Juice SensibilityWritten by Gabriel Foster
Apart from eating many of wonderful vegetables and fruits that inhabit our planet, drinking them is equally nourishing and satisfying. Juicing vegetables and fruits can also create a dynamic taste treat, causing your taste buds to dance with undiscovered delight. If you're new to juicing, I recommend only juicing vegetables and fruits that you enjoy eating. As time goes on, you can try out other foods as well as increased amounts of those foods.Concentrated Nutrients As a dedicated vegetarian, you are well aware of benefits of eating fruits and vegetables daily. What you may not have known, is that by actually juicing these delicious foods, you are consuming maximum concentrated benefits of their nutrients. How? Simple, when you cook food, you loose up to 97% of their nutrients. That's quite a loss huh? There are certain precautions and methods towards picking, storing and cooking food, that will minimize loss of nutrients, but that's another article. Suffice to say, juicing your foods will retain almost a 100% if not all depending on certain circumstances. When you juice, you take raw vegetables and fruits to do job. Because juicing produces no heat or any other method that causes nutritional loss, you consume high levels of nutrients. Vital Nutrients There are some nutrients like certain antioxidants that do an outstanding job fighting lung cancer, stroke and heart disease. By cooking away anywhere from 74% to 97% of these nutrients, you are actually doing yourself a disservice and a potentially lethal one at that. There are other numerous nutrients that also fight disease on our behalf. To consume entire village, start juicing and drinking them on a regular basis. Nutrients like beta carotene and other carotenoids do great things such as boosting your immunity system.
| | Asbestos Killed My HusbandWritten by Lorraine Kember
ASBESTOS KILLED MY HUSBAND By LORRAINE KEMBER He was only a child when it begun -and he played as children do- in his yard with his toy cars and tip trucks But his sand was asbestos blue… In December 1999, my husband and I were walking home from a game of lawn bowls when I became aware of his shortness of breath. I was surprised and concerned when he told me that he had experienced this on several occasions. Believing this to be due to chest a infection, I made a doctor’s appointment for him next day. Chest X-rays revealed fluid on lungs, over two litres of which was drained, giving Brian immediate relief, but it was a tense wait for pathology results. Through Internet I had become aware of several conditions which may have been responsible for fluid on lung; these included asbestos- related diseases. Brian had lived in Wittenoom as a child and I was afraid of his diagnosis. Not wanting to worry him unnecessarily, I did not mention my fears to him. I prayed that he had pleurisy or pneumonia but pathology results revealed that there were cancer cells present. When Brian finally received his diagnosis, my worst nightmare became reality. He had pleural mesothelioma, a terminal cancer of lung caused by inhalation of asbestos dust. We found it inconceivable that disease was result of Brian inhaling asbestos dust as a child and that it had lain dormant for forty-five years before become lethal. We were still reeling from shock when, without preamble, young doctor gave his prognosis. His exact words were, “Three to nine months, I reckon”. That he could say this so unfeelingly amazed me. His total lack of compassion did not encourage even small comfort of tears. I felt as if Brian and I had been shot and from that moment on we were waiting to drop. Undoubtedly, were mortally wounded. We suffered shock, disbelief, anger, helplessness and utter despair; in fact all symptoms of grief one feels when a loved one has actually died. Once again we found ourselves with no control over our lives. This time however, there was no light at end of tunnel. Our journey through terminal illness had begun.
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