*shakes head* Some are partially correct, some not, for layman,
it is actually quite an effective guide. Do not assume that it has
no basis in it. It really does.
Cancer is a genetic disease. Cancer cells are cells that have
uncontrolled, rapid proliferation, avoids apoptosis, promotes
angiogenesis, invasive, resistant to extracellular signals and have
the characteristics of being able to metastasize. A tumor can be
benign or malignant. Malignant cells are cancer cells, and they are
able to metastasize, that's why malignant cancer are deadly, but
not benign tumors, if excised as soon as possible.
Originally posted by phantom010436:
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.
True. Every person has cancer-potential
cells in the body, but usually these cells are arrested and
undergoes apoptosis before they can become out of control. However,
environmental triggers that alter the genetic construct of
cancer-critical genes, such as the tumor suppressor gene p53, can
lead to development of cancerous cells.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's
lifetime.
Genetic damage are a norm. You get them
everytime you are exposed to mutagenic substances, retroviral
transductions, transposons translocation, ionizing radiation, even
DNA replication can lead to genetic damage. But the cells have
efficient repair mechanism for that, but no things are perfect.
Cancer cells derived from an accumulation of genetic damage in the
cancer-critical genes.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will
be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming
tumours.
Again, have to depends on whether the
potential cells have activated its respective oncogenes, and
deactivates its tumor suppressors. They mimic the likes of normal
cells and normal CD8 T cells are not able to recognize them, if
they can, why is there a prevalence of cancers then? Don't exactly
agree with this, but generally the best protection one has against
cancer-development is the cells themselves, if they have their
genes screwed up,you're screwed as well.
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.
Not bullshit. When you lack of the
required nutritions, your cell repair mechanism are impaired.
Cancer is a genetic disease, if there is mutation, or replication
errors, the cell repair mechanism is there to correct it. Without
the required nutritions you're imapiring the cell repair mechanism,
subsequently allowing the cell to get away with the genetic
damage.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet
and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
Good, keep this up.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells
and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone
marrow,gastro-intestinaltract etc, and can cause organ damage, like
liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
Non-specific cytotoxic treatment. What
to do? We are still not very advanced when it comes to cancer
treatment...
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and
damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
Correct. Why the intergumentary system
gets the worst blow? Because radiation comes from the outside and
into your body through your skins.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often
reduce tumour size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and
radiation do not result in more tumour destruction.
Symptomatic treatment are not the
elixir for eliminating cancers. Which is why it is better to live
healthily than thinking that the treatment can save
you.
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.
True.
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.
Explains why this post is here. Cancer
is a problematic disease.
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 Mänuka 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 Meat also contains live stock 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. About20% 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 beansprouts)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.
Not entirely sure about this, but on
point c, specifically, acidic environment + red meat is indirectly
the cause of gastrointestinal cancer. A metabolic byproduct of
digesting meat in prevalent acidic condition is the nitrosamine, a
carcinogen.
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.
No comments.
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.
Enzymes are substrate specific. Enzymes
digesting your meat are not the same enzymes that attacks the cell
membranes. And what? This is too far-fetch. Not really
true.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6,
Flor-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.
Keep a healthy body with a balance
diet, with ample vitamins, minerals.
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.
In some way, this is true. A stressful
environment leads to death of normal cells and cancer cells take
advantage of the lesser competition to garner more nutrients and
proliferate more. Nobody wants that to happen.
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.
Oxygen therapy in the form of oxidative
stress? It is also non-specific cytotoxic treatment.
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Take the facts with a pinch of salt, but do follow the fact that
we need to keep ourselves healthy by regulating our diet and
exercising more often.
