http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:41:32 +0800 MyBB http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=99 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:13:13 +0800 adelfjohanason http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=99
Easier said than done? Perhaps. It is one thing to agree with this concept or see the wisdom in this mentally. It is another thing altogether to actually understand it--to feel an "a-ha" moment where this becomes clear and true for YOU, not just because someone told you so.

This actual knowing only comes from lived experience of the reality--the consequences--of the concept. And, most of us need the lived experience over and over again until we "get" it. In a moment I will share with you a technique that, over time, can help give you a felt-sense or deeper understanding of the power of this concept.

Firstly, though, I'd like to comment on the fact that in our western culture we are very conditioned to lead with our minds, and therefore we tend to believe most of what we think.

Many of us in the west are still in kindergarten when it comes to understanding the true nature of mind. As a result, when we experience negative thoughts about someone or something, before we know it we can find ourselves marinating in that negative or pessimistic state. And, either immediately or after a time, this state affects our emotional and physical reality.]]>
Easier said than done? Perhaps. It is one thing to agree with this concept or see the wisdom in this mentally. It is another thing altogether to actually understand it--to feel an "a-ha" moment where this becomes clear and true for YOU, not just because someone told you so.

This actual knowing only comes from lived experience of the reality--the consequences--of the concept. And, most of us need the lived experience over and over again until we "get" it. In a moment I will share with you a technique that, over time, can help give you a felt-sense or deeper understanding of the power of this concept.

Firstly, though, I'd like to comment on the fact that in our western culture we are very conditioned to lead with our minds, and therefore we tend to believe most of what we think.

Many of us in the west are still in kindergarten when it comes to understanding the true nature of mind. As a result, when we experience negative thoughts about someone or something, before we know it we can find ourselves marinating in that negative or pessimistic state. And, either immediately or after a time, this state affects our emotional and physical reality.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=98 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:08:42 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=98 BY LAZARUS LONG

I realize this is presumptuous , but I am trying to get this information to everyone who knows someone who has cancer and needs to have this information. Can you help?

I write you this post because I was the first patient
treated by Camelot Cancer Care http://www.camelotcancercare.com/ for non Hodgkins Lymphoma. They have treated many others since that time.

The report of my gallium scan of August 20, 1999, metastatic disease
progression (abnormal uptake in adenopathy) was by then evident in my
groin, the left clavicle and three regions of my spine.

My oncologist, who we shall call Dr. Miller had predicted my likely death from this disease within an estimated 3 months, unless I Submitted to localized radiation treatment, plus chemotherapy. My research determined that radiation would result in impotence and incontinence, so I refused. When I asked Dr. Miller for contact with non Hodgkins lymphoma patients who had undergone the chemo and radiation treatment he was proposing, he admitted that none in my age bracket had survived the methotrexate and cytosine arabinocide.

There was something wrong with this picture, I would die if I didn't,
yet everyone in my age bracket were killed by it.

At my family's insistence I elected to pursue the DMSO option, although I had little faith in it. My IV treatments took a couple of hours each, and I had them three times weekly (M-W-F) for 3 weeks, for a total of 9 treatments. Two weeks after my final treatment, I reported for a P.E.T. scan, in early August of 2000 to see if we had made any headway. To my great surprise that report showed no evidence of any metastatic disease process anywhere within my body.

That was over eleven years ago, and I have remained in good health with no symptoms of NH Lymphoma recurrence. Two years later
I had a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) procedure done
and two days later the doctor called and said the lab had found cancer
cells in my prostate, to come in immediately to begin chemo and
radiation. I replied, "no I don't think so". After a P.E.T scan showed
he was correct I returned for another round of DMSO. In the same 20 days the second P.E.T. scan showed no cancer cells of any kind anywhere in my body once again. I did not lose any function or facility or suffer any discomfort.

I was talking to a pathologist at a lab in Hollywood, FL, a few days ago and he related to me how his lab had done testing for cancer markers on a non Hodgkins Lymphoma patient being treated at Vanderbilt University, a big teaching hospital in Nashville, TN. The treating oncologist called him, and when he asked what chemo the non
Hodgkins Lymphoma patient was receiving, the oncologist replied
methotrexate. The pathologist asked the oncologist if he was aware that
methotrexate causes brain lesions and bleeding.

He replied "Yes, but its the standard of care for non Hodgkins Lymphoma." The pathologist then asked if he could administer DMSO, as it would reduce brain swelling, heal the lesions caused by the methotrexate, and is known to cure malignancy also. The oncologist
replied his hospital IRB (Institutional Review Board) would not meet for
another two months, and would be unlikely to approve such an alternative "off the wall" treatment in lieu of the standard. You guessed it, the patient was just allowed to die. He was an extremely wealthy and
powerful man, too. It made no difference. So was King Hussein of Jordan,
and he was killed at Mayo Clinic by "the standard of care."

I just read that one of my favorite actors, Dennis Hopper has died of prostate cancer, no doubt after receiving the best of "the standard of care".

Anyway, I just found out a few weeks ago that methotrexate causes lesions and bleeding within the brain, and often the non-Hodgkins lymphoma patient dies from this treatment, not his cancer.

I write this because as a survivor of this terrible disease, I want to encourage others to take the path I did and not give in to the poisonous chemo and radiation which conventional doctors use to treat cancer. I asked Camelot Cancer Care to notify me of any potential patient who has non Hodgkins Lymphoma or any other form of
this terrible disease so that I can share my experience and perhaps keep
them from the very uncomfortable worthless treatment practiced by
conventional doctors. The side effects of losing the hair, nausea and
other discomfort does not happen with the DMSO treatment, it is very
comfortable with no side effects or discomfort of any kind. It goes into
the bone marrow and even through the blood/brain barrier and destroys
brain cancers. I can't understand why the doctors in every country are
not using this miracle treatment. But of course it is not patentable so
there is no profit for the large drug companies, I am sure.

During this crusade of mine I have talked to many many other cancer patients with all kinds of cancer, both young and old, and the treatment at Camelot has been successful in achieving remission (I hesitate to say cure) for many if not most of them. This is especially true if they have not had their immune systems completely destroyed by the chemo and radiation.

It has now been over 13 years since my cancer diagnosis, and I have outlived one of the doctors who made dire predictions of my death if I did not undergo chemo and radiation.

Looking back on it now, refusing was one of the smartest things I ever
did. I had my 79th birthday last month. I am well past the 5 year
survival date and am still in good health.

My letter to a Veterans Administration oncologist, who wanted to know the details of how I survived a late stage, aggressive malignancy that they consider terminal, is posted on Camelot's web site.

I was their first patient and so am the longest one to survive cancer
free. Mainstream oncology calls my case a "lucky fluke," but luck had
nothing to do with it--it was the DMSO.

Oh yes, I should mention that I think Camelot is the least expensive Cancer Clinic in the US.

I live in Florida now, but am available for a phone call or email any time if I can answer questions or help in any way. I would hope that survivors will do the same for others who have this terrible disease if they are achieve remission. I feel it is the least we survivors can do.

I am sending this to every address I can find in hopes it will help just a few, but if they are helped they will spread the words to others.

My email address is info@new-utopia.com and my phone number in FL is +239-693-2447

Warm regards and best wishes,
Lazarus Long]]> BY LAZARUS LONG

I realize this is presumptuous , but I am trying to get this information to everyone who knows someone who has cancer and needs to have this information. Can you help?

I write you this post because I was the first patient
treated by Camelot Cancer Care http://www.camelotcancercare.com/ for non Hodgkins Lymphoma. They have treated many others since that time.

The report of my gallium scan of August 20, 1999, metastatic disease
progression (abnormal uptake in adenopathy) was by then evident in my
groin, the left clavicle and three regions of my spine.

My oncologist, who we shall call Dr. Miller had predicted my likely death from this disease within an estimated 3 months, unless I Submitted to localized radiation treatment, plus chemotherapy. My research determined that radiation would result in impotence and incontinence, so I refused. When I asked Dr. Miller for contact with non Hodgkins lymphoma patients who had undergone the chemo and radiation treatment he was proposing, he admitted that none in my age bracket had survived the methotrexate and cytosine arabinocide.

There was something wrong with this picture, I would die if I didn't,
yet everyone in my age bracket were killed by it.

At my family's insistence I elected to pursue the DMSO option, although I had little faith in it. My IV treatments took a couple of hours each, and I had them three times weekly (M-W-F) for 3 weeks, for a total of 9 treatments. Two weeks after my final treatment, I reported for a P.E.T. scan, in early August of 2000 to see if we had made any headway. To my great surprise that report showed no evidence of any metastatic disease process anywhere within my body.

That was over eleven years ago, and I have remained in good health with no symptoms of NH Lymphoma recurrence. Two years later
I had a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) procedure done
and two days later the doctor called and said the lab had found cancer
cells in my prostate, to come in immediately to begin chemo and
radiation. I replied, "no I don't think so". After a P.E.T scan showed
he was correct I returned for another round of DMSO. In the same 20 days the second P.E.T. scan showed no cancer cells of any kind anywhere in my body once again. I did not lose any function or facility or suffer any discomfort.

I was talking to a pathologist at a lab in Hollywood, FL, a few days ago and he related to me how his lab had done testing for cancer markers on a non Hodgkins Lymphoma patient being treated at Vanderbilt University, a big teaching hospital in Nashville, TN. The treating oncologist called him, and when he asked what chemo the non
Hodgkins Lymphoma patient was receiving, the oncologist replied
methotrexate. The pathologist asked the oncologist if he was aware that
methotrexate causes brain lesions and bleeding.

He replied "Yes, but its the standard of care for non Hodgkins Lymphoma." The pathologist then asked if he could administer DMSO, as it would reduce brain swelling, heal the lesions caused by the methotrexate, and is known to cure malignancy also. The oncologist
replied his hospital IRB (Institutional Review Board) would not meet for
another two months, and would be unlikely to approve such an alternative "off the wall" treatment in lieu of the standard. You guessed it, the patient was just allowed to die. He was an extremely wealthy and
powerful man, too. It made no difference. So was King Hussein of Jordan,
and he was killed at Mayo Clinic by "the standard of care."

I just read that one of my favorite actors, Dennis Hopper has died of prostate cancer, no doubt after receiving the best of "the standard of care".

Anyway, I just found out a few weeks ago that methotrexate causes lesions and bleeding within the brain, and often the non-Hodgkins lymphoma patient dies from this treatment, not his cancer.

I write this because as a survivor of this terrible disease, I want to encourage others to take the path I did and not give in to the poisonous chemo and radiation which conventional doctors use to treat cancer. I asked Camelot Cancer Care to notify me of any potential patient who has non Hodgkins Lymphoma or any other form of
this terrible disease so that I can share my experience and perhaps keep
them from the very uncomfortable worthless treatment practiced by
conventional doctors. The side effects of losing the hair, nausea and
other discomfort does not happen with the DMSO treatment, it is very
comfortable with no side effects or discomfort of any kind. It goes into
the bone marrow and even through the blood/brain barrier and destroys
brain cancers. I can't understand why the doctors in every country are
not using this miracle treatment. But of course it is not patentable so
there is no profit for the large drug companies, I am sure.

During this crusade of mine I have talked to many many other cancer patients with all kinds of cancer, both young and old, and the treatment at Camelot has been successful in achieving remission (I hesitate to say cure) for many if not most of them. This is especially true if they have not had their immune systems completely destroyed by the chemo and radiation.

It has now been over 13 years since my cancer diagnosis, and I have outlived one of the doctors who made dire predictions of my death if I did not undergo chemo and radiation.

Looking back on it now, refusing was one of the smartest things I ever
did. I had my 79th birthday last month. I am well past the 5 year
survival date and am still in good health.

My letter to a Veterans Administration oncologist, who wanted to know the details of how I survived a late stage, aggressive malignancy that they consider terminal, is posted on Camelot's web site.

I was their first patient and so am the longest one to survive cancer
free. Mainstream oncology calls my case a "lucky fluke," but luck had
nothing to do with it--it was the DMSO.

Oh yes, I should mention that I think Camelot is the least expensive Cancer Clinic in the US.

I live in Florida now, but am available for a phone call or email any time if I can answer questions or help in any way. I would hope that survivors will do the same for others who have this terrible disease if they are achieve remission. I feel it is the least we survivors can do.

I am sending this to every address I can find in hopes it will help just a few, but if they are helped they will spread the words to others.

My email address is info@new-utopia.com and my phone number in FL is +239-693-2447

Warm regards and best wishes,
Lazarus Long]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=97 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:50:01 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=97 BY TONY ISAACS

Western medicine treats the body as a collection of parts instead of as a synergistic organism. When it comes to treating broken bones and injured body parts, mainstream Western medicine is unequaled. When this same approach is used to treat illness and disease – fixing or repairing the parts where the symptoms of underlying illnesses manifest themselves, modern medicine is not always effective.

In the instance of cancer, instead of addressing the causes of cancer – toxins and a weakened immune system which result in a loss of proper cellular communication and oxidation and the cells mutating to cells that form a protective coating and replicate without dying – we see instead treatments that may further weaken an immune system cancer has already defeated and only worsens the conditions that led to cancer to begin with.

Nature, on the other hand, gives us an array of tools to treat the underlying causes that lead to cancer, including foods, vitamins, minerals, supplements and lifestyle choices. The key is not merely addressing the tumours and cancer cells that are the symptoms of cancer, but addressing and eliminating the root causes that led to cancer to begin with.

Here is a suggested natural health protocol to eliminate cancer cells or restore them to normal function and to address the root causes of cancer based on what we know about cancer and what nature and lifestyle choices have to offer. Natural health regimes can be used in conjunction with mainstream medicine or some people may choose them as a viable alternative.

CLEANSING
As soon as possible, cleanse your body to get rid of built up toxins like heavy metals and pesticides, as well as the undigested food, faecal matter and gallstones that build up in the body by cleansing your colon and liver and by chelation to rid the body of heavy metals. Such contaminations are breeding grounds for, and causes of, disease and illness. A toxic and unclean body weakens the body`s immune system that should be your first line of defense. Plus, once cleansed, the body is much more receptive to the good measures you take to rebuild your immune system and fight disease.

It cannot be stressed enough how vitally important it is to cleanse, restore and protect the liver before, during and after your anti-cancer and disease battle. As the great cancer pioneer Max Gerson observed, cancer cannot develop unless the liver is impaired to begin with. An effective cancer fighting regimen can severely tax an already weakened liver because it will result in the release of a cascade of toxins that are released when cancer cells die. Such a release can overwhelm an already impaired liver and can even be fatal if measures are not taken to protect and regenerate the liver.

Things to do for the liver
• 5 day liver cleanse (consult a health professional or naturopath to guide and assist with the cleanse)
• Coffee enemas – help open the bile ducts so bile and toxins can be released properly.
• Coconut oil – a wonderful item everyone should take, it helps maintain a good bile flow.
• Beetroot juice – is also good for the liver and bile flow.
• Turmeric – is a cancer fighter itself, especially for smokers, and it helps regulate bile flow.
• Milk thistle – is a must as it helps protect the liver and actually regenerate it
• Alpha lipoic acid – another liver supplement that also helps fight cancer
• Selenium – a third liver supplement that is good against cancer too.

In the Berkson Clinical Study, three women who were facing liver transplants or chemo with interferon (a horrendous treatment with very low success rates for hepatitis and cirhossis), took milk thistle, alpha lipoic acid and selenium, modified their diets a bit and got some daily exercise and restored their liver functions to normal.

Besides cleansing and detoxing your body, also cleanse your environment to the greatest extent possible of pesticides, herbicides, household cleansers, air fresheners and other manmade chemicals. In an ideal world, you would move to the country where there was plenty of fresh air and sunshine and less stress. In the real world you may not find that possible, so eliminate common toxins in your household, workplace and other places you spend time.

ELIMINATE ROOT CAUSES OF
DISEASE IN YOUR MOUTH
If you have mercury amalgam fillings in your teeth, have them replaced. In many instances, this step alone has led to elimination of cancer. Cilantro and chlorella can help eliminate heavy metal accumulations in the body.

Perhaps worse than amalgam fillings is root canals. According to Bill Henderson, author of “Cure Your Cancer” and “Cancer-Free”, root canals is “the big elephant in the room”. Bill reports that “it has been proved by many dentists and oral surgeons I respect that virtually all degenerative disease starts in the dentist`s chair and points to the book “The Roots of Disease” by Robert Kulacz, D.D.S.
Bill goes on to say, “I have worked with hundreds of people who have struggled with all kinds of conventional and alternative treatment. Nothing seems to work to heal them. When these people finally wake up to the above and get their mouths cleaned up, they get well in weeks – not months. Almost everyone (85-90% of the people I work with) has root canal-filled teeth. One lady had 13 of `em. They are ALWAYS related to the cancer. No exceptions.”

Dr. Thomas Levy, one of the world`s experts on dental toxicity, told me he had done a study with Dr. Hal Huggins from 1994-2000. They removed “over 5,000 root canal-filled teeth.” He said they took every one of them to the lab and tested it. Every one of them had toxins coming out of it “more toxic than botulism.” His exact words. You can see on a thermogram the root canal tooth with its inflammation on the exact same meridian as the cancer tumour in the breast, colon, prostate, etc., etc. There are over 40 million root canal fillings done in the U.S. alone every year. Is it any wonder we are all getting sick?
No matter what supplements or treatments you may choose to combat cancer, you must first establish a good foundation. While vitamins, minerals, herbs and other supplements may help you beat the symptoms of cancer and help boost your immune system, the diet and lifestyle you live will be the ultimate keys to beating cancer and keeping it at bay once and for all because in the end it is your own body which will win the war.

To fail to embrace proper diet, nutrition and lifestyle and look for answers in supplements alone is akin to putting a new roof on a house that is falling apart from a broken foundation.

Immediately eliminate bad habits and begin building good ones so that you will make sure that you no longer have habits that weaken your immune system and that you will be able to build your body to fight and conquer illness. A sedentary lifestyle with a poor diet, lack of pure water, sunshine and fresh air, and constant exposure to toxins will in time lead to bad health conditions. On the other hand, also be sure to get an abundance of sleep and physical rest to conserve energy for healing and cleansing. Remember, bad health habits are open invitations for illness and disease to enter your body.

Begin and maintain a healthy immune-boosting and cancer fighting diet. A good balanced diet, pure water, fresh air, sunshine and mild to moderate exercise are some of the essentials. You will find that a good diet does not have to be a bad tasting diet – far from it!

However, it should be noted that the very best and most healthy diet is one that is close to the diet our ancestors utilised: lots of fresh and uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and tubers, and fish and free range meat not subject to factory farming or feed lot practices and uncontaminated by growth hormones, artificial fertilizers or pesticides. Granted that is a tall order for fish and meat, but it is strongly recommended to consume ONLY such healthy non-toxic fish and meats and to limit meat consumption period when fighting cancer. It is also best to consume little or no grain or dairy products.

It should be noted that of all the foods, essentially only raw vegetables and fruits contribute to an alkaline pH. Juiced vegetables and fruits are an excellent form of nutrition (Note: eat much more vegetables than fruit due to the high sugar content of fruits).

The Budwig Diet is an excellent and proven cancer fighting diet which is highly recommended, especially the flaxseed oil and cottage cheese portion of the diet.

Take the time to chew each bite thoroughly – as many as 50 chews if possible – to help aid digestion and take maximum advantage of the available nutrition.

Fasting
So long as you are not physically wasted, fasting is an excellent way to begin virtually any disease fighting protocol. It helps the body eliminate wastes and toxins and reset itself to optimum health levels for healing and fighting cancer and other illness. Many people are able to beat disease and illness of all kinds, including cancer, simply by fasting.
After an initial fast of a few days or longer where you provide only the water needed to satisfy thirst, continue with a one-day-a-week fast. It will help keep your body cleansed and, if you are overweight, also help you reach and maintain your optimum weight. Two good daily fasts in addition to water only fasts when fighting cancer would be 1) a dark grape fast where you eat all the dark grapes and seeds you want but nothing else other than water (the concord grape is probably the best choice and seeds are a must!), and 2) a juiced vegetables fast.

Proper Food Combining
It is important to practice proper food combining in the cause of disease as this prevents the putrefaction and fermentation of foods within the digestive system, and therefore toxicity, caused by mixing a predominantly protein food with a predominantly starchy food at the same meal. For example a poached egg on wholewheat toast. Fruits should not be combined with vegetables for the same reason. Proper food combining requires far less digestive energy which is then released for other more important bodily tasks.

The Importance of Sunshine
From the very first days that man walked upon the earth, sunshine has been a key to health and survival. The importance of the synergistic relationship between health and regular sunshine cannot be over-emphasized for both physical healing and mental health (which is itself a key to physical healing for cancer and any other illness). Contrary to popular beliefs about the harmful effects of over exposure to the sun, abundant sunlight has extremely high success rates for:
• Safely stopping tumour growth, not destroying tumours (the only effect that conventional medicine recognizes), but stopping growth.
• Preventing cancer by stimulating the body`s vitamin D production.
• Preventing influenza like the also by vitamin D production.
Don`t overdo the sunshine, but sunshine is essential to the production of vitamin D, and, strange as it may sound, has been found to be essential in warding off melanoma as well as other cancers. Be sure to get full body sun exposure avoiding the heat of the day and not allowing oneself to become more than mildly “pink” by gradually increasing exposure time from a few minutes to perhaps a full hour and more each day.

Fair skin and the number of moles are the major risk factor for melanoma (skin cancer), not moderate sunlight exposure.

In 1959. Jane C Wright, directing cancer research at Bellevue Memorial Medical Center in New York City, instructed fifteen cancer patients to stay outdoors as much as possible that summer in natural sunlight without wearing their glasses, and particularly without sunglasses. By that Autumn, the tumours in 14 of 15 had not grown, and some patients had gotten better. It was discovered that the one patient that didn`t have good results had not fully understood the instructions – while she had not worn sunglasses, she had continued to wear her prescription glasses. This blocking of UV into her eyes was enough to stop the benefits enjoyed by the other fourteen.

