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THE TRUE PICTURE OF of breasts and seeing no reduction in the incidence of this
fell disease in over four decades of practice, he came to
MEDICAL RESEARCH certain conclusions which are of profound importance to all
of us, whether laypersons or professional practitioners of
Carl G. Jung has been credited with saying this jokingly:
any stream of medicine—allopathy, homeopathy,
“Those who practice psychiatric medicine and not give any
naturopathy, Ayurveda or any other. Dr. Kradjian has arrived
credit to God Almighty in the success of their cases should
at certain conclusions, which we better take note of; he has
be sued for hiding a religious truth!” Poets have considered
evolved a Diet Plan that is effective not only in reducing the
Nature as the handmaiden of God; and practicing
risk of developing breast cancer but also the risks of, to quote
naturopathic physicians are convinced that Nature is the
him, “other lethal diseases, including other cancers, heart
Supreme Healer. They hold it as an axiomatic truth that
attacks, strokes and diabetes.”
healing of any illness, simplest to the most complex, is the
N THE RISK FACTORS
prerogative only of Nature. There is a Divine Intelligence
First let us look at some of the medically acknowledged
working within our physiques, day and night, all our lives,
risk factors in the etiology of breast cancer, which include
giving us PRANA-URJA (Vital Power) for all the inner organic
(1) early onset of menarche, or the first menstrual period in
metabolic activities. That the research centers of Modern
girls, say, at the age of 10, instead of 13 or 14; (2) late
Medical Science disregard the amazing healing faculty of
menopause, say, at the age of 50-plus instead of early 40s;
Divine Intelligence in each of the trillions of our bodily cells
(3) childlessness; (4) avoiding breast-feeding of babies; (5)
and therefore do not come to the right solutions in the cure
obesity; (6) prolonged estrogen or oral contraceptive usage;
of any major disease, forms the core of this paper. The reader
(7) a family history of breast cancer in mother, sister, etc.
of this paper will surely be enlightened as to the real reasons
The doctor comments, “Research and treatment fads, as also
why medical research is totally failing in lowering the
hopes of accomplishments, have been with us for years.
morbidity as well as mortality figures of modern man’s major
There is a long list of projects, but none has solved the
diseases worldwide—in developing countries such as India,
problem of breast cancer. One research project included
or the developed ones such as the U.S.A.
even a search for the virus of breast cancer. Then monoclonal
Dr. Robert Kradjian practiced as a Breast Surgeon at the
antibodies were the talk of the late 70s and 80s. More recently,
Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California. In his student
genetic research and immunology have dominated the
days, in the late 1950s, he had learnt that one out of twenty
scene. These technologies are massive enterprises,
American women developed breast cancer. As a breast
incredibly expensive, though glamorous and headline-
cancer specialist, in 1978, he was saddened to note that the
grabbing; but thus far, they have also proved REMARKABLY
incidence of this disease was all the time rising, and by then
INEFFECTIVE! The death rate for breast cancer has remained
had risen to one in fourteen American women! In 1988,
static for over 60 years!”
shockingly, it had risen to one in ten women; and by 1994,
Dr. Kradjian says, “I feel that the most important new
to one in every eight women. After operating on thousands
findings in breast cancer research have nothing to do with
Thought is a vital living force. Your outer world reflects your inner world.
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early diagnosis, mammography, surgical treatment, Dr. Kradjian had the guts to speak the truth, howsoever
chemotherapy, radiation therapy, tamoxifen, genetic research unpalatable it may be to the allopathic fraternity or the drug-
or any other high-tech modern developments. (TAMOXIFEN making pharmaceutical companies or even the patients
IS A CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG WHICH COULD BE suffering from this chronic, debilitating, and deadly disease.
