Mayo Clinic that revealed pesticide exposure increased
the incidence of Parkinson’s disease in men.
Environmental Health Perspectives reported that American toddlers eating
mostly organic foods have only one-sixth the pesticide residues in their urine of
children eating non-organic foods. Preschool children in Seattle, Washington,
were monitored to assess their exposure to pesticides in the diet. The children
who ate conventionally grown, or non-organic, foods had six times the level
of pesticides in their urine than children who ate organic foods. The eating of
organic food lowered the children’s exposure to toxic pesticides from above the
recognized safety levels to below.
Malignancies in children linked to pesticides include leukemia, non-
Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and cancers of the brain. The risk of cancer for children
is greater than the risk for adults, suggesting that children may be particularly
sensitive to the carcinogenic effects of pesticides. Doctors Philip J. Landrigan
and Herbert L. Needleman, authors of Raising Children Toxic Free, estimate
that 80 to 90 percent of childhood cancer is caused by exposure to carcinogens
in the environment. Safe levels of pesticides are usually established for adults,
not children. A child’s body is smaller, as is the liver, so the body is not as well
equipped to handle toxins in the food or in the environment.
The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that toxic pesticide
ingestion by nursing mothers has resulted in breast-fed infants consuming unacceptable
levels of poisonous substances that can cause childhood cancers. This is
all the more reason for young women of childbearing age to eat organic.
It is never too early to begin cancer prevention for your children. Start with
organic foods. The absence of toxic pesticides and fertilizers in organic food,
along with the additional antioxidants and immune boosters present in organic
food, will enable the child’s immune system to help fight childhood cancers.
The USDA lists green peppers, celery, and green beans as highest in pesticide
absorption for vegetables. Strawberries, peaches, and apples rate the highest
in pesticide absorption for fruits by the USDA. For these foods switch to organic. Your child’s health depends on it.
A breast cancer survivor with liver problems, Sandy Powers turned to organic foods to heal her liver and fight cancer recurrence. She shares her research, her amazing results, and her recipes packed with antioxidants and immune boosters in her book, “Organic for Health.”
http://www.organicforhealthsite.com
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