Indirect Sunlight Into the Eyes Guidelines
You really can`t get enough of this type of light. Sitting in a screen enclosed porch would be the minimum exposure and would require three times the duration to get the same effect as walking in full sunlight. Walking in full sunlight might only require one hour to get full benefit. Wearing a hat with a brim in bright direct sunlight should be sufficient UV protection. The UV problem for eyes is greatly over exaggerated to sell sunglasses which, like sunscreens, should be used sparingly.

Exposure to Nature and the Good Earth
From the good earth did life spring and mankind lived for eons in close contact and relative harmony with the good earth. Mankind developed for eons in harmony with nature. It is beyond mere theory that regular exposure to soil organisms and the good earth provides both physical and mental healing. Many believe that there is an actual healing synergy from exposure to the earth itself. Today, far too many of us are shut off from nature in the artificial and closed environments of offices and closed in dwellings. To remedy this:
Take frequent walks outdoors. Of course, seek out areas that are likely to be as free as possible from pesticides, herbicides and other chemical contamination.
As often as possible, take off your shoes, socks and sandals and go barefooted in the soil and grass.
Plant vegetable and flower gardens (and use only organic products!). If that is not possible, use pots and other containers for patio, balconies and indoors. Working with your hands (and feet) in the soil is one of the most physically and mentally healthy things you can do. Those who have not had the pleasure will be amazed at the peace and tranquillity you will experience. Indoor plants bring the added benefit of adding extra oxygen and removing toxins from you air. Everyone should have plenty of them!

Rebuild and strengthen the body`s natural immune system. It is very likely that a weakened immune system contributed to your illness in the first place. It is absolutely certain that a rebuilt and strengthened immune system will help you beat your illness and keep it at bay. Again, good diet, nutrition and habits are all important – they lay the foundation for a strong and healthy immune system. However, they are not enough by themselves. You should build a good foundation and then make your body a healthy fortress against disease and illness. Quite simply, disease and illness hate healthy hosts. The stronger your immune system is, the harder it is for disease to survive and grow. And, to be the very strongest you can be, you need extra measures in the form of supplements as well as the healthiest foods. An oleander extract very much like you get when you make oleander soup was tested in Europe in 1986 – 87 and found to have six times the immune stimulating activity of the most powerful immune stimulators known to man.

Maintain an Alkaline pH and Get Plenty of Oxygen to the Cellular Level
Once cancer has gained a foothold, it does not survive well in the presence of an alkaline cellular pH level, nor in the presence of highly oxygenated cells. As Nobel Laureate Otto Warburg discovered, low cellular oxygen is a primary causal factor for cancer. His protege, Dr. Johanna Budwig of Germany, continued his work and found that in order for proper cellular utilization of oxygen to take place, our diets must contain adequate amounts of unsaturated fatty acids.

Although many people use food grade hydrogen peroxide to obtain extra oxygen, perhaps a better option without the concerns some have with hydrogen peroxide is the product OxyGen. Each capsule contains oxygen and the equivalent of 12 drops of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide derived from a combination of magnesium peroxide and pure anaerocidal oxygen.

Make sure you have plenty of iodine, selenium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, vitamin C, calcium and Vitamin D. All have been proven to be essential in beating and avoiding cancer. As mentioned above, cancer cells have lost the ability to be shut off by the body in what is called cellular apoptosis. These cancerous cells simply become abnormal and outlive the other cells in their normal cell life/replacement cycle and end up crowding out a territory over time. Iodine goes in and both does away with the surrounding cyst where cancer has set up residence and then also goes in and allows the specific shut down of the individual cells that are abnormal, diseased, or beset w/ pathogens to make room for new cells.

Some notes on iodine and selenium:
Many people who take iodine and selenium take far too little for maximum therapeutic benefit. Both elemental iodine and potassium iodine should be taken and the total amount of iodine should be 100mg or more, perhaps beginning at 50mg and working up.

Magnascent is a good form or elemental iodine. Lugols is also widely used. Since Lugols contains both elemental iodine and potassium iodine, the total amount of iodine one can take with Lugols is 300 mg.
Selenium MUST be taken with iodine in order for iodine to be effective.
The best form of supplemental selenium for fighting cancer appears to be methylselenocysteine. The most common form of supplemental selenium is selenomethionine whose general proteins have no anticancer activity. Another form, sodium selenite is more frequently metabolized to the toxic metabolite hydrogen selenide (H2Se), which does have anticancer effects but is more toxic than selenomethionine. Its primary mode of killing cancer cells (and at high levels, normal cells) is through the process of cell necrosis. Cell necrosis provokes inflammation and may kill healthy cells along with cancer cells.

The recommended form of selenium, methyselenocysteine is found naturally in some vegetables including garlic, brassicas, leeks, and onions, especially when these are grown in high selenium soil. Methylselenocysteine is easily converted to methylselenol which has been demonstrated to be an effective anticancer form of selenium. Rather than killing cancer cells by necrosis, methylselenol kills cancer cells through apoptosis. Apoptosis is an orderly process of cellular self-destruction that does not provoke inflammatory responses.
Methylselenol is also known to inhibit angiogenesis in beginning cancer tumours. Angiogenesis, the creation of new blood vessels, is necessary for cancer cells to grow into a tumour. For cancer prevention, doses of 200 to 400 mcg of methylselenocysteine are generally considered safe without medical supervision. Nutritionally-oriented physicians may use as much as 900 to 2,000 mcg selenium from methylselenocysteine daily as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment protocol.

Drink Lots of Healthy Clean Water
Water is essential for all healthy life; however, regular tap water contains trace amounts of hundreds to thousands of pesticides, carcinogens and other industrial pollutants. For that reason, the author recommends only the purest drinking water, such as reverse osmosis filtered water.

Exercise in Moderation
Regular exercise does not have to be grueling, but it is essential. Exercise stimulates the immune system, stimulates the production of natural human growth hormone, stimulates the production of hormones and pheromones that make us happier and healthier, and simply leads to a longer and happier life period. Innumerable studies have demonstrated the overall health benefits of exercise and the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle lacking in exercise. It is not a coincidence that studies have shown up that those who exercise only a few hours each week have up to 50% less chance of developing many different kinds of cancer.

Do Not Neglect the Vital Trace MineralsTrace minerals are essential in beating cancer and are in fact essential to virtually all of the body`s important processes when it comes to utilizing vitamins, minerals and enzymes for good health. Two hundred years ago, the top layer of our soil contained up to 80 or more different minerals. Today, over-farming and the chemical destruction of soil micro-organisms has stripped soils the world over of all but a handful of bio-available minerals, and even those remaining minerals are at levels that are only fractions of what were in the soil 100 years ago and continuing to decline.
Man`s body is designed to utilise at least 60 or more trace minerals on a daily basis, and did so for thousands of years b
y eating the plants that processed such minerals (and the animals that ate the plants with processed minerals. Quite simply, without minerals nothing else works as designed, and every mineral deficiency, whether major or trace minerals, results in the body compensating in one or more ways which are often unhealthy. The only way to get an adequate supply now is to supplement, and the very best supplementation is from plant derived minerals, such as those that come from the famous plant prehistoric vegetable deposits in Utah and contain 75 trace minerals. Those who take them regularly report remarkable improvements in their health (and the author himself takes them religiously each and every day).
The head of the National Cancer Research Foundation, Fred Eichorn, asserts that mineral deficiencies lead to changes in instructions to the DNA to make adjustments for alternate ways to produce hormones and amino acids – and that these changes lead to cancer. Eichorn believes that correcting those deficiencies leads to rebalancing that will eliminate cancer and his foundation`s website has some impressive testimonials: http://www.ncrf.org
Get Plenty of Healthy Omega 3`s
Good natural sources include extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, and organic butter, or better yet grass-fed organic butter. An excellent supplement is Doctor Mercola`s Krill Oil, which also contains a healthy ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids and has been shown to help ward against cachexia (the wasting of non-fat body tissue, especially skeletal muscle tissue).

Things to Avoid
Remember, what you avoid can be just as important as what you consume: Avoid sugar to the greatest extent possible. Sugar feeds cancer and other illnesses and causes a myriad of other health problems. Refined sugar is also the number one single cause of health problems in the entire world! Likewise avoid bread and other items containing bleached white flour, which is essentially empty and harmful calories that convert to sugar once ingested. Other items to avoid include non-fermented soy, pork, MSG, ALL charred foods and foods cooked at high temperature, aluminum and coated cookware, micro-waved food, food in plastic containers and styrofoam.

GO ON THE ATTACK
The next element of beating your disease and keeping it at bay is to go on the attack. As a matter of fact, all of the elements of the this anti-cancer and disease protocol are elements of attack, because they make the body strong and inhospitable to disease. In the case of cancer, there are many very potent anti-cancer supplements such as the ones listed above and several others.
One such supplement, named Sutherlandia OPC (not to be confused with the European anti-oxidant named OPC) has been used for the past five plus years in South Africa to treat HIV and cancer. Several thousand HIV patients have taken Sutherlandia OPC now and all are reported to be still alive and well with their symptoms either reversed or stabilized. Of the hundreds of cancer patients over the past five plus years, only 8 have been reported to not survive (5 were in their very final days and could not hold down the supplement and another three succumbed to organ failure as a likely result of prior traditional Western treatment via chemo). All the rest, save two who stopped taking the supplement once the tumours were gone and returned to their old lifestyles (and had the cancer return) are now alive and cancer free or else have their cancers in remission and tumours continuing to shrink.
Dosage: The supplement comes in either an extract or capsule version and instructions call for five to 15 ml of extract three times daily or or 1 to 3 capsules twice daily depending on the stage and aggressiveness of one`s cancer.
Another source of oleander is the patented medicine version (AnvirzelTM) available from the Salud Integral Clinic in Honduras. More information: http://www.saludintegral.hn
Iodine is an absolute must for anyone fighting cancer, especially breast cancer. Many people have beaten cancer with the help of iodine supplementation and it is a supremely powerful item to include in any cancer-fighting protocol.
A supreme cancer tumour destroyer and cancer fighter for many forms of cancer is Inositol/IP6, such as is found in the product Cell Forte Max3. According to several users interviewed by the author, it often seems to just melt away tumours in a very short time period, and works well to normalize the PSA readings in prostate cancer sufferers. One caution – Inositol/IP6 may deplete minerals and/or interfere with mineral absorption, especially calcium and magnesium. Be sure to get plenty of Calcium and Magnesium (a good thing to do anyway) and take a good mineral supplement, preferably plant derived minerals (a second good thing to do in any event). Intensive cancer fighting dosage calls for 8 to 16 capsules per day. Note: intensive use of Inositol/IP6 is not recommended for more than a few months at a time, with lesser maintenance doses of one to two capsules the rest of the time and occasional breaks from the maintenance dose of up to one month (to guard against mineral depletion).
Curcumin has many similar compounds to oleander and is a potent and highly proven cancer fighter and preventive. Curcumin has been particularly effective against cancer with smokers and helps prevent cancer in general from spreading. Independent research studies on the anti-cancer properties of turmeric suggests that Curcumin has the potential for treatment of five top cancers in the U.S. – colon, breast, prostate, lung and skin. An added plus is that turmeric is a wonderful anti-inflammatory, and thus would be a vital addition for those who have brain cancer, where swelling is always a concern. To fight cancer, 2500 to 3000 mg per day is recommended, divided into two to three doses and taken either with meals or with bromelain as described below. Curcumin is can also be obtained by taking the common spice turmeric, though turmeric and most curcumin supplements are not very bioavailable. Coconut oil or milk may help absorption and some studies have indicated that absorption may also be increased with 5-10 mg of bioperine (or else black pepper).
A good blood tonic, such as the Blood Support one formulated by Jon Barron and made by Baseline Nutritionals, helps cleanse the blood and the liver and makes the body inhospitable to cancer cells.
Cayenne Pepper tincture is a very effective cancer fighter, especially so for prostate cancers and when used in combination with the flaxseed oil and cottage cheese elements of the Budwig diet.
Black cumin oil, also known as black caraway seed oil and blackseed oil, has been shown to be a potent cancer fighter and, along with oleander, it is one of the very few natural cancer fighters that have had good success against pancreatic cancer.
Vitamin B-17, also known as laetrile, is a very potent and proven cancer fighter that is highly recommended although difficult to find (the best source is apricot pits). Note: laetrile by itself, or even as the primary element of a cancer fighting protocol, is best used by people who have been given 12-18 months or longer survival estimates, as it normally works best when taken for a prolonged period of time.
Colloidal Silver is another must in my opinion – it has been shown to be deadly to single cell organisms and pathogens, and various cancers have been shown to have viral and/or fungal qualities, at least after they have become established. The caution with Colloidal Silver is that it may also eliminate beneficial bacteria when taken in amounts large enough to fight cancer and so it is a good idea when taking colloidal silver to also supplement with probiotics (yet another good thing to do anyway – especially after cleanses). Many recommend that colloidal silver be taken with Colloidal Gold because gold appears to enhance the silver`s actions when cancer is present. Take one to two ounces or more daily while actively fighting cancer.
Bromelain. Several studies have indicated anti-cancer and anti-tumour properties of the enzyme bromelain, which comes from the pineapple plant. One of the primary anti-cancer properties of bromelain may be it`s ability to help prevent cancer from growing and spreading. Bromelain is also a powerful binder which can greatly increase the absorption of other supplements and medications (for that reason, a qualified medical professional. preferably a naturopathic one, should be consulted before taking large amounts of bromelain with other medications where increased absorption might be a cause for concern). Take 500 to 750 mg capsules thirty minutes before meals or two hours after meals. Good when combined with bromelain. For more information on bromelain see: Bromelain – The Wonder Supplement.
Besides attacking cancer, preventing its spread and tumour growth by the process of angiogenesis is critical. Many of the items in this protocol work against angiogenesis; however there are also two powerful angiogenesis inhibitors that should be included for maximum effect: Shark Cartilage and Bindweed. Studies have indicated that shark cartilage is effective at preventing cancer tumours from growing and spreading and bindweed was shown to be 100 times more effective by weight than shark cartilage.
Pancreatic Enzymes/Digestive Enzymes, especially those that contain chimotrypsin, have been very effective against cancer, especially pancreatic cancers. Digestive enzymes help in getting tumour response to treatments by disintegrating fibrinoprotein covering of tumours and make easy targets for the immune system to kill cancer cells by natural autophagy means. Also there are studies to show proteolytic enzymes mitigate tumour-induced and therapy-induced side effects, as well as indications that the enzymes are anti-metastatc.
Grapeseed Extract has also been a very effective cancer fighter and a supreme antioxidant with many proven health benefits.

STRESS REDUCTION AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
The final key to winning your battle is your mental attitude. Remove as much stress from your life as you can. Stress and worry accomplish nothing – worse, they are actually allies of illness and disease. You have surely heard the term “stress, the silent killer”? It`s true! So you must do whatever it takes to remove stress from your life and make your mental attitude your ally. Meditate, do yoga, change jobs, retire, go fishing, find a pleasant hobby – do whatever it takes to remove stress and have a positive mental outlook.
Equally important, if not more so, is addressing any emotional issues from the present or the past which may be contributing to stress and preventing the body from optimal healing – may even have contributed to your development of cancer in the first place. There have been many reports of cancer going into spontaneous remission after people successfully addressed emotional issues and stress.
Remember, anyone or any issue which introduces or keeps worry and stress in your life is neither a friend nor an ally during this fight. And make no mistake, it is a fight – likely the most important one of your life. But it is a fight you can win.

CACHEXIA (Wasting/Rapid Weight Loss)
Cachexia is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight, and is frequently seen in cancer, especially advanced cancers, HIV/AIDS and other conditions.
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), can help prevent cachexia and is considered an essential complimentary supplement. Other items that may help combat cachexia are coconut oil and especially Garden of Life`s Primal Defense, a natural blend of 12 species of probiotics and Homeostatic Soil Organisms (HSOs). It helps support normal gastrointestinal balance of good and potentially harmful bacteria, and maximizes the benefits of a healthy diet by supporting normal absorption and assimilation of nutrients in the gut.

FINAL NOTES
Some in the field of natural health will tell you that you can beat cancer through diet alone, or through diet and detoxing. Some of the most effective and popular natural anti-cancer protocols, such as the Budwig Diet, which relies heavily on flaxseed oil and cottage cheese (or yoghurt or quark) are based on such a premise – and the use of flaxseed and cottage cheese as per Budwig`s instructions is very, very highly recommended.
A healthy diet and lifestyle is without a doubt an essential foundation for any cancer fighting program; however, our depleted soils and the introduction of modern industrial toxins and contaminants makes it hard to build a strong enough immune system through diet alone. Our immune systems were not designed to handle the multitude of modern toxins they now face, which is why cancer is largely a modern disease.
In my opinion, the more weapons you have in your natural arsenal which are compatible with one another, the greater your chances of success will be. That is why I advocate including several of the powerful natural supplements that have been proven to beat cancer and boost the immune system, and which address what we know about cancer.
Live long, live healthy, live happy!

References
For ovarian cancer, see also:
Ovarian Cancer (http://www.tbyil.com/Ovarian_Cancer.htm)
To better understand why many of the above elements are included in the All Natural Anti-Cancer Protocol, see:
Modern Medicine versus Nature in Treating Cancer – Part One (http://www.tbyil.com/MMvsNature.htm)
Modern Medicine versus Nature in Treating Cancer – Part Two (http://www.tbyil.com/MMvsNature2.htm)

From: http://www.naturalnews.com. Tony Isaacs, is a natural health author, advocate and researcher who hosts The Best Years in Life website for baby boomers and others wishing to avoid prescription drugs and mainstream managed illness and live longer, healthier and happier lives naturally. Mr. Isaacs is the author of books and articles about natural health, longevity and beating cancer including “Cancer’s Natural Enemy” and is working on a major book project due to be published later this year.]]> BY TONY ISAACS

Western medicine treats the body as a collection of parts instead of as a synergistic organism. When it comes to treating broken bones and injured body parts, mainstream Western medicine is unequaled. When this same approach is used to treat illness and disease – fixing or repairing the parts where the symptoms of underlying illnesses manifest themselves, modern medicine is not always effective.

In the instance of cancer, instead of addressing the causes of cancer – toxins and a weakened immune system which result in a loss of proper cellular communication and oxidation and the cells mutating to cells that form a protective coating and replicate without dying – we see instead treatments that may further weaken an immune system cancer has already defeated and only worsens the conditions that led to cancer to begin with.

Nature, on the other hand, gives us an array of tools to treat the underlying causes that lead to cancer, including foods, vitamins, minerals, supplements and lifestyle choices. The key is not merely addressing the tumours and cancer cells that are the symptoms of cancer, but addressing and eliminating the root causes that led to cancer to begin with.

Here is a suggested natural health protocol to eliminate cancer cells or restore them to normal function and to address the root causes of cancer based on what we know about cancer and what nature and lifestyle choices have to offer. Natural health regimes can be used in conjunction with mainstream medicine or some people may choose them as a viable alternative.

CLEANSING
As soon as possible, cleanse your body to get rid of built up toxins like heavy metals and pesticides, as well as the undigested food, faecal matter and gallstones that build up in the body by cleansing your colon and liver and by chelation to rid the body of heavy metals. Such contaminations are breeding grounds for, and causes of, disease and illness. A toxic and unclean body weakens the body`s immune system that should be your first line of defense. Plus, once cleansed, the body is much more receptive to the good measures you take to rebuild your immune system and fight disease.

It cannot be stressed enough how vitally important it is to cleanse, restore and protect the liver before, during and after your anti-cancer and disease battle. As the great cancer pioneer Max Gerson observed, cancer cannot develop unless the liver is impaired to begin with. An effective cancer fighting regimen can severely tax an already weakened liver because it will result in the release of a cascade of toxins that are released when cancer cells die. Such a release can overwhelm an already impaired liver and can even be fatal if measures are not taken to protect and regenerate the liver.

Things to do for the liver
• 5 day liver cleanse (consult a health professional or naturopath to guide and assist with the cleanse)
• Coffee enemas – help open the bile ducts so bile and toxins can be released properly.
• Coconut oil – a wonderful item everyone should take, it helps maintain a good bile flow.
• Beetroot juice – is also good for the liver and bile flow.
• Turmeric – is a cancer fighter itself, especially for smokers, and it helps regulate bile flow.
• Milk thistle – is a must as it helps protect the liver and actually regenerate it
• Alpha lipoic acid – another liver supplement that also helps fight cancer
• Selenium – a third liver supplement that is good against cancer too.

In the Berkson Clinical Study, three women who were facing liver transplants or chemo with interferon (a horrendous treatment with very low success rates for hepatitis and cirhossis), took milk thistle, alpha lipoic acid and selenium, modified their diets a bit and got some daily exercise and restored their liver functions to normal.

Besides cleansing and detoxing your body, also cleanse your environment to the greatest extent possible of pesticides, herbicides, household cleansers, air fresheners and other manmade chemicals. In an ideal world, you would move to the country where there was plenty of fresh air and sunshine and less stress. In the real world you may not find that possible, so eliminate common toxins in your household, workplace and other places you spend time.

ELIMINATE ROOT CAUSES OF
DISEASE IN YOUR MOUTH
If you have mercury amalgam fillings in your teeth, have them replaced. In many instances, this step alone has led to elimination of cancer. Cilantro and chlorella can help eliminate heavy metal accumulations in the body.

