Radioavtive and Exposure to the Elements that Produce Radioactive

Is all radiation harmful?
No. There are two types of radiation: non-ionizing and ionizing. Non-ionizing radiation includes infrared radiation, radio waves, cellphone radiation and the radiation we use to cook food in a microwave. Such radiation does not break chemical bonds. If it is very intense, it can heat up tissues; otherwise, it does not have significant effects. It is not believed to cause cancer.
Ionizing radiation is much more dangerous because it does break chemical bonds and thus does cause cancer. Examples of this kind of radiation include X-rays, gamma rays and the alpha or beta particles emitted by radioactive elements as they decay.
What happens when someone is exposed to ionizing radiation?
That depends on how long you are exposed. The initial symptoms are identical to those suffered by a person undergoing radiation therapy for cancer. The first signs include nausea and fatigue, then vomiting. After that comes hair loss and diarrhea. For radiotherapy for tumors, the exposure generally stops after that point and the symptoms are controlled. But with heavier exposure, the next stage is generally destruction of the intestinal lining and worse diarrhea and dehydration, then central nervous system damage. After that comes loss of consciousness and, inevitably, death.
How does radiation released from nuclear plants compare with a nuclear bomb?
A nuclear explosion produces two types of radiation that has lethal effects. The blast itself produces X-rays and gamma rays that irradiate anyone near the site, usually with a lethal or near-lethal dose of radiation. Most of the 166,000 Japanese who died at Hiroshima in the first four months after the atomic bombing suffered from this type of radiation, which killed them directly or aggravated other injuries suffered in the blast.
It also produces clouds of radioactive ash that includes cesium-137, iodine-131, radioactive strontium and a host of other long-lived byproducts of the explosion — known collectively as fallout. This material can collect on skin and clothing, where it can emit radiation that pierces the skin. More important, it can accumulate in food, milk, water and other products that are ingested. It is not clear how many Hiroshima residents died of cancer from this source, but some estimates put it at more than 100,000.
Fukushima is not emitting gamma or X-irradiation. Most of the radioactivity is in the form of radiocesium and radioiodine, which are byproducts of the fission of uranium in the fuel rods.
What makes cesium-137 and iodine-131 dangerous?
Iodine-131 is absorbed preferentially in the thyroid gland, where it can cause tumors. It has a half-life of eight days and is most dangerous to children because it damages rapidly dividing cells. The problem can be substantially ameliorated by taking tablets of ordinary iodine, which bind to the thyroid and prevent the radioactive iodine from binding.
Cesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years, is more serious. It is a salt that acts like potassium and goes everywhere in the body. It is absorbed into soft tissues, causing sarcomas. It contaminates food, water and milk and gets into the body when those things are ingested. Contamination with cesium-137 is one of the main reasons large areas of land had to be abandoned in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
How much exposure is enough to make someone sick?
The biological risk of exposure to radiation is measured in sieverts, or Sv. An exposure of 500,000 microsieverts, or µSv, can lead to nausea and fatigue within hours. A dose of 750,000 µSv causes hair loss within two or three weeks, and a dose of 1 million µSv will cause hemorrhage. Death usually occurs at a dose of 4 million µSv.
In terms of long-term effects, experts estimate that if 10,000 people were each exposed to 10,000 µSv of ionizing radiation in small doses over a lifetime, about five or six more people in the group would die of cancer than would be expected without the radiation exposure.
What were the health consequences of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island?
In the case of Chernobyl, United Nations reports have estimated that fewer than 50 people had died of causes directly related to radiation exposure. Most were rescue workers who had received high radiation doses; 28 died within the first few months. As many as 4,000 people are expected to eventually die of radiation-related causes. A 2005 report said about 4,000 thyroid cancers were directly related to radiation exposure, mostly in people who were children or adolescents at the time of the disaster and drank milk highly contaminated with radioactive iodine. At least nine died.
To track the health fallout of the 1979 Three Mile Island disaster, the Pennsylvania Department of Health kept a registry of more than 30,000 people who lived within five miles of the site at the time. Finding little evidence of significantly changed cancer rates, it discontinued the database in 1997.
So how much radiation have people in Japan been exposed to? How risky is it?
The levels of exposure are unclear. Radiation levels were reported to have jumped to about 400,000 µSv per hour inside the Fukushima plant after an explosion Tuesday, although the levels subsided rapidly. Sustained exposure to this level of radiation would be extremely hazardous. Levels outside the plant would have been substantially lower.
Civilians who have been exposed to radiation have been treated by simply getting their clothes washed and being given showers because the exposure has been so minimal.
Workers in the plant will receive the highest exposure, but they are outfitted with full protective gear, wear radiation badges and work for shifts of only an hour or two at a time. According to news reports, radiation levels in Tokyo have been 10 times normal, which is still very low.

