Cancer Prevention Gift Ideas
Posted by Lynne Eldridge MD at 11/23/2007 5:00 AM and is filed under Fire Chimney,Healthy Cooking,cancer prevention,Exercise,Gift ideas,Healthy Gift Ideas 
Holiday Gift Ideas With Cancer Prevention In Mind
We spend time agonizing over the right gift during the holidays to express our love. Why not make the time and money spent, help keep your loved ones around for more holidays? We offer a list of ideas that will not only express your love, but many lower their risk of cancer as well!
FOR ADULTS
FOR ADULTS
A Fire Chimney For Barbeque Fans. A fire chimney eliminates the need for lighter fluid, which contains cancer causing substances.
A Pedometer. Preferably given to a few recipients that can compare mileage. Exercise reduces the risk of developing cancer, and even modest increases in daily activity count.
Houseplants. Indoor air is ranked 4th in environment causes of cancer by the environmental protection agency. Houseplants can absorb many of the carcinogens in our households! Our favorites include: Peace lilies, palms, ferns, ficus, chrysanthemum, and English ivy.
Gift Certificates For ChefSpace Gourmet Foods or similar stores, where you can go for a few hours a month and prepare meals to freeze and reheat on busy days. Rather than purchasing gift certificates to restaurants that may not be used, or worse yet fast food chains, invest in your loved ones opportunity to eat home cooked food despite a hectic life. For the "foodies" in your life, consider a gift certificate to an organic or raw food restaurant near their home.
Slippers. These will not only warm the feet of those you love, but putting on these new slippers at the door, can lower their exposure to carcinogens dragged in on the bottoms of shoes.
A Vegetable Steamer. 97% of the cancer fighting chemicals in brocolli are destroyed in the microwave.
Healthy Cookbooks With A Flare. Our suggestion would be one of the excellent Mediterranean cookbooks now available. Many studies have demonstrated a lower risk of developing cancer in those who consume a Meditteranean diet.
Gift Certificates to health food/natural food stores.
Meat Marinades For The Barbeque Lover. Marinading meats for at least 40 minutes prior to barbequing greatly decreases the content of heterocyclic amines, cancer causing chemicals created by grilling.
Gourmet Olive Oil. Olive oil is increasingly becoming recognized for it cancer fighting properties.
Cooking Utensils Without Non-Stick Finishes. Choose glass, stainless or ceramc-coated pans.
Potpourri Or Cinnamon Sticks. Many air fresheners, both standing and electric, can emit carcinogens. The aroma from potpourri can spice up the air and ignite your loved ones olfactory receptors, without contributing to cancer risk.
Music They Will Find Relaxing. Music can lower stress levels. A lower level of stress may lower the risk of developing cancer.
A Water Filter. We recommend a reverse osmosis filter for your kitchen tap. Carcinogens have been found in both private well and municipal water supplies. In addition, chlorinated water has been shown to cause cancer in animals.
Hot Cocoa And Dark Chocolate. Hot cocoa has twice the antioxidants of green tea, and a bar of dark chocolate has as many polyphenols (cancer fighting antioxidants) as that found in two days diet of fruits and vegetables.
A Workout With A Personal Trainer. Consider making it a two-person session and write a note that you will join them.
A 3 Month Memberhsip To Your Local Fitness Club Or Community Center. Make sure to include a brochure describing available classes.
A Copy Of The Book Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time. Not fanatical, and grounded in credible research, this book......provides simple ideas everyone can do every day to lower their risk!
A Copy of the Book Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully: A Journey with Cancer and Beyond. Those who, despite a healthy lifestyle, have developed cancer, or have watched loved ones suffer, will find comfort and renewed joy in this heartwarming story, of Diane Manahan's journey with breast cancer.
FOR CHILDREN
Physical activity in girls in childhood, is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
Physical activity in girls in childhood, is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
Instead of cell phones & video games, or in addition to them, consider:
Balls Of Any Kind
Jump Ropes
Tennis Rackets
Sidewalk Chalk
A Ping Pong Table
Bicycles
Toy Rakes & Shovels
A Hula Hoop
Ice Skates
Running Shoes
Kites
Bocce Ball Sets
Badminton Net & Paddles
Frisbees
Swim Goggles
A Pet They Are Required To Walk
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I love Dr. Eldridge's thoughtful question about whether the money we spend on holiday gifts will help keep our loved ones around for more holidays. Her list of gift ideas is like fast-forwarding through her book’s practical advice for staying healthy.
My favorite gift suggestions are house plants, slippers, relaxing music, and dark chocolate. Even after reading her book, I didn’t realize that hot cocoa has twice the amount of antioxidants as green tea. Which would you rather find under the tree?!
Of course, the best gift of all would be a copy of Dr. Eldridge’s invaluable book, Avoiding Cancer Now so that friends and family members can learn for themselves a hundred other ways of improving their chances of staying healthy for many holidays to come.
In the interest of full discloser, the other book on Dr. Eldridge’s list is one I co-authored. Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully: A Journey with Cancer and Beyond, the informative and inspiring story of my sister-in-law Diane Manahan, R.N., could be a helpful gift for anyone who is afraid of cancer or of dying. It shows an amazing woman living full-out and then dying gracefully, and it gives astonishing examples of the continuation of consciousness after the death of the physical body.
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Oops! I made a mistake in my comment above. The title of Dr. Eldridge's book is "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time"! (Her website is www.avoidcancernow.com.)
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