Update: My Personal Journal Regarding Prostate Cancer
Recorded June 2010, ten years from diagnosis
You can read my first report HERE. It is still valid and applicable and it represents pretty much what I have been doing for the past ten years. Health management is a work in progress. We constantly try things, searching for the latest discoveries around the world in holistic medicine. We watch as our PSA rises and falls as a result of our efforts and/or the progress of the disease. It becomes an exercise in management (just like medical treatment). We do not discover immortality but we do discover the possibilities that modern medicine ignores.
Here then is my updated list of "silver bullets" adopted in recent years.
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You may be surprised to learn that I've adopted more and more of the "breath of life" philosophies into my regime, which includes QiGong breathing, Yoga Breathing and Lymphasizing, which includes the use of a trampoline rebounder. Each of these disciplines seem to be the discovery and application of the same thing observed through different cultural and personal belief systems. They apply an energetic medicine we obviously have yet to properly understand.
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“If you want to be healthy and live to 100, do Chi Gong.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz on the Oprah Winfrey Show
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The Eastern activities are obviously thousands of years old and provide internal supports to our physical health still misunderstood by contemporary medicine. There are some exceptions like Dr. Weil who actually has written books and recordings on the value of breath in healing.
Lymphology is quite another thing, in my opinion. This is a "science" coined by a Dr. West in Utah. I've read his book and I've tested much of what he suggests. I find much of what he teaches medically very useful and effective, particularly in the area of pain relief and lymph drainage. The challenge with his course is his complete permeation of personal religious beliefs into the information. If you are in concert with him it is very rich with faith, which is healing itself. But if you are not it is just distractng. For myself, I am attracted to the parallels in his "discoveries" about the breath and the electricity in human cells and how much of the yogic "prana" breath he trips upon (probably unknown by him). Nevertheless, doing it in any name has results that are priceless at times.
This leads right into exercise, sunlight and fresh air. Still a major portion of my activities. I still believe in the vitamin D factor from skin and morning sunlight and I believe that our current propaganda about the dangers of the sun are more the result of our diminished immune systems and for the sake of sales of sun block, which seems to now have many side affects.
And, still at the top of my list... UNDO. Clean the bowel, regularly. Detox. In naturopathic terms, "all disease begins in the bowel."
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Now to my updated list of nutrients/supplements:
DMSO
This is a chemical product—called dimethyl sulfoxide—that has been around a long time but is totally strange to the orthodox medical community. This is another incredible solution with powerful properties.
Carnivora
Carnivora is the 100 percent absolutely PURE PHYTONUTRIENT EXTRACT of Dionaea Muscipula, the particular species of the venus flytrap plant. Development of this extract began in Germany in the late 1970's by German physician Dr. Helmut Keller.
Quote from www.Prostate90.Com.... "The institute for Tumor Biology in Freiburg found out how it works: Carnivora blocks the proteinkinases in the tumor cell and deprives it from its necessary proteins, it prevents the angioneogenesis of metastases and it decreases the mitosis rate of malignant tumor cells. Additionally, it works by being immune-stimulating."
Graviola
And I quote, "In a 1976 plant screening program by the National Cancer Institute, the leaves and stem of Graviola, from South America, showed active cytotoxicity against cancer cells and researchers have not been following up on this successful research. I have read that because pharma hasn't been successful in manufacturing a patentable synthetic version that matches the actual plant's efficacy, it has been abandoned. Much of the research on Graviola focused on a novel set of phytochemicals called annonaceous acetogenins. The potent antitumor, pesticidal and/or insect antifeedant properties of these annonaceous acetogenins have been reported. Graviola produces these natural compounds in leaf, bark and twig tissues, and they have be documented to possess both highly anti-tumor and pesticidal properties." Read more.
CoQ10
Quote from National Cancer Institute: "A naturally occurring benzoquinone important in electron transport in mitochondrial membranes. Coenzyme-Q functions as an endogenous antioxidant; deficiencies of this enzyme have been observed in patients with many different types of cancer and limited studies have suggested that coenzyme-Q may induce tumor regression in patients with breast cancer. This agent may have immunostimulatory effects."
