Madame Marie Curie, bogus medical cures, and milk

Today (November 7th) is the 144th birthday of Madame Marie Curie.

Examining her papers will expose you to radiation:

• "after more than 100 years, much of Marie Curie's stuff – her papers, her furniture, even her cookbooks – are still radioactive. Those who wish to open the lead-lined boxes containing her manuscripts must do so in protective clothing, and only after signing a waiver of liability."

The half life of her and her husband Pierre's favorite radioactive element, radium-226, is 1600 years.

"In 1903, Pierre Curie, after observing burns on his arm left by the chunk of radium that he tied to it for 10 hours, concluded that he had discovered a cure for cancer."

BTW, Ellen G. White, the author of the book "The Desire Of Ages", warned against these new fangled "medicines". She started writing in the late 1800's up until the early 1900's. She advised that the only true cures to health are when we work with nature in a gentle way and use God's eight principles of health:

• 1) Nutrition: The vegetarian diet is the best way to lose weight and keep it off, improves health, decreases disease, promotes longer life, and is more economical.
• 2) Exercise: Very important for physical and mental health. Exercise lowers the heart rate and blood pressure, controls appetite, burns up unwanted fat, increases circulation and oxygen intake, improves muscle tone.
• 3) Water: Your blood is about 90% water and it carries nutrients to and from cells. The kidneys must have adequate water to filter out waste products. Many times common constipation, headaches, and backaches can be relieved simply by drinking sufficient water, which is 6 to 8 eight-ounce glasses per day.
• 4) Sunshine: One of the most healing agents of Nature. Sunshine forms vitamin D in the skin, destroys bacteria and viruses, increases available white blood cells, lowers blood pressure, and lowers cholesterol and fat levels in the blood.
• 5) Temperance: Temperance (self-control) is having a totally healthy and balanced life- style in every way. It includes the proper ratio of work and relaxation, time for God, right eating and right thinking.
• 6) Air: We are greatly benefited by negative ions which occur in fresh outdoor air. Breath deeply of fresh air to increase quantities of oxygen.
• 7) Rest: Every cell in the body expends energy. Rest helps us re-supply these cells with the energy they need. Rest can be quiet physical relaxation or vigorous exercise after mental work.
• 8) Trust in God: God has given us the power of self- government, which is the freedom and ability to make decisions. We are unable to change our hearts, but we can choose to trust and obey God, and He promises to work in us to give us the desire and power to live in harmony with Him. By choosing to trust and obey God, a total change will be made in our lives. We then will receive His power and strength, and we will live a life of victory!

You can easily remember these with the word "NEWSTART".

In other news, we wonder....

Does it do a body good? How about some radioactive milk that the state of California and FDA & EPA say "Trust us, the milk is ok...."

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0401/Radioactive-milk-harmless-but-will-consumers-buy-it

For a discenting opinion about milk, radioactive or not, see Dr. Walter Veith's talk "Udderly Amazing" - http://www.beyondpatmos.org/watchvideo.aspx?videoid=249