BodyRock TV Lisa Marie Featuring: Triceps & Swings and What is Body Mass Index (BMI)? (And Does BMI Really Matter?)

Do I have a healthy BMI?This is one of the most Googled questions in relation to health and fitness, and understandably so. Calculating your Body Mass Index (BMI) can help you gauge whether or not you are overweight, and it can be the catalyst for making (or sustaining) healthy changes in your life.
However, BMI is only one way to gauge your weight and should not be viewed as the final word on your weight--and it should NEVER be seen as a judgment of your worth.

Keep reading. In this article, we're going to tell you everything you need to know about Body Mass Index (BMI) for adults and weigh in on whether or not it really matters.

• What is Body Mass Index? (BMI)
• How to Calculate BMI
• Understanding BMI Results for Adults
• Why Calculate BMI
• Does BMI Really Matter?
• Other Ways to Assess Weight and Measure Fat
• The BMI WORKOUT Playlist

What is Body Mass Index (BMI)

BMI is a measurement of your body size. It is calculated by factoring in an individual's height and weight. The results indicate whether that individual has a healthy body weight for their height. 

How to Calculate BMI

The formula to calculate BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. If you work in the English system of measurement, then BMI is calculated by taking one's weight in pounds and dividing it my inches squared. Then, you multiply this result by 703 to convert pounds/inches squared to kilograms/metres squared.
BMI FORMULA: BMI = kg/m2 
or
BMI = lbs/in2 * 703
Examples: 
Someone who is 5'5 and weighs 135 pounds has a BMI of 22.5.
Someone who is 65 kilograms and 1.80 meters tall has a BMI of 19.4.

Understanding BMI Results for Adults

The numbers are all well and good, but what do they actually mean? Well, nothing, in and of themselves, but when lent significance by a scale of underweight to obese, they can be extremely helpful. 
BMI       Weight Status
Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5–24.9 Healthy
25.0–29.9 Overweight
30.0 + Obese
If you have a BMI of less than 18.5 or over 25, it is recommended that you seek guidance from your doctor or a dietitian. You will need to learn healthier eating and exercise habits that suit your lifestyle and current abilities. 

Once you have the go-ahead to exercise from your healthcare provider, join us in Sweatflix. It’s only $0.49 per day (with the first month free for a trial) and this workout library has 1000s of videos for all fitness levels, and they're designed for people who love variety but have busy lives. Workouts take a little time as a few minutes, and if you stick with them, they will improve your health and fitness.
Need help with diet?Again, talk to your doctor and/or dietitian first, and if you don't need a specialized diet, check out our nutrition guides and meal plans. From a plant-based guide to low-carb guides and guides for people who intermittent fast for fat loss and bundles that offer complete meal plans, we offer a smorgasbord of delicious ways to make your healthy lifestyle more appetizing. 
Check out BodyRock nutrition guides and meal plans here. These are the strategies are trainers use and the meals our trainers eat, so you know they work. 

Why Calculate BMI

Calculating your BMI can give you an idea of whether or not you have a healthy body weight. 
This makes BMI a more accurate measurement of appropriate body weight than the scale alone.
For example, someone who is 5'9 and weighs 165 pounds would be a healthy weight, according to BMI. A person who is 5'2 who weighs 169 pounds would be considered overweight by the same standards. 
Weight alone is not an accurate judgment of health. 

Does BMI Really Matter?

Yes--and then again, sometimes no. Just like the scale is not always an accurate measure of body fat percentage, either is BMI. 

BMI does not account for muscle, for instance, so you could be 165 pounds and 5'5 and be a completely healthy body weight if you have a lot of muscles--even though BMI would classify you as overweight. 
The shortcomings of BMI as a comprehensive measure of body fat in relation to weight is why most healthcare professionals don't rely on BMI alone.

Other Ways to Assess Weight & Measure Body Fat

There are many other ways to assess weight and measure body fat that can be used, often in tandem with BMI, to determine if an individual is at a healthy body weight.

Here are some of the most common:
Skin Fold Test
It's an old-school method, but it works. Depending on your body type and muscle mass, you could be overweight according to BMI but really, at a completely healthy weight.
The skinfold test simply involves measuring the thickness of skin folds to determine the amount of fat (subcutaneous adipose tissue) under the skin. (Think pinching an inch: if you can grab/pinch a lot of extra skin on your body that is not just loose skin from babies or weight loss, then you are likely overweight.)
Of course, different parts of our bodies naturally have different amounts of fat, so there are seven different sites for the skinfold test.
7 Site Skinfold Measurements
Triceps.
Chest/Pectoral.
Midaxillary.
Subscapular.
Suprailiac.
Abdominal.
Thigh.
If you want to learn more about how to perform a skinfold test, comment below! We'll write a blog for you!

Smart Scales
Smart scales or body mass composition scales are tech-savvy scales that use a harmless, undetectable electrical current through your body to determine the amount of body fat you have versus lean body mass. These scales also often measure your water weight as well, basal metabolic rate and fat-free mass.
Measurements
Taking your measurements with a measuring tape is also a fantastic way to get a read on your health. Your weight measurement is of particular importance.

Waist circumference can determine if you are at a higher risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Healthy waist circumference for men is below 40 inches, and for a woman, below 35. 

