Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins - prevent with food //what's true????

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some good stuff...but here is another piece that is interesting

rebutting the section u posted about plastic in bottles and microwave

can someone tell us what is the legitimate truth ?????????

http://www.jhsph.edu/dioxins

 

 

 

 

 

 

, Fernwoods

wrote:

>

>

> Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins:

>

> 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.

>

> 2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a

person's

> lifetime.

>

> 3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will

be

> destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

>

> 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.

>

> 5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing

diet

> and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

>

> 6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer

cells

> and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone

marrow,

> gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like

liver,

> kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

>

> 7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and

> damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

>

> 8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often

> reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and

> radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

>

> 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 Manuka honey or

> molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical

> added to make it white in color. 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 soy milk cancer cells are being

> starved.

>

> c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet

is

> acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather

than

> beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock 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. About 20% 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 to drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables

> including bean sprouts) 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.

>

> 12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of

> digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines

become

> purified and leads to more toxic buildup.

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

>

> 1. No plastic containers in micro.

> 2. No water bottles in freezer.

> 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

>

> Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

> information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

as

> well. Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

> Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't

freeze

> your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins

from

> the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program

Manager

> at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health

> hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He

said

> that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using

plastic

> containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He

> said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases

> dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.

> Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or

> ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results,

only

> without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen

and

> soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in

> something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the

> paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

He

> reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants

moved

> a! way from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is

one

> of the reasons.

>

> Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as

> dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As

> the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to

actually

> melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food

with

> a paper towel instead.

>

>

>

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