Thursday, October 6, 2011

yes, even pink cupcakes feed cancer

Truth be told, there are a lot of thing I have a hard time understanding. This is one of them: My local grocery store is partnering with National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. in "Supporting A Cure" by selling pink brownies, cookies, cakes, and cupcakes adorned with pink frosting and an eatable, pink, breast cancer ribbon.

Really? Like... really?

I'm all for finding a cure for breast cancer, but this has got to be the worst way to do it.

Sugar FEEDS cancer. Add in white flour and artificial food coloring, and you're heading down a slippery slope. Pink cupcakes do not support a cure for cancer; they support cancer.

(This also brings me to another source of frustration for me: Sending chocolates and other junk foods to someone who just discovered they have cancer. It says something along the lines of, "here's hoping you die sooner rather than later!" I have a better idea. Send an organic fruit basket instead.)


Hypocrates, the father of modern medicine said this...

"Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."

Food MATTERS. Pink cupcakes are NOT the answer. 

I've gotta ask it: Is the National Brest Cancer Foundation really interested in finding a cure for cancer or maintaining cancer and so maintaining their funding?

At any rate, WE can make a difference, and it starts with education.

Which brings me to some exciting news: This week only, you can watch the highly acclaimed documentary Food Matters for FREE! Just follow this link, enter your name and email address, and they will send you the link taking you to the site where you can watch documentary. But hurry! It ends at midnight October 8th!

Are you going to watch it? Have you seen it? Have you eaten any pink cupcakes lately? ;-)

Posted by dust in the wind at Thursday, October 06, 2011

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  2. 3 of my 4 grandparents died of cancer, and my aunt was diagnosed last week. I care about a cure, but I don't think that pink cupcakes are part of the solution. I'm allergic to red dye, so the pink products make me cringe. Food just shouldn't be that color unless strawberries or beets are involved!

    I think that cancer research is a lot like the birth intervention/c-section cycle. Doctors see what they expect to see. If someone with cancer changes diet and exercise and prays and gets better, doctors can't see that's what helped them heal because they only understand medicine and surgery. I don't know how to change paradigms, but that's what's needed.

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