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Supporting cancer recovery with food and nutrients*
Supporting cancer recovery, whether you are receiving conventional therapy or not, starts with a cancer fighting diet! Below is a list of goals and strategies for our work with cancer patients. Before you embark on a cancer-fighting diet, make sure you are aware of the T-T-T cancer "Top 10 enemies" list!
Top 10 Enemies list
- Sugar–including most fruit juices
- Non-organic foods
- All processed foods
- Transfats and Omega 6 fatty acids
- All food additives, especially MSG, aspartame, artificial colors and flavors
- Conventionally raised beef and other meats
- Charbroiled and processed meats
- Tap water
- Teflon cookware
- Excessive iron and copper in food and/or supplements
All promote inflammation, over-acidify the body, and add to your toxic burden, helping cancer to grow and spread!
Goals and strategies for supporting recovery (aka the "friends list")
If conventional treatments are used, proper nutrition can:
- Enhance efficacy
- Address cytotoxic side effects
- Replace lost nutrients
- Maintain blood counts
- Maintain digestive integrity
In addition, proper diet and nutritional supplementation can help to:
- Alkalinize the body
- Control inflammation
- Boost immunity
- Detoxify / support the liver
- Inhibit cancer cell proliferation, induce apoptosis, slow tumor invasion
- Inhibit angiogenesis
- Boost energy
- Reduce cachexia
- Reduce platelet aggregation
- Control iron and copper levels
Recommended Reading:
- Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients by Russell Blaylock, M.D.
- How to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine by Dr. Michael Murray
- Life Extension Foundation: Disease Prevention and Treatment, free with LEF membership
- Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer by Donald R. Yance
More information:
Cancer Assistance Center
contact Helayne at (510) 479-8876
*For a discussion of these and other issues, click here for a replay of Helayne's interview on the ArtistsFirst radio show.
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