Remember:you can't spot lose weight from anywhere on your body. Roughly 60% of where we store fat is genetically predetermined, which means that your best bet is to eat healthily and to exercise your whole body--especially with resistance-based training which will help you burn more fat from everywhere since muscle requires more energy (calories) to maintain than fat.

Join us on Sweatflix now for a 30-day free trial and see how you can start getting stronger and leaner in just a month. Just stick with us. We've got your back (and front and sides and bottom and top and every part of your body you want to get leaner!)
Looking to lower your BMI? PRESS PLAY on this additive BMI workout playlist featuring the best fat burning workouts on Sweatflix. Start sculpting a stronger, leaner body today! 

The BMI WORKOUT Playlist

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Living As A Cancer Survivor - Honest Evaluations Can Hurt - by Mark Everett Kelly

Source: Mark Everett Kelly (CKMagicSports/Worldwide Sports Radio Network)

https://www.ckmagicsports.com/living-as-a-cancer-survivor/honestevaluationscanhurt

Living As A Cancer Survivor - Honest Evaluations Can Hurt

If you have consistently read my blog (this is my 47th entry), you should have a good understanding of my personality. It's hard to put into perspective how I gauge my emotions every day. Nothing causes more stress and desperation than hearing someone I love, worried. I automatically speed through my mind how I could be responsible. I react that way because it breaks my heart to see a loved one hurting. 

NOTHING SPECIAL

I am under no exaggeration as to what my value is overall in society.  

Surviving cancer has created such a thorn in my side. I am grateful for surviving because of all the others that have suffered and died from this disease. However, I also find myself humiliated because of the ways it affected my body and took away so many things I loved. 

I can understand why those who lost someone to this disease would be offended by that. I don't feel that way all the time, but when I'm unable to walk because of the severe pain I deal with, or I can't leave my house due to Crohn's, I break down a little.

I am extremely tough on myself. I try to hold myself to a standard (I can hear the laughter of those who would disagree from here). For the majority of my life, I have tried to represent Christ with my actions, words, and behavior (that I know others are laughing at). It's hard to explain how much my relationship with Jesus means to me. I could not live without it. I know what touches my heart because God distinctly created specific characteristics that bring out tears, joy, sorrow, sincerity, and especially hope.

I am an empathetic person. I try my best to put myself in someone else shoes when they are experiencing something. I do my best no to judge others because I know how much I hate when others judge me.

HONEST EVALUATION MIGHT NOT BE POSITIVE

I think we all come to a point in life where we want to make a difference with the talents given to us. I'm certainly not unique when I say I have failed to accomplish those things. I'm trying, but lately, I look around and see the reality of what I have become. That scares me to death. 

What if I never achieve? What if I let everyone down who chose to believe in me? I look up and see zero followers on Patreon. I've had to chase people down who said they would get back to me. I've thoroughly embarrassed myself, reaching out to people asking for speaking opportunities. My book was a total failure (only 23 copies sold).

Former NFL Coach Bill Parcells says, "You are what your record says you are." Well, if that's the case, then the results are apparent. I want everyone to understand that I'm the last thing that someone would call a success. I have to prove myself every day as well.

JOHN WOODEN SPEAKS THE TRUTH

Former UCLA Head Coach John Wooden used to tell his players, "Never mistake activity for achievement." When you reach my age, you should have certain things that you earned. Everything I had, I was given. I don't feel like I can call myself anything other than a burden until the results say something different.

While I'm currently laying the groundwork to be self-supporting, I have experienced countless potholes. I find myself needing motivation most mornings to get out of bed. Some days my legs are so swollen I am unable to put on pants. Other days I can't go 10 feet without having to circle back because of stomach issues. The battle is exhausting at times.

WHY AM I SAYING THESE THINGS?

I can't expect those who read this blog to support someone who is phony. I despise artificial people and those who purposely deceive others. If I can't be honest with my failures and in my desire to be better, then how can I be trusted? My heart is pure, but it's broken. It's broken because I see others around me who need me to be better and achieve success. 

I would appreciate those who pray to please say a prayer for me this week. Someone close to me is also facing a situation that is causing an enormous amount of stress. 

BEING AN EXAMPLE

One thing I don't want to ever be is fake. I owe honesty, integrity, and sincerity to all who cross my path. I want everyone to know that it's OK if you don't feel like conquering the world every day. It's OK if you suffer from depression, loneliness, feeling left out, confused, or like you don't fit in. Do the best you can and don't be afraid to reach out to others who you trust. 

It's Not Just Fizzdale - by Dan Radzicki (Worldwide Sports Radio Network)

SOURCE: Dan Radzicki (Worldwide Sports Radio Network)
https://worldwidesportsradio.com/its-not-just-fizzdale

It’s Not Just Fizzdale

by Dan Radzicki NBA, NBA Basketball, New York Knicks | 0 comments

The Knicks disappointing season has led to the firing of David Fizzdale.  From the start Fizzdale was the wrong hire for the team. He has never proven to be a good coach previously in his career and frankly never belonged coaching anything in a major market. Or a minor market. Or in the NBA. Considering all of the candidates available at the time, his hiring was a head scratcher, but thankfully many of the positive candidates that were looking for jobs when FIzzdale was hired are still available, as Fizzdale was fired so quickly into his awful Knicks areer. 

Fizzdale’s firing is not the entirely the fault of David Fizzdale. It’s the fault of the team’s impotent owner, fat fuck James Dolan, and the shitty front offices that he’s assembled that draft poorly and recruit poorly.

