CANCER SUPPORT
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is a great deal of legitimate research and published studies on non-traditional
or alternative cancer treatment and support. A doctor or any physician’s lack
of knowledge in this area will never begin to make the research or the incredible
results of some of these treatments untrue. In many cases presented it is
shown that non-traditional therapies actually yield better results. In fact
the research found by John Boik states that in the United States roughly 40-to 60-percent
of cancer patients use some form of complimentary medicine including the use of
herbs, vitamins and antioxidants without the guidance of their oncologist or scientific
studies. Because the use of complimentary medicine in the area of cancer support
is growing so rapidly, we are more able to establish the powerful results of alternative
therapies in supporting the treatment of cancer.
There are many differing opinions on the battle against cancer.
One opinion that is shared is that cancer is not able to grow and develop as long
as there is a sufficiently strong and aware immune system. We all have precancerous
cells in our bodies and our immune system is made to trigger the dying-off process
of these cells each day. Many cancer victims feel that they have been very
healthy and have lived very healthy lives and always wonder how this happened to
them. This process never happens overnight—it begins with years of family
and job stress, lifestyle choices, bad food choices: lack of nutritional value,
food additives, consumption of sugar, and wrong fats and oils, misuse of alcohol
and drugs, overexposure to environmental toxins (cleaning solvents, pesticides,
air fresheners, metals), bad water, lack of proper and vital nutrients, and so on
(according to cancer organizations as much as 80% of all cancers are related to
diet and lifestyle). This degeneration process of the body takes place over
time and by the time you have been diagnosed there has been an entire process of
metabolic breakdown throughout the body that needs immediate attention. Fighting
cancer is very difficult and takes a great deal of commitment. In deciding
to save your life, you owe it to yourself to take advantage of any products, food
sources, and treatments which may extend your life, reduce pain and suffering, and
allow your body to have an opportunity to heal itself. It is estimated that
when most cancers are diagnosed they have already been developing for 5 to 10 years.
The time that it took your body this to develop these abnormal cell growths is an
indication of the time and commitment it will take to begin to repair the damage
done.
We must add in that physicians are taught nothing about diet and
nutrition and its role in healthcare. Asking a doctor about nutritional supplementation
and diet in supporting cancer would be like asking a pilot how drive a race car.
Always be certain that when you have questions, you ask questions of the professionals
who are trained in their particular field of knowledge. Physicians uneducated
in an area of alternative medicine often are fearful and recommend the termination
of support that may very well be part of the choices that save your life.
Remember, feeling good is not necessarily a gauge for being healthy
or for wellness in general. It is vitally important that you be very diligent
and aggressive regarding nutrition, lifestyle, and supplementation program in order
to re-establish the body’s immune system and all other systems affected so it can
once again have the ability to fight cancer cells. If you are only interested
in doing a few of these things, I would not recommend wasting time and money—it
takes every aspect of health and well-being in order to be aggressive enough in
this battle. If a house if falling apart at the foundation, putting
a few windows and doors on will not prevent it from falling to the ground.
Dietary choices are hugely important here. We know that dietary
choices play a role in the suppression or initiation of the immune system.
No matter what form of cancer you may be dealing with, the following additions and
eliminations to diet should be followed in order to remove the stress or the depression
of immune function from the body.
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Eat a Paleolithic-based diet (The Paleo Diet, Loren Cordain,
Ph.D.). Eliminate all foods that depress immune function such as sweeteners
or sugars, wheat flour, potatoes, and foods that you have been tested for an allergy
or sensitivity to, or foods that you know your body does not agree with. Remove
all processed or chemically modified food sources such as canned or pre-packaged
foods with additives for shelf-life (i.e., nitrates in meat products).
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Removing most grains at this time is a good idea—small amounts of
almond or rice flour and Ezekiel bread (which is made from sprouted grain) are good
options. Also the addition of Kamut, Amaranth, Quinoa as a side dish at a
meal is a great addition, just not as the main part of a meal.
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Unfortunately pasteurized milk has had all of its health benefits
destroyed by heat and therefore has many qualities that people have severe sensitivities
to. I highly recommend that as a healthier choice you drink Goat’s Milk, Almond
Milk, Hazelnut Milk, or Rice Milk as a replacement. We find that 85% of all
people tested for Cow Dairy have an extreme sensitivity to it. Make sure to
be tested when deciding on a replacement to make sure those are not a sensitivity
for you.
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Eating adequate amounts of healthy foods that are non-starchy, such
as vegetables, animal protein from animals that were raised organically and free
range/grass fed—hormone and antibiotic free (these animal proteins can be found
at Wild Oats and Whole Foods Market for purchase—New Zealand beef is best known).
Pesticide free vegetables and fruit can also be purchased at these local health
food stores under the “organic/pesticide free” labels. Cooked vegetables often
are digested more easily by people with cancer than raw vegetables, however having
raw juiced vegetables 2 times per week would be fine. Raw fresh fruit should
be eaten no more than 1-to 2- times a day.
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Avoid shellfish and stay away from seafood high in mercury such as
tuna, swordfish, and orange roughy (see
table of seafood under Nutrition). Mercury is a deadly neurological
poison. Also lunch meats, hot dogs, and beacon are full of chemicals called
nitrates. These are very harmful to the body--healthy replacements to these
products can be found at Wild Oats and Whole Foods. They have many “nitrate
free” beacon, hot dogs and lunch meat. Remember, because they are nitrate
free they will also not “keep” as long so they must be consumed faster or kept frozen
until used.
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No fried foods—french fries, onion rings, tempura, chips (unless
they are baked and contain no added oils). Eliminate any food which contains
any hydrogenated oils of any kind. If you are stir frying or baking and must
add in oils, please use coconut or olive oil. Avoid Mayonnaise due to the
hydrogenated oils therein.
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Removal of all environmental toxins which depress the immune system
such as pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chlorine, fluoride, mercury, lead, cleaning
solvents, and so on. You can purchase safe cleaning solvents at your local
health food stores—Vitamin Cottage, Wild Oats, Whole Foods Market—which work just
as well if not better with no harmful side-effects.
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Make sure and drink at least 3 quarts or more of a good clean bottled
water a day. El dorado, Fiji, Volvic, and Calistoga are a few recommendations.
Please DO NOT drink distilled water—it has an open bond which has the potential
of carrying out of your body the supplemental products you may be putting in.
We are here to educate you on the changes necessary to improve your
health, and through individualized testing and supplementation begin to recover
and repair metabolic pathway destruction and re-establish normal cell growth and
proper immune response. With these supplementation protocols our goal
is to begin to change the biological terrain of your body so that it is no longer
able to house the abnormal cancer cells, while building the body’s immune system
so that if successful, there will be potential to re-establish normal cell growth
and prevent reoccurring abnormal cell growth.
RECOMMENDED READING
“The Paloe Diet”
Loren Cordain, Ph.D.
“Selling Sickness”
Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels
“Food Politics”
Marion Nestle
“The Cancer Industry”
Ralph Moss
“Confessions of a Medical Heretic”
Robert Mendohlson
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