by Jeffrey Dach MD
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A good friend of ours just went through an ordeal with breast cancer. The incidence of breast cancer has increased to 1 in 8 women, with 4,000 new cases weekly. You might ask, could there be a preventive measure which is safe, cheap and widely available that has been overlooked?
LAVASH is a traditional thin bread taking a large part in Armenian cultural cuisine of centuries. It is versatile in ways it could be used, and in convenience of storage. According to UNESCO, it is an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as it was inscribed in 2014 (9.COM) (1).
Every oil will eventually be damaged if heated above a certain temperature. Each oil has its own smoke point, the temperature at which the oil begins to be damaged by heat. The word smoke point is a bit deceiving, as you may not see a billow of smoke appear when an oil hits exceeds its smoke point temperature, but the oil will be damaged and begin to form harmful compounds, such as trans fats and other harmful compounds. If you keep heating it, eventually you will see smoke, but by then it was way too late.