In the last in our series on the “terrain,” we’ll take a look at Blood Circulation. When you are healthy, your blood is neither too thin nor too thick. If it becomes too viscous, it is in a state of hypercoagulation. This can happen when you have cancer: tumors cause clot-forming platelets to become overactive, … Continued
Tumors are gluttons for glucose. They consume this blood sugar at a rate ten to fifty times higher than normal tissues. PET scans, which detect glucose consumption, have shown that the higher the rate of glucose accumulation in cancer cells, the more aggressive the tumor – that is, the more invasive and likely to metastasize … Continued
Though there are a few intriguing experimental research approaches, an all-natural immune-based cure for cancer is for now still more dream than reality. However, this is not to say that you can’t enlist your immune system in your battle against cancer. In Life Over Cancer, Dr. Block details his recommendations for an “immune support program.” At the foundation of this self-care program is, of course, the Life Over Cancer diet. Here are a few additional recommendations that can help support immune function.
March is National Nutrition Month, a month focusing on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
We know that diet affects cancer both directly and indirectly. This food selection guide will help you choose specific foods and food groups that help alter your internal biochemistry from cancer-promoting to cancer-inhibiting, based on your core nutritional needs.
We recently received this question from a patient regarding concerns about flaxseed safety and side effects. Like many other foods, flax contains very small amounts of cyanide compounds, especially when consumed raw. Heat, especially on dry flax seeds, breaks these compounds down. However, our bodies neutralize a certain amount of these compounds, and the U.S. … Continued
Next in our series on “the terrain,” we take a look at stress chemistry and biorhythm malfunction.
Are all integrative treatments evidence based? How do we know which is right for our situation? The evidence base for integrative treatments varies for different treatments. Some integrative therapies, such as St John’s Wort for mild to moderate depression, or hypnosis for easing the surgical experience, have been tested in randomized controlled trials. Some, on the … Continued
Evidence of the ability of inflammation to both initiate and fuel cancer has been accumulating since at least the 1980s. In fact, any chronic inflammatory disease – such as arthritis, bronchitis, fasciitis, colitis, and asthma – can increase the risk of cancer. For example, according to a 2000 study, approximately one in every ten patients with … Continued
Would you share suggestions on how to keep from getting cancer? I have had multiple different types of cancer as well as precancerous sites. I’m not sure whether you have had cancer originating in several different organs, or whether you are discussing one cancer that has gone to several different sites in the body. From your … Continued
What is oxidation? It’s iron rusting, a sliced apple turning brown and aging skin that wrinkles. Oxidation means the loss of an electron from an atom or molecule. Because atoms and molecules like to have their full complement of electrons, the loss of one (or more) makes them seek replacements. In other words, the atom … Continued