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Anaemia, causes, drugs, folate in beer, beer carbs

Pernicious anaemia accounts for 80% of cases of megaloblastic anaemia due to impaired absorption of vitamin B12.

Vitamin B12 is present in meat and animal protein foods. Absorption occurs in the terminal ileum and requires intrinsic factor, a secretion of gastric mucosal (parietal) cells, for transport across the intestinal mucosa. In pernicious anaemia, intrinsic factor production is deficient. It is believed to be an autoimmune disease.

Parietal-cell antibody and antibodies to intrinsic factor are found in nearly all cases. 90% of patients have antibodies to parietal cells and their components, including antibodies to intrinsic factor and the proton pump H+/K+-ATPase. 50% of patients have thyroid antibodies.

Pernicious anaemia may be associated with simple gastric atrophy in 15% of people aged 40-60 years and 20-30% of the older population. Pathology shows gastritis with all layers of the body and fundus atrophied. The antrum is spared in >80% of patients (type A gastritis).

Helicobacter pylori infection has been mooted to be an initiating factor, with subsequent autoimmune changes affecting the gastric mucosa. Genetic susceptibility to this process has been suspected.
Epidemiology
The incidence of the disease is 1:10,000 in northern Europe. The disease occurs in all races. The peak age is 60, although it is starting to be recognised in younger age groups. [5] The condition is more common in those with blue eyes, early greying, a positive family history and blood group A. The condition has a female:male ratio of 1.6:1.0.
Presentation
• The onset is usually insidious as B12 stores in the liver are depleted, and starts with symptoms of anaemia, ie lethargy and breathlessness. The anaemia may be more severe than symptoms suggest, due to physiological adaptation.
• Other symptoms may include anorexia, weight loss, diarrhoea and dyspepsia. Glossitis may be an early symptom.
• Pernicious anaemia may first present as an incidental finding during the investigation of (reversible) diarrhoea.
• Neurological involvement may be present even in the absence of anaemia. This is particularly common in patients over the age of 60. The peripheral nerves are most commonly involved, followed by the spinal cord (subacute degeneration of the cord).
• Peripheral loss of vibratory sense and position are early indications of central nervous system (CNS) involvement, accompanied by reflex loss and mild-to-moderate weakness. Later stages may be characterised by spasticity, Babinski’s responses and ataxia.
• Other uncommon neurological symptoms include impairment of pain, temperature and touch sensations. The legs and feet are involved earlier and more consistently than the hands.
• Yellow-blue blindness may occur.
• Psychiatric symptoms (usually more prominent in advanced cases) may include depression, paranoia (megaloblastic madness), delirium, confusion and dementia.
• Signs may include anaemia and jaundice.
• Severely anaemic patients may present with heart failure, often triggered by an infection. Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly[8] may be present.
Differential diagnosis
Causes of vitamin B12 deficiency
• Poor-quality diet, vegetarian diet.
• Gastric causes – gastrectomy, congenital intrinsic factor deficiency.
• Intestinal causes – stagnant loop, congenital selective malabsorption, ileal resection, inflammatory bowel disease.
• Infestation – fish-tapeworm.
• Metabolic causes – transcobalamin II deficiency, nitrous oxide anaesthesia.
• Drugs causing decreased B12 levels – oral calcium-chelating agents,[3] aminosalicylic acid,[3] biguanides.
Causes of megaloblastic anaemia
• Folate deficiency – poor diet, goat’s milk,[9] gluten-induced enteropathy, tropical sprue, pregnancy, prematurity, chronic haemolytic anaemias (eg sickle cell anaemia), malignant disease, increased renal loss (congestive cardiac failure, dialysis), drugs (anticonvulsants, sulfasalazine).
Causes of macrocytosis
• Alcohol excess – the most common cause of macrocytosis in the UK; may co-exist with folate deficiency in spirit drinkers[11] (not seen in beer drinkers due to high folic acid content in beer[12]).
• Liver disease.
• Severe hypothyroidism.
• Reticulocytosis (eg post acute blood loss or haemolytic anaemia).
• Other blood disorders – red-cell aplasia, aplastic anaemia, myeloid leukaemia, myelodysplastic disorders.
• Changes in plasma proteins (eg increased paraprotein secondary to multiple myeloma) may cause a spurious rise in mean cell volume (MCV) without the presence of macrocytes.
• Drugs that affect DNA synthesis, e.g., azathioprine, hydroxyurea.