Truth be told, I watch an embarrassingly large number of basketball games. I have watched the sport from the 1970’s through today. I have seen many changes in the game over time. Some for the better, most for the worst, as the league has turned itself from a sport and team game into globetrotter rosters and promotable movie stars. And that’s the type of coach the Knicks need: one that can turn the team into the Globetrotters offense. So let’s look at what’s out there in management and what could help this moribund organization out of its perpetual suckdom. 

David Blatt- already hired as a front office guy. Blatt has multiple sclerosis, so he probably wants to be in a less physical role. A great basketball mind, and maybe a replacement for Steve Mills? GM Scott Perry? Both?

Mark Jackson – one of the most prolific point guards in Knick history, would be a local boy comes home story. Not sure if it would be a local boy does good story, however. Smart player, would teach floor spacing and passing, which the Knicks need. But can he teach them his shimmy?

Becky Hammon- No, because she’s a woman. But that’s not sexism, that’s advice. The NBA took forever just to use female officials, who are equally as bad as the male ones. But a female head coach in a situation that’s bound to fail? That will lead to 20 years of women not being considered for head coaching jobs. I am not saying Hammon is underqualified to coach. If she has Coach Pop’s endorsement, that’s good enough for me. But she is overqualified to coach a transient roster with a thus far not exactly franchise rookie in RJ Barrett as a centerpiece. Wait for the right opportunity, Becky. Right now? This isn’t it.

Mike Miller- You see this shit he’s running? No. Absolutely not.  

Mark Few- A college coach? Yup. Few has performed miracles at Gonzaga. He has also worked with NBA players at international tournaments, so he has connections to some of the better players in the league. And as a college coach, he is familiar with recruiting so he knows how to talk with players. A knock against him is that he’s never won a championship, but neither have the Knicks in a few generations, so maybe baby steps is best? And at age 57, this may be his cash cow and only shot at the pros.

Patrick Ewing- this was suggested by Knicks superfan AMR, who feels that Ewing’s connection to the team would be a shot in the arm to a franchise that could maybe use a Hall of Famers touch. Ewing presently is head coach at his alma mater Georgetown, but has been an NBA assistant so he would know the grind. Also, Ewing was an outside shooting center long before outside shooting centers were a thing in the NBA, so he could help mold the young forwards and Mitchel Robinson into a multi-dimensional offensive player.

Steve Kerr- Already said no once, but with Golden State’s run over and the ability to poach Draymond Green to jumpstart a presently invisible defense plus salary cap flexibility and ANOTHER high draft pick? Plus the salary demands of 4 consecutive finals with 4 wins minus the LeBron rules? That may be something the Knicks should open checkbooks for.

We are not going to suggest who the Knicks should hire. No matter what advice we offer here, rest assured one thing- the Knicks will fuck things up. Because they always do. Fizzdale’s firing was partly his fault, but it’s not just Jizzdale. It’s the organization. Until they run themselves with a winning expectation and demand accountability from their players and staff, you’re going to have a lot of players developing like Kevin Knox and Frank Ntilikinia- underwhelming and failing to live up to expectations. And the top 5 pick this year will be more of the same.

Hasta La Vista Cerrone - by Errol Marks (Worldwide Sports Radio Network)

Source: Errol Marks (Worldwide Sports Radio Network)
https://worldwidesportsradio.com/hasta-la-vista-cerrone

“Hasta la vista Cerrone”

by Errol Marks | Jan 19, 2020 | General | 0 comments

Is it me or am I the only person that thinks the UFC is water down, well if you don’t just watch the garbage pay per view they sold Saturday night at UFC 246. Im not going to talk about the co main event Holm vs Pennington, which probably wouldn’t have even made a pay per view card 3 years ago. Lets be honest UFC fans, the organization is praying that Conor McGregor can come back after 3 years and save the sport once again give me a break. This shows me one thing and fans you might want to close your ears because you don’t want to hear what I’m going to say. McGregor beating a old beat up and over the hill fighter like Donald Cerrone Saturday night, doesn’t show me nothing but a lazy President trying to fined a nut. The UFC and Dana White should be embarrassed and sick to their stomachs to see the way the sport hasn’t found its identity since McGregor absence. I understand Dana didn’t want to throw Connor to the wolves in his first fight back in almost 3 years, but putting him against a washed up fighter at UFC 246 shows me how inept the organization really is. I understand that all organizations and professional sports franchises have their stars. But when the stars with the names McGregor and Jones are the only box office attractions then you have to think on how fast the sports has fallen in the past few years.

Lets just look back a few years shall we, Ronda Rousey arguably one of the biggest UFC stars of the last 5 years, decided to retire from fighting to become a WWE women’s wrestler after getting dominated by the likes of Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. How about throwing away one of the most talented fighters to come out of the UFC in the last ten years Demetrious Johnson, because they couldn’t promote him like they did for McGregor because he wasn’t a big mouth attraction in his years of complete dominance in the UFC. I think Dana White believes he has the right ingredients now to get the UFC back on top and I hope its not bringing a half beat up GSP back once again. Mix martial arts fans believe the once promising Prize fighting aka boxing was done the last past few years because of the lack of stars they lost because of retirement. Since then boxing has been taking off with the likes of upcoming and big super stars in the sport like Canelo Alvarez, GGG, Errol Spence and Terence Crawford. That doesn’t take away the growth of the Heavyweight division, with the likes of Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua that division has not been this strong since the Tyson years.

