Eagles Cancer Telethon

January 17th & 18th, 2009

Mayo Civic Auditorium, Rochester, MN

Hi.   I'm Alan Reed and I'm a member of the Rochester Eagles Club in Rochester, MN.   The 54th Eagles Cancer Telethon is Saturday and Sunday, January 17th & 18th, 2009.  As a member, I've been helping with the talent try-outs and I'll be at the telethon for the entire 20 hours.   This link is a place to keep you updated on what's happening regarding the telethon and the fundraising that goes in to help raise money for the telethon, plus some cancer facts.

Eagles Cancer Telethon Tryouts

  Want to showcase your talent to 3 states, live on KTTC-TV?   The Eagles Cancer Telethon would love to have you 'give your all' to raise money for cancer research.  Here are the dates for this years tryouts, which are held at the Eagles Club in Rochester:

- Sunday, October 19th  Noon-4pm

- Sunday, November 2nd   Noon-4pm

- Sunday, November 16th   Noon-4pm

  For more info, call the Eagles Club in Rochester, at 507-289-9532.

Cancer Facts

• 1,444,920 men and women (766,860 men and 678,060 women) will be newly diagnosed with cancer.
• 559,650 men and women will die of cancer in 2007.
• 9.6 million cancer survivors live in the US today.
• Approximately 70% of cancer patients have a prospect of cure.
• 64% of adults diagnosed with cancer will be alive 5 years after diagnosis.
• 75% of those who had childhood cancer will be alive after 10 years.
• Long-term decline in overall cancer death rates continued through 2003 for all races and both sexes combined.
• The declines were greater among men (1.6 percent per year from 1993 through 2003) than women (0.8 percent per year from 1992 through 2003).

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
 
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
 
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
 
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, nutritional and lifestyle factors.
 
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
 
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
 
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
 
8. Initial treatment with Chemotherapy and Radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of Chemotherapy and Radiation does not result in further tumor destruction.
 
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from Chemotherapy and Radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed , hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
 
10. Chemotherapy and Radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
 
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding them with the foods they need to multiply. CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and this is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. A better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved.
 c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made up of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruit helps put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts)and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
e. Avoid coffee and chocolate, which are high in caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water - best to drink purified or filtered water and to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
 
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat, remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
 
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
 
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-essence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
 
15. Cancer is a disease of the Mind, Body, and Spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life!
 
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
 
1. No plastic containers in microwave.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave. Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.   Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultim ately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons. Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.