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Vivre,
They can't get the pollutants out. Hexane, pesticides and last but not least, DRANO is one of the components that stay on in the final product. Ask any company that adds soy lecithin, if they would certify these left-over components are not present in their chocolate, bread, vitamins, etc. No one has replied to me yet except to give me coupons.
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Thank you for the lovely lilacs!!!!!!!
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http://www.mediterraneanbook.com/2007/09/30/mediterranean-diet-diet-pyramids/
I found this site that have a comparison btw different diets. Interesting.
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Thank you for the information on DIM.
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Vivre: thank you for sharing your beautiful lilacs with us.
Simvog: I found your different diet pyramids very interesting.
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I think there is some kind of soy cloud over my head. I purchased CoQ10 from Mercola's site. He is always saying things against soy. I checked the label that they proudly show, not one mention of soy on the label. Want to see it:
http://products.mercola.com/coq10-ubiquinol/
scroll down to the yellow label. FALSE ADVERTISING.
Guess what I got, not only does it have soybean oil, but they're proud of the soy lecithin also in it. And I have to pay for shipping to return it. Not one word of soy on the label.
Infuriating, and of all the people to send a product loaded down with soy to.... me.
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Thank you for the Lilac's. My second favorite!
Beverly... What a hateful, young, arrogant man. I am often amazed at the cruelty of others.
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Florida lady: I was reading through these recent posts. Could you explain the comment about only doing radiation on node positive? Do you mean only to radiate the tumor site and not the node site? Or to not radiate at all. You seem to have a wealth of information with regards to us triple negatives. Do you google it all, or are ther any other resources you could recommend.
I do agree with the problem of node dissection. I only read about sentinal node dissection after I had thirteen negative nodes removed. I was very upset that my options were not more clearly explained to me. I now have to live without those thirteen healthy nodes. I think the biggest tragedy is all the healthy nodes that surgeons are removing so that they can get a good 'sample'. But don't get me started about my surgeon. If I were to begin my journey again, I would have definitely started with a different surgeon.
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fairy49 Thanks for the info on DIM, made it so easy to understand as opposed to all those website. So, if I understand correctly, even though I'm ER-/slight+ I would actually benifit from taking DIM? How many mg/day do I need to take?
I love the Asian Pyramid diet - sake in moderation
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Vivre--the lilacs are Beautiful! I can almost smell them--thanks!
Oh and I meant to share--Sharffenberger chocolate has no soy lecithin! The kind I buy (the 70% or 82%) has only cacao beans sugar and vanilla bean. Of course, it's not cheap...BUT b/c we end up buying so much as we have no other "dessert" in the house, I found out they sell it in bulk which is cheaper...
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also Spring, I cannot believe that guy!! That is so bad it's almost funny...he must have had his undies in a bunch over something else that set him off.
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Rinna40,
I will PM to you my answer... so other can continue on this thread. One thing to remember even if you save the nodes and than use radiation on them...you will kill them any way.
Flalady
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Question for you dairy free ladies, how do you deal, in the real world, not eating CHEESE??? Please give tips and suggestions. THis past weekend, the pizza killed me. Mexican I ordered without cheese, but one dish came with a little bit to help "hold it together" anyway. Milk is not really an issue, Yogurt, cottage cheese, fine. But melty cheese is everywhere!!! Any help appreciated. Pizza with no cheese? etc.
Allie I am making a note of Sharffenberger!!! Do you get them online or locally? If online, pls share site...
The whole radiation topic makes me crazy. I just try not to think about it now. I hated laying on that table being radiated, but I thought I should do it as it was highly recommended, even though mastectomy, due to large lump and vascular invasion. So I did it. My SNB (I had one) was node negative, and she also took the "2 that were nearby" - all negative. Then, even though all this negative node stuff, my armpit was sun burnt to death! I know how some of you feel. I guess I would do it over again, but I am just trying not to think of it. I hope all the other stuff we are doing will heal us, and jumping on mini tramps and exercising will create new lymph channels over time. Ugh.
Spring.
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That's odd they would radiate the lymph with no nodes positive...I also had 3 nodes removed (all clear) but no radiating of the armpit.
Here is the link to scharffenberger: http://www.scharffenberger.com/
The bulk I get is under http://www.scharffenberger.com/products.asp?dept=6
I get the 70% chocolate and the box is 2kgs (4.4 lbs) of unwrapped chocolate in small bars where you can easily break off 1 oz bars. Works really well. Price is $58. Not cheap but it lasts a while.
