Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Today's QuestionCan Oxygen Cure Cancer? I have heard that disease cannot live in the presence of oxygen. Is this true? If so, can oxygen therapy be used to treat cancer? -- Florence Weinstein Today's Answer(Published 01/05/2004) Oxygen therapy is being promoted on the Internet as a treatment for cancer, but there is no evidence that it works. The notion that oxygen might destroy cancer cells goes back to the 1930s when Otto Warburg, MD, a Nobel Prize winner, discovered that compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a low respiration rate. He proposed that if cancer cells survive and grow in a low oxygen environment, they would die off if exposed to higher levels of oxygen. Since then, we’ve learned that Dr. Warburg was wrong. Oxygen doesn’t slow cancer growth – tumors grow rapidly in tissues well supplied with oxygenated blood and the opposite is true, too: depriving tumors of oxygen doesn’t stimulate their growth. Moreover, a study published in the Spring/Summer 1998 issue of Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine noted that since human tissues require 200 to 250 ml of oxygen per minute, an additional 20 ml that could be dissolved in all of the plasma of a normal weight adult would hardly be enough to make a difference in the amount of oxygen cancer cells would receive. Despite this knowledge, you’ll find claims that oxygen therapy using ozone and hydrogen peroxide works against a number of diseases including certain types of cancer, AIDS, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment advocated may involve introducing ozone gas into the rectum, injecting it into a muscle or withdrawing blood from a patient, forcing ozone into the blood and then returning it to the patient’s body. Alternatively, hydrogen peroxide is diluted and then administered orally, rectally, intravenously or vaginally. This is particularly dangerous since large amounts of injected hydrogen peroxide can cause an arterial gas embolism, a condition that can lead to permanent lung damage and, sometimes, death. Moreover, opting for oxygen therapy instead of the proven treatments conventional medicine has to offer can have life-threatening consequences. Andrew Weil, M.D. www.drweil.com The complete " Whole Body " Health line consists of the " AIM GARDEN TRIO " Ask About Health Professional Support Series: AIM Barleygreen " Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future " http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/AIM.html PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER We have made every effort to ensure that the information included in these pages is accurate. However, we make no guarantees nor can we assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process discussed. Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Hi, JoAnn. I found your last post about Oxygen confusing, mainly because I could not tell if it was information from you, or from Florence Weinstein or from Andrew Weill. Is there any way you can make it more clear whose opinion/whose answer I am reading when you post something. As I have said, you appear to be a veritable fountain of information, but I surely would like to be able to know the source of whatever information you post. I also found this last part to be strange and disturbing: " Moreover, opting for oxygen therapy instead of the proven treatments conventional medicine has to offer can have life-threatening consequences. " Surely whoever is speaking cannot mean by the phrase, " proven treatments conventional medicine has to offer " , chemo " therapy, " radiation and surgery? The only cancers those treatments appear to be having any success at curing are Hodgkins Dis-ease and early testicular cancer. And people who are cured can end up with secondary cancers caused by the treatment! Please let me know what that last paragraph is supposed to be talking about. I happen to think that oxygen therapy is probably not worth much. But the recommendation of those " proven treatments " has me scratching my head. Thanks, Elliot , JoAnn Guest <angelprincessjo> wrote: > Today's QuestionCan Oxygen Cure Cancer? > > I have heard that disease cannot live in the presence of oxygen. Is this true? If so, can oxygen therapy be used to treat cancer? > > -- Florence Weinstein > Today's Answer(Published 01/05/2004) > Oxygen therapy is being promoted on the Internet as a treatment for cancer, but there is no evidence that it works. The notion that oxygen might destroy cancer cells goes back to the 1930s when Otto Warburg, MD, a Nobel Prize winner, discovered that compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a low respiration rate. > > He proposed that if cancer cells survive and grow in a low oxygen environment, they would die off if exposed to higher levels of oxygen. > > Since then, we've learned that Dr. Warburg was wrong. Oxygen doesn't slow cancer growth – tumors grow rapidly in tissues well supplied with oxygenated blood and the opposite is true, too: depriving tumors of oxygen doesn't stimulate their growth. > > Moreover, a study published in the Spring/Summer 1998 issue of Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine noted that since human tissues require 200 to 250 ml of oxygen per minute, an additional 20 ml that could be dissolved in all of the plasma of a normal weight adult would