Paul Kraus is a mesothelioma survivor and the author of Surviving Mesothelioma and Other Cancers.

Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products.

Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until 30 to 50 years after exposure to asbestos.

Characterized by a shortness of breath and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space, this is often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.

Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma include weight loss and cachexia, abdominal swelling and pain due to ascites (a buildup of fluid in the abdominal cavity). Other symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma may include bowel obstruction, blood clotting abnormalities, anemia, and fever.

If the cancer has spread beyond the mesothelium to other parts of the body, symptoms may include pain, trouble swallowing, or swelling of the neck or face. Be aware, however, that these symptoms may be caused by mesothelioma or by other, less serious conditions. Obtaining a diagnosis of mesothelioma is often difficult, because the symptoms are similar to those of a number of other, less serious conditions.

In June 1997, Mr. Kraus was diagnosed with mesothelioma (a “terminal” cancer) and given only a few months to live. More than eight years later, he is alive with a good quality of life having rejected surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. He took an alternative approach to healing his cancer that encompassed mind, body, and spirit.

In his book about mesothelioma, Kraus sets out how he beat the odds. The introduction reflects Paul’s inspiration and committment to life:

“In my eighth year after diagnosis I remain well. I have outlived my prognosis by at least seven years and the medical specialist I visited not long ago told me that ‘you will be around for a lot longer yet.’ My survival has been hard work. The underlying assumption with all that I have done, and continue to do, is a strong belief that our bodies are designed with amazing self-healing capacities.”

Mr. Kraus has made himself available to other patients who would like to speak with him. The Surviving Mesothelioma website provides details about the book, how to speak directly with Mr. Kraus, facts and statistics about mesothelioma, conventional, alternative, biological and immuno-therapies, the latest medical news, directories of clinics that take a holistic approach to healing, and a patient forum where patients can share information and discuss issues of importance.

I just saw the movie Crazy Sexy Cancer by Kris Carr and this is my shooting from the hip review, my knee jerk reaction. Actually, I was reacting as I was watching the film. I was once ignorant myself, just like her, in the start of the movie. My so-called incurable eczema was a better teacher, because I could see it everyday, no need for those special diagnostic equipment Kris Carr had to endure.
What first struck me was I could feel and see her FEAR. FEAR was in the air. Just because some doctor diagnosed her with some kind of cancer, there was so much FEAR, fear that this was incurable, that she was going to die. Good thing she didn’t try chemotherapy, radiation or surgery as her tumors were beyond reach of their medical technology.
It was painful for me to watch all those ignorant people in the movie… FEAR was killing them. There was one woman who was being consumed by pharmaceutical drugs!
I was unhappy Kris consumed so much grains at the start of the movie… that was a recipe for disaster. I was happy Kris stumbled upon Dr. Robert Young of PH Miracle fame, then the Hippocrates Center. What was unlucky for her was that these were closed minded, low-fat, raw vegan approaches. Raw vegan has a time and place, and it should be temporary. What was unlucky for her was that she hadn’t stumbled upon doing the detoxes… she did see the colon cleanses in the alternative healing convention but didn’t do it, nor did she do any liver flushes. What was unlucky for her was she hadn’t stumbled upon Hulda Clark and parasite killing. What was unlucky for her was she hadn’t stumbled on pollution avoidance… she still wore make up.
I don’t know if Kris Carr continued to take birth control pills, that would be a big culprit.
I am happy for her that her efforts had put her tumors on hold, but I would like to inspire her that that isn’t enough. Never accept disease. Fight with knowledge, fight with self experimentation. Kris is a good candidate to view my Cancer Cure Manual website. Make a checklist of what she has missed.
Kris must know there are levels beyond raw vegan diets, just add raw animal foods (wild ocean fish, grass pasture fed or wild land animals). Kris can go ahead and check her blood with the PH Miracle principles. Raw fruits, raw vegetables, plus raw organic animal foods with internal organs and raw animal fats will give her even better blood, better health.
I didn’t see Kris do any fasting. Orange juice fasting would have been great. VCO detoxing would have done her wonders.
Kris must know the pollution avoidance measures needed to have a better living environment. It is still consistent with Robert Young’s theories, I’m just saying there are levels of health beyond Robert Young, beyond the Hippocrates Center.
I can introduce Kris Carr to read up on Dr. Hulda Clark for her parasite insights and superb pollution avoidance measures. Then Kris should read and meet Barefoot Herbalist MH for his take responsibility for yourself, self experiment and be your own guru teachings and the very effective orange juice fast. Then Kris can read and meet Aajonus Vonderplanitz to be taught how raw animal foods and raw animal fats can be used to cure cancer. Put them all together and Kris’ tumors will all disappear.
Kris has the potential to be a cancer cure guru on her own. Maybe she will make Crazy Sexy Cancer 2: Now Cured.