About Beer
Beer contains folate.
A 2005 Japanese study found that low alcohol beer may possess strong anti-cancer properties.
Moderate consumption of alcohol, including beer, is associated with a decreased risk of cardiac disease, stroke and cognitive decline.
Based on the following contents, the carbs in beer is higher with 0 fat (good fats are needed by the brain):
• Fat 0%
• Carbohydrates 90.9%
• Protein 9.1%
Brand Brewery Alcohol
(ABV) Calories 12 oz Carbohydrates (grams)
American Amber Lager Straub Brewery
4.1% 136 10.5g
American Lager Straub Brewery
4.1% 132 10.5g
American Light Straub Brewery
3.2% 96 7.6g
Anchor Porter Anchor
5.6% 209 *
Anchor Steam Anchor
4.9% 153 16.0g
Anheuser Busch Natural Light Anheuser Busch
4.2% 95 3.2g
Anheuser Busch Natural Ice Anheuser Busch
5.9% 157 8.9g
Aspen Edge Adolph Coors
4.1% 94 2.6g
Bard’s Gold (Gluten-Free) Bard’s Tale Beer Co
4.6% 155 14.2g
Bud Dry Budweiser
5.0% 130 7.8g
Bud Ice Budweiser
5.5% 123 8.9g
Bud Ice Light Budweiser
5.0% 115 7.5g
Bud Light Budweiser
4.2% 110 6.6g
Bud Light Lime Budweiser
4.2% 116 8.0g
Bud Light Platinum Budweiser
6.0% 137 4.4g
Budweiser Budweiser
5.0% 145 10.6g
Budweiser Black Crown Budweiser
6.0% 146 10g
Budweiser Select Budweiser
4.3% 99 3.1g
Budweiser Select 55 Budweiser
2.4% 55 1.9g
Miller Genuine Draft “64” MillerCoors
2.8% 64 2.4g
Milwaukee’s Best Light MillerCoors
4.2% 98 3.5g
Michelob Ultra Anheuser Busch
4.1% 95 2.6g

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Fasting, sun bathing ,Vit C, Lysine, turmeric, green tea, carrots and raw food diet to reduce tumor size

This section is from the book “The Hygienic System: Fasting And Sun Bathing“, by Herbert M. Shelton. Also available from Amazon: The Hygienic System Vol III Fasting and Sun Bathing.

The Autolytic Disintegration Of Tumors

Trall asserted that all abnormal growths possess a lower grade of vitality than normal growths, hence are easier to destroy. I think it may be equally true that they do not command the support of the organism as do normal growths, as they are lacking in nerve and blood supply. This lack of support makes them the ready victims of the autolytic processes of the body. It is generally held by men with wide experience with the fast that abnormal tissues are broken down and eliminated more rapidly than normal tissue during periods of abstinence. Physiologists have studied the process of autolysis, although they have suggested no practical use that may be made of it save that of employing it to reduce weight. It now remains for physiologists to learn that by means of rigidly controlled autolysis, the body is able to digest tumors and utilize the proteins and other food elements contained in them to nourish its vital tissues. Why have they not investigated this vitally important subject? The facts have been before the world for more than a hundred years.

More than a hundred years ago Sylvester Graham wrote: “It is a general law of the vital economy, that when, by any means, the general function of decomposition exceeds that of composition or nutrition, the decomposing absorbents always first lay hold of and remove those substances which are of least use to the economy; and hence, all morbid accumulations, such as wens, tumors, abscesses, etc., are rapidly diminished and often wholly removed under severe and protracted abstinence or fasting.”–Science of Life, pp. 194-195.

The process of autolysis may be put to great practical use and may be made to serve in getting rid of tumors and other growths. To fully understand this, it is necessary for the reader to know that tumors are made up of flesh and blood and bone. There are many names for the different kinds of tumors, but the names all indicate the kind of tissue of which the tumor is composed. For example, an osteoma is made up of bone tissue; a myoma is composed of muscular tissue; a neuroma is constituted of nerve tissue; a lipoma consists of fatty tissue; a fibroma is composed of fibrous tissues; an epithelioma is composed of epithelial tissue, etc. Growths of this nature are known, technically, as neoplasms (new growth) to distinguish them from mere swellings or enlargements. A large lump in the breast may be nothing more than an enlarged lymphatic gland, or an enlarged mammary gland. Such an enlarged gland may be very painful, but it is no neoplasm.