Perhaps worse than amalgam fillings is root canals. According to Bill Henderson, author of “Cure Your Cancer” and “Cancer-Free”, root canals is “the big elephant in the room”. Bill reports that “it has been proved by many dentists and oral surgeons I respect that virtually all degenerative disease starts in the dentist`s chair and points to the book “The Roots of Disease” by Robert Kulacz, D.D.S.
Bill goes on to say, “I have worked with hundreds of people who have struggled with all kinds of conventional and alternative treatment. Nothing seems to work to heal them. When these people finally wake up to the above and get their mouths cleaned up, they get well in weeks – not months. Almost everyone (85-90% of the people I work with) has root canal-filled teeth. One lady had 13 of `em. They are ALWAYS related to the cancer. No exceptions.”

Dr. Thomas Levy, one of the world`s experts on dental toxicity, told me he had done a study with Dr. Hal Huggins from 1994-2000. They removed “over 5,000 root canal-filled teeth.” He said they took every one of them to the lab and tested it. Every one of them had toxins coming out of it “more toxic than botulism.” His exact words. You can see on a thermogram the root canal tooth with its inflammation on the exact same meridian as the cancer tumour in the breast, colon, prostate, etc., etc. There are over 40 million root canal fillings done in the U.S. alone every year. Is it any wonder we are all getting sick?
No matter what supplements or treatments you may choose to combat cancer, you must first establish a good foundation. While vitamins, minerals, herbs and other supplements may help you beat the symptoms of cancer and help boost your immune system, the diet and lifestyle you live will be the ultimate keys to beating cancer and keeping it at bay once and for all because in the end it is your own body which will win the war.

To fail to embrace proper diet, nutrition and lifestyle and look for answers in supplements alone is akin to putting a new roof on a house that is falling apart from a broken foundation.

Immediately eliminate bad habits and begin building good ones so that you will make sure that you no longer have habits that weaken your immune system and that you will be able to build your body to fight and conquer illness. A sedentary lifestyle with a poor diet, lack of pure water, sunshine and fresh air, and constant exposure to toxins will in time lead to bad health conditions. On the other hand, also be sure to get an abundance of sleep and physical rest to conserve energy for healing and cleansing. Remember, bad health habits are open invitations for illness and disease to enter your body.

Begin and maintain a healthy immune-boosting and cancer fighting diet. A good balanced diet, pure water, fresh air, sunshine and mild to moderate exercise are some of the essentials. You will find that a good diet does not have to be a bad tasting diet – far from it!

However, it should be noted that the very best and most healthy diet is one that is close to the diet our ancestors utilised: lots of fresh and uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and tubers, and fish and free range meat not subject to factory farming or feed lot practices and uncontaminated by growth hormones, artificial fertilizers or pesticides. Granted that is a tall order for fish and meat, but it is strongly recommended to consume ONLY such healthy non-toxic fish and meats and to limit meat consumption period when fighting cancer. It is also best to consume little or no grain or dairy products.

It should be noted that of all the foods, essentially only raw vegetables and fruits contribute to an alkaline pH. Juiced vegetables and fruits are an excellent form of nutrition (Note: eat much more vegetables than fruit due to the high sugar content of fruits).

The Budwig Diet is an excellent and proven cancer fighting diet which is highly recommended, especially the flaxseed oil and cottage cheese portion of the diet.

Take the time to chew each bite thoroughly – as many as 50 chews if possible – to help aid digestion and take maximum advantage of the available nutrition.

Fasting
So long as you are not physically wasted, fasting is an excellent way to begin virtually any disease fighting protocol. It helps the body eliminate wastes and toxins and reset itself to optimum health levels for healing and fighting cancer and other illness. Many people are able to beat disease and illness of all kinds, including cancer, simply by fasting.
After an initial fast of a few days or longer where you provide only the water needed to satisfy thirst, continue with a one-day-a-week fast. It will help keep your body cleansed and, if you are overweight, also help you reach and maintain your optimum weight. Two good daily fasts in addition to water only fasts when fighting cancer would be 1) a dark grape fast where you eat all the dark grapes and seeds you want but nothing else other than water (the concord grape is probably the best choice and seeds are a must!), and 2) a juiced vegetables fast.

Proper Food Combining
It is important to practice proper food combining in the cause of disease as this prevents the putrefaction and fermentation of foods within the digestive system, and therefore toxicity, caused by mixing a predominantly protein food with a predominantly starchy food at the same meal. For example a poached egg on wholewheat toast. Fruits should not be combined with vegetables for the same reason. Proper food combining requires far less digestive energy which is then released for other more important bodily tasks.

The Importance of Sunshine
From the very first days that man walked upon the earth, sunshine has been a key to health and survival. The importance of the synergistic relationship between health and regular sunshine cannot be over-emphasized for both physical healing and mental health (which is itself a key to physical healing for cancer and any other illness). Contrary to popular beliefs about the harmful effects of over exposure to the sun, abundant sunlight has extremely high success rates for:
• Safely stopping tumour growth, not destroying tumours (the only effect that conventional medicine recognizes), but stopping growth.
• Preventing cancer by stimulating the body`s vitamin D production.
• Preventing influenza like the also by vitamin D production.
Don`t overdo the sunshine, but sunshine is essential to the production of vitamin D, and, strange as it may sound, has been found to be essential in warding off melanoma as well as other cancers. Be sure to get full body sun exposure avoiding the heat of the day and not allowing oneself to become more than mildly “pink” by gradually increasing exposure time from a few minutes to perhaps a full hour and more each day.

Fair skin and the number of moles are the major risk factor for melanoma (skin cancer), not moderate sunlight exposure.

In 1959. Jane C Wright, directing cancer research at Bellevue Memorial Medical Center in New York City, instructed fifteen cancer patients to stay outdoors as much as possible that summer in natural sunlight without wearing their glasses, and particularly without sunglasses. By that Autumn, the tumours in 14 of 15 had not grown, and some patients had gotten better. It was discovered that the one patient that didn`t have good results had not fully understood the instructions – while she had not worn sunglasses, she had continued to wear her prescription glasses. This blocking of UV into her eyes was enough to stop the benefits enjoyed by the other fourteen.

Indirect Sunlight Into the Eyes Guidelines
You really can`t get enough of this type of light. Sitting in a screen enclosed porch would be the minimum exposure and would require three times the duration to get the same effect as walking in full sunlight. Walking in full sunlight might only require one hour to get full benefit. Wearing a hat with a brim in bright direct sunlight should be sufficient UV protection. The UV problem for eyes is greatly over exaggerated to sell sunglasses which, like sunscreens, should be used sparingly.

Exposure to Nature and the Good Earth
From the good earth did life spring and mankind lived for eons in close contact and relative harmony with the good earth. Mankind developed for eons in harmony with nature. It is beyond mere theory that regular exposure to soil organisms and the good earth provides both physical and mental healing. Many believe that there is an actual healing synergy from exposure to the earth itself. Today, far too many of us are shut off from nature in the artificial and closed environments of offices and closed in dwellings. To remedy this:
Take frequent walks outdoors. Of course, seek out areas that are likely to be as free as possible from pesticides, herbicides and other chemical contamination.
As often as possible, take off your shoes, socks and sandals and go barefooted in the soil and grass.
Plant vegetable and flower gardens (and use only organic products!). If that is not possible, use pots and other containers for patio, balconies and indoors. Working with your hands (and feet) in the soil is one of the most physically and mentally healthy things you can do. Those who have not had the pleasure will be amazed at the peace and tranquillity you will experience. Indoor plants bring the added benefit of adding extra oxygen and removing toxins from you air. Everyone should have plenty of them!

Rebuild and strengthen the body`s natural immune system. It is very likely that a weakened immune system contributed to your illness in the first place. It is absolutely certain that a rebuilt and strengthened immune system will help you beat your illness and keep it at bay. Again, good diet, nutrition and habits are all important – they lay the foundation for a strong and healthy immune system. However, they are not enough by themselves. You should build a good foundation and then make your body a healthy fortress against disease and illness. Quite simply, disease and illness hate healthy hosts. The stronger your immune system is, the harder it is for disease to survive and grow. And, to be the very strongest you can be, you need extra measures in the form of supplements as well as the healthiest foods. An oleander extract very much like you get when you make oleander soup was tested in Europe in 1986 – 87 and found to have six times the immune stimulating activity of the most powerful immune stimulators known to man.

Maintain an Alkaline pH and Get Plenty of Oxygen to the Cellular Level
Once cancer has gained a foothold, it does not survive well in the presence of an alkaline cellular pH level, nor in the presence of highly oxygenated cells. As Nobel Laureate Otto Warburg discovered, low cellular oxygen is a primary causal factor for cancer. His protege, Dr. Johanna Budwig of Germany, continued his work and found that in order for proper cellular utilization of oxygen to take place, our diets must contain adequate amounts of unsaturated fatty acids.

Although many people use food grade hydrogen peroxide to obtain extra oxygen, perhaps a better option without the concerns some have with hydrogen peroxide is the product OxyGen. Each capsule contains oxygen and the equivalent of 12 drops of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide derived from a combination of magnesium peroxide and pure anaerocidal oxygen.

Make sure you have plenty of iodine, selenium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, vitamin C, calcium and Vitamin D. All have been proven to be essential in beating and avoiding cancer. As mentioned above, cancer cells have lost the ability to be shut off by the body in what is called cellular apoptosis. These cancerous cells simply become abnormal and outlive the other cells in their normal cell life/replacement cycle and end up crowding out a territory over time. Iodine goes in and both does away with the surrounding cyst where cancer has set up residence and then also goes in and allows the specific shut down of the individual cells that are abnormal, diseased, or beset w/ pathogens to make room for new cells.

Some notes on iodine and selenium:
Many people who take iodine and selenium take far too little for maximum therapeutic benefit. Both elemental iodine and potassium iodine should be taken and the total amount of iodine should be 100mg or more, perhaps beginning at 50mg and working up.

Magnascent is a good form or elemental iodine. Lugols is also widely used. Since Lugols contains both elemental iodine and potassium iodine, the total amount of iodine one can take with Lugols is 300 mg.
Selenium MUST be taken with iodine in order for iodine to be effective.
The best form of supplemental selenium for fighting cancer appears to be methylselenocysteine. The most common form of supplemental selenium is selenomethionine whose general proteins have no anticancer activity. Another form, sodium selenite is more frequently metabolized to the toxic metabolite hydrogen selenide (H2Se), which does have anticancer effects but is more toxic than selenomethionine. Its primary mode of killing cancer cells (and at high levels, normal cells) is through the process of cell necrosis. Cell necrosis provokes inflammation and may kill healthy cells along with cancer cells.

The recommended form of selenium, methyselenocysteine is found naturally in some vegetables including garlic, brassicas, leeks, and onions, especially when these are grown in high selenium soil. Methylselenocysteine is easily converted to methylselenol which has been demonstrated to be an effective anticancer form of selenium. Rather than killing cancer cells by necrosis, methylselenol kills cancer cells through apoptosis. Apoptosis is an orderly process of cellular self-destruction that does not provoke inflammatory responses.
Methylselenol is also known to inhibit angiogenesis in beginning cancer tumours. Angiogenesis, the creation of new blood vessels, is necessary for cancer cells to grow into a tumour. For cancer prevention, doses of 200 to 400 mcg of methylselenocysteine are generally considered safe without medical supervision. Nutritionally-oriented physicians may use as much as 900 to 2,000 mcg selenium from methylselenocysteine daily as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment protocol.

Drink Lots of Healthy Clean Water
Water is essential for all healthy life; however, regular tap water contains trace amounts of hundreds to thousands of pesticides, carcinogens and other industrial pollutants. For that reason, the author recommends only the purest drinking water, such as reverse osmosis filtered water.

Exercise in Moderation
Regular exercise does not have to be grueling, but it is essential. Exercise stimulates the immune system, stimulates the production of natural human growth hormone, stimulates the production of hormones and pheromones that make us happier and healthier, and simply leads to a longer and happier life period. Innumerable studies have demonstrated the overall health benefits of exercise and the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle lacking in exercise. It is not a coincidence that studies have shown up that those who exercise only a few hours each week have up to 50% less chance of developing many different kinds of cancer.

Do Not Neglect the Vital Trace MineralsTrace minerals are essential in beating cancer and are in fact essential to virtually all of the body`s important processes when it comes to utilizing vitamins, minerals and enzymes for good health. Two hundred years ago, the top layer of our soil contained up to 80 or more different minerals. Today, over-farming and the chemical destruction of soil micro-organisms has stripped soils the world over of all but a handful of bio-available minerals, and even those remaining minerals are at levels that are only fractions of what were in the soil 100 years ago and continuing to decline.
Man`s body is designed to utilise at least 60 or more trace minerals on a daily basis, and did so for thousands of years b
y eating the plants that processed such minerals (and the animals that ate the plants with processed minerals. Quite simply, without minerals nothing else works as designed, and every mineral deficiency, whether major or trace minerals, results in the body compensating in one or more ways which are often unhealthy. The only way to get an adequate supply now is to supplement, and the very best supplementation is from plant derived minerals, such as those that come from the famous plant prehistoric vegetable deposits in Utah and contain 75 trace minerals. Those who take them regularly report remarkable improvements in their health (and the author himself takes them religiously each and every day).
The head of the National Cancer Research Foundation, Fred Eichorn, asserts that mineral deficiencies lead to changes in instructions to the DNA to make adjustments for alternate ways to produce hormones and amino acids – and that these changes lead to cancer. Eichorn believes that correcting those deficiencies leads to rebalancing that will eliminate cancer and his foundation`s website has some impressive testimonials: http://www.ncrf.org
Get Plenty of Healthy Omega 3`s
Good natural sources include extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, and organic butter, or better yet grass-fed organic butter. An excellent supplement is Doctor Mercola`s Krill Oil, which also contains a healthy ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids and has been shown to help ward against cachexia (the wasting of non-fat body tissue, especially skeletal muscle tissue).

Things to Avoid
Remember, what you avoid can be just as important as what you consume: Avoid sugar to the greatest extent possible. Sugar feeds cancer and other illnesses and causes a myriad of other health problems. Refined sugar is also the number one single cause of health problems in the entire world! Likewise avoid bread and other items containing bleached white flour, which is essentially empty and harmful calories that convert to sugar once ingested. Other items to avoid include non-fermented soy, pork, MSG, ALL charred foods and foods cooked at high temperature, aluminum and coated cookware, micro-waved food, food in plastic containers and styrofoam.

GO ON THE ATTACK
The next element of beating your disease and keeping it at bay is to go on the attack. As a matter of fact, all of the elements of the this anti-cancer and disease protocol are elements of attack, because they make the body strong and inhospitable to disease. In the case of cancer, there are many very potent anti-cancer supplements such as the ones listed above and several others.
One such supplement, named Sutherlandia OPC (not to be confused with the European anti-oxidant named OPC) has been used for the past five plus years in South Africa to treat HIV and cancer. Several thousand HIV patients have taken Sutherlandia OPC now and all are reported to be still alive and well with their symptoms either reversed or stabilized. Of the hundreds of cancer patients over the past five plus years, only 8 have been reported to not survive (5 were in their very final days and could not hold down the supplement and another three succumbed to organ failure as a likely result of prior traditional Western treatment via chemo). All the rest, save two who stopped taking the supplement once the tumours were gone and returned to their old lifestyles (and had the cancer return) are now alive and cancer free or else have their cancers in remission and tumours continuing to shrink.
Dosage: The supplement comes in either an extract or capsule version and instructions call for five to 15 ml of extract three times daily or or 1 to 3 capsules twice daily depending on the stage and aggressiveness of one`s cancer.
Another source of oleander is the patented medicine version (AnvirzelTM) available from the Salud Integral Clinic in Honduras. More information: http://www.saludintegral.hn
Iodine is an absolute must for anyone fighting cancer, especially breast cancer. Many people have beaten cancer with the help of iodine supplementation and it is a supremely powerful item to include in any cancer-fighting protocol.
A supreme cancer tumour destroyer and cancer fighter for many forms of cancer is Inositol/IP6, such as is found in the product Cell Forte Max3. According to several users interviewed by the author, it often seems to just melt away tumours in a very short time period, and works well to normalize the PSA readings in prostate cancer sufferers. One caution – Inositol/IP6 may deplete minerals and/or interfere with mineral absorption, especially calcium and magnesium. Be sure to get plenty of Calcium and Magnesium (a good thing to do anyway) and take a good mineral supplement, preferably plant derived minerals (a second good thing to do in any event). Intensive cancer fighting dosage calls for 8 to 16 capsules per day. Note: intensive use of Inositol/IP6 is not recommended for more than a few months at a time, with lesser maintenance doses of one to two capsules the rest of the time and occasional breaks from the maintenance dose of up to one month (to guard against mineral depletion).
Curcumin has many similar compounds to oleander and is a potent and highly proven cancer fighter and preventive. Curcumin has been particularly effective against cancer with smokers and helps prevent cancer in general from spreading. Independent research studies on the anti-cancer properties of turmeric suggests that Curcumin has the potential for treatment of five top cancers in the U.S. – colon, breast, prostate, lung and skin. An added plus is that turmeric is a wonderful anti-inflammatory, and thus would be a vital addition for those who have brain cancer, where swelling is always a concern. To fight cancer, 2500 to 3000 mg per day is recommended, divided into two to three doses and taken either with meals or with bromelain as described below. Curcumin is can also be obtained by taking the common spice turmeric, though turmeric and most curcumin supplements are not very bioavailable. Coconut oil or milk may help absorption and some studies have indicated that absorption may also be increased with 5-10 mg of bioperine (or else black pepper).
A good blood tonic, such as the Blood Support one formulated by Jon Barron and made by Baseline Nutritionals, helps cleanse the blood and the liver and makes the body inhospitable to cancer cells.
Cayenne Pepper tincture is a very effective cancer fighter, especially so for prostate cancers and when used in combination with the flaxseed oil and cottage cheese elements of the Budwig diet.
Black cumin oil, also known as black caraway seed oil and blackseed oil, has been shown to be a potent cancer fighter and, along with oleander, it is one of the very few natural cancer fighters that have had good success against pancreatic cancer.
Vitamin B-17, also known as laetrile, is a very potent and proven cancer fighter that is highly recommended although difficult to find (the best source is apricot pits). Note: laetrile by itself, or even as the primary element of a cancer fighting protocol, is best used by people who have been given 12-18 months or longer survival estimates, as it normally works best when taken for a prolonged period of time.
Colloidal Silver is another must in my opinion – it has been shown to be deadly to single cell organisms and pathogens, and various cancers have been shown to have viral and/or fungal qualities, at least after they have become established. The caution with Colloidal Silver is that it may also eliminate beneficial bacteria when taken in amounts large enough to fight cancer and so it is a good idea when taking colloidal silver to also supplement with probiotics (yet another good thing to do anyway – especially after cleanses). Many recommend that colloidal silver be taken with Colloidal Gold because gold appears to enhance the silver`s actions when cancer is present. Take one to two ounces or more daily while actively fighting cancer.
Bromelain. Several studies have indicated anti-cancer and anti-tumour properties of the enzyme bromelain, which comes from the pineapple plant. One of the primary anti-cancer properties of bromelain may be it`s ability to help prevent cancer from growing and spreading. Bromelain is also a powerful binder which can greatly increase the absorption of other supplements and medications (for that reason, a qualified medical professional. preferably a naturopathic one, should be consulted before taking large amounts of bromelain with other medications where increased absorption might be a cause for concern). Take 500 to 750 mg capsules thirty minutes before meals or two hours after meals. Good when combined with bromelain. For more information on bromelain see: Bromelain – The Wonder Supplement.
Besides attacking cancer, preventing its spread and tumour growth by the process of angiogenesis is critical. Many of the items in this protocol work against angiogenesis; however there are also two powerful angiogenesis inhibitors that should be included for maximum effect: Shark Cartilage and Bindweed. Studies have indicated that shark cartilage is effective at preventing cancer tumours from growing and spreading and bindweed was shown to be 100 times more effective by weight than shark cartilage.
Pancreatic Enzymes/Digestive Enzymes, especially those that contain chimotrypsin, have been very effective against cancer, especially pancreatic cancers. Digestive enzymes help in getting tumour response to treatments by disintegrating fibrinoprotein covering of tumours and make easy targets for the immune system to kill cancer cells by natural autophagy means. Also there are studies to show proteolytic enzymes mitigate tumour-induced and therapy-induced side effects, as well as indications that the enzymes are anti-metastatc.
Grapeseed Extract has also been a very effective cancer fighter and a supreme antioxidant with many proven health benefits.

STRESS REDUCTION AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
The final key to winning your battle is your mental attitude. Remove as much stress from your life as you can. Stress and worry accomplish nothing – worse, they are actually allies of illness and disease. You have surely heard the term “stress, the silent killer”? It`s true! So you must do whatever it takes to remove stress from your life and make your mental attitude your ally. Meditate, do yoga, change jobs, retire, go fishing, find a pleasant hobby – do whatever it takes to remove stress and have a positive mental outlook.
Equally important, if not more so, is addressing any emotional issues from the present or the past which may be contributing to stress and preventing the body from optimal healing – may even have contributed to your development of cancer in the first place. There have been many reports of cancer going into spontaneous remission after people successfully addressed emotional issues and stress.
Remember, anyone or any issue which introduces or keeps worry and stress in your life is neither a friend nor an ally during this fight. And make no mistake, it is a fight – likely the most important one of your life. But it is a fight you can win.

CACHEXIA (Wasting/Rapid Weight Loss)
Cachexia is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight, and is frequently seen in cancer, especially advanced cancers, HIV/AIDS and other conditions.
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), can help prevent cachexia and is considered an essential complimentary supplement. Other items that may help combat cachexia are coconut oil and especially Garden of Life`s Primal Defense, a natural blend of 12 species of probiotics and Homeostatic Soil Organisms (HSOs). It helps support normal gastrointestinal balance of good and potentially harmful bacteria, and maximizes the benefits of a healthy diet by supporting normal absorption and assimilation of nutrients in the gut.