"Houyttunia" cordata

Houttuynia is a genus of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia.
Houttuynia cordata (simplified Chinese: 鱼腥草; traditional Chinese: 魚腥草; pinyin: yúxīng cǎo; literally "fishy-smell herb"; Vietnamese: giấp cá; Korean: 약모밀; English lizard tail and chameleon plant; Japanese: 十薬 or　どくだみ), one of two species in the genus Houttuynia, is a flowering plant native to Japan, Korea, southern China and Southeast Asia, where it grows in moist, shady places.


Culinary use
Grown as a leaf vegetable, particularly in Vietnam, where it is called giấp cá or diếp cá and is used as a fresh herbal garnish. The leaf has an unusual taste that is often described as fishy (earning it the nickname "fish mint"), so it is not enjoyed as universally as basil, mint, or other more commonly used herbs.
In the southwestern Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, roots are used as a root vegetable. English names include heartleaf, lizardtail, and fishwort.
While in Thailand in the North East in the town of Mukdahan, by the Mekong river, I had this herb as a salad. Freshly pick and served with long beans, water spinich aka Kang Kong and other juicy and crunchy stuff. Its a healthy way to stay slim and healthy!

 Medicinal use

Houttuynia cordata is also used in herbal medicine. The beverage dokudami cha (Japanese: ドクダミ茶; literally "Houttuynia cordata tea") is an infusion made from the leaves, Oolong tea leaves, and Job's Tears.
In the Old day in Japan, Samurai warriors used to carry this herb with them to help reduce inflammation of battle wounds due to infection and hasten the healing process.
The word Dokudami means - Doku for Poison and Dami - blocker

Today we are fortunate to have its best extracts place into a 330ml bottle. It is taken once or twice a day before breakfast and after dinner. I also use it directly on open wounds. It stings a bit when first applied but it numbs the area and upon second application it does not even hurt. Those with open wounds that do not heal due to Diabetes have use this in both ways, taken internally and applied directly to the wound. The results are very impressive. Wounds start to dry up, heal and the sugar level begins to decline when consume twice a day.

It has worked for those who are addicted to coffee. The results can be seen as fast as 3 day. However, the effect and results varies from each individual.

While the supplement has been helping those in Thailand for some years, it has yet to reach many people outside of Thailand. This is why I have taken the time to travel, stay and understand the nature of the herbs grown, met the people who have gained good health from consuming this supplement. I am now consuming Dokudami or Proact as my main supplement and I feel great. Even my kids age 5 and 2 are also consuming it. Away are the days of runny nose and cough contacted while they were at play school.
A reduce intake of anti biotic means a stronger and healthier immune system.

Thus, 2011 should be a mission year to ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to reap the good benefits of this supplement. It works for me, it will work for you too!!
Towards a healthy tomorrow. 

免疫系统如何工作

我们的免疫系统可以识别和摧毁任何外来的机构，包括细菌，微生物和其他有毒化合物，包括外国颗粒细胞。

这种认识和销毁工作由循环系统中的细胞和淋巴系统。这些细胞产生于骨髓和淋巴组织（胸腺，淋巴结，脾，扁桃体）分别。这些细胞开始他们的生活，“干细胞”。这些细胞是如此无特色，有没有办法确定什么样的细胞类型，其中之一是所谓的“记忆细胞”。