Tumors being composed of tissues, the same kinds of tissues as the other structures of the body, are susceptible of autolytic disintegration, the same as normal tissue, and do, as a matter of experience, undergo dissolution and absorption under a variety of circumstances, but especially during a fast. The reader who can understand how fasting reduces the amount of fat on the body and how it reduces the size of the muscles, can also understand how it will reduce the size of a tumor, or cause it to disappear altogether. He needs, then, only to realize that the process of disintegrating (autolyzing) the tumor takes place much more rapidly than it does in the normal tissues.

In his Notes On Tumors, a work for students of pathology, Francis Carter Wood says: “In a very small proportion of human malignant tumors spontaneous disappearance for longer or shorter periods has been noted. The greater number of such disappearances has followed incomplete surgical removal of the tumor; they have occurred next in order of frequency during some acute febrile process, and less frequently in connection with some profound alteration of the metabolic processes of the organism, such as extreme cachexia, artificial menopause, or the puerperium.”

No more profound change in metabolism is possible than that produced by fasting and the change is of a character best suited to bring about the autolysis of a tumor, malignant or otherwise.

The conditions Dr. Wood mentions as causing spontaneous disappearance of tumors are, for the most part, “accidents” and are not within the range of voluntary control. Fasting, on the other hand, may be instituted and carried out under control and at any time desired. It is the rule that operations are followed by increased growth in the tumor. Spontaneous disappearance following incomplete removal is rare. The same may be said for extreme cachexia and artificial menopause. In fevers we have rapid autolysis in many tissues of the body and much reparative work going on, but we cannot develop a fever at will. Pregnancy and childbirth occasion many profound changes in the body, but they are certainly not to be recommended to sick women as cures for their tumors. Even if this were desirable, it would be a hit-or-miss process. The effects of fasting are certain. There is nothing hit-or-miss about the process. It works always in the same general direction.

Fever is a curative process and does help to remove the cause of the tumor. None of Dr. Wood’s other causes of spontaneous disappearance assist in removing the cause of tumors. Fasting does assist greatly in the removal of such cause.

During a fast the accumulations of superfluous tissues are overhauled and analyzed; the available component parts are turned over to the department of nutrition to be utilized in nourishing the essential tissues; the refuse is thoroughly and permanently removed.

Due to a variety of circumstances, some known, others unknown, the rate of absorption of tumors in fasting individuals varies. The general condition of the patient, the amount of surplus contained in is body, the kind of tumor, the hardness or softness of the tumor, the location of the tumor and the age of the patient are all known to influence the rate of tumor absorption. Let me cite two extreme cases to show the wide range of variation in this respect.

A woman, under forty, had a uterine fibroid about the size of an average grapefruit. It was completely absorbed in twenty-eight days of total abstinence from all food but water. This was an unusually rapid rate of absorption. Another case is that of a similar tumor in a woman of about the same age. In this case the growth was about the size of a goose egg. One fast of twenty-one days reduced the tumor to the size of an English walnut. The fast was broken due to the return of hunger. Another fast a few weeks subsequent, of seventeen days, was required to complete the absorption of the tumor. This was an unusually slow rate of tumor-absorption.

Tumor-like lumps in female breasts ranging from the size of a pea to that of a goose egg will disappear in from three days to as many weeks. Here is a remarkable case of this kind that will prove both interesting and instructive to the reader. A young lady, age 21, had a large, hard lump–a little smaller than a billiard ball–in her right breast. For four months it had caused her considerable pain. Finally she consulted a physician who diagnosed the condition, cancer, and urged immediate removal. She went to another, and another and still another physician, and each made the same diagnosis and each urged immediate removal. Instead of resorting to surgery the young lady resorted to fasting and in exactly three days without food, the “cancer” and all its attendant pain were gone. There has been no recurrence after twenty-three years and I think that we are justified in considering the condition remedied.

Hundreds of such occurrences under fasting have convinced me that many “tumors” and “cancers” are removed by surgeons that are not tumors or cancers. They cause me to be very skeptical of the statistics issued to show that early operation prevents or cures cancer.

Let me cite a comparatively recent instance from my own practice. A manufacturer brought his wife to me from Los Angeles. A growth in one of her breasts had caused her to consult two or three physicians in that city. Each of them had insisted upon the immediate removal of her breast. I placed her upon a fast which was continued for thirty days. At the end of the fast, the tumor, which was about the size of an English walnut at its beginning, had been reduced to the size of a pea. In less than a month on a vegetable and fruit diet this small remainder disappeared.

Subsequently the woman gave birth to two children at about two year intervals. She nursed each child for two years during which nursing periods the formerly tumurous breast functioned well. The health and vigor of the boys presented unequivocal evidence of the quality of the mother‘s milk. Was this not better than removal of the breast? Was this an exceptional case? By no means. I see them regularly. Such cases are seen daily in institutions in various parts of the world where fasting is employed.