PROPHYLACTIC AGAINST BREAST CANCER, BUT IT ITSELF On reading about the unethical, immoral and corrupt medical
HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE CAUSING UTERINE CANCER AND practices prevalent—not only in Dr. Kradjian’s country but
FATAL BLOOD-CLOTS!!) That powerful tool is DIETARY AND in our country too—we may feel like muttering to ourselves,
LIFESTYLE CHANGE … Simple changes in your diet can “Shame! Shame!” But that won’t suffice! We better develop
reduce your chances of ever getting breast cancer!” guts to say so publicly! After all, the Father of our nation,
WHY ARE HEALTHY EATING HABITS NOT ADOPTED? Mahatma Gandhi, had no hesitation in frankly telling us that
On the matter pertaining to people’s food habits, Dr. the growing need for more medical colleges, hospitals and
Kradjian has an unpalatable, caustic—but very true— doctors was “no sign of civilization”! He also considered
observation to make. He says, “This subject is real taboo. gluttony a sinful practice; and since our doctors generally
No one wants to talk about it. Researchers avoid it. Medical remain silent on the matter of prescribing frugal filling of
doctors either don’t know about it or don’t mention it to their the stomach, the Mahatma branded these doctors “partners
patients. Pharma companies don’t want to hear about it. The in perpetration of these sins.” He believed that just as
food industry is terrified of the issue and supports debauchery is considered immoral, so also gluttony be
researchers who downplay the connection between fat and considered not merely unhealthy, but downright immoral or
cancer. Patients haven’t heard of it, and even if they have, sinful! So why should we, lesser mortals, hesitate to
they often prefer to avoid the issue. And finally, your condemn what is patently condemnable? So here we go
government is strangely passive concerning the matter!” The along with the candid observations of Dr. Kradjian:
diet plan suggested by this doctor consists of restriction of (1) First and foremost, the saddest of all observations—
dietary fats and oils and an increase in high-fiber vegetarian and the most shocking too—American doctors have no
fare, excluding all animal flesh and dairy products. This type information, or even interest, concerning any program of
of diet needs to be adopted by every girl since tender age so prevention … Medical and surgical, scientific literature
that, first of all, the menarche is delayed; however, it can be clearly reflects this: “Doctors are not trained to teach
adopted at any age and stage of life by the cancer victim prevention.”
and also by those who want to prevent the cancer from (2) Medical students are never taught the importance of
occurring. Medical surveys from Sweden, U.S.A. and Canada right nutrition at any time during their studies in college.
have irrefutably confirmed that breast-cancer patients live (3) Studies for research in prevention of ailments hardly
longer if they make these dietetic changes. ever attract the attention of funding Trusts or Charitable
NMEDICAL INDICTMENT Institutes.
What follows here may seem like a scathing criticism of (4) Most doctors feel that their work should only be high-
medicos in general and medical research in particular, but tech—involving scanners, lasers, MRIs, surgeries, etc. For
You alone are responsible for what you think. A supersuccessful mindset does not happen in a day.
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a vast majority of M.D.’s, it is infra dig (below dignity) even majority of humans belong to that category. Very sad indeed!