Bee Pollen
I've read that "bee keepers never get cancer." Interesting. What is true is that bee pollen contains energetic compounds unreproducable by science. Bee pollen consists of blended pollen grains that are collected by honeybees, from a wide variety of plants. It contains EVERY vitamin known, as well as all 22 elements needed by our bodies. Bee pollen contains ALL the amino acids which are indispensable for our diet, and which our bodies cannot make or synthesize. According to Dr. Felix Murat's little book, 'Bee pollen has an astounding record at reversing prostate cancer and prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate). Many men who were scheduled for prostate surgery, were able to cancel the operations after eating bee pollen daily for several months.' It is good for anything prostate. Buy local if possible.
Cod Liver Oil
Krill Oil
Krill oil is purported to be over forty times better for you than cod liver oil, to include such benefits as building up your immune system, improved liver function, mental capacity - concentration, memory, healthy joints, improved cardiac, and all of the power of antioxidants. Krill are small shrimp or prawn-like creatures that feed the world's most mammoth animals -- the great whales. These smallest animals support our largest animals. You need this kind of support.
Pomegranates
Ellagic acid and more. Recent "medical" reports provide evidence of the efficacy of this nutrient in cases of prostate and breast cancers. Read more from Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6045JT20100105
And there is this exact quote from the National Cancer Institute: "A natural juice isolated from the fruit of the plant Punica granatum with antioxidant, potential antineoplastic, and chemopreventive activities. Pomegranate juice contains flavonoids which promote differentiation and apoptosis in tumor cells by down-regulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and stimulating migration inhibitory factor (MIF), thereby inhibiting angiogenesis."
Whey Protein
Wheatgrass
Green Tea
Quotation from National Cancer Institute: "Tea derived from the dried leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis with potential antioxidant, chemopreventive, and lipid-lowering activities. Green tea contains polyphenols that may be responsible for its chemopreventive effect. The polyphenol fraction contains mainly epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and other catechins, such as epicatechin (EC), gallocatechin gallate (GCG), epigallocatechin (EGC), and epicatechin gallate (ECG). Green tea polyphenols act as antioxidants and free radical scavengers and may affect enzymes involved in cellular replication and tumor angiogenesis by modulating angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)."
Mullein
Milk Thistle
Exact quote from the National Cancer Institute: "A substance derived from any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs including the plant Silybum marianum. Milk thistle's active chemical component is silymarin, which is a combination of flavonoids such as silibinin, dehydrosilibinin, silychristin and silydianin. These compounds are antioxidants and may alter the membrane structure of the liver cell, thereby blocking the absorption of toxins; they may also stimulate the production of new liver cells. In addition, milk thistle may increase cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, exhibiting dose-dependent cardiac myocyte cytoprotection against doxorubicin. The silibinin component of milk thistle has been shown to inhibit growth factor receptor-mediated mitogenic and cell survival signaling, thereby inhibiting tumor growth."
Andrographis
Known in India as the "King of Bitters," known to protect the liver. Research reveals this: "Conclusive studies have established the effectiveness of this herbal remedy in dealing with the symptoms of cancer, with the symptoms of AIDS, and in the treatment of various bacterial and viral diseases which affects people around the world. The remedies made from andrographis have also been used in the treatment of cancer in patients. Research done on cancer cells indicates that when a cancerous cell is made to mature or differentiate early, it loses the ability to multiply out of control resulting in a tumor. The use of andrographis during recent researches produced favorable results, these observations during the particular study suggests that the andrographis herb possesses very potent cell differentiation inducing properties over leukemia cells. In addition, the extract of cells from the leaves of the andrographis has potent cytotoxic-cell killing-effects against cancer cells and controls the growth of tumors. Reports from the studies conducted by Japanese researchers also shows that the remedies made from the andrographis are capable of stopping stomach cancer cells from multiplying in an uncontrollable rate. Positive results using the herbal remedy have also been seen in the treatment of skin cancer, and in treating prostate and breast cancer cells, and some success has also been observed in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in several patients."
Chanca Piedra Tea
Red Root
Siberian Pine Nut Oil
Certain varieties of pine nut oil contain powerful antioxidants. One of the active ingredients producing this effect is called pinolenic acid. As a rule of thumb, the more Northerly species of pines produce seeds (nuts) the higher the pinolenic acid, as well as other biologically active substances, compared to their more Southerly counterparts. For example, pinon pines, as well as Italian and French pines, produce nuts containing less than 1% of pinolenic acid in their oil. Korean pine nut oil contains approximately 15-19% of pinolenic acid.
