31st October 07 On This Day Halloween (All-hallow-even) originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. It was believed that on this day the realms of the living and dead passed close together and sometimes the dead might reappear and the living might vanish. When Christianity hit the "islands", many pagan festivals were hijacked and turned into "saint days".
The Christians turned the day into the eve of "All Saints Day" because Halloween/Samhain was an seriously big deal to Pagans so, they made it a big deal for converts to Christianity. All Saints' Day (All Hallows Day) became fixed on November 1, 835, and All Souls' Day on November 2, circa 998. On All Souls' Eve, families stayed up late, and little "soul cakes" were eaten by everyone. At the stroke of midnight there was solemn silence among households, which had candles burning in every room to guide the souls back to visit their earthly homes, and a glass of wine on the table to refresh them (source: wiki). The media also published the latest cancer avoidance advice using the familiar scare tactics. However, the BBC has made the FULL report available for download. THIS TIME; YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY! The World Cancer Research Fund carried out the largest ever inquiry into lifestyle and cancer, and issued several stark recommendations. - Limit red meat
Limit alcohol
Avoid bacon, ham, and other processed meats
No sugary drinks
No weight gain after 21
Exercise every day
Breastfeed children
Do not take dietary supplements to cut cancer
Of course, many news outlets went over the top with big headlines using just a few facts extracted from a 537 page report. World Cancer Research Fund / American Institute for Cancer Research. Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. Washington DC: AICR, 2007 Extracts: This Report has a number of inter-related general purposes. One is to explore the extent to which food, nutrition, physical activity, and body composition modify the risk of cancer, and to specify as far as possible the importance of specific factors. To the extent that environmental factors such as food, nutrition, and physical activity influence risk of cancer, it is a preventable disease. The Report specifies recommendations based on solid evidence which, when followed, will be expected to reduce the incidence of cancer. A note of caution The Panel is confident that its findings are soundly based, and that its recommendations, when translated into effective public policy programmes and personal choices, will reduce the risk of cancer. That said, the available evident is imperfect. The Panel’s conclusions derive from the best evidence now available, which reflects past and recent research priorities mostly in high-income countries, though synthesised and judged in as meticulous and rigorous way as possible. What is here is therefore an incomplete picture.
Judging the Evidence The task of expert committees responsible for reports such as this is to collect, discuss, and judge scientific evidence, as a basis for recommendations made in the public interest. The purpose of this third introductory chapter is to summarise the process the Panel has used in the five years of its work, in order to ensure that its assessments, judgements, and recommendations made in the chapters that follow are reliable. The full systematic literature reviews Judgements of the Panel are shown in the form of matrices at the beginning of the chapters of Part 2 of this Report. Two key judgements in these matrices, and in the text, are those of 'convincing' and 'probable'. These denote the Panel’s judgements that the evidence of causality — that a factor either decreases or increases the risk of cancer — is strong enough to justify population goals and personal recommendations, which are made in Part 3. The criteria agreed by the Panel for grading the evidence 'convincing', 'probable', or 'limited', or else showing that any substantial effect on the risk of cancer is unlikely, are also specified in this chapter. The full report can be downloaded from the BBC Web Site using this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/31_10_07_dietcancer.pdf For probably the first time, YOU can make your OWN JUDGEMENT and make up YOUR mind wht YOU want to do or not do. Cancer Related Articles Submitted to Liberated Press Releases (LPR) The LPR web site is designed to give the user a choice rather than stuffing intrusive advertising down their throats. We also believe in giving the publisher/content owner a fair deal and reward for their efforts. Therefore: NO GOOGLE ADSENSE OR OTHER TEXT BOX ADVERTISING WILL EVER BE EMBEDDED IN ARTICLE CONTENT PUBLISHED WITHIN THIS WEB SITE - GUARANTEED - So Many Companies....What is Right For Me? By:-Mark Quibell
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