to mention anything about diet that is low-fat or vegetarian But let us study Dr. Kradjian’s dietary advice in more
or vegan. “It is difficult to criticize a lifestyle that the doctor details. He says, “At present, the only factors clearly defined
himself or herself follows.” Nutritional advice is left to the as promoters of breast cancer are (1) dietary fat, and (2)
lowly nutritionists to give to the patient. prolonged estrogen exposure. Anti-promoters include dietary
(5) The medical insurance companies, under schemes fiber; vitamins A, C, and E; and three specific groups of
like Mediclaim, Medicare, etc., usually do not reimburse fees food—the first is cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage,
of nutritionists, counselors, naturopaths and health Brussels sprouts, radishes, turnips, collards and
practitioners. cauliflower); the second is called the protease inhibitors—
(6) Last on the list of Dr. Kradjian’s exposé of medical these are soy beans, chick-peas and lima beans (soy bean
complicity is this: “Patients themselves are often reluctant oil is not recommended); the third group is beta carotene—
to make changes in a lifestyle that they have obviously this includes carrots; yellow, red, orange and green
selected because they prefer it … Let us face it; change is vegetables; and yellow fruits.” Further on, Dr. Kradjian
difficult. A patient selects her diet, because, as one told me, explains the genesis of healthy cells turning malignant, in
‘… I like it. I can afford it; and doctor, it is none of your these words: “It takes, on an average, 30 cell divisions by a
business! What I do with my knife and fork is personal.’ ” Dr. starting breast-cancer cell to reach a size that only the most
Kradjian may have felt insulted by this patient of his; we sensitive detection and treatment methods can find and
sympathize with him. We also have suffered derogatory eliminate the resulting tumor. These divisions average about
comments from our patients, from time to time. We have even 110 days (with a range of 25 to 200 days). This gives a 9-year
been upbraided by some irate patients with remarks such average for most breast tumors; even the rare, very rapidly
as “Doc! You give us so many do’s and don’ts, emphasizing growing tumor takes over 2 years. The slowest can take 16
the absolute necessity of following those rules and years! Now you can understand how the tumor has ample
regulations! Dieting we have to do; exercises we have to do; time to spread to other parts of the body before it can be
relaxation we have to practice! So much of homework you detected, and it is these wayward clumps of cells (called
load on us! Then what the hell are you doing for us? metastases) that cause death. The primary (original) breast
Nothing!” And yet, we continue with our task of educating cancer is almost never responsible for the death of a patient.”
people out of their ailments. As Dr. Kradjian himself says, Dr. Kradjian condemns not only all animal fats, whether
“There is reason for optimism. When women are given the derived from flesh of animals or from their milk, but he even
information provided here, a certain percentage of them are regards vegetable oil also as a culprit per se. He comments,
convinced by the data and make changes in their life. How “Edible oils are artificial, manmade foods—especially the
many? My impression is about 10 or 15%. Another larger hydrogenated varieties. The oil content in plant foods, as
group may make temporary changes. Another equally large grown, is ideal. It is usually 2 to 6 percent of the total calories
group wants no part of any sort of change …” Well! None in those foods.” Here, the doctor is referring to foods other
are so blind as those who refuse to see light; and a vast than nuts and seeds, which are basically oily.
One of the great keys to a better life is to Anything you faithfully and honestly believe
change your self-image. you can achieve.
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Other noteworthy points in Dr. Kradjian’s report are as wild animals is never more than 4% by weight. Our paleolithic
follows: ancestors could not have had a high-fat diet, even if they
(1) In animal experiments, it has been found that exercise wished to! Today we seem to raise animals more for fat than
protects animals from breast cancer. This is mentioned here for protein.”
in passing, for we do not approve of any research involving (3) Dr. Kradjian draws our attention to a little-known,
vivisection of animals. But even in human studies, physical shocking fact. He says, “In Puerto Rico, Italy and West
exercise has been found to be definitely a preventive of Germany, there have been instances of severe hormonal
cancer, and we have always prescribed exercises—suited poisoning of children from chicken, pork, veal and milk,
to their vitality—to all cancer patients coming to us. After all, unlawfully fattened or contaminated with estrogens.
it is a well-known fact that all cancerous tissues lack oxygen; Menstrual periods, uterine enlargement, ovarian cysts and
and there is nothing better than exercise to improve breast development as well as premature puberty were seen
oxygenation of the malignant tissues. More info on this in girls as young as 4 years of age!”
subject can be found in our book The Rationale of Exercise. (4) On the point of hereditary factors, Dr. Kradjian says,
(2) Dr. Kradjian says, “Our paleolithic ancestors had no “Many believe that heredity is the prime risk factor. I don’t!
more than 15% fat in their largely plant-based food. With the Over 80% of our new cases of breast cancer have negative
agricultural revolution 8,000 to 13,000 years ago, shifts from family histories for the disorder. This important fact alone
natural foods gradually occurred, and our health worsened. tells us that breast cancer is not primarily a genetic disease.