Alternative medicinal techniques such as naturopathy effectively assist in preventing cancer, treating cancer and also to cope with the side effects of cancer. Certified naturopaths have been able to lower the risk of begetting cancer.

Cancer is growing at epidemic proportions today. It is the second leading cause of death among Americans and one of the most feared diseases. Some statistics suggest that cancer has become as common as acne and male pattern baldness. With such alarming statistics, people around the world are definitely on a lookout for ways to keep away from cancer. While there are some common rules in anti cancer strategies like putting a full stop to cigarette and alcohol, it is a fact that even those who keep away from cigarettes and alcohol are not perfectly protected from begetting cancer.

Alternative medicinal techniques such as naturopathy effectively assist in preventing cancer, treating cancer and also to cope with the side effects of cancer. Certified naturopaths have been able to lower the risk of getting cancer and this typically involves certain dietary and lifestyle changes, including nutrient supplementation. Naturopathy believes in the body’s intrinsic ability to heal itself when supplemented with necessary inputs such as food and exercise.

Naturopathy, in addition to helping cancer prevention, also leads to the rejuvenation of the overall health of the individual.

Many people also seek to cure cancer through naturopathy. Some others, who have been treated with allopathic medicine, also seek to cope with the side effects of chemotherapy through naturopathy. The success of naturopathy treatment in the prevention, cure and coping the disease has been immense and more and more people are resting to naturopathy treatment of this deadly disease.

Naturopathy treatment is completely safe and does not bring with it certain side effects that are common with chemotherapy. In fact many cancer people who have been treated with chemotherapy wish to cope with some of the side effects of chemotherapy such as fatigue, weight loss, hair loss, drop in blood count and other side effects. However, it is important to remember that naturopathy treatment is time consuming, at least in its comparison to allopathic treatments. However, a good naturopath, by combining other alternative healing techniques such as acupressure helps in hastening the process of recovery in the patient.

In an era where the threat of cancer looms everywhere, naturopathy has been a ray of hope in the prevention, treatment and in the recovery process after cancer treatment.

Cancer has always been a part of the diseases of mankind. For centuries, people spoke of it only in whispers, or not at all. They act as if the disease is dreadful and shameful as well. Today, thanks to advanced clinical research, cancer cures are readily available. But in context, the picture is not as bleak as it might seem. At the beginning of the twentieth century, survival from cancer was relatively rare. At the end of the 1930’s, the five-year survival rate (alive after five years) was one in five or fewer. Ten years later it had shot up to one in four, and in the mid-fifties to one in three. This figure has remained relatively stable because the survival rate for some of the more widespread cancers has leveled off despite the best efforts of physicians to devise better forms of treatment. For such cancers, which include those of the breast, colon, and rectum, improvements will come through earlier detection and even prevention. In the war against cancer, considerable progress is being made on many fronts. It ranges from advances in early detection to breakthroughs in treatment. Although cancer is most common in people over 50, it can strike at any stage. There has been a 50 percent dip in the death rate from cervical cancer with the past 25 years, mostly because of increasing acceptance of the Pap test, which can detect the disease at a very early age. Children with acute lymphocytic leukemia, which used to be invariably fatal in weeks or months, have benefited from new therapies, with at least half now surviving three years, some more than five years, and a few on the verge of being pronounced cured. Similar advances in the treatment of a cancer of the lymph system called Hodgkin’s disease have improved the five-year survival rate from 25 percent at the end of World War II to about 55 percent today.Cancer would surely be easier to detect and treat if it were a single entity with a single simple cause. Unfortunately, it isn’t. There are some 200 different diseases that can be called cancer. Two in five people are susceptible to cancer at some point in their lives. They develop different reasons and in different ways, originate in different tissues, demand vastly different kinds of treatment, and have different causes. In every case, cancer have one fatal element in common and that is, normal cells have gone wild and lost their growth and development controls.The behavior of various types of cancer differ with one another. For example, lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. Both grow at different rates and react to different treatments. Cancer cures are used alone or in combination, to either control the growth of cancer cells or to entirely eliminate the disease, depending on the type of cancer.

