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    Genetic Evidence that Antioxidants Kill Cancer

    Lisa Garber
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    Researchers of Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center have produced genetic evidence suggesting antioxidant drugs could help prevent and treat cancer. With research already showcasing the powers of various cancer fighting foods, this research further shows how dangerous mainstream medical testing and treatments can be outranked by nature’s gifts.
    “Antioxidants have been associated with cancer reducing effects—beta carotene, for example—but the mechanisms, the genetic evidence, has been lacking,” says lead researcher Michael P. Lisanti, M.D., Ph.D. “Now we have genetic proof that mitochondrial oxidative stress is important for driving tumor growth.”
    Oxidative Stress and Tumor Growth

    Lisanti’s study shows that loss of the tumor suppressor protein Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) stimulates mitochondrial oxidative stress in the stromal micro-environment. If this is Greek to you, let’s put it this way: if a woman has breast cancer and has the biomarker Cav-1, she has greater chances of survival than someone who doesn’t have the Cav-1 protein. The loss of the protein, in fact, leads to oxidative stress, thereby quadrupling in tumor mass and volume with no increase in tumor angiogenesis.
    That’s where antioxidants step in.

    Antioxidants Interfere with Cancer Growth

    Lisanti wasn’t the first to see antioxidants reducing oxidative stress. A 2008 study published in the March 14th issue of Science pointed out that antioxidants put up interference in cancer communication. This stops and even reverses cancer growth throughout the body.

    “There are already antioxidant drugs out there on the market as dietary supplements, like N-zcetyl cysteine,” says Lisanti. Anti-cancer drugs targeting oxidative stress—like NAC—haven’t entered mainstream medicine because it is commonly believed to reduce the effectiveness of current chemotherapies that increase oxidative stress. (And there’s too much money to be made by pharmaceutical companies to put a stop to that, yet.)

    Lisanti insists, “Now that we have genetic proof that oxidative stress and resulting autophagy [production of recycled nutrients] are important for driving tumor growth, we should reconsider using antioxidants and autophagy inhibitors as anti-cancer agents.”

    Luckily for us, help in the prevention or treatment of cancer doesn’t have to come in pill form. Read up on the antioxidants found in papaya leaves, ginger, and turmeric right here on Natural Society—maybe while drinking a small glass of red wine.

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    Poke : Pokeweed : Poke Salet : Survival Wild Edible

    June 25, 2012 By Creek Leave a Comment

    It’s interesting to me how a plant can be edible and poisonous at the same time. Pokeweed is one of those wild plants. Normally, I stay away from wild edibles that have a poisonous element but Poke is one of those rare exceptions. It’s just too dang good.

    Poke is normally an early riser – popping up in early Spring. I’ve been finding tons of new plants lately, though. Before we get into this post very far I need to tell you a few important facts about Poke:

    1. The ROOTS are ALWAYS poisonous.
    2. The BERRIES are ALWAYS poisonous.
    3. The Mature Leaves, Stems and Stalk are ALWAYS poisonous.

    So what is considered MATURE? My rule of thumb is that any plant over 18″ tall is mature OR if the plant has any hint of purple turning in the main stalk OR if the berry clusters have started to form. I know this seems like a lot of rules but POKE is worth it. I consider the poke in the photo below a NO GO.


    Poke is prepared like any potherb – like spinach for example. Just boil a pot full of leaves in a few inches of water and then salt and season to taste. I’ve read in multiple field guides (including my favorite field guide – Peterson’s Guide to Wild Edibles for Eastern/Central North America) that it needs to be boiled in multiple changes of water but I’ve never done that and haven’t found it necessary.
    Poke is a large leafy plant. The veins on the underside of the leaves are very noticeable and I use these to help identify the plant.



    It can get to be 8+ feet tall. Here is a photo of a mature poke plant and also poke berries that haven’t turned purple yet. Everything about the plant in this stage is poisonous.


    My new favorite way of eating POKE is with scrambled eggs. It is very easy to prepare and the POKE gives a really unique flavor to the dish. Until poke is out of season I’ll probably eat this dish 2-3 times per week. To make it I start by melting down some POKE leaves in a skillet with a little olive oil, salt and pepper.


