You might have a general idea that eating a vegetarian diet is more healthy for you. But do you really know how much less the incidence is of certain types of cancers among vegetarians?

Vegetarian diets-naturally low in saturated fat, high in fiber, and replete with cancer-protective phytochemicals-help to prevent cancer. Large studies in England and Germany have shown that vegetarians are about 40 percent less likely to develop cancer compared to meat-eaters.

In the U.S., studies of Seventh-Day Adventists, who are largely lacto-ovo vegetarians, have shown significant reductions in cancer risk among those who avoided meat. Similarly, breast cancer rates are dramatically lower in nations, such as China, that follow plant-based diets. Interestingly, Japanese women who follow Western-style, meat-based diets are eight times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who follow a more traditional plant-based diet. Meat and dairy products contribute to many forms of cancer, including cancer of the colon, breast, ovaries, and prostate.

Harvard studies that included tens of thousands of women and men have shown that regular meat consumption increases colon cancer risk by roughly 300 percent. High-fat diets also encourage the body’s production of estrogens. Increased levels of this sex hormone have been linked to breast cancer.

A recent report noted that the rate of breast cancer among pre-menopausal women who ate the most animal (but not vegetable) fat was one-third higher than that of women who ate the least animal fat. A separate study from Cambridge University also linked diets high in saturated fat to breast cancer.

One study linked dairy products to an increased risk of ovarian cancer. The process of breaking down the lactose (milk sugar) evidently damages the ovaries. Daily meat consumption triples the risk of prostate enlargement. Regular milk consumption doubles the risk and failure to consume vegetables regularly nearly quadruples the risk.

Vegetarians avoid the animal fat linked to cancer and get abundant fiber, vitamins, and phytochemicals that help to prevent cancer. In addition, blood analysis of vegetarians reveals a higher level of “natural killer cells,” specialized white blood cells that attack cancer cells.

When you eat a diet that’s higher in dietary fiber, that’s primarily if not totally vegetarian, you’re naturally healthier. You’re feeding your body and getting it the nutrition it needs to run efficiently.

You have more energy and stamina; you wake up more easily and more refreshed. It’s easier to exercise, because you’re not so weighed down by digesting the high fat and excessive protein that comes from eating a carnivorous diet.

Try eating vegetarian for a week or a month. See if you don’t feel different, more mentally acute and more physically fit and energized. At least reverse the portion sizes you’ve been eating, and make meat more of a side dish, if you can’t stop eating meat altogether. Even that change can make a big difference in your overall health and well-being.

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Since my article “Lose Weight Gain Muscles With Human Growth Hormones” was published, I have received many emails asking about the scientific and research findings of this seemingly “miracle antidote for anti aging.” So is it true that supplementing with human growth hormones releasers can make us look and feel younger? These questions compelled me to do further research on the subject and here are more findings.

The human growth hormone (hgh) was first discovered in the mid 1950s and its structure was only identified in 1972.

Before 1998 when artificial synthetic HGH molecules were genetically engineered (steroids) and made available, hgh compounds were at that time extracted from cadavers and injected into the human body as HGH replacement therapy. Scary huh?

Since then, there have been hundreds clinical research and studies investigating the capabilities and supposed benefits of hgh. The scientific and medical communities is in agreement that one of the main causes of the aging process (dying process?) is the decrease of human growth hormone production as we age.

A President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Dr. Ronald Klatz, M.D once said, “The Aging process appears to be due in large part to the drastic decline of growth hormone in the body after adulthood.”

According to some human growth hormone research, the normal level of circulating HGH is about 10 mg per deciliter of blood in our early 20s but this level drop rapidly as we age and by the time we are 60 or so, the level will decrease by as much as 80% to only 2 milligrams per deciliter. Is it any wonder why we age so rapidly after 60?

It is now known that this growth hormone is what grow and repair our cells, bones, muscles and internal organs. It is also well established that the declining level of human growth hormones is the factor that slowly robs us of our youth and vitality because by the age of 30, the natural secretion rate of HGH in our bodies drop by about 14% per decade.

Going by this simple fact, by the time we turn 80, we would barely be able to produce enough growth hormones to repair a bruise on our toe! This thus explains why injuries on older people take a much longer time to heal, that is, if they do get healed.

In my profession as a fitness personal trainer, this is more evident to me as I am able to observe the workout recovery rate, muscle growth and weight loss effect on my clients first hand across the ages.

My younger clients are invariably (except for exceptional circumstances) able to recover faster from their weight training, lose weight faster and build muscle mass more effectively than my older clients. Of course this is not surprising although now we know why that is so.

The New England Journal of Medicine first published the clinical findings of Daniel Rudman, MD, regarding his HGH human growth hormone research on the anti-aging effects of HGH when he studied his research subjects of 61 to 81 year olds at the Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

After six months, Dr. Rudman observed a reversal of the aging process of 10 to 20 years in the patients who received HGH injections. This amzing fact meant that human beings can now reverse their biological age!

As for the group who did not receive hgh injections, the normal aging process continued as per normal.

Dr Rudman’s study also noted the amazing effects of HGH therapy on obese people between the ages of 61 and 80. The study subjects did not change their eating or exercise habits. The results are that those who were treated with HGH replacement therapy lost an average of almost 15% of their body fat and at the same time gaining an average of 8.8% lean muscle mass.

Their skin also became firmer and they further experienced increase in bone density. This discovery took the weight loss, bodybuilding and weight lifting industry by storm!