记忆细胞，顾名思义，记住具体的外来细胞或他们已经暴露的化学品，并立即作出反应时，他们是下一个暴露在这种物质。毒品是影响记忆细胞的免疫刺激只是一种疾病或抗原。

疫苗是一种药物的例子，影响记忆细胞。对免疫系统最草药不影响记忆细胞，但一般的免疫系统刺激剂（免疫增强剂）。他们增加了免疫系统的活动，但不针对特定疾病或“抗原”（一种蛋白对免疫细胞的行为）。相反，他们动员“效应细胞”，这对所有外国颗粒，而不是一个特定的类型（这是麻疹病毒行为）增加阻力。

值得注意的是，由于青霉素的发现，我们的科学家，在寻找药物对感染性疾病，往往只对化学品杀死细菌或病毒。最后，他们开始认识到，这是没有可能提高抗生素治疗的缺点免疫系统，它可以对抗自然对传染性病原体。虽然免疫兴奋剂不能代替抗生素在某些情况下，他们已经证明远远优于他人。

Proact/Dokudami 膳食补充剂

膳食补充剂

在膳食补充胶囊和果汁。来自泰国Proact/Dokudami，是一家tynadallized（杀害热草药炮制）益生菌所谓的自然分子，乳酸杆菌属。，和有机草本胶囊和果汁发酵。 <br> <br>属的tyndallized Lactobacullus的代谢产物。，有效果的支持，如伽玛干扰素和白细胞介素12（IL - 12的）的（细胞信使）有关的TH - 1的免疫反应，某些细胞因子的产生。热杀死乳酸菌属。，可迅速诱导10天的高免疫球蛋白生产男，免疫球蛋白G1期，免疫球蛋白和免疫球蛋白G2a千兆。

该immonoglobulins（球蛋白）可以修正和补充，有效地刺激macrophges杀死体内外的微生物。该热乳杆菌洙死亡。，可以适度激活肿瘤坏死因子 - 阿尔帕形成。肿瘤坏死因子 - 阿尔法这是为阻止癌症细胞或细胞毒性细胞基质使用。

在这些免疫增加细菌可代谢物有机中草药，发酵乳杆菌属。，遏制持续的金额。此代谢物包括乳酸，乙酸，甲酸，油酸，棕榈酸，琥珀酸，肽聚糖，plantariocin和其他bacteriocon少量化合物。

后选定的有机草药发酵，所选中草药及tyndallized热杀死乳酸菌粉菌。，混合在一起，胶囊或果汁加工。乳杆菌属。是（益生菌）友善细菌自然存在于人体肠道和消化道。乳杆菌属的菌株。都是重要的刺激免疫系统的免疫球蛋白的影响。

Proact/Dokudami是热乳杆菌炮制死亡。，代谢产物的发酵草药和有机姜黄根茎粉。

姜黄根茎含有可溶性组分数目姜黄，姜黄素包括已报告有抗氧化性能。姜黄素在抑制引发癌症，促进和发展的进展阶段。肿瘤预防活动已经报道吸烟者，

在为期30天的1.5克每日剂量姜黄给予极大地减少了诱变对照组相比，尿排泄，姜黄，并没有对肝酶水平或脂质暗示可能会影响香料一个有效的抗突变的化学预防有益，水提取姜黄Iturmeric）最近被证明具有抑制化学诱导的细胞保护作用的发生，而这项活动可能会形成一个为姜黄一反传统的癌症治疗使用的基础。莪术油的一小部分已被证明具有抗炎和抗关节炎的药理学活性的姜黄其他性质包括cholerectic，降血压，抗细菌和杀虫活性。

临床实践结果Proact/Dokudami草药汁和胶囊已被用于在北部和东部泰国政府医院的病人。 Proact/Dokudami膳食补充剂有效地帮助患者从喜欢谁是呼吸道健康问题的痛苦，抗细菌，慢性炎症，艾滋病和癌症。患者的免疫系统，增强了对化疗和预防有效，防癌，消化道问题和反关节性胃炎.

