Celery and Parsley shows potential in fight against leukaemia

Dear Reader,

It sounds silly, but I've always been a fan of celery. The satisfying crunch, the clean flavour...and when I was a child, I thought it matched up beautifully with peanut butter and raisins for the classic treat "ants on a log."

Of course, most people think it's a boring vegetable. They just aren't that impressed.
Now, thanks to new findings, celery might start getting the respect I've always thought it deserves.

Scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands recently found that eating foods like celery and parsley could help prevent leukaemia.
Thanks to a compound called apigenin, celery packs more cancer-fighting power than previously thought. Apigenin halts the development and cuts the survival chances of two kinds of leukaemia cells.

Apigenin is a bioflavonoid, and if you're a regular e-Tips reader or a Nutrition & Healing subscriber, you've probably heard that word before. Biolavonoids have antioxidant properties ? they protect cells by fighting free radical damage. Apigenin is also found in red wine and tomato sauce. And leukaemia is just the beginning. Researchers have also found the substance may help protect against ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.

So, the next time you're in the produce section of your supermarket, don't pass the celery by in search of more exciting fare ? pick up a bunch and crunch away.

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Caution: Celery has no protective skin, which makes it almost impossible to wash off the chemicals that are used on conventional crops.

A perennial entrant on the Dirty Dozen list, 64 pesticides detected in residue on this veggie make celery rank No. 1 in the 2010 analysis, up from No. 4 in 2009.

The best solution is try to get it from an organic veggies producer.

Study: Hot chili pepper compound kills cancer without side effects

Thursday, January 18, 2007 by: Jessica Fraser, citizen journalist(NaturalNews)
Capsaicin -- the compound that makes chili peppers spicy -- can kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells, with no side effects, according to a new study by researchers at Nottingham University in the UK.

The study, led by Dr. Timothy Bates, found that capsaicin killed laboratory-grown lung and pancreatic cancer cells by attacking tumor cells' source of energy and triggering cell-suicide.

"This is incredibly exciting and may explain why people living in countries like Mexico and India, who traditionally eat a diet which is very spicy, tend to have lower incidences of many cancers that are prevalent in the Western world," Bates said.
"We appear to have discovered a fundamental weakness with all cancer cells. Capsaicin specifically targets cancerous cells, leading to the possibility that a drug based on it would kill tumors with few or no side effects for the patient," he said.

Bates and his research team found that when cancer cells were treated with capsaicin, the chili pepper compound attacked the tumor cells' mitochondria -- which generate ATP, the chemical that creates energy within the body. Capsaicin also bound to certain proteins within the cancer cells and triggered apoptosis -- natural cell death.
Bates noted that his team's capsaicin experiments resulted in cancer cell death without harming the healthy cells surrounding the tumors. The capsaicin compound also managed to kill both lung cancer cells -- a standard test for new cancer treatments -- and pancreatic cancer cells, which are exceptionally hard to kill.

"These results are highly significant, as pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat and has a five-year survival rate of less than one percent," Bates said.
According to Josephine Querido, a cancer information officer with Cancer Research UK, Bates' study is promising and needs further research. However, since the experiment showed only that capsaicin extracts killed lab-grown cancer cells, eating large quantities of chili peppers may not yield the same results in humans.

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Cake & Card

Monday, 22 Mac 2010
I went to KL for a meeting at BiotechCorp. Then before balik Melaka, singgah Jusco Cheras Selatan jap sbb nk jmpa sum1 I miss a lot. But then, kena tunggu dia blk keje dl. So layan muvie kt TGV situ sorang2. The funny thing is, bdk kt kaunter tu tanye byk kali '1 tiket je bang?' Ye, memang 1 je. Sbb dia pelik kot tngok laki sorang2 in office attire tngok muvie sorang2. Pastu tngok citer cine plak tu.. Actually, that was the only muvie at the right time sbb just nk habiskan masa je. So, masuk je cinema hall, rasa pelik la plak. Sebab im the only malay kt ctu. Others, suma chinese. hahaha. Bila kluar je, suma org pandang. Muvie tu tajuk dia, Just Another Pandora Box.. rsnye btl la kot.. sbb x amik tau sgt.. tp muvie tu mmg hampeh la.. Ntah pe2 nye muvie.. nyesal plak rsnyer tngok citer tu..

Then, went straight to Kajang. Met n fetch sum1 at her uncle's house. Pstu pg Putrajaya. Surprisingly, she bought for me a slice of cake from secret recipe. Pe ntah nama dia tp its superb la, mmg best. Thanx dear.. Then, solat n pg Jusco blk. ha3. jusco lg.. sbb dekat ngan rumah.. tngok muvie lg yg x brape best.. 'Green Zone'. Almost ttdo tngok muvie tu.. But this time better bcoz watching with sum1 special.. x kisah la citer pe pn..

Then, after sent her back, kena blk Melaka dh. Surprisingly again, I got sumthing in an envelope from her. Smpai rumah around 130am, terus bkk. Its a card. Bday card yg sgt cantik.. And frankly speaking, im really touched with the card.. Thanx dear, for everything..

Fever

Today
I woke up early in the morning..
cant sleep well since midnight
so, pagi2 dh tercongok kt depan ofis
ofis pn x bkk lg
duk tepi tangga dekat stengah jam, baru ada org dtg bkk
rupa2nye, badan x sihat.
panas, sore throat, headache, rs nk termuntah..
lemah je rs

Sorry

This evening, a sentence really makes me thinking about myself. Every second after that, I felt really sad and hopeless. Donno how to describe it here. I know feeling sad every once in a while is natural. But when it about others, especially the one I really love, it's really triggered my emotion. To be honest. sometime I felt it is true. And I cant seem to blame anybody. Yeah, maybe myself. Pls forgive me for everything.

'kalau nk harapkan ko, kirim salam je la'

Study Objectives

Why should I continue my study?

A Master's degree can take my career to a whole new level. Things that I really look into is in supplementing my legal knowledge with new competencies I need in my job and upgrading my qualifications. It should be done at the university level while tagging along with my daily work in my current career. I choose my study to be a part time course because I believe job and study can work in parallel.

**sound sincere, right?

Good for me

Hmmm
day after day, i started to feel sumthing wrong with my body. oh yes, im gaining weight. its actually not a typical phenomenon in my life since my body has been 'just fine' till 2009. I even had weight gain as a supplement bought from pharmacy when I was in secondary school but still, nothing happened. Hmm, maybe the weight gain has just kicking in few years after that, i mean now.

But now, it becoming a major problem in my life. Haih. My body keeps getting bigger n bigger (just my assumption). So, I have to start my new routine. JOGGING. Everyone knows how incredibly good for our body jogging is, unfortunately though, because of the high stamina it requires, it can be a hard routine to stick to. Yes, its true, believe me.. Really hard to stick to..

Usually on a weekday after work. When the sky is clear and cloudy. I'll go for a jog. I try to make it a routine to jog at least twice a week. 30mins jogging non-stop each session. About the distance of 3km each session. Regularly, each week cummulative distance is around 6km. If work schedule (and weather) permits, I try to make it 3 sessions weekly. That is 9km. Or gradually increase each session to 40/60mins.

Unfortunately, after few weeks, i dont see any positive changes on my body. ha3. I know jogging alone will not reduce my body weight without proper diet and healthy lifestyle. But who cares. At least I made a move. I believed good intention will pay..