So where does the UFC go from here, well Khabib and Ferguson is a start thats for sure but finding the answer to this question will not lean on the likes of one big fight. For the last few years Dana White has been looking for the next new generational fighter that will lead them through the next decayed. Giving the likes of guys like Donald “the old cowboy” Cerrone a 6 fight contract or bringing in a washed up wrestler like CM Punk, who couldn’t beat a first grade mix martial artist in his sleep. Hey Dana I have an idea maybe you should get Michael Jordan to come out of retirement and have McGregor vs Jordan in a pay per view fight to the death in a game of horse. I don’t know what the UFC has up their sleeves in the near future, but I can tell you one thing Dana is not going to fool me with this garbage anymore.

The Truth About Cancer Featuring: Understanding the 4 Stages of Cancer and Types of Cancer Treatment: Modern Medical Approach

Cancer often strikes fear in the hearts of anyone who even hears the word. This is largely due to a lack of knowledge about natural, non-toxic treatments coupled with the abysmal failure of the “Big 3” conventional treatments (chemo, radiation, and surgery). It pays to know everything you possibly can about cancer.

Doctors use “stages” of cancer to determine and describe the severity of your particular case. No matter how many forms of cancer there are, they share common characteristics that make standard classification possible. Knowing the stage of the cancer found in your body enables your health care provider to formulate a more effective treatment plan and helps you understand your case more clearly. It also helps your loved ones understand the scope of your fight against the disease.

Types of Cancer Treatment: Modern Medical Approach

By: Ana Doref Сancer is a famous "killer" of cancer patients, which invariably ranks first in the ratings for prevalence, lethality, and belated diagnosis. Few people know about what methods of examination can detect cancer at an early stage and what modern medicine can offer as a weapon in the fight against a tumor.

Malignant neoplasms are a fairly extensive group of tumors, each of which has its favorite localization, the speed of development and prognosis. Some cancers are able to grow imperceptibly over the years, others are characterized by lightning fastness. Nevertheless, doctors note the general properties of neoplasms of lung tissue: for example, they are more often found in people who have smoked for many years, as well as for residents of cities with poor ecology, miners and employees of harmful industries. The likelihood of cancer increases with age.

World statistics is disappointing: according to the World Health Organization, a million patients are diagnosed with this ailment every year.

Meanwhile, doctors are sure that if patients addressed them in time, with the 1 and 2 stages of the disease, then the overwhelming majority of patients could be saved from death. And even with a delayed diagnosis, there are chances for recovery. The main thing is to undergo a thorough examination and an effective course of treatment for cancer.

Stages of cancer

Classification of cancer simplifies the selection of optimal treatment tactics, but doctors analyze the situation far beyond the conventional stages - because each tumor and each patient is individual.

The zero stage - "cancer in place" - is extremely rare, because it implies the presence of a microscopic tumor. Doctors usually detect such a tumor by accident, during the treatment of another pathology of the lungs. It is quite easy to cure it, the prognosis for the patient's life is favorable;
The first stage implies the presence of a tumor up to 3 cm in diameter, which does not have metastases (in other organs or lymph nodes). Treatment is almost always successful;
The second stage is diagnosed when cancer has grown to 6 cm, and one or two of the closest to the body lymph nodes showed malignant cells. In some cases, at this stage, the oncologists can remove the tumor;
The third stage is a condition in which the tumor has grown enough to affect the adjacent segment of the body. In this pathological process involves many lymph nodes, surrounding the body. The prognosis is usually unfavorable, but proper treatment helps to significantly slow the progression of the disease.
The fourth stage - also called terminal - means that cancer has escaped from the body tissue, spreading to other parts of the body. It is not necessary that the initial tumor has a large size: 4 stage of cancer is diagnosed in each case when there are distant metastases. Patients with terminal cancer rarely live longer than 2 years.
How to treat cancer?

A crucial factor in the success of cancer treatment is a timely diagnosis. In many progressive countries, there has already been a practice of mandatory regular screening using low-dose computed tomography (CT). This procedure does not take much time and does not put patients at risk due to high radiation doses. Compared with the traditionally used fluorography, CT can establish or disprove the diagnosis of cancer with much greater accuracy. In addition, a serious problem is the lack of regular preventive visits to the doctor that would help to reveal early signs of cancer. As a consequence - a person comes to the doctor with the symptoms that are characteristic for the 3rd and 4th stages of cancer: a protracted cough, chronic pneumonia and emaciation.

At the same time, European progressive healthcare organizations know how to suspect cancer in the early stages, how to reliably determine the location of the tumor and with the help of which analyzes and samples it's possible to find out a specific type of neoplasm in order to choose the best combination of therapeutic methods.

When the necessary data on the disease are collected, the doctor decides on the tactics of fighting cancer. It is a mistake to think that the only effective method of treating a tumor is a surgical operation. However, in some situations, oncologists prefer chemotherapy, radiotherapy or the latest technologies, which provide an opportunity to reduce neoplasm volumes.

Surgical treatment

Surgical treatment is used in situations where the tumor has clear boundaries and can be removed simultaneously with the nearest lymph nodes. However, if oncologists have reason to suspect that the malignant cells have spread widely, they will offer to remove the segment or the whole body (if possible). Clinical practice shows that patients are able to live a full active life without some organs. In some cases, when there is no hope for complete healing, surgeons perform an operation aimed at reducing the tumor volume and removing metastases from vital organs.

