My wish for you this Chinese New Year

Hi, In a few days, on Jan 26th, we enter the Year Of The Ox ("Niu").

If you are celebrating the Chinese New Year, I wish you a Happy "Niu" Year, regardless of whatever is happening in the world. May you defy the constantly negative news, and enjoy all the good things in life that matter most to you:

SLIM BODY
STRONG HEART
FAT WALLET
FULFILLING WORK
HAPPY FAMILY
& STRESS-FREE LIFE.

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Keong Hee Huat Chai, Gong Hey Fatt Choy.

God Bless You :)

Behold the Power of Bios Life SLIM

Please meet Ricky, our corporate staff who had been eating too much for his own good. A typical lunch for him, we learnt, was what others would count as 3 full meals, all in one.



Thanks to Bios Life Slim, he has been able to control his bingeing and get back into shape. He needs to either get new pants or revive the 5 years old ones.

Congratulations Ricky.

Nationwide health screening: 1 in 4 has the problem

Reported in The Straits Times today (12 Jan 2009, page B4), "Screening programme found 38% had illnesses."

More than 1,700 people out of 4,500 who showed up for screening under the Health Promotion Board (HPB)'s Integrated Screening Programme, found out that they had diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol.

The report said, they would not have known if not for the screening programme offered at a subsidised rate of only S$8 per screen.

The HPB aims to diagnose these three most common chronic diseases early so that they can be treated to fore-stall life-threatening and costly complications such as heart disease and stroke.

An official praised the integrated screening programme but remarked that the poor response reflected "the nonchalant attitude of many Singaporeans towards looking after their own health". Many have the impression these medical conditions affect only others, not themselves, he added.

Another official, who thought the figures are "not too bad", speculated that people are not taking up the offer to be screened possibly because they are ignorant or complacent and under the erroneous belief that they are not at risk.

I was one of the 600,000 who received the invitation! I didn't go for it only because I already know my condition. I've been monitoring my lipid profile in the course of doing my health & nutrition business. The last time I checked my LDL is a healthy 99 - much improved from its previous 120-130!!! Thanks to Bios Life.

I wonder how many of those who didn't take up the invitation hesitated because they hold on to this often-repeated belief, "No news is good news".

I wonder too, how many of those who didn't take up the invitation hesitated because they know only too well that finding out about a problem would put them on the path of treatment - conventionally with medication, which they are smart and well informed enough to know comes with various side effects, some of which may have to be medicated in turn.

What if people knew that detecting the problem early allows them to take appropriate corrective action in a timely way, and that there are serious, workable alternatives to conventional medication that do not come with the side effects of conventional medication?

The conventional wisdom "no news is good news" is predicated on the premise that, becoming aware of a health problem may lead to other problems. What if they have the information that becoming aware of a problem can lead to a complete drug-free solution, that can blend into their lifestyle, instead of a solution that comes with other problems?

By the way, the statistics based on the 4,500 who showed up confirmed the ballpark cross-border statistics for those so-called "diseases" - high cholesterol, high bood pressure and high blood sugar. Whether it is in America, the Philippines or Singapore, 1 in 3 people who die, die because of heart attack or stroke or diabetic complications.

All the experts concede that those conditions that lead to such personal tragedies are by and large, PREVENTABLE.

Now that we're into nationwide detection, I hope some people in high places will be wise and well-informed enough, and not be blinkered by the intolerant, sometimes ideological, "pharmaceutical mindset", and instead, step up efforts to promote PREVENTION, and not just focus on TREATMENT which further enriches the trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry.

And please, let's do better than do the dietitian mantra and preach THE BALANCE DIET. I remember a dietitian who in a public health talk, publicly declared that she does not believe in nutritional supplements, and that people do not need it so long as they maintain a balanced diet. So I raised my hand and asked her, "From your dietitian experience, how many percent of people can you reasonably expect to achieve and mantain the prescribed balanced diet?"

She refused to be committed to a percentage, but when prompted, she had to concede "less than half" ever get there. I should add a lot less than half!

In our ever-busy lives, made worse by dining out, processed food and inevitably unbalanced diet, nutritional supplements is the way. Supplements are a necessity, not a choice.

And because of vested interests, the pharmaceutical industry and their promoters do not want too many of us to get too smart and believe that. Where would their prescription drug business go if more and more of us get smart about taking care of our health?

