Why The Middle Ground Is The Optimal Ground

In the early years of his practice Dr. Block was seeing two distinct patient populations. The first group were patients receiving conventional medicine treatment. They often responded well to treatment, but struggled with adverse side effects. The second group, from the alternative medicine community, generally tolerated their treatments well; however, their disease continued to progress. … Continued

Our own Liz Gold, MS, RDN, was recently a guest on the Radical Remission Project’s Stories That Heal podcast, hosted by Karla Mans Giroux. Liz covers some of the most commonly asked patient questions, including: Why is diet fundamental to the Block Center’s treatment plan? Do we recommend a keto diet and what does the … Continued

“Survival Statistics:” Why They Don’t Apply To You

One of the most common questions doctors hear following a cancer diagnosis is “what is my prognosis?” An understandable question, but the answer is also one of the most common sources of distress for a patient. Hearing “you have ‘X’ number of months or years to live” is often presented in the form of a … Continued

Improving Cancer Survival: The Importance of Overcoming Disease and Treatment-Related Complications, Part 2

In our last blog, we explained how patients can actually improve their chances of survival by taking a proactive approach to preventing or mitigating the potentially life-threatening complications associated with cancer and its treatment. In that blog, we addressed cancer cachexia and infections. In today’s blog, we’ll discuss thromboembolism and pain syndrome. Thromboembolism refers to … Continued

Can We Continue To Justify The Use Of Chemotherapy – Part 2

Our last blog addressed the very real concerns about the side effects of chemotherapy and the challenges so many patients face tolerating their treatment. We explained how optimizing a patient’s biochemical environment (their terrain) can help reduce the side effects of treatment and how we regularly assess and correct our patients’ terrain, adjusting their treatment … Continued

Can We Continue To Justify The Use Of Chemotherapy?

A cancer diagnosis is terrifying and life-changing. As Dr. Block writes in Life Over Cancer, “‘you have cancer’ are three of the most dreaded words you can hear.” For many patients, as they begin the process of becoming “a cancer patient,” the fear of chemotherapy becomes all too real. In fact, many patients report that … Continued

Nutritious and Delicious Holiday Kale Salad

For The Salad: 1 large bunch of kale or 2 small bunches, tough ends removed and cut into bite-sized pieces (about 8 cups) 3/4 cup pecans 2 medium apples, diced 3/4 cup pomegranate seeds 8 green onions, thinly sliced Salt and pepper to taste   For the dressing, mix together: 1 clove of garlic, grated … Continued

Pumpkin Loaf

Ingredients: 3 Eggs ¾ cup Sunflower Seed Butter 1/3 cup Maple Syrup ½ cup Pureed Pumpkin 3 tbsp Coconut Oil ½ Lemon (juiced) 2 tsp Cinnamon 1 tsp Nutmeg 1/3 tsp Baking Powder 1 ½ tsp Ginger (grated) ¼ tsp Sea Salt Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 C). Lightly grease a loaf … Continued

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