Food for Life - Educational Alliance Partners

As you may remember, in March I spent a few days in Washington at the Cancer Project's Food For Life training. It was an incredible experience that I would like to share with our cancer patients/survivors and with you. Strength for Life became Educational Alliance Partners with the Cancer Project allowing us to instruct their protocol to you. Food for Life is the adoption of a vegan way of life.

Foods fight Cancer.... especially a plant based diet, low in fat. I understand the quantum leap however I do believe we have all been adapting to some of these ideas already. Many are eating less red meat - more chicken and seafood. Many of us are eating low fat - no saturated fat, no trans fat already.

Let's take it further....The reason I chose to tell you about this now - is that the Cancer Project through the 'Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine" offers a 21 day kick-start program quarterly. I participated in April - and just read they have decided to add another kick-start in June... This will give you a head-start and trial period.... they give you simple and delicious recipes, advice and guidance. IF you are concerned about the ever growing information on nutrition and food additives - here is an opportunity to try it out.... you have nothing to lose and so much to gain - there is power on our plate!!!

Mark your calendars - June 16 is the day you start learning more about healthy eating and fighting disease with nutrition. In the event - you are a diabetic or a family member is - there is a protocol for diabetics as well. Take the plunge!

I was just reminded by a friend with diabetes how she learned the positive effects that fiber has on managing her disease. Fiber is of utmost importance in fighting these diseases as it helps rid your body of toxins, waste, hormones, excess cholesterol, chemicals and other undesirables. How much fiber are you consuming in a day??? Do you know???

I would also like to recommend a great website - easy to navigate that will help you learn what you are consuming. Livestrong.com - Daily plate...you enter your food diary and it calculates what you are consuming - and you will see what you have to change. The website has an unbelievable mass of food items - just be specific about your servings and choices and you will learn much about your eating habits.

25 gram is the minimum for fiber - ease your way to 40.

21 days to better health...make a commitment and try this '21 day kick start' from the Cancer Project - food for optimal health. http://pcrm.org/kickstartHome

"Make your own recovery the first priority in your life."

~Robin Norwood

Yes to Mather!!!!

We got the final 'go-ahead' to hold classes at Mather Hospital, this has been a work-in-progress for 4+ years.  Our first presentation was at the Breast Cancer Support  Group "Live, Love and Laugh Again"  at Mather and we have wanted to have classes there for some time - they are responsible for the decision to become a 501 (c) 3..... full circle.

The classes will be held on Saturdays - time and start will be decided on shortly.  This may be a nice combination with our other classes to ensure the survivors get more than one day of directed exercise, as well as expand our scope.

Still working on North Shore Hospital STARS Rehabilitation Center in East Meadow - red tape... These are great connections for Strength for Life - if you have an in - give a nudge for us.

Having all sorts of Face Book issues since they are phasing out the old group format - now we added a new page Strength for Life - Non Profit - but of course there are  many others using the same name -...what to do to ensure we are all on the same and correct page!!!

You may have received an email to like us at Strength for Life Non Profit - that is the reason why.

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life,

that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Please read : New 12 year Study on Coffee and Prostate Cancer

NOTE: How much coffee does it take to get the maximum cancer protection? The study found that men who consumed six or more cups of coffee per day, over almost two decades, cut their risks the most, while those who drank a more moderate one to three cups daily reduced their risk of prostate cancer by 13 percent.

103 year old still riding... Inspired????

He's a little embarrassed to be on a three wheeler rather than a two wheeler - God Bless him - he is out and about.  Just recently my sister suggested I might look into a three wheel cruiser - and I felt like Octavio a little embarrassed.  I have had my motorcycle license for almost ten years - sans motorcycle and since I had such a bad bicycle fall last year - they are concerned it may not be to my best advantage to start riding now....hmmmmm - If a three wheel cruiser will keep me feeling young - it may be the solution - I can still have the wind in my hair (under the helmet in NY) and a sense of free spiritedness.

So Octavio is still out riding his cycle - what are you doing? 5 months into the year - are those goals being met?  have you adapted them... remember the quote and let's get back on track.

"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals, and charge after them in an unstoppable manner." ~Les Brown

One week - where did the time go????

I have been crazy looking for sponsorship for the run and/or the video.  These are great opportunities for a company with a mission of helping others.  The video which is planned for a summer 2011 production will be distributed to our class/retreat participants so they will remember the exercises and how to properly do them.  In addition, we hope to distribute them to the medical community so they may embrace exercise as an alternative therapy during treatment and recovery and more importantly as prevention. 

You can help Strength for Life with an introduction to a local company decision maker.

