CANCER: WHAT DIETS WILL HELP?

There is one fact of which we are very certain: the single most important thing you can do that offers you the best survival chance against cancer is to eat right. There is not much chance of beating the disease if you insist in eating the SAD (standard American diet).

According to The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), eating at least five portions of vegetables and fruits each day could, in itself, reduce cancer rates by 20%. Eating healthily, plus staying physically active and maintaining a healthy weight, can cut cancer risk by 30-40%. The WCRF supplies evidence that half of all breast cancer cases, three out of four cases of stomach cancer and three out of four cases of colon cancer could be prevented by dietary measures alone.

There is nothing wrong in eating for pleasure. But from now on your main interest in food is as a medicine! As expected, most of the foods perceived as nice are the damaging ones. However we put it to you that the foods most people favour and become addicted to will not seem very special, once you have developed the love and attraction of natural plain foods, cooked in simple style, with lots of good flavoursome herbs and loads of antioxidants.

If you want to go the whole way, you may wish to enrol on comprehensive dietary-management schemes, such as the famous Gerson diet or the Kelley Program. Just be warned these are demanding and will consume almost your whole day in preparation and action. Here is a suggestion for a middle of the road diet but this should be regarded as a minimum, if you are serious about your predicament.

Foods to avoid: red meat, dairy produce, refined white flour, sugar, tea, coffee, alcohol, yeasty and fermented foods of all kinds, spinach, celery, beets, added salt, any and all manufactured foods (tins, packets, jars, bottles).

Foods to eat: whole grains, fresh fruit, all vegetables (except spinach, celery and beets), fish, chicken or other fowl, salads, herb and spice flavourings, fruit juice, herb teas, spring water. Take lots of red foods, like tomato, because they contain lycopene, which has been shown to help definitely against a number of cancers, including prostate. Take plenty of brassicas (cabbage and kale family) because they are rich in indole-3-carbinol, which is highly active against oestrogen-sensitive tumours, such as ovary, breast and probably prostate.
Drink lots of water (at least 2 litres a day) it helps the kidneys wash out toxins. Note: if you are intolerant to any foodstuff, don’t eat it, even if it’s on our “allowed” list. That would put strain on your precious immune system.

Low Sodium (low salt) is a MUST

Many published scientific studies show the value of a low-salt diet against cancer. Reduce or eliminate salt, which effectively means avoid all manufactured food and do not add salt to your cooking. You can add potassium salt instead (it doesn't work though! - the taste just isn't there!)

Caution: very low sodium diets can make you feel weak and dizzy. Add a little back to your food on your plate, where only YOU control the amounts.

Omega-3 fatty acids

Vital for everyone's health.

Researchers evaluated over 250 patients with breast cancer and analyzed their fat relative to 90 women without breast cancer.
The analysis showed that there was indeed a protect effect of omega-3 fatty acids on breast cancer risk and supports the imperative balance of the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio as being important in the development of breast cancer.
Int J Cancer March 2002 1;98(1):78-83

SPECIAL CANCER DIET REGIMES

There are a number of diets you will encounter and can consider.

GERSON DIET

The Gerson therapy was named after Dr. Max B. Gerson, who first used it to treat his migraine headaches. In the 1930's, Dr. Gerson’s therapy became known to the public as a treatment for a type of tuberculosis (TB). The Gerson therapy was later used to treat other conditions, including cancer.
No question it works for many; the commitment required is enormous and I believe at least part of its success comes from the fact that only highly motivated patients will tolerate its demanding routine.

There are 3 key parts to the regimen:

Diet: Organic fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to give the body plenty of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other nutrients.
Detoxification: Treatments to remove toxic (harmful) substances from the body.
Supplementation: The addition of certain substances to the diet, mainly to increase metabolism.

The Gerson therapy requires that the many details of its treatment plan be followed exactly. Some key parts of the regimen include the following:

Drinking 13 glasses of juice a day. The juice must come from organic fruits and vegetables and be taken once every hour within 15 minutes of being made.
Eating vegetarian meals of organically grown fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

Taking a number of supplements, including an iodine solution called Lugol's iodine, vitamin B 12, potassium, thyroid hormone, a crude liver extract with B12 (taken by injection), and pancreatic enzymes.

Taking enemas regularly, including coffee or chamomile enemas, to remove toxins from the body.

Preparing food without salt, spices, and aluminum cookware or utensils.

There are no major scientific trials supporting the Gerson diet. However, in 1946, Dr. Gerson told Congress that about 30% (3 out of 10) of the cancer patients treated with his therapy had a good response. In 1947, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reviewed the cases of 10 patients treated by Dr. Gerson. The patients were also receiving other anticancer treatments, however, and it was not proven that changes in the patients’ conditions were due to the Gerson therapy or another treatment. The NCI has not made any other reviews of the Gerson program, which is unbelievable and frankly scandalous, given the potential.

Read the transcript of a talk given by Max Gerson in 1956

BUDWIG DIET

The Flaxseed (Linseed) oil diet was originally proposed by Dr. Johanna Budwig, a German biochemist and expert on fats and oils, in 1951 and recently re-examined by Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (Oncologist and former cardiologist) in 1990. Dr. Roehm claims: "this diet is far and away the most successful anti-cancer diet in the world".