hardly be enough to make a difference in the amount of oxygen cancer cells would receive. > > Despite this knowledge, you'll find claims that oxygen therapy using ozone and hydrogen peroxide works against a number of diseases including certain types of cancer, AIDS, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. > > The treatment advocated may involve introducing ozone gas into the rectum, injecting it into a muscle or withdrawing blood from a patient, forcing ozone into the blood and then returning it to the patient's body. > > Alternatively, hydrogen peroxide is diluted and then administered orally, rectally, intravenously or vaginally. > > This is particularly dangerous since large amounts of injected hydrogen peroxide can cause an arterial gas embolism, a condition that can lead to permanent lung damage and, sometimes, death. > > Moreover, opting for oxygen therapy instead of the proven treatments conventional medicine has to offer can have life- threatening consequences. > > Andrew Weil, M.D. > > www.drweil.com The complete " Whole Body " Health line consists of the " AIM GARDEN TRIO " > Ask About Health Professional Support Series: AIM Barleygreen > > " Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future " > > http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/AIM.html > > PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER > We have made every effort to ensure that the information included in these pages is accurate. However, we make no guarantees nor can we assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process discussed. > > > Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 , " breathedeepnow " <aug20@m...> wrote: > Hi, JoAnn. > > I found your last post about Oxygen confusing, mainly because I could not tell if it was information from you, or from Florence Weinstein or from Andrew Weill. Is there any way you can make it more clear whose opinion/whose answer I am reading when you post something. > As I have said, you appear to be a veritable fountain of information, but I surely would like to be able to know the source of whatever information you post. > I also found this last part to be strange and disturbing: > " Moreover, opting for oxygen therapy instead of the proven treatments conventional medicine has to offer can have life- threatening consequences. " > > Surely whoever is speaking cannot mean by the phrase, " proven > treatments conventional medicine has to offer " , chemo " therapy, " > radiation and surgery? The only cancers those treatments appear to be having any success at curing are Hodgkins Dis-ease and early > testicular cancer. And people who are cured can end up with secondary cancers caused by the treatment! > > Please let me know what that last paragraph is supposed to be talking about. I happen to think that oxygen therapy is probably not worth much. But the recommendation of those " proven treatments " has me scratching my head. > Thanks, Elliot > > , JoAnn Guest > <angelprincessjo> wrote: > > Today's Question Can Oxygen Cure Cancer? > > I have heard that disease cannot live in the presence of oxygen. Is this true? If so, can oxygen therapy be used to treat cancer? > > -- Florence Weinstein > > Today's Answer(Published 01/05/2004) > > Oxygen therapy is being promoted on the Internet as a treatment for cancer, but there is no evidence that it works. The notion that > oxygen might destroy cancer cells goes back to the 1930s when Otto > Warburg, MD, a Nobel Prize winner, discovered that compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a low respiration rate. Good Evening Elliot, As you may have guessed, the article was written by Andrew Weill, however, the question was addressed to Dr. Weil from Ms. Bernstein. Unfortunately, Weil does tend to promote some of the more conventional- allopathic remedies as a viable solution and his articles do frequently mention them as well as the more effective natural cures although I try as a rule to disregard this type of info in favor of his more natural advice. This is the reason many times I do not mention the sources I post in my articles. Lets face it, very few people have the truth, the whole truth and nothing BUT the truth. That's why so many of us are so ill. Thank goodness I found my solutions. Let's face it, many sites which are supposedly propagating socalled natural cures, like hydrogen peroxide are doing so at their own risk. We need to differentiate between fact and fiction. Let's face it there is a lot of fiction circulating. Weil is very wise in this respect and we need to listen in spite of his shortcomings. Dr. Weil has a wealth of info at his disposal and one of his best attributes is that he doesn't mince any words when describing ineffective alternative cures, whereas some sites will recommend anything as long as its alternative- in favor of allopathic. cancer victims, many of them have very little time to investigate and need the correct info very quickly! As you may or may not know, I do not place any trust in conventional cancer 'cures'! They do not 'cure', or even extend our life span. In contrast many of the natural remedies I suggest will most definitely bring about healing, which of course depends on the person and his specific needs at the moment. However, unlike orthodox methods, they most definitely CAN and WILL improve quality of life and extend life span, which is more than can be