The pancreatic cancer is one of the cancers which is commonly found in men. This is developed in the pancreas which is a part of the stomach in your body. The mission of our center is to empower with no side effects at our center with the curing of the pancreatic cancer.

The information which we are providing you here is one of the basic and initial information in order to provide support and hope as well as to facilitate informed decisions. So please consider it as a basic one not a doctor’s advice. Pancreatic cancer is one the most common cancer which is found in the men. When this cancer is found in men it results in fear and confusion for the patient and their family members. So at this stage it is an urge need for them to know about the treatment options and therapies through clinical trial. They should also know and understand the role of supportive care, complementary and alternative medicine which is essential to cure the disease.

The exact cause for this pancreatic cancer is unknown but the age; diet and lifestyle are linked with this pancreatic cancer. This disease is one of the most serious of cancers as it grows slowly and does not show any symptoms at its initial stage. This disease develops when the cancerous cells form in the tissues of your pancreas which is a large organ that lies in the stomach. The leading cause for the more death rates in pancreatic cancer is it spreads rapidly and is rarely detected at its initial stage. The cause does not appear until it quite advanced. The researchers have started to understand the basis of the disease that eventually lead to

What is all this with the “drug companies will withhold cures” BS? Do people who say that even understand biomedical research? Do they not know that virtually every large university in the world that does biomedical research has cancer researchers who have nothing to do with the pharmaceuticals? Or that these researchers are funded by the universities themselves, competitive grants made by government agencies or charities such as the Cancer Society, to the tune of billions of dollars a year? Do they not get that any research these investigators complete is published in peer reviewed scientific journals and the information then disseminated around the world?

Seriously, if any research leads to a new treatment or even cure, if a big pharma didn’t want to pick it up (though I cannot imagine for a second why they wouldn’t, given the billions upon billions of dollars they would make) there is nothing what so ever to stop most university based cancer researchers from seeking out private investors and creating a startup company. This sort of thing happens all the time, and believe me, if someone out there came up with a cure for any sort of cancer (it’s actually about 200 different diseases lumped under one name) there would be people jumping at the chance to throw money at it.

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So yeah, I’m sorry to have to say it but all you pharma-hating conspiracy theorists out there are really just this shy of joining the tinfoil hat brigade on stuff like this.

