2011/07/02

The Cancer Diet and Juicing - 3 Foods You Should Drink Every Day

Can you really kill cancer with juice?

Absolutely, but understand we aren't talking about apple juice in a tin. Fresh homemade juices extracted from whole organic produce have some of the most potent cancer fighting compounds you will find anywhere. With a little knowledge, and the right kitchen tools, your kitchen can become your very own healthy clinic.

The first thing you need to understand is that our bodies do two things naturally that are important in this anti-cancer battle. The first thing your body does is utilize the immune system to kill off new cancer cells as they begin to grow, and long before anything can be detected. Cancer cells form in every body, and our body knows what to do to heal that before it becomes a concern. The second thing your body does that is important in the context of this article is that it grows new cells every day, and it does so with the tools it has on hand.

Everything you eat will be used, in part, to build a new body cell. So from now on, before you put anything in your mouth, I want you to imagine what kind of cell will grow from this food. That should really give you pause to consider your dietary habits. I mean, who wants to make a new liver cell, or piece of lung tissue out of a potato chip or a 'hot dog'.

OK, so what about juicing? Why not just eat your vegetables and fruits?

Well you can, and should, eat lots of fresh vegetables and some fruit every day. Juicing is EXTRA and should also be done at least daily. You can get so much more of the nutrients that kill cancer, concentrated into a serving size once you remove the pulp.

So first you need a juicer. You can spend up to $500, or even more, but you don't need to unless you know that you will be juicing once or twice daily for the rest of your life. You can just head on down to Walmart and pick up a Hamilton Beach brand or Jack LaLanne juicer for under $80. That's all I use, and it works very well.

Next you need some fresh vegetables to turn into juice. Here are some of the top cancer fighting vegetables for daily juicing.

#1. Carrots - One study found that carrots cut the risk of cancer by 1/3. Scientist have done studies that show that some of the vital nutrients that protect the carrot from fungus and disease in the ground also kill tumors. Juice 2 pounds washed, (organic if possible) carrots for about 6-8 ounces of delicious cancer fighting juice daily.

#2. Broccoli - Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage and brussels sprouts have compounds in them that have been proven by science to shrink, and kill, cancerous tumors. Juice 1 head of broccoli daily to kill cancerous cells.

#3. Spinach - Leafy greens like spinach, kale, romaine lettuce etc contain folate and other compounds that have been proven to kill cancerous growths. I wrap a handful of spinach in a romaine lettuce leaf before I feed it into my juicer. 3 of these gives me about 3 ounces of super concentrated green juice. Drink daily.

These 3 should make the base of your daily cancer fighting drink. Now you can spike it with other nutrition powerhouses that will make it taste better as well as boosting effectiveness. Throw and apple or two into your juicer. or throw all of your fresh made vegetables into a blended and whiz up with some fresh or frozen berries for a tastier cancer fighting treat. Mix it up, making sure to get a variety of fruits and vegetables

Shelley Penney is a retired registered nurse with a continued, insatiable thirst for health and wellness information. Although Shelley hails from traditional medical training, she is always searching for ways in which the natural world of healing herbs, foods and supplements can intersect with traditional medicine and benefit us all.

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Stem Cell Transplants Purpose - Important to Know

What is the purpose of having Stem Cell Transplants?

Stem cells are cells that are immature but can mature into blood cells. The process of infusing healthy stem cells into the body system is done by cell transplants. It becomes very much necessary when the bone marrow does not work and fails to produce sufficient stem cells required by the body. The main purpose of the transplant is to make the body capable of producing enough white blood cells, red blood corpuscles and prevent cases like anemia, infections, bleeding, etc.

A stem cell transplant can also be termed as a bone marrow transplant or umbilical cord blood transplant with regard to the origin of the stem cells. This procedure can make use of cells from your body, from your identical twin as well as those of the donors. It helps in replenishing the body's capacity to produce blood-forming cells.

How does cell transplant help in cancer treatment?

A patient undergoing cancer treatment has to face chemotherapy. The procedures used for stem transplants help in restoring stem cells which have been destroyed due to the application of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The transplants help the patients to cope up with the effect that these therapies have on the cells that divide rapidly.

Bone marrow is often damaged or destroyed due to high-dose treatments. This makes a patient unable to produce enough blood cells for the carriage of oxygen to the different parts of the body, prevent bleeding or even fight infection.

