Cancer Offers No Immunity

I had breakfast this morning with a friend whom I had not seen in 3 months. She looked drawn and tired and had lost some weight. Concerned, I asked if everything's ok with her, and that's when she told me she had been diagnosed with colon cancer in the 3rd stage! I was frightened for her, but I didn't let that show. I told her I'll be praying for her throughout her treatment which starts tomorrow. I wished her well as we left the coffee shop.

Cancer is such a scary disease. 3 years ago, I lost one of my dearest friends to pancreatic cancer which she bravely fought for 2 years before succumbing to the deadly disease. Now a friend's nephew is fighting chondrosarcoma - a type of bone cancer of the complicated kind. Just the word itself sounds complicated! Never heard that word before until recently. In the case of Brendan (my friend's nephew), the malignant bone growth occured in the brain area which resulted in his losing his right eye. For Brendan, the fight goes on. I continue to pray for him. If you're interested in following Brendan's progress, you may drop by his blog: http://ntsocialism.blogspot.com

It's apparent that cancer of any kind has no discrimination - the young, the old, the poor, the wealthy, celebrities, red, yellow, black or white, there's no immunity. The latest celebrity cancer victim being Farrah Fawcett who succumbed to anal cancer after putting up a brave fight. She died on June 25th, the same day Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. Unlike aids, it can strike anyone anytime. I find that so scary! So how can we protect ourselves from contracting the deadly disease? There are so many books and blogs on the various types of cancer fighting foods and supplements you can take as a defensive measure. Which is good because prevention is always better than cure.

How To Reduce Cancer Cells In The Body.

I got this in an email forwarded to me by my dear friend Elsie, kind soul that she is indeed.

How can you reduce cancer cells in your body?

Below are some useful information on one of the
deadliest diseases of our time.


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 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.

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
NutraSweet, 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 small 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 Soya 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
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).

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, Florssence-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.


PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT

Health Hazards from Mobile phones

There's been much talk lately about the health hazards posed by the use of mobile phones. It was discussed on the Larry King Live show a while ago, and you read about it in the newspapers, magazines and also on the internet. Apparently, the dangers to our health from the use of mobile phones are real and serious enough for us to take some precautionary measures. If you only use your mobile phone for emergency calls, then the risk is insignificant. However, if you use your mobile phone on a daily basis for business calls or chatting and gossipping for hours on end, then it is advisable to use a headset to avoid pressing your mobile phone up against your head.

Here are some points I have gathered from various sources that mobile phone users should take note of:

1. Constant exposure to electronic magnetic fields (EMFs) emitted by cell phones may create cancerous brain cells and tumours, though research is still ongoing to prove this claim. In the meantime, it is advisable to use headsets to minimize exposure to the EMFs.


2. The risk of death from brain cancer is higher for cell phone users who hold their cell phones against their heads compared to those who keep their cell phones away from their heads.

3. According to research done by American scientists, men who use their cell phones for more than 4 hours a day or for long periods at a time, may be in danger of damaging their sperm. Researchers recorded lower sperm count on test subjects who use their cell phones for long periods as compared to those who don't. Hmmm. Serious.

4. The risk to children using mobile phones are higher because their developing cells are more susceptible to damage by the EMFs emitted by mobile phones. Apparently, the effects might include deadly diseases, such as leukemia. So parents are well advised to warn their children against excessive use of their mobile phones.

Although all of the above potential health dangers from the use of mobile phones are still being widely researched and yet to be conclusive, I see no harm for us, in the meantime, to use a headset as far as possible when using our cell phones. Better be safe than sorry.