Herbal Effects of Proact/Dokudami Dietary Supplement膳食补充剂的Proact/Dokudami中药效应

Proact/Dokudami同时具有抑制和杀菌性能。它的抗微生物特性使它成为对微生物出色的防守，清除粉刺，湿疹等皮肤疾病。由于叶绿素的高层次，Proact/Dokudami是一个强大的血液排毒和alkalizes。它还包含强大的抗老化，直接关系到增压抗氧化剂其先进的性能水平

Dokudami Dietary Supplement has herbal effects on: Dokudami膳食补充剂对中药的影响：

Hepatitis 肝炎

Gastric Inflammation 胃炎症

Gastric Ulceration 胃溃疡

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) 高血压（高血压）

Poor Blood Circulation 血液循环欠佳

Dermatosis 皮肤病

Acne 粉刺

Skin Problems皮肤问题

Abdominal pain 腹痛

Constipation 便秘

Diarrhea 腹泻

Hangover宿醉

 

The Immune system

How the immune system works

Our immune system recognizes and destroys anything foreign to the body, including cells like bacteria and other microbes and foreign particles including toxic compounds.

This recognition and destruction is performed by cells in the circulatory and the lymphatic systems. These cells are produced in the bone marrow and lymphatic tissue (thymus, lymph nodes, spleen and tonsils) respectively. The cells begin their lives as “Stem Cells”. These cells are so featureless that there is no way to determine what types of cells, one of which is called “memory cells”.

Memory cells, as the name implies, remember specific foreign cells or chemicals to which they have been exposed, and react immediately when they are next exposed to those compounds. Drugs which affect the memory cells stimulate immunity only to one disease or antigen.

Vaccines are an example of drugs which effect memory cells. Most herbs for the immune system do not affect memory cells, but are general immune system stimulators (immunostimulants). They increase the activity of the immune system but are not specific to a particular disease or “antigen” (a protein against which immune cells act). Rather, they increase resistance by mobilizing “effector cells” which act against all foreign naturally against infectious agents, without the drawbacks of antibiotic therapy. While immune stimulants cannot replace antibiotics in some cases, they have proven far superior in others partices, rather than just one specific type (that is a measles virus).

Remarkably, since the discovery of penicillin, our scientists, in search of drugs against infectious disease, have looked only for chemicals which kill bacteria or viruses. Finally, they are coming to realize that it is possible to boost the immune system, which can then fight off and defend the body the way it was made to do in the first place.

Proact or Dokudami

This is a Dietary supplement in the form of juice. Dokudami also known as Proact from Thailand, is a herbal concoction of tynadallized (heat killed) probiotic bacteria called Natural Molecule, Lactobacillus Spp., and organic fermented herbs.

The metabolites of tyndallized Lactobacullus spp., have the effect to support the production of certain cytokines (Cell Messengers) related to TH-1 immune response, such as Gamma interferon and interleukin 12 (IL-12). The heat killed Lactobacillus spp., could rapidly induced the high production Ig M, Ig G1, Ig G2a and Ig Gb in ten days.

The immonoglobulins (Ig) can fix complements and stimulate macrophges to efficiently kill foreign micro organism in the body. The heat-killed of Lactobacillus soo., can moderate activating TNF - Alpa formation. TNF - Alpha which is a substrate use for stopping cancer cell or cytotoxic cell.

After the fermentation of the selected organically herbs, the powder of selected herb and tyndallized heat killed Lactobacillus spp., are mixed together and processing into juice. Lactobacillus spp., are friendly bacteria (Probiotics) naturally found in the gut and digestive tract of human. The strains of Lactobacillus spp., are important stimulant of the immune system, by its effects on immunoglobulin.

Dokudami or Proact is the concoction of heat killed Lactobacillus spp., metabolites of fermented herbs and the powder of organic turmeric rhizome.

Turmeric rhizome contains a number of soluble fractions of turmeric, including curcumin that have been reported to have antioxidant properties.

The curcumin inhibit cancer at initiation, promotion and progression stages of development. Tumor-preventing activity has been reported in smokers, turmeric given at a daily dose of 1.5g for 30 days significantly reduced the urinary excretion ofg mutagens compared to controls; turmeric had no effect on hepatic enzymes levels or lipid profiles suggesting that the spice may be an effective antimutagen useful in chemoprevention, Aqueous extract of Curcuma longa Iturmeric) has recently been shown to have cytoprotective effects that inhibit chemically induced carcinogenesis, and this activity may form a basis for the traditional use of turmeric an anti-cancer treatment. A fraction of curcuma oil has been shown to have anti inflammatory and anti arthritic activity other pharmacological properties of turmeric include cholerectic, hypotensive, anti-bacteria and insecticidal activity.