The other thing, keeping me from this blog - is reading so much about Monsanto and GMO etc etc.  I am attaching a few links - in case you have missed these articles.  Can't we keep our food clean?!!! Frankenfish????

Stop Frankenfish!

The Audacity of Genetically Modified Foods

Dr. Huber's Warning

Just wanted to check in - share a few thoughts - pick your brain for sponsor suggestions - you know Debbie and I can not do this without your help!

"We are indeed much more than what we eat,

but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are. "

~ Adelle Davis

Gearing up for the November Run...

Very busy gearing up for the "Evelyn Knapp 'Run to Remember"- reaching out for sponsors.
Fill in the blanks....,.

This is to cordially invite _____________ to become a participating sponsor of the 2nd Annual Evelyn Knapp “Run to Remember” to be held at Sunken Meadow State Park on Sunday, November 20, 2011.

Our Inaugural 5K Run attracted 520 registrants and was preceded by the Donal Hughes ½ mile “Fun Run” with more than 60 children participating. The proceeds go directly into the programs that Strength for Life offers ‘free of charge’ to cancer patients. We expect 1000+ this year since the course is one of the most challenging in the Northeast and last year the run was professional and timely. Last year 9,000 applications were distributed – 6,000 directly mailed to runners –  _______ can appear on all of them and much more….

Strength for Life provides exercise classes, equipment and wellness retreats to cancer patients on Long Island at no cost to participants. Founded in 2007, in memory of Evelyn Knapp, who lost her battle with breast cancer at 40 years old. As an exercise physiologist Evelyn knew the benefits of exercise and personally experienced how it helped during treatment. We became Certified Cancer Exercise Specialists hoping to share the information and empower cancer patients/survivors to feel their absolute best and regain their ‘strength for life’. After our first breast cancer support group presentation we knew we had to offset the costs somehow because cancer patients have astronomical costs even when they have insurance.

Strength for Life has recently been featured in Long Island Business News, featured on FIOS1 ‘My LITV” and ‘Live it UP’ Ch. 55 and honored by Long Island Press ‘Fortune 52’ celebrating Long Island’s unique and inspirational women. With that recognition comes growth and greater need for funds to maintain the programs at no cost.

What we are looking for from ______________ would be sponsorship of one of the many costs involved in the race. In return for your support your name and logo would appear on the thousands of applications that will be distributed throughout Long Island, on our website, on the race day apparel and mentioned in all pre-race and post-race publicity. We would be happy to cooperate in any and all other media opportunities that can further enhance the image of the event and __________ as an official sponsor.

We have an almost unlimited range of events to offer  _________    a  part in from sponsoring the race day apparel, printing applications, finish line service,  to trophies, food and race numbers.

"We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth."

~George Bernard Shaw

Navel Expo - May 1, 2011

One of my favorite places to be - although the day outside was calling....

Debbie and I got a chance to see some old friends and supporters at Navel, Debbie showed off our Inaugural race day tee with their names displayed.... priming for our next invitation to sponsor the 2nd annual 'Run to Remember'. 9000 applications being distributed to the Long Island running community is reason enough to sponsor a 'very good cause' - don't you agree?!

The new kids on the block - and literally 'new kids' -  'Rockin' Wellness' - a whole body nutritional shake...of course I purchased this so check back for the official results.  These two - 'music loving - health minded individuals' with two unfortunate health issues - cancer and muscular dystrophy were promoting this mixture of the 'best of the best' ingredients.  Raw organic cacao bean, non GMO brown rice protein, raw organic goji berry, raw organic hemp seed, chia seed, raw organic maca root, organic flaxseed, acidophilus & more.  Don't you feel healthy reading all those ingredients....
If you want further information - www.RockinWellness.com

Now our friends at US Wellness Meats - also have new products to see - you know we are all about you consuming only grass fed meat products and Debbie can share how her sons commented immediately on the look of the meat and even better on the taste of the finish products.  From the mouth of babes.....

Mountain Valley Spring Water because we want you to stop...drinking from plastic bottles..... with the plastic leeching into your water....

Now for lectures - 49 incredible topics offered - check our the Navel Expo and do not miss the November event.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,

or we know where we can find information upon it.

~Samuel Johnson

In a minute - your life could change...

I try to remember this particularly in one of those funky moods - that in minute life could turn around, just as in a minute you could be thrown a curve ball.  You know by now I love quotes - there is one that says

“It's not how many times you fall that matters,

it's how many time you get back up.”

Although, intellectually,  I realize these 'funky moods' are nothing more than an inconvenience they really get to you when you can not escape from them..... that is when it is necessary to look around and pull from the strength of others.  My gift was holding our class last night - where I received a few hugs and as always, was in awe of the courage & fortitude of these survivors.

"Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day."

~Author Unknown