This week has been designated “National Cancer Consciousness Week” in an effort to fight one of the top killer diseases in the country.
Being informed is one of the weapons to fight cancer.
Puerto Galera-based artist Bernadette Wolf sent an article about avoiding cancer.The article says 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 the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.To improve one’s immune system a healthy lifestyle, which includes healthy diet, is important.
My oncologist has two simple guidelines when it comes to food: First, avoid greasy, processed,salty food and two, take everything in moderation.
Here are some tips I picked out from the article Bernadette sent me:
1. 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 color. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt.
2. Milk is another cancer-feeder. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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).
5. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. (Note: My doctors said brewed coffee is okay. Avoid instant coffee.)
6. Water- best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
7. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
8. 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.
9. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs > etc.) to enable the bodies 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.
10. 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.
11. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness 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.
A small number — very few, but there were some. Some individuals were celebratory about Cerge Remonde’s heart attack. Parusa ng diyos, some individuals said.
Do the same individuals say “..parusa ng diyos” to people who get cancer?
Do the same individuals say “..parusa ng diyos” to people who get cancer?
Korek Pepito, nais kong bigyan diin ang hiwaga ng cancer sa buhay ng isang tao?
According to Banal na Kasulatan…ito ang nasusulat,
“Anak ng tao….kaya’t pakinggan mo ang salita sa aking bibig,…
“Pagka aking sinabi sa masama, Ikaw ay walang pagsalang mamamatay; at hindi mo pinagpaunahan siya, o nagsasalita ka man upang hikayatin ang masama mula sa kaniyang masamang lakad, upang iligtas ang kaniyang buhay; ang gayong masamang tao ay mamamatay sa kanyang kasamaan; nguni’t ang kaniyang dugo ay aking sisiyasatin sa iyong kamay.
“Gayon maý kung iyong pagpaunahan ang masama, at siya’hindi humiwalay sa kaniyang kasamaan, o sa kaniyang masamang lakad man, siyaý mamamatay sa kaniyang kasamaan; nguni’t iyong iniligtas ang iyong kaluluwa.”
Muli, pagka ang isang taong matuwid ay lumihis sa kaniyang katwiran, at gumawa ng kasamaan, at akoý naglalagay ng katitisuran sa harap niya, siyaý mamamatay sapagka’t hind mo siya pinagpaunahan, siyaý mamamatay sa kanyang kasalanan, at ang kanyang mga matuwid na gawa na kaniyang ginawa ay hindi aalalahanin; ngunit ang kaniyang dugo ay aking sisiyasatin sa iyong kamay.”
“Gayon maý, kung iyong pinagpaunahan ang taong matuwid, upang ang matuwid ay huwag magkasala, atg siyaý hindi nagkasala, siyaý walang pagsalang mabubuhay, sapagka’t siyaý nahikayat; at iyong iniligtas ang iyong kaluluwa”
(source: Ezekiel 3:17-21)
I’ve read the same chain email. Some observations.
Aspartame is not carcinogenic as the US FDA has double-checked its 1950s approval after a similar scare in the 70s.
Table salt does not need additional chemicals to be white. Chlorine is a natural component of salt (Sodium Chloride) and also acts as a bleaching agent. Those who lived in Parañaque/Las Piñas before Villar and his in-laws converted the saltbed/farms into subdivisions have seen how white natural rock salt can be.
As regarding fruits, majority if not all of ripe fruits are rich in sugar and acidic too (e.g., all citrus fruits and other sour/tangy fruits). It is confusing therefore, whether which kinds of fruits should be fed cancer patients.
Distilled water is acidic – totally untrue! The composition of water is 2 atoms of Hydrogen per atom of Oxygen = H2O or HOH or H+ + OH-
Any chemical dissolved in pure water that increases the concentration of Hydronium ions (H3O+) is acidic (pH less than 7.0)and those that increase concentration of Hydroxide ions (OH-) is basic (pH greater than 7.0) In this light, pure water is considered neutral (neither acidic nor basic). Water contains both Hydronium and Hydroxide ions, completely neutralizing both, hence, neutral. (Trivia: The full scientific name of water is “Hydrated Hydronium Hydroxide”)
This is where I begin doubting the authenticity of Medical Practice as a Science. Parang tsambahan lang and even doctors do not agree with each others findings. Mukhang they always contradict themselves and accepted scientific norms.
For this case, feminine wash including those for cancer patients are all acidic (pH5 right?) and even vinegar is advocated as wash (even pap smear) substitute used to determine female reproductive organ cancers. Yet this medical journal circulating in the web says acid is bad for those with cancer. Ano ba talaga Kuya?
Milk? So why are the kids being forced to drink milk?
I think if you don’t have cancer, milk is good. My doctor has told me to stop taking the high-calcium milk.
But I attended also a lecture by a wellknown nutritionist,who said if you have the means, it’s good to eat all those organic foods, which are rather expensive.
But if you don’t have the means, the most important is you eat because you body needs sustenance. Organic or not.
Kesa naman magutom ka, kumain ka basta huwag lang lason. Ngunit lahat yun, in moderation.
Some of the items in that article may need medical confirmation but what is important is number 11 which is applicable to everybody, with or without cancer:
Thanks Ellen for this informative article.
I agree without reservation that “Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit…”
Because the body is our tool to physically live and enjoy a good life, it is imperative that we choose the right food/nutrients to sustain it.
Happy living folks!
I’ve been told by a doctor-friend five years ago that someone very, very close to me has cancer even if the same symptoms have been there since 20 years ago. We (family) talked about it and concluded we just give her quality life instead of letting her know her real condition which is already irreversible. She is coping well and living a “normal” life, even the problems and hardships are “built-in” in order to prevent giving her a hint of the real score. We decided against telling her because we know she will tailspin fast enough and end it all even way before her “appointed” time if she knew our secret. Her sister spent a fortune on her own treatment and was in terrible pain in misery for years before she finally let go. The doctors didn’t even stitch up my aunt to close the operation. We can’t stand seeing her suffer like that. It would be brutal and my conscience cannot stand it.
Her body, mind and spirit is keeping her alive. And unsuspecting. She goes to this doctor for checkups and he just treats her for diabetes and blood pressure – regular diseases of people her age. We just hope when she does leave us, it will be fast, easy and less painful.