The Industrial Revolution rapidly accelerated these changes. … All that is inherited is a susceptibility to develop breast
There have been less than a dozen generations of humans cancer. In the absence of promoting factors, the
since that event … The recent onset of food surpluses for susceptibility will not be manifested.” Referring to
whole societies in the last 100 years has been unprecedented epidemiology-related studies of the two world wars, Dr.
in human history. These changes have resulted in a terrible Kradjian informs us that “the incidence of heart diseases as
increase in cancer and degenerative diseases. We have also cancers fell during the wars, and remained lowered for
further changed our nutritional environment by altering the some years thereafter. This was a great surprise to those
physical constitution of the domestic animals whose bodies investigators as they were expecting to find the opposite
we eat. We have done this through selective breeding and effect due to the widespread lack of butter, milk, eggs,
by administration of hormones, antibiotics and artificially cheese, meat, lard and other nutrients, then thought to be
fattening foods so that they have become obese, diseased essential for good health. The same connection was found
creatures. Meat samples from wild animals, by contrast, are after the Second World War … The rates of heart disease
rich in essential polyunsaturated fatty acids and very low in and cancer did not return to the pre-war levels until 7 years
fat of the saturated type. The “marbled” beef, prized by following the conflict! The diet forced on these populations
today’s gourmets, is infiltrated by fat that is largely of the due to shortages was one based on grains and vegetables,
dangerous saturated type. In many pieces of “choice” beef, and was extremely low in fat … Incidentally, the survivors of
the fat accounts for more than 60% of the calories. Fat in both, the German concentration camps and the Japanese
Your Subconscious Mind plans a particularly There is a success Mechanism inside your mind
great role in the out come of your life. which craves positive stimulation.
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internment camps reported cessation of menstrual periods water …” This diet plan of Dr. Kradjian is highly beneficial
as both fat and total calories were drastically reduced. Can even to those who want to prevent or cure hypertension,
there be any doubt that diet has an incredibly powerful effect gallstones, diverticulitis and a host of other diseases that
on hormones, and that those hormones have an equally modern man is suffering from, inclusive of prostate cancer
powerful effect on the development of breast cancer?” and colonic cancer. He says, “Strict lifelong vegetarians and
Reading Dr. Kradjian’s comments on World War II reports, Seventh Day Adventists, some of whom limit animal fat
this writer is reminded about a third disease, besides heart intake, have reduced rates of prostate cancer.”
disease and cancers, viz., diabetes, the incidence of which
CONCLUSION
also had gone down in Europe, at the time, war-ravaged and
We shall conclude this article with one of the last
starved of animal foods—both fleshy and milky! And the
paragraphs in Dr. Kradjian’s article titled Save Yourself from
benefits of reduction in the incidence of these three diseases
Breast Cancer.
accrued in Europe when potato was the staple vegetable of
“We should spend our ‘cancer money’ far better than we
the populations, and fats to fry these potatoes for making
do. Less than 5% of our funds are spent on prevention and
chips and wafers were in poor supply, so that this vegetable
education. Clearly, the best way to save lives from breast
was eaten mostly boiled or steamed. Despite the unusually
cancer is to not get the disease in the first place. Research
high intake of vegetarian fare, and that too of potato,
into methods of detection and treatment do not constitute
incidence of diabetes had drastically reduced. Of course,
prevention. However, researchers do not like prevention.
history has often shown us that if doctors and medical help
There is no glamor, no ‘breakthroughs,’ no chance of a Nobel
are not available, certain diseases tend to go in abeyance!
Prize, and likely no funding. It is a sad fact that the food
How come? Are we better off without our doctors?
industry sponsors a great deal of cancer ‘research.’ I leave
(5) Dr. Kradjian also is emphatic on the value of
to your imagination to decide whether they would continue
EXERCISE, because it reduces the hormone levels down
to do so, year after year, if the findings identified food as the
from dangerous to desirable. And this results in decrease in
prime cause of the cancer problem?” Supporting this critical
the risk of breast cancer.
