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Me Presenting Healing Laser Clinics with an award for their committment to cancer prevention.

Presenting Healing Laser Clinics with an award for their commitment to cancer prevention!

I first met Mark Marino at our Know Cancer Community Awareness Fair back in February. After chatting with him for only 5 minutes, it was clear we shared a similar vision. Over the past year, I have continued to watch his dedication  to helping smokers kick their habit and get healthy. This has made it abundantly clear that my assumption of Mark was correct, and we at Know Cancer truly appreciate his commitment to cancer prevention and education!

It’s no secret that smoking greatly increases your risk of getting cancer.  According to the American Cancer Society, smoking related diseases claim an estimated 480,000 lives each year. Most smokers have tried many methods to kicking this dirty habit (gums, patches, shots or pills) and yet most are ineffective and have unwanted side effects. Healing Laser Clinics utilize “Laser Therapy,” a safe and painless technology to help you stop smoking with no negative side effects. Stop smoking laser treatments have been used in Europe for 30 years and Canada for 16 years with an 87% success rate. This painless/non-invasive procedure is done by shooting a low level “cold” laser light at precise acupuncture locations on your face, neck, wrists and hands.

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Anti-Up! A Quick View into Antioxidants, Free Radicals, and Your Body

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Recently there has been a ton of build up about antioxidants: drink green tea, eat pomegranates, try acai juice! All the hype is not totally overrated, evidence has been shown that antioxidants slow or reduce cancer and other diseases by fighting free radicals. Most of us already know that antioxidants are good cancer fighting agents, and free radicals are bad cancer causing molecules. What most of us don’t understand is what these guys actually do for… or to the body, and the science of it all. Let’s take a look and comprehend how antioxidants and free radicals work.

Antioxidants & Free Radicals

Antioxidants & Free Radicals

Free radicals (aka oxidants) are naturally found in our body as the by-product of cells that react with oxygen, called oxidation reactions. They are highly unstable and reactive. Before I get scientific, let’s kick it back to high school chemistry and see what we can remember through the note passing and drooling. Atoms have protons and neutrons which stay in the nucleus, and electrons which surround the atom in shells. Electrons are involved in chemical reactions and are the substance that bonds atoms together. The bonding and reactions occur when the outer shell of electrons is not full, causing the atom to be unstable. All atoms want out of life is to be stable, so they bond with fellow unstable atoms by giving, taking, or sharing an electron.

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“Cancer”…no such thing in Chinese Medicine!

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Constance Fraatz is an incredible acupuncture specialist and practitioner of Chinese Medicine.

Constance Fraatz

Constance Fraatz is a dear friend of mine and a skilled acupuncture specialist. In her lifetime she has unfortunately had to deal with cancer in some of her closest family members. Constance was kind enough to offer her expertise at our Know Cancer “Community Awareness Fair” on February 22nd of this year…and her display of dedication to giving back through health, well being and Chinese Medicine was truly inspiring. Here is some insight she provided for the Know Cancer Community…enjoy!

“Cancer” is a modern day term and has no parallel word in Chinese Medicine.  However, the recognition and study of “lui” (tumors) and “zhong” (swellings), was given ample discussion in one of the earliest treatises on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

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