An invitro study published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research concluded that “caffeine derivatives in mate tea not only induced death in human colon cancer cells, they also reduced important markers of inflammation.” Inflammation can trigger the progression of cancer. In the study, researchers isolated, purified, and then treated human colon cancer cells with caffeoylquinic acid (CQA) from mate tea and as they increased the CQA concentration cancer cells died as a result of apoptosis. In other words, “cancer cells self-destruct because its DNA has been damaged.” The researchers identified the mechanism that led to cell death and have completed a follow up study in which they compare the development of colon cancer in rats that drank mate tea as their only source of water with a control group that drank only water. These results will be published soon.
The researcher concluded “We believe there’s ample evidence to support drinking mate tea for its bioactive benefits especially if you have reason to be concerned about colon cancer. Mate tea bags are available in health food stores and are increasingly available in large supermarkets.”

A new study published in the journal Carcinogenesis concluded that in both cell line and mouse model studies, grape seed extract killed head and neck squamous carcinoma cells without harming healthy cells. Although heard of less often than breast, prostate and lung cancer, this cancer will kill nearly 12,000 people this year in the United States and over half-a-million people worldwide. The researcher says “cancer cells are fast growing. Not only that =, but they are necessarily fast growing. When conditions exist in which they can’t grow they die.” Grape seed extract produces the condition that are unfavorable to their growth. The research showed that grape seed extract damages the DNA of cancer cells and also stops the pathways that allow repair. And at the same time there was no toxicity to the mice. The researcher said that cancer cells have a lot of defective pathways and are vulnerable if you target them. However, this is not true of healthy cells. The researchers plan further research using clinical trials.

Guests next Saturday include Kelly Sullivan Walden and Robert Waggoner.
Doctor Dream, Kelly Sullivan Walden, is a certified clinical hypnotherapist and the author of five books including the Amazon.com #1 bestselling dream interpretation book, I Had the Strangest Dream: the Dreamer’s Dictionary for the 21st Century, as well as Discover Your Inner Goddess Queen: an Inspirational Journey from Drama Queen to Goddess Queen. Kelly is the host of “The D-Spot” weekly web-radio show on the Awakening Zone where she explores the nexus of Dreams, Desires, and Destiny. A popular media guest, Kelly has been featured in over 300 media outlets. You can see her regularly on FOX, NBC, CBS, and ABC news and in a variety of publications such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Bride, Seventeen, Woman’s World, and US Weekly. You can see her blog at: http://edgemagazine.net/author/kelly-sullivan-walden/

Recent Past President of the L.A. chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, Kelly has served as a United Nations NGO representative, which inspired her to create The Dream Project– an educational program that empowers young people (grades K–12) to access their dreaming minds to discover solutions to support the UN Millennium Development Goals (goals to combat hunger, disease, poverty, illiteracy and gender inequality). One of her greatest honors was speaking, by invitation, at the UN about her groundbreaking work.

Kelly is passionate about the soul and the alchemical realm of dream work. She is a lover of life and languages and considers dreams to be the most important language in which to become fluent. Kelly teaches dreamwork in a unique weave of depth, playfulness, humor, and spirituality to catalyze people to awaken to their magnificence so that they can awaken to the life of their dreams. To receive a free transformational dream gift ($50 value), go to: http;//www.Doctor-Dream.com.

Robert Waggoner is author of the acclaimed book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, and past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) Robert has been interviewed by CNN and ABC News about the practice of lucid dreaming. For the past ten years, he has been the co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dream Exchange, the only publication devoted specifically to lucid dreaming. Since 1975, he has logged more than 1,000 lucid dreams. More information is available at: http://www.lucidadvice.com/

A new study published in an advanced online edition of Tobacco Control concluded that nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) such as nicotine patches and nicotine gum used to assist with smoking cessation do not seem to be effective long-term even when used in combination with counseling.
In the prospective study researchers followed 787 adult smokers who had recently stopped smoking. Surveyed over three time periods, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, and 2005-2006, subjects were asked whether or not they used nicotine replacement therapy in the form of a patch, gum, inhaler, or spray to help them quit, and if so, how long they had used the product. Subjects were also asked if they had joined a quit-smoking program, or received help from professions such as a physician or counselor.
Results showed that for each time period studied, almost 1/3 of the recent quitters had reported a relapse. There was no difference in the relapse rate of those using NRT for more than 6 weeks with or without professional counseling and no difference in successful quitting using NRT for heavy or light smokers. The researchers xoncluded “This study shows that using NTR is no more effective in helping people stop smoking cigarettes in the long-term than trying to quit on one’s own. “

