The Cancer Institute of NSW has released findings which establish that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The Institute recently released its report which reveals there is a strong link between alcohol consumption and cancer with high rates of risk from just two drinks a day. The Alcohol As A Cause Of Cancer report says the risk of cancer in the upper digestive tract is increased by 40% (voicebox) and 75% (mouth and throat) from consuming two drinks a day. The risk of breast cancer is 11% to 22% higher in women that drink than in non-drinkers. The Institute said there was evidence that heavy consumption increased the risk of liver cancer, starting at about 17% from two drinks a day. There was a smaller increase of 7% in the risk of stomach cancer from two drinks daily. Four drinks daily increased a man’s risk of bowel cancer by 64%. High alcohol consumption - about eight drinks a day - increased the risk at any site by 90%. Recently, the NSW Government announced an anti-alcohol program for students in year 3 to year 6. The National Health and Medical Research Council is reviewing its guidelines on alcohol consumption, with a draft recommendation that men and women not consume more than two drinks a day.

Being informed is the most important part of prevention.  My husbands very good mate loves his beer, and just recently he was diagnosed with throat cancer.  His doctor has not told him to stop drinking nor has his doctor told him to change his diet.  Instead he has been told to drink lots of fizzy drinks and to go through 7 weeks of radiation.  Cancer is an opportunity to change, if you continue to do the same things you’ll continue to get the same results.  If one cancer is cut out or goes into remission and you do not change your lifestyle then another cancer will eventuate.  

Let your children know the dangers of alcohol, fully inform them so that they don’t have to suffer the consequences later in life. 

Cyndi O’Meara 

Enough With The Statistics On Obesity Its Time For Action

Alright already we know that 1 in 4 Australians are either overweight or obese.  So what that we are now the fattest nation in the world by 1%.  Enough with the statistics it’s time to take action.

I believe the government should be taking action by taxing heavily, all processed and take away foods that do not support health and weight stability and use those taxes to subsidise healthy food such as meat, fish, chicken, fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, eggs, grains  and dairy.  Food prices are escalating, and more and more families are finding it harder to buy the basic foods to good health because of cost, so they are turning more to fast, processed takeaway food items that are cheaper.  But the economy stops there, as these people in turn are gaining weight as well as increasing the likelihood of heart disease, cancer and diabetes which in turn creates massive financial worries for medicare. 

The government and food science research are being ransomed by the big food producers of Australia.  All too often foods that are not healthy and conducive to weight management are being marketed as healthy and endorsed with bogus claims. 

Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.  For thirty years low fat, low joule has been pushed by a floundering weight loss industry and for 30 years we have been getting fatter as a nation.  If this was working then we wouldn’t be the fattest country in the world and we wouldn’t have a diet industry worth billions.

Time to do things different and instead of promoting weight loss and creating weight loss products such as low joule and low fat foods, its time to promote health by promoting healthy foods and making them affordable for every Australian.   

My 21 Day weight loss, get healthy e-book is the answer.  The results are phenomenal, no dieting, no counting calories, no low fat.  It is about eating again.  Eating real foods not diet foods.  For your copy go to www.changinghabits.com.au

Happy changing habits.

Cyndi 

Meat - My dilemma

For the past year my husband Howard has complained that there was not enough meat in the house.  I was in a real dilemma.  I was buying organic lamb, beef and chicken for many years but then the prices just became prohibitive, so I started to decrease the amount of meat I was buying and using.  In the interim I found a wonderful butcher who was selling meat and chicken wholesale and kept me happy for about a year.  After a year he closed up shop because he said the regulation with the organic food and meat was becoming cumbersome and bureaucratic.  I was back into my dilemma again.  

Just recently I was asked to speak at the Muttaburra Sheep Show which is about 1 hour north of Longreach QLD.  While I was there I met a lot of livestock farmers.  One in particular I had a very long conversation with about the husbandry of livestock farming.  I could tell immediately that he was the farmer I was looking for in order to supply my beef and lamb at a very competitive price and I knew that the meat was chemical free and farmed the way I endorsed.  And it just so happens that he was supplying direct from his farm lamb and beef. While I was in Muttaburra I tried his meat at three meals and I was most impressed, so when I got home I ordered my first lot from this wonderful farmer which arrived safely on Saturday.    Even though it has travelled a thousand kilometers to get to me I feel at last I’ve found my trusted farmer. 

If you’re interested in finding a farmer to supply good quality, chemical free, well farmed meat go to George and Anna Hetheringtons website and look at their farming practises and their ethics.  You will be very happy with their philosophy of chemical free, 100% grass fed, natural pastures meat.  www.mitchellgrassmeats.com.au 

Happy Changing Habits

Cyndi