A study on Curcumin and breast cancer was published in Cancer Research, Vol. 62, July 1, 2002, pp. 3868-75. This study found that use of Curcumin was as effective in preventing spread of breast cancer as Taxol in laboratory mice. In study mice were induced with breast cancer then tumors were removed such as with a mastectomy in humans. Then mice were divided into 4 groups. One was a placebo group, one received Curcumin, one received Taxol, and other Curcumin and Taxol. After 5 weeks study showed that half mice in Curcumin group had cancer spread to lungs. Only 22 percent of those in Curcumin plus Taxol group had seen cancer spread. 75 percent of Taxol only group saw cancer spread. The placebo group saw 95 percent of mice had cancer spread to lungs. These were amazing results.

Human studies are just beginning. But early signs are that simple safe spice may offer a safe way of preventing cancer and may also be a great way of aiding in treatment of Cancer.

It should be noted that a culture study showed that Curcumin reduced effects of several chemo drugs used for treating cancer.

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• You may be asked to have a 'colour day.' Choose a colour and look out for it throughout day. When you see it, be aware of colour rather than form. For example, if it's a red truck, experience shade of red, not truck.

Why not try some of these exercises yourself?

See Clearly Method ==================

The See Clearly Method is another popular series of exercises and training to help with vision correction. Similarly to Bates' method, you are required to do 30 minutes of eye exercises a day to strengthen and enhance flexibility of eye's muscles. This would usually involve making eye change it's focus from near to far for example. One simple way of doing this would be to hold a small object in your hand and slowly move it away from your face, ensuring that your eye follows object and retains focus upon it.

One exercise which is know as "tromboning" has you hold a small object again, starting at arm's length. Then you need to breath in and move object slowly closer to your face, until it touches your nose. You are then required to breath out, looking at object as you again move it away from your face. Hence notion of "Tromboning".

The See Clearly Method also employs a number of techniques which are aimed at accelerating progress or improvement. For example, there is a technique referred to as "blur reading" technique, which asks you to turn a magazine upside-down at a distance where words are not distinct. Then, you are supposed to choose one word and focus your attention around it, to see if you can identify any of letters.

As with Bates' Method, eye exercises suggested in See Clearly Method are certainly worthy of a go to see if they help you at all.