. The removal of tumors by autolysis has several advantages over their surgical removal. Surgery is always dangerous; autolysis is a physiological process and carries no danger. Surgery always lowers vitality and thus adds to the metabolic perversion that is back of the tumor. Fasting, by which autolysis of tumors is accelerated, normalizes nutrition and permits the elimination of accumulated toxins, thus helping to remove the cause of the tumor. After surgical removal tumors tend to recur. After their autolytic removal, there is little tendency to recurrence. Tumors often recur in malignant form after their operative removal. The tendency to malignancy is removal by fasting.

John W. Armstrong (England) says: “I have seen lumps in female breasts treated to fast, some of them after diagnosis by ‘experts,’ the bulk after self-diagnosis and to disappear, on water only, in from four to twenty days.”

Bernarr Macfadden says: “My experience of fasting has shown me beyond all possible doubt that a foreign growth of any kind can be absorbed into the circulation by simply compelling the body to use every unnecessary element contained within it for food. When a foreign growth has become hardened, sometimes one long fast will not accomplish the result, but where they are soft, the fast will usually cause them to be absorbed.”

A small tumorous growth which had existed for more than twenty years was absorbed during Mr. Pearson’s longest fast and did not return thereafter. Dr. Hazzard records the recovery, during a fifty-five days’ fast, of a case diagnosed by physicians as cancer of the stomach. Tilden, Weger, Rabagliati and many others record many such cases.

I have seen repeated instances of the absorption of tumors in my own patients. I had one complete recovery in the case of a uterine cancer during a thirty days’ fast. I have seen numerous small tumors completely absorbed and large ones greatly reduced in size.

In Europe and America, literally thousands of tumors have been autolyzed during the past fifty years, and the effectiveness of the method is beyond doubt. I can give no definite information about bone tumors and nerve tumors; but, since these are subject to the same laws of nutrition as all other tumors, I am disposed to think that they may be autolyzed as effectively as other tumors.

In my own experience I have seen numerous fibroid tumors of the uterus and breast, lipomas in various parts of the body, a few epitheliomas, a whole group of myomas and a number of tumors that were apparently early cancer autolyzed and absorbed while the patient fasted. I have seen many warts disappear during fasting and I have seen many warts on which the fasting process seemed to have no effect. I have never seen a mole affected by the fasting process. I have seen a number of cysts completely destroyed by fasting and others that were merely reduced in size. It will be recalled that Graham mentions having seen cysts (wens) absorbed during fasting.

It is certain that the autolyzing process has its limitations. For example, a tumor that has been permitted to grow to enormous size cannot be autolyzed in one fast. Indeed, many of them are so large that several long fasts during the course of two years or more, with a rigid feeding schedule between fasts, would be required to break them down and absorb them, if, indeed, it could be done. There was a school in Chicago some years ago that taught that “the normal tissue may be consumed before the morbid tissues are used up,” in fasting. While this school did not confine this statement to tumors, there are few conditions in which this can be a fact, and in large tumors it may be so. Aside from large tumors, it is hardly probable that this is so in any recoverable cases. Only in rare instances, where the amount of morbid tissue is very great, and these are probably all irremediable, can this occur.

In general, good tissue is not used up as fast as bad and the tumor will “starve” before the body. Except where it is very large, we may be sure that in all cases, hunger will return before any damage is done to the vital tissues. In more than one case of cancer, where opiates had been used to relieve pain, I have seen three or four days’ fasting bring relief.

One other limitation must be noted; namely, tumors that are so situated that they dam-up the lymph stream will continue to grow (feeding upon the excess of lymph behind them) despite fasting.

In cases where complete absorption is not obtained, the tumor is sufficiently reduced in size not to constitute a menace. Thereafter proper living will prevent added growth. Indeed, we have seen a number of cases where a further decrease in size followed right living subsequent to fasting.

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Note: Do use sunglasses and face sunscreen. Avoid high UV during 11am to 2pm.

DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWS: Dr. Holick, What are some of the research-based benefits of more vitamin D?

DR. MICHAEL HOLICK: You can reduce cancer risk by 30 to 50% by increasing vitamin D in the diet, or by sensible sun exposure. We gave mice colon cancer, and followed them for 20 days. Tumor growth was markedly reduced simply by having vitamin D in the diet. There was a 40% reduction in tumor size. And, casual sun exposure actually decreases your risk of melanoma. In Finland, back in the 1960’s, children that received 2,000 IU of vitamin D each day reduced their risk of getting Type 1 diabetes by 80%. Every tissue and every cell in your body has a receptor for vitamin D. Every tissue and every cell of your body requires vitamin D to function properly.

