DESSERT - YUMMY !! ..... PASS THE SWEET STUFF (OR MAYBE I SHOULD PASS ON THE SWEET STUFF !!)
Dessert is frequently considered the most enjoyable part of a meal, but as science is clearly demonstrating, perhaps the deadliest.
Sugar fuels Cancer.
It is believed by most pundits that Cancer loves and concentrates sugar. Soda pop, cakes, cookies, ice cream, certain carbohydrates, other sweets and refined sugars are essentially devoid of any nutritonal benefit and, furthermore, they provide Cancer cells (remember we all have Cancer cells) with significant energy to thrive and multiply.
It is critical to read the ingredients on many of the foods we eat to understand the amount of sugar substances which constitute food products. For example, fructose, sucrose, and refined sugar doesn't help us, it hurts us. Whether you are seemingly healthy or are fighting Cancer, I urge you to drastically reduce your intake of sugar. If you drink soda pop, reduce the amount you drink daily or weekly. Find a better substitute like water or perhaps carbonated water. Also, cut back on the desserts !!
Scientists and Doctors understand this sugar phenomenon. Ironically, sugar in its own scientific manner is used to help identify Cancer - how ? Traditional Oncologists use glucose (sugar) in PET SCANS to ascertain the location of Cancer in the human body. In brief, a patient is injected with a radioactive glucose (sugar) substance, which travels to the Cancer, the tumor and associated Cancer cells are clearly manifested on the scan by the "uptake" of the glucose (sugar), which identifies the area of concern.
There have been numerous studies which corroborate the harmful nature of sugar and how it impacts all kinds of Cancers. Click on "studies" to view 10 studies manifesting the link between sugar and Cancer.
So, to be short and "sweet" (did I just say that ?), minimize the sugar intake as both a preventative and Cancer fighting strategy.
Take a look at the following VIDEO for a summary on why and how sugar fuels Cancer.
If you cannot see this video, click on the following link or go to www.latestagecancer.com
“You should think about getting your affairs in order ….”
“There is nothing more that we can do …. you should call hospice”
“You might have another 6 months .….”
These dire words are spoken to Cancer patients everyday, when Doctors no longer hold out any hope for a cure or believe that they can measurably extend their patients lives. Upon hearing these words, many patients sink into a depressed state, some seek to travel and enjoy their remaining days, while others, hoping against hope, seek to find a treatment to beat or forestall their pernicious plight. There are many success stories of people who have been told the “grim reaper” is knocking at the door, who beat the predictions of their Doctors about their forseeable demise.
There are numerous alternative treatment methodologies, offered here in the USA and abroad, which many people have successfully applied to their circumstance. Due to the complexities of many different kinds of Cancer and the many variables endemic to each individual, it is impossible to state with certainty that any one particular treatment, singularly or in combination with others, is best. It cannot be denied, however, that many people in the face of great adversity, do beat late stage Cancer by living many more years (and then some) and, even beat the prognosis of “terminal cancer”, utilizing different specific and blended therapies. I have personally met, first hand, people who were told by highly reputable doctors at the most renown National Cancer Treatment Hospitals in the USA that their days were numbered. Despite these predictions, they are thriving and living life to the fullest, many, many years past their supposed demise.
I firmly believe that thousands of people could live much longer than they do, and beat Cancer, even when faced with stage 4 or terminal prognoses (the point at which many conventional doctors have exhausted their protocols, treatments and therapies), if they pursued certain alternative treatments from reputable healthcare practitioners. It is not my intention to offer “false hope”, but “Real Hope", which can engender life changing dynamics. History has proven this to be true in many, many cases.
We will address many of these alternative therapies in future posts. Keep the Hope !!
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Many species of medicinal mushrooms have been used in folk medicine for thousands of years. Such use has its origins in the Far East. The research and corresponding evidence pertaining to the mushroom's healthful, preventative benefits and healing processes is impressive. There are over 100,000 different varieties of mushrooms, however, less than 100 exhibit the properties which contain anti-cancer mechanisms. Some of the more well known, beneficial ones are : Reishi, Shiitake, Maitake, Chaga, Lions Mane, White Button, Sun, Caterpillar, Turkey Tail, Meshima and Silver Ear.
Essentially, these mushrooms have manifested the ability to promote anti-Cancer mechanisms (apoptosis and anti-angiogenesis) and to enhance the immune system to help fight Cancer. The more traditional, well known to the public, healing mushrooms, e.g., Reishi, Shiitake and Maitake, all contain a component called 1,3-beta-glucan, which has been shown in animal studies to slow the growth of tumors and boost the immune system.