Best Wishes -Andre

Best Wishes to my close loyal friend,

-Andre

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With all that we are bombarded, toxic environment, pollution in the air, chemicals in our food, what can we possibly do to avoid cancer? There are a few Dos and Don’ts that are sure to help prevent it. The entire book, Cancer Free For Life is dedicated to understanding cancer and exploring ways to prevent it or reverse it using natural methods and the power of the mind.
Do’s
- Maintain a healthy body weight. A report from the American Cancer society states that being overweight or obese could cause as many as one in seven cancer deaths in men and one in five in women.
- Do eat your fruit and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals that have been shown to have antioxidant and cancer protective effects.
Tomatoes have been shown to provide protection against cancer of the prostate, stomach and lung.
Broccoli and cauliflower have been shown to reduce the risk of bladder cancer.
Apples and onions contain phytochemicals called flavonoids that appear to have cancer-fighting effects.
- Go organic. There are over 7,000 different herbicide and pesticide products currently available. There is a strong body of evidence linking various cancers, for instance non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, asthma, and neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s to the increase in use of pesticides and herbicides.
Childhood cancers are also on the rise. According to the US Environmental Agency, 60% of all herbicides, weed killers, 90% of all fungicides, mould killers, and 30% of all insecticides, insect killers, are potentially cancer causing.
- Do eat fibre. Diets high in insoluble fibre have been shown to decrease the rate of breast cancer. Switch from processed refined flours, such as white bread, pastries, cookies, white pasta, to whole grain items such as whole grain breads and breads labeled 100% whole wheat. Refined flours that are not recommended usually have the words, “enriched, bleached’ on the label.
- Do eat fish. Eating fish and foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids has been shown to lower the risk of throat, stomach, colon, rectum, lung and breast cancers. Eat pacific salmon, fresh or in can. Minimize the amount of saturated fat in your diet. Add cold-pressed olive oil to your cooking, as it has been shown to contain cancer fighting elements.
To find more ways to remain cancer free naturally, visit http://cancer-free-for-life.com to claim your own downloadable copy right away.
DON’T'S
- Don’t’ smoke: according to Dr Ezzati, lead researcher of the Harvard study examining the nine risk factors that can lead to cancer, smoking was the most important, responsible for 21% of all cancer deaths worldwide. Tobacco accounts for more than 168,000 cancer deaths per year.
- Don’t’ stress. Whether due to financial, personal or vocational stress, a majority of people are living in a mild to moderate state of chronic stress. Not only is this a risk factor strongly correlated with heart attacks and strokes, but also an increase in body weight and body mass index (BMI) which is a risk factor for developing cancer.
- Don’t’ drink too much alcohol. Drinking excessively has been correlated with mouth, throat, breast, oesophagus, liver, colon, and rectum cancers. Alcohol damages cells. It is this cell damage that causes cancer. Alcohol depletes vitamin A and selenium, which may have a general protective effect against cancer. Alcohol also decreases the body’s ability to fight off cancer by compromising the immune system, and irritating the lining of internal organs. If you drink, limit yourself to no more than four alcohol-containing drinks per week and try to select red wine for its antioxidants benefits.
- Don’t eat meat. Vegetarians appear to have significantly lower cancer rates in comparison to meat eaters. This may be due to vegetarians’ higher consumption of fruits and vegetables. A switch to fish, eggs and a moderate amount of high-quality soy products appear to have beneficial effects.
- Don’t eat nitrate meats. Meats such as cold cuts, bologna, and hot dogs contain nitrates, a chemical that preserves the meat’s pinky color. Unfortunately, nitrates combine with stomach acid, which creates a cancer-causing substance called nitronamine. Inquire at your local butcher about purchasing nitrate-free cold cuts. Even better, switch to healthier proteins such as eggs, and raw nuts.
You will find many articles on how to maintain a cancer free lifestyle, as well as heal yourself of cancer using natural methods on http://alternative-health-ebooks.com

 

Cancer Can Be Cured â?? Natural Herbal Remedies

Although we know more about cancer today it is still literally a growing concern. Most people have a family member or know someone who suffers from cancer. Many people have died. Death tolls and suffering are alarming. Having said that, there are many ways we are able to prevent and protect ourselves from contracting Cancer.

The causes are many and largely unknown. It is difficult to predict both onset and final outcome. However, in spite of all the doom and gloom, many people myself included; do recover fully cured of terminal cancer. It is not the death sentence it once was. Simply put, cancer is invasive and there are natural, powerful, preventions and cures.

By way of explanation; cancer cells are abnormal and are called free radicals. Free radicals attack healthy cells, divide and continue to spread throughout the body. Malignant cancers are life threatening and terminal. Benign cancers tend to be less invasive and not life threatening. They can however, become malignant in some rare cases. No one is safe from cancer. It affects people of all ages, young and aged. The elderly are most at risk given their frailty.

Cancer has been linked to Carcinogens. Through toxic poisons introduced into the body, or contact made with infectious agents. Smoking is a direct cause. Over 4,000 carcinogens and poisons have been identified in tobacco. These include Formaldehyde, Cyanide, tar, nicotine and many other poisons. Contact with Radiation, Asbestos, Motor oil, other chemicals and agents are also main causes. Many causes of Cancer remain undetected and unknown.