view is an article in the July 13, 1992 issue of The Nation
(6) What about animal proteins? His advice is to minimize,
(page 52): “If we really wanted to cut healthcare costs, we’d
or preferably give up, animal protein also completely. On
be better off training dietitians than surgeons. If more people
the point of non-fat milk, yogurt and cheeses, he is against
followed a diet based on grains, beans, and vegetables,
these too because even if the fat and cholesterol are not
rather than on meat, eggs and dairy products, we could save
there, milk often has hormones, antibiotics, bacteria,
thousands of lives and billions of dollars. But the federal
insecticide residues, killed bovine leukemia virus, and at
government is doing precious little to convey that critical
times, red and white blood cells in the defatted dairy
information to Americans.”
products. He says, “No oil is used, or at the most, only a
– Dr. M. M. Bhamgara
trace. No margarine, butter or cheese. The chief beverage is
Man's success lies not with his stars but with himself. Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities.
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. To breathe properly is to live properly.
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will get the situation he has prepared for. For example : you won't get an apartment and you will have no use for
A man came to me asking me to speak the word that a them." She promptly replied (to herself) : "I'll dig my
certain debt would be wiped out. ditches by buying the blankets!" So she prepared for
I found he spent his time planning what he would the apartment - acted as though she already had it.
say to the man when he did not pay his bill, thereby She found one in a miraculous way, and it was given
neutralising my words. He should have seen himself to her although there were over two hundred other
paying the debt. applicants.
We have a wonderful illustration of this in the Bible The blankets showed active faith.
relating to the three kings who were in the desert without It is needless to say that the ditches dug by the three
water for their men and horses. They consulted kings in the desert were filled to overflowing. (Read 2
the prophet Elisha, who gave them this astonishing Kings.)
message: Getting into the spiritual swing of things is no easy
"Thus saith the Lord : Ye shall not see wind, neither matter for the average person. The adverse thoughts of
shall ye see rain, yet make this valley full of ditches." doubt and fear surge from the subconscious. They are
Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for when the "army of the aliens" which must be put to flight. This
there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight. explains why it is so often "darkest before the dawn."
For example : A woman found it necessary to look A big demonstration is usually preceded by
for an apartment during the year when there was a great tormenting thoughts.
shortage of apartments in New York. It was considered Having made a statement of high spiritual truth one
almost an impossibility and her friends were sorry for challenges the old beliefs in the subconscious, and
her and said, "Isn't it too bad! You'll have to store your "error is exposed" to be put out.
furniture and live in an hotel." She replied, "You needn't This is the time when one must make his affirmations
feel sorry for me, I'm a superman, and I'll get an of truth repeatedly, and rejoice and give thanks that he
apartment." has already received. "Before ye call I shall answer." This
She spoke the words : "Infinite Spirit, open the way means that. "every good and perfect gift" is already
for the right apartment." She knew there was a supply man's, awaiting his recognition.
for every demand, and that she was "unconditioned," Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.
working on the spiritual plane, and that "one with God The children of Israel were told that they could have
is a majority." all the land they could see. This is true of every man. He
She had contemplated buying new blankets when has only the land within his own mental vision. Every
"the tempter," the adverse thought or reasoning mind, great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought
suggested, "Don't buy the blankets, perhaps, after all, into manifestation through holding to the vision, and
A feeble body enfeebles the mind. To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
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often, just before the big achievement, comes apparent a loan. I replied : "I suppose you lost your temper while
failure and discouragement. at the bank, therefore your power. You can control any
The children of Israel when they reached the situation if you first control yourself. Go back to the
"Promised Land" were afraid to go in, for they said it bank." I added, "and I will treat." My treatment was: "You
was filled with giants who made them feel like grass are identified in love with the spirit of everyone
hoppers. "And there we saw the giants, and we were in connected with the bank. Let the divine idea come out
our own sight as grasshoppers." This is almost every of this situation." He replied, "Woman, you are talking
man's experience. about an impossibility. Tomorrow is Saturday, the bank
However, the one who knows spiritual law is closes at twelve, and my train won't get me there until
undisturbed by appearances, and rejoices while he is" ten, and the time-limit is up to-morrow, and anyway they
yet in captivity." That is, he holds to his vision and gets
won't do it. It's too late." I replied, "God doesn't need
thanks that the end is accomplished, he has received.
