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Wear pink, .............1Vitamin B12..................................2

October events.............................3Squash: Crossword puzzle.........5Roasted butternut squash...........7Yoga pose.....................................8Pink Ribbon Thank-you card.......9Just for fun.................................11

but eat green

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September 2012 Issue 23

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MYTHs,FACTs,CHOICEsand

Wear Pink but

and and EAT GREEN....

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It is pretty well established that plant foods have more antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties than

animal based foods. This is a double blessing since the amount of "mother earth" that is required

to produce animal based foods is much greater than the amount of "mother earth" required to produce plant based foods. Eating plants is a WIN-WIN option. Both people and terra firma benefit, first, by cutting out the middle man (or in this case the middle animal) and again, by reducing the amount of "middle man" has

. Check out the website "Forks over Knives" which is eye-catching, has a good trailer video, and recipes and medical opinions and data to back up the idea that we need to eat a plant-based diet for better health.

One hopes that these data reached the sponsors of events before this months kickoff for breast cancer awareness as they plan out their main fare, which hopefully will be plant based (bean dips, veggie sticks, rice and fruit dishes), rather than the typical, mostly animal based, dishes (barbeques, roasts, ice cream etc).

Talking the "talk" about a good diet is one thing, but "walking the walk" is completely different. Sponsor your events this month with a real and deliberate attempt to educate your groups about what foods can promote a reduction in breast cancer, better health overall, and a reduction in all kinds of different diseases -- heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure etc, Regard the logo below: it is fun, and : That is... the table fork over not just any knife, but incidentally the surgeons knife...none other than the scalpel.

(please excuse some really bad puns here)

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QUESTION:

ANSWER: Forks over Knives has a great FAQS page giving information about the basic nutritional requirements and whether they are met in a mostly-plant-based diet. For example, the first FAQ was about whether a plant based diet supplies sufficient amounts of vitamin B12. B12 is also called cobalamin, which may be someones alliteration of cobalt and vitamin, since B12 does contain cobalt. So here is a short discourse on B12 (modified from Wikipedia). B12 is water-soluble, which means it is NOT stored by the body. It is particularly important for the brain and nervous system and for blood cell formation but is important for metabolism in every cell, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation (here is where epigenetics plays a role) but also in fatty acid synthesis and energy production. Neither humans, nor most animals, can synthesize B12.

"Vitamin B12 consists of a class of chemically related compounds (vitamers), all of which have vitamin activity" The pre-vitamin (hydroxocobalamin) can be synthesized by bacteria, which animals can then turn into different active forms of B12. Hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin, and adenosylcobalamin can be found in more expensive pharmacological products and food supplements. B12 deficiencies are not limited to vegetarians, but can be present even in those who eat meat. Plants allegedly contain no B12 of themselves, but tiny bits of bacteria and soil remaining on tubers and roots can provide sufficient B12.

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Is a plant-based diet nutritionally complete?

http://www.forksoverknives.com/nutrition-faq/

http://www.wholevegan.com/vitamin_b12.html

If soil bacteria are the only source of precursors of B12, we consume them secondarily by eating animal products (the animals first having eaten the soil and conserved the B12).

I would add, that it is also likely that some chemically treated soils might not have enough soil bacteria, but food grown in organic soils (with lots of bacteria) would increase the opportunity for obtaining B12 naturally.

The comments here from "wholevegan.com" seem very rational. "If you want to get vitamin B12 from plants, get organic root vegetables, wash them to get the dirt off, but do not brush the skin, and do not peel – then cook/eat. The dark spots in the plant skin due to contact to soil contains those bacteria that have vitamin B12".

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It is a very busy week for Pink Ribbon Girls with a full calendar of events and planning for the upcoming meeting of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program in November. Here are some pictures from the event below (Oct 14, 2012)

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Dr. Susan Love has an online study (questionnaires primarily, for breast cancer and if you are interested you can go to www.HealthofWomenStudy.org and sign up, perhaps look up her new book Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book.

Cincinnati held the annual "Making Strides against Breast Cancer 5k Walk, Saturday October 14th 2012, and Dayton held the annual "Making Strides against Breast Cancer 5k Walk, Saturday October 20th 2012, with thousands in attendance and many groups represented, including the American Cancer Society signing up participants in a cancer prevention studey all about lifestyle and diet. (Free 12 x 12 scrapbook page from Dayton to first requestor).