DY NEWS: Exactly how much vitamin D, and how much sun, do we need?

HOLICK: Vitamin D deficiency is less than 400 IU per day along with no sun exposure. If you take 400 IU daily, you would still have an inadequate amount of vitamin D. Humans need 1,000 IU each day, or to be exposed to sunlight. Five to ten minutes, arms and legs, three times a week, is adequate.

DY NEWS: What is you opinion of the official US RDA/DRI recommendations?

HOLICK: I was on the committee that set them (National Academy of Sciences, Panel on Calcium and Related Nutrients, 1996-1997). We have made some progress in increasing the recommendations. They are now 200 IU/day for children and adults up to age 50; 400 IU for adults over 50; and 600 IU/day for adults over 70.

DY NEWS: Would you have liked to have set the recommendations higher?

HOLICK: Yes. At the time, we were obligated to base our recommendations on the published literature before 1997. Based on new evidence, I think infants, up to one year of age, need 400 IU/day. Canada recommends 400 IU already. Then, from age one, and all through adulthood, I’d recommend 1,000 IU/day. Everyone needs 1,000 IU of vitamin D3 each day.

DY NEWS: And how are we doing?

HOLICK: In Boston, 50% of adolescent boys and girls are vitamin D deficient. 70% of moms and 80% their babies are vitamin D deficient at birth. These infants have no vitamin D stores, and the moms have none to give them.

DY NEWS: And that means rickets?

HOLICK: Rickets is only the tip of the vitamin D deficiency iceberg. If you are vitamin D deficient in childhood, you are 2.4 times more likely to develop Type 1 diabetes.

DY NEWS: And for people of color?

HOLICK: Skin pigment is a natural sunscreen. African American children require two to three times as much sun exposure, without sunscreen, to satisfy their requirement for vitamin D.

DY NEWS: What are the consequences of not getting enough sunlight?

HOLICK: If you live above 35 degrees north latitude, you are twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis. Living in higher latitudes also means higher risk for Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and high blood pressure.

DY NEWS: What are some examples of “high latitude” cities?

HOLICK: Anything above Atlanta, Georgia.

DY NEWS: I’ve been to Atlanta. To a Yankee like me, that’s pretty far south. Now you know I’m going to quote you on this. . .

HOLICK: That’s fine. Anywhere above about 35 or 37 degrees latitude, that is, anywhere north of Atlanta, Georgia, you basically cannot make vitamin D in your skin during the wintertime.

DY NEWS: And in the summer, should we tan?

HOLICK: I do not believe in tanning.

DY NEWS: That seems a rather moderate position.

HOLICK: I was fired from my position as Professor of Dermatology at Boston University Medical Center because I have been promoting sensible sun exposure, and had written the book, “The UV Advantage.” I had held that position for nearly ten years.

DY NEWS: Who fired you, and when?

HOLICK: Dr. Barbara Gilchrest, BU Medical Center Chief of Dermatology, in February 2004. She and I remain personal friends. I’m still full Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics, and have been for 20 years. Dr. Gilchrest has been quoted as saying that to suggest that vitamin D deficiency is a significant health problem is “weak and absurd.” She has also been quoted as saying that linking vitamin D deficiency to medical illness is “schlock science.” I have never heard her rebut those statements.

DY NEWS: Were you fired entirely because of your stance on vitamin D and for no other reason?

HOLICK: No question about it. The American Academy of Dermatology is very uncomfortable about sensible sun exposure, and anyone who recommends it.

DY NEWS: You’re telling us that the American Academy of Dermatology does not believe in sensible sun exposure?

HOLICK: That is correct. They are believers in abstinence from all sun exposure. They have been pretty firm about this. In May 2004, three months after I was fired, I was asked to defend myself in front of all the staff.

DY NEWS: How successful was it?

HOLICK: I got people’s attention.

DY NEWS: Who is most opposed to you?

HOLICK: The “unenlightened” dermatologists of the American Academy of Dermatology.

DY NEWS: Yet it seems to be particularly difficult to kill yourself with vitamin D.

HOLICK: True. One man took 1,000,000 IU of vitamin D per day, orally, for six months. Of course, he had the symptoms of severe vitamin D intoxication.

DY NEWS: But he lived to tell the tale?

