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Hi Folks,
An interesting update after a trip for 11 days to Perth to visit family.
While over there, a Western Australia official spoke on TV of legislation to eliminate totally, all softdrinks from WA schools.
Looks like the word is spreading, if albeit slowly.
If you know anyone drinking these "liquid lollies", now is the time to give them the heads up on the damage they can and do, do.
I never knew sugar had such a detrimental effect on the immune system.
It now takes me all my time to keep quiet with people I don't know (they don't listen to a stranger) when I see them drinking Coca-cola.
In my "corporate days" I read the story of how Coke become one of the world's leading "brands".....it now looks like they might become one of the most reviled..............all in good time.
To hammer the point from my last blog, and I really need to, try finding food, at least processed food, that does not contain some sugar in it.
I bet you have a hard job.
It is an insidious potential killer.
Better poor food with no sugar, than food that tastes good or is acidic, with it.
Eliminating acidic and sugary foods give your body a chance to start healing itself.
Most alkaline foods don't have it, making them high on your diet priority list..........even if they are nutrient deficient in many cases.
However, consider canned beetroot.
Still has sugar.....................typical..........processed food again.
Cooking raw beetroot bulbs takes about an hour if it is a large bulb (the "time in the kitchen" thing again) or a shorter time if they are smaller.
Sloughing the skin off them with a knife (comes off easy enough) leaves messy red stains on your hands, but these can be washed off if you do it relatively soon after peeling.
Beetroot is relatively tasty done in this manner, and can be added to your diet list, particularly if you've never cooked it before personaly, expanding your diet list.
I do this about every 2-3 weeks, since it can be such a messy job, just to expand my diet.
Remember to leave the tail and about 3cm of the stalk ON, or the bulb will bleed while cooking.
Perth.
Fantastic city............1.2m people.
Having not travelled internationally for some 20 years, it was a culture shock to be in Australia.
Same as New Zealand, but more expanded.
Bay after bay, yachts, very hot, direct sunlight was a killer at 37 degrees,but a very vibrant city.
The city was spread out and connected by bridges all over the place.
Housing was of a higher standard and the roads were wide and expansive.
Train system was fast and cheap, food was expensive, the people, hmmmmm.....a little "focused" for my taste, they either work or play but didn't seem to mix the two and there is definitely more money with the larger population, as well as better developed infrastructure.
We visited Freemantle, Rottnest island, and were startled by two huge peacocks that apparently had the run of the local bar..........the locals didn't bat an eyelid as they wandered in.
Little "rat kangaroos" or quokaas were everywhere.
Dropped in at some local aussie beaches.........magnificent curves evereywhere, and the beaches weren't bad either.
The heat on hot days is a little oppresive, but the locals spend a lot of time in air conditioned spaces I am told.
Not sure I'd want to live there, bahamas would be better with higher humidity.
Their train stations are on high alert after the Bali Bombing, and people even lock their doors while they are home.
Brick houses are the norm for the heat, and new subdivisions have high walls for security.
Be a great country to explore..............goes on forever.
Aussies seem to be under the impression that we hate them, which is not true. Intersting how national perspectives are with distance.
Perth TV is based mainly around the city itself, with the odd national item, a result of their geographic isolation.
The focus on money game shows was also a surprise.
The trip itself was theraputic, showing me how life could be and injecting a desire to live more of it.
I've decided I've worked all my life to achieve the ability to go out into the world and experience all that life has to offer, and I'm not about to stop now.
Mantaining a "live" attitude is the hardest part of being afflicted with cancer, and avoiding talking myself into a bad result has been the consistant battle.
However, my focus has been in the financial field and additionally of late in humanitarian causes, so I have decided to keep on with those, since they offer "hope", and continuing that work focuses me on my life to this point not having been a waste of time.
That eliminates one of the "negatives".
I've found another little "life-play" that helps.
I visually play in my head (from time to time) a scene where my my doctor is saying "well Mr Stanton, we can't seem to find any evidence of the cancer in your body".
They say put the energy of what you want out into the universe, to see if it comes back to you.
I've seen that actually work sometimes.
Can't hurt !!
Run that scenario when you are down, even multiple times, breathe deep and "lean" physically into anything that makes you feel like the cancer might be progressing in your body, like someone is pushing against you.
We have a saying here in NZ, whenever we face a difficult challenge,and the more difficult, the more emphatic this saying is expressed........
GET INTO IT MATE !!!!
Health and happiness.
stantonibc
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