Greetings,
It seems that every day
we learn more about how traditional medicine is finally looking at natural
alternatives. Johns Hopkins has come out and
is telling people that chemotherapy is not the only way to eliminate cancer.
Will wonders never
cease?
If you did not get a chance
to read a great posting on how Lemons can be an effective option in fighting
cancer, you can find the post here. I can’t believe how many hits I have received
on this little article. Please share this info with those you love.
All the best,
Lou & Debbie
Cancer Update
from Johns Hopkins:
1. Every person
has cancer cells in the body. These cancer
cells do not show up in the standard
tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients
that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just
means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not
reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells
occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the
person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from
multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person
has cancer it indicates the person has nutritional deficiencies. These could be
due to genetic, but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome
the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet to eat more adequately and
healthy, 4-5 times/day and by including supplements will strengthen the immune
system.
6. Chemotherapy
involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys
rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc.,
and can cause organ damage, like liver,
kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation
while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells,
tissues and organs.
8. Initial
treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged
use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body
has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is
either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds
of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy
and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and
difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective
way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the
foods it needs to multiply.
WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses, (Personally, I'd rather see people use Stevia - Lou) but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk (a side note, I would rather see people use Almond mike - Lou) cancer cells are being starved.
Cancer cells
thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to
eat fish, and a little other meat, like chicken. Meat also contains livestock
antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially
to people with cancer.
A diet made of
80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help
put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food
including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily
absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and
enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy
cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean
sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed
at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..
Avoid coffee,
tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine Green tea is a better alternative
and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered,
to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein
is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat
remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell
walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it
frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's
killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some
supplements build up the immune system
(IP6,
Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,
EFAs etc.) to
enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells.. Other supplements
like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the
body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a
disease of the mind, body, and spirit.
A proactive and
positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger,
un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic
environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and
enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells
cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep
breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is
another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
- No plastic containers in microwave.
- No water bottles in freezer.
- No plastic wrap in microwave.
but it's better for you and food tastes better when it's not nuked too... - Lou)
Johns Hopkins has
recently sent this out in it's newsletter. This information is being circulated
at Walter Reed Army Medical Centers well.
Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of
our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this
releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness
Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health
hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we
should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This
especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of
fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into
the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning
Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results,
only without the dioxin. So things like TV dinners, instant ramen and soups,
etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.
Paper
isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use
tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the
fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin
problem was one of the reasons for this change.
He also pointed
out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over
foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is microwaved, the high heat causes
poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.
Cover food with a paper towel instead.
This is an
article that should be sent to anyone important in your life...
Lou & Debbie...
