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Cancer Cell Being Destroyed - YES WE CAN

In David Servan-Schreiber’s book Anti-Cancer, a New Way of Life – he shows how various foods help inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Every ingredient in the Anti Cancer Caeser Salad dressing is on the anti-cancer shopping list in his book.

Here is the recipe:

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and run the blender for a minute at medium speed. Use a tablespoon as dressing – coat the lettuce leaves and let sit for 2 – 5 minutes before eating. This gives the leaves a little bit of time to absorb the dressing. Most Caesar salad’s have shaved Parmesan cheese and croutons. You don’t need those for the salad, but if you want croutons, an anti-cancer recipe for croutons is below.

2 Cloves Garlic. (the number one anti-cancer vegetable for every type of cancer listed).

Juice from one lemon (remove the seeds). Non-organic ciitrus fruits are not the threat as some other non-organic produce according to Servan – Schreiber.

2 whole anchovies packed in olive oil. Anchoives are a very high source of Omega 3 oil. Omega 3 oil reduces inflammation, regulates cell growth, and increases the fluidity of blood.

1/4 cup olive oil. This oil is a staple of a diet that is low in saturated fats and helps reduce inflammation. Inflammation weakens your immune system and makes it harder for your body to destroy cancer cells.

Anti-Cancer Croutons

1. Whole grain or sour dough bread (ok if stale, but not okay if moldy). Cut into 1 inch cubes. According to Servan-Schreiber, whole grains and sour dough reduce insulin spikes. Insulin spikes increase inflammation, and increase rather than inhibit cancerous cell growth.
2. Olive Oil
3. 2 cloves crushed garlic
4. 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
5. 1/4 tsp salt (the amount of salt you put in this is far less than what are in store bought croutons – the body needs a small amount of salt to maintain a healthy balance).
6. fresh herbs (depends on the ones you prefer – sometimes I use rosemary, oregano, fennel, thyme). A number of fresh herbs inhibit cancerous cell growth.

Lightly sprinkle olive oil on bread cubes. Mix the garlic, salt, pepper and fresh herbs. Mix in with bread cubes and olive oil.

Spread bread cubes with olive oil and herbs on cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven until crisp (time will depend on bread used).

So, just what does this have to do with Project Management? My everyday project is to keep myself healthy and to provide those in my care healthy meals. Eating right and doing what I Iove (preparing great food) is something I have to do on a recurring basis to meet my project objective of staying healthy.

ALSO – think about it. If you take care of your body, you take care of your brain. When you feel good, it is far easier to stay focused on the other projects you have in life. So to do well on all your other life projects, you have to start with Project Health.