We have always known this: Prevention is better than cure.

Now, let's get serious about practising it.

There are many good workable alternatives to conventional treatments. The information is all out there, if only you'd take the action to find out, instead of just taking the lazy way out and rely entirely on the doctor's advice.

Own Your Life! Take Charge!

Start by checking out www.bioslife.com, to find out about how a simple lifestyle change can alleviate even eliminate the risks associated with high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

Stroke patient Alvin stages remarkable recovery

Alvin Chan, a 31-year-old stroke patient, shows how he is now able to lift his left hand without the struggle, the pain and the contortions of the recent past. It's been just over two weeks since he was introduced to the rejuvenating powers of Unicity's anti-aging drink Enjuvenate.

Within these few weeks, his mobility has improved so much that the nurses at his stroke rehabilitation centre are sitting up and monitoring his progress closely, inquiring about the reason behind his accelerated recovery.

Alvin Chan suffered a stroke in Jan 2008. The blood vessels in his brain burst in three different places. Surgery helped, and another surgery is due soon - to patch back a hole in his skull.

By Alvin's own admission, the stroke was the result of neglect of underlying conditions such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. He has a sordid family history punctured by similar episodes. His mother died of stroke while his father was disabled by the same disease and is now being cared for in a nursing home.

"I used to think stroke or heart attack happen only to old people. Now, I know better."

He is being proactive now to make sure it doesn't happen again. He wasted little time putting himself on Enjuvenate after being introduced to it by Ms Yap Wee Cheng (seated next to him) who had been volunteering at his rehab centre and giving him free Yoga Therapy. He is also using Bios Life with a view to weaning his body off the dependence on three different medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Alvin is not only enjoying the first fruits of the better health that Unicity's products offer. He has also seized upon the economic lifeline that comes with membership in Unicity.

He used to be a Yong Tau Fu hawker before stroke felled him. Unable to continue with his business or to get a job, he has been living on public assistance and running down his limited personal savings. Then, one day, in a private conversation, he told Wee Cheng he was looking for a way to make money.

He didn't have enough money to open a S$1,000 Bios Life Franchise account. But he trusted and believed us enough to cough up the cash to buy Enjuvenate for immediate use. He also listened well and took action quickly.

In the two weeks that his body has been healing fast, Alvin wasted no time to share the products with his friends - in the home and outside. By Oct 14, he has generated enough sales of Enjuvenate, Bios Life Slim and other products (like SGGC) to upgrade his Unicity account into that of a Bios Life Franchise.

In the short time that he has been with us, Alvin has been a great inspiration.

His experience has also strongly validated a few of the central themes of our business:

1. Our products work. They do for people what we said they'd do.

2. Having no money is not a good reason to not get started. Those who do not have the S$1,000 to buy the products first can always sell S$1,000 of products before signing up for a franchise.

3. Using the products out of understanding and belief in what "trusted others" say, and then believing the products even more out of first-hand personal experience, is a necessary and powerful first step in our business of word-of-mouth marketing.

Alvin, Congratulations! And Thank You!

The future is now bright and exciting!

Prosper & Bless Thy friends!

Relaxing on a solid armchair, next to an auspicious calligraphy proclaiming "Prosperity" ... and admiring one of many pieces of artwork adorning the walls of the enchanting Seletar Hills dream home of an enterprising couple, Ong & Marilou and their 4 year old daughter ... with whom I've had the privilege to become acquainted and become friends in the course of our personal nutrition business.

This picture is taken by Alice Yim - the person who made the connection and through whom a number of us, belonging to the same wellness network, were invited over for a French-style "designer breakfast" on Saturday, 3rd March 2007 - the second last day of the 15-day Chinese New Year celebrations.

We are advising the Ongs on health and wellness. He is excited about what Bios Life is doing for his cholesterol profile while for the first time, making his blood look healthy and clear for the first time!

Ong also shared with us how he was "a little concerned" about how effective Enjuvenate Plus has been for him. The anti-aging drink - a protein and amino acid complex - worked overnight, and made him feel a lot more alert throughout the day! He wondered what might be the hazards of taking a product that work so well.