A study published in March, 2009 in the International Journal of Cancer, which involved 2,000 Chinese women, showed that women who ate fresh or dried mushrooms were less likely to have breast Cancer. Women who consumed at least 10 grams of fresh mushrooms daily were 64 percent less likely to have breast cancer than women who ate no mushrooms. Participants who ate 4 grams of dried mushrooms every day were 47 percent less likely to have breast cancer compared to women who never ate dried mushrooms. Results were similar in pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women.
Many "Studies" (click "Studies" for Bladder Cancer research) and "Results" (click "Results" for Prostate Cancer research) manifest the efficacy of mushrooms in other types of Cancers, as well. Some of these studies manifest the significant impact of various mushrooms (or mushroom extracts), alone or in potentiation (synergy) with other agents (toxic and non-toxic, e.g., iv vitamin C) which show promising results as anti-Cancer treatments.
Dr. Konno of NY Medical College was instrumental in conducting the research regarding the Bladder and Prostate studies, mentioned above. Adding mushrooms to your diet as a preventative or Cancer fighting measure might be a very good idea. Hold the pepperoni, but add the mushrooms !
The Oncologist says - "we can give you chemo and it may give you another 2-4 months, otherwise, there is not much else we can do ... go home and live your life".
This is not a fictional quote, some Cancer patients hear something like this, every day ...
The patient visits an Alternative, Progressive or Integrative Doctor for advice ...
The Doctor says - "there are no guarantees, although we have had good success before ... if you follow this strict dietary regimen, the following specific supplements and the XYZ protocol, we may be able to strengthen your immune system to help you fight your Cancer and, simultaneously, we will try to engender tumor regression ... "
The Cancer patient asks the Oncologist - "what if I tried a radical diet, added certain supplements which have scientific research in support of their efficacy and abstained from the chemo, but tried the XYZ regimen, which has been shown to have produced positive results with some patients" ?
The Oncologist responds - "there is no certifiable, proof or double blind, randomized-clinical studies which support the premise that such treatments are efficacious and they may in fact be harmful to you, I wouldn't do it ... (but what hope is he offering you !?!)" ...
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ??
We have all heard the expression "caught between a rock and a hard place" ...
If you follow the Oncologists advice, you are acknowledging that you will die in a few months, you may lose your will to live and you will probably accept your demise as imminent in the near future (hardly a formula for battling adversity).
If you try something different, knowing the status quo (repeated chemo and other conventional protocols) has failed to cure or manage the Cancer, perhaps their is still HOPE ... many cases exist whereby Stage 4 Cancer patients and those who are told to "get their affairs in order", live many more years and beat the odds ... why can't it be you ... what do you have to lose by trying ... your Oncologist has already told you that "the ballgame will be over shortly", they have certainly been wrong before ...
Anecdotal Evidence (devoid of rigorous, verifiable clinical studies), coupled with testimonials (results) from reliable people about their success, is better than a hopeless prognosis.
In this fictional dialogue, the Oncologist has given you NO HOPE at all ... I might call this FALSE HOPELESSNESS ... because as long as you are alive and functioning, despite a metastatic situation, there are still possibilities and HOPE. These cases do exist !
Pick your path carefully after investigating various options. Also, ask your healthcare practitioner about the realistic success of their recommended protocol, given your specific situation, including the stage of your Cancer and your overall health. We are all individuals and statistics are reflective of large groups of people. We should not assume that statistics necessarily apply to us. Do not be afraid to ask the tough questions of your Doctors be they more conventional or alternative in nature ... all decisions should be your decisions after you evaluate all options.
Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT), also known as Insulin Potentiation Targeted Low Dose Therapy (IPTLD), is a relatively new approach to fighting Cancer. It has only been used in the United States since the 1990's, however, it is a time proven approach to treating Cancer since it was originally founded and developed in Mexico by Dr. Donato Perez Garcia in 1932. The therapy is essentially a hybrid of alternative and conventional perspectives.
IPT is the administration of a much lower dose of chemo, which selectively targets Cancer cells. For the most part, it does not deleteriously impact normal, healthy cells. Patients receive chemo drugs in greatly reduced doses (only 10%-25% of normal conventional doses) and do not suffer the usual debilitating side effects of chemotherapy drugs. This therapy has unique administration and targeting abilities. Read on ...