FINAL NOTES
Some in the field of natural health will tell you that you can beat cancer through diet alone, or through diet and detoxing. Some of the most effective and popular natural anti-cancer protocols, such as the Budwig Diet, which relies heavily on flaxseed oil and cottage cheese (or yoghurt or quark) are based on such a premise – and the use of flaxseed and cottage cheese as per Budwig`s instructions is very, very highly recommended.
A healthy diet and lifestyle is without a doubt an essential foundation for any cancer fighting program; however, our depleted soils and the introduction of modern industrial toxins and contaminants makes it hard to build a strong enough immune system through diet alone. Our immune systems were not designed to handle the multitude of modern toxins they now face, which is why cancer is largely a modern disease.
In my opinion, the more weapons you have in your natural arsenal which are compatible with one another, the greater your chances of success will be. That is why I advocate including several of the powerful natural supplements that have been proven to beat cancer and boost the immune system, and which address what we know about cancer.
Live long, live healthy, live happy!

References
For ovarian cancer, see also:
Ovarian Cancer (http://www.tbyil.com/Ovarian_Cancer.htm)
To better understand why many of the above elements are included in the All Natural Anti-Cancer Protocol, see:
Modern Medicine versus Nature in Treating Cancer – Part One (http://www.tbyil.com/MMvsNature.htm)
Modern Medicine versus Nature in Treating Cancer – Part Two (http://www.tbyil.com/MMvsNature2.htm)

From: http://www.naturalnews.com. Tony Isaacs, is a natural health author, advocate and researcher who hosts The Best Years in Life website for baby boomers and others wishing to avoid prescription drugs and mainstream managed illness and live longer, healthier and happier lives naturally. Mr. Isaacs is the author of books and articles about natural health, longevity and beating cancer including “Cancer’s Natural Enemy” and is working on a major book project due to be published later this year.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=96 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:36:20 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=96 By Dr. A. Mares

It is suggested that the atavistic regression of the mind in intensive meditation is accompanied by a similar physiological regression, and that this may involve the immune system and so influence the patient’s defences against cancer.
Last year I reported a case of regression of advanced cancer after intensive meditation. It is now 18 months since I first saw the patient. She is well, strong, free of pain, has gained 10 kilograms in weight and leads a very active life. I now wish to discuss some philosophical, psychological and physiological processes which, it would seem, not only explain her recovery, but would also explain the very rare, but nevertheless well-authenticated spontaneous remission of cancer.
When something has gone wrong, it cannot come right on the foundations of the faulty state of affairs. First, there must be a going back to that state of affairs which obtained before it went wrong. Sometimes the going back can be achieved by a process of mind, rather than in a purely physical sense. But the basic truth remains that we cannot proceed to a better state by any direct forward move from the faulty state in which we now find ourselves.
The growth of cancer is associated with a relative failure of the patient’s immune system. The immune reaction has gone wrong. Before it can come right, there must first be a going back to the state of affairs which obtained before it went wrong. We have within our body innumerable self-righting systems. On this basis, if the faulty immune reaction of the cancer patient could be led back to the state of affairs before the faulty reaction developed, there would seem to be a good chance of an effective normal reaction becoming re-established through the self-righting system of the body.
Hypnosis and meditation are slightly different manifestations of the same basis process. I have shown that atavistic regression is the basic mechanism in hypnosis. A similar regression to a simple and more primitive mode of mental functioning occurs in meditation. In meditation the atavistic regression of mental functioning is clearly demonstrable. There is also evidence of an accompanying physiological regression. For instance, I like to meditate at night on the balcony of the high-rise building where I live. In front of me are some pedestrian traffic lights which seldom change, and from my position I can see both the red and the green lights. As my meditation becomes more profound the lights lose their colour. I see neither red nor green, but simply a blob of light. In other words, the physiology of my visual apparatus has regressed to a more primitive mode of functioning which obtained before we evolved the more recently acquired ability of colour vision. The increase in alpha and theta waves in the electroencephalogram in meditation is also probably a regressive phenomenon. From these observations it would seem likely that a degree of general physiological regression follows the regression of mental functioning. If this is so, it may well be that the immune system participates in the general physiological regression.
Added to the general regression there is another important mechanism. Anxiety increases cortisone production, and cortisone has an inhibiting effect on our immune systems. Meditation reduces anxiety; so this in itself should have some beneficial physiological effect on cancer growth.
I now wish to apply these principles to the pattern of response observed in the patient to whom I referred in the opening paragraph. Just as there are different forms of hypnosis irrespective of depth, there are also different forms of meditation which differ in quality from classical meditation and the modern variants such as transcendental meditation. The main difference concerns its extremely simplicity, in which the patient was brought to experience little more than her being.
The significant episode in the patient’s recovery is that after the publication of the report, she had a serious relapse. I went overseas for 3½ weeks and the patient was left to continue her meditation unaided. She soon relapsed. Her breast became hard again and the skin over it became tense and discoloured. Her physical condition had clearly deteriorated. On my return, I enquired in some detail about the way she had been meditating. It gradually became clear that she had changed the pattern of her meditation. With her initial success she had become very confident. Her recovery was hailed as a kind of miracle. Her photograph was in the papers. She gave television and radio interviews and was invited to give talks on how she ‘beat’ cancer. In this burst of confidence, she departed from the extreme simplicity of the meditation she had been taught. She improved upon it. She would tell her cancer to get better. She would will it to get better. “I will make you get better.” And of her own initiative she came upon the way of visualising her cancer getting better. In this form of meditation there was clearly little atavistic regression. However, when she returned to the extreme simplicity of the meditation in which she was originally instructed, her breast softened again, she put on weight, and strength returned. She has continued well for the nine months since this episode. From this it would seem that the atavistic regression, the going back to the simple and more primitive pattern of functioning, was an essential factor in the patient’s recovery.
It would seem that these same principles are applicable to the rare spontaneous remissions of cancer. People are reluctant to discuss the matter of personal prayer, but I have learned over the years that many patients have an unexpectedly active experience of prayer. As with hypnosis and meditation, there are various qualitative differences in prayer irrespective of the ideational content. In prayers of worship and in prayers of asking the mind remains alert and there is little regression. However, those who pray by experiencing God, or that aspect of God which is within themselves, lose their alertness and cease to function critically. Their mind is functioning at a simple level which is equivalent to the atavistic regression in some form of hypnosis and meditation. There is a kind of unity about it all, and such people may be relieved through their prayer, through their experience of God, through the natural order of things, all of which may be different mAnifestations of the same basic process.

Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors. Atavistic regression is a hypnosis-related concept introduced by the Australian scholar and psychiatrist Ainslie Meares. This article was first published many years ago but is relevant now as it was then. Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.2 (1977), No.4, (23 July 1977), pp.132-133. ]]> By Dr. A. Mares

It is suggested that the atavistic regression of the mind in intensive meditation is accompanied by a similar physiological regression, and that this may involve the immune system and so influence the patient’s defences against cancer.
Last year I reported a case of regression of advanced cancer after intensive meditation. It is now 18 months since I first saw the patient. She is well, strong, free of pain, has gained 10 kilograms in weight and leads a very active life. I now wish to discuss some philosophical, psychological and physiological processes which, it would seem, not only explain her recovery, but would also explain the very rare, but nevertheless well-authenticated spontaneous remission of cancer.
When something has gone wrong, it cannot come right on the foundations of the faulty state of affairs. First, there must be a going back to that state of affairs which obtained before it went wrong. Sometimes the going back can be achieved by a process of mind, rather than in a purely physical sense. But the basic truth remains that we cannot proceed to a better state by any direct forward move from the faulty state in which we now find ourselves.
The growth of cancer is associated with a relative failure of the patient’s immune system. The immune reaction has gone wrong. Before it can come right, there must first be a going back to the state of affairs which obtained before it went wrong. We have within our body innumerable self-righting systems. On this basis, if the faulty immune reaction of the cancer patient could be led back to the state of affairs before the faulty reaction developed, there would seem to be a good chance of an effective normal reaction becoming re-established through the self-righting system of the body.
Hypnosis and meditation are slightly different manifestations of the same basis process. I have shown that atavistic regression is the basic mechanism in hypnosis. A similar regression to a simple and more primitive mode of mental functioning occurs in meditation. In meditation the atavistic regression of mental functioning is clearly demonstrable. There is also evidence of an accompanying physiological regression. For instance, I like to meditate at night on the balcony of the high-rise building where I live. In front of me are some pedestrian traffic lights which seldom change, and from my position I can see both the red and the green lights. As my meditation becomes more profound the lights lose their colour. I see neither red nor green, but simply a blob of light. In other words, the physiology of my visual apparatus has regressed to a more primitive mode of functioning which obtained before we evolved the more recently acquired ability of colour vision. The increase in alpha and theta waves in the electroencephalogram in meditation is also probably a regressive phenomenon. From these observations it would seem likely that a degree of general physiological regression follows the regression of mental functioning. If this is so, it may well be that the immune system participates in the general physiological regression.
Added to the general regression there is another important mechanism. Anxiety increases cortisone production, and cortisone has an inhibiting effect on our immune systems. Meditation reduces anxiety; so this in itself should have some beneficial physiological effect on cancer growth.
I now wish to apply these principles to the pattern of response observed in the patient to whom I referred in the opening paragraph. Just as there are different forms of hypnosis irrespective of depth, there are also different forms of meditation which differ in quality from classical meditation and the modern variants such as transcendental meditation. The main difference concerns its extremely simplicity, in which the patient was brought to experience little more than her being.
The significant episode in the patient’s recovery is that after the publication of the report, she had a serious relapse. I went overseas for 3½ weeks and the patient was left to continue her meditation unaided. She soon relapsed. Her breast became hard again and the skin over it became tense and discoloured. Her physical condition had clearly deteriorated. On my return, I enquired in some detail about the way she had been meditating. It gradually became clear that she had changed the pattern of her meditation. With her initial success she had become very confident. Her recovery was hailed as a kind of miracle. Her photograph was in the papers. She gave television and radio interviews and was invited to give talks on how she ‘beat’ cancer. In this burst of confidence, she departed from the extreme simplicity of the meditation she had been taught. She improved upon it. She would tell her cancer to get better. She would will it to get better. “I will make you get better.” And of her own initiative she came upon the way of visualising her cancer getting better. In this form of meditation there was clearly little atavistic regression. However, when she returned to the extreme simplicity of the meditation in which she was originally instructed, her breast softened again, she put on weight, and strength returned. She has continued well for the nine months since this episode. From this it would seem that the atavistic regression, the going back to the simple and more primitive pattern of functioning, was an essential factor in the patient’s recovery.
It would seem that these same principles are applicable to the rare spontaneous remissions of cancer. People are reluctant to discuss the matter of personal prayer, but I have learned over the years that many patients have an unexpectedly active experience of prayer. As with hypnosis and meditation, there are various qualitative differences in prayer irrespective of the ideational content. In prayers of worship and in prayers of asking the mind remains alert and there is little regression. However, those who pray by experiencing God, or that aspect of God which is within themselves, lose their alertness and cease to function critically. Their mind is functioning at a simple level which is equivalent to the atavistic regression in some form of hypnosis and meditation. There is a kind of unity about it all, and such people may be relieved through their prayer, through their experience of God, through the natural order of things, all of which may be different mAnifestations of the same basic process.

Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors. Atavistic regression is a hypnosis-related concept introduced by the Australian scholar and psychiatrist Ainslie Meares. This article was first published many years ago but is relevant now as it was then. Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.2 (1977), No.4, (23 July 1977), pp.132-133. ]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=95 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:34:21 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=95
Swedish scientists recently published an important paper on the positive impact of omega-3 fatty acids (which are found mainly in fish oil) on a certain type of childhood cancer called neuroblastoma (Gleissman 2010). These Karolinska Institute scientists had previously shown that DHA (the most unsaturated form of fatty acid in fish oil) could cause apoptosis (i.e., programmed cell death) in cancer cells. They have now extended their work to experimental animals, showing that fish oil supplementation caused either stabilization or actual regression of tumors in these animals. As they state, DHA “is a promising new agent for cancer treatment and prevention of minimal residual disease” (ibid). Their conclusions, as I shall show, also have relevance to a broader range of adult cancers.
The paper actually encompasses two parts, one on treatment, the other on prevention. In the prevention half, they gave DHA as a food supplement to rats before the animals were implanted with human neuroblastoma cells. (Because they lack a thymus, the rats in question are unable to reject tissue from a foreign species.) In the treatment half of the study, athymic rats that already had established neuroblastomas were force fed DHA daily and their tumor growth and DHA levels were then monitored. The authors concluded that “untreated control animals developed progressive disease, whereas treatment with DHA resulted in stable disease or partial response.” The response depending on the dose of DHA.
Neuroblastoma is a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system that occurs in children. In fact, it accounts for 6 to 9 percent of all childhood cancers. It is the most deadly solid tumor of childhood outside the brain. “Despite intensive treatment modalities, the cure rate for these patients is less than 50 percent,” the authors report, “and the majority experience relapse from minimal residual disease.” Needless to say, there is an urgent need for new treatment ideas.
There appears to be a very special relationship between DHA and nerve tissue. For instance, a deficiency of DHA will lead to delayed neural development. Compared to normal nerve tissue, neuroblastoma is “profoundly deficient in DHA,” whereas the level of the competing omega-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid (AA) is increased. This suggested to the authors that “an imbalance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may serve as an adaptation mechanism in nervous system tumors.” Logically, then, one might expect the addition of DHA to slow or even stop the growth of neuroblastoma.
This is indeed what happened when they gave DHA supplements. The authors reported: “In the DHA-supplemented group the mean time to tumor take was significantly delayed compared to the control group” (ibid.). One rat receiving the DHA-enriched diet did not develop tumors at all. In the treatment part of the study, the median tumor volume index at the end of the experiment (day 12) was 3.72 for animals receiving one gram of DHA per kilogram of body weight, 5.47 for animals receiving half a gram per kilogram of DHA, and 9.48 in the control animals. The results were statistically significant. Put another way, a high dose of DHA decreased normal tumor growth by about two-thirds. As was predicted in the authors’ ‘omega-3 deficiency’ theory, the level of DHA in the tumor tissue tripled in the higher-dose treatment group vs. the controls.
The finding that DHA supplements cut the amount of tumor formation by two-thirds in experimental rats was astonishing, but not exactly new. It was in line with previous findings that a fish oil-enriched diet could inhibit the formation of various other kinds of tumors, including papillomas (Akihisa 2004), breast cancer (Manna 2008, Yuri 2003, Noguchi 1997), cancers of the large and small intestines (Toriyama-Baba 2001) lungs (Toriyama-Baba 2001), colon cancer (Takahashi 1993, Iigo 1997), sarcoma (Ramos 2004), and prostate cancer (Kelavkar 2006). Other studies have shown that omega-3 is strongly associated with a decreased risk of aggressiveness in prostate (Fradet 2006), kidney (Wolk 2006) and breast cancer (Kim 2009).
But DHA supplementation worked better at preventing the occurrence or recurrence of tumors than at treating established tumors. “Our study shows that DHA given as a daily oral supplement displays a moderate capacity to reduce neuroblastoma growth in the majority of treated animals,” Judith Gleissman and her Karolinska coworkers wrote, “but not in all.” Some animals simply did not incorporate DHA into their tumor tissue, and it was precisely those animals that did not respond to the treatment.
Do these recent Swedish findings have relevance to cancers in humans, including, but not limited to, children with neuroblastoma? I believe they do. The authors point to a study in an Inuit population of Alaska, which has a DHA intake several-fold higher than typical Caucasians. In one study, this group’s neuroblastoma rate was one-tenth that of a comparable lower-48 American population (Dewailly 2001). Alarmingly, in most of America, the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids has “dropped precipitously” over the past few decades. This bodes ill for American children and their parents and loved ones.
Eating more fatty fish seems, even more than ever, a prudent thing to do. Children, too, should be encouraged to increase their DHA intake through fatty fish consumption. However, with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, finding good sources of non-contaminated fish is likely to become even more difficult than it already has been. High quality supplements of DHA and EPA may thereore be the best solution for most readers. For vegetarians, getting sufficient amounts of DHA and EPA can be a challenge. The best sources are walnuts, flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, olive oil, canola (rapeseed) oil, and avocado. DHA supplements derived from microalgae, not fish, are also readily available. There are also three or four clinical trials underway to test the effect of DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids in various kinds of cancer, such as lung, breast and lymphoma. Readers can find out about these by entering the terms “DHA,” “EPA” and cancer into the Clinicaltrials.gov database.

References:
Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Lemieux S, Sauve L, Gingras S, Ayotte P, Holub BJ. n-3 Fatty acids and cardiovascular disease risk factors among the Inuit of Nunavik. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;74:464-73.
Fradet V, Cheng I, Casey G, Witte JS. Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Cyclooxygenase-2 Genetic Variation, and Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk. Clin Cancer Res 2009.
Gleissman H, Segerström L, Hamberg M, Ponthan F, Lindskog M, Johnsen JI, Kogner P. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation delays the progression of neuroblastoma in vivo. Int J Cancer. 2010 May 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Iigo M, Nakagawa T, Ishikawa C, Iwahori Y, Asamoto M, Yazawa K, Araki E, Tsuda H. Inhibitory effects of docosahexaenoic acid on colon carcinoma 26 metastasis to the lung. Br J Cancer 1997;75:650-5.
Kelavkar UP, Hutzley J, Dhir R, Kim P, Allen KG, McHugh K. Prostate tumor growth and recurrence can be modulated by the omega-6:omega-3 ratio in diet: athymic mouse xenograft model simulating radical prostatectomy. Neoplasia 2006;8:112-24.
Kim J, Lim SY, Shin A, Sung MK, Ro J, Kang HS, Lee KS, Kim SW, Lee ES. Fatty fish and fish omega-3 fatty acid intakes decrease the breast cancer risk: a case-control study. BMC Cancer 2009;9:216.
Manna S, Chakraborty T, Ghosh B, Chatterjee M, Panda A, Srivastava S, Rana A. Dietary fish oil associated with increased apoptosis and modulated expression of Bax and Bcl-2 during 7,12-dimethylbenz(alpha)anthracene-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2008;79:5-14.
Noguchi M, Minami M, Yagasaki R, Kinoshita K, Earashi M, Kitagawa H, Taniya T, Miyazaki I. Chemoprevention of DMBA-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats by lowdose EPA and DHA. Br J Cancer 1997;75:348-53.
Ramos EJ, Middleton FA, Laviano A, Sato T, Romanova I, Das UN, Chen C, Qi Y, Meguid MM. Effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on tumor-bearing rats. J Am Coll Surg 2004;199:716-23.
Takahashi M, Minamoto T, Yamashita N, Yazawa K, Sugimura T, Esumi H. Reduction in formation and growth of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced aberrant crypt foci in rat colon by docosahexaenoic acid. Cancer Res 1993;53:2786-9.
Toriyama-Baba H, Iigo M, Asamoto M, Iwahori Y, Park CB, Han BS, Takasuka N, Kakizoe T, Ishikawa C, Yazawa K, Araki E, Tsuda H. Organotropic chemopreventive effects of n-3 unsaturated fatty acids in a rat multi-organ carcinogenesis model. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001;92:1175-83.
Wolk A, Larsson SC, Johansson JE, Ekman P. Long-term fatty fish consumption and renal cell carcinoma incidence in women. JAMA 2006;296:1371-6.
Yuri T, Danbara N, Tsujita-Kyutoku M, Fukunaga K, Takada H, Inoue Y, Hada T, Tsubura A. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid suppresses N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats more effectively than eicosapentaenoic acid. Nutr Cancer 2003;45:211-7.

