TrailToHealth - Alternative Cancer Treatments

Alternative Cancer Treatments

Odds are you know at least one person who has cancer. Sadly, chances are you probably know of a handful. Why is it that our government is freaking out about the Bird Flu or Mad Cow, which has only caused a small number of casualties, but at the same time not much is being said about cancer which kills thousands. In 2002, cancer was the second leading cause of death only behind heart disease. Just recently cancer became the number 1 cause of death. Why hasn't there been a cure found? Or has there been a cure found? Are there alternative cancer treatments that work better than conventional treatments like chemotherapy and radiation? We hope that is page will shed some light on this topic. Below you will find a start on alternative cancer treatments.

Enzymes
CA (cancer) cells are covered with fibrin (the same stuff scar tissue is made of). Then as the cells glom together to form tumors these growths themselves are armored with fibrin. This thick protective coating is designed to prevent the bodies' own defenses (i.e. Natural Killer cells, White blood cells or Oxygen) from getting inside the cell or tumor and destroy it. It is this same defense that keeps chemotherapy out of the cells in all but industrial strength doses. (Doses that are just as likely to kill the patient as the cancer). It is this same defense that keeps out whatever natural agent's patients may be using to combat the disease.

Would it not make sense to have something strip away the outer fibrous wall of CA so that whatever agents we are using as medicine, whether natural or otherwise, can actually get into the cell and do their job? Sure as heck does? That idea has made sense in Europe and Asia for almost 30 years. There docs have been throwing highly fibrinolytic enzymes (scar tissue eating enzymes) both in blends and as solo enzymes at cancers outer coating and getting better results with turning the tide that the folks here in the States. So why has something with a 30 year history of proven worth and clinical application not reached the shores of America yet? Good question.(1)

Dietary sources of all kinds of enzymes are good, and the consumption of at least 70% fresh foods vs. 30% cooked foods helps ensure a supply of enzymes for the body (cooking at temperatures above 116°F destroys enzymes in the food). Fresh foods generally contain all the enzymes required for their own digestion, easing the burden on the digestive system. However, certain foods are more easily digested when cooked (potatoes, for example).

Generally as people age the digestive system becomes less powerful, producing less hydrochloric acid, less bile and less enzymes. Therefore, supplementary betaine hydrochloride, bile and digestive enzymes with each meal are often recommended. This not only helps digest the food, but provides a dual benefit of improving nutrition in the body and freeing up pancreatic enzymes for other purposes, such as digesting cancer. As a treatment for cancer, additional enzymes can be taken when the stomach is empty - between meals and in the middle of the night. For more information refer to Dr. Kelley's book Cancer: Curing the Incurable Without Surgery, Chemotherapy, or Radiation.

Oxygen
"All normal cells have an absolute requirement for oxygen, but cancer cells can live without oxygen - a rule without exception. Deprive a cell 35% of its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous."(2)

People with various degenerative diseases are often found to have low venous oxygen saturation. Once they receive proper treatment, the venous oxygen saturation level rises and their health and vitality improve dramatically.

As a preventive and self-treatment, breathing exercises (such as pranayama) and an abundance of fresh air provide a starting point. Most people do not breathe deeply, so they lose the benefit of much of their lung capacity. Most indoor air is ten times more polluted than outdoor air, yet we spend up to 90% of our time indoors. Indoor air in every room needs to be constantly refreshed from the outside. Need we mention the importance of non-smoking? Aerobic exercise is useful to both oxygenate the tissues and move the lymph around.

Lymph is a colorless fluid that bathes every cell in the body. The body has two circulatory systems, one for blood and the other for lymph. Blood is circulated by the heart, whereas the lymph is circulated by physical exercise. Many tissues depend on the lymph to provide nutrients (including oxygen) and carry off wastes. If the lymph does not circulate then the tissues suffocate while stewing in their own acidic waste products (uric acid, lactic acid, etc.).

Antioxidants help the body use oxygen more efficiently. You can visit our antioxidant link for more info on this topic.

Essential Oils are the regenerating and oxygenating immune defense properties of plants that can be transported directly into your cells. Essential Oils contain oxygenating molecules which transport the nutrients to the cells of the body. Without oxygen, nutrients cannot be assimilated, leaving us nutritionally depleted.

Alkaline - PH
Cancerous tissues are acidic, whereas healthy tissues are alkaline. The pH scale goes from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral. Below 7 is acid and above 7 is alkaline. The blood, lymph and cerebral spinal fluid in the human body are designed to be slightly alkaline at a pH of 7.4.

At a pH slightly above 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live (Barefoot, pages 66-67). This has given rise to a variety of treatments based on increasing the alkalinity of the tissues such as vegetarian diet, the drinking of fresh fruit and vegetable juices, and dietary supplementation with alkaline minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, cesium and rubidium.

A good website that I recommend any cancer patient to visit on Cesium Chloride is http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer/Alkaline.html.

Glyconutrients
Recent scientific research has confirmed that our bodies need eight essential sugars or glyconutrients to maintain optimal cellular health and communication. Only two of these glyconutrients are common in our diet. These two sugars are glucose (found in plants and table sugar) and galactose (found in milk products and certain pectins). To get all eight essential sugars you need to supplements. Learn about the awesome health benefits of glyconutrients.

Laetrile - B17
The B17 molecule contains two units of glucose (sugar), one of benzaldehyde , and one of cyanide, all tightly locked together within it. As everyone knows, cyanide can be highly toxic and even fatal if taken in sufficient quantity. However, locked as it is in this natural state, it is chemically inert and has absolutely no effect on living tissues. By way of analogy, chlorine gas also is known to be deadly. But when the chlorine is chemically bound together with sodium forming sodium chloride, it is a relatively harmless compound known as common table salt.

There is only one substance that can unlock the B17 molecule and release the cyanide. That substance is an enzyme called beta-glucosidase, which we shall call the "unlocking enzyme". When B17 comes in contact with this enzyme in the presence of water, not only is the cyanide released, but also the benzaldehyde, which is highly toxic by itself. In fact, these two substances working together are at least a hundred times more poisonous than either of them separately; a phenomenon known in biochemistry as synergism.

Fortunately, the unlocking enzyme is not found to any dangerous degree anywhere in the body except at the cancer cell, where it always is present in great quantity, sometimes at levels in excess of one-hundred times that of the surrounding normal cells. The result is that vitamin B17 is unlocked at the cancer cell, releases its poisons to the cancer cell, and only to the cancer cell.

There is another important enzyme called rhodanese, which we shall identify as the "protecting enzyme." The reason is that it has the ability to neutralize cyanide by converting it instantly into by-products that actually are beneficial and essential to health. This enzyme is found in great quantities in every part of the body except the cancer cell which, consequently, is not protected.(3)
http://www.worldwithoutcancer.com/
http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/

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References:
1) Dr. William Wong, ND, PhD - Enzymes in the fight against cancer|
2) Dr. Otto Warburg
3)G. Edward Griffin - World Without Cancer Pages 88-89