Cancer also has the ability to alter genetic blueprints. Indeed it is hereditary in some people. Therefore, some are more susceptible to Cancer than others, through exposure to toxic elements and/or genetic reproduction.

Ongoing Research has taught us much about Cancer. We are therefore better equipped to deal with both prevention and cure. A complete cure-all is still some ways off, given the complexity of the disease. Lack of data is also a barrier.

Diet is vital. Food intake serves as a major cause of Cancer. Food products are known to include minute traces of poisons introduced in the manufacturing process. Chemicals, additives and preservatives are also a high risk factor. Regular food intake has therefore a cumulative effect. This increases the amount of poisons found in the system.

High amounts of toxins and chemicals introduced in this manner, cause severe illness and mortality rates. Other harmful factors in diet are overtly high amounts of saturated fats and extreme bad Cholesterol levels. Very high sodium levels through salt intake are also contributing factors. Although not conclusive, causes are linked to high instances of prostrate cancer in males.

Smoking cessation and limiting the amounts of additives, preservatives and toxicity in the body, prevent and cure cancer. As is complete abstinence from manufactured and processed food. Fresh green vegetables, plants, fruits and juices are high in anti-oxidants that both prevent and cure cancer.

Again diet is vital. Green foods produce antioxidants that attack and replace free radical cells in the body. Free radical cells are morphed into healthy cells through the aggressive work of antioxidants. Asparagus, Kale and Spinach are examples high in antioxidants. Organic foods are best. Noni juice, Goju and Xango juices are also very high in antioxidants.

 

All prevent and cure Cancer. In my case the abstinence of poisons and chemicals and the introduction of all organic foods, fruits, juices, and herbal medicines have restored me to full health. I have experienced a miraculous cure from Cancer and certain death. I know many other people who also have been spared certain death from Cancer by these methods.

Cancer can affect anyone. The good news is; life expectancy for cancer victims has increased. Mortality rates are decreasing markedly. Many Cancers can be cured. Simply put, Herbal and natural cures together with organic diets rich in antioxidants reduce, prevent and cure Cancer. In addition, complete abstinence from ingesting toxic poisons into the body, prevent and cure most Cancers. I have heard many people say; they do not like to eat vegetables and certain foods. This begs the question: what are you prepared to do to live.

 

Do not be limited by your own negativity. Find the things you do like. All that is needed is to take action.

 

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There are over one million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed every year in the United States, representing about half of all cancers diagnosed in the country. And skin cancer on a dramatic increase. There are twice as many skin cancers in our population today as there were 20 years ago. Given this rate of increase, chances are about 50/50 that you will develop at least one skin cancer lesion if you live to age 70. This is especially true if you are fair-skinned. While skin cancer can occur in people of all races, those with lighter skin have a much higher risk because their skin contains less of the pigment melanin, which helps protect against an overdose of the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays, which can lead to skin cancer over time. The effect is apparently cumulative. A body of evidence also suggests that this also applies if you decide to go the “fake bake” route of the tanning salons.

Thankfully, most skin cancers, about 95 percent, are not life threatening. Skin cancer falls into two broad areas: basal-cell cancer / sqamous-cell cancer, and melanoma. The two most common of these cancers are the basal-cell and sqamous-cell carcinomas. These typically are easily treated, usually with surgery, and rarely lead to death. If neglected, however, over time, these can eventually lead to disfigurement and/or can spread with dire consequences. Only about 5 percent of all skin cancers are malignant melanomas, but these are far more dangerous and account for almost all deaths due to skin cancer. This aggressive form of cancer needs to be addressed immediately. Like most cancers, the risk of malignant melanomas will increase with age. If you feel you have developed any type of skin cancer be sure to see a dermatologist at once.

Most skin cancers, as one might imagine, occur on the face, neck and hands as these are the areas that receive the most exposure to the sun due to the fact that most of us wear clothes. These are also the areas that are most exposed to the view of others. As the usual AMA’s (American Medical Association) approach to skin cancer is knife and needle, this can leave unsightly scars just where you might not want any.

