Excellent article on cancer.

  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 tumours.

  4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies.... These 

      could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

  5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and 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, gastro-intestinal 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:-

a)  Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply 

     to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like Nutra Sweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with 

     Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses

     but only in very sma ll amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. 

     Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.



  b. 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, cancer cells 

     are being starved. 


  c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat 

     fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, 

     growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer. 


  d. 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 no urish 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)....



  e. 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 become putrefied and leads to more toxic build-up.


  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,  unforgiveness 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.