Chemotherapy

Some types of cancer grow so quickly that trying to remove it with a scalpel is almost always doomed to failure. Chemotherapy comes to the rescue: treatment of tumors with drugs that are harmful to malignant cells (unfortunately, often for healthy ones). In some cases, this method is the only one that can help the patient. In others, chemotherapy is combined with surgery, allowing to reduce the amount of surgery and exclude relapse.

The optimal solution is an individual selection of drugs taking into account the peculiarities of the course of the disease, which is possible only after genetic analysis of tumor cells extracted from the biopsy.

Medications are prescribed by courses, at intervals of several weeks (this is necessary to allow the body to recover from side effects). At the end of therapy, the patient undergoes a tomography scan to track how the tumor changes under the influence of chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy cancer drugs:

Platinum drugs destroy the DNA of cancer cells. They relate to cytostatic agents of the alkylating type of action;
Alkylating agents - these drugs destroy proteins that are responsible for the formation of DNA of cancer cells;
Anthracyclines are drugs that form free radicals that damage the DNA of diseased cells (daunorubicin active ingredient);
Antimetabolites are drugs that affect the genetic apparatus of the cell and kill it during division. As a rule, the basis of these drugs is Gemcitabine (cytotoxic drug, antimetabolite from the group of pyrimidine antagonists);
Taxanes are drugs that disrupt the process of dividing cancer cells;
Vincalcaloids refer to the soft means of chemotherapy, which destroy the cytoskeleton of cancer cells.
Hormonal cancer drugs

Hormonal drugs are used to treat hormone-dependent tumors, such as uterine cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Also, hormonal drugs are prescribed to patients with such oncological diseases as a kidney tumor, a pancreas tumor, melanoma.

In male cancers, estrogen-containing drugs are prescribed to suppress androgens. In female cancers, androgen-containing drugs are prescribed (Tamoxifen, Herceptin, Taxol);
For both forms of cancer, such drugs as Avastin and Zoladex are recommended;
Doctors also prescribe hormonal drugs for thyroid cancer: Thyreocombe, Thyroxin.
Although hormonal drugs for cancer are effective, they have the opposite side - with long use, the body becomes immune to these drugs, and this weakens the effect of chemotherapeutic drugs over time.

Antiviral drugs for cancer

Some types of cancer develop due to the action of viruses. Antiviral drugs are prescribed to increase the resistance of immunity.

One of such viruses is the human papillomavirus. In order to strengthen the immune system of a person with cancer, a doctor prescribes drugs based on interferon (tilorone) solutions for internal injections or ointment compresses.

Radiotherapy

Radiation therapy is based on the harmful effect of radiation on living cells prone to rapid division. If a person has cancer, then primarily the tumor will suffer from radiotherapy. Doctors use devices that allow you to direct a focused beam of X-rays to the area where the tumor is located. Healthy tissues suffer insignificantly, especially if radiation is "delivered" directly to the body with a probe inserted into the body through the upper respiratory tract.

With some types of cancer and the presence of contraindications for surgery, radiotherapy is the only method of treatment. Radiotherapy is also prescribed to destroy or reduce the volume of metastases in lymph nodes and other organs.

Photodynamic therapy

This method has recently appeared in the arsenal of oncologists. Photodynamic therapy is a session of exposure to light of a certain length on the tumor, which is preliminarily treated with a special drug (photosensitizing agent), which increases the sensitivity of malignant cells to such an effect. Under the influence of the rays, the neoplasm decreases in size, and the effect of the course lasts for several months.

Photodynamic therapy can be used as an additional method of treating cancer, improving the prognosis of recovery, and as a basic medical tactic, to alleviate the symptoms of the disease in an irreversible stage.

Advanced treatment approaches

If the doctor offers treatment methods that you have never heard of, do not think that you will be a part of an "experiment". It's not necessarily about using some outlandish drugs or newly invented devices. This group also includes proven methods, which were mentioned above, but with modifications to the way they are used. For example, many modern clinics offer patients to experience the "Cyber-knife" - a device for focused radiation therapy, which literally burns a tumor, without incisions and anesthesia. Another example is the use of the newest chemotherapy drugs that block the growth of blood vessels around the neoplasm, disrupting its nutrition. As a result, the chances of a successful victory over cancer are increasing.

Despite encouraging results of scientific research, doctors still cannot guarantee the result in each specific clinical situation: a patient sometimes reacts to treatment in an unpredictable way. However, the patient and his family should do everything possible to fight cancer. An important role in the forecast is played by the patient's psychological mood.

Complex treatment of cancer

Usually, cancer treatment is combined and consists of chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. Sometimes, in addition, high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation are prescribed. Children are treated according to standardized schemes. In practice, such treatment requires a well-coordinated teamwork of medical specialists in various fields: oncologists, radiologists, surgeons, psychologists, nurses and many other hospital staff.

