Cancer Compass ~An Alternate Route

15 June 2012, 6:38 pm Sticky post

“You aren’t sick because you have cancer –
You have cancer because you are sick.” Dr Lorraine Day

Thank you for visiting. This blog was created to provide information for those who are struggling with a cancer diagnosis and are looking for alternative options. This is because cancer patients are often rushed into having surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation and aren’t given the opportunity to see if there are any alternative therapies that might be helpful to them. There are many options available, but you will not hear about them from your oncologist, radiologist, or surgeon because it is illegal in the U.S. (and many other countries) for doctors to use anything other than the aforementioned therapies to treat cancer. There are two reasons for this.

Doctors have only been trained to provide surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer so they will not be aware of how alternative therapies might be helpful for you.
Your doctor would risk losing their medical license if they mentioned anything other than these 3 medically approved options.

The War on Cancer

We are in the midst of a cancer epidemic as one in two men, and one in three women can expect to be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetime. About 1,665,540 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2014. This estimate does not include figures for carcinoma in situ (which is a non-invasive cancer) of any site except for urinary/bladder, nor does it include basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas because they are not required to be reported to the cancer registries. Cancer is expected to claim 585,720 American lives in 2014 along with 7.6 million people worldwide.

Even though research and treatment efforts have intensified over the past three decades, the annual death toll has continued to rise. Researchers point out that this is because people are living longer than ever, and since cancer becomes more prevalent with age it is unfair to just look at only the raw numbers when assessing our current progress. Therefore, when mortality rates are calculated, they are adjusted to compare cancer fatalities by age group, over time. Yet even when using this model for analysis, the percentage of Americans dying from cancer is about the same as it was back in the 50’s. We must recognize that our current strategies are not working.

Billions of Dollars Spent- The National Cancer Institute has an annual budget of 5 billion dollars, and has spent about 90 billion dollars on research and treatments since the war on cancer was declared in 1971. Pharmaceutical companies spend about 8 billion dollars annually on research and the development of new cancer drugs, and there are about 260 nonprofit organizations in the United States that have dedicated themselves to cancer that have annual budgets that top $2.2 billion. All told, the money spent each year on cancer exceeds 16 billion dollars. But one must ask, what has all of this money done to increase survival rates?

For most patients, cancer treatments are the exact same as they have been for the past 20 years, with the vast majority of them being treated with chemotherapy and radiation regimens. We often hear about new breakthroughs that are happening in the cancer arena, yet these very expensive treatments are only available to a select few and are only extending lives by an average of 2 or 3 additional months, and this is often in a state of suffering.

The genetic link- 18% of all cancers are caused by various infections, 23% are related to obesity, 41% are due to environmental factors. This leaves approximately 18%, of which only 5% are attributed to genetic factors. Yet despite the fact that such a high percentage of cancers are directly related to diet and lifestyle choices, of the $5 billion spent annually by the National Cancer Institute, just under 7% (or $438 million) has been specifically set aside to fund appropriate cancer prevention and control measures. This figure is even worse for the pharmaceutical industry where the vast majority of funds are spent exclusively on developing new drug-related treatments.

As stated above, only 5-10% of cancers are due to genetic inheritance. When we see cancer incidences that appears to be more prevalent in certain families, this actually has more to do with family members sharing the same dietary and lifestyle habits, and exposures to similar toxins than anything related to genetic inheritance.

Genetic therapy disappointments– Billions of dollars have been spent looking for the genetic answer to cancer. But when mapping of the cancer genome was completed, the researchers were left with a mind-boggling puzzle of genetic switches that were either turned on or off with no pattern or similarities for them to work with. Any hope that gene-targeted therapies would lead to a quick victory over cancer were dispelled quickly. There are a few gene-targeted therapies that can address certain lower-profile cancers, but most of these drugs will stop working once the cancer cells mutate further and are no longer vulnerable to the effects of the drug. “What we know today is that very few drugs, even those with fantastic clinic results end up curing people because the cancer becomes resistant to the drug that we are using in almost every case.” Dr Richard Klausner, Director of the National Cancer Institute, from the documentary film based upon the book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Immuno-therapy– This is where modern treatment modalities are heading. But if you take a closer look at the research, you can see that toxicity (adverse reactions to the drugs), along with the high costs of treating patients are both significant concerns that need to be considered by those patients who are willing to accept the treatments. In reviewing the latest research, patients who were given a combination of immune-stimulating drugs for certain melanoma cancers (who were able to tolerate the side effects), had their lives extended by about 11.5 months at a cost of $300,000 per year often leaving family members to face financial hardship. Or this article: Widespread Hype Gives False Hope to Cancer Patients. Additionally, what are the risks of immune therapies? This article explores this question.