HOLICK: Yes. His treatment was hydration (lots of water), and no more vitamin D or sunshine for a while. He’s perfectly happy and healthy. This was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Koutkia P, Chen TC, Holick MF. Vitamin D intoxication associated with an over-the-counter supplement. N Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 5;345(1):66-7.)

DY NEWS: How many people have died from vitamin D or other vitamins?

HOLICK: I have no experience of anyone dying from vitamin exposure. In thirty years, I’ve never seen it.

DY NEWS: And in the medical literature?

HOLICK: Not as far as I know.

DY NEWS: About how many people get too little vitamin D?

HOLICK: In the US and Canada, about 50%. About one billion people, worldwide, are vitamin D deficient. This is true even in sunny climates, because of lack of sun exposure.

DY NEWS: What advice do you wish to offer our readers?

HOLICK: The most important thing is to increase your vitamin D intake.

DY NEWS: What’s yours?

HOLICK: I take 1,100 IU of vitamin D every day.

Shrinking tumors

In many cases, it is critical to the survival of a cancer patient to shrink their tumors. However, in many other cases it is not life-threatening to leave a tumor alone and concentrate on stopping the spreading of the cancer.

“Modern medicine,” with its firm grasp of the art of making huge amounts of profits, has totally brainwashed the public into thinking that the size of every tumor is important in a cancer treatment. In many cases shrinking the tumor is critical!! However, orthodox medicine frequently shrinks tumors which are irrelevant to the survival of the patient. Here is a quote by Dr. Philip Binzel, M.D.:

  • “When a patient is found to have a tumor, the only thing the      doctor discusses with that patient is what he intends to do about the      tumor. If a patient with a tumor is receiving radiation or chemotherapy,      the only question that is asked is, “How is the tumor doing?” No      one ever asks how the patient is doing. In my medical training, I remember      well seeing patients who were getting radiation and/or chemotherapy. The      tumor would get smaller and smaller, but the patient would be getting      sicker and sicker. At autopsy we would hear, “Isn’t that marvelous!      The tumor is gone!” Yes, it was, but so was the patient. How many      millions of times are we going to have to repeat these scenarios before we      realize that we are treating the wrong thing?

In primary cancer, with only a few exceptions, the tumor is neither health-endangering nor life-threatening. I am going to repeat that statement. In primary cancer, with few exceptions, the tumor is neither health-endangering nor life-threatening. What is health-endangering and life-threatening is the spread of that disease through the rest of the body.

There is nothing in surgery that will prevent the spread of cancer. There is nothing in radiation that will prevent the spread of the disease. There is nothing in chemotherapy that will prevent the spread of the disease. How do we know? Just look at the statistics! There is a statistic known as “survival time.” Survival time is defined as that interval of time between when the diagnosis of cancer is first made in a given patient and when that patient dies from his disease.

In the past fifty years, tremendous progress has been made in the early diagnosis of cancer. In that period of time, tremendous progress had been made in the surgical ability to remove tumors. Tremendous progress has been made in the use of radiation and chemotherapy in their ability to shrink or destroy tumors. But, the survival time of the cancer patient today is no greater than it was fifty years ago. What does this mean? It obviously means that we are treating the wrong thing!”


Philip Binzel, M.D., Alive and Well, Chapter 14

While there are some alternative cancer treatments that do shrink tumors, and this article is about those products, the focus on alternative cancer treatments is generally on targeting and killing cancer cells, or reverting cancer cells into becoming normal cells. Shrinking tumors is generally secondary to alternative cancer treatments. But again, in some cases the tumor is life-threatening.

For example, in some cases the tumor is pressing on a vital organ, is causing pain, is obstructing the flow of fluids, or for some other reason needs to be eliminated from the body. If the problem is life-threatening the solution is frequently solved with surgery because of the urgency of the situation.

It is important to understand that there is no alternative cancer treatment that is guaranteed to shrink tumors significantly in a short amount of time. Tumors are very complex and there is nothing that will work every time.

Not all alternative cancer treatments that shrink tumors are listed here, but the major treatments that have a history of shrinking tumors are listed here.

When the size of a tumor is critical, it can be assumed you do not want to swell the tumor any more than it has already swollen. Most alternative cancer treatments will cause a tumor to swell temporarily, then it may start to shrink.



DMSO Protocols

DMSO is an amazing molecule as it can pass through the skin like it wasn’t even there. And it can carry things with it or “meet up” with things taken orally – at the site of the tumor.