    After the leaves are nice and wilted I add in the eggs.


    Finally, salt and pepper to taste and you’re good to go. Poke and Eggs fit for a king.

    If you came across a bird’s nest in the wild this dish could theoretically be made in a primitive survival situation using a flat rock.

    So how about you? Do you eat Pokeweed? If so, what’s your favorite way to prepare it?
    Remember, it’s not IF but WHEN,

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    Creek Stewart is the Owner and Lead Instructor at Willow Haven Outdoor - a leading Survival and Preparedness Training Facility located on 21-acres in Central Indiana. For more information on Survival Courses and Clinics offered at WHO, click HERE. Creek is also author of the new book Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit. His book is currently available for preorder on AMAZON.COM for only $11.20 - LIMITED TIME ONLY. If you enjoy Creek's Blog Posts, you will also enjoy his new book. You can contact Creek directly at creek@willowhavenoutdoor.com.

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    How to Use a [BUSTED] Cell Phone to Meet 5 Basic Survival Needs

    June 28, 2012 By Creek Leave a Comment



    Have you seen my guest post featured on the popular men’s interest blog ArtofManliness.com?

    Check out how I use a [BUSTED] cell phone to meet 5 basic survival needs…


    Here’s the link!

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    Creek Stewart is the Owner and Lead Instructor at Willow Haven Outdoor - a leading Survival and Preparedness Training Facility located on 21-acres in Central Indiana.

    For more information on Survival Courses and Clinics offered at WHO, click HERE.

    Creek is also author of the new book Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit. His book is currently available for preorder on AMAZON.COM for only $11.20 - LIMITED TIME ONLY. If you enjoy Creek's Blog Posts, you will also enjoy his new book. You can contact Creek directly at creek@willowhavenoutdoor.com.

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    Collapse Medic: When Help Is NOT On The Way, The Buck Stops With You

    Dr. Joseph Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P.
    June 30th, 2012
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    This article has been generously contributed by Dr. Joseph Alton and Nurse Amy Alton of the Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Web Site and appears in their book The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook.



    When the “Buck” Stops With You

    The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook – Preface
    By Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy

    Most outdoor medicine guides are intended to aid you in managing emergency situations in austere and remote locations. Certainly, modern medical care on an ocean voyage or wilderness hike is not readily available; even trips to the cities of underdeveloped countries may fit this category as well. There are medical srategies for these mostly short term scenarios that are widely published, and they are both reasonable and effective. An entire medical education system exists to deal with limited wilderness or disaster situations, and it is served by a growing industry of supplies and equipment.

    The basic premise of wilderness/disaster medicine is to:

    • Evaluate the injured or ill patient,
    • Stabilize their condition, and…
    • Transport the individual to the nearest modern hospital, clinic, or emergency care center.


    This series of steps makes perfect sense; you are not a physician and, somewhere, there are facilities that have a lot more technology than you have in your backpack. Your priority is to get the patient out of immediate danger and then ship them off; this will allow you to continue on your wilderness adventure.

    Transporting the injured person may be difficult to do (sometimes very difficult), but you still have the luxury of being able to “pass the buck” to those who have more knowledge, technology and supplies.

    One day, however, there may come a time when a pandemic, civil unrest or terrorist event may precipitate a situation where the miracle of modern medicine may be unavailable. Indeed, not only unavailable, but even to the point that the potential for access to modern facilities no longer exists. We refer to this type of scenario as a “collapse.” In a collapse, you will have more risk for illness and injury than on a hike in the woods, yet little or no hope of obtaining more advanced care than you, yourself, can provide. It’s not a matter of a few days without modern technology, such as after a hurricane or tornado. Help is NOT on the way; therefore, you have become the place where the “buck” stops for the foreseeable future, at least when it comes to your medical welfare.

    Few are prepared to deal with this harsh reality. To go further, very few are willing to even entertain the possibility that such a tremendous burden might be placed upon them. Even for those willing, there are few, if any, books that will consider this drastic turn of events.