any time, and is never too late. With Him all things are
Jesus Christ gave a wonderful example of this. He
possible." I added, "I don't know anything about
said to His disciples : "Say not ye, There are yet four
business, but I know all about God." He replied : "It all
months and then cometh the harvest? Behold I say unto
you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are sounds fine when I sit here listening to you, but when I
ripe already to harvest." His clear vision pierced the go out it's terrible." He lived in a distant city, and I did
"world of matter" and He saw clearly the fourth not hear from him for a week. Then came a letter. It read
dimensional world-things as they really are, perfect and : "You were right. I raised the money, and will never again
complete in Divine Mind. So man must ever hold the doubt the truth of all that you told me."
vision of his journey's end, and demand the I saw him a few weeks later, and I said : "What
manifestation of that which he has already received. It happened? You evidently had plenty of time after all."
may be his perfect health, love, supply, self-expression, He replied, "My train was late, and I got there just fifteen
home, or friends. minutes to twelve. I walked into the bank quietly and
They are all finished and perfect ideas registered in said, 'I have come for the loan, and they gave it to me
Divine Mind (man's own super-conscious mind), and without a question."
must come through him, not to him. For example : A A keen observer of life once said, "No man can fail if
man came to me asking for treatments for success. It some one person sees him successful." Such is the
was imperative that he raise, within a certain time fifty power of the vision, and many a great man has owed his
thousand dollars for his business. The time-limit was success to a wife, or a sister, or a friend who "believed
almost up when he came to me in despair. No one wanted in him," and held without wavering to the perfect pattern!
to invest in his enterprise, and the bank had flatly refused – Florence Scovel Shinn
Think of perfect health and you will undoubtedly have it. You are responsible for everything that
happens to you in your life.
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No one can hurt you without your consent. A man is what he thinks all day long.
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Make Your Inferiority Complex 7) Get in front of the mirror as soon as you finish this
chapter. Select one trait you would like to have, and
A Golden Complex tell yourself, in front of the mirror, that you are going
1) Reduce your complex by tossing aside contradictory to improve in that trait.
aims. 8) Try to do the best work you can in some field that
2) Make a choice among virtues and aims. No one can interests you. If you think you have a deficiency, seek
have all the wonderful traits most of us would like to something else at which you can shine.
have. No one can do everything in one brief lifetime. 9) Try to do work of which you can be proud, which at
So make a sensible choice. the same time will be of some benefit to the world. If
3) Accept yourself. Of course, you have limitations, so you merely gratify your ego or fill your pocketbook,
has everyone else. But with all your limitations, you you won't achieve real happiness. The best way to
are unique. Self-acceptance is absolutely necessary channel your I.C. is to feel that you are making a
as a prelude to emotional maturity. Don't try to be genuine contribution in joy or service to the world.
somebody else. You yourself are someone very 10) Don't deprecate yourself - and don't brag.
special. You can be proud and humble at the same – Dora Albert
time. All that is good in you stems from God. If you
reject yourself, you are really rejecting God. EDUCATION
4) Learn to know yourself. Knowing yourself doesn't Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself.
necessarily mean being introspective. Sometimes it What better book can there be than the book of humanity?
means trying yourself out. Often learning to know
I hold that true education of the intellect can only come
yourself out. Often learning to know yourself means through a proper exercise and training of the bodily organs,
learning to do things you never dreamed you could. e.g. hands, feet, eyes, ears, nose etc. In other words an intelligent
5) Love yourself. Many pious people seem to think it is use of the bodily organs in a child provides the best and quickest
an affront to God to love themselves. Yet the Bible way of developing his intellect. But unless the development of
says, "Love your neighbour as yourself." If we despise the mind and body goes hand in hand with a corresponding
ourselves because we aren't perfect, then we won't awakening of the soul, the former alone would prove to be a
be able to love anyone, for we won't be able to find poor lopsided affair. By spiritual training I mean education of
any perfect person. Accept your own imperfections, the heart. A proper and all round development of the mind,
try to improve when you can, but don't brood about therefore, can take place only when it proceeds pari pussu with
the education of the physical and spiritual faculties of the child.
your faults.
