Something About Cancer

Body Detoxification

In reality, a person very rarely dies of cancer. It is always starvation and toxicity. As the malignant tumor grows it gives off waste products, which must be eliminated through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs and skin. These waste products accumulate and gradually overburden the body. Most persons then die of toxemia. Before any disease can be cured, the waste products and impurities must be cleansed from the body. The sooner this is done, the sooner the body can begin repairing itself. The "detoxer" must be prepared to accept that there will be a "healing crisis." While on a cleanse the body will purge. The release of toxins will bring up physical and emotional trauma that will be reflected in certain symptoms. A healing crisis can last a few days and produce these symptoms: fever, headaches and other aches, fatigue, skin eruptions, emotional irritability, gas, temporary constipation or diarrhea, temporary loss of menstruation, yawning, and muscular tension. In most cases, it is important not to use drugs to suppress these symptoms, but instead, to encourage the release of toxins from the body. These symptoms are an expression of release and must come out


Importance of Zinc

Zinc is the transportation mechanism for laetrile and nitrilosides in the body. Biochemists and researchers have found that you can give Laetrile to a patient until its coming out of the ears of the patient, but, if that patient did not have sufficient level of Zinc, none of the laetrile would get into the tissues of the body. They also found that nothing heals within the body without sufficient Vitamin C. They also found that magnesium, selenium, vitamin A, and B all played an important part in maintaining the body's defence mechanism. This is why its very important to understand that cancer is best supported with a total nutritional program consisting of diet, vitamins, minerals, laetrile, and pancreatic enzymes.


One mechanism that cancer cells use to expand in the body is through digesting their surroundings. This mechanism was described by Dr. Matthius Rath in his book on cancer. Cancer cells produce and secrete millions of enzyme molecules, which, like scissors, cut collagen and tissue that surrounds cells. Cancer cells use these enzymes to cut little holes in the blood vessel wall and get into the blood stream where they can travel to other organs, such as the lungs. Using the same mechanism, cancer cells can settle there and start new tumor growth. This stage, called metastasis, is the most dangerous stage of cancer. If a tumor stays in one place it rarely endangers our life. But about 90% of cancer deaths are the result of metastases, when a tumor invades various organs in the body.


It must be natural mechanisms that keep cells in place and block the spread of cancer. Dr. Rath suggested that our bodies can use lysine, a natural amino acid, to block the action of collagen digesting enzymes. Research has shown that a combination of vitamin C with the natural amino-acids lysine, proline, and specific extracts from green tea will give support against the invasion of cancer cells. Lysine, like vitamin C, cannot be produced in our body. We can only get it from our diet, therefore, deficiency of lysine is likely. This means that our body's ability to control collagen digestion can be compromised if intake of lysine is too low. Food sources of lysine are numerous, but the richest sources include cheese, eggs, fish, lima beans, milk, potatoes, pork, poultry, red meat, soy products, yeast, all protein-rich foods. Vegetables are generally a poor source of lysine, with the exception of beans, peas, and lentils.


Dr. Rath uses the nutrient combination of vitamin C, the amino-acids L-lysine and L-proline, and Epigallocatechin Gallate ( EGCG - a polyphenol extract from green tea ) and has found these to be very effective in the nutritional support of the body. More good news... These same nutrients and same intake ( see below ) work well with cardiovascular disease. As a supportive measure against those who do not have cancer, heart attacks or strokes, cut intake ( below ) by 70% or 50% for those with family history of cancer, heart attack or stroke which are considered high risk.


Note: The beneficial effects is reportedly much more pronounced and immediate when sugar and refined carbohydrates is eliminated. Sugar feeds cancer and sugar can crowd out vitamin C.
Eating the normal western diet is a recipe for disaster for the cancer patient. Poor nutrition provides a favorable environment for cancer to grow and develop. Proper nutrition supports the immune system, starves cancer cells, and helps maintain the body at a normal, slightly alkaline pH - 7.35 to 7.45. Disease cannot survive in an oxygen rich alkaline state. The only place in your body where there is no oxygen is the cancer site. The best way to raise body pH is making sure that adequate minerals, particularly calcium are present. In general, green vegetables are high in calcium. One of the quickest ways to raise your body pH is to take in green vegetable juices. Kale, broccoli, and collard greens are good sources of calcium, buy a juicer and start juicing. The juicer is the most important appliance in the kitchen for the cancer patient. As nutritional support, the best choice is a combination of water fasting and juice fasting using 2 to 5 glasses of juice per day.


So if we are going to purchase a juicer, should we buy a centrifugal or a mastication-type juicer? At the Gerson Clinic in Mexico, they are the most knowledgeable people we know to ask what kind of juicer works best. So what do they teach? They teach that only mastication-type juicers will do the job because centrifugal juicers leave most of the nutrients in the pulp, which then gets thrown away. ( The laboratory report where they ran five pounds of carrots through a centrifugal juicer and a mastication-type juicer, and the mastication-type juicer removed three to four times more nutrients than the centrifugal ). The mastication-type juicer leaves very few nutrients in the pulp. For this reason, we recommend only mastication juicers for the cancer patient.