On the cheese issue, I fall off the wagon and eat some every once and a while which I think won't hurt. It isn't that hard to avoid once you get used to it...
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Scharfenberger chocolate is superb and has been made in a plant in Berkeley, California. But the company has been bought by Hershey and they are putting it under their "Artisan's Chocolates" label (or something simliar). What is of concern is that they are closing the Berkeley plant which specialized in small batch chocolates and moving the operation to Illinois where they will supposedly make all of the Artisan's chocolates. I do not know whether that will affect the product but AllieM and others who love it, may want to stock up a bit.
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I did hear about the buyout--sad!! I hope the product will stay the same. I didn't even look at the ingredients until it came up here--not all dark chocolate is the same! You'd think I learned that by now--I am an avid label reader now of everything!
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Allie-where did they tell you there was no soy yechitin in their chocolate? This is from their website:
I wonder if they are omitting it on their labels?
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I won't give up eating fermented cheese. Supposedly a good source of K2. Meat is also a good source but I'd rather eat cheese. Can we imagine a life without Wisconsin cheddar cheese? Or the loss of swiss directly from the Alps? I can't do it. And feta cheese, oh just thinking about this....
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Extracted from Nexum magazine July 1998
It seems that doctors have known about long term problems with this drug for over a decade, this is why some don't push the issue when women decline to take it.
Tamoxifen acts as a weak estrogen by competing for estrogen receptors much as phyto-estrogens do. Like phyto-estrogens, tamoxifen has mild estrogenic properties but is considered an anti-estrogen since it inhibits the activity of regular estrogens. More accurately, tamoxifen is an estrogen-blocker. It fights breast cancer by competing with estrogen for space on estrogen receptors in the tumor tissue. Every tamoxifen molecule that hooks onto an estrogen receptor prevents an estrogen molecule from linking up at the same site. Without a steady supply of estrogen, cells in an estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) tumor do not thrive and the tumor's ability to spread is reduced. (4)
However, tamoxifen exhibited two conflicting characteristics. It could act either as an anti-estrogen or as an estrogen. Therefore, while tamoxifen is anti-estrogenic to the breast, it also acts as an estrogen to the uterus and, to a lesser extent, the heart, blood vessels and bone. So, although it initially showed the tendency to counter breast cancer recurrence, it would soon be revealed that it also promoted particularly aggressive uterine and liver cancers, caused fatal blood clots and interfered with many other functions.
Doctors, however, were quick to jump on the tamoxifen bandwagon, turning a blind eye to its more injurious tendencies. Starting in the 1970's oncologists began using tamoxifen to treat women with cancer, often in combination with other drugs, radiation or surgery such as lumpectomy and mastectomy, with modest success. Like DES, tamoxifen's benefits were then extended for use as a preventive against osteoporosis and heart disease.
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He's BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!! Rude Roger from youngagain.com!! info@youngagain.com
I thought I blocked him from my email, but somehow it came through! The book he is recommending by Kradjian was published in 1994, 15 years ago, according to amazon.com, and they don't even actively sell it!! (Maybe he is some crotchedy old cermudgeon type?)
If anybody else wants to email this rude fellow, be my guest. Can you imagine someone trying to attract online business acting this way? And, if I am not mistaken, he is spouting off about stuff he's unaware of!!! Correct me if wrong... All this because I asked if the DIM on his site had soy!!! LOL!!!!
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More from Roger at youngagain.com
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hi,
the fact you are influening other women is a crime.
you're hopelessly walking in darkness believing in
fairy tales. go read the kradjian book and do yourself
and everyone else a big favor. you live in a fantasy land
and spread your fantasies and misinformation. you're
dangerous.
best,
roger info@youngagain.com
-----------------------------------------------Bummer! Lecithin is also in the scharffenberger chocolate.
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Spring...I would blow him off......sounds like a whack job! Don't waste you time trying to talk to him!
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I'd like to write him but I already have enough weird things to read in my email. One more viagra ad. If men would only stop eating soy they probably wouldn't even need the stuff. See how cranky they can get with too much estrogen? Poor Roger, let him suffer, I mean be.
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If you feel inspired to contact him, it might be a good idea to use a "disposable" email address, not the one you use on a regular basis because he seems to have some "issues".