Result of Clinical practice

Proact or Dokudami herbal juice and capsule has been used by patients in the government hospital in northern and eastern Thailand. Dokudami dietary supplement effectively helped patients who is suffering from health problems like respiratory tract, anti-bacteria, chronic inflammatory, HIV and cancer. Patients' immune system was boost and was effective for chemo-prevention, anti cancer, problem digestive tract and anti arthritic gastritis

Proact or Dokudami has both inhibitory and disinfectant properties. Its anti microbial properties make it an excellent defense against micro-organisms, clearing acne, eczema and other skin ailments.

Due to its high levels of chlorophyll, Proact or Dokudami is a strong blood detoxifier and alkalizes. It also contains powerful anti-aging properties directly related to its advanced levels of supercharged anti-oxidants

Proact or Dokudami Dietary Supplement has herbal effects on:

Hepatitis

Gastric Inflammation

Gastric Ulceration

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Poor Blood Circulation

Dermatosis

Acne

Skin Problems

Abdominal pain

Constipation

Diarrhea

Hangover

Diatebes

What is diabetes? What causes diabetes?

Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood - it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies.

When our food is digested the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream. Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it possible for our cells to take in the glucose.

Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, and lowers the blood sugar level.

A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated / high (hyperglycemia). This is because the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces. This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose eventually passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.

There are three main types of diabetes:

Diabetes Type 1 - You produce no insulin at all.Diabetes Type 2 - You don't produce enough insulin, or your insulin is not working properly.Gestational Diabetes - You develop diabetes just during your pregnancy.

Treatment is effective and important

All types of diabetes are treatable, but Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes last a lifetime; there is no known cure. (With Dokudami you can)

The patient receives regular insulin, which became medically available in 1921. The treatment for a patient with Type 1 is mainly injected insulin, plus some dietary and exercise adherence.

Patients with Type 2 are usually treated with tablets, exercise and a special diet, but sometimes insulin injections are also required.

If diabetes is not adequately controlled the patient has a significantly higher risk of developing complications.. Longer term complications could be cardiovascular disease, retinal damage (Eyes), chronic kidney failure, nerve damage, poor healing of wounds, gangrene on the feet which may lead to amputation, and erectile dysfunction.

Who Is At Greater Risk For Type 1 Diabetes?

·  Siblings of people with type 1 diabetes.

·  Children of parents with type 1 diabetes.

Who Is At Greater Risk For Type 2 Diabetes?

·  People with a family history of diabetes.

·  People who are overweight.

·  People who do not exercise regularly.

·  Women who have had a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds at birth.

Warning Signs Of Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes:

·  Frequent urination.

·  Unusual thirst.

·  Extreme hunger.

·  Unusual weight loss.

·  Extreme fatigue.

·  Irritability.

Type 2 Diabetes:
Any of the type 1 symptoms, plus...

·  Frequent infections.

·  Blurred vision.

·  Cuts/bruises that are slow to heal.

·  Tingling/numbness in the hands or feet.

·  Recurring skin, gum, or bladder infections.

Profile Of The Diagnosed

There are nearly 1.2 million people in Malaysia who have diabetes. Diabetes is actually a general term for a number of separate but related disorders. These disorders fall into two main categories:

·  type 1, which usually occurs during childhood or adolescence, and

·  type 2, the most common form of the disease, usually occurring after age 30.


Diabetes In Youth

How Are Young People Affected?

The risk of developing type 1 diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood.

Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years old in girls and 12 to 14 years old in boys.

Type 1 diabetes tends to run in families. Brothers and sisters of children with type 1 diabetes have about a 10 percent chance, or a 20-fold increased risk, of developing the disease.

The identical twin of a person with type 1 diabetes has at least 50 times the risk of developing type 1 diabetes than a child in an unaffected family.

In type 1 diabetes, incidence is highest among whites. Scandinavian countries have the highest incidence in the world, approximately 30 cases per 100,000 children.

The symptoms for type 1 diabetes can mimic the flu in children.

Diabetes And Seniors

How Are Seniors Affected?

Diabetes prevalence increases with increasing age.

Approximately half of all diabetes cases occur in people older than 55.

People with diabetes are more likely to be institutionalized in nursing homes than are people without diabetes.