05/05/2011-Thursday

The Lemon Tree      
By: Greg In. Trabanca

Just past midnight, I have the urge to either read The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, K.O.C's Columbia or the emails. It was the email. What caught my attention was that of all things my favorite- the lemon. In fact, one Sunday afternoon at St. Timothy's Church basement with the Choir members we were carried to unstoppable medleys of vernacular and old favorites. It's one of those moments of break time after a two Sunday mass of choir singing. And the old favs were: Lemon tree is very pretty... followed by Yellowbird, You are my sunshine, etc... and the vernacular oldies.

Indeed, the lemon tree. The email's subject is Lemon to Fight Cancer. Wow! This reminds me back home of our use of lemon in our diet especially when we have the raw food of kinilaw, sushi, or fresh fish soaked in vinegar, lemon, salt, and pepper. Or in grilled fish and pancit (noodle dish ), we use lemon.

The email said that lemon (citrus) is a miraculous product to kill cancer cells. Its 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy. That lemon juice is beneficial in preventing the disease of cancer. The taste is pleasant and does not produce the horrific effects of chemotherapy. The Lemon tree is known for its varieties of lemons and limes. Besides, you can eat the pulp, press it for juice, prepare drinks, sorbets, pastries, etc. It produces an amazing effect on cysts and tumors. The Lemon tree is a proven remedy against cancers of all types. It is very useful in all variants of cancer. It is also considered as an anti-microbial spectrum against bacterial infections and fungi. It is effective against internal parasites and worms. It regulates blood pressure which is too high and an antidepressant, combats stress, and nervous disorders.

Source of the information is one of the world's largest drug manufacturers. That after 20 years of laboratory tests since 1970, the extracts revealed that It destroys the malignant cells in 12 cancers including colon, breast, prostate, lung, and pancreas. The compounds of the lemon tree showed 10,000 times better than the product Adriamycin, a drug normally used chemotherapeutic in the world, slowing the growth of cancer cells. Even more astonishing is that this type of therapy with lemon extract only destroys malignant cancer cells and it does not affect healthy cells.
(Institute of Health Science, 819 N. LLC. Cause Street, Baltimore, MD 1201)