Amazing Video

Recently, I downloaded the TED app on my iPad which has made watching their videoed talks ever so easy. I was instantly hooked on the app, making it the most used app. One of the videos that held my interest the longest is this video by Dr William Li titled Can we eat to starve Cancer? 

One the reason that it has caught my interest was primarily because I am a Cancer patient (who had recently suffered a relapse) and being able to control the disease (ie Cancer) was something I am very excited about. As often times, I feel that I have absolutely no control my disease and my body. Being able to do so seems heavenly.

Secondarily, Dr William Li talked about angiogenesis (watch the video via TED or YouTube to find out more) and one of the drug (Sutent) used to treat GIST (which I have) was listed on the Angiogenesis Foundation website as an inhibitor for Cancer using the anti-angiogenesis concept.

Thus, I am quite excited to try out my own created "Food Therapy" using the list of foods that can fight cancer in recipes that I like bringing about more control and health back in my life.

I'm also very happy that my kitty Georgie is 90% recovered and is more her bubbly self. 

Georgie circa August 2011

What We Eat Matters

I have made a pledge... to NOT eat meat for day. I do not think it will be very difficult once I put my will into it. I've been having 2 meatless meals a day for about a year since my diagnosis of GIST in 2007. I hope that I will be successful in this endeavour.

My next aim is to go meatless for a week.

Do visit the Plate to Planet webpage to learn more about the environmental effects of our food choices and also do a pledge.

Organic Store Haul

Finally, I dragged my lazy butt to the organic store to replenish on the brown rice that I'm running low. In the end, I brought so much more as the prices at the organic store is quite reasonable. I bought 8 organic apples for $3.50 which is similar to 5 regular apples going for $2.50 at the supermaket. The benefit (and the sweentness and juicies) from the organic apples certainly outweigh the slightly difference you have to pay.



The Lindt chocolates are not organic too. I've bought it to make some chocolate cookies. The baking will have to be postponed I could not get any vanilla essence.