From: Cancer Decisions newsletter, 6th June 2010. CancerDecisions is the newsletter of Dr. Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. Subscribe online at: http://www.cancerdecisions.com ]]>
Swedish scientists recently published an important paper on the positive impact of omega-3 fatty acids (which are found mainly in fish oil) on a certain type of childhood cancer called neuroblastoma (Gleissman 2010). These Karolinska Institute scientists had previously shown that DHA (the most unsaturated form of fatty acid in fish oil) could cause apoptosis (i.e., programmed cell death) in cancer cells. They have now extended their work to experimental animals, showing that fish oil supplementation caused either stabilization or actual regression of tumors in these animals. As they state, DHA “is a promising new agent for cancer treatment and prevention of minimal residual disease” (ibid). Their conclusions, as I shall show, also have relevance to a broader range of adult cancers.
The paper actually encompasses two parts, one on treatment, the other on prevention. In the prevention half, they gave DHA as a food supplement to rats before the animals were implanted with human neuroblastoma cells. (Because they lack a thymus, the rats in question are unable to reject tissue from a foreign species.) In the treatment half of the study, athymic rats that already had established neuroblastomas were force fed DHA daily and their tumor growth and DHA levels were then monitored. The authors concluded that “untreated control animals developed progressive disease, whereas treatment with DHA resulted in stable disease or partial response.” The response depending on the dose of DHA.
Neuroblastoma is a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system that occurs in children. In fact, it accounts for 6 to 9 percent of all childhood cancers. It is the most deadly solid tumor of childhood outside the brain. “Despite intensive treatment modalities, the cure rate for these patients is less than 50 percent,” the authors report, “and the majority experience relapse from minimal residual disease.” Needless to say, there is an urgent need for new treatment ideas.
There appears to be a very special relationship between DHA and nerve tissue. For instance, a deficiency of DHA will lead to delayed neural development. Compared to normal nerve tissue, neuroblastoma is “profoundly deficient in DHA,” whereas the level of the competing omega-6 fatty acid arachidonic acid (AA) is increased. This suggested to the authors that “an imbalance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may serve as an adaptation mechanism in nervous system tumors.” Logically, then, one might expect the addition of DHA to slow or even stop the growth of neuroblastoma.
This is indeed what happened when they gave DHA supplements. The authors reported: “In the DHA-supplemented group the mean time to tumor take was significantly delayed compared to the control group” (ibid.). One rat receiving the DHA-enriched diet did not develop tumors at all. In the treatment part of the study, the median tumor volume index at the end of the experiment (day 12) was 3.72 for animals receiving one gram of DHA per kilogram of body weight, 5.47 for animals receiving half a gram per kilogram of DHA, and 9.48 in the control animals. The results were statistically significant. Put another way, a high dose of DHA decreased normal tumor growth by about two-thirds. As was predicted in the authors’ ‘omega-3 deficiency’ theory, the level of DHA in the tumor tissue tripled in the higher-dose treatment group vs. the controls.
The finding that DHA supplements cut the amount of tumor formation by two-thirds in experimental rats was astonishing, but not exactly new. It was in line with previous findings that a fish oil-enriched diet could inhibit the formation of various other kinds of tumors, including papillomas (Akihisa 2004), breast cancer (Manna 2008, Yuri 2003, Noguchi 1997), cancers of the large and small intestines (Toriyama-Baba 2001) lungs (Toriyama-Baba 2001), colon cancer (Takahashi 1993, Iigo 1997), sarcoma (Ramos 2004), and prostate cancer (Kelavkar 2006). Other studies have shown that omega-3 is strongly associated with a decreased risk of aggressiveness in prostate (Fradet 2006), kidney (Wolk 2006) and breast cancer (Kim 2009).
But DHA supplementation worked better at preventing the occurrence or recurrence of tumors than at treating established tumors. “Our study shows that DHA given as a daily oral supplement displays a moderate capacity to reduce neuroblastoma growth in the majority of treated animals,” Judith Gleissman and her Karolinska coworkers wrote, “but not in all.” Some animals simply did not incorporate DHA into their tumor tissue, and it was precisely those animals that did not respond to the treatment.
Do these recent Swedish findings have relevance to cancers in humans, including, but not limited to, children with neuroblastoma? I believe they do. The authors point to a study in an Inuit population of Alaska, which has a DHA intake several-fold higher than typical Caucasians. In one study, this group’s neuroblastoma rate was one-tenth that of a comparable lower-48 American population (Dewailly 2001). Alarmingly, in most of America, the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids has “dropped precipitously” over the past few decades. This bodes ill for American children and their parents and loved ones.
Eating more fatty fish seems, even more than ever, a prudent thing to do. Children, too, should be encouraged to increase their DHA intake through fatty fish consumption. However, with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, finding good sources of non-contaminated fish is likely to become even more difficult than it already has been. High quality supplements of DHA and EPA may thereore be the best solution for most readers. For vegetarians, getting sufficient amounts of DHA and EPA can be a challenge. The best sources are walnuts, flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, olive oil, canola (rapeseed) oil, and avocado. DHA supplements derived from microalgae, not fish, are also readily available. There are also three or four clinical trials underway to test the effect of DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids in various kinds of cancer, such as lung, breast and lymphoma. Readers can find out about these by entering the terms “DHA,” “EPA” and cancer into the Clinicaltrials.gov database.

References:
Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Lemieux S, Sauve L, Gingras S, Ayotte P, Holub BJ. n-3 Fatty acids and cardiovascular disease risk factors among the Inuit of Nunavik. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;74:464-73.
Fradet V, Cheng I, Casey G, Witte JS. Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Cyclooxygenase-2 Genetic Variation, and Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk. Clin Cancer Res 2009.
Gleissman H, Segerström L, Hamberg M, Ponthan F, Lindskog M, Johnsen JI, Kogner P. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation delays the progression of neuroblastoma in vivo. Int J Cancer. 2010 May 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Iigo M, Nakagawa T, Ishikawa C, Iwahori Y, Asamoto M, Yazawa K, Araki E, Tsuda H. Inhibitory effects of docosahexaenoic acid on colon carcinoma 26 metastasis to the lung. Br J Cancer 1997;75:650-5.
Kelavkar UP, Hutzley J, Dhir R, Kim P, Allen KG, McHugh K. Prostate tumor growth and recurrence can be modulated by the omega-6:omega-3 ratio in diet: athymic mouse xenograft model simulating radical prostatectomy. Neoplasia 2006;8:112-24.
Kim J, Lim SY, Shin A, Sung MK, Ro J, Kang HS, Lee KS, Kim SW, Lee ES. Fatty fish and fish omega-3 fatty acid intakes decrease the breast cancer risk: a case-control study. BMC Cancer 2009;9:216.
Manna S, Chakraborty T, Ghosh B, Chatterjee M, Panda A, Srivastava S, Rana A. Dietary fish oil associated with increased apoptosis and modulated expression of Bax and Bcl-2 during 7,12-dimethylbenz(alpha)anthracene-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2008;79:5-14.
Noguchi M, Minami M, Yagasaki R, Kinoshita K, Earashi M, Kitagawa H, Taniya T, Miyazaki I. Chemoprevention of DMBA-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats by lowdose EPA and DHA. Br J Cancer 1997;75:348-53.
Ramos EJ, Middleton FA, Laviano A, Sato T, Romanova I, Das UN, Chen C, Qi Y, Meguid MM. Effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on tumor-bearing rats. J Am Coll Surg 2004;199:716-23.
Takahashi M, Minamoto T, Yamashita N, Yazawa K, Sugimura T, Esumi H. Reduction in formation and growth of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced aberrant crypt foci in rat colon by docosahexaenoic acid. Cancer Res 1993;53:2786-9.
Toriyama-Baba H, Iigo M, Asamoto M, Iwahori Y, Park CB, Han BS, Takasuka N, Kakizoe T, Ishikawa C, Yazawa K, Araki E, Tsuda H. Organotropic chemopreventive effects of n-3 unsaturated fatty acids in a rat multi-organ carcinogenesis model. Jpn J Cancer Res 2001;92:1175-83.
Wolk A, Larsson SC, Johansson JE, Ekman P. Long-term fatty fish consumption and renal cell carcinoma incidence in women. JAMA 2006;296:1371-6.
Yuri T, Danbara N, Tsujita-Kyutoku M, Fukunaga K, Takada H, Inoue Y, Hada T, Tsubura A. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid suppresses N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats more effectively than eicosapentaenoic acid. Nutr Cancer 2003;45:211-7.

From: Cancer Decisions newsletter, 6th June 2010. CancerDecisions is the newsletter of Dr. Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. Subscribe online at: http://www.cancerdecisions.com ]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=94 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:29:39 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=94 BY DR. BEN KIM

I’m often asked to name one thing that can be done right away to get healthier. With respect to food choices, the best suggestion I have is to begin drinking freshly pressed vegetable juices. Drinking just one freshly pressed juice each day is a reliable way of infusing your body with a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that can protect your cells against premature aging and disease.
Almost everyone who has studied nutrition can agree that freshly pressed vegetable juices are highly beneficial to human health. But few people make time to prepare and drink them regularly.
Making time to drink vegetable juices isn’t a problem for most people. It’s the time that is needed to wash fresh vegetables, feed them through a good juicer, and clean the juicer afterward that prevents most people from making fresh juices a regular part of their lives.
So the first step to incorporating juicing into your life is to fully understand how good it is for your health and why making time to do it daily is one of the very best investments you can make.

The Right Ingredients
The key to making healthy vegetable juices is to make green vegetables the bulk of every serving. Green vegetables won’t spike your blood sugar and insulin level like fruits and sweet vegetables like carrots and red beets will.
This is not to say that you can’t juice fruits, carrots, and red beets. Fruits and sweet root vegetables can be healthy additions to your drinks, and they’ll definitely add sweetness and flavour. You just want to make sure that they never make up more than one-third of each glass that you drink.
And if you have a problem controlling your blood sugar level, you’ll want to use a blood sugar monitor to determine how much is acceptable for you. I’ve worked with dozens of diabetics over the years who haven’t been able to handle even an ounce of fruit, carrot, or red beet juice in their drinks without negative health consequences, so please consider this point before you select your ingredients for juicing.
Romaine lettuce is one of the best green vegetables that you can juice. You can also juice other types of green, leafy lettuce like red or green leaf lettuce.
For variety, try adding large handfuls of kale, Swiss chard, collard greens, Bok Choy, and any other dark green vegetable that you might steam before eating.
For another layer of flavor, you can add a tiny slice of lemon (including the rind for its flavonoids) to your vegetable juices.
Some people enjoy adding a clove of raw garlic for even more bite.
Be creative and add any vegetables you crave. You really can’t go wrong as long as you make sure not to use too many carrots, red beets, or fruits.
Clearly, organic vegetables are better than non-organic vegetables. But my experiences have led me to believe that the health benefits of drinking juices made with well washed, non-organic vegetables far outweigh not juicing at all. If you are only able to juice non-organic vegetables due to financial or other life circumstances, it’s still well worth your while to do so.

Preparing to Juice
We like to fill up the kitchen sink with cold water and dunk all of our vegetables for a good five minutes. Before we pull all the vegetables out to sit in a colander to dry off a bit, we shake them around in the cold water to make sure that we’ve removed any dirt or even bugs that may be hiding in the vegetables, particularly in heads of celery and lettuce.
If we know that we need to make a few litres of vegetable juice over several days, we store washed carrots and ribs of celery in containers full of water in the refrigerator.
We store leaves of lettuce spread out and stacked vertically in a container with layers of paper towel in between each layer of lettuce to help absorb excess moisture. Fresh lettuce can last a whole week or more when stored in this way.
If you’re really pressed for time and want to make enough juice to last three to four days, you can make a big batch and store it in an air-tight container in the refrigerator – not as good as drinking right after pressing, but still likely better than drinking store-bought fruit juices or even vegetable cocktails like V8.

The Art of Juicing
Juicing is, for the most part, quite easy to do. You make sure that your vegetables are small or crunchable enough to fit through the feeding mechanism of your juicer, and you push them in one at a time.
It’s best to juice soft vegetables like leafy greens first, as they are a bit harder to push through the extraction mechanism than firmer vegetables like carrots and celery. Firmer vegetables like carrots and celery can actually help to push any bits of softer vegetables that are deep within the feeding tube of your juicer but not yet completely through the extraction mechanism.
With leafy greens, we find that it is best to roll them up into small balls before feeding them through the juicer. This helps prevent a single leaf from getting stuck between the feeding tube of your juicer and the plunger that you use to push the vegetables down.
Fruits, like firmer vegetables, can be added near the end, as you are unlikely to have a problem with pushing them down and through the extraction mechanism with the plunger.

How To Carry Out An Effective Juice Fast
Now that we’ve reviewed the fundamentals of how to make healthy vegetable-based juices, let’s take a look at how to carry out an effective juice fast.
Some people would call juice fasting juice dieting, preferring to reserve the word “fasting” for cases of water-only fasting. Juice fasting and juice dieting are the same for all practical purposes.
Why consider doing a juice fast?
Drinking only freshly pressed vegetable-based juices for a day or two or even a week at a time can give your body much needed rest and time to heal itself of chronic health problems.
Because vegetable juices are extremely easy to digest, your body can spend much of its resources on healing damaged or exhausted tissues instead of spending its energy on digesting big, heavy meals.
You should only do a juice fast after consulting with your health care provider and confirming that your current health status should allow for a safe and effective juice fast.

A properly conducted juice fast may
help you experience:
• More energy
• Healthier skin
• Better quality sleep
• Improved cardiovascular health
• Reduction or elimination of aches and pains in muscles and joints
• Decrease or elimination of headaches
• Stabilisation of blood pressure
• More efficient digestion
• Stabilisation of bowel movements
• Loss of excess weight
• Elimination of stored toxins
• Improvement with a wide variety of chronic degenerative health conditions, including autoimmune disorders.

What’s the difference between a
juice fast and a water fast?
People detoxify and heal more quickly with a water fast than with a juice fast. This is because with a water fast, your digestive passageway and organs are able to rest completely, which allows almost all of your energy to be used for cleansing and repair of damaged tissues.
With a juice fast or a cleansing diet of fruits and vegetables, your body must use energy (a minimal amount compared to when you are eating heavier meals) to digest nutrients, leaving less available energy for detoxification and healing.
Another significant difference is that more fat tissue is burned during a water fast, as your body must rely exclusively on fat reserves to supply its energy needs after the first one to three days of water fasting. Your body stores the bulk of incoming toxins in your fat reserves. As these reserves are burned for energy during a fast, any stored toxins will be released into your circulation, to be eliminated from your body through channels like your urine and respiratory tract. This mechanism of detoxification also occurs with juice fasting, but at a slower pace.
All of this considered, both types of fasting can be helpful to your health. The choice you make should take into consideration your circumstances and goals.
Generally, juice fasting allows for more gentle detoxification than water fasting. Juice fasting also allows you to have enough energy to keep up with most of your activities of daily living while you detoxify your tissues, whereas an effective water fast requires almost complete physical rest.
Another significant difference is that juice fasting is much easier for most people to stick with. Water fasting is best carried out in a supervised setting while juice fasting is relatively easy to do from your own home.

How long should you juice fast for?
It really depends on your health status and goals. If you’re looking to give your body a short but beneficial break, it can be helpful to do a juice fast for 48-72 hours over a weekend.
If you’re looking to experience significant detoxification and some big changes with your health, you might consider doing a longer juice fast, somewhere in the ball park of one to two weeks.
Although it’s optimal for prepare for a juice fast by eating raw fruits and vegetables for 24 hours prior to beginning with juices only, most people do just fine in starting with juices without a pre-fasting routine.
You can drink however many juices your appetite calls for throughout the day. I have found that most people do well with an average of five freshly squeezed juices per day.
You can use any of the juice recipes that are listed above, or any similar recipes that you create following your tastes and instincts.
While I generally recommend that people use fruit-based juices early on in the day and turn to vegetable-based juices as the day goes on, there’s really no requirement to stick to a specific order of juices.
A typical day of juice fasting might
look like this:
Honeydew (cut into strips)
Lemon wedge
2 carrots
2 ribs of celery
8 leaves of romaine lettuce
3 ribs of celery
2 apples
Small handful of strawberries
2 tomatoes
3 ribs of celery
1 carrot
Lemon wedge
Large bunch of kale
2 carrots
2 ribs of celery
If necessary, it’s fine to make all of your juices for the day in the morning and to carry a few with you to work in air-tight bottles.
If you take a green food supplement, it would be an added bonus to include a tablespoon of such a product to one of your vegetable-based juices. The only caveat is that your green food product should not contain any fillers like lecithin, apple pectin, whole grains, or ground flax seeds. Any green food powder that is used during a juice fast should be composed of 100 percent green vegetables if you are looking for optimal results.
I have found that it is best not to take supplements that provide concentrated amounts of high quality fat during a juice fast, such as fish oil, cod liver oil, or flax seed oil.
The key guiding principle with juice fasting is to follow your instincts. Your body will tell you how many drinks you need per day and what types of vegetables and fruits you need to incorporate into your juices.

Ending Your Juice Fast
You should end your juice fast by eating whole fruits and vegetables. Good examples include:
• Small bowl of watermelon
• Small bowl of honeydew
• An apple
• A pear
• Handful of grapes
• Cucumber
• Tomato
• Celery sticks
Be sure to chew your food until liquid. This is critical to maintaining the positive changes tcreated in your GI tract with your juice fast.
You can have another similar meal about two hours after the first one, and continue to eat small portions of fruits or vegetables for the rest of the day.
The second day of eating whole foods can include some steamed vegetables along with raw fruits and vegetables.
On the third day, you can add a cooked starch, such as a steamed potato or sweet potato. You can also add a grain dish if your appetite calls for it.
Beginning on the fourth day of re-feeding, you can add legumes, such as chickpeas or black beans.
Beginning on day five, you can add small portions of clean animal foods, such as organic eggs or wild salmon.
Beginning on day six, you can return to eating a well balanced diet that includes any healthy plant and animal foods that your body craves.
Over the long term, I’ve found that it is best for most people to follow a diet that consists of approximately 80 percent plant-based foods and 20 percent animal-based foods. But again, I always recommend listening to your own instincts and cravings.
Please keep in mind that this re-feeding schedule should take into account the length of your juice fast.
If you do a three-day juice fast, you probably won’t have any problems following this re-feeding schedule.
If you fast for more than a week, you may find that you won’t want to add cooked foods or animal foods back to your regimen until after you spend a few weeks eating raw fruits and vegetables.
One last time, the guiding principle is to follow your instincts.
If you don’t do a juice fast, you can still experience significant health benefits by including vegetables juices in your daily routine on top of your regular food choices.
Enough reading about the benefits of drinking freshly pressed vegetable juices. Give it a go and experience some of the benefits yourself!
If you don’t have a juicer, two that I can recommend are:
The Champion Juicer
The L’Equip Pulp Ejector Juicer.

From the blog of Canadian chiropractor and natural health practitioner Dr. Ben Kim: http://www.drbenkim.com, June 2010.
Champion Juicers are available for sale from CSA’s Wellness Shop. Caution: only do a juice fast after consulting with your health care provider and confirming that your current health status should allow for a safe and effective juice fast.]]> BY DR. BEN KIM

I’m often asked to name one thing that can be done right away to get healthier. With respect to food choices, the best suggestion I have is to begin drinking freshly pressed vegetable juices. Drinking just one freshly pressed juice each day is a reliable way of infusing your body with a wide variety of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that can protect your cells against premature aging and disease.
Almost everyone who has studied nutrition can agree that freshly pressed vegetable juices are highly beneficial to human health. But few people make time to prepare and drink them regularly.
Making time to drink vegetable juices isn’t a problem for most people. It’s the time that is needed to wash fresh vegetables, feed them through a good juicer, and clean the juicer afterward that prevents most people from making fresh juices a regular part of their lives.
So the first step to incorporating juicing into your life is to fully understand how good it is for your health and why making time to do it daily is one of the very best investments you can make.

The Right Ingredients
The key to making healthy vegetable juices is to make green vegetables the bulk of every serving. Green vegetables won’t spike your blood sugar and insulin level like fruits and sweet vegetables like carrots and red beets will.
This is not to say that you can’t juice fruits, carrots, and red beets. Fruits and sweet root vegetables can be healthy additions to your drinks, and they’ll definitely add sweetness and flavour. You just want to make sure that they never make up more than one-third of each glass that you drink.
And if you have a problem controlling your blood sugar level, you’ll want to use a blood sugar monitor to determine how much is acceptable for you. I’ve worked with dozens of diabetics over the years who haven’t been able to handle even an ounce of fruit, carrot, or red beet juice in their drinks without negative health consequences, so please consider this point before you select your ingredients for juicing.
Romaine lettuce is one of the best green vegetables that you can juice. You can also juice other types of green, leafy lettuce like red or green leaf lettuce.
For variety, try adding large handfuls of kale, Swiss chard, collard greens, Bok Choy, and any other dark green vegetable that you might steam before eating.
For another layer of flavor, you can add a tiny slice of lemon (including the rind for its flavonoids) to your vegetable juices.
Some people enjoy adding a clove of raw garlic for even more bite.
Be creative and add any vegetables you crave. You really can’t go wrong as long as you make sure not to use too many carrots, red beets, or fruits.
Clearly, organic vegetables are better than non-organic vegetables. But my experiences have led me to believe that the health benefits of drinking juices made with well washed, non-organic vegetables far outweigh not juicing at all. If you are only able to juice non-organic vegetables due to financial or other life circumstances, it’s still well worth your while to do so.

Preparing to Juice
We like to fill up the kitchen sink with cold water and dunk all of our vegetables for a good five minutes. Before we pull all the vegetables out to sit in a colander to dry off a bit, we shake them around in the cold water to make sure that we’ve removed any dirt or even bugs that may be hiding in the vegetables, particularly in heads of celery and lettuce.
If we know that we need to make a few litres of vegetable juice over several days, we store washed carrots and ribs of celery in containers full of water in the refrigerator.
We store leaves of lettuce spread out and stacked vertically in a container with layers of paper towel in between each layer of lettuce to help absorb excess moisture. Fresh lettuce can last a whole week or more when stored in this way.
If you’re really pressed for time and want to make enough juice to last three to four days, you can make a big batch and store it in an air-tight container in the refrigerator – not as good as drinking right after pressing, but still likely better than drinking store-bought fruit juices or even vegetable cocktails like V8.

The Art of Juicing
Juicing is, for the most part, quite easy to do. You make sure that your vegetables are small or crunchable enough to fit through the feeding mechanism of your juicer, and you push them in one at a time.
It’s best to juice soft vegetables like leafy greens first, as they are a bit harder to push through the extraction mechanism than firmer vegetables like carrots and celery. Firmer vegetables like carrots and celery can actually help to push any bits of softer vegetables that are deep within the feeding tube of your juicer but not yet completely through the extraction mechanism.
With leafy greens, we find that it is best to roll them up into small balls before feeding them through the juicer. This helps prevent a single leaf from getting stuck between the feeding tube of your juicer and the plunger that you use to push the vegetables down.
Fruits, like firmer vegetables, can be added near the end, as you are unlikely to have a problem with pushing them down and through the extraction mechanism with the plunger.

How To Carry Out An Effective Juice Fast
Now that we’ve reviewed the fundamentals of how to make healthy vegetable-based juices, let’s take a look at how to carry out an effective juice fast.
Some people would call juice fasting juice dieting, preferring to reserve the word “fasting” for cases of water-only fasting. Juice fasting and juice dieting are the same for all practical purposes.
Why consider doing a juice fast?
Drinking only freshly pressed vegetable-based juices for a day or two or even a week at a time can give your body much needed rest and time to heal itself of chronic health problems.
Because vegetable juices are extremely easy to digest, your body can spend much of its resources on healing damaged or exhausted tissues instead of spending its energy on digesting big, heavy meals.
You should only do a juice fast after consulting with your health care provider and confirming that your current health status should allow for a safe and effective juice fast.