 My name is Ana Doref. I am working at My Canadian Pharmacy. We provide people with helpful information about health and trying to help everyone. https://mycanadian-pharmacy.net/

Peapod Breakfast, Delivered Coupons and Savings. and Peapod and Gina Homolka of Skinnytaste Collaborate on First Meal Kit for Air Fryer

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Peapod and Gina Homolka of Skinnytaste Collaborate on First Meal Kit for Air Fryer

New Kit is Light on Calories, Big on Flavor

Chicago, IL (November 20, 2019) – One of the hottest food trends is not an ingredient, but an appliance. The air fryer is popping up in kitchens across the country and nearly 10 million have been sold in the US from late May 2017 to mid-March 2019¹. Providing both recipe inspiration and convenient shortcuts for using the popular appliance, Peapod, the country’s leading online grocer, announces [DS1] a collaboration with popular digital influencer and #1 New York Times bestselling author, Gina Homolka of Skinnytaste. Featuring recipes from Homolka’s latest book, The Skinnytaste Air Fryer Cookbook, Peapod has created a limited-time only meal kit for her Cornflake-Crusted “Fried” Chicken with Romaine Slaw recipe.
A lightened-up way to deep fry foods, Homolka’s recipes are “light on calories, big on flavor.” The new kit is available for Peapod users in the Chicagoland region as well as for Stop & Shop customers in New York & Jersey City and Giant Food shoppers in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Washington D.C. Featuring pre-measured, pre-cut, and pre-washed fresh ingredients that can be added to customers’ shopping carts along with other grocery essentials, the kit serves four, starting at $5 per serving. Additional shoppable recipe inspiration from Gina’s cookbook will include Fried Pickle Chips with Cajun Buttermilk Ranch, and Very Berry Mini Pie.
This is the second collaboration between Peapod and Homolka, having teamed up to support her cookbook Skinnytaste Fast and Slow.
“Gina’s Chicken Cacciatore Meal Kit was one of Peapod’s bestselling meal kits and it was a natural choice to collaborate again,” said Spencer Baird, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, for Peapod. “We are excited to team up with her to create another unique meal kit offering and offer our customers the ease and convenience of ready-to-cook options.”
“I’m excited to share my recipes through Peapod again. Many of my readers are busy families who enjoy the ease of grocery delivery through Peapod,” said Gina Homolka of Skinnytaste. “Air fryers are all about making great meals simpler, and a meal kit takes that vision even one step further.”
Since 2014, Peapod has offered chef-inspired meal kits and shoppable recipe inspiration. Most recently, Peapod worked with esteemed food writer Mark Bittman, to highlight selections from his latest cookbook, Dinner for Everyone, as well as celebrity chef Stephanie Izard to highlight her line of globally inspired cooking sauces and spices, This Little Goat.
In addition to trying out the meal kit, Peapod customers can enter a social media giveaway for the chance to win a Skinnytaste by Vremi air fryer and The Skinnytaste Air Fryer Cookbook. Visit us on Instagram @PeapodDelivers for more details and to enter to win. Learn more..................

The Rock Almighty Devotional, Praise, and Worship with FIREFLIGHT

January 20 from CDM

 

“Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground’” (Genesis 1:26, NIV).

Everyone is equal in God’s eyes. No matter who we are, when we accept Christ, we have the same authority as He has.

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Joseph Prince Featuring: Wanna make better decisions this year? Watch this. and Guided By The Peace of God - Fruit of the Holy Spirit

This clip is from: Joseph Prince—The Spirit-Active Life—How To Make Spirit-Led Decisions (5 Aug 2018) @josephprince Ever wish you knew how to make better decisions? 🙋

Hit the play button and hear all about it today! 🎧 The responsibility isn't on you to make everything work out for your good. When you choose to seek Him even in your decision-making, He gives you His wisdom liberally (James 1:5). He leads you by His peace and the Holy Spirit in you, and through the kingdom friends that He has placed around you. 

 Beloved, when you make decisions this year, you can rest easy knowing that you don't have to depend on your own smarts or savvy. God has given you all the "help" that you need! The next time you have to make an important decision, will you choose to prioritize God's ways first? 

Guided By The Peace of God - Fruit of the Holy Spirit

By: Joseph Ho Because this Peace is a fruit, you have to sow and grow or be part of a tree or branch in order to produce this fruit. That tree is the Oaks of Righteousness and it is called the Vine of Christ; since this Peace is from Christ Jesus and the Lord God. If you do not practice what Jesus said, you can not produce this Peace fruit. Ask any farmer and they will tell you that for a tree to bear fruit we have to nourish the tree and prune it carefully while we get rid of the nauseous insects, and we have to wait for it to absorb the fertilizers. So it takes time and effort and great care to produce a great fruit.

So why is this Peace so special?

This Peace comes from the Spirit of Christ. When you walk in righteousness you can enter into God’s peace, as often as God had said to enter into his rest. In his rest, we do not need to struggle. God will make everything smooth in our favor. But that does not mean we don’t have to work, and it also does not mean we need not be diligent. But it does mean whatever we set to do; God will bless it if it is in His Will. Jesus mentioned this Peace resting upon a place and returning back as well. So this Peace can be given to anyone whom God deems deserving and it can return if they are not qualified. This Peace will guard your hearts against trouble and fear as mentioned in John 14:27.

Matthew 10:13, "If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you."

Luke 10:6, "If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you."

John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."

God Is Peace

God is Peace. And when you have this Peace, then God is with you and in you. So when you experience this Peace, then you will begin to understand this Peace is a Spirit of God.

Isaiah 9:6, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Judges 6:24, "So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites."

