by Joan Badlian

Spinach needs a lot of cleaning. I used to cut off the stems, but now I don't. I just bend them in half and put them in the juicer after I cut the bottom of the stem to allow water to refresh the spinach while soaking. Then, after feeding the juicer the spinach I juice a hard vegetable to fully force the soft veggies through the juicer. I juice one bunch per container for the entire family that I put into the apple juice container just for mixing. I believe now that juicing and drinking allows for a fresher drink.

One thing I did almost all the time when I had cancer is I prayed. In fact, my entire family prayed often over me, and my husband and I even made a " prayer room". It is important to have a private place to meet with God, through his son Jesus Christ.

And yes, God is a Spirit and is everywhere, but a quiet, personal place to meet with someone so special . . . merits someplace special, don't you think?

Spinach Health Benifits

Researchers have listed at least 13 different flavonoids in spinach that function as as anti-cancer agents -- many of these are flavonoids known as methylenedioxyflavonol glucuronides -- the anti-cancer properties of which have been sufficiently impressive to prompt creation of specialized spinach extracts that could be used in controlled studies. These spinach extracts have been shown to slow down cell division in stomach cancer cells (gastric adenocarcinomas), and in studies on mice, to reduce skin cancers (skin papillomas).