Research published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology questioned whether or not chlorophyll could prevent cancer and concluded yes and no. They found that when tested against modest carcinogen exposure levels most often found in the environment, chlorophyll from green vegetables offered protection. However, in very high carcinogen exposure levels it actually increased the numbers of tumors.
In the study, 12,360 rainbow trout were used as lab models instead of mice. In one part, the trout were exposed to fairly moderate levels of a known carcinogen but also given chlorophyll that reduced their number of liver tumors by 29-64 percent and stomach tumors by 24 to 45 percent. However, in another part of the study using much higher and unrealistic dosages of the same carcinogen the use of chlorophyll caused a significant increase in the numbers of tumors. Thus, at the lower carcinogen doses and cancer rates relevant to humans, chlorophyll was very protective. However, the outcome of chlorophyll protection in major target organs is dependent upon carcinogen doses. The researchers concluded that the “results derived at high carcinogen doses and high tumor responses may be irrelevant for human intervention>”

My guest yesterday on the Holistic Health Show was Roar Sheppard who discusses his new book The Universe Speaks: The Love and Pain of 2012-2025. More information was presented earlier on this blog and can be found on Http://www.roarsheppard.com

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Recent research published in the journal Urology concluded that noise-cancelling headphones playing classical music may reduce the anxiety and pain of a prostate biopsy that is often used to diagnose prostate cancer.
Eighty eight men were randomly assigned in the study to one of three groups. One group had no headphones, a second had noise-cancelling headphones without music, and the third had the headphones and listened to Bach concertos. Blood pressure was taken on all before and after a trans-rectal biopsy, an intrusive procedure. Among study participants, the diastolic blood pressure remained elevated after the procedure compared to before for both groups with no musical intervention. However, the men who wore the headphones and listened to Bach had no increase in blood pressure and reported less pain as measured on a questionnaire. Anxiety often causes a rise in diastolic blood pressure. This procedure is simple and easy to apply for those needing a prostate biopsy.

In a new study published in the online edition of Nature researchers conclude that it may be possible to block the formation of secondary cancers in the body. These cancers that have metastasized are often the main cause of complications and death. Instead of focusing on the primary cancer the researchers looked at the development of the metastasized cancers and found a protein that plays a major role in their development. They also found that the secondary cancers could be prevented by blocking the protein.

They found a protein, periostin, in niches where metastases develop and without this protein the cancer stem cells cannot initiate the metastasis but instead, disappear or remain dormant. Periostin, that exists naturally as part of the extracellular matrix is only active in certain organs in adults including the mammary glands, bones, skin and intestine. It seems to play a role in the environment needed by cancer stem cells to develop metastasis because mice that were bred to lack the protein were resistant to metastasis. Researchers said “We developed an antibody that adheres to this protein, making it inoperative, and we are hoping it this way to be able to block the process of metastasis formation.” The researchers found few side effects from blocking the periostin in mice but caution that the results, although encouraging, cannot be assured to be effective in humans without further research.

My guest for Saturday is Roar Sheppard who is American and has been residing in Korea for about 15 years, where he studied Korean tradi­tional culture and language. Interested in the secret of the Universe, he searched for it through meditation. Through the deep silence of his meditation and breathing training, he began to communicate with various beings through wavelengths. He is actively sharing with others the meth­ods for a New Society, which he says is coming sooner than we think, and for preparation. The new society will be based on breathing and love for human beings, nature and the Universe.
Roar Sheppard also studied Oriental Medicine for 6 years. He is one of the few experts on the 8 Body Types. In short, human beings can be classified into 8 different body types at birth according to the size of their organs and thus should eat differently, exercise differently and take medicine differently. Roar has helped hundreds of people around the world find out the foods and exercise that is right for them. He teaches the power of Danjeon breathing to bring balance to one’s emotional and physical health. In addition to these, he recommends the 5 Elemental Exercises( http://www.suseonjae.org/en/02/02_03.php) for a simple and quick way to release stress and improve movement in the body. This all essentially come under the 4 Principles of Human Destiny (25% DNA, 25% Horoscope, 25% Environment, 25% Spiritual)
Here he will discuss his new book The Universe Speaks: The Love and Pain of 2012-2025.. More information is available at:
http://www.roadsheppard.com

New Research published in a recent issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute concluded that the malignancy-risk gene signature was associated with overall survival (OS) and was also a prognostic and predictive indicator for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). . The gene signature has also been useful in predicting breast cancer risk and consists of numerous proliferative genes.
In their research, they hypothesized that the malignancy-risk gene signature would have high prognostic and predictive value for early stage NSCLC. They studied the hypothesis by using 3 different NSCLC microarray datasets ranging in number from 117 to 442. An overall malignancy risk score was generated by principal component analysis to determine the prognostic and predictive value of the signature using 2 sided statistical tests.
The malignancy-risk gene signature was statistically associated with overall survival (OS) at the .001 level for the NSCLC patients. Validation with the two additional datasets demonstrated that the malignancy-risk score had prognostic and predictive values. Of the patients not receiving chemotherapy (ACT) those with a low malignancy-risk score had increased overall survival compared with those having a high malignancy-risk score at the .007 level of probability and at the .01 level for the two independent data sets.
The researchers concluded that “the malignancy-risk gene signature was associated with OS and was a prognostic and predictive indicator.”