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Melanoma causes, prevention, and management are known. There are natural strategies that can prevent and reverse melanoma. The truth is melanoma isn’t different from other types of cancers. It is dependent on your internal environment. The sun may have very little to do with the development of this condition. When you think melanoma, you think sun exposure. The fact that the rates of melanoma have gone up by 3.1 percent a year since 1992, may reflect changes in both our lifestyles, and a liberal use of suntan creams.

Suntan Lotions and Creams

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the ingredients in sunscreens marketed today have been used for many years and the agency does not have any reason to believe these products are not safe for consumer use.

The list of ingredients can vary from one brand to the next: the list of approved ingredients. Aminobenzoic acid-carcinogen implicated in cardiovascular disease, Avobenzone-carcinogen, Dioxbenzond-skin toxicity, carcinogen, and hormone disruptor, Diazolidinly Urea-carcinogen, affects the endocrine system, central nervous system and compromises the immune system, Methylparaben-interferes with  genes, Octocylene-affects liver, and carcinogen, Octyl methoxycinnamate-carcinogen, disrupts liver function, Oxybenzone-carcinogen and causes vascular disease, Phenoxyethanol, carcinogen, endocrine disrupter, Titanium dioxide-carcinogen when in nanomaterial form, and Zinc Oxide, toxic to the reproductive system.

Then there is retinyl palmitate a form of vitamin A, which is found in about 41% or sunscreens and is a photocarcinogen, which means it is a cancer-causing agent when exposed to sunlight. In a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study, researchers applied creams contain retinyl palmitate to animals’ skin, and then exposed them to sunlight. The study showed an increased incidence of skin cancer in these animals.

These are the safe ingredients; I hate to speculate on what is not considered safe. After all the research and development (R&D) money spent to withdraw these products would have shareholders in the company looking for new investments. The real benefit from suntan products comes from the commercialization. and sales.

Real Protection

Real protection doesn’t come from an over zealous application of chemical containing suntan lotions. The ozone level may be disappearing, but that may not be as applicable in terms of skin cancer. What is missing in the skin cancer guidelines is the many integrative solutions.

Facts

A new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that patients with decreased core muscle density were more likely to see their melanoma spread to other organs. They found it isn’t how old you are but how frail you are. Younger patients in poor health can have worst outcomes than older patients who are fit. What they found it was the underlying vitality of the patient that predicted the outcome.

Deficiencies of micronutrients are frequently found in cancer patients. There are some reports that blood levels of folic acid is 60 to 85% lower in people with cancer. There is conclusive evidence that a folic acid deficiency increases metastatic activity in cultured melanoma cells.

There are numerous studies and clinical evidence that high doses of melatonin can prevent and reverse melanoma. Melatonin suppresses ultraviolet (UV)-induced damage to skin cells. It shows strong antioxidant activity in skin cells exposed to UV light. There are a few studies that seem to suggest that selenium in vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Kale and Brussel sprouts helps your body target melanoma.

Vitamin D especially vitamin D3 fights melanoma. There are many  articles and clinical trials that show the positive effect Vitamin D3 has on killing melanoma cells.

There is a hidden gem that hasn’t been given much coverage. Dr. Dianne Godar of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had this to say: UVB light appears to be protective against melanoma. This is because your body produces Vitamin D in response to the UBA radiation. Dr. Godar points out the well know fact that the melanoma epidemic began long before sunbed usage, and that the dramatic melatonin increase occurs primary in indoor workers, not outdoor workers.

Low vitamin D levels actually predict melanoma, and all-year tans protect against melanoma. Melanoma patients who get sun live longer than those who don’t.

Conclusion

We are meant to survive in the environment that has sustained us for thousands of years. The sun sustains life on this planet. Never before in the history of man was the sun’s image so tarnished. If anything our contact with the outdoors is less then ever. We have withdrawn from our natural surrounding.

These are the factors that have a direct roll in the melanoma epidemic: One, is our reliance on pharmaceuticals (suntan lotion), two, the standard American diet which causes deficiencies of micronutrients, lack of adequate sunshine. From an evolutionary perspective sunshine is essential.

Plastics are a health hazard. Packaging has become a way to deliver products effectively. Packaging serves up mountain spring water, and soda in easy to handle bottles. We rely on lightweight bottles, storage containers, cups, baby bottles, and shampoo bottles. They are less prone to breakage, and lighter in weight which are factors that make them so popular.

Plastic Products

Plastics product demand keeps growing. This packaging is much more than an aesthetic change, it brings superior functionality while reducing costs. Environmental issues, facts and perspectives on the biodegradability issues are a growing concern. For the most part these products are likely destined for landfills.

