The Choice
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Fluoride and sodium lauryl sulphate in toothpaste
Sodium lauryl sulphate and sodium laureth sulphate in shampoos
Aluminium in antiperspirants
Propylene glycol in skin and hair-care products
AND FINALLY …
Three Essential Cancer-Fighting Tips
I have read so many health books that I know how easy it is to miss out on the small truths, which often turn out to be the most vital information the book holds. So I have decided to keep until last these three essential tools for fighting cancer.
Each one of us has cancers growing inside us from time to time. What stops them growing and getting out of hand is a healthy immune system, so it is imperative that we keep ours in healthy working order.
1. Drink
We cannot survive without water. Drink as much as you can: two to three litres a day is crucial for cellular hydration. Flush out the toxins and give your body this pure life-giving elixir. And make sure it’s clean.
2. Sugar
Cancer feeds on all forms of sugar. Refined sugar has been connected to a host of diseases: diabetes, cancer, arthritis, heart disease, Crohn’s disease and obesity. I know it’s hard to take, but we must find cancer’s Achilles heel. Like the rest of us, cancer loves this sweet poison.
3. Exercise
Cancer hates oxygen. In 1931 a chemist named Otto Warburg discovered that a lack of oxygen causes cancer. He was given the Nobel Prize for this discovery. His conclusion was that oxygenating the cancer cell was the best way to fight cancer as well as viruses, bacteria and fungal infections. It follows that exercise, which oxygenates the body, will help ward off disease. So get moving.
Well, there you have it: in a nutshell, the foundations of the health plan that changed my life. Fresh juice, clean water, a few key foods and safe personal-care products. I have sifted through a lot of information in order to try to make this section of the book as short and to the point as possible, and I truly hope that it will inspire you to make these simple changes in your own life.
I wish you good health.
Resources
Recommended Products, Companies and Organizations
Green Star Masticating Juicers and Water Distillers
Naturalife Health Ltd
Rathnew
Ireland Tel: 0404 62444
info@naturalife.ie
www.naturalife.ie
Savant Distribution Ltd
Quarry House
Clayton Wood Close
Leeds
LS16 6QE
UK
Tel: 08450 60 60 70
info@savant-health.com
www.savant-health.com
Reverse Osmosis Systems
Reverse Osmosis Ltd
Dundalk
Co Louth
Tel: 087 2473173
business@reverseosmosis.ie
www.reverseosmosis.ie
Udo’s Choice Oil Blend, Udo’s Digestive Enzymes Super 8 & 5, plus Speciality Supplements and organic seeds for sprouting
Naturalife Health Ltd
Rathnew
Ireland
Tel: 0404 62444
info@naturalife.ie
www.naturalife.ie
Savant Distribution Ltd
Quarry House
Clayton Wood Close
Leeds LS16 6QE
UK
Tel: 08450 60 60 70
info@savant-health.com
www.savant-health.com
Flora Inc. (distributors of Udo’s products)
PO Box 73
805E Badger Road
Lynden
Washington
USA 98264
Tel: 18004462110
www.floralhealth.com
Safe Personal-Care Products
Available from good health-food stores, plus:
Forever Natural UK
The Old Barrel Store
Brewery Courtyard
Drayman’s Lane
Marlow, Bucks
SL7 2FF. UK
Tel: 01628 891700
Fax: 01628 891701
The Natural Medicine Company
Burgage
Blessington
Co Wicklow
Ireland
Tel: 045 865575
Neways International
Tel: 042 9377328
philip@renewell.com
Neways United Kingdom
Tel: 01480 861764
info@neways.co.uk
www.neways.co.uk
Organic Food Delivery Services
An Talamh
Tel: 0596 473460
marylstap@eircom.net
Organic Delights
Tel: 087 2485826
organicdenishealy@hotmail.com
Healing Centre
Hippocrates Health Institute
1443 Palmdale Court
West Palm Beach
Florida 33411
USA
Tel: 561 471 8876
www.hippocrates.inst.com
Useful Websites
www.voice.buz.org
www.irishlivingfood.com
www.cancerdecisions.com
To contact Bernadette Bohan:
b@changesimply.com
www.changesimply.com
Recommended Reading
General
Brian Clements, Living Foods for Optimum Health, Prima Health, 1998
Phillip Day, Cancer: why we’re still dying to know the truth, Credence Publications, 1999
Phillip Day, Food for Thought, Credence Publications, 2001
Siegfried Gursche, Encyclopaedia of Natural Healing, Alive Books, 1997
Jane Plant, Your Life in Your Hands, Virgin Books, 2000
Steven Ransom, Great News on Cancer in the 21st Century, Credence Publications, 2002
Andrew Weil, Spontaneous Healing, Little, Brown, 1995
Chris Woollams, Everything You Need to Know to Help You Beat Cancer, Health Issues Ltd, 2002
Juicing
Siegfried Gursche, Juicing – for the health of it, Alive Books, 2000
Jason Vale, The Juice Master’s Ultimate Fast Food, ThorsonsElement, 2003
Caroline Wheater, Juicing for Health, Thorsons, 2001
Water
Tonita d’Raye, What’s the Big Deal About Water? The Ten Minute Read Company, 1995
Lono Kahuna Kupua A’O, Don’t Drink the Water, Kali Press, 1996
Foods
Udo Erasmus, Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill, Alive Books, 1993
Lynne Melcombe, Health Hazards of White Sugar, Alive Books, 2000
Kathleen O’Bannon, Sprouts, Alive Books, 2000
Safe Personal Care
Dr Stephen & Gina Antczak, Cosmetics Unmasked, Thorsons, 2001
David Steinman & Samuel S. Epstein, The Shoppers’ Bible, Wiley Publishing Inc., 1995
P.M. Taubert, Silent Killers – more than you paid for, CompSafe Consultancy, 2001
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About the Author
Bernadette Bohan is an ordinary mother who learned the value of health the hard way. This mother of three is now a bestselling author and a spokeswoman for common-sense approaches to health and cancer. She is passionate in her mission to pass on her knowledge.
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The Survivor’s Mindset
Dedication and Acknowledgments
To Ger, who is the love of my life
To Richard, Sarah and Julie, who are the meaning of my life
To my little Mammy, whose passing away has left a hole in my life
I would like to offer heartfelt thanks to the following people:
Jane Ross-Macdonald for her empathy and dedication, which made this book possible.
Wanda Whiteley and Moira Reilly of HarperCollins for their expertise and hard work.
Darragh Hammond for his help and advice from the beginning.
The women – too many to mention by name – who gave unselfishly of their friendship and time when I needed them most.
BERNADETTE BOHAN
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