Siberian pine (Pinus Sibirica) is the northernmost pine species. Its oil contains an average of 20-27% of pinolenic acid, and the highest amounts of other healing ingredients. Pinolenic acid (a triple-unsaturated fatty acid which is a positional isomer of a more widely known gamma-linolenic acid [GLA]) is found exclusively in pine nut oil, and is not present in any other species of plants. Scientists have also demonstrated that pinolenic acid favorably affects total blood lipids, reduces platelet aggregation, and lowers blood pressure, contributing to cardiovascular health.
Cat's Claw
Royal Lucraco
Zyflamend
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Part of your healing is in doing your own research so much info here is brief. Your own intuition kicks in when you seek and it can be your best guide.
It Makes Me Sick (editorial)
The biggest truth I learned in ten years of personal research is not about any cure or medical solution for disease. It's about the business of medicine and how our government conspires for the benefit of big pharma, the AMA and the system, at our expense.
For example, you will notice a disclaimer published on every page that features a nutritional supplement, declaring that the item is NOT intended to help you medically, when in fact it does. This hypocracy is the result of our convoluted laws that have a bias against health unless medical treatment is involved (read money).
So, in order for any nutraceutical manufacture to exist and do business in the USA it must lie by printing this disclaimer everywhere, claiming that their product will not "cure" any disease. This freedom is preserved only for "approved" drugs.
Certain fruits are very healthy. They possess known anti cancer chemicals. Clinical trials have proven this. I can direct you to current web sites where this evidence of recovery from breast and prostate cancer are documented, from simply eating quantities of these purple and red fruits. But if I also make reference to where you can purchase some of these in supplement form I am breaking the law.
Reported June 24, 2010
For example, marketers and manufacturers of pomegranate juice have recently been citing this evolving research on the health benefits of pomegranates.
The Food and Drug Administration took notice of this at the beginning of the year and actually issued a warning letter to one of the largest companies, accusing them of making illegal health claims about the anti-disease benefits of pomegranates. (which is true)
The letter to this juice bottler claims the company committed "serious violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act." The FDA says the company promotes its juice in such a way that classifies that juice as a drug, based on the fact that it's marketed as something for use "in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease."
Hence, many of the items I've listed above are lacking elaborate definitions or claims. This is because we support the sale of and are affiliates for certain healthy products, sales we need in order to publish this site. Items we use.
We can publish the evidence as educational or we can promote them. We can't do both, according to this example, without the legal disclaimer. Yes, the very government that now tells us to eat more fruits and vegetables to prevent cancer also makes it illegal to freely educate and sell simultaneously. In doing so THEY can declare that WE have then turned a fruit into a drug and they forbid us from infringing on medical drug perogative. Our state of health as a patient is not a consideration. The establishment must be protected.
Self empowerment through education is our ONLY tool of response. This page lists the best of the best. We cannot tell you why in detail (make medical claims) if we also run a linking AD. Do your own research. That is still free.
This is the stuff we use.
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Additional Reading:
• New Frontiers Market
• Mt Hope Market
• OASIS Wellness Catalog
• Food Matters Info
• Practitioner Directory 01
• Practitioner Directory 02
• Practitioner Directory 03
• Naturopaths International
• Winter Sun Trading
• Hydrocolonic Therapy
Nutrition - Disease
• Fresh Juice Instructions
• Wheatgrass Juice DIY
• The Budwig Solution
• Acai Berries for LIFE
• Make your own ESSIAC
• Resveratrol - Anti Aging
• GERD - Digestion Help
Protocols
• Trampolines... WHY?
• Upside Down is GOOD
Essays about Health
• PCa Strategy 01
• PCa Strategy 02
• PCa Strategy 03
• PCa Strategy 04
• PCa Strategy 05
• Holistic Dental Care
• Vasectomy... PAIN?
• What Health Reform?
Although these links go to an ARIZONA web site, much of it is general and applicable to anyone interested in healing and Nutrition Against Disease. JV