There are two options for using DMSO. First, is the Overnight Cure For Cancer, which is a DMSO and chlorine dioxide protocol. DMSO and chlorine dioxide actually bind to each other. DMSO carries the chlorine dioxide with it through the skin (it is taken transdermally) and heads for the cancer cells.

This article discusses this protocol, but remember that DMSO should be put on the skin directly on top of the tumor or on the skin directly above the tumor:
Overnight Cure For Cancer

The second way to use DMSO is with baking soda. This has done very, very well against external tumors where you can put the DMSO and baking soda directly on the tumor. Plus, this protocol is dirt cheap for those on a limited budget, but so is the Overnight Cure For
Cancer protocol.

Actually, the baking soda protocol is ADDING baking soda to the DMSO/chlorine dioxide protocol just mentioned!!

No more than 1 TEAspoon a day, total, of baking soda, should be taken by an adult. Baking soda should only be added to the Overnight Cure For Cancer for a maximum of six weeks.

This protocol is to mix 2 TEAspoon of DMSO with 1/3 TEAspoon of baking soda, THREE times a day. This also means DMSO and chlorine dioxide is used three times a day!!

This combination will generally be taken externally, either directly on the tumor or on the skin above where the tumor is.


Amazon Tonic III, Botanical Support, Etc. (i.e. Herb Healers)

Amazon Tonic III is an herbal product which has been around for many years under the name of “Cansema.” It has proven itself over the course of many years to be superb at shrinking tumors.

The term “Cansema” is now a generic name so do not use any product with the “Cansema” name. The “Amazon Tonic III” is the product of one of the pioneers in developing Cansema.

For Amazon Tonic III, here are the instructions:
1) Shake the bottle well before using it (do this each time it is used),
2) Refrigerate after opening,
3) Start the dose at 1/2 TEAspoon, 3 times a day ON A FULL STOMACH,
4) Build up to 1 TEAspoon, 3 times a day ON A FULL STOMACH,
5) You can mix a small amount of juice with this product because it tastes bad.

Other available products include “Botanical Support.”

Work with the vendor for dealing with your situation. Here is the website to obtain these, and other, herbal products:
Herb Healers Website


Cesium Chloride

If the tumor is not life threatening, should it swell temporarily (e.g. for a couple of weeks), the Cesium Chloride / DMSO Protocol is a good choice. This is one of the best and fastest treatments to shrink tumors. Tumor masses can start to shrink within two weeks. However, before the tumor starts to shrink, as with most alternative cancer treatments that shrink tumors, the tumor will actually get larger for a short time (unless the patient is on chemotherapy). Thus, it must be known whether temporary swelling will put the cancer patient at risk.

Cesium Chloride and the Cellect-Budwig (to be discussed next) are similar enough protocols that they should not be taken at the same time, or even one after the other.

If the cancer patient is currently on chemotherapy, the combination of either of these protocols, combined with chemotherapy, is a very good choice. Both seem to be synergistic with chemotherapy.

See the left side-bar for links to these two protocols.


Budwig Diet and/or Cellect-Budwig

The Cellect-Budwig Protocol contains the Budwig Diet, which consists of converting oil soluble omega 3 into water soluble omega 3. This treatment is also part of the Bill Henderson Protocol, which will be mentioned in a moment.

Dr. Johanna Budwig claimed that tumors were created specifically because of a lack of electron-rich molecules on the surface of cell walls. Her protocol was excellent at shrinking tumors quickly.

In addition to the Budwig Diet, the product Cellect can also shrink tumors. The Budwig Diet and Cellect are very synergistic. Cellect contains, among many other products, shark cartilage, which is known to shrink tumors.

Another part of the Cellect-Budwig protocol is vegetable juicing. Heavy vegetable juicing, especially carrot juice, beet juice, cabbage juice, broccoli juice and other anti-cancer juices, are known to help shrink tumors.


The Kelmun Protocol

For those on a budget, the Kelmun Protocol (baking soda and maple syrup) has done very well at shrinking tumors. It is both a highly alkaline protocol and it contains a “trojan horse” (maple syrup) to allow the baking soda to target cancer cells.

It should be combined with juicing (e.g. carrot juice with a tablespoon of beet juice) and “green drinks” and hopefully an electromedicine protocol, such as the GB-4000 M.O.P.A.

Also see the “Dirt Cheap Protocol” for more ideas to add to the Kelmun Protocol:
Dirt Cheap Protocol

Also see the “Inexpensive Cancer Treatments” article, which is linked to on the left side-bar (the column of links on the left side of most pages).