More clinical research studies performed over the past few decades further confirmed that hgh can allow users to lose fat, build muscle mass, improve sexual performance, remove wrinkles, get rid of man breast, reduce cellulite, grow taller and increase immune function. In other words, the fountain of youth may have been discovered!

“The effects of six months of human growth hormone on lean body mass and adipose-tissue were equivalent in magnitude to the changes incurred during 10-20 years of aging.” reported Daniel Rudman.

A study of growth hormone replacement therapy in the elderly published in March 1992, V.A. Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center stated that “It is possible that chronic physiologic GH and or IGF-I replacement therapy might reverse (or prevent) some of these “inevitable” health problems of aging.”

“Replacement therapy with Growth Hormone has shown beneficial/normalizing effect on parameters such as cardiac and renal function, thyroid hormone metabolism, bone metabolism, sweat secretion, total and regional fuel metabolism and psychological well being…” - Dr. Jorgensen and Dr. Christian of Copenhagen, Denmark, in European Journal of Endocrinology, 1994

“Daily Administration of human growth hormone in the first week after trauma would enhance the metabolic status… resulting in reduced morbidity and earlier discharge from hospital.” - Journal of Surgery. Vol 111, 495-502 quoting Drs. Ramias, Shamos, and Schiller of St. Joseph Hospital Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ, May 1992

“All adults with growth hormone deficiency should now be considered for growth hormone replacement therapy.” Dr. Jake Powrie, M.D. and Dr. Andrew Weissberger, St. Thomas Hospital, London England

As explained in my earlier article, growth hormone replacement injections are very expensive and are out of reach of most people. Furthermore, it can only be administered by a trained doctor making the process expensive, cumbersome and painful because patients will have to have the HGH injected a few times a day at the time of writing this article.

In many countries, the administration of growth hormones replacement therapies are banned and made illegal because of the risks of severe side effects.

Therefore the easiest and safest way is to increase your own body’s natural growth hormone’s production naturally. There are many ways of doing this such as eating the right food, the timing of your meals, your exercise program and of course, supplementation with ghg enhancers to encourage your body to produce more natural human growth hormones.

Wishing you all the best in your quest to feel and look younger.

Chris Chew
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Author: Karlen, Delmar (Forewords By Lord Evershed and William J. Brennan Jr.) Artist: Item: Used Book Binding: Hard Cover Condition: Very Good+ / Dust Jacket: Good Publisher: New York University Press: New York, 1963 Edition: First Edition Inventory #: 025756 Price: $30.00 Details: Book shows some

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Photographs, illustrations, tables, graphs, bibliography, index Author: Charlotte M. Waters Publisher: Oxford University Press Year: 1925 Format: Hardcover Pages: 610 Language: English Condition: Good Book: Comments: No Dust Jacket, Weakened Hinges

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Are you frustrated with listening to all the claims about green tea and health? The positives far outweigh the negatives if you are careful. Let’s start with the negatives.

Dr Chung Yang of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey stated “People shouldn’t be too alarmed by this, but those taking supplements may experience problems,” says the lead author of the study. “Up to 10 small cups of green tea a day is fine. Problems are likely in people who take supplements, which can contain up to 50 times as much polyphenols as a single cup of tea.”

A large amount in a supplement would be considered to be 750-1000 mg of extract per day or higher depending on body weight and the quality of the supplement. Over dose symptoms can include insomnia, headaches, digestive problems and higher blood pressure. Liver and kidney damage has also been associated with too much consumption.

Why do people drink it?

The tea polyphenols previously mentioned by Dr Yang are collectively called catechins of which the two most potent are epigallocatechin gallate [EGCG] and epicatechin gallate [ECG].

A laboratory study performed by the University of Mississippi found that high doses of extract containing ECG may increase cancerous tumor growth. Low doses have been found to suppress new tumor growth with no observed side effects.

Other studies have shown that EGCG in moderate amounts lowers LDL ["bad"] cholesterol levels and blood pressure, reduces the risk of stroke and improves your hearts health in general. This is important since the World Health Organization rates cardiovascular disease as the worlds number one cause of death.

Studies in England and China have revealed that women drinking only one cup per day had higher bone mineral density than non tea drinkers. This along with adequate amounts of calcium, vitamins D and K and exercise can lower the risk of osteoporosis.

There is some information that green tea can speed up your metabolism slightly which could cause some weight loss. The claims here are based more on hope than on evidence but you will not gain weight by drinking it! However, try not drink it with meals as it can cause digestive problems for people with sensitive stomachs.

Make no mistake about it. A preponderance of the evidence points to green tea having numerous benefits and very few side effects, if it is taken in small to moderate doses by the cup or by supplement. As with all nutrients it works best when balanced with a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

Milton Haslam
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Who was the first woman to receive a PhD from a University in England?
Also, who was the first English woman to receive a PhD from a university anywhere?

(I need the answer to the first question more)

I cannot locate the first female to recieve a Phd in the UK, only a MD.
I am wondering if it is because the English didn’t use the term Doctor for a Phd, at least a female one.
As you can see from the woman below who gained her Phd in Italy in the 1600’s, I’d venture to say it was around the mid-1880’s, and quite possibly before that.

Winifred Edgerton, the first American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics, Columbia University, 1886 .

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) first woman physician (doctor), founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children in 1857, founded Women’s Medical College in 1867

Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684), Italian mathematician and the first female PhD