I asked him to consider what he thinks the impact would be on someone who suffers from malnutrition and was suddenly given a good dose of complete nutrition. Would the impact be felt incrementally or dramatically? He got the idea :)

Fighting the terrorists within

Hello there,

In line with my cancer prevention business, I will like to highlight on this blog an email article, on "useful information on one of the deadliest diseases of our time: cancer", from a business associate in Penang whom I gathered received it from somebody who in turn got it from somebody who .... and so on.

Like so much information circulating on the Internet - both the good stuff and the quacky or quirky ones, this article had no attribution nor author's name nor source. It'd have been better to have that information so people can assess for themselves the authority and reliability.

Last week, I received a similiar email article from another associate, similarly non-attributed.

However, I have decided to highlight this more recent one because, coincidentally, it focuses on very much the same points that I've picked out from my research for a Cancer Prevention talk that I have been "commissioned" to do in Malaysia.

To give you a preview of that presentation, which I have tentatively entitled "Cancer Prevention: Fighting the Terrorists Within", let me share with you the 8 basic strategies to prevent (defeat) cancer that I will be promoting in the talk.

They are:

1. Work on your sleep - and let your body rest so its natural healing powers can be activated
2. De-stress your life - ideally, reduce, or eliminate them, and there are a few methods to achieve that
3. Restore your pH balance - cancer cells thrive in an acidic setting (and also body with low oxygen and low energy)
4. Detox your body - cancer risks rise when the body suffers toxin overload
5. Oxygenate your body - by exercising regularly and taking supplements that strengthens your oxygen carriers - the red blood cells
6. Energize your body - again with exercise and energy-boosting supplements
7. Boost your enzyme intake - through supplements since we can't get them from over-processed, over-cooked and junk food
8. Boost your immunity with the best antioxidants you can find

You may read more about these 8 strategies and the background to them when the work is done :)

Meanwhile, please read the article below, so as to be better informed and inspired to do the necessary to stay well.

Be Well, Be Happy, God Bless.

enghai

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Subject: Fw: Cancer Information

PLEASE READ AND FORWARD IT TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT

Useful Information on one of the deadliest diseases of our time: CANCER

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show
up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When
doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their
bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the
cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be
destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple
nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental,
food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and
including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and
also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow,
gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver,
kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and
damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce
tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not
result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and
radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed,
hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and
become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer
cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding
it with the foods it needs to multiply.

CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important
food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,
Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural
substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts.
Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour.
Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the
gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk
and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is
acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef
or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones
and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains,
seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline
environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans.
Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed
and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance
growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy
cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean
sprouts)and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are
destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine.
Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties.
Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and
heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes.
Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefied and leads
to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining
from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein
walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the
cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence,Essiac,
anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own
killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E
are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's
normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and
positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger,
unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic
environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to
relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment.
Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen
down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means
employed to destroy cancer cells.

Know of someone with a heart attack risk?

Do you know of friends or family with unhealthy cholesterol levels?

Do you know if they are on prescription statin drugs?

Do you know if they’re aware of the many side effects of statin drugs?

If you know of a “clinically-proven, patented, safe and natural alternative to statin drugs for cholesterol reduction”, wouldn’t you share this information with them?

I would. I am.

Please consider the following facts:

The Problem - an epidemic

Heart disease is by far the single biggest cause of deaths in the world.

According to World Health Organization’s latest statistics, cardiovascular disease claims 17 million lives in a year, accounting for 30% of all deaths worldwide.

In comparison, All Cancers account for 10%, Injuries 9% and HIV/Aids 5%. Other communicable diseases account for 27%, while other non-communicable diseases account for another 19%.

The US is no exception. Cardiovascular disease is the No 1 cause of deaths there, accounting for 1.3m deaths every year. That means heart disease claims 3,500 lives every day in the US.

Heart disease is a silent killer with little or no advanced warning. Often, the first sign is death by heart attack or stroke.

Unhealthy cholesterol is the leading risk indicator, causing around a third of all cardiovascular disease worldwide.

The Solution

Prescription statin drugs is the most common treatment for unhealthy cholesterol.

The 2 top prescription drugs sold worldwide are cholesterol drugs, namely, Lipitor (estimated to exceed US$13b in 2006, and growing by more than 20% p.a.) and Zocor (US$6.2b). Other brands include Zetia, Vytorin and Crestor.

