Vitamin C shots may benefit cancer patients

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High-dose intravenously administered vitamin C apparently led to longer-than-expected survival in three patients with advanced cancer, doctors at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and colleagues in Canada report. Two of the three patients are still alive without evidence of disease.

In the three cases described in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, vitamin C was given intravenously at doses ranging from 15 to 65 grams to produce plasma concentrations that cannot be achieved by taking vitamin C by mouth.

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Nutrition and cancer: A review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet

It has been estimated that 30–40 percent of all cancers can be prevented by lifestyle and dietary measures alone. Obesity, nutrient sparse foods such as concentrated sugars and refined flour products that contribute to impaired glucose metabolism (which leads to diabetes), low fiber intake, consumption of red meat, and imbalance of omega 3 and omega 6 fats all contribute to excess cancer risk. Intake of flax seed, especially its lignan fraction, and abundant portions of fruits and vegetables will lower cancer risk.

Allium and cruciferous vegetables are especially beneficial, with broccoli sprouts being the densest source of sulforophane. Protective elements in a cancer prevention diet include selenium, folic acid, vitamin B-12, vitamin D, chlorophyll, and antioxidants such as the carotenoids (α-carotene, β-carotene, lycopene, lutein, cryptoxanthin). Ascorbic acid has limited benefits orally, but could be very beneficial intravenously.

Supplementary use of oral digestive enzymes and probiotics also has merit as anticancer dietary measures. When a diet is compiled according to the guidelines here it is likely that there would be at least a 60–70 percent decrease in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers, and even a 40–50 percent decrease in lung cancer, along with similar reductions in cancers at other sites. Such a diet would be conducive to preventing cancer and would favor recovery from cancer as well.

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My Diet.....

I've kept my concentration on breakfast this is the most important meal of the day. What I eat is important, and will keep me going until lunch. With this disease I need lots of energy

In the morning this is what I usually eat :

1. One glass of juice
2. Two toasts (whole wheat) or bagel
3. Two Brazil nuts (selenium )
4. one bowl of bio-yogurt with blueberries, strawberries, blackberries etc. (anti oxidants )
one half hour later I take one tablespoon of liquid multpile vitamin and one half hour later I take one tablespoon of green tea extract .

* I use variations of the above with bio eggs and bio cereal.

For lunch and supper I usually eat a salad with lots of tomatoes and also lots of vegetables with the main course. With supper I take a 1,000 mcg capsule of vitamin B-12. During the day I try eat two oranges and take a 500 mcg chewable vitamin C tablet.

Some of this diet was taken from Robert Miller's "Targeted natural Strategies" as I go along I will add to this diet,

Canada Heading Towards Cancer Crisis (press release)

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Canada's aging baby boomers and the country's growing population are propelling Canada into a cancer crisis, according to Canadian Cancer Statistics 2005 released today by the Canadian Cancer Society.

"The number of new cancer cases in Canada is growing twice as fast as the population is growing," says Heather Logan, Director, Cancer Control Policy, Canadian Cancer Society. "Cancer is already straining our healthcare system and it's going to get worse as the number of new cancer cases increases as the baby boom generation ages."

From 2000 to 2004, the population grew about one per cent annually while the number of cancer cases grew by about two per cent per year. Logan adds that if current trends continue with the growing and aging population, it is expected that 5.7 million Canadians will develop cancer and 2.7 million people will die of the disease over the next 30 years.

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Study shows the public is turning to alternative medicine and away from dangerous prescription drugs

A study published in April 2005 revealed that more than 70 percent of adults aged 50 or older are now using some form of alternative therapy. This includes medicinal herbs, meditation and chiropractic care. The fact that these people are adopting alternative medicine and using it in their own lives is fascinating in and of itself, but what is really fascinating about this research is the response it has been getting from the conventional medical community.

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blueberries, cranberries and strawberries....

Here's more good news on how nature can help you prevent and reverse chronic disease. Berries such as blueberries, cranberries, strawberries and raspberries are rich in disease-fighting phytochemicals that prevent and even reverse serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stomach ulcers and even help lower cholesterol levels.
The key is to be eating these berries in their raw, whole fruit form rather than trying to eat processed berries or drink fruit drinks made from berries. In order to get the healing phytonutrients, you must get the berries in the freshest form possible -- that means no processed berries, just raw berries, right off the bush or straight from the grocery store.

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Research and Diet....

My next appointment is in June for a PET Scan and blood tests and a follow-up with my Oncologist. I am very fortunate to have an Oncologist who is willing to listen and work with me on what I would like to do to fight this decease.

In the meantime I do a lot of research on fNHL and changing my diet and eating healthy. I keep my concentration on breakfast to start the day. I use some of Robert Miller's "Targeted Natural Strategies" I've already started to feel better physically.

I was also diagnosed over a year ago with Diabetes Step II and High Blood pressure, I've already seen a significant change in both these areas. I'm feeling very positive in the changes I'm making in my life. I'm not looking for a cure, just trying to control the fNHL and having a good "Quality of Life". I will post what I'm using for my diet in my next post.

Diagnoses...

In January of 2006 I was diagnosed with fNHL (folicular Non Hodgkins Lymphoma) Grade 11 Stage III slow growing. I'm not a stranger to this decease. I was diagnosed with fNHL in 1998 in the right groin area recieved 25 radiation treatments and was in remission until the present diagnoses.

My Oncologist and I decided on Watch and Wait this time because of the slow growth of the desease :

Factors that may favor W&W

1. You have relatively dormant NHL that waxes and wanes, but is not progressing rapidly -- drifting sideways, not further, from shore.

2. You are enjoying life; the NHL is not making you worry excessively and you have good quality of life.

3.You are of advanced age and the clinical tempo of your disease is slow. You may be near your life expectancy before needing treatment.

4. Given the slow tempo of your disease, new treatments may arrive with the potential to cure with less risk to you in the near future.

5.It takes time and larger studies to say for sure that a given treatment has the potential to cure patients or significantly increase duration of response and improve survival. We need to consider the limitations of current data compiled in small patient samples. This fact may favor watchful waiting for patients with lymphomas that have a slow clinical tempo.