said for what allopathic medicine has to offer! When all is said and done, I do believe that Andrew Weil has one of the more informative alternative sites on the web. Regards, JoAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 , Kelly Wortkoetter <kellykebby> wrote: > > I'm confused about the oxygen therapy. Isn't juice fasting, and barley green powder, flax seed oil, etc, oxygenating and healing? Isn't one of the reasons it heals because of the oxygen it spreads to cells? > > Kelly Hi Kelly! That is correct, however the process which you're describing is a much more natural process! There is no comparion! The following quote is a paragraph from the original article. Read it very carefully and it may very well help to clear up some things for you. " The treatment advocated may involve introducing ozone gas into the rectum,injecting it into a muscle or withdrawing blood from a patient, forcing ozoneinto the blood and then returning it to the patient's body. " " Alternatively, hydrogen peroxide is diluted and then administered orally,rectally, intravenously or vaginally. " " This is particularly dangerous since large amounts of injected hydrogen peroxide can cause an arterial gas embolism, a condition that can lead to permanent lungdamage and, sometimes, death. " Best Regards, JoAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Hi, JoAnn! Thanks for the clarification. With regard to Andrew Weill's word on alternative health, I appreciate that he is trained as an MD. But I certainly do not take his word as the last word when it comes to alternative treatment. For instance, I am on a forum where many people are having excellent success using the Budwig Protocol, part of which means eating flax oil and ground flax seed mixed with cottage cheese. Weill says, in so many words, that the Budwig Protocol is bunk. The testimonies I have read, and the people I have spoken with---people who have healed from, or are healing from cancer---say it is not. Who do I believe? I believe the people giving the testimonies, who have no ax to grind, no reputation to guard, no books to sell, and no income to sustain or increase. With regard to what you say here: " cancer victims, many of them have very little time to investigate and need the correct info very quickly! " It has actually been my experience that a great many people diagnosed with cancer DO have significant time to investigate alternative therapies and to make intelligent decisions. But it is the allopaths who RUSH them into mainstream treatments. My own cousin, who is an MD, when I was diagnosed with low-grade lymphoma, said to me, " Elliot---you've got to DO something NOW! That cancer is eating you alive! " Ridiculous. Even someone diagnosed with the " dreaded " Stage IV often can take a few weeks to investigate alternatives. I definitely agree with you that there are alternative treatments out there that are a pure waste of time and money, and it is good to have a hard enough head to be able to toss out stuff that looks ridiculous. The majority of the population of this country has only a dim recollection of " Biology 101, " and people actively selling alternative treatments with only $$$ in mind know that. Many of their claims are full of hot air, and it is good to have the word of someone like Weill to use as PART of the research one does before spending valuable time and money on something alternative. But Weill's is certainly NOT the last word for me. Thank you and blessed wishes, Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 , " breathedeepnow " <aug20@m...> wrote: > Hi, JoAnn! > > Thanks for the clarification. > > With regard to Andrew Weill's word on alternative health, I > appreciate that he is trained as an MD. But I certainly do not take his word as the last word when it comes to alternative treatment. > > With regard to what you say here: > " cancer victims, many of them have very little time to investigate > and need the correct info very quickly! " > It has actually been my experience that a great many people > diagnosed with cancer DO have significant time to investigate > alternative therapies and to make intelligent decisions. But it is > the allopaths who RUSH them into mainstream treatments. My own > cousin, who is an MD, when I was diagnosed with low-grade lymphoma, said to me, " Elliot---you've got to DO something NOW! That cancer is eating you alive! " Ridiculous. Even someone diagnosed with > the " dreaded " Stage IV often can take a few weeks to investigate > alternatives. > The majority of the population of this country has only a dim > recollection of " Biology 101, " and people actively selling > alternative treatments with only $$$ in mind know that. > Thank you and blessed wishes, > Elliot Hi Elliot! The primary reason that I use Dr. Weil's advice so frequently stems more from his emphatic emphasis on healthy diet than anything else. I firmly believe that dietary changes affect long term cure more than anyone realizes, and this includes even 'so-called' terminal diseases such as ALL known cancers as well. Although allopathic medicine tries to confuse the issue, cancer stems from a breakdown of the immune system, usually leading to an early death if allowed to proceed unhindered. (BTW, chemo and radiation just hastens that day for it totally destroys whatever is left of the imune system and does this over a very short period of time!)This is