Epigenetics – Could we be we ignoring the obvious when it comes to genes? The human genome has not changed significantly for thousands of years. Why would our genes suddenly go rogue and become the cause of death for millions of people? The answer is that damaged and faulty genes are not be the killers that they have been made out to be. Perhaps what kills a patient is not the tumor itself, but the numerous reasons behind the cell mutations that have led to the development of cancer in the first place.

Our bodies have genes that control normal cellular growth. When this process is disrupted, these genes have the ability to switch on the development of cancer. Some of these disruptors include: exposure to carcinogenic substances such as smoking, asbestos, or radiation; lifestyle habits including obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and eating toxic diets; exposure to certain viruses; and experiencing severe emotional turmoil that has the ability to overwhelm and collapse the immune system.

The study of epigenetics reveals that our genes have the incredible ability to respond dynamically to the environments that they are exposed to– literally activating and deactivating the chemical switches that regulate how they will express themselves. This is clearly revealed in a study orchestrated by Dr Dean Ornish and involved prostate cancer patients who voluntarily adopted vegetarian diets and began incorporating exercise and stress relieving techniques into their daily lives. The study showed that over 500 genes were positively affected by the diet and lifestyle changes that were made. In fact, certain disease-preventing genes were up-regulated (turned on), and certain disease promoting genes, including the oncogenes involved in the development of cancer were down-regulated (turned off). The study suggests that comprehensive diet and lifestyle changes can induce positive changes in gene expression that can be beneficial to the general population as well as to those suffering from cancer. Read more about this study with this link.

Cancer is a symptom, not the main problem that the body is suffering from

It is time that we look at cancer as a symptom of already sick body, not as the main problem the body may be suffering from at the time of diagnosis. If we took this approach first, then we would address the nutritional deficiencies and the toxicity of the body that triggered the production of unhealthy cells in the first place.

A cancer analogy:
Imagine going downstairs and finding that your basement is covered in mold. You could put on a mask and spray bleach all over everything in hopes of killing the mold. The problem being that the bleach will damage your furniture, the walls, and everything else that you are storing down there in the same way that chemotherapy will do to your body. In the end the original problem remains~you still have a damp, dark basement, and without any ventilation or sunlight that mold will grow back.

That is what happens when we use conventional cancer protocols that view the cancer as the primary problem and tries to cut, poison, and burn it out of the body. When/if a patient is fortunate enough to achieve remission, the doctor will send them on their way saying ‘go and live your life exactly as you had before.’ Then, 6 months, 2 years, or 5 years later the cancer comes back…Why? Because the underlying cause of cancer was never addressed and the doctor took an already compromised immune system and damaged it further with extremely toxic treatments.

It is my belief that cancer is the final and most desperate act of survival that the body has at its disposal and it only takes hold when all other measures of self-preservation have failed. The causes of cancer will vary for each individual, but its developments is related to the following issues:

Consuming toxic fats that clog the ability of the cells to transfer oxygen and expel their waste.
Toxicity- your lifelong exposure to toxins that have been stored in your body
Stress/toxic mindset- this has the ability to shut down the immune system
Nutritional deficiencies – unless you are taking some quality food-based supplements your body will be deficient in essential nutrients
Excessive sugar in the diet
A lack of exercise – movement allows the lymphatic system to do its job of clearing the body of waste and toxins
Hormonal imbalances – these are related to breast, uterine, cervical, endometrial, ovarian, testicular and prostate cancers
Viruses/fungus/parasites – these can overwhelm the immune system allowing cancer to take hold.

Conventional treatments don’t work because they don’t address why the cancer developed.

These treatments do not strengthen the body or the immune system, they only weaken it.
They create more toxicity for an already toxic body.

3. They destroy the gut flora and this damages the body’s ability to break down foods and absorb their nutrients. Since 80% of immunity is in the gut, you are seriously damaging this delicate system and furthering the original problem of nutritional deficiency and toxicity.

The Immune System – Healing cancer successfully depends upon the ability of the treatments that are given to stimulate and rebuild the immune system. Our bodies are continually developing cancerous cells throughout our lives. A healthy immune system is able to identify and destroy these rogue cells before they are able to grow uncontrollably. It is only when the immune system fails at this most basic function that cancerous cells are allowed to grow and reproduce at uncontrollable rates. For this reason, all cancer healing protocols must recognize that a breakdown of the immune system is the primary reason that a person develops cancer, and then work to address this issue by building this system back up- not tearing it down further as is the norm when having conventional medical interventions. Start by addressing your nutritional deficiencies, as well as clearing the body of toxicity and you will begin to address the true cause of cancer.