    Almost all handbooks (some quite good) on wilderness survival will usually end a section with: “Go to the hospital immediately.” Although this is excellent advice for modern times, it won’t be very helpful in an uncertain future when the hospitals might all be out of commission. We only have to look at Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to know that even modern medical facilities may be useless if they are understaffed, under-supplied, and overcrowded.

    When you are the end of the line with regards to the medical well-being of your family or group, there are certain adjustments that have to be made. Medical supplies must be accumulated and expanded. Medical knowledge must be obtained and assimilated. These medical supplies and knowledge must then be adjusted to fit the mindset that you must adopt in a collapse: That things have changed for the long term, and that you are the sole medical resource when it comes to keeping your people healthy. As Theodore Roosevelt once said, “You must do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

    This is a huge responsibility and many will decide that they cannot bear the burden of being in charge of the medical care of others. Others will find the fortitude to grit their teeth and wear the badge of collapse “medic.” These individuals may have some medical experience, but most will simply be fathers and mothers who understand that someone must be appointed to handle things when there are no doctors. If this reality first becomes apparent when a loved one becomes deathly ill, the likelihood that you will have the training and supplies needed to be an effective medical provider will be close to zero.

    This volume is meant to educate and prepare those who want to ensure the health of their loves ones. If you can absorb the information here, you will be better equipped to handle 90% of the emergencies that you will see in a power-down scenario.

    All the information contained in this book is meant for use in a post-apocalyptic setting, when modern medicine no longer exists. If your leg is broken in five places, it stands to reason that you’ll do better in an orthopedic hospital ward than if I make a splint out of two sticks and strips of my T-shirt. The strategies discussed here are not the most effective means of taking care of certain medical problems. They adhere to the philosophy that something is better than nothing; in a survival situation, this “something” might just get you through the storm.

    Hopefully, societal destabilization will never happen; if not, this book will still have its uses.

    Natural catastrophes will tax even the most advanced medical delivery systems. Medical personnel will be unlikely to be readily available to help you if they are dealing with mass casualty events. Even a few days without access to health care may be fatal in an emergency. The information provided here will be valuable while you are waiting for help to arrive.

    An important caveat: In most locales, the practice of medicine or dentistry without a license is against the law, and none of the recommendations in this book will protect you from liability if you implement them where there is a functioning government and legal system. Consider obtaining formal medical education if you want to become a healthcare provider in a pre-collapse society. All it takes is your time, energy and motivation.

    Although you will not be a physician after reading this volume, you will certainly be more of a medical asset to your family, group, or community than you were before.

    You will have:


    • Learned to think about what to do when today’s technology is no longer at your fingertips.
    • Considered preventative medicine and sanitation.
    • Looked at your environment to see what plants might have medicine value.
    • Put together a medical kit which, along with standard equipment, includes traditional medications and natural remedies.



    Most importantly, you will have become medically prepared to face the very uncertain future; and after all, isn’t that what you wanted accomplish when you first picked up this book?


    SHTFplan Editor’s Note: This article has been generously contributed by Dr. Joseph Alton (aka Dr. Bones) and Nurse Amy Alton (aka Nurse Amy). It appears in the Preface of The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook.
    For those looking for a realistic overview of the medical emergencies and disaster scenarios we may face in a post-collapse world and how to keep your loved ones healthy and safe in the midst of crisis, the Altons’ Survival Medicine Handbook is an absolute must have for your preparedness library. (Our family has one on the shelf and one in our evac bag)

    You can also follow their regularly updated and very informative Doom and Bloom Web Site for topics covering a host of post-collapse emergency concerns and key medical issues you may run into.

    In a situation where seconds count and medical help is hours or days away, there will be only one place to turn: yourself. We will all, undoubtedly, be faced with life threatening scenarios when law, order and our regular way of life breaks down. Some of those will include traumatic injuries to family members or friends – everything from gun shot wounds to viral infections.
    The buck will stop with you.