Leukemia and lymphoma can be treated using cell transplantation. It can b used to treat cancers like neuroblastoma, multiple myeloma, etc.

What role do umbilical cord transplants play?

Umbilical cord transplants find their use when adults suffering from leukemia or aplastic anemia are being treated. It is a process where umbilical cord blood is extracted, stored and transplanted. Bone marrow donors are rarely found due to the fact that the process is very painful and takes a long time to heal.

Umbilical cord blood consists of haemopoietic stem cells which can reconstitute and repopulate bone marrow.

What is the importance of cord blood transplantation?

Cord blood transplantation can be considered to be an alternative for bone marrow transplants. Umbilical cord blood, bone marrow and peripheral blood are the sources that are used in transplants to serve the purpose of blood forming cells.

Cord blood units can be readily used and stored. Donors are easily available too. The patient's condition can be improved drastically with this kind of a transplant. A person with a rarely-found tissue type cannot find a donor easily. You may then consider a cord blood unit.

Research is being done in order to understand the differences and similarities between transplants and other forms of transplants.

William Kadutzi, the real "Totach", a content writer, specialized on Stem Cell Therapy topics.


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The Truth About Cancer That Very Few People Know

There is no mystery to cancer, it is simply a result of the way we now live which weakens our immune system and allows normal body cells to mutate or divide without control. The way we now live has changed, especially with the food we now eat and that's why there is so much cancer. At present it is only a problem in the western developed world but is increasing rapidly in undeveloped countries as they become more affluent.

We don't have a cure for cancer today but only treatments and these treatments have many faults. Also we are kept totally ignorant about the causes and most doctors don't know the causes. Everyone is hopeful that a cure will be discovered soon but unfortunately there isn't a drug that will cure cancer. The reasons why they haven't been able to find a successful cure are because it doesn't exist. But there is a way to become free of cancer and that doesn't involve drugs.

Cancer is similar to the disease of scurvy that existed 200 years ago when thousands of seamen died. Did they solve the problem of scurvy with a drug? Of course not; the only way was to deal with the deficiency that caused the problem. Scurvy is a lack of vitamin C in the body and can only be cured by replacing the missing vitamin. Same with cancer, a true cure has to address the cause and has to come from within the body.

Just removing cancer growths which is what our doctors are focused on now days is often of little help and of course nothing is ever mentioned about stopping cancer at its source so that it never returns. Like scurvy, a cancer growth will develop because the body is deficient in certain vitamins and minerals and surgery, radiation and chemotherapy is certainly not going to rectify that.

A true cure means addressing the causes, which is the reason why these growths first appeared. All cancers happen for a reason and when you deal with and correct these reasons the body will strengthen and remove the growths safely and without it ever returning again. It works for all cancers and works for everyone. I know people don't like making changes but unfortunately there is no other way. Even if you are having the orthodox treatments, such as radiation or chemotherapy you still need to make lifestyle changes, it's essential.

You may wonder why we only have those three treatments and sadly it's because they are all profitable. Money plays a big part in anything to do with cancer, whether it's screening programs for breast cancer or P.S.A. tests for prostate problems. Then the treatments themselves are extremely expensive and the entire industry is totally controlled by the cancer societies, pharmaceutical companies and anyone else who's profiting from it.

No one can make money out of informing a patient to change their diet and eat healthy food and make other simple lifestyle changes. That's why nobody is told about these ways to treat cancer and even doctors have minimal training in nutrition so they don't know. Remember, doctors get cancer and also die of the disease. It is difficult to believe this is happening, and the people in charge of the industry are not going to change the status quo in the foreseeable future.

When fighting a disease such as cancer it is essential to look after your immune system. Our three treatments you will be offered today suppress your immune system and kill you bodies naturally ability to fight the disease, don't ever forget that.

Alan Wighton is an experienced natural therapist specializing in nutrition. This article is part of the information contained in his book on genuine ways to overcome cancer using the natural healing ability of the human body. If you are seeking information on how to become cancer free using these ways, please visit; http://www.cancerhealed.com/
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Is There a Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Tumors?

Today everyone is informed about the dangers of smoking cigarettes but back in the 1970's nine out of ten doctors recommended smoking Camels. My point being, there is a multi-billion dollar cell phone industry that has a vested interest in keeping the public unaware of the dangers of cell phones.

