The Best Answer to any Imbalance in the Body or Mind

The Answer to Cancer: is Never Giving it a Chance to Start is written in a lighthearted and comfortably way. Simple recommendations from Ayurveda, translated as the science of life or life span, are made to increase immunity in the body by igniting the fires of digestion at breakfast time, enhancing digestion and elimination, balancing and adjusting the diet, adding strategies to detoxify the body, and re-enlivening a youthful enthusiasm and joy for life. The authors continue with discussing ideas to improve and enhance sleep, to rejuvenate the body and mind through Yoga (yoga postures are sketched along with instructions on how to perform them) and to walk daily. They progress onto state of the art herbal combinations and behavioral recommendations to improve the value of one's interactions with people throughout the day. Finally, they continue with recommending a highly researched meditation program for developing greater mental and physical potential and at the end of the book they discuss the inspiring origins of Ayurveda.

After implementing the recommendations which are supported by scientific research, I began understanding that the significance of the book is found in using the recommendation not just reading about them. It is an operation's manual for refining the body and mind; after practicing the ideas I felt increased energy, creativity, improved memory, clarity of thinking, increased happiness and better health.

The title of the book The Answer to Cancer could have been The Answer to Anything. Improved immunity, balance, and happiness will take care of most threats of disease and problems in life.

The eminent authors are all experienced practitioners of Ayurveda.

Hari Sharma, MD was director of the Cancer Prevention and Natural Products Research, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He has co-authored 3 books on Ayurveda and has lectured worldwide on his research and Ayurveda. He is now retired, a Professor Emeritus, and practicing medicine.

Dr. Rama Kant Mishra is an Ayurvedic physician. He is a Graduate of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (GAMS), from SYNA Ayurvedic College, Bhagulpur. He has been in private practice since 1974.

Jim Meade, Ph.D., English Literature assembled the ideas from the other two authors. He has written 23 books to date and wrote some of them in the funny and famous Dummies series.

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Surely not the best book for cancer preventation

Good points about the book: easy to read, simple to follow, new perspective (Ayurvedic view of health and disease) but there are a few points worthy to take note of:
1. The writers stress that food have to be cook for better digestion (i agree), but they do not say that uncook food is very important for health and cancer preventation too. Any cook food will be lacking of enzymes which are very important for cancer preventation. Jucing is a way out for people with weak digestion. i recommend reading a book written by Max Gerson: Cancer Therapy.
2. They recommend Tumeric milk. Tumeric is good to prevent cancer, i agreed; but dairy products like milk may not, instead it may indirectly be a contributing factor towards losing our health.
3. Lastly, contradicting philosophy. First they tell us that a clean body (clean cell;pg 117-8) will prevent cancer, but later they seem to agree that chemo therapy as a good therapy for cancer treatment (pg151-5; 170)which itself will "dirty" our health greatly, increasing our chances of getting cancer.

just my humble reflections.

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Be your own medic and get your body to fight cancer

I was so delighted when I read 'The Answer to cancer ...' I wrote to my local newspaper - and they printed it !! I am already practicing many of the techniques - which is why I know what the authors are saying is right. Here's a copy of the article:-

The Star [Sheffield Newspaper] Tuesday, April 22, 2003.

Letters page

Be your own medic and get your body to fight cancer [editorial heading]

I have noticed many articles on many diseases, and remarks on
complementary
health care - being expensive. A new book has been purchased by
Sheffield Central Library - 'The Answer to Cancer Is never Giving It a Chance to
Start - very simple ways to avert a very big calamity and not getting sick
from chemo'. Although the title refers to cancer - a huge killer
disease -
it describes a range of simple techniques for preventing, alleviating and often curing a broad range of modern
illnesses. Things we can do from home simply, safely and cheaply. A First Aid book for 21st Century, complete with references for Health Professionals, it tells:
* Which Indian spice protects your DNA (where cancer starts)
* How cancer cells crave sugar, and how to block sugar cravings
* How to get your body to manufacture Interleukin-2 (a prescription anti-cancer drug)
* Why natural killer cells are good, and how to keep them flowing
* What food supplement can fight bad toxins without blocking
chemotherapy's 'good toxins'
* Simple steps to fight colds, the flu, insomnia and more.

The most expensive investment would be learning to transcend as part of our daily routine. p149 'Transcending is a killer cancer fighter. It makes all other cancer fighting techniques work better - not just a little bit better, but way, way better.'

However the first step is just to read the book - and
see what healthy changes we can make first. Enormous improvements in our lives can happen through the simplest changes. Time to start becoming our own pharmacist and strengthening our immune systems ?

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