The market size for cholesterol drugs continues to skyrocket, from US$25b in 2007 to a projected US$30b in 2007.

The Problems with the Solution

Owing to the epidemic proportions of heart disease, and thanks to a hefty multi-billion-dollar advertising and marketing budget, statin drugs sell well despite dangerous side effects such as these:

Ø May change, weaken, damage or destroy muscle
Ø May induce sudden total memory loss
Ø May increase eye cataract risk
Ø May suppress immune function
Ø Have been linked to cancer
Ø Have been linked to liver and kidney damage
Ø Are linked to muscle pain
Ø Deplete CoQ10 levels in the body
Ø May cause sleep disorders
Ø May cause erectile dysfunction

According to the Statin Effects Study of University of California, San Diego: “Muscle symptoms are common with statin drugs. “Myopathy”, involving actual damage to muscle tissue, can be very serious.”

A class action lawsuit is brewing over Pfizer’s LIPITOR®, the Kahn Gauthier Law Group is investigating possible legal actions against Pfizer, Inc., the manufacturer of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, to recover for liver or kidney damage suffered by patients prescribed Lipitor.

AstraZeneca studied its Lipitor® look-alike, Crestor®, for cholesterol reduction in 24,000 patients, hoping to prove superiority. But the only dose of Crestor that clearly beat Lipitor turned out to cause kidney problems and never won FDA approval,” according to a Forbes report, May 8, 2006. Yet, Crestor’s ad slogan claims: “When Crestor performed in a head-to-head test, its lowering effect was clearly the best.”

For all the risks that they entail, do prescription drugs work?

In 2002, 100 million cholesterol prescriptions were issued in 2002! With this kind of coverage, why are we seeing an ever-increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease - more strokes and heart attacks every year?

“Our drugs do not work on most patients,” said the chief of Glaxosmithkline.

A senior executive said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them, reported The Independent, London on December 8, 2003.

A Better Solution – safe, no side effects

Is there a better solution for Cardiovascular Disease than Statin Drugs and their negative side effects?

Yes, Bios Life - “the ONLY clinically-proven, patented, safe and natural alternative to statin drugs for cholesterol reduction”.

While statin drugs address high cholesterols with only one mechanism, i.e. by inhibiting the production of cholesterol by liver, Bios Life lowers cholesterol via 4 mechanisms:

Blocks re-absorption of cholesterol in gastrointestinal tract
Blocks absorption of cholesterol from digested food
Reduces cholesterol produced by the liver
Enhances enzymatic breakdown and removal of bad cholesterol

Clinical studies show Bios Life can, within 8 weeks:

Reduce LDL by as much as 31%
Increase HDL by as much as 29%

Used in conjunction with statin drugs, Bios Life can also help break through the “statin floor” – or the lowest LDL level that statin drugs can achieve - and provide an additional decrease in LDL of an average of 20%.

So, What Next?

Talk to me. Introduce me to friends and family who are on prescription drugs for cholesterol, are nervous about their side effects, and are open to at least check out “the only clinically-proven, patented, safe and natural alternative to statin drugs for cholesterol reduction”.

By the way, what are your numbers?

Here are some benchmarks on healthy cholesterol levels:

Healthy Total Cholesterol: 200 mg/dL or lower (consider 100 or lower)
Healthy LDL Cholesterol: 129 mg/dL or less
Normal HDL Cholesterol: 40 mg/dL or higher (consider 60 or more)
Acceptable Triglyceride Level: 150 mg/dL or lower

Yours in Wellness,

Eng Hai

Cancer Prevention Business

A Book Review
Title: Antioxidants Against Cancer
Author: Ralph W Moss, PhD


If you want to deepen your understanding on the power of antioxidants in the fight against the all-too-common scourge called cancer, read the book, Antioxidants Against Cancer, by Ralph W Moss.

If you want to share with someone who is acutely aware of the pain and fear of cancer, as well as the conventional treatments that it portends, lend them this book.

If you want to win over a medical professional, or challenge a doctor whom you believe is giving bad advice to a loved one about cancer treatment, insists the doctor read this book and then, give you his opinion.

This book makes great inflight reading, and so it was for me on April 9th 2006 as I was flying Singapore-Bali: I found time to read this book again, and this time, slowly, from cover to cover. By the time I was done, I wondered why I let the book sit on my bookshelves half-read, and why I do not have tens and tens of copies to give away or to lend to people.