usually true even when it is used in conjunction with a host of alternatives. The health of our cells determines the health of our entire body. Transfats (hydrogenated oils in refined foods) change the entire CELL STRUCTURE in such a way that they can no longer function in the manner in which they were designed to function. Cells are the determining factor in healing and this relates to the way we eat on a daily basis although very few people realize that EVERYTHING they put into their mouths determines whether they will ever contract cancer. And of course, diet also is a determining factor in whether they ever will recover from the cancer. If the truth were known, orthodox medicine wouldn't exist. This is why they must guard their secret very carefully and fight us to the end. Doctors, even well meaning ones, many times just totally confuse the issue even more. Andrew Weil, although he is a medical doctor,still believes that diet is the most important factor in healing. Whenever one emphasizes diet over drugs they cannot go wrong, for in my opinion. a good diet offsets everything else and in time (and if one persists in eating more of the important essential fats), they will eventually build up their immune system to the point that it will be a strong fortress against all types of disease! I would like to also emphasize that this cannot be accomplished overnight. I initially started to eliminate the transfats over five years ago and I can still see some dramatic effects from eliminating them. The healing just accelerates. Let the healing begin!! I have a lot of respect for Budwig and her protocol and although Weil doesn't seem to recognize her work, I'm sure he is headed in the same direction when he recommends extra virgin olive oils (omega- 9s)for all our dietary needs. It is an abundance of the 'bad fats' that cause the majority of our problems. This may seem like an oversimplification to some, but if you research this as much as I have you will realize that it is definitely not! When we stop to consider the Standard American Diet and how it affects our nation as a whole, then we start to realize that more than any other nation in our world, it has an overabundance of those unhealthy fats, which we are now marketing to other nations of the world as well! This is not commonly known, but as other nations adopt our diet, they too experience the same ills that are so prevalent in this country. The statistics bear out that although we are reported as having the best `heath care' system in the whole wide world, we are currently afflicted with more crippling disease than any other industrialized nation in the western world and this includes any of the third world nations as well. FATS, other than ESSENTIAL FATS (found only in plant foods, nuts, seeds,and oils from fruits (olives),nuts and seeds), wreak havoc on our immune systems and end up in the liver with all the other SYTHETICS that the body cannot metabolize! Most of us just tend to pop the vitamin pills and expect them to work a total miracle in our life. Fortunately it worked well for me, otherwise I wouldn't be here. However when I found out the DIET connection I found I was in for some more radical changes!The Good News is that it worked! Vitamins are great for " damage control " , however if we ever expect to achieve a lasting cure, we also have to change our diet to totally eliminate ALL the bad fats and include a majority of the good fats as well. This is the diet that Dr. Day recommends and I believe it is the ultimate cure for cancer as well! She worked her way thru the maze of alternative medicine and found that ultimately diet can do what supplements cannot. If anyone wants the truth regarding alternative cancer cures, I would highly recommend that they obtain her videos! www.drday.com Giving up transfats eliminated my heart problems almost overnight (along with supplementation of course) and are even more closely linked to cancer than people realize! Cancer is the proliferation of abnormal cells. That's the bottom line. Synthetic transfats- simply put, change the permeability of the cell structure allowing the entry of all manner of viruses, parasites, germs, you name it…..they enter at will. The transfats also interfere with the way our cells use the NUTRIENTS that are available to them. Does this sound familiar? Hydrogenated fats are linked to diabetes, cancer and even more…. read up on it, you will be amazed at the damage that's done to our bodies with these fats. AND...they are everywhere. One has to really work to avoid them!! They are contained in the vast majority of baked goods, whole grain breads and pizzas included! Whenever garlic, onions, dandelion, alfalfa or spinach is mentioned, there will always be those who scoff at the idea. Although it may seem more romantic to open up boxed or canned food without much preparation, its the aroma of fresh organic vegetables pervading the kitchen that is the key to a healthier lifestyle!. Of course, the medical community is going to attempt to coerce us into accepting their 'solutions'.I had a chance to observe what they did to my mother, and I wasn't at all tempted to try them. I have determined that if and when I die I am going to die naturally,not from drugs! I think the body will heal itself over time if given the right tools to work with. Regards, JoAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.