More Specifically -
Insulin is injected into the patient (the amount is dependent upon the patient's body weight). It causes the patient's blood glucose (sugar) to drop. The patient is kept in this "adjusted state" and carefully monitored for 5-6 minuites. As the blood glucose drops, the healthy cells metablolize fat for energy, but Cancer cells cannot engender this process. The patient's Cancer cells become seriously compromised. Cancer cells love sugar. At this moment in the treatment, their sugar (glucose) is becoming depleted. If it were possible to deprive Cancer cells of glucose, they would die within a matter of minutes, however, this cannot be done as it would seriously harm the patient. The patient's glucose is, however, decreased by 60% -75% (and they, again, are being closely monitored). This mitigation is enough to cause the Cancer cells to become compromised and, thus, more vulnerable to chemotherapy drugs.
They depend on glucose more than normal healthy cells, therefore, they actually make and release their own insulin. Insulin allows these cells to take up glucose. As a result of making their own insulin, Cancer cells are guaranteed to have enough glucose to survive. They also have a mechanism which helps them obtain more glucose : insulin receptors. Cancer cells have approximately 10 times more receptors than normal, healthy cells. So, when glucose levels decrease after the insulin infusion, Cancer cells become extra "hungry" and, metaphorically, "concerned". They increase their number of insulin receptors, as they are becoming weaker, and BINGO, THIS IS THE TIME when chemotherapy drugs are injected into the patient. The "floodgates", or perhaps I should say, the numerous receptors are open, the cells have become weakened and are now most vulnerable. Immediately following the intravenous infusion of chemo drugs, there is an infusion of a large amount of glucose. The Cancer cells, starved for glucose, and significantlyweakened, gobble up the glucose and the chemo drugs.
So - the Cancer cells take in (absorb) much greater amounts of chemo drugs than in conventional applications due to the targeting impact facilitated by the insulin association. Additionally, since they are in a more vulnerable and weakened state from lack of glucose (sugar), they are much more sensitive to the toxic effects of the drugs. The result is a level of Cancer cell death, and growth control, comparable to or better than conventional chemotherapy.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE - IPT is kinder and gentler.............because the IPT technique results in a greater targeting of the chemo drugs into the Cancer cells, therefore,much lower doses can be used (10% - 25% of normal chemo doses). This engenders little or no side effects. As a result, more frequent chemo administration using IPT can be applied without concern of significant horrific effects of chemo to the immune system and other harmful effects impacting the tissues, organs and the entire body in general.
There have not been many studies addressing the benefits of IPT, however, the Doctors who utilize it, speak strongly about its benefits and results.
See the following Video by Dr. Linchitz.
If you cannot see this video, please go to - www.latestagecancer.com - and click on the actual post (article) and then click on the video. Dr. Linchitz articlulates the methodology and benefits of the treatment, very clearly.
Additionally, if you want to view more video and patient testimonials regarding IPT go to www.youtube.com, insert "insulin potentiation therapy" into "Search" and click on search.
This is obviously a therapy to consider, if you are contemplating taking the chemotherapy route.
SEE THIS VIDEO- ITS MESSAGE CONCERNS THE POWERFUL CONCEPT OF HOPE !!
If you cannot see this Video, go to the following link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74ahHOBw3k - or Google - youtube.com, insert Richard Block Cancer and see Video.
Richard Block (formerly Bloch), the former owner of the famous Accounting Firm "H & R Bloch" was told by his Doctor in 1978, that he should "get his affairs in order" - that he had 3 months to live, maybe ...
Richard did not accept his Doctor's prognosis. He found treatments from another conventional Doctor at the world famous MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Some Doctors do not have the requisite medical talent, cutting edge resources, or latest knowledge about new treatments, clinical trials, or even unproven, yet potential treatments which exist (alternative or conventional) when it comes to fighting life threatening diseases.
Imagine if Richard accepted his Doctor's prognosis and did not seek out other possibilities. He probably would not have lived much longer. It was 1978 when his Doctor said - "get your affairs in order" - Richard Block died in 2004 of heart disease, 26 years after his terminal prognosis.
Essentially, regardless of the protocol or treatment(s) one follows, their are always different opinions and sometimes better Doctors who may provide Cancer patients with better opportunities for success.
Richard Block's hopefulness, positive attitude and fight to live were instrumental in his fight against Cancer. Obviously, the intangibles can play a life saving role.