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Spring ~ I just took a look at his website, which tells a ton about his strange personality. Looks like he's been battling with many food and drug entities for years, and he's even written several books (pamphlets) on various things, including "No Horse Hormones." I just skimmed his article on soy, and a thought-provoking point he makes is that some of the worst press on soy is coming from the dairy industry, which could be true.
Anyway, he's clearly a nut case with less than "0" customer service skills. But, I wouldn't take his insults too seriously. He appears passionate about what he does. In fact, he claims his site is non-profit and that he doesn't need the money!!! Rather than fight with him, if you can find anything more recent than than 1994 clearly supporting the no soy point of view, you might email it to him and ask for his take on it. If he would actually have a civilized dialogue with you, it might prove to be interesting, as you might end up teaching him something -- or possibly finding out that some of what he believes has some basis in fact.
On the other hand, if you want me to write and tell him he's a jerk, I will. I sort of went to his website to do that, but came away with a different take on him -- that he's eccentric, but possibly a wealth of knowledge...at least in areas where his research is more current than 1994. Deanna
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Yeah, ladies, I'm just not going to say anything else to Roger. He's a head case, or a whack job as Lisa says!!. I hear what you're saying Deanna, the least he could do is get a more current BC resource than a book 15 years old that's no longer even sold on amazon (!), but I don't want to take the time to deal with him... And Pat Mom, point taken on the email, which is one big reason I'm dropping it.
Some people just adopt a combative nature. Maybe it feeds him somehow? Perhaps this serves him well battling the food and drug entities!!!
Rosemary, you CRACK ME UP!!! Men and soy. lol....
On to the chocolate topic... I was trying to figure out what the ingretient list is for Organic Green Blacks chocolate (looks like it hails from the UK, I found in Super Wal-Mart, of all places!) and it also has Soy Lecithin!!! ack!
Spring.
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Lets send some positive vibes Rogers way. I believe in the power of good being stronger than negative energy. If we allow him to get a negative energy going in us then he has spread his personality. Sorry Roger...Access denied.
He is clearly a troubled person and needs help. Lets affirm in our heads that he will get that help before he attacks someone fragile and causes the unthinkable.
Springtime, I am glad you are thick skinned and can see a nut when they are coming at you.
Good grief, of all things.
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Can anyone tell me about Estradiol levels? I just got partial results of that indepth estrogen bloodwork I had done, and my Estradiol is <10, which sounds incredibly low to me, even considering that I'm post-menopause. What is good and bad estrogen? I should probably know this stuff, but don't, and Googling it didn't help much. Also, it looks like they're still waiting for the results from Serum and DNA (DS) Antibodies tests. Are those part of the estrogen puzzle? Deanna
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Here you can find organic chocolate:
http://www.verechocolate.com/chocolates/pure-dark-organic-chocolate-bar-70-cacao
Organic dark choco - NO MILK -
Certified Organic Vegan & Gluten Free NO Preservatives Single Origin Arriba Cacao Bean 70% Cacao Content: Rich in AntioxidantsIt contains Non-GMO Soy Lecithin.
This one is choco world!
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Sim on there website, is a very tiny window under their chocolate bar that you can click on that shows the ingredients, and bingo there it is! The dreaded soy lechitin!!!!!!!!! It is like looking for speck of pepper in a hay stack!!!
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NO SOY. It looks like it's either soy lecithin or liquor. I take the liquor.
80% Extra Dark Organic Chocolate - 2 oz
- Certified Fair Trade by TransFair
- Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth, Inc.
- Certified Kosher-Dairy (Square K)
- Gluten-Free
• Manufactured on shared equipment with products containing wheat, milk, peanuts, and tree nuts
Ingredients
Organic Dark Chocolate (organic cocoa beans, organic evaporated cane juice, organic cocoa butter), organic cocoa liquor.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/item.php?RID=110
365 Everyday Value Organic Swiss Dark Chocolate Bar Rated
Ingredients: Organic raw cane sugar, organic cocoa liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic vanilla extract.
Pure organic choco
http://www.nutsonline.com/nuts/cacao/organic-nibs.html
Organic Cacao Nibs are a real chocolate treat. These raw nibs are the original chocolate chip. Crunchy, flavorful, and packed with powerful nutrients and natural mood lifters. Try them straight, or sweeten with bananas and dates for a truly healthy chocolate. Perfect for mixing into smoothies or trail mixes. The possibilities are endless for this crunchy antioxidant pick me up.
Ingredients
Organic cacao nibs
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