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thedailywhat:Cannot Be Unseen of the Day: You were saying…?

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:54:43 +1200

thedailywhat:Cannot Be Unseen of the Day: You were saying…?

Can we eat to starve cancer?

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:32:00 +1200

I’m getting more and more interested in the way our diet relates to cancer.

This is a touchy subject as people don’t like to be preached to. I think it’s good to be exposed to the theories so you can decide for yourself; the huge effect diet can have on cancer certainly struck me as something plausible.

Do you ever wonder why Japanese in Japan have the lowest cancer rate in the developed world, and yet by the time they have lived in America for 2 generations their cancer rates catch up to the national average?

The China Study (A study on diet in relation to health)
(737 reviews, 4.5 star average rating)

Anti-cancer (on tailoring your diet to fight and prevent cancer)
(177 reviews, 5 star average rating)

The books above talk about how the Western diet could be linked to our rising cancer rates. Some big factors are the over-prevalence of animal protein and hormones in our diets, which appear to:

a) feed cancer cells that might otherwise sit harmlessly in our bodies. Cancer cells appear to multiply at a much higher rate in the presence of animal proteins.

b) raise our own hormone levels to be alarmingly high so that as we age we have ‘further to fall’. (As we age our hormones take a dive - particularly at menopause, but men’s hormones also fall naturally). A large change in hormone levels seems to be related to the development of cancer in hormonal hot spots (breast, prostate etc)

Furthermore, scientists are discovering ‘super-foods’ which can strengthen the body’s immune system, such as shiitake mushrooms, ginger, and garlic. Infact people undergoing chemotherapy in Japan are prescribed a shiitake mushroom extract as par-for-the-course.

The human body is equipped with NK cells (Natural Killer cells - a type of white blood cell) which seem to recognise cancer cells and destroy them. If this is true, then chemotherapy does just as much harm as good - along with cancer cells it also obliterates the immune system. No wonder there is only a 5% increased survival rate over people who don’t undergo the treatment.

Apart from strengthening the immune system, there are also foods that prevent the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumour. This is called “anti-angiogenesis”, explained superbly by William Li in this TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li.html

idroppedmebrain: thedailywhat: Biofictional Toy of the Day:...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:09:42 +1200

idroppedmebrain:

thedailywhat:

Biofictional Toy of the Day: Artist Jason Freeny continues his series of visible vinyl doll sculptures with an anatomically correct reimagination of David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim’s Uglydoll Icebat.

[moist.]

Earlier: Anatomical Dunny.

"Don’t unthinkingly follow authorities whether intellectual, or political, or religious. And..."

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:03:07 +1200

“Don’t unthinkingly follow authorities whether intellectual, or political, or religious. And don’t unthinkingly follow traditions, or social conventions. Think for yourself. Look at the facts, and try to base your views and behavior on how things actually are.”

- John Locke

Perspective 2d Design! I don’t generally blog ads but...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:59:38 +1200

Perspective 2d Design! I don’t generally blog ads but noice one Vodafone. I’m guessing they did the perspective via projections on the computer. Chur @elly_rarg!

Ha. Aphorism win!

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:38:00 +1200

Ha. Aphorism win!

Well now, that’s creative! Animated shark and raptor...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:07:45 +1200

Well now, that’s creative! Animated shark and raptor hoodies.

Wow, a moonwalk en Pointe - 2:13! This mightn’t interest...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:06:47 +1200

Wow, a moonwalk en Pointe - 2:13!

This mightn’t interest some, but I thought this was a refreshingly different neo-ballet routine.. I did ballet until I was 12 and I can tell you there is a lot of dry choreography out there! Discovered as I was checking out reference for my next animation assignment, rad.

"The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly - that is what each of..."

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:04:49 +1200

“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”

- Oscar Wilde

Scariest Donald Duck scene ever, hehe. Sigh, they just...

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:03:45 +1200

Scariest Donald Duck scene ever, hehe. Sigh, they just don’t make cartoons like this anymore! Clip from Mickey and the Beanstalk.

Wow, choir rendition of Creep. zenofblogging: Creep (Originally...

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:03:45 +1200

Wow, choir rendition of Creep.

zenofblogging:

Creep (Originally by Radiohead) - Scala And Kolacny Brothers

This beautiful cover done by Scala And Kolacny Brothers choir captures all the most haunting aspects of Radiohead’s classic song. This version came to my attention after watching the trailer for the upcoming tale of the creation of facebook, The Social Network. It was a perfect match for this film because in a world where everyone’s social lives are becoming easily accessible with only a couple clicks of the mouse, we are all feeling like creeps in this world that keeps getting smaller every second. Our social identity is becoming the center of our lives. This is the “me” generation. It’s a egocentric world obsessed with everybody’s lives meanwhile endlessly advertising how awesome our own lives are. Our facebook pages, our twitter updates, our tumblr posts, our flickr photographs, our last.fm music charts are becoming who we are. It’s a blueprint for our identities for the entire world to see. Our lives are now on facebook, everything that happens, whether good or bad, is constantly updated onto the online realm. Our reals lives are intertwining with our virtual lives. Life is becoming one big status update.

“You’re just like an angel. Your skin makes me cry. You float like a feather in a beautiful world.”

Word.

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:01:45 +1200

Word.

The Secret Meaning of Inception

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:00:47 +1200

The Secret Meaning of Inception:

Mind blowing essay. If it’s true, and the guy makes some stellar points, it makes me appreciate inception that much more.

Photo Series of the Day: A mob of sheep belonging to the farm in...

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:59:45 +1200

Photo Series of the Day: A mob of sheep belonging to the farm in Matamata, New Zealand, where Peter Jackson’s Shire was set has apparently staked a claim to the abandoned houses of Hobbiton.

Inception: Totem.

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:30:11 +1200

Inception: Totem.

Kele (from Bloc Party) - Everything you Wanted.

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:25:55 +1200

Kele (from Bloc Party) - Everything you Wanted.

viviphyd rox at colour

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:13:44 +1200

viviphyd rox at colour

"7. Alternatives to spending $200,000 per kid so they can waste four years of their lives: * Give..."

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:11:44 +1200

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7. Alternatives to spending $200,000 per kid so they can waste four years of their lives:

* Give them $20,000 to start one to five businesses.
Most businesses fail but that’s ok. The education from the process lasts a lifetime and the network you build when you start a business will lead to many future jobs and possibilities.

* Travel the world.
That would be an education that pays many dividends and is much cheaper. Your kids can then go to college with a much more mature view of the world.

* Work.
They won’t get the best jobs but they can make money, network, get a “hands-on” education, learn the value of money and go to college in their 20s when they can afford it — and make every dollar worth it. Plus your kids will have a more clear idea of what they want to do in the world.

* Volunteer.
Let them see a side of life that is harder and where they can add value. An education like that is invaluable.

* Do nothing but read.
Get the benefits of a college education without paying the $200,000. I’d be happy to support a child that wants to home school a college education.

”

- Seven Reasons Not to Send Your Kids to College - DailyFinance

Sawickipedia: Looking at the cost of college and its potential return is important. Assuming its an automatic requirement or best bet isn’t necessarily a good thing.

(In US Dollars but I think the points stand in other countries too)

cmonstah: jenbee: From Direction—Space!, a series documenting...

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:08:45 +1200

cmonstah:

jenbee:

From Direction—Space!, a series documenting the Russian Cosmonauts Training Center, by Maria Gruzdeva.

I looooooove this photo.

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I’m also digging the rest of the images in the set. Like, wow.

"The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the..."

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:05:45 +1200

“The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.”

- Hippocrates