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Shilajit is a black mineral pitch of multiple constituents found around the world in sedimentary rocks. Shilajit is mostly found in mountains at an altitude of anything from 1500 meters to 5000 meters. Shilajit while found mainly in the deep interiors of the sedimentary rocks tend to ooze out during hot summer months. It is the collected naturally due to gravitational force, landslides, mild tremors etc. Shiulajit is known by many names it s referred to as Asphalt or mineral pitch in English. In Sanskrit it is known as Shilajitu or silajit meaning rock. It is known as Mumio in Persian language and is referred to as Mumie by the Russians.

In South Asia Shilajit is widely found in Himalayan Mountains bordering Nepal, India and Tibet and also several other mountains like Aravallis, Vindhyasa, Western Ghats etc. Shilajit found in Himalayan Mountains are considered to be of best quality due to the low temperature. It works like a refrigerator preserving the quality of Shilajit. Moreover when shaljit oozes out of interior rocks it comes into contact with ice as Himalayan mountains are always covered with ice so there is not much chemical reaction with metals found in the soil. In case of shilajit from other sources the raw shilajit comes to extensive contact with soil leading to certain chemical reactions which deteriorate the quality of shilajit.

It is also collected continually due to avalanches and glaciers. Though shilajit is also found in cold mountain ranges of urals, caucuses and Tien Shan in Russia it is generally found to be of inferior quality as compared to the Shilajit found in Himalayan Mountains. There are some other substances that closely resemble Shilajit. In traditional Chinese medicines fossilized resins like amber are considered to be closely related to Shilajit when it comes to medicinal properties.

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With Shilajit there is absolutely no place for excess flab and fat in our body. We may have often been given the politically correct advice on reducing weight as "The only way to reduce weight is to eat less and do more physical activity". It may seem to be logically right. But there would not be around 1200 Million in the world who are obese or overweight if it was actually so simple.

Most of us may be wondering how is that during our teenage years inspite of having the rich food and very little physical activity we were putting on less weight. But in our mid twenties and above we tend to put on more weight, loose our stamina and energy levels even though we may be on strict a diet regime and undertake stringent physical exercise. Energy metabolism process slows down with age. This is the reason why more fat is being stored on our body instead of being converted to energy. This ultimately leads to excess body weight and decrease in energy levels with age. Shilajit effectively maintains the optimum energy metabolism. This means that most of the excess calories you consume is burned off and is not converted into fat.

Shilajit is said to cure almost any ailment - Understandably a younger body and cell can withstand and heal itself of any ailments. Any amount of words may not do justice to the wonder that is Shilajit. It is best experienced. We recommend Shilajit for all from the age of 18. If you a are a woman Shilajit will ensure that you stay in your youthful charm for a very very long time. Something which rigorous diet regime, physical exercise and any amount of beauty products cannot ensure. If you are a man it will keep your vigor, vitality and energy at optimum levels. Shilajit restores youthful vigor to the entire body.

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Purification process of shilajit from the raw shilajit that oozes out from the rock is a very important and vital procedure. This is done to ensure that any impurities and toxic substances in the raw shilajit and removed as well as to enhance the concentration of vital components. There are several types of purification that are commonly used we will discuss 2 of it in detail.

In once process the raw shilajit is completely mixed with water this solution is subjected to series of filtration process to remove those components that are water insoluble. These are generally considered as impurities like grains of soil etc, This shilajit solution is then concentrated by heating it in high temperature are merely exposing it to sunlight – the way salt is extracted from sea water. The creamy thick layer of shilajit that is so formed is skimmed several times to get pure shilajit. In Indian ayurvedic medical system this pure shilajit paste is fortified with several beneficial herbs like tulsi, amla (emblica) etc. to enhance its medicinal properties. In this process there is a major deficiency that has to be mentioned. Shilajit contains many vital metallo organic compounds that get filtered out during the filtration process and skimming.

In the second method of purification of shilajit the raw shilajit is subjected to light washings. This removes the impurities. Then neutral salts and citric acid is added in various proportions. This citric acid salt solution carries
away the vital organo metallic compounds in shilajit. This is not removed during filtration or skimming process but is retained in final shilajit product.
Nowadays the purification process of shilajit has become more complex with series of steps. Advance chemical engineering techniques of vacuum filtration, freeze drying and osmosis are used to enhance the concentration of shilajit, organo –mineral compounds and fulvic acid.

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Tamoxifen is a drug that interferes with the activity of estrogen particularly in the mammary glands of women. It has been used to treat and prevent breast cancer for the past 3 decades. Breast cancer cells needs estrogen to grow. Without estrogen these cells are deprived of their vital nutrition and may die. This principle is used when Tamoxifen drug was formulated. Tamoxifen binds with the estrogen receptors in the breast thereby depriving breast cancer cells of vital protein in estrogen.

To put it in layman's terms imagine an auditorium with a  limited number of seats and assume the auditorium manager gives advance information to all the well behaved people and books their tickets. The auditorium gets filled with all the good guys the unruly bad elements who come late do not get a place inside. The show in the auditorium goes on without any trouble or untoward events. In this case the good guys are the molecules in the Tamoxifen which bind to estrogen receptors and the bad elements are the breast cancer cells. This process is also known as competitive antagonism.

Tamoxifen is effective only in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cases. It does not have any effect on progesterone receptor breast cancer and HER2/neu (Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2) breast cancer. But the good news is that almost 70% of all the breast cancer cases are Estrogen receptor positive ones and this drug can very effectively treat breast cancer and even prevent it well in advance.

But there is a major catch and use of this drug is not without a cost. No it does not pinch the wallet that much even if insurance does not cover it in some cases. Tamoxifen is off the patent since 2002. It is now classified as a generic drug. It’s price has dropped drastically ever since.   Even though Tamoxifen is very effective it is not commonly prescribed as a preventive medicine because of it’s chronic side effects. This drug is known to trigger uterine or endometrial cancer in many women. The risk of developing this type of cancer is quadrupled even after using Tamoxifen for as low as 2 years. American Cancer Society has listed Tamoxifen as a known carcinogen. In many women this drug is known to cause a spurt in triglyceride levels as well as fatty liver syndrome. Needless to say these are not good for heart or liver.

Tamoxifen can have adverse effect on the central nervous. It can severely impair cognition and memory. A good number of patients who are prescribed this drug experience a severe drop in sexual drive and libido. As in case of any risky treatment a cost benefit assessment has to be made. Breast cancer is a serious and fatal disease. If Tamoxifen has been assessed to be very beneficial in a particular patient’s case then it has to be used. There are well established preventive and alleviating treatments for the side effects caused by Tamoxifen.

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