Health Blog by YinTeing

Talcum powder, being used in the genital area is said to cause ovarian cancer while anti perspirant is said to cause breast cancer.

Even though many studies have been inconclusive and contradictory, it is still better for us to exercise precautions.

1. Ovarian cancer link with talcum power.

Read the article published on the Sunday Star dated 25 January 09, writen by Dr Nor Ashikin titled: Talcum Powder and Cancer.

2. Breast cancer link with anti perspirant

• Supporting the claim: Urban legend
• Does not support the claim: Studies published by Cancer.org

Having body odor can really undermine a person’s confidence levels. As such, many sufferers resort to using anti perspirants to mask the problem. How anti perspirant works is that it literally block the sweat ducks, preventing the armpit areas from sweating.

Now, many people are aware that if you always eat greasy food and have low intake of water and fiber (the typical lifestyle of city folks who have no time to cook and have to eat on the go), it will eventually lead to cancer related to the digestive system. If that is not the case, then doctors and researches will not emphasize the need for high fiber intake and sufficient fluids.

If a person drink alcohol like a fish drinking water, then it has been warned that eventually, the liver will tire out and the chances of contracting liver cancer is higher. And excessive smoking has been linked to lung cancer.

You may have noticed that the observed causes of liver, lung and digestive cancers are very much related to level of substance toxicity in the body. If the digestive tracks are not cleaned out, foodstuff will rot there, resulting in painful ulcers, gastritis, ‘wind in the stomach’- which are very painful conditions. Mutation will occur resulting in cancers.

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May used to be my mentor when I was starting out in the working world. By the time, she had already worked for many years, coming in at entry level and rising to managerial position. She always emphasized on work ethics and how we must do our best. She also shared lots of her own personal experience and given me lots of advise on how to deal with different colleagues, office politics, etc.

Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, undergone treatment and then, passed away when there were secondaries to her lungs (that time she did not complete the prescribed 6 course of chemo treatment). She was such a wonderful person.

Then, few years later, her younger sister Ling also contracted breast cancer. That was a few years ago. Ling took a very different approach compared to what her sister had taken after she recovered from the treatment (operation, chemo and radiotherapy):

• she chose not to go organic like May did.
• but she cut down on processed food- even till this day. This means, only once a few months, she will eat KFC or McDonalds. She also does not take sausages, ham or other type of processed meat
• she ate meat but in reduced amount- she did not become a vegetarian
• she took up exercising- joined the gym, did cardio and weights. Her fitness level is impressive- she was able to maintain a heart rate of about 150+ beats per min.
• she joined Qi Gong- she felt Qi Gong exercises are beneficial as it increases oxygen flow to the body and improves circulation. She also sleep better at night after practicing Qi Gong twice a week (she told me sometimes, she gets lazy to practice at home but she makes it to the classes)
• she learn to take things easy- no longer become too obsessed with work. Her mental and physical health is what matters. She does her best to eliminate all the stressors that goes on in her life
• she devotes herself to God, prays often and goes to church

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