For those of us who consider fighting cancer and preventing cancer one of our pet causes, personal battles or mission, do count this book among the must-have arsenals that we can use in this battle. (For me, it is my business: I am in the cancer prevention business!)

Let me share with you some of the many interesting ideas and empowering information I picked up from the book.

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First, the author is a Director of CancerDecisions.com, an online treatment information resources for cancer patients. He is a leading expert in America on cancer alternatives. He writes with authority, supported by hundreds of references, and yet simply. As oncologist Dr Stephen Sagar of Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre in Canada puts it, it is an excellent evidence-based summary, easily understood by both patients and their cancer treatement specialists.

"Antioxidants against Cancer", the book, is about how to activate your body's natural healing powers with today'smost protective and immune-boosting supplements and foods.

It is a definitive eye-opening book that will show you and your doctors why antioxidant therapy should be offered to every cancer patient. It reveals how we can use antioxidants to:

1. greatly reduce your risk of getting cancer
2. help prevent cancer recurrences
3. decrease the side effects of chemtotherapy and radiation
4. improve the results of conventional treatment.

In this book, we can learn which specific fruits and vegetables are the most powerful weapons in the fight against cancer. Discover which food supplements are an absolutely necessary part of your antioxidant program.

And up to now, I have been quoting extensively from the covers of the book - the front and the back covers! Hee Hee .... Remember I said I read it cover to cover ;->

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Now, let's dig into some of the most interesting titbits from inside the book.

p. 5, table of contents: One glance shows that the book delves into the relevance and importance of more than a dozen well-known vitamins and supplements e.g. Vitamins A, C and E, Beta-carotene, CoQ10, Folic and Lipoic Acid .... The coverage is extensive, and can be digested chapter by chapter, starting with those names that one's more familiar with or have bene recommended to consume.

p. 15: On fruits & vegetables with the greatest antioxidant values (or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity or ORAC), Blueberry tops the list. Also high on the list are blackberry, garlic, kale, strawberry, spinach, brussel sprouts, plum, alfafa sprouts, broccoli floret, beet, orange, red grape, red pepper ...

You know what that list makes me think about? Unicity's Daily Produce 24. Go read the label, see what we have to offer there!

Just in case someone runs away with the list to the supermarket, Ralph Moss presented the list against this contextual advice: "Food is the mainstay of your antioxidant program. But I strongly believe that it is necessary to take supplements in addition to foods in order to get the maximum benefit."

p. 102: Here is one personal nugget should help people and doctors who always worry about over-doses and taking too much supplements - a supplements program which Ralph Moss and his family takes ....

A good multi-vitamin/mineral pill (without iron)
Vitamins A, C and E
CoQ10
Lipoic acid
Zinc
Selenium
Grape seeds/Pycnogemnol
Mixed carotenoids

p. 101, Conclusions: In his concluding chapter, Ralph Moss summarize his 3 basic ideas as follows: 1. Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables reduce the risk of cancer; 2. Supplements are a necessary part of any antioxidant program; 3. Antioxidants generally improve conventional cancer treatments by decreasing side effects without decreasing effectiveness.

p. 105, Appendix: The author cites 3 types of "synthetic antioxidants" in the appendix to make the point that while medical professionals question the benefit of dietary antioxidants for cancer patients on radiation and chemotherapy, they have been using "synthetic antioxidants" created in chemsitry labs to mimic and presumably improve upon the effects of dietary antioxidants. The point is, if oncologists can routinely prescribe "synthetic antioxidants" along with radiation and chemotherapy, why not dietary supplements?

p. 99: In the penultimate chapter on History Of A Controversy, Ralph Moss said: "In the last few years, we have witnessed a tremendous change in the attitude of scientists towards nutrition and cancer. For audiences of the 21st century, it will become increasingly difficult to understand how bitterly the American medical profession of the 20th century opposed the dietary approach to cancer. Doctors usually claimed they were defending the public from cancer quakery. But while there was some quakery, more often this charge was a figleaf to cover their fear of change."

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I say: Whoa .......

I strongly recommend owning many copies of this book, one to read and to refer to, the rest to lend to others to empower them with life-enhancing information in the face of the ever-rising cancer scourge.

Book available from amazon.com at US$9.95