But there are alternatives. Having had a number of non-melanoma skin cancers, I’ve had the opportunity to try both the AMA (have the scars to prove it) as well as several “alternative” approaches. The method of treatment that I’ve settled on is the herb Chaparral. Chaparral is a plant that grows in the deserts of the southwestern U.S. and has been used historically by the indigenous populations of the region for a number of ailments. Today, it can be found in powder form at most health food stores. A small bag is all one needs and only cost a few bucks. I make a paste by mixing the powder with wheat germ oil (also found at your local health food store) and apply it directly to the lesion. Then I cover it with a Band-Aid. I do this once in the morning (after my shower) and again in the evening for six or seven days- carefully removing the old paste with a Q-tip. The advantages I have found are as follows: No pain. Perhaps a slight tingling at first. As chaparral only targets the cancerous cells, without affecting the surrounding normal tissue, my skin can quickly begin to repair itself naturally after the cancer is gone leaving usually just a “new skin” pink spot for several months. And all this at a fraction of the cost of a surgical procedure.

If this all seems a bit strange to you, please understand that this is nothing new. There are a number of books that have been written that offer other non-evasive, less painful methods of treating basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers as well. I would recommend the book, The Skin Cancer Answer: The Natural Treatment for Basal and Sqamos-Cell Carcinomas and Keratoses. This book is priced right, easy to read and provides you with what many might feel is a better method of treatment. But check around- and see what work best for you, knowing that many others have taken the non-AMA approach. In any event, use a dermatologist to diagnose what type of skin condition you might have, discuss it with him, but know that there may be cost effective, alternatives to the knife and needle.

Green Tea has for years been the nutrition tea of all teas for the Chinese. They recognised its power and abilities to heal and prevent illnesses over 4,000 years ago. In this article I am going to discuss those powers in detail, so pay close attention…

To begin with, the reason why Green Tea stands out against other teas is that it is produced differently. Its leaves are steamed during production which prevents any of the antioxidants from being destroyed or changed. Other teas such as Oolong Tea and White Tea’s leaves are fermented, changing the antioxidants into other forms. The antioxidant found in Green Tea that holds the majority of the influence, is a Catechin Polyphenol that is Epilgallocatechin Gallate , EGCG in short.

EGCG is basically a flavanoid, and is similar yet more powerful than its cousin flavanoids found in broccoli, red wine, grapes and green cabbage. EGCG is capable of binding itself to protein cells that are found on tumour cells and dramatically slowing down their growth. A receptor found on the surface of cancer cells called Laminin, was treated with EGCG concentrate and the results of this showed significant reduction in further cell growth. April’s issue of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology revealed this finding. Also proven was that the concentration of EGCG that gave these results, was equivocal to the amount that 3 cups of tea daily provides you with.

Another finding, by Dr. H ‘H Sherry Chow of University of Arizona, Tucson, revealed that the body creates within itself detoxifying enzymes called Glutathione S- Transferase (GST). These GST enzymes help the body defend against toxic and cancer causing compounds. Dr. Chow’s study showed that GST enzymes were activated by EGCG. In a group of people who had low GST levels, using concentrated Green Tea extracts, had an 80% increase in production of GST. And so the resistance against cancer was dramatically enhanced. The Green Tea extract used was more potent than you would get from having a few cups of this nutrition tea a day, however you can see why regular intake of Green Tea will help on a continual basis to keep these GST enzymes activated, growing and defending.

Another astonishing find shows that EGCG can react with Leukaemia cells in that it halts communication between the cells, which deters them from growing and multiplying any further. With this, I would like to make clear that, in spite of the many Green Tea products you can purchase for your skin or supplementary extracts you can take – a freshly brewed cup of Green Tea is the best way to avail of the powerful antioxidants it contains. During production, as I stated earlier, the leaves are steamed dry during production, thus saving all antioxidant concentrates. While the tea bag or leaves are soaking in hot water, this sets the antioxidants free for the first time. So this is the absolute freshest way you can obtain their full influence and take full advantage of the potency straight away, before it is produced again to make an extract or a cream. Get it at its best!