A properly conducted juice fast may
help you experience:
• More energy
• Healthier skin
• Better quality sleep
• Improved cardiovascular health
• Reduction or elimination of aches and pains in muscles and joints
• Decrease or elimination of headaches
• Stabilisation of blood pressure
• More efficient digestion
• Stabilisation of bowel movements
• Loss of excess weight
• Elimination of stored toxins
• Improvement with a wide variety of chronic degenerative health conditions, including autoimmune disorders.

What’s the difference between a
juice fast and a water fast?
People detoxify and heal more quickly with a water fast than with a juice fast. This is because with a water fast, your digestive passageway and organs are able to rest completely, which allows almost all of your energy to be used for cleansing and repair of damaged tissues.
With a juice fast or a cleansing diet of fruits and vegetables, your body must use energy (a minimal amount compared to when you are eating heavier meals) to digest nutrients, leaving less available energy for detoxification and healing.
Another significant difference is that more fat tissue is burned during a water fast, as your body must rely exclusively on fat reserves to supply its energy needs after the first one to three days of water fasting. Your body stores the bulk of incoming toxins in your fat reserves. As these reserves are burned for energy during a fast, any stored toxins will be released into your circulation, to be eliminated from your body through channels like your urine and respiratory tract. This mechanism of detoxification also occurs with juice fasting, but at a slower pace.
All of this considered, both types of fasting can be helpful to your health. The choice you make should take into consideration your circumstances and goals.
Generally, juice fasting allows for more gentle detoxification than water fasting. Juice fasting also allows you to have enough energy to keep up with most of your activities of daily living while you detoxify your tissues, whereas an effective water fast requires almost complete physical rest.
Another significant difference is that juice fasting is much easier for most people to stick with. Water fasting is best carried out in a supervised setting while juice fasting is relatively easy to do from your own home.

How long should you juice fast for?
It really depends on your health status and goals. If you’re looking to give your body a short but beneficial break, it can be helpful to do a juice fast for 48-72 hours over a weekend.
If you’re looking to experience significant detoxification and some big changes with your health, you might consider doing a longer juice fast, somewhere in the ball park of one to two weeks.
Although it’s optimal for prepare for a juice fast by eating raw fruits and vegetables for 24 hours prior to beginning with juices only, most people do just fine in starting with juices without a pre-fasting routine.
You can drink however many juices your appetite calls for throughout the day. I have found that most people do well with an average of five freshly squeezed juices per day.
You can use any of the juice recipes that are listed above, or any similar recipes that you create following your tastes and instincts.
While I generally recommend that people use fruit-based juices early on in the day and turn to vegetable-based juices as the day goes on, there’s really no requirement to stick to a specific order of juices.
A typical day of juice fasting might
look like this:
Honeydew (cut into strips)
Lemon wedge
2 carrots
2 ribs of celery
8 leaves of romaine lettuce
3 ribs of celery
2 apples
Small handful of strawberries
2 tomatoes
3 ribs of celery
1 carrot
Lemon wedge
Large bunch of kale
2 carrots
2 ribs of celery
If necessary, it’s fine to make all of your juices for the day in the morning and to carry a few with you to work in air-tight bottles.
If you take a green food supplement, it would be an added bonus to include a tablespoon of such a product to one of your vegetable-based juices. The only caveat is that your green food product should not contain any fillers like lecithin, apple pectin, whole grains, or ground flax seeds. Any green food powder that is used during a juice fast should be composed of 100 percent green vegetables if you are looking for optimal results.
I have found that it is best not to take supplements that provide concentrated amounts of high quality fat during a juice fast, such as fish oil, cod liver oil, or flax seed oil.
The key guiding principle with juice fasting is to follow your instincts. Your body will tell you how many drinks you need per day and what types of vegetables and fruits you need to incorporate into your juices.

Ending Your Juice Fast
You should end your juice fast by eating whole fruits and vegetables. Good examples include:
• Small bowl of watermelon
• Small bowl of honeydew
• An apple
• A pear
• Handful of grapes
• Cucumber
• Tomato
• Celery sticks
Be sure to chew your food until liquid. This is critical to maintaining the positive changes tcreated in your GI tract with your juice fast.
You can have another similar meal about two hours after the first one, and continue to eat small portions of fruits or vegetables for the rest of the day.
The second day of eating whole foods can include some steamed vegetables along with raw fruits and vegetables.
On the third day, you can add a cooked starch, such as a steamed potato or sweet potato. You can also add a grain dish if your appetite calls for it.
Beginning on the fourth day of re-feeding, you can add legumes, such as chickpeas or black beans.
Beginning on day five, you can add small portions of clean animal foods, such as organic eggs or wild salmon.
Beginning on day six, you can return to eating a well balanced diet that includes any healthy plant and animal foods that your body craves.
Over the long term, I’ve found that it is best for most people to follow a diet that consists of approximately 80 percent plant-based foods and 20 percent animal-based foods. But again, I always recommend listening to your own instincts and cravings.
Please keep in mind that this re-feeding schedule should take into account the length of your juice fast.
If you do a three-day juice fast, you probably won’t have any problems following this re-feeding schedule.
If you fast for more than a week, you may find that you won’t want to add cooked foods or animal foods back to your regimen until after you spend a few weeks eating raw fruits and vegetables.
One last time, the guiding principle is to follow your instincts.
If you don’t do a juice fast, you can still experience significant health benefits by including vegetables juices in your daily routine on top of your regular food choices.
Enough reading about the benefits of drinking freshly pressed vegetable juices. Give it a go and experience some of the benefits yourself!
If you don’t have a juicer, two that I can recommend are:
The Champion Juicer
The L’Equip Pulp Ejector Juicer.

From the blog of Canadian chiropractor and natural health practitioner Dr. Ben Kim: http://www.drbenkim.com, June 2010.
Champion Juicers are available for sale from CSA’s Wellness Shop. Caution: only do a juice fast after consulting with your health care provider and confirming that your current health status should allow for a safe and effective juice fast.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=93 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:27:04 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=93 Dr. Robert Jones has written an autobiography which covers his 36 years as a scientist dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. His revolutionary ideas have the potential to change the current cancer treatment paradigm...yet his research has been largely ignored by the medical establishment.

In the Darker Shadow of Science is an autobiography which covers almost thirty-six years in the life of a scientist dedicated to finding a solution to the most difficult problem faced by medicine ancient and modern; cancer. Seriously disadvantaged by already being in his early forties at the commencement of the project, about to be out of a job, and lacking a medical qualification, the author was beguiled by a revolutionary idea; namely, that modulation of energy metabolism within cancer cells might perhaps be the key to controlling the growth of malignant tumours in the body. In this way the concept of achieving selective destruction of cancerous cells in the living body was followed right through from an original hypothesis to helping patients.
Throughout a career spanning over fifty years the author has taken an essentially pragmatic view of science, keenly feeling, in the company of many others, that scientists are under an obligation to advance the human condition in terms of health and social improvement. Against a background of growing concern at the consequences of the increasing spread of radioactivity over the planet in terms of elevated cancer risk, fundamental contributions to the understanding of cell death have been made, which in turn led to the establishment of a simple, safe and inexpensive prototype therapy successful in an encouraging number of cases.
As the project progressed scientifically and clinically, not only did support wane and fall away but opposition also grew to a point at which peer communication largely broke down in an atmosphere increasingly charged with hostility. Unable to persuade the medical profession and a sufficient number of patients in this country that the new treatment had anything to offer the victims of cancer, demoralisation gradually set in. The conclusion is drawn that no matter how closely a general solution to the cancer problem is neared, for commercial reasons advances in treatment will be deliberately restricted to small, highly costly steps. Lining pockets is more important to drug companies than getting cancer patients better by cheap and humane means.
Inevitably science occupies a central part of the narrative. Technical details have therefore been simplified with a predominantly lay readership in mind. For easy avoidance the more difficult passages, comprising 3% of the text, are rendered in italics. Isolated reports in the medical literature of cancer regression in patients treated with relatively innocuous well-known drugs long out of patent were never followed up. A chance acquaintanceship revealed a phenothiazine, promethazine, as the anti-cancer agent of choice. The publication on the internet of a self-medication protocol opened up valuable contacts in Australia.
In scope the work looks outside the field of cancer. The poisoning of battlefields on which munitions containing depleted uranium were used is deplored; the safety of the powerful irritant CS as both aerosol and spray in the control of people is questioned; scientific backup for the Insight team of The Sunday Times over the thalidomide campaign in the United Kingdom was provided; the personal consequences of being on the receiving end of drug-induced psychosis in a senior colleague are described; concern over the hideous effects of caisson disease, leading to almost a year being fruitlessly thrown away, played a part; the increasingly intimidating and senseless economic agenda of the European Union is critically discussed in terms of the effect on cancer treatment; and examples of the dishonest and suppressive manipulation of science by both scientifically illiterate individuals in scientific communication, in government and in the drug companies are highlighted.
As scientific biography goes the story is more than unusual; it is explosive. James Watson’s highly successful autobiography, The Double Helix (1968), is the nearest example of comparable works in the genre. Step by step an age-old enigma is seen to be logically unravelled, beginning with a premonition and leading to ultimate scientific, but not commercial, success. The reader follows the central character across the switchbacks of success and failure, sharing emotional highs and lows. Despite running into an occasional blind alley, the central problem was kept in steady focus throughout. Progress largely depended upon a combination of persistence and serendipity.
Towards the end of the story the covert role of the drug companies in thwarting the project slowly emerged. A more recent example: the publication of the second edition in 2009 prompted the appearance on the web of a document, Promethazine == Teratogenic Agent, which appears when promethazine and cancer are entered into Google. Not only is the drug not teratogenic, but other sites recommend its use as the agent of choice for the treatment of morning sickness. More problems are anticipated.
The work ends on an ambivalent note; had the effort of a lifetime had been foolishly squandered, or was the hope that one day vindication might be achieved genuine and not illusory? Let the reader judge.

From: Robert Jones, June 2010. In the Darker Shadow of Sicence is available for loan from the CSA library: http://www.cancersupportwa.org.au. Dr Jones’ research on Phenergan [promethazine] and Calcium is featutred on the research pages of our website. ]]> Dr. Robert Jones has written an autobiography which covers his 36 years as a scientist dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. His revolutionary ideas have the potential to change the current cancer treatment paradigm...yet his research has been largely ignored by the medical establishment.

In the Darker Shadow of Science is an autobiography which covers almost thirty-six years in the life of a scientist dedicated to finding a solution to the most difficult problem faced by medicine ancient and modern; cancer. Seriously disadvantaged by already being in his early forties at the commencement of the project, about to be out of a job, and lacking a medical qualification, the author was beguiled by a revolutionary idea; namely, that modulation of energy metabolism within cancer cells might perhaps be the key to controlling the growth of malignant tumours in the body. In this way the concept of achieving selective destruction of cancerous cells in the living body was followed right through from an original hypothesis to helping patients.
Throughout a career spanning over fifty years the author has taken an essentially pragmatic view of science, keenly feeling, in the company of many others, that scientists are under an obligation to advance the human condition in terms of health and social improvement. Against a background of growing concern at the consequences of the increasing spread of radioactivity over the planet in terms of elevated cancer risk, fundamental contributions to the understanding of cell death have been made, which in turn led to the establishment of a simple, safe and inexpensive prototype therapy successful in an encouraging number of cases.
As the project progressed scientifically and clinically, not only did support wane and fall away but opposition also grew to a point at which peer communication largely broke down in an atmosphere increasingly charged with hostility. Unable to persuade the medical profession and a sufficient number of patients in this country that the new treatment had anything to offer the victims of cancer, demoralisation gradually set in. The conclusion is drawn that no matter how closely a general solution to the cancer problem is neared, for commercial reasons advances in treatment will be deliberately restricted to small, highly costly steps. Lining pockets is more important to drug companies than getting cancer patients better by cheap and humane means.
Inevitably science occupies a central part of the narrative. Technical details have therefore been simplified with a predominantly lay readership in mind. For easy avoidance the more difficult passages, comprising 3% of the text, are rendered in italics. Isolated reports in the medical literature of cancer regression in patients treated with relatively innocuous well-known drugs long out of patent were never followed up. A chance acquaintanceship revealed a phenothiazine, promethazine, as the anti-cancer agent of choice. The publication on the internet of a self-medication protocol opened up valuable contacts in Australia.
In scope the work looks outside the field of cancer. The poisoning of battlefields on which munitions containing depleted uranium were used is deplored; the safety of the powerful irritant CS as both aerosol and spray in the control of people is questioned; scientific backup for the Insight team of The Sunday Times over the thalidomide campaign in the United Kingdom was provided; the personal consequences of being on the receiving end of drug-induced psychosis in a senior colleague are described; concern over the hideous effects of caisson disease, leading to almost a year being fruitlessly thrown away, played a part; the increasingly intimidating and senseless economic agenda of the European Union is critically discussed in terms of the effect on cancer treatment; and examples of the dishonest and suppressive manipulation of science by both scientifically illiterate individuals in scientific communication, in government and in the drug companies are highlighted.
As scientific biography goes the story is more than unusual; it is explosive. James Watson’s highly successful autobiography, The Double Helix (1968), is the nearest example of comparable works in the genre. Step by step an age-old enigma is seen to be logically unravelled, beginning with a premonition and leading to ultimate scientific, but not commercial, success. The reader follows the central character across the switchbacks of success and failure, sharing emotional highs and lows. Despite running into an occasional blind alley, the central problem was kept in steady focus throughout. Progress largely depended upon a combination of persistence and serendipity.
Towards the end of the story the covert role of the drug companies in thwarting the project slowly emerged. A more recent example: the publication of the second edition in 2009 prompted the appearance on the web of a document, Promethazine == Teratogenic Agent, which appears when promethazine and cancer are entered into Google. Not only is the drug not teratogenic, but other sites recommend its use as the agent of choice for the treatment of morning sickness. More problems are anticipated.
The work ends on an ambivalent note; had the effort of a lifetime had been foolishly squandered, or was the hope that one day vindication might be achieved genuine and not illusory? Let the reader judge.

From: Robert Jones, June 2010. In the Darker Shadow of Sicence is available for loan from the CSA library: http://www.cancersupportwa.org.au. Dr Jones’ research on Phenergan [promethazine] and Calcium is featutred on the research pages of our website. ]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=92 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:24:42 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=92 BY JACQUI DODDS

Are you wondering what you can do to give yourself the very best chance of healing?

How can you compliment the treatments your doctor offers so that you can keep your mind steady, your spirit up and at the same time get in touch with your body’s natural healing ability?
* I have worked for many years with people, like yourselves, who are facing a life threatening cancer diagnosis.
* I have studied and practised healing meditations since 1982. I also teach meditation.
You may be thinking, “I could never sit still for hours at a time... I don’t have the discipline for something like meditation!”
Well, I’m not so sure! With a little help, most people can manage a few minutes to sit quietly and just watch what’s going on. It’s as easy as that! Or one can practice some helpful techniques when lying in bed, sitting in the garden or going for a walk.
In my eBook “Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!” I have combined my experience with the stories of six people (yes, six ordinary people) who took part in my research study into the use of meditation as a healing strategy for cancer.
Lorna, Bernadette, David, Sylvia, Dee, Lillian and I spent many weeks together sharing their journeys and their experience of using meditation as a major part of their healing strategy.
Note: Cancer research shows that meditation reduces stress, depression and anxiety in cancer patients. Meditation increases confidence and supports remission!

Ian Gawler Interview on EastWestWisdoms.com
An audio interview with Ian Gawler is featured on EastWestWisdoms.com. In this interview Ian talks at a very personal level about the role of meditation and spirituality in his own life and healing and shares his understandings on how meditation has been a key ingredient in the healing – at either the physical or spiritual and life-healing level – of the many people he and his staff have helped since starting his first cancer support group in 1981. His thoughts on our relationship to the inevitability of dying and death are of particular interest.

EBOOK FOREWORD BY DR IAN GAWLER
Reading Jacqui Dodds excellent ebook, “Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help”, brings to mind an old Tibetan saying: An old patient is more useful than a young doctor. While somewhat irreverent, this observation does point to the value of learning from those with direct experience. Theories are useful; knowledge, hopes and optimism have their place; but, in the end, what works in practice is most valuable.
In ‘Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!’, Jacqui brings to life six people’s stories whom she supported and researched as they dealt with their own particular cancers. The result is a great read. Engaging, informative, practical. A real insight into the real issues people with cancer face; and the bonus here is that real solutions are provided.
Jacqui highlights key principles: how to keep the mind steady, the spirits up and how to access the body’s natural ability to heal.
The real gem that is on offer in ‘Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!’ is hope. There is genuine hope in page after page. Genuine hope based on the opportunity this ebook provides for you to not only be inspired by wonderful, personal stories, but to learn mind based techniques like meditation and guided imagery that I know from my own personal and clinical experience reliably lead to acceptance, new self awareness, love and healing at a deep and profound level.
It is a pleasure to be able to recommend this book and my wish is that all of you who do read it go on to live long and happy lives.

Ian Gawler OAM, BVSs, MCouns HS
Author of “You Can Conquer Cancer” and “Meditation an In-Depth Guide”
Yarra Valley, June 2010

ABOUT JACQUI DODDS
Jacqui Dodds was a past counsellor and Client Services Director of the CSA between 1993 and 1998. She has written an ebook titled “Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!” which is an edited and updated version of her Honours BSW research done with six members of the CSA, which gained her a scholarship for the PhD research she followed up with, also calling on CSA members. Her ebook is available for sale on her website EastWestWisdoms.com]]> BY JACQUI DODDS

Are you wondering what you can do to give yourself the very best chance of healing?

How can you compliment the treatments your doctor offers so that you can keep your mind steady, your spirit up and at the same time get in touch with your body’s natural healing ability?
* I have worked for many years with people, like yourselves, who are facing a life threatening cancer diagnosis.
* I have studied and practised healing meditations since 1982. I also teach meditation.
You may be thinking, “I could never sit still for hours at a time... I don’t have the discipline for something like meditation!”
Well, I’m not so sure! With a little help, most people can manage a few minutes to sit quietly and just watch what’s going on. It’s as easy as that! Or one can practice some helpful techniques when lying in bed, sitting in the garden or going for a walk.
In my eBook “Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!” I have combined my experience with the stories of six people (yes, six ordinary people) who took part in my research study into the use of meditation as a healing strategy for cancer.
Lorna, Bernadette, David, Sylvia, Dee, Lillian and I spent many weeks together sharing their journeys and their experience of using meditation as a major part of their healing strategy.
Note: Cancer research shows that meditation reduces stress, depression and anxiety in cancer patients. Meditation increases confidence and supports remission!

Ian Gawler Interview on EastWestWisdoms.com
An audio interview with Ian Gawler is featured on EastWestWisdoms.com. In this interview Ian talks at a very personal level about the role of meditation and spirituality in his own life and healing and shares his understandings on how meditation has been a key ingredient in the healing – at either the physical or spiritual and life-healing level – of the many people he and his staff have helped since starting his first cancer support group in 1981. His thoughts on our relationship to the inevitability of dying and death are of particular interest.

EBOOK FOREWORD BY DR IAN GAWLER
Reading Jacqui Dodds excellent ebook, “Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help”, brings to mind an old Tibetan saying: An old patient is more useful than a young doctor. While somewhat irreverent, this observation does point to the value of learning from those with direct experience. Theories are useful; knowledge, hopes and optimism have their place; but, in the end, what works in practice is most valuable.
In ‘Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!’, Jacqui brings to life six people’s stories whom she supported and researched as they dealt with their own particular cancers. The result is a great read. Engaging, informative, practical. A real insight into the real issues people with cancer face; and the bonus here is that real solutions are provided.
Jacqui highlights key principles: how to keep the mind steady, the spirits up and how to access the body’s natural ability to heal.
The real gem that is on offer in ‘Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!’ is hope. There is genuine hope in page after page. Genuine hope based on the opportunity this ebook provides for you to not only be inspired by wonderful, personal stories, but to learn mind based techniques like meditation and guided imagery that I know from my own personal and clinical experience reliably lead to acceptance, new self awareness, love and healing at a deep and profound level.
It is a pleasure to be able to recommend this book and my wish is that all of you who do read it go on to live long and happy lives.