    Also See:
    The Doom and Bloom Hour – Weekly internet radio show discussing medical issues and emergency scenarios.
    Doom and Bloom Medical Supplies – Prepackaged emergency kits, supplies and training information.
    What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Collapse [by Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy]

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    How to Barter

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    This article has been contributed by The Ready Store.


    When you are caught in a disaster, either natural or economical, supplies can be in short demand. Bartering is a great skill to have to be able to trade your unique goods and services in order to help you and your family during an emergency.

    Imagine that the economy collapsed. You’d be able to barter for food and other supplies instead of using currency.

    Or better yet, money is really tight in a lot of homes right now! Imagine being able to barter with your neighbors to trade goods and services for items that your family needs right now!

    How to Barter

    If you’ve never bartered, here are some steps to get you started:

    Figure out what you want.

    In an emergency situation, assess your needs. What things do you need and what things do you want?

    Figure out what you can give.

    Think about what things you would sell if you had a garage sale tomorrow? Is any of it valuable? What skills or hobbies do you have that you can teach someone? What chores do you enjoy doing?

    Identify a trading partner. Try to find someone that you know is in need of one of the skills or goods that you have. If you can’t readily find someone, make a list of those you know that might need a skill or good that you have.

    Negotiate and ask. Come with an idea of what you want. For example, “I would like to exchange my first born child for your flock of geese.” Don’t go to the trade without an idea of what you want.

    Tips to bartering like a professional

    We’ve collected a few tips that you can use while bartering. Let us know your bartering techniques too. What do you find helpful in a bartering situation. Comment below!

    Assess a dollar value. Try and research the price of the item that you’d like to barter.

    That might give you a better idea of other items that you can barter for. Remember though that many times a value depends on the person’s needs, wants and preferences.

    Set a time frame. Come into an agreement with your trading partner when the services will be exchanged. If there is a deadline, you need to decide that. If the good or service is on an ongoing basis, consider meeting again to re-evaluate and make sure everyone is still OK with the deal.

    Taxes with bartering. Some bartering items require that you report the transaction on your tax return. Obviously, you won’t have to report things like mowing your neighbors lawn in exchange for his homemade beef jerky. However, a barter between two businesses is considered taxable income and should be reported.
    Get it in writing.

    If at all possible, get the deal in writing so that you and your trading partner are in agreeance. This will come in handy too if someone tries to alter the agreement later down the road.

    Triangular bartering. Bartering doesn’t always have to be between two individuals. If you have three people who all want each other’s goods or services, you can still strike a deal. You can mow a person’s lawn, in exchange they will give eggs to a neighbor and the neighbor will give you milk from their cow.

    Be skeptical if you need to be. If someone is trying to trade an item that you’re not as familiar with, don’t feel bad asking questions. It’s not wrong to ask questions about the item or to ask more details about the person’s skill set.

    This article has been contributed by The Ready Store, where America goes to get ready. Get regularly updated preparedness tips and important news at the Ready Blog.

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    New Research: Soft Drinks Contain Alcohol

    June 29, 2012 by Bryan Nash

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    French researchers found that many soft drinks contain trace levels of alcohol.

    The little buzz a person gets from drinking a soda may not be the caffeine. French researchers have discovered alcohol in Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

    The National Institute of Consumption, which is based in Paris, found that more than half of popular sodas contain traces of alcohol.

    The study, which appears in the French magazine 60 Million Consumers, states that alcohol levels are about .001 percent in the drinks. The amount is so low that people really won’t feel the effects of it. (Most beers are about 5 percent alcohol.)

    But it could have implications for some religious groups. Conservative Mormons and Muslims typically abstain from all forms of alcohol.

    Neither Coca-Cola nor Pepsi are denying that their products contain trace amounts of the drug. Coca-Cola says the alcohol could “come from the process” of creating the drink.

    Pepsi stated: “Some soft drinks can contain minute traces of alcohol because of the ingredients used.”

    This is not the first time Coca-Cola has come under scrutiny for its ingredients. It is estimated that, early in the beverage’s history, the product contained as much as 9 milligrams of cocaine.

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