Re: why we get cancer - my theory
- From: TC <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:48:41 -0700
On Jul 5, 5:19 pm, joec...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
IS IT NUTRITION?
Background: I am fighting Prostate Cancer and so far winning. I have
had surgery, then chemo and then radiation in this battle
Joe (joec...@xxxxxxxxxxx)
I am neither a doctor nor a medical professional or a nutritionist and
thus this is only my opinion. Having said that, I have read many
nutrition books lately and I am now convinced that cancer directly
comes from broken/damaged DNA (DNA is the blueprint for cells and
found in every cell in our body). The human body is constantly making
new cells and older cells deliberately die, are broken down and
recycled. For example, red blood cells only survive about 120 days and
white blood cells often last as little as a few days. Your skin cells
last about 21 days.
Thus your body is constantly making new cells and breaking down old
cells and recycling the parts when it can. Making a new cell generally
means an existing cell splits into two parts (including the DNA) and
now you have a new cell, complete with new DNA and so on. (The old
cell has died and been recycled). But if the new cell has a defect in
the new DNA (due to a transcription mistake, poor nutrition or a toxin
in our body), that cell usually dies (known as Cell Apoptosis and
often triggered by DNA gene p53) or the human body usually detects
this DNA mistake and breaks down the cell since it is poorly
constructed. It is said in one book I have that the human body beats
off cancer cells 4 or 5 times over our life, before the defective cell
can actually become a tumor.
To detect these defective cells and break them down, your bodies many
complex parts must be working well together, i.e. your immune system,
your lymphatic system, your circulatory system, your nervous system
and so on. All our individual cells (we have trillions of them in each
of us) likely have a distinct life span, some measured in days and
others in years. Each of these cells needs certain nutrients to behave
properly. These nutrients include glucose (a form of sugar, obtained
from carbohydrates in our diet), proteins (from meat and dairy
products in our diet) and essential oils (ALA, DHA, EPA - from flax
seed and fish in our diet)). Glucose is the raw fuel each cell needs
for life and the other materials (proteins, oils, minerals, vitamins,
fats, etc) are building blocks for new cells etc. It is worth nothing
that insulin(from our pancreas) regulates the amount of glucose in
the blood stream and too much or too little is very bad for you. The
building blocks are important for proper cell construction - eat the
wrong foods for too long and you will likely have poorly constructed
cells. It is no surprise then that eating properly is very important.
How do we know we are eating properly?
Our remarkable human bodies evolved over time (many thousands of
years) until we evolved to the state we are at today. Specifically,
many thousands of years ago, man became an upright individual and
commenced eating fruits, vegetables, fish and the occasional live
animal he could capture and eat. Look at your teeth and compare them
to the teeth of your dog or cat - our teeth are our hint that our
bodies are more designed for fruits and vegetables while the fangs of
a dog or cat tell you their bodies are designed for meat.
Thus, we should eat more fresh fruits and fresh vegetables than we
traditionally do. Did you know that cancer only affected 3% of
Americans in 1900 and now it is about 25%? What changed since 1900? I
am not sure but I know the food industry tried to increase the shelf
life of foods so they added partially hydrogenated oils and
preservatives, starting in the 1950s or so. These are not found in
nature and thus not good for us (the partially hydrogenated oils and
preservatives). To make it taste better, the food industry also added
many forms of sugar (fructose, sucrose, galactose, maltose, etc) to
sweeten it and thus enhance the taste. But we should eat what is good
for us and not what necessarily tastes good. Taste is not indicator of
the quality of the food in many cases.
I think we should stop eating sugar-laden food, refined food (like
white bread, white rice), fast food, frozen dinners/pizza, fortified
breakfasts and so on. Avoid food that contains high fructose corn
syrup, partially hydrogenated anything or artificial colors or flavors
or preservatives or any chemicals.
We also need to stop microwaving food as the microwaves target the
water molecules in food and thus disrupt the nutrients that are in the
food (Most nutrients are based on water)
Switch to what our bodies need (and expect) and only then will our
body's complex systems get the raw materials they are built for and
really need to properly work. Generally speaking, eat natural
fruits/vegetables in a wide rainbow of colors every day and skip the
fast food, the TV dinners and so on.
I have dramatically changed my diet since I started battling cancer (I
now eat only raw and fresh fruits and vegetables and pure juices (with
no additives)). Every day I am eating fresh blueberries, strawberries,
grape juice, onions, cinnamon, radishes, pomegranate juice, flax
seeds, blueberry juice, prunes, raspberries, kale, garlic,
blackberries, radishes, V8 and so on). The water I drink is very pure
also (effectively rain water). I also take a multivitamin (includes
selenium). I soon plan to add (wild, not farm raised) salmon to my
diet to get the essential DHA and EPA oils. (EPA has natural
anti-inflammatory properties. DHA serves as the primary structural
lipid of the brain and retina of the eye).
I feel generally fine and my family says I look the best I have in
years. My message here is to skip sugar (cancer loves sugar), white
bread/rice, fast food, frozen food, refined food and instead go for
fruits and vegetables-take them home, wash them off and eat them. I
mix all my fruits and vegetables in a blender and it works for me and
it may work for you. When you shop for food, read the ingredients to
see what is in that food and avoid those that have coloring or
preservative or sweetening ingredients. Ask your doctor or
nutritionist if you have questions about this. I also welcome your
comments on this topic.
Joe
joec...@xxxxxxxxxxx
You had me until the fruity fruit nonsense.
Read about what real nutition is at:
http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm
http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/index.html
The best strategy is a lot simpler than eating nothing but raw fruit.
Eat real whole foods as fresh as possible with minimal processing.
this includes fresh meat, real whole fresh milk, fresh vegetables,
etc. A modicum of cooking won't hurt either. In fact many foods need
to be cooked, soaked, or fermented to either neutralize toxins or
allow better absorption of nutrients.
Bone broth soups are exceptional food. So are eggs. Meats contain
important essential proteins and essential fats that can not be gotten
on a primarily fruit based diet. And fruits have been bred to be
sweeter than they used to be.
.
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