Changing the internal terrain so it is not conducive for the growth and spread of cancer:

Read a collection of articles that are specific to the development of cancer
Nourish your body with whole foods that are rich in enzymes and nutrients
The health benefits of juicing and blending fruits and vegetables
Understanding acid/alkaline balance
Eliminate the sugars that feed cancer, and artificial sweeteners that are linked to its development
Eliminate the nutritionally depleted processed and fast foods from your diet and eat a diet that is healing to your body
Read about enzyme therapy
Remove the unhealthy fats that interrupt cell function
Include cancer-fighting foods, supplements and herbal therapies.
Incorporate various detox strategies to cleanse your internal and external environments
Creating a healthy gut with fermented foods and probiotics
Read about the healing benefits of essential oils.

Eliminating toxins

Hormones and antibiotics in conventional dairy and meats that promote the growth of cancer
Chemical additives, preservatives and colorings
Removing commonly used toxic chemicals such as fluoride and chlorine from your drinking water
Why Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful to your body and the environment
Removing pesticides, herbicides and fungicides
Taking a closer look at vaccines
Recipes to make your own natural products.

Informational resources:

Learning relaxation therapies such as yoga, meditations and other stress relieving exercises.
Documentaries, book-lists and a library of websites to provide an in-depth look at alternative cancer therapies.
Information for breast health and breast cancer.
Articles about corruption in our current health system that relies solely on pharmaceuticals that are doing nothing to cure diseases because they don’t address the underlying causes of our health issues.
A growing collection of doctors and clinics who are using alternative methods to treat cancer.
Search tools to locate holistic healthcare in your area.
A collection of various alternative therapies for cancer.
An extensive and growing collection of personal testimonials from those who have used alternative methods to heal cancer.

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Candida and Cancer

14 June 2018, 4:32 pm

“If you get a diagnosis of cancer, please talk with your doctor about changing your diet. Cancer is a fungus, and a fungus is an organism that needs to feed. When you are eating sweets, drinking alcohol, taking antibiotics and eating grains, you are feeding that fungus. Look at the anti-fungal diet, and talk to your doctor about trying sporanox and nystatin (anti-fungals) before you talk to him about chemotherapy and radiation.” Doug Kaufmann, author of The Fungus Link.

Is cancer a fungus or just similar to a fungus?

Candida Albicans is a type of yeast infection that can be found in about 90% of the American population to one degree or another, and are most commonly found in the intestinal tract, mouth, vagina, and on the skin of those who are infected. When your immune system is functioning properly having some candida will generally not be a very serious problem. However, if your immune system is not functioning optimally, then this infection has the ability to crowd out the beneficial bacteria of the gut and take over, and if the intestinal lining is damaged these yeasts have the ability to pass into the blood stream and set up camp throughout the body.

These yeasts are anaerobes– meaning that they don’t metabolize oxygen to survive, they ferment sugar instead (just like cancerous cells). Furthermore, they create an alcohol by-product that further increases the acidity of the body (also similar to cancer), and it is in these acidic, oxygen-lacking conditions where micro-organism like viruses, parasites, and cancer will thrive.

Candida and cancer – Doug Kaufmann is a researcher and author who has studied yeast infections and candida for over 30 years. His studies demonstrate that fungi in foods, as well as the overuse of antibiotics, leads to an intestinal overgrowth of these yeasts which can compromise our health in many ways, including a diagnosis of cancer.

As proof of his research, he devised a diet that was based on the elimination of foods that would feed candida overgrowth (such as various forms of sugars and foods that the body would convert into glucose such as white flour, rice, corn and potatoes), and by eliminating foods that are contaminated with mycotoxins, which is a fungal-type of toxin that is commonly found growing corn, wheat, barley, sorghum, peanuts and pistachios.

Kaufmann theorizes that a systemic fungal infection of the blood can closely resemble that of a leukemic condition and doctors who are not trained in this may easily confuse the two. He claims that when children with documented cases of leukemia changed their diets to eliminate these fungal-containing foods, they were able to reverse the symptoms of their disease.

Other doctors who have studied this connection have come to similar conclusions including Dr Marc Bielski, who stated that ‘leukemia, whether acute or chronic, is intimately associated with the candida albicans yeast, which mutates into a fungal form when it overgrows.’ Another doctor, Meinolf Karthaus, observed three children suddenly go into remission upon receiving a triple anti-fungal drug cocktail that was prescribed to treat their “secondary” fungal infections. Read an article about a nurse diagnosed with leukemia, but 2nd opinion reveals that it was a systemic fungal infection

Since cancer and yeast infections have been linked, by simply changing what you eat and drink, you can begin to get candida overgrowth under control. Limiting your exposure to fungal-containing foods is the first step. Doug Kaufmann has devised 3 phases to his diet. Phase 1 being the most limiting and then gradually working more foods into the diet.