Ian Gawler OAM, BVSs, MCouns HS
Author of “You Can Conquer Cancer” and “Meditation an In-Depth Guide”
Yarra Valley, June 2010

ABOUT JACQUI DODDS
Jacqui Dodds was a past counsellor and Client Services Director of the CSA between 1993 and 1998. She has written an ebook titled “Threatened by Cancer? Meditation DOES Help!” which is an edited and updated version of her Honours BSW research done with six members of the CSA, which gained her a scholarship for the PhD research she followed up with, also calling on CSA members. Her ebook is available for sale on her website EastWestWisdoms.com]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=91 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:21:56 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=91 New research shows that changing your social environment can literally cure cancer by causing tumours to shrink or disappear. It’s almost as if having the right friends is a kind of “social cancer cure.” The findings could ultimately lead to advances in the way cancer and other diseases are treated – perhaps through environmental modifications that offer mental and social stimulation. “We’re really showing that you can’t look at a disease like cancer in isolation,”

If you or someone you know ever receives a cancer diagnosis, especially one that is labeled “incurable” or fatal, take heart in the fact spontaneous regression (remission) has been reported in the medical literature numerous times for virtually all cancers. Spontaneous regression has been documented most often in neuroblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, lymphoma and malignant melanoma. And, as Wellss news has previous reported, scientists have also discovered recently that some invasive breast cancers appear to simply go away on their own (Wellness News, February 2010, pp10-12). Now comes research from Ohio State University that could help explain what triggers spontaneous remissions.
The new study, published in the July 9th issues of the journal Cell found that when mice with cancer were given enriched living conditions and a boost in their social life, their tumours shrank – and some of their cancers disappeared completely. That’s powerful evidence, the scientists say, that social connections and an individual’s mental state, play an important role in the way the body responds to malignancies. “Animals’ interaction with the environment has a profound influence on the growth of cancer – more than we knew was possible,” Matthew During, who headed the study, said in a statement to the press.
The lab rodents were originally housed in groups of about five, given all the food they wanted and allowed to play all day. However, for the research project, mice with cancer were placed in an even better, enriched environment. They had bigger living groups with 15 to 20 other animals to interact with. They also had more space and extra toys, hiding places and running wheels.
During and his colleague, Lei Cao, found that malignant tumours in animals living in this enriched environment started to shrink. In fact, tumours decreased by an impressive 77 percent in mass and decreased in volume by 43 percent, the researchers report. Moreover, five percent of mice with cancer showed no evidence of the disease at all after just three weeks of living in their new home. That seemingly spontaneous cancer cure never happened in control animals kept in standard housing.
So what specifically is going on here that impacts cancer? Animals in a regular mice environment in the lab who exercised more didn’t experience improvements in their cancer, so the scientists say more exercise isn’t the total explanation. Instead, they think the complex social dimension in the new living arrangement was apparently the key.
The enriched living environment appears to have sparked more, but apparently cancer-fighting, stress in the cancer-stricken mice. The animals showed higher levels of stress hormones called glucocorticoids. What this means, the researchers said in statement to the media, is that low levels of stress, or certain kinds of stress, are probably beneficial.
“A lot of people think stress is bad, but our data show the animals aren’t just happy. Antidepressants won’t give you the same effect,” the scientists said in the press statement. “The goal isn’t to minimise stress, but to live a richer life, socially and physically. You want to be challenged.”
In addition, the rodents had lower levels of a hormone produced by fat called leptin, indicative of a significant shift in metabolism. Their immune systems also appeared to be “ramped up a bit,” During said.
During and his colleague pinned down an increase in a growth factor expressed in the hypothalamus called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the mice living in the improved mouse environment. Further study revealed that manipulations designed to increase BDNF levels also reduced tumour burden. If animals lacked BDNF, the benefits of an enriched environment were not apparent.
The findings could ultimately lead to advances in the way cancer and other diseases are treated – perhaps through environmental modifications that offer mental and social stimulation. “We’re really showing that you can’t look at a disease like cancer in isolation,” During said in the media statement. “For too long, physicians and others have stuck to what they know – surgery, chemo, radiotherapy. Traditionally working on the area of lifestyle and the brain has been a ‘soft area’. This paper really suggests if we look at people more in terms of their perceptions of disease, their social interactions and environment, we could realize a profound influence on cancer...”

By S. L Baker. From: http://www.naturalnews.com, 28th July 2010.]]> New research shows that changing your social environment can literally cure cancer by causing tumours to shrink or disappear. It’s almost as if having the right friends is a kind of “social cancer cure.” The findings could ultimately lead to advances in the way cancer and other diseases are treated – perhaps through environmental modifications that offer mental and social stimulation. “We’re really showing that you can’t look at a disease like cancer in isolation,”

If you or someone you know ever receives a cancer diagnosis, especially one that is labeled “incurable” or fatal, take heart in the fact spontaneous regression (remission) has been reported in the medical literature numerous times for virtually all cancers. Spontaneous regression has been documented most often in neuroblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, lymphoma and malignant melanoma. And, as Wellss news has previous reported, scientists have also discovered recently that some invasive breast cancers appear to simply go away on their own (Wellness News, February 2010, pp10-12). Now comes research from Ohio State University that could help explain what triggers spontaneous remissions.
The new study, published in the July 9th issues of the journal Cell found that when mice with cancer were given enriched living conditions and a boost in their social life, their tumours shrank – and some of their cancers disappeared completely. That’s powerful evidence, the scientists say, that social connections and an individual’s mental state, play an important role in the way the body responds to malignancies. “Animals’ interaction with the environment has a profound influence on the growth of cancer – more than we knew was possible,” Matthew During, who headed the study, said in a statement to the press.
The lab rodents were originally housed in groups of about five, given all the food they wanted and allowed to play all day. However, for the research project, mice with cancer were placed in an even better, enriched environment. They had bigger living groups with 15 to 20 other animals to interact with. They also had more space and extra toys, hiding places and running wheels.
During and his colleague, Lei Cao, found that malignant tumours in animals living in this enriched environment started to shrink. In fact, tumours decreased by an impressive 77 percent in mass and decreased in volume by 43 percent, the researchers report. Moreover, five percent of mice with cancer showed no evidence of the disease at all after just three weeks of living in their new home. That seemingly spontaneous cancer cure never happened in control animals kept in standard housing.
So what specifically is going on here that impacts cancer? Animals in a regular mice environment in the lab who exercised more didn’t experience improvements in their cancer, so the scientists say more exercise isn’t the total explanation. Instead, they think the complex social dimension in the new living arrangement was apparently the key.
The enriched living environment appears to have sparked more, but apparently cancer-fighting, stress in the cancer-stricken mice. The animals showed higher levels of stress hormones called glucocorticoids. What this means, the researchers said in statement to the media, is that low levels of stress, or certain kinds of stress, are probably beneficial.
“A lot of people think stress is bad, but our data show the animals aren’t just happy. Antidepressants won’t give you the same effect,” the scientists said in the press statement. “The goal isn’t to minimise stress, but to live a richer life, socially and physically. You want to be challenged.”
In addition, the rodents had lower levels of a hormone produced by fat called leptin, indicative of a significant shift in metabolism. Their immune systems also appeared to be “ramped up a bit,” During said.
During and his colleague pinned down an increase in a growth factor expressed in the hypothalamus called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the mice living in the improved mouse environment. Further study revealed that manipulations designed to increase BDNF levels also reduced tumour burden. If animals lacked BDNF, the benefits of an enriched environment were not apparent.
The findings could ultimately lead to advances in the way cancer and other diseases are treated – perhaps through environmental modifications that offer mental and social stimulation. “We’re really showing that you can’t look at a disease like cancer in isolation,” During said in the media statement. “For too long, physicians and others have stuck to what they know – surgery, chemo, radiotherapy. Traditionally working on the area of lifestyle and the brain has been a ‘soft area’. This paper really suggests if we look at people more in terms of their perceptions of disease, their social interactions and environment, we could realize a profound influence on cancer...”

By S. L Baker. From: http://www.naturalnews.com, 28th July 2010.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=90 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:20:22 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=90 CCV said one-third of deaths from cancer in Victoria each year – or 3000 people – were preventable but people were unaware of the cancer risk factors.
Cancer Prevention Centre director Craig Sinclair said people tended to believe that their risk of developing cancer was down to fate or family history. In reality, less than one in 10 cancers were caused by known faulty genes, he said.
“While messages are getting through about quitting smoking and being sun smart, people need to understand that cancer risk can be reduced by limiting alcohol intake, having appropriate screening tests, being active and keeping body weight under control by eating fresh fruit and vegetables rather than high-energy foods,” he said.
“However, when surveyed, only 19 per cent of Victorians volunteered that leading a healthy lifestyle is a step that can be taken to reduce cancer risk.”
The findings are contained in the Council’s most recent population survey, in which more than 3000 Victorian adults were surveyed by telephone in 2007. The findings were released on Tuesday to coincide with the launch of a website to help educate the community about cancer prevention. The website, Cut Your Cancer Risk, helps people calculate their cancer risk and set goals to reduce it.
According to the survey, just 49 per cent of those surveyed believed lack of exercise was an important cancer risk factor. And only 55 per cent of Victorians know that being overweight can cause cancer. When asked to identify ways to reduce cancer risk, only 4 per cent said controlling weight.
Cancer Council research shows that a waistline of over 100cm for men and 85cm for women significantly increases the risk of some types of cancer, including cancers of the bowel, breast and oesophagus.
Mr Sinclair said it was also concerning that the link between alcohol and cancer was not well known. While more than 1300 people died from cancer due to excessive alcohol consumption in Australia in 2005, 94 per cent of Victorians failed to mention limiting alcohol intake as a way to reduce cancer risk.
The website is: cutyourcancerrisk.org.au

From ABC Science: http://www.watoday.com.au, 3rd August 2010]]> CCV said one-third of deaths from cancer in Victoria each year – or 3000 people – were preventable but people were unaware of the cancer risk factors.
Cancer Prevention Centre director Craig Sinclair said people tended to believe that their risk of developing cancer was down to fate or family history. In reality, less than one in 10 cancers were caused by known faulty genes, he said.
“While messages are getting through about quitting smoking and being sun smart, people need to understand that cancer risk can be reduced by limiting alcohol intake, having appropriate screening tests, being active and keeping body weight under control by eating fresh fruit and vegetables rather than high-energy foods,” he said.
“However, when surveyed, only 19 per cent of Victorians volunteered that leading a healthy lifestyle is a step that can be taken to reduce cancer risk.”
The findings are contained in the Council’s most recent population survey, in which more than 3000 Victorian adults were surveyed by telephone in 2007. The findings were released on Tuesday to coincide with the launch of a website to help educate the community about cancer prevention. The website, Cut Your Cancer Risk, helps people calculate their cancer risk and set goals to reduce it.
According to the survey, just 49 per cent of those surveyed believed lack of exercise was an important cancer risk factor. And only 55 per cent of Victorians know that being overweight can cause cancer. When asked to identify ways to reduce cancer risk, only 4 per cent said controlling weight.
Cancer Council research shows that a waistline of over 100cm for men and 85cm for women significantly increases the risk of some types of cancer, including cancers of the bowel, breast and oesophagus.
Mr Sinclair said it was also concerning that the link between alcohol and cancer was not well known. While more than 1300 people died from cancer due to excessive alcohol consumption in Australia in 2005, 94 per cent of Victorians failed to mention limiting alcohol intake as a way to reduce cancer risk.
The website is: cutyourcancerrisk.org.au

From ABC Science: http://www.watoday.com.au, 3rd August 2010]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=89 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:18:22 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=89 CSA member Karen Leibovitch has written a book which chronicles her journey with cancer, relationships, depression and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing

It may seem a remarkable achievement to have written a book while undergoing treatment for oral cancer, but for Karen Leibovitch writing was an essential part of her recovery. For many months it was her main form of communication. Not that she wrote with a view to it being read publicly – most of her writing was in the form of emails to her counsellor and this correspondence formed the basis of her book Two Years to ‘Normal’ A Journey with Cancer which has recently been published by Longueville Books.
Karen describes herself as an ‘accidental author’. She didn’t intend to publish a book, especially one so deeply personal and revealing – but based on the positive feedback from renowned author Sally Morgan and others, and her innate desire to help others, it was almost inevitable. With eight offers from publishers nationwide it wasn’t long before the few hundred email transcripts were compiled into a compelling novel-length narrative about cancer, relationships, depression, and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing.
Before cancer, Karen was a busy mum with a counselling practice. The diagnosis of oral cancer was a shock and turned her family’s life upside down as she underwent treatment which involved the removal of part of her tongue which left her unable to speak.
‘Two Years to Normal’ is written in a conversational, friendly style and Karen’s sense of humour and generosity of spirit shines through the pages making it a compelling pageturner. It is an honest account of the ups and many downs of her journey with cancer. It is a book which will most likely be very helpful to others with cancer offering subtle but powerful tips on how to bring joy back into life after being diagnosed and treated with cancer.
“The point is,” says Karen, “this is not really about me. It is about sharing a story, revealing weaknesses and inspiring others to share their stories too so they won’t feel as lost and alone as I did. As a counsellor, I find it humbling to be able to connect with and help many people”.
Karen is a naturally vivacious and cheerful person who had always been conditioned to be ‘positive’. Even during the pain and trauma of cancer she maintained a positive demeanour, until the deep, debilitating depression which had been brewing under the surface overtook her completely.
It was this ‘false’ positivity which proved to be the ultimate obstacle to connecting deeply with family and friends as it masked her true feelings of helplessness and despair. People would offer help and assistance but Karen was initially incapable of receiving it which left her feeling isolated. According to Karen, one of the core messages in the book is that it’s okay to accept help and even to ask for help and that this is an important part of the cancer journey.
“People have a need to give. People feel valued and needed when you ask them for help and indeed when we allow them to give it to us”. An inability to receive help can stem from feeling guilty about having a disease and the pressure it puts us all under. Cancer impacts heavily on family with treatment and trauma and care required. In my experiences, I think people ordinarily find it hard to ask for help let alone when trauma is upon us. We tend to be conditioned to give help but struggle receiving it.”
Because Karen so deeply understands the difficulty of reaching out to loved ones and the need for non-judgemental, supportive counselling, every book purchased supports the Cancer Council Helpline to help ensure the continuation of quality counselling in times of desperate need.
Karen believes so passionately in the importance of counselling and support that she is currently exploring the idea of setting up an online oral cancer forum where people can communicate freely using the written word. People with oral cancer are likely to be upset and frustrated at the inability to speak and an online forum is the ideal place to express those thoughts and feelings which would otherwise remain bottled up inside.
Two Years to Normal is an important book because it looks deeply at the emotional impact of cancer and how relationships dramatically change simply because of the disease. Karen found that one of the worst things about cancer was the way some people treated her – as if she had lost her intelligence as well as her voice!
Through the counselling process, Karen learnt to reframe her experiences, rediscover her joy and relearn how to live effectively with confidence. Acquiring a pet dog and lavishing it with love and attention was also an important part of her recovery. Some of the life lessons which helped her beat depression were:
• It’s not what we get in life but how we react which is important.
• Be flexible – don’t cling to rigid ideas.
• There’s no use resisting inevitable change so accept it and create a ‘new normal’.
• Stop wishing and focus on living.
• Don’t continually ask ‘‘Why Me?”. Instead ask “Well, why not me?”
So what does Karen’s new normal entail? With the publication of her book Karen has appeared on the 6PR Late Show, The Circle on Channel 10, Channel 10 News and so far been featured in the Sunday Times, West Australian, Western Suburbs and Post newspapers. She is a public speaker for the Cancer Council and Fitness First gymnasiums. She has had book signings in airports and bookshops across the nation and is well and truly on the Australian public speaking circuit – quite an achievement for someone who relearnt to speak just a few years ago!

KAREN'S TOP TIPS FOR COPING WITH CANCER
Ask for help when you need it. Accept it graciously when it is offered.
We’re all part of the same community and we all want the same things. Treat people with kindness and never judge others because of the way they look or sound.
Stay in the present. Live for Today. Hope for Tomorrow.
Appreciate every day.
Never Give Up. Keep taking small steps forward. There is always a door.
Don’t Fight It. Treat cancer like a dangerous friend! “Fighting” consumes your energy.
Hold onto your energy to enjoy life.[b]


For Karen’s upcoming workshops and events go to her website karenleibovitch.com.]]> CSA member Karen Leibovitch has written a book which chronicles her journey with cancer, relationships, depression and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing

It may seem a remarkable achievement to have written a book while undergoing treatment for oral cancer, but for Karen Leibovitch writing was an essential part of her recovery. For many months it was her main form of communication. Not that she wrote with a view to it being read publicly – most of her writing was in the form of emails to her counsellor and this correspondence formed the basis of her book Two Years to ‘Normal’ A Journey with Cancer which has recently been published by Longueville Books.
Karen describes herself as an ‘accidental author’. She didn’t intend to publish a book, especially one so deeply personal and revealing – but based on the positive feedback from renowned author Sally Morgan and others, and her innate desire to help others, it was almost inevitable. With eight offers from publishers nationwide it wasn’t long before the few hundred email transcripts were compiled into a compelling novel-length narrative about cancer, relationships, depression, and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing.
Before cancer, Karen was a busy mum with a counselling practice. The diagnosis of oral cancer was a shock and turned her family’s life upside down as she underwent treatment which involved the removal of part of her tongue which left her unable to speak.
‘Two Years to Normal’ is written in a conversational, friendly style and Karen’s sense of humour and generosity of spirit shines through the pages making it a compelling pageturner. It is an honest account of the ups and many downs of her journey with cancer. It is a book which will most likely be very helpful to others with cancer offering subtle but powerful tips on how to bring joy back into life after being diagnosed and treated with cancer.
“The point is,” says Karen, “this is not really about me. It is about sharing a story, revealing weaknesses and inspiring others to share their stories too so they won’t feel as lost and alone as I did. As a counsellor, I find it humbling to be able to connect with and help many people”.
Karen is a naturally vivacious and cheerful person who had always been conditioned to be ‘positive’. Even during the pain and trauma of cancer she maintained a positive demeanour, until the deep, debilitating depression which had been brewing under the surface overtook her completely.
It was this ‘false’ positivity which proved to be the ultimate obstacle to connecting deeply with family and friends as it masked her true feelings of helplessness and despair. People would offer help and assistance but Karen was initially incapable of receiving it which left her feeling isolated. According to Karen, one of the core messages in the book is that it’s okay to accept help and even to ask for help and that this is an important part of the cancer journey.
“People have a need to give. People feel valued and needed when you ask them for help and indeed when we allow them to give it to us”. An inability to receive help can stem from feeling guilty about having a disease and the pressure it puts us all under. Cancer impacts heavily on family with treatment and trauma and care required. In my experiences, I think people ordinarily find it hard to ask for help let alone when trauma is upon us. We tend to be conditioned to give help but struggle receiving it.”
Because Karen so deeply understands the difficulty of reaching out to loved ones and the need for non-judgemental, supportive counselling, every book purchased supports the Cancer Council Helpline to help ensure the continuation of quality counselling in times of desperate need.
Karen believes so passionately in the importance of counselling and support that she is currently exploring the idea of setting up an online oral cancer forum where people can communicate freely using the written word. People with oral cancer are likely to be upset and frustrated at the inability to speak and an online forum is the ideal place to express those thoughts and feelings which would otherwise remain bottled up inside.
Two Years to Normal is an important book because it looks deeply at the emotional impact of cancer and how relationships dramatically change simply because of the disease. Karen found that one of the worst things about cancer was the way some people treated her – as if she had lost her intelligence as well as her voice!
Through the counselling process, Karen learnt to reframe her experiences, rediscover her joy and relearn how to live effectively with confidence. Acquiring a pet dog and lavishing it with love and attention was also an important part of her recovery. Some of the life lessons which helped her beat depression were:
• It’s not what we get in life but how we react which is important.
• Be flexible – don’t cling to rigid ideas.
• There’s no use resisting inevitable change so accept it and create a ‘new normal’.
• Stop wishing and focus on living.
• Don’t continually ask ‘‘Why Me?”. Instead ask “Well, why not me?”
So what does Karen’s new normal entail? With the publication of her book Karen has appeared on the 6PR Late Show, The Circle on Channel 10, Channel 10 News and so far been featured in the Sunday Times, West Australian, Western Suburbs and Post newspapers. She is a public speaker for the Cancer Council and Fitness First gymnasiums. She has had book signings in airports and bookshops across the nation and is well and truly on the Australian public speaking circuit – quite an achievement for someone who relearnt to speak just a few years ago!

KAREN'S TOP TIPS FOR COPING WITH CANCER
Ask for help when you need it. Accept it graciously when it is offered.
We’re all part of the same community and we all want the same things. Treat people with kindness and never judge others because of the way they look or sound.
Stay in the present. Live for Today. Hope for Tomorrow.
Appreciate every day.
Never Give Up. Keep taking small steps forward. There is always a door.
Don’t Fight It. Treat cancer like a dangerous friend! “Fighting” consumes your energy.
Hold onto your energy to enjoy life.[b]


For Karen’s upcoming workshops and events go to her website karenleibovitch.com.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=88 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:15:21 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=88 By Mandy BeckerKnox

CSA member Karen Leibovitch has written a book which chronicles her journey with cancer, relationships, depression and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing

It may seem a remarkable achievement to have written a book while undergoing treatment for oral cancer, but for Karen Leibovitch writing was an essential part of her recovery. For many months it was her main form of communication. Not that she wrote with a view to it being read publicly – most of her writing was in the form of emails to her counsellor and this correspondence formed the basis of her book Two Years to ‘Normal’ A Journey with Cancer which has recently been published by Longueville Books.

Karen describes herself as an ‘accidental author’. She didn’t intend to publish a book, especially one so deeply personal and revealing – but based on the positive feedback from renowned author Sally Morgan and others, and her innate desire to help others, it was almost inevitable. With eight offers from publishers nationwide it wasn’t long before the few hundred email transcripts were compiled into a compelling novel-length narrative about cancer, relationships, depression, and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing.

Before cancer, Karen was a busy mum with a counselling practice. The diagnosis of oral cancer was a shock and turned her family’s life upside down as she underwent treatment which involved the removal of part of her tongue which left her unable to speak.

‘Two Years to Normal’ is written in a conversational, friendly style and Karen’s sense of humour and generosity of spirit shines through the pages making it a compelling pageturner. It is an honest account of the ups and many downs of her journey with cancer. It is a book which will most likely be very helpful to others with cancer offering subtle but powerful tips on how to bring joy back into life after being diagnosed and treated with cancer.

“The point is,” says Karen, “this is not really about me. It is about sharing a story, revealing weaknesses and inspiring others to share their stories too so they won’t feel as lost and alone as I did. As a counsellor, I find it humbling to be able to connect with and help many people”.
Karen is a naturally vivacious and cheerful person who had always been conditioned to be ‘positive’. Even during the pain and trauma of cancer she maintained a positive demeanour, until the deep, debilitating depression which had been brewing under the surface overtook her completely.
It was this ‘false’ positivity which proved to be the ultimate obstacle to connecting deeply with family and friends as it masked her true feelings of helplessness and despair. People would offer help and assistance but Karen was initially incapable of receiving it which left her feeling isolated. According to Karen, one of the core messages in the book is that it’s okay to accept help and even to ask for help and that this is an important part of the cancer journey.