The theory is: the use of oxygen in the organism can be stimulated by protein compounds of sulphuric content, which make oils water-soluble and which is present in cheese, nuts, onion and leek vegetables such as leek, chive, onion and garlic, but especially cottage cheese.

Ferments of cell respiration closely connected with the highly unsaturated fatty acids, are also needed for proper oxidation. It is essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linolic acid content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppyseed, walnut, and corn oils. Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right proteins otherwise the oils will have the OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more harm than good.

A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with 1.5 oz. of linseed oil and 1 oz. of milk. A blender or egg beater works fine. The mixture an be sweeten with honey or otherwise flavoured naturally. Fresh fruits can be added. Every morning 2 spoonfuls of freshly ground linseed oil should be taken in luke warm buttermilk or yoghurt.

Forbidden foods are:
-sugar (grape juice may be added to sweeten any other freshly squeezed juices).
- All animal fats, - Butter
- Margarine except cottage cheese.
- All Salad Oils (this included commercial mayonnaise)
- All Meats (chemicals & hormones)
- Preserved Meats (the preservatives block metabolism even of Flax Oil)

For more details in the justly renowned program, see this separate webpage: The Budwig Cancer DietPlan

THE KELLEY CANCER DIET

This is the third of the “Big Three” diets.

Dr. William Donald Kelley, an orthodontist from Washington State, developed the Kelley Nutritional-Metabolic Cancer Program in the 1960s. In the 1960s Dr. Kelley was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he developed this program, cured himself and is still alive today, forty years later. He then taught other cancer patients his program, which has had phenomenal results leading to complete cures in many cancer patients. In 1970, Dr. Kelley was convicted of practicing medicine without a license and in 1976 a court suspended his dental license for five years. Despite the hardships with conventional medicine, he continued to help cancer patients by teaching them his program. He passed away in 2005.

Dr. Kelley developed the Kelley Nutritional-Metabolic Cancer Program in the 1960s which involves 4 major components: pancreatic enzymes, nutrition, detoxification and spirituality. The Kelley Program defines cancer according to Dr. Beard's theory that states that cancer is a normal, necessary part of life.

Components of the Kelley Program: The pancreatic enzymes are the anti-tumour element of the program. Studies conducted in animals demonstrated that enzyme treatment has an anti-tumour effect. Several case reports documented tumour regression and even remission in terminal cancer patients treated with pancreatic enzymes. Enzyme treatment in conjunction with conventional therapy has been shown to be beneficial. The diet and supplements are designed to provide a supportive role for the patient's body. One study demonstrated that the 5-year survival rates of those patients who employed the nutritional therapy and detoxification were considerably higher than those reported elsewhere. The patients perform detoxification with coffee enemas in order to eliminate toxic materials from the body and to alleviate pain. The Kelley Program prescribes having faith and encourages patients to pray. Many researchers have reported that religiosity and spirituality are associated with enhanced health and well-being as well as dec reased mortality.

Conclusion: Many studies have shown that each component of the Kelley program has some effectiveness at treating cancer. There are also studies that support Beard's original theory of cancer. Therefore, further investigation of the Kelley program is definitely necessary to evaluate its effectiveness as a whole, which includes all 4 components, in order to properly prove or disprove this cancer treatment.

John Scudamore and I have had special permission from Dr Kelley to post the first edition of his book on the website:
ONE ANSWER TO CANCER by William Donald Kelley

THE BREUSS DIET

Breuss maintained that cancer, whenever it occurs in the body, feeds and grows from protein. He therefore deduced that if one fasted for what has now been confirmed as an ideal period of 42 days, during which various herbal teas and juices are taken to detoxify, cleanse and eliminate, the cancer would starve, be absorbed and subsequently pass out of the body one way or another. Radical thinking that flew in the face of the accepted medical wisdom, but is now used all over the world and known as the Breuss Total Cancer Treatment. 

Raw fruit and vegetable juices have always been used and recommended in natural medicine as part of the healing system for many ailments and chronic complaints. Raw juices contain antioxidants and living enzymes that science has identified as an imperative part of everyone's diet if they wish to stay healthy and maintain a defense against all the toxins of today's environment. 

It is against this backdrop that Rudolf Breuss developed his Total Cancer Treatment, utilising the therapeutic properties of vegetable juices and herbal teas that have been implicated in the cure of many types of cancer.

The Breuss Tea mix and a specific mixture of organically grown carrot, beetroot, celery, Chinese radish and potato worked wonders on his patients. His mixture provided, in liquid form, all of the minerals and vitamins required by the body during the 42 day fast, whilst the body's own resources are used in dealing with the diseased tissue. Testimonial after testimonial confirmed that his treatment worked.

The same blend of the Breuss Vegetable Juice is used in all manners of diseases, taken for a lesser period of time or with food, depending on the severity of the condition. Breuss's book outlines cures for a variety of ailments - serious and those not so serious.

INSTINCTOTHERAPIE by Guy Claude Burger

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