Romans 16:20, "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you."

1 Corinthians 14:33, "For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,"

Philippians 4:9, "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

Let the Peace of God rule your Heart

You have to decide to let this Peace become your ruler in your heart. In order to gain this Peace, we have to confess and agree to let this Peace govern all our actions from now on. Our hearts is where the issues of life spring from, for from our heart we make many decisions regarding our life. Our brains only do all the logical processing of information, but our hearts are the real source of our values and spiritual worship of God. This is not human logical peace, its Peace of God and Christ. The Bible mentioned many times about this Peace, Many Christians have yet to experience the meaning of Peace which is of God. This is not about our own personal understanding which produces this peace. It’s about the Peace that surpasses all human understanding which comes from the presence of the Holy Spirit of God in our lives. Christians who do not know of the existence of this Peace tends to use their human logic to create the feeling of comfort and assurance but that is not the same as the Peace which comes from God. This Peace is a fruit of the Holy Spirit in our life. The Bible says the fruit of righteousness is Peace. This Peace is not a product of our inner spirit because we gain blessings from God solving our problems, although the various blessings from God bring us peace when he met our needs.

This Peace of God comes upon a person when he faces trouble. That is to say when someone faces a big trouble, this Peace will come upon the person and produces a lack of anxiety making him unable to panic or fear. This Peace contradicts the present chaotic situation and works against the normal human logical mind, making it impossible to panic.

Isaiah 26:3, "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you."

The Peace of God is not the same as the peace which is a kind of human mental attitude; it can not be produced by human thinking or training. It’s a "Coming Upon" Peace from the Holy One which surrounds a person and guards the person’s mind against going out of tune and panicking with extreme fear. The "Coming Upon" Peace is not a human type of self assurance as it’s from another separate source of power which comes upon a person despite him not seeing the situation under control. It’s also not a product of us being in reconciliation with God that God blesses us with good things and so we never had to worry, and we are not talking about the problem being solved which produces peace.

The "Coming Upon" Peace is a power of peace which descends upon a person suddenly even when the problem is not yet solved. When this Peace of God is present is us we will not experience fear even when things are logically not in order. This assurance is from a divine source that defies understanding of the human mind. It is not self induced by any human understanding of scripture or logic, it is one of the characteristics of the fruit of the Holy Spirit as in Galatians 5:22,

"22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."

This Peace is not a human emotional feeling, it’s an unexplainable assurance that things will be taken care of and it is a tangible feeling. This Peace of God is a fruit of righteousness, a fruit of the Holy Spirit as mentioned again in Isaiah 32:17,

"17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever."

Psalm 85:10, "Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other."

 Colossians 3:15, "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful."

Isaiah 60:17, "Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler."

Philippians 4:7, "7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Isaiah 57:2, "Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death."

Isaiah 48:18, "If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea."

Numbers 25:12, "Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him."

Ezekiel 37:26, "I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever."

What is the effect of having this Peace?

The effect is this Peace is a life of abundance and prosperity. Health is Wealth, without health we can not gain wealth, as wealth is an industrial activity which we need strength to engage to manifest it. Maintaining this Peace requires that we pay attention to the guidance and commands of our God. Not just the static scriptures in the bible but also the proceeding word which comes from a living God, yes, it’s the Rhema word, the fresh manna which God sends to us every morning. Christians who live in the now and who walk in the Spirit will have an overcoming life and nothing shall stand against them. When you have this Peace of God, you actually enter into the Kingdom of God because of this righteousness you gain the peace and because of this peace you enter into the Joy of the Holy Spirit.

Job 22:21, "Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you."

Proverbs 14:30, "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones."

Isaiah 48:18, "If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea."

Romans 14:17, "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,"

Philippians 4:9, "9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

Testimonies of this True Peace of God that Surpass all Understanding

There are many mention of this Peace in the bible and in the course of my personal walk with the Lord, I was fortunate to understand what this Peace means and have personally experienced this Peace that surpasses all understanding.

This Peace of God started to engulf me when I first experience my first trouble after coming to God. I had lost my wallet twice, once I could not find it anywhere in my house but I had this Peace which I was unable to panic or even get worried, and several hours later a good man came to my house and returned the wallet to me. The other time when I lost my wallet again, I had this Peace again overcoming me. But I don’t know where my wallet was then I hear the voice of God telling in it was in the police post near my house. So I called them and confirmed it was there, again all this time before I heard from God; I had this Peace. This is the kind of Peace which surpasses all human understanding and brings comfort and assurance that all is well.

Many times and usually when I lost my personal things, I would experience this engulfing Peace coming upon me. Yet another time, I had lost my mobile phone, again this Peace came upon me and I heard a voice saying dial your phone and you will hear it ringing. So I dialed my mobile and true enough it was inside my boss’s car; underneath the front seat. Such is the Peace which surpasses human logic and emotions and brings comfort and assurance to help me in time of need.

The latest incident of this Peace happened when I saw my friend’s email telling me she had gone on a business trip in London, England and had lost her passport, mobile phone and her wallet; so she desperately needed money to bring her home. But, some how I felt this Peace within me during this time when I was handling her urgent request. This was the first time I felt this Peace during a crisis which is not connected to a lost of my belongings or personal effects. It seems strange that I would not be able to get excited over her lost; although my mind tells me I must help her. Yet, this Peace assures me that everything will be alright and I need not worry or do anything for her. This naturally defies my understanding. But a while later I heard the voice of God telling me to send an email to her boy friend; and I found out that she is well and in Singapore.