“People have a need to give. People feel valued and needed when you ask them for help and indeed when we allow them to give it to us”. An inability to receive help can stem from feeling guilty about having a disease and the pressure it puts us all under. Cancer impacts heavily on family with treatment and trauma and care required. In my experiences, I think people ordinarily find it hard to ask for help let alone when trauma is upon us. We tend to be conditioned to give help but struggle receiving it.”

Because Karen so deeply understands the difficulty of reaching out to loved ones and the need for non-judgemental, supportive counselling, every book purchased supports the Cancer Council Helpline to help ensure the continuation of quality counselling in times of desperate need.

Karen believes so passionately in the importance of counselling and support that she is currently exploring the idea of setting up an online oral cancer forum where people can communicate freely using the written word. People with oral cancer are likely to be upset and frustrated at the inability to speak and an online forum is the ideal place to express those thoughts and feelings which would otherwise remain bottled up inside.

Two Years to Normal is an important book because it looks deeply at the emotional impact of cancer and how relationships dramatically change simply because of the disease. Karen found that one of the worst things about cancer was the way some people treated her – as if she had lost her intelligence as well as her voice!

Through the counselling process, Karen learnt to reframe her experiences, rediscover her joy and relearn how to live effectively with confidence. Acquiring a pet dog and lavishing it with love and attention was also an important part of her recovery. Some of the life lessons which helped her beat depression were:

• It’s not what we get in life but how we react which is important.
• Be flexible – don’t cling to rigid ideas.
• There’s no use resisting inevitable change so accept it and create a ‘new normal’.
• Stop wishing and focus on living.
• Don’t continually ask ‘‘Why Me?”. Instead ask “Well, why not me?”

So what does Karen’s new normal entail? With the publication of her book Karen has appeared on the 6PR Late Show, The Circle on Channel 10, Channel 10 News and so far been featured in the Sunday Times, West Australian, Western Suburbs and Post newspapers. She is a public speaker for the Cancer Council and Fitness First gymnasiums. She has had book signings in airports and bookshops across the nation and is well and truly on the Australian public speaking circuit – quite an achievement for someone who relearnt to speak just a few years ago!

Karen's top Tips for Coping with Cancer
* Ask for help when you need it. Accept it graciously when it is offered.
* We’re all part of the same community and we all want the same things. Treat people with kindness and never judge others because of the way they look or sound.
* Stay in the present. Live for Today. Hope for Tomorrow.
* Appreciate every day.
* Never Give Up. Keep taking small steps forward. There is always a door.
* Don’t Fight It. Treat cancer like a dangerous friend! “Fighting” consumes your energy.
* Hold onto your energy to enjoy life.]]> By Mandy BeckerKnox

CSA member Karen Leibovitch has written a book which chronicles her journey with cancer, relationships, depression and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing

It may seem a remarkable achievement to have written a book while undergoing treatment for oral cancer, but for Karen Leibovitch writing was an essential part of her recovery. For many months it was her main form of communication. Not that she wrote with a view to it being read publicly – most of her writing was in the form of emails to her counsellor and this correspondence formed the basis of her book Two Years to ‘Normal’ A Journey with Cancer which has recently been published by Longueville Books.

Karen describes herself as an ‘accidental author’. She didn’t intend to publish a book, especially one so deeply personal and revealing – but based on the positive feedback from renowned author Sally Morgan and others, and her innate desire to help others, it was almost inevitable. With eight offers from publishers nationwide it wasn’t long before the few hundred email transcripts were compiled into a compelling novel-length narrative about cancer, relationships, depression, and the long, rocky road to recovery and healing.

Before cancer, Karen was a busy mum with a counselling practice. The diagnosis of oral cancer was a shock and turned her family’s life upside down as she underwent treatment which involved the removal of part of her tongue which left her unable to speak.

‘Two Years to Normal’ is written in a conversational, friendly style and Karen’s sense of humour and generosity of spirit shines through the pages making it a compelling pageturner. It is an honest account of the ups and many downs of her journey with cancer. It is a book which will most likely be very helpful to others with cancer offering subtle but powerful tips on how to bring joy back into life after being diagnosed and treated with cancer.

“The point is,” says Karen, “this is not really about me. It is about sharing a story, revealing weaknesses and inspiring others to share their stories too so they won’t feel as lost and alone as I did. As a counsellor, I find it humbling to be able to connect with and help many people”.
Karen is a naturally vivacious and cheerful person who had always been conditioned to be ‘positive’. Even during the pain and trauma of cancer she maintained a positive demeanour, until the deep, debilitating depression which had been brewing under the surface overtook her completely.
It was this ‘false’ positivity which proved to be the ultimate obstacle to connecting deeply with family and friends as it masked her true feelings of helplessness and despair. People would offer help and assistance but Karen was initially incapable of receiving it which left her feeling isolated. According to Karen, one of the core messages in the book is that it’s okay to accept help and even to ask for help and that this is an important part of the cancer journey.

“People have a need to give. People feel valued and needed when you ask them for help and indeed when we allow them to give it to us”. An inability to receive help can stem from feeling guilty about having a disease and the pressure it puts us all under. Cancer impacts heavily on family with treatment and trauma and care required. In my experiences, I think people ordinarily find it hard to ask for help let alone when trauma is upon us. We tend to be conditioned to give help but struggle receiving it.”

Because Karen so deeply understands the difficulty of reaching out to loved ones and the need for non-judgemental, supportive counselling, every book purchased supports the Cancer Council Helpline to help ensure the continuation of quality counselling in times of desperate need.

Karen believes so passionately in the importance of counselling and support that she is currently exploring the idea of setting up an online oral cancer forum where people can communicate freely using the written word. People with oral cancer are likely to be upset and frustrated at the inability to speak and an online forum is the ideal place to express those thoughts and feelings which would otherwise remain bottled up inside.

Two Years to Normal is an important book because it looks deeply at the emotional impact of cancer and how relationships dramatically change simply because of the disease. Karen found that one of the worst things about cancer was the way some people treated her – as if she had lost her intelligence as well as her voice!

Through the counselling process, Karen learnt to reframe her experiences, rediscover her joy and relearn how to live effectively with confidence. Acquiring a pet dog and lavishing it with love and attention was also an important part of her recovery. Some of the life lessons which helped her beat depression were:

• It’s not what we get in life but how we react which is important.
• Be flexible – don’t cling to rigid ideas.
• There’s no use resisting inevitable change so accept it and create a ‘new normal’.
• Stop wishing and focus on living.
• Don’t continually ask ‘‘Why Me?”. Instead ask “Well, why not me?”

So what does Karen’s new normal entail? With the publication of her book Karen has appeared on the 6PR Late Show, The Circle on Channel 10, Channel 10 News and so far been featured in the Sunday Times, West Australian, Western Suburbs and Post newspapers. She is a public speaker for the Cancer Council and Fitness First gymnasiums. She has had book signings in airports and bookshops across the nation and is well and truly on the Australian public speaking circuit – quite an achievement for someone who relearnt to speak just a few years ago!

Karen's top Tips for Coping with Cancer
* Ask for help when you need it. Accept it graciously when it is offered.
* We’re all part of the same community and we all want the same things. Treat people with kindness and never judge others because of the way they look or sound.
* Stay in the present. Live for Today. Hope for Tomorrow.
* Appreciate every day.
* Never Give Up. Keep taking small steps forward. There is always a door.
* Don’t Fight It. Treat cancer like a dangerous friend! “Fighting” consumes your energy.
* Hold onto your energy to enjoy life.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=87 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:07:27 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=87
Just the other morning I went out to water this little garden and to my amazement the smallest of the cacti had quite suddenly produced three perfect white flowers which majestically towered above the tiny plant.

The beauty of these blooms was astounding, particularly as they lasted onlya day, then disappeared from the planet, and the little cactus was again merely a little cactus. What a moment - I could easily have missed it.

It reminded me that life is truly beautiful. Just when we forget, just when we have started to believe the stories of suffering, wars and terrible events, just when we think everything is hopeless or start to think ‘what’s the point?’, life presents us with such a moment of pure beauty which somehow captures the essence of what life is all about, and instantly reawakens our faith and connection to the world we live in, restoring our enthusiasm for life.

It is these moments strung together which make a life. It is our perception of these moments which determines our happiness. There are potentially many beautiful pictures in life, yet in all our busyness and preoccupations it is quite likely that we walk right by without even noticing.

In every moment of our lives we are unconsciously choosing to see certain things, for example, we can see the problems in the world and feel despair, or we can see the beauty in nature and feel joy. How we perceive the world and how we respond to it is largely up to us. This explains how two people can observe the same thing but ‘see’ something completely different! It is not indulgent or myopic to focus on what is beautiful in the world to the exclusion of the horrible stuff.

It is okay to be happy even if others are not! It is okay to have faith in ourselves and humanity when others are cynical and disbelieving. It may even be essential for our health and healing to look for the beauty within ourselves, within others, within every moment! Beauty has the potential to heal on many levels.

Our mere gaze has so much power. Turning it in on ourselves and seeing the beauty within helps us cultivate self-acceptance and an inner tranquillity. By looking for the beauty in others we are affirming what is good and lovely in them, giving them the confidence to realise their potential. By admiring the beauty in nature we are helping to heal our wonderful planet. Be careful where you cast your gaze, use the power of it for good, look for beauty in the world, and pause to appreciate life’s precious moments - you will be amazed at just how beautiful life can be!

(EDITORIAL COMMENT, AUGUST 2010)]]>
Just the other morning I went out to water this little garden and to my amazement the smallest of the cacti had quite suddenly produced three perfect white flowers which majestically towered above the tiny plant.

The beauty of these blooms was astounding, particularly as they lasted onlya day, then disappeared from the planet, and the little cactus was again merely a little cactus. What a moment - I could easily have missed it.

It reminded me that life is truly beautiful. Just when we forget, just when we have started to believe the stories of suffering, wars and terrible events, just when we think everything is hopeless or start to think ‘what’s the point?’, life presents us with such a moment of pure beauty which somehow captures the essence of what life is all about, and instantly reawakens our faith and connection to the world we live in, restoring our enthusiasm for life.

It is these moments strung together which make a life. It is our perception of these moments which determines our happiness. There are potentially many beautiful pictures in life, yet in all our busyness and preoccupations it is quite likely that we walk right by without even noticing.

In every moment of our lives we are unconsciously choosing to see certain things, for example, we can see the problems in the world and feel despair, or we can see the beauty in nature and feel joy. How we perceive the world and how we respond to it is largely up to us. This explains how two people can observe the same thing but ‘see’ something completely different! It is not indulgent or myopic to focus on what is beautiful in the world to the exclusion of the horrible stuff.

It is okay to be happy even if others are not! It is okay to have faith in ourselves and humanity when others are cynical and disbelieving. It may even be essential for our health and healing to look for the beauty within ourselves, within others, within every moment! Beauty has the potential to heal on many levels.

Our mere gaze has so much power. Turning it in on ourselves and seeing the beauty within helps us cultivate self-acceptance and an inner tranquillity. By looking for the beauty in others we are affirming what is good and lovely in them, giving them the confidence to realise their potential. By admiring the beauty in nature we are helping to heal our wonderful planet. Be careful where you cast your gaze, use the power of it for good, look for beauty in the world, and pause to appreciate life’s precious moments - you will be amazed at just how beautiful life can be!

(EDITORIAL COMMENT, AUGUST 2010)]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=86 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:03:14 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=86 An Excerpt from “Universal Ethos” by Leonard Boff.

As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile the future faces huge risks as well as great potential. In order to go on we must unite to create a sustainable global society based on respect for Nature, universal human rights, economic justice and a culture of peace.

This requires a huge mental and emotional transformation. It requires a new idea of what global interdependence and universal responsibility means. We must use our imagination to develop and implement a vision of a sustainable way of life at local, regional, national and global levels. Our cultural diversities are a priceless inheritance and every culture will find its own way to express this vision.

Often life involves tensions between important values, implicating difficult choices. Nevertheless, we must find a way to harmonise diversity into unity, the right of freedom with the common good and short term objectives with long term results.

Every individual, family, organisation, business and government has a crucial role. Our time should be remembered for the reawakening of a new respect for life, for a serious undertaking towards sustainability, and for a joyful celebration of life.]]> An Excerpt from “Universal Ethos” by Leonard Boff.

As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile the future faces huge risks as well as great potential. In order to go on we must unite to create a sustainable global society based on respect for Nature, universal human rights, economic justice and a culture of peace.

This requires a huge mental and emotional transformation. It requires a new idea of what global interdependence and universal responsibility means. We must use our imagination to develop and implement a vision of a sustainable way of life at local, regional, national and global levels. Our cultural diversities are a priceless inheritance and every culture will find its own way to express this vision.

Often life involves tensions between important values, implicating difficult choices. Nevertheless, we must find a way to harmonise diversity into unity, the right of freedom with the common good and short term objectives with long term results.

Every individual, family, organisation, business and government has a crucial role. Our time should be remembered for the reawakening of a new respect for life, for a serious undertaking towards sustainability, and for a joyful celebration of life.]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=85 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:57:16 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=85
No-one’s life is without pain. There is absolutely no use in comparing our lives to anyone else’s or feeling resentful that others are better off than we are. The nature of life is that one day each of us will have our challenges to face. The real challenge of course is to stay positive, to be kind to ourselves and others in the face of hardship, to accept the challenges life throws our way graciously, to calmly look for positive pathways into the future, and to make the world a joyful place by our presence in it.

By taking this approach we can keep a clear, calm head and make sensible, healthy choices which lead us towards healing and wholeness. Staying positive means that we will be much less likely to descend into a negative or fearful state of mind which could potentially alienate our loved ones. Isolation only adds to our sense of suffering!

The practice of positive thinking will ensure that whatever our circumstances, we make the most of every precious moment in this precious lifetime.

(EDITORIAL COMMENT, JUNE 2010)]]>
No-one’s life is without pain. There is absolutely no use in comparing our lives to anyone else’s or feeling resentful that others are better off than we are. The nature of life is that one day each of us will have our challenges to face. The real challenge of course is to stay positive, to be kind to ourselves and others in the face of hardship, to accept the challenges life throws our way graciously, to calmly look for positive pathways into the future, and to make the world a joyful place by our presence in it.

By taking this approach we can keep a clear, calm head and make sensible, healthy choices which lead us towards healing and wholeness. Staying positive means that we will be much less likely to descend into a negative or fearful state of mind which could potentially alienate our loved ones. Isolation only adds to our sense of suffering!

The practice of positive thinking will ensure that whatever our circumstances, we make the most of every precious moment in this precious lifetime.

(EDITORIAL COMMENT, JUNE 2010)]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=84 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:51:44 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=84
To stay balanced during winter, our lifestyle, diet and habits need to change from the carefree, sociable and busy pace of the warmer months. Eating warming foods such as nurturing soups, slow-simmered stews, beans, roasted root vegetables, and warm drinks provides a good way to replenish energy. More time at home means more time with your family and close friends, more time rugging up in coats and scarves taking winter walks with beloved pets, more time to read, reflect, write, create – activities all conducive to deep healing. Winter is the time for a gentle approach to exercise and self-care.

Activities such as yoga and saunas maintain health and provide the perfect counterbalance to time spent in stressful workplaces, shopping centres and overspending. After a gentle winter of self-love and healing you will be ready to emerge from your cocoon of quiet and warmth with renewed vitality and a fresh, powerful, positive outlook.

(EDITORIAL MAY 2010)]]>
To stay balanced during winter, our lifestyle, diet and habits need to change from the carefree, sociable and busy pace of the warmer months. Eating warming foods such as nurturing soups, slow-simmered stews, beans, roasted root vegetables, and warm drinks provides a good way to replenish energy. More time at home means more time with your family and close friends, more time rugging up in coats and scarves taking winter walks with beloved pets, more time to read, reflect, write, create – activities all conducive to deep healing. Winter is the time for a gentle approach to exercise and self-care.

Activities such as yoga and saunas maintain health and provide the perfect counterbalance to time spent in stressful workplaces, shopping centres and overspending. After a gentle winter of self-love and healing you will be ready to emerge from your cocoon of quiet and warmth with renewed vitality and a fresh, powerful, positive outlook.

(EDITORIAL MAY 2010)]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=83 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:42:30 +0800 MandyBK http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=83 Just like the animals in the natural world, we are essentially joyful. Just like animals in captivity some of us have become a little disconnected from this ‘inner’ joy. Even so, it doesn’t matter what our outside circumstances are, this inner joy is always present ! If only we could look within and realise this – we would be less dependent on outside stimulus to make us happy, we would be less concerned with ‘becoming’ something (healthy, thin, wealthy, wise – whatever it is we are not but think we should be) and more content with who we are right now and more willing to enjoy our lives just as they are.

The ancient art of yoga teaches us to accept ourselves in the present moment just as we are, to be centred, and grounded in our own wisdom and knowledge.

Complicated? Not at all. It’s just a matter of ‘letting go’ of inner obstacles (thoughts and worries) and not concerning ourselves with external obstacles (other people’s judgements and actions). ‘Letting go’ is an inward process – we sit quietly and let all the unhappy thoughts, fears, anxieties arise and then we choose – to let them go. Try this simple exercise: take a deep breath in and then as you breathe out imagine you release these stresses, thoughts, fears, anxieties. Continue to do this until you feel empty and then, eventually, you will glimpse it, you will realise it, you will become it – beyond all these things you are joy!

I realised early on that yoga suited me as a spiritual path and lifestyle. Yoga provides a positive and inspiring framework to live within, and provides many tools for self-healing. I know, from my own experience that when practiced diligently yoga has the power to heal.

Other people who do not have this degree of faith in yoga may find that yoga practices do not heal. That’s fine, they will of course choose a different path. It makes little difference what path you choose, what really counts is your faith, your firm belief in whatever it is you choose to do, and your resolve to live life fully, to be happy, to heal, and to make the world a better place through your involvement in it.
It is faith which will ultimately empower you, and lead you to succeed at your goals. Particularly in the context of health and healing – with complete faith in whatever course of action you take it is likely you will succeed.

With faith miracles are possible!

(Editorial Comment, April 2010)]]> Just like the animals in the natural world, we are essentially joyful. Just like animals in captivity some of us have become a little disconnected from this ‘inner’ joy. Even so, it doesn’t matter what our outside circumstances are, this inner joy is always present ! If only we could look within and realise this – we would be less dependent on outside stimulus to make us happy, we would be less concerned with ‘becoming’ something (healthy, thin, wealthy, wise – whatever it is we are not but think we should be) and more content with who we are right now and more willing to enjoy our lives just as they are.

The ancient art of yoga teaches us to accept ourselves in the present moment just as we are, to be centred, and grounded in our own wisdom and knowledge.

Complicated? Not at all. It’s just a matter of ‘letting go’ of inner obstacles (thoughts and worries) and not concerning ourselves with external obstacles (other people’s judgements and actions). ‘Letting go’ is an inward process – we sit quietly and let all the unhappy thoughts, fears, anxieties arise and then we choose – to let them go. Try this simple exercise: take a deep breath in and then as you breathe out imagine you release these stresses, thoughts, fears, anxieties. Continue to do this until you feel empty and then, eventually, you will glimpse it, you will realise it, you will become it – beyond all these things you are joy!

I realised early on that yoga suited me as a spiritual path and lifestyle. Yoga provides a positive and inspiring framework to live within, and provides many tools for self-healing. I know, from my own experience that when practiced diligently yoga has the power to heal.

Other people who do not have this degree of faith in yoga may find that yoga practices do not heal. That’s fine, they will of course choose a different path. It makes little difference what path you choose, what really counts is your faith, your firm belief in whatever it is you choose to do, and your resolve to live life fully, to be happy, to heal, and to make the world a better place through your involvement in it.
It is faith which will ultimately empower you, and lead you to succeed at your goals. Particularly in the context of health and healing – with complete faith in whatever course of action you take it is likely you will succeed.

With faith miracles are possible!

(Editorial Comment, April 2010)]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=82 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:24:18 +0800 Oliye http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=82 The most common warning sign of skin cancer is a change in the appearance of the skin, such as a new growth or a sore that will not heal.
The two most common forms of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Together, these two are also referred to as nonmelanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is generally the most serious form of skin cancer because it tends to spread (metastasize) throughout the body quickly. Skin cancer is also known as skin neoplasia]]> The most common warning sign of skin cancer is a change in the appearance of the skin, such as a new growth or a sore that will not heal.
The two most common forms of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Together, these two are also referred to as nonmelanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is generally the most serious form of skin cancer because it tends to spread (metastasize) throughout the body quickly. Skin cancer is also known as skin neoplasia]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=81 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:21:12 +0800 Oliye http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=81 chicago condos 
There can be no doubt any longer that mobile phone radiation affects living cells. So be careful while using these]]> chicago condos 
There can be no doubt any longer that mobile phone radiation affects living cells. So be careful while using these]]> http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=80 Tue, 11 May 2010 22:56:06 +0800 liz.lemon24 http://forums.cancersupportwa.org.au/showthread.php?tid=80
One night I was doing research and came across http://cancerfund.org/home.html

Mission of Hope really helped me deal with what was happening to my family. Not only did they support my mother in an emotional and financial way, but I was able to calm down a bit about not always getting to be by her side.

Now that she is in remission (yay!) I try to volunteer and donate there as much as i can. I highly recommend it--I know the economy is bad and that people are struggling, but that is only more reason for me to dig deeper and give more. I can never repay them for all that they have helped me with.]]>
One night I was doing research and came across http://cancerfund.org/home.html

Mission of Hope really helped me deal with what was happening to my family. Not only did they support my mother in an emotional and financial way, but I was able to calm down a bit about not always getting to be by her side.

Now that she is in remission (yay!) I try to volunteer and donate there as much as i can. I highly recommend it--I know the economy is bad and that people are struggling, but that is only more reason for me to dig deeper and give more. I can never repay them for all that they have helped me with.]]>