Adopting an anti-fungal diet

Foods you should avoid:

Limit your consumption of conventional meats and dairy products from animals that have been fed grains
Wheat, corn, barley, sorghum as they may be contaminated with molds
All sugars and artificial sweeteners
Honey
Maple syrup
Chocolate
Dried fruits
Breaded or deep-fried meats/foods
Potatoes and yams
Beans and peas
Breads and pastries made with yeast
Alcoholic beverages
Grain vinegar, pickles, green olives
Salad dressings that contain grain vinegar
Peanuts and all peanut products
Pistachios.

Foods that are okay to eat the anti-fungal diet:

All meats/eggs should be grass fed and hormone-free.
Raw dairy products from grass fed cows or goats
Unsweetened, plain cultured yogurt and butter from grass-fed animals.
Use stevia to sweeten your foods
Fruits (raw) can include green apples, berries such as blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, along with grapefruits, avocado, lemons, and limes.
Garlic
Spirulina and chlorella.
Most vegetables –except for potatoes, yams, corn, peas and beans.
Drink bottled or filtered water
Herbal teas
Oats, brown rice, sour dough bread, quinoa, millet, amaranth
Seeds and nuts (except for peanuts and pistachios)
Unrefined coconut and olive oils.

Self test for Candida

Having a white-coated tongue is one indicator of a candida infection.

You can do a self-test by placing a glass of water next to your bed so that you can spit into it first thing in the morning . 30 minutes later you will have your results.

If the saliva has remained at the top of the water and there are no strings attached then this is an indication that you do not have a problem with candida

If the saliva sinks to the bottom of the glass this is an indication that you may have a candida infection. If the saliva has grown string-like appendages this is another indication that you have a candida infection. The more strings and cloudiness, the greater the overgrowth of candida.

Natural Remedies for Candida

Raw garlic- is a powerful anti-fungal that has been found to be as effective as Nystatin in destroying candida albicans. Try eating one clove of garlic per day that is sandwiched between two slices of apple to lessen the burn.

Bentonite Detox Clay -can literally pull the candida off of the intestinal walls. It also absorbs toxins, heavy metals, bacteria, virus and fungi to be passed out with bowel movements.

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is rich in natural enzymes that can help to regulate the presence of candida in the body, it also helps to encourage the growth of healthy bacteria which helps to minimize the overgrowth of candida. ACV can also be applied directly to the skin with a spray bottle to easily treat fungal infections such as athletes foot, toenail fungus and dandruff.

Colloidal Silver– the protocol consists of taking 1 tbsp of Colloidal Silver and holding it in the mouth/under the tongue for 60 seconds, then swallowing. This is done twice per day for 14 days, and once per day for another 14 days to kill off any bacteria, virus and fungal infections.

Psyllium Husk Powder – is a bulk-forming laxative that is used for cleansing the colon. It is also effective at eliminating any yeast that has accumulated in the colon.

Thorne Formula SF722– is a strong anti-candida remedy of undecylenic acid in a base of pure, extra-virgin olive oil.

Pau D’Arco Tea– comes from the inner bark of this tree and has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, and anti-fungal agents that have been shown to be effective against candida, herpes, prostitus, cancer, Hodgkin’s disease and AIDS. Additionally, Pau d’arco has become a standard form of therapy to treat cancer and various infections in hospitals throughout Brazil, Argentina, and other countries in South America, with at least one company obtaining a U.S. patent based on their research findings in regards to cancer. Read more about Pau D’ Arco

Fivelac– is a multiple strain probiotic that restores the healthy gut flora and crowds out the bad bacteria to promote good digestive health.

Oregano Oil– has several phenols that can kill yeasts, fungi, and molds. Look for oil with a high percentage of carvocal as this is the antiviral, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, antibacterial component within the oil. It can kill the Candida Albicans yeast, as well as Aspergillus mold, E. coli, and Staphylococcus and can also help to boost your immune system. You can purchase oil of oregano for candida treatment at most health food stores. Dosage- start with one or two droppers-full in an 8 oz glass of water, taken up to 3 x per day.

Topical application of oregano oil -this oil can also be used to treat yeast infections of the skin which include ringworm, athletes foot, dandruff and toe fungus. Because it is potent, you must dilute it with extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil to be able to apply it directly to sensitive areas of the skin. Mix five to ten drops with one teaspoon of olive or coconut oil and store in a container and use as needed. For dandruff, mix a few drops into your shampoo lather and leave on your hair for a few minutes (do not get lather into eyes as this will sting), and rinse thoroughly.

Nystatin and Sporanox- are both anti-fungal treatments that are commonly prescribed by doctors.