Some strange event has taken place and a scam on her yahoo email had made her revealed her email and password to a syndicate which specializes in stealing emails. They counterfeited her message and provoked all her friends to try to help her. Imagine what trouble she would have had if she did not report this scam. And now this Peace has helped me overcome numerous scams and tricks of the Devil, so I trust this Supernatural Coming Upon Peace that supersedes all understanding and bring truth and comfort while the world wrestle with turmoil and misery. This is the kind of Peace that surpasses all understanding and comes to guard our hearts against the devil’s ploy. This is not the same Peace as what most people defines as peace, their peace is not from God but from their human mind when all things come through their understanding and they think this is the Peace that the Bible is talking about.

You can not give what you don’t have, and that has always been my famous quotation. No one can explain this Peace of God since they have only experienced the human mental peace. When all things are in order according to human knowledge, they all feel peaceful, but when things go wrong they will have fear and panic. This type of Peace is based on human understanding and is not the same as the Peace of God.

Can this Peace be taken from us?

Revelation 6:4, "Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword."

This Peace can be given and can be taken away as it is a gift to those who walk uprightly with God. So when Peace is taken from the earth it will experience war, famine, disaster and all kinds of punishment from God. Peace is a kind of power that can be taken from us. The Story of Saul indicates that his Peace was taken from him and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. But when David played his harp, the evil spirit stopped tormenting Saul. Therefore, if we anger the Lord God, we can have our Peace removed from us, and we shall be under the torment of our enemy for as long as we lived.

 If you want this Coming Upon Peace, you should pray to God and asked him for it, but you have to promise to let this Peace rule your heart, I prayed once for it and I was given this supernatural Peace to Rule my heart. So I am guarded against the Devil’s ploy by the Peace of God.

Colossians 3:15, "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful."

God says if you listen to me and obey my commands so great shall your Peace be; it’s truly a good covenant. If you want to learn more about the deeper truth of God please check out my website at www.kingscepter.com or send your questions by email to me at prophet3333@yahoo.com. God bless you all and Peace Be Upon you who follows the Lord our God and Jesus Christ.

 www.kingscepter.com, www.thyscepter.com, www.biblegateway.com, prophet3333@yahoo.com. Joseph Ho is the President of Thy Scepter, a Spirit-led Christian Business Owners Society; an apostolic and prophetic ministry.

NCAA Women's Basketball: Howard Women’s Hoops’ Comeback Falls Short at Morgan State Presented on US Sports Net by Perform Better

Bison unable to overcome deficit

(Photo Credit – Carroll Smith)

BALTIMORE (January 18, 2020) – Howard University women’s basketball team fell on the road at Morgan State (MSU), 67-74, inside the Hill Field House. With the loss, HU dropped to 10-8 (2-3 MEAC) on the season.

Offensively, the Bison struggled to find its rhythm, shooting just over 33-percent (19-of-57) from the floor.

“They [Morgan State] played a lot tougher than we did tonight,” said Howard women’s basketball head coach Ty Grace. “I thought they did a good job rebounding and getting into transition, which helped them take good shots.”

Despite the squad’s shooting woes, HU continued to attack the rim at will. Overall, the Bison shot nearly 82-percent (27-of-33) from the charity stripe.

Senior guard Ayonna Williams (Washington) led the Bison attack, scoring a team-best 23 points while recording seven boards and four steals. Second-year forward Krislyn Marsh (Duncanville, Texas) notched her third double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Howard trailed after one, 12-18, but fought their way back in the second period. With less than two minutes before intermission, junior guard Jayla Thornton (Newark, N.J.) found Williams in transition and gave the Bison a three-point lead, 27-24.

HU’s lead was short-lived as MSU regained the upper hand and momentum with an 8-0 run to finish the first half, 27-32.

After halftime, the Lady Bears extend their advantage to double-digits and held a 13-point lead going into the fourth, 43-56.

Howard connected on all 13 freebies in the fourth and cut the deficit as low as five, thanks to a pair of free throws from freshman Iyanna Warren (Accokeek, Md.), but the comeback bid would fall short.

For Morgan State (7-11, 3-2 MEAC), Jihayah Chavis led all scorers with 26 points while Dahnye Redd produced a double-double (22 points and 12 boards) in the victory.

Senior forward Imani Bryant (Berkeley, Calif.) missed today’s contest due to injury while fellow classmate Sarah Edmond (Freeport, N.Y.) exited the game before intermission because of an apparent lower body injury.

“Obviously, it impacts the game tremendously,” Grace stated on not having her star seniors. “They lead our team in multiple categories [statistically] and their presence on the floor gets us going. But when you’re shorthanded, others need to step up and there’s no excuses.”

With their absence, HU missed the league’s top shot blocker (Bryant; 1.8 bpg) and third-leading scorer (Edmond; 13.9 ppg).

“We need to get healthy,” Grace added on the upcoming week of rest. “We need some time to heal from these nagging injuries. We’ll take some time and get better.”

After a week away from the hardwood, HU returns home to face Florida A&M. Saturday's (Jan. 25) tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.

Two nights later (Jan. 27), the Bison travel back to Baltimore to meet Coppin State. The action starts 5:30 p.m. inside PEC Arena.