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Destination

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Angelo Merendino

http://mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com/

Proceeds from event go to: The battle we didn't choose

..an avenue for promoting the Windows of Susceptibility

website, newsletter and general health and breast cancer

information outreach program

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Winter Squash: Crossword puzzlesfor better health - clues

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1. Squash which looks like a hat, orange striped, large, tough rind, and less distinct flavor, but can be hollowed out for a serving bowl

2. Sweet flavor, large dark green, lumpy surface

3. Small, softer skin, orange, good for two servings, rind can be eaten sometimes

4. A type of orange fall pumpkin rich in vitamins and antioxidants used for facial masks as well as sweet pies

5. Large yellow oval squash with long strands like pasta when cooked

6. Light tan bottom heavy squash, typically with a nutty flavor and seeds only at the bottom part

7. Hard green outer rind, but small and just right for two servings

8. Large, orange, variety of shapes, used for carving on Halloween

9. Heavy and dense, not shiny, small, orange, roundish, less sweet

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Roasted Butternut Squash p 217

If you only know winter squash as the boiled and mashed side dish served at Thanksgiving...... begins the text for this recipe in The Pink Ribbon Diet book

How true it is that we pidgeon-hole highly nutritious and easy to prepare foods into categories that revolve around holidays while leaving them out of our culinary arsenal the rest of the year. Winter squash is generally very nutritious, and filled with complex carbs, fiber, vitamins A, C, B1 (thiamin), B6 (pyridoxine), B3 (niacin) and B5 (pantothenic acid) and B9 (folic acid and folate -- see diagram on right). The latter is particular relevant to epigenetics, and the human body needs folate to synthesize DNA, help with repair DNA, and methylate DNA as well as to act as a cofactor in certain biological reactions. If DNA synthesis and repair are impaired, this can lead to cancer. Folate is especially important in rapidly growing cells (infancy and pregnancy). Squashs usually have plenty of copper, tryptophan and iron too. As with many foods, the darker the skin is, the higher the beneficial phytochemicals the content.

(Wikipedia. Butternut squash)

4 c cubed butternut squash4 c cubed butternut squash1 c cubed onion3 sprigs thyme2 tbs extra virgin olive oilsalt, pepper, nutmeg to taste

oPreheat oven to 450 F. Combine squash, onion, thyme, salt, pepper, nutmeg in pan. Add olive oil and toss to coat. Roast, turning the squash a few times, for 20-25 minutes, until cooked through and slightly browned. 4 servings, 180 calories each.

wikipedia: Folic acid

Lie flat on your back

Inhale, interlock fingers on leg just below the right knee while bending the right knee and pulling it up to the torso. The left leg remains flat on the floor.

Hold the inspired air for a second or two then slowly exhale through the nose while lifting the head and back and shoulders off the floor, bringing them forward touching the knee to the forehead.

Sustain the exhale for a one or two seconds. Inhale and return the head and back and shoulders to the floor position, while continuing to clasp the knee.Maintain inspiration for one or two seconds then exhale while releasing the knee from the hands and returning the right leg to the floor.

Lie flat for one or two seconds then repeat the steps with the left leg.

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RELEASING STRESS

REDUCING CANCER RISK

GAINING STRENGTH

Pictures and text modified from internet

Pavana mukta asana

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Here is a graphic to print on card stock 3x5 to send to all those who supported the fundraisers, and the walk-athons, and the 5k runs and walks during this October's

Breast Cancer Awareness Month. -- to all of you. Select standard size on your printer... 4 7/8 x 3 3/8)-- use next page to fit notecard size.

Way to go !!!

Thankuoy

let food be your medicine

let medicine be your food

Windows of SusceptibilityUniversity of Cincinnati's

Breast Cancer and the EnvironemtResearch Program

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Hippocrates

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amphora

blue banana

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delicious (golden)

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flat white boer

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indian summer

jack o' lantern

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Edible summer and winter squash are high in vitamins A and C, a great source of potassium,

magnesium, iron, calcium, are fantastic for weight loss, have a low glycemic index and

are moderately anti-inflammatory.

thanks google, & wikipedia

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