It's now official, the studies are out, there is a definite link between cell phones and malignant brain tumors.

An article published in The Sun titled "Cancer Risk in Mobile Phones: Official" starts with the sentence "MOBILE phones DO increase the risk of brain cancer, scientists claimed yesterday."

The article goes on to say French scientists found that a person who is a long-term mobile phone user is more likely to develop a malignant brain tumor called glioma.

"The chances of developing a malignant tumour are "significantly increased" for people who use a mobile for ten years. The shock finding is the result of the biggest ever study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organisation."

This is just one newspaper article out of thousands that are saying essentially the same thing.

If you do some deeper research into the peer reviewed studies, you'll find out cell phones actually heat up the brain around the ear area by a degree or two. This effectively breaks down the blood brain barrier, which is a defense against the poisons in your body becoming lodged in your brain.

With an open blood-brain barrier, harmful things like heavy metals, are allowed to cross into your brain and cause permanent damage. Talking on your cell phone for ten minutes opens your blood-brain barrier for the next 14 hours.

Take your health into your own hands, do some research on cell phones and brain cancer, and then take steps to protect yourself and loved ones.

References
1. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1814931.ece

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Tips To Help You Avoid Being The Next Victim Of Cancer

We all are benefiting from all the technological advancements that we have right now; lives had been made easier and faster. But with all the benefits, not all aspects of life are resolved by technology.

There still are some diseases which still remain uncured despite the computer and technology age. Whether we admit it or not, some of the diseases that people are experiencing are due to modernization.

One of the deadliest and dreaded diseases is cancer. A lot of researchers believe that the change in people's lifestyle and environment has what made cancer deadlier. There are several types of cancers and one of the most common is the colo-rectal cancer. This type of cancer hits American males and falls fourth among the fatal ones. While you can find or hear some products which claim to cleanse and prevent colon cancer or colo-rectal cancer, not all of them are supposed to be believed in. Very few work and the majority of them are bogus products. Still, the best way to learn, understand and prevent common and rectal cancer is understanding your own anatomy.

With the number of people hit by such cancer, doctors still cannot explain how colon or colo-rectal cancer is formed. But one factor seen is the kind of diet that modern people have. As any doctor would say, drink a lot of fluids especially water and try to eat healthy food despite a hectic schedule.

Colo-rectal cancer is not something contagious but it can run through your genes. If you have a history of cancer in the family, better start being healthy. There is nothing better than having the resistance to fight against any virus or bacterial attack in our body. Having colon cancer is not easily detected. Some are diagnosed with the disease at age fifty when you thought that you will never be its next victim. Since detection comes at the later age, be very careful with cancer while you're still young. As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth more that a pound of cure. That's how one should fight against this deadly disease. People who are suffering from ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease have a high risk of colorectal cancer. Even if there had been no cancer history in your family, it would still be best if you undergo screening to avoid any occurrence.

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2011/07/01

Docs generally following cancer patient guidelines (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most older cancer patients are getting treatment that is in line with current expert guidelines, suggests a new study that looked at variations in surgical care for several cancers.

However, doctors didn't follow guidelines as closely for certain procedures -- especially when evidence for the "correct" treatment decision wasn't as convincing, according to the report published in Archives of Surgery.

The researchers, led by Dr. Caprice Greenberg of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, compared the cancer care given to people on Medicare with treatment guidelines from the National Institutes of Health and cancer organizations.

"When there's really good evidence (for a specific treatment) it looks like people are pretty consistently getting that kind of care," Greenberg told Reuters Health.

But "if guidelines are based on consensus of what people think might be the right thing to do, guidelines aren't consistently followed," she added.

Greenberg said that finding points to a need for more studies to evaluate treatments for different cancers, in order to give doctors confidence in surgery guidelines.

For their report, Greenberg and her colleagues analyzed records from a database of people on Medicare -- all aged 65 and up -- with a new diagnosis of one of five types of cancer. The final pool included more than 100,000 people who had surgery for breast, colon, gastric, rectal or thyroid cancer between 2000 and 2005.

Guidelines for those diseases outline which patients, based on their cancer type and stage, should be referred for chemotherapy or radiation. For some cancers, the recommendations specify what type of surgery needs to be done for doctors to make an informed decision about further treatment.