They constitute an indivisible whole. According to this theory,
6) Analyse the trait in which you think you are most therefore, it would be a gross fallacy to suppose that they can
deficient. Find out whether your best friend agrees be developed piecemeal or independently of one another.
with you, or whether you are imagining a deficiency - Mahatma Gandhiji
that doesn't exist.
Live for each day and celebrate each moment. Be truthful, patient, persevering, modest and generous.
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A well spent day brings happy sleep. Be kind, considerate and courteous.
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There is no beneficial effect on the risk of ischaemic stroke.
THE FACTS
These are the results of a meta-analysis of 95,000 patients
N Eggs are less nutritive and costlier than pulses, fruits,
enrolled in six randomized controlled clinical trials.
sprouts or groundnuts.
THIORIDAZINE DISCARDED GLOBALLY, SOLD IN INDIA N Not easily digested. Nearly 30-50% of the egg white
Thioridazine has been withdrawn worldwide by the passes through the digestive tract undigested. Egg yolk
innovator, Novartis, due to risky adverse drug reactions, contains cholesterol (a waxy alcohol) which deposits in
specifically : the liver and the blood vessels, hardening the arteries.
• Evidence of QTc prolongation and heart movement N One egg contains 250 mg of Cholesterol, mainly in the
abnormalities resulting in death. yolk.
• Patients already on thioridazine should be gradually N Eggs are deficient in essential elements - vitamins,
withdrawn and put on other drugs. B-complex, calcium, carbohydrates - and cannot be
• New patients MUST NOT be prescribed thioridazine. recommended as the ideal food supplement - especially
to children.
TEGASEROD : BANNED ABROAD : AVAILABLE AT HOME
N 'Vegetarian Eggs' are a misnomer. In fact these eggs are
Due to 10 fold increased risk of heart attacks and stroke, only those which are unfertilized, still born or aborted.
tegaserod used in the short term treatment of Irritable
N There is overwhelming medical evidence that the
Bowel Syndrome in females and chronic constipation in
kidneys cannot handle so much high protein food.
men and women has been banned and/or withdrawn
globally including China. The serious, life threatening side – Dr. Vijaya Venkat & Associates
effects came to light when an anaysis of 29 clinical trials
involving over 18,000 patients was done.
As of date the Drugs Controller General, India (DCGI)
A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
has taken no action to ban the drug. Several drug I thought of the vast army of children all over the world,
companies market the banned medicine in India under outwardly different in many ways, speaking different
different brand names such as Ibsinorm (Sun Pharma), languages, wearing different kinds of clothes and yet so
Tegibs (Torrent), Tegaspa (Lupin), Tagon (Intas), Tegod very like one another. They do not think of differences
amongst themselves, differences of class or caste or colour
(Cipla), Tibs-6 (Hetero), Irbez (Emcure) etc.
or status. As they grow up, unfortunately, their natural
– Dr. C. M. Gulhati wisdom is often eclipsed by the teaching and behaviour of
MIMS, 503, Mansarovar, their elders. At school they learn many things which are no
90 Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110 019. doubt useful but they gradually forget that the essential
thing is to be human and kind and playful and to make life
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richer for ourselves and others. We live in a wonderful world
that is full of beauty and charm and adventure. There is no
Create your image as a highly competent, strong,
end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them
disciplined, calm and decent individual.
with our eyes open. So many people seem to go about their
26 life's business with their eyes shut.
– Jawaharlal Nehru
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Value of Time
To realise the value of one year
ask a student who has failed an exam
to realise the value of one month
ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby
to realise the value of one week
ask the editor of a weekly magazine
to realise the value of one day
ask a daily wage labourer who has ten kids to feed
to realise the value of one hour
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet
to realise the value of one minute
ask a person who has survived an accident
to realise the value of one millisecond
ask the person who's won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Value every moment of the time you have !!
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