The one thing plastic isn’t is “sustainable” in the sense of durable or long-lasting. America’s appetite for convince is at an all time high. On the surface innovative plastic packaging for things like milk, juice, sauces, ready made puddings, jello, and condiments seem to be what the consumer wants.

For the marketplace plastics are considered useful, convenient and cost effective. What is in store for both the planet and consumer is going to be costly. The short term gains are becoming long term headaches.

Dangers of Plastics

What Georgetown University, Plasticpure, and CertChem ( a chemical testing company)  scientists found was that only 70 percent of common plastic products tested positive for estrogenic activity, but the the percentage rose to 95 percent when put into the dishwasher or microwave.

BHA is Bisphenol A, a chemical that has been used for more than 40 years in the manufacture of plastic food containers. The latest research from the University of Missouri shows that BPA causes Male deer mice to become demasculinized and behave more like females in their spatial navigation abilities. They also became less desirable to females.

The World of Plastics

We may be tipping the scales in the evolutionary process. The world is increasingly becoming a different place, that doesn’t celebrate human existence as much as a contemporary interaction of buyers and sellers. Creating brands seems to be the manifesto of America interpretation of free enterprise.

People find brands comforting, it gives a sense of stability. The brands of the past are still visible today, but the warmth and con fort have been replaced by well-tailored marketing. The product is formulated and packaged differently from the past. What has emerged is a new coherent strategy to improve the revenue model. So for most companies the dispensers of their products have to meet the bottom line. Plastic grocery bags made from polyethylene, hold shrink wrapped food,  multi-colored plastic bottles, and clear see through beverage bottles.

Leading scientist have concluded that exposure to plastic products that release chemicals that have estrogen activity during human development may be damaging to both behavioral and cognitive functions that are unique the each sex and critical to reproduction capacity.

Plastic bottles are less prone to breakage, but our we designed to withstand this hormone-disrupting convenience. We may be sterilized along with the bottles.

Antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria are more than just than MRSA. Every time we turn around we meet the new kid on the block, and each time the danger escalates. Drug development seem to give superpowers to these life-threatening bacteria. The problem seems to be growing too quickly for the pharmaceutical companies. It seems that the drug companies have a working relationship with the infections. The higher the potency of the antibiotic the stronger the bacteria become.

Bacteria

As the bacteria evolve we may be heading for extinction. We live in a challenging times. Creating a way to handle this problem requires new thinking and creative solutions. Antibiotics are losing their luster. Upgrading them may further risk our health. Innovative thinking may manage this scourge better than the drug mentality.

For a society that worries about bacteria, and concentrates on making everything sterile, we seem to be a hot bed for their activity and growth. The evolution of the super bugs are in direct proportion to the aseptically filled syringes, and prescriptive filled antibiotics.

Sanitizing

This is without taking into account hand sanitizers, which are used on just about anything in arms length. The problems is going to grow too quickly unless we put a wrap on sanitizing the planet. Our commercial meat, poultry, produce and dairy supply are become a health hazard thanks to nurturing the big pharma instead of our livestock and vegetation.

Pharmacutical Problem

The pharmaceutical company has put their stamp on every aspect of our lives. This may be the point where we sound the alarm. The potential impact on the quality of our lives isn’t potential anymore, it is here. We have to stop increasingly sponsoring this way of thinking. There is a lot of pressure by consumers for big pharma to save us. This is because of the fear generated by a harmonized network of marketing by the pharmaceutical industry. All treats are either large and global or small and regional but they are all in close proximity to you, and the next blockbuster drug will save you. They may not have drug development down to a science, but they surly have consumer centered marketing down pat.

We need a partnership that gives us a reason to smile, and one that is easy to work with. There are people and companies that it would pay us to sponsor. At this point in time our dollars are sponsoring the companies that are changing the landscape of the planet for the worst.

Coriander Oil

While the scientist ponder the best preclinical drug for eradicating these supper bugs. We already have an arsenal of natural herbs, spices, and plants that can independently eradicate some of the antibiotic resistant bacteria. Case in point, researchers from the university of Beira Interior in Portugal test coriander oil against 12 bacteria strains, including Escherichia Coli, Salmonella enterica, Bacillus cereus and meticillin-resistant Staphylococuus aureaus(MRSA). All the strains showed reduced growth and most were killed by solutions containing 1.6% coriander oil or less.

The coriander oil damages the membrane surrounding the bacterial cell and its environment. This action inhibits essential processes like respiration, which ultimately leads to the destruction of the bacteria. This is without side effects, unless they manage to put it into clinical drugs. To prevent food-born illnesses, and treat antibiotic resistant infections we have to look outside of the current thinking.