Greenberg found that hospitals treated more than 90 percent of patients with breast, colon, and rectal cancer according to guidelines -- performing chemotherapy or radiation or referring them to another doctor for that purpose.

Hospitals were best about following guidelines for breast cancer surgery --possibly, the authors note, because those guidelines have been around for a long time, and there's lots of evidence backing them up.

Less than half of hospitals, however, followed guidelines related to surgery to remove groups of immune cell repositories called lymph nodes in patients with colon or gastric cancer. Removing more nodes can help doctors figure out if a cancer has started to spread and needs more intense treatment than one in its earlier stages. The guidelines call for a minimum number of nodes to be taken out and examined in each case.

But there's less evidence telling doctors exactly how to treat those patients, the researchers noted.

"Everyone knows that getting more lymph nodes is generally a good thing, but we don't necessarily know how many is a right number, or is that true for everybody," Greenberg said.

Still, Dr. George Chang said that the guideline for removing enough nodes in colon cancer patients "is pretty easy to achieve -- it's a pretty low bar."

Chang, who studies colorectal cancer at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and was not involved in the new research, said it was noteworthy that so few patients had enough nodes removed -- 12, for colon cancer -- to meet the guidelines in this study. He said that may be in part because the surgery isn't a yes or no call, like the decision to refer a breast cancer patient for chemotherapy.

But Chang also added that in the years since this data was collected, studies have shown that doctors are getting better at following colon cancer guidelines.

Still, when it comes to cancer surgery, Greenberg said, "we don't yet know for sure what the right thing is to do in all cases." She said more data is needed to make that clearer.

Previous studies have suggested that doctors may give some people with cancer or other diseases tests and treatments beyond what guidelines suggest. One found, for example, that too many patients with low-risk thyroid cancer are treated with radioactive iodine -- only recommended for higher-risk tumors, in part because it may carry a risk of secondary cancer (see Reuters Health story of April 15, 2011.)

"We do need to improve the quality of evidence," Chang told Reuters Health. "I think the question becomes how much more evidence is necessary" for doctors to be confident about following guidelines. "That's always the challenge."

"The most important thing I think is to talk to your physicians about why they're recommending the treatment they're recommending," Greenberg concluded, "and to make the decision together."

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/iVCofL Archives of Surgery, online June 20, 2011.


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Colonoscopy? Or Comprehensive Cardiac Evaluation?

Last week I attended a Men's conference in Wyoming as a guest speaker on men's health. The keynote speaker was a Colorectal Surgeon who was speaking about Colon Cancer, his talk was thorough, informative, and the questions asked by the men in attendance were as expected.

What struck me as concerning was a slide he presented that showed the number of deaths per year from Colon Cancer was approximately 50,000/year men and women combined. Alarming to me was that I was getting ready to talk about heart disease in men where the death rate is approximately 450,000 deaths per year in men alone! What a contrast, and it made me think, why is it that men are more afraid of getting "Cancer" to the point that they will have a Colonoscopy done, but choose not to see a physician for a comprehensive cardiac evaluation early in their life to prevent a death from heart disease, which is statistically more likely to happen?

Remember, 70% of men who present to the Emergency Department with Acute Coronary Syndrome had no clue they had heart disease. How can this happen, when the ability to identify those at risk is so readily available, and the disease so easily preventable?

The answer is we have failed to convince men that heart disease is preventable, and we have created an illusion that if you do not engage in unhealthy practices and you are "fit" your risk of heart disease is low. How many of us have heard stories of the middle-aged tri-athlete who collapsed and died during a competition. How does this happen? The answer is that the risk factor for which the athlete died from was not identified, most likely because he may not have ever felt he needed to see a Doctor or his Health Care Provider did not recognize the problem and failed to get appropriate testing.

Get in early, identify your risks and treat them! Don't let your Doctor minimize the importance of this disease. Demand more, ask for the most up to date tests to assess your risk, and ask for the best treatment that can be done with regular follow up visits to determine the effectiveness of your interventions.

Every man deserves this, heart disease is preventable. If we as physicians are doing our job in preventing heart disease, there should be no more invasive interventional stenting, or bypass surgeries. What an accomplishment for health care if we could decrease the death rate from heart disease to less than 50,000/year.

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