Bill Henderson Protocol

The Bill Henderson Protocol is also a protocol which includes the Budwig Diet and it also does not cause any inflammation or swelling of tumors. It is based on the Johanna Budwig Diet of cottage cheese and flaxseed oil. The treatment also includes several other supplements and a special diet.

However, since the Bill Henderson Protocol is not specifically designed to shrink tumors, and since by definition, the patient is already in serious trouble, there are things that should be added to the Bill Henderson Protocol when shrinking tumors is important (adult dosages):
1) 10 grams of MSM a day to reduce swelling (must build-up to this dose):
How To Make MSM Water

2) Shark cartilage. A person should take three 750 mg. pills a day. See:
One of many vendors

3) Heavy vegetable juicing, especially carrot juice, beet juice, cabbage juice, broccoli juice and other anti-cancer juices. See:
Anti-Cancer Vegetable Juices

Here is a special article on the Bill Henderson Protocol, along with a link to Bill Henderson’s website, Beating Cancer Gently:
Bill Henderson Protocol and Link


Honey and Turmeric and Ginger [Everyone Should Use]

Honey is a Trojan Horse to get microbe-killing substances inside of cancer cells, to revert cancer cells into normal cells.

In two different studies, turmeric (aka curcumin) was the best substance to kill the specific microbe that causes cancer.

Every other day take 2 TEAspoons of honey with 1 TEAspoon of turmeric (or curcumin)
Every other day take 2 TEAspoons of honey with 1 TEAspoon of ginger
The Ginger and Turmeric are alternated every other day, thus every day you are taking one or the other.


Sister Mary Eymard Poydock, PhD Treatment [Everyone Should Use]

This treatment is the result of decades of cancer research by Sister Mary Eymard Poydock, Ph.D., director of cancer research and former professor of biology at Mereyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Twenty years of painstaking work by Sister Eymard and her associates have indicated that a combination of vitamins C and B12 have a powerful effect against tumors.

Sister Eymard stated: “We’ve got it down to a point now where, if you do it according to the ‘recipe,’ it will work every time.”

The “recipe” is a mixture of vitamins C and B12 (in a ratio of one part B12 to two parts C) near the site of the tumor.

She also wanted to see if the C-B12 mixture would prolong the lives of animals already suffering from cancer. To find out, Sister Eymard and her colleagues injected the mixture near the cancerous growths of diseased mice for seven successive days.

Treated animals lived longer than those mice not given C and B12. In fact, all the treated mice outlived the control group. It appeared that the combination of C and B12 not only inhibits the growth of cancer cells, but also prolongs the lives of animals impregnated with cancer.

One rounded teaspoon contains 4 grams of absorbic acid and 700 mg of potassium ascorbate. As with all vitamin C products, keep this product out of the reach of children!! It can be very dangerous if very high doses are taken.

This is an excellent source of Vitamin B12 which is highly absorbed:
http://www.wonderlabs.com/sublingual-b12/


Laetrile

Laetrile is another natural product known to help shrink tumors. Vitamin B17, laetrile, and amygdalin are all names for the same natural molecule. Apricot seeds are very high in laetrile.

This protocol will not cause tumors to swell prior to shrinking.

Here is a link to the Cellect-Budwig protocol:
Cellect-Budwig Protocol


Zeolites

Zeolites are specific types of minerals which come from volcanoes. They are best known as chelating molecules, especially for mercury and other heavy minerals. But it turns out that they are also very good at shrinking tumors.

  • For centuries, the powdered forms of specific zeolites have been      used as traditional remedies throughout Asia to promote overall health and      well being. The story of the “volcanic rocks” has been passed      down from generation-to-generation as more and more people have experienced      its life-changing benefits.

Zeolites are natural volcanic minerals with an unique, complex crystalline structure. It’s honeycomb framework of cavities and channels (like cages) works at the cellular level trapping heavy metals and toxins. In fact, because it is one of the few negatively charged minerals in nature, zeolites act as magnets drawing toxins to it, capturing them in its cage and removing them from the body.”

Here is a vendor of Pure Body Extra Strength (spray), to chelate the blood, and Pure Body (liquid), to chelate the the colon:
My Touchstone Essentials

Of interest is that they have been shown in some cases to shrink tumors very quickly. There is not enough evidence to depend on them exclusively to shrink tumors, but they are so simple to take that I would strongly recommend they be added to any of the other treatments that shrink tumors.

See also:
Zeolite Article by an M.D. [Part 1]
Zeolite Article by an M.D. [Part 2]


AIS MAX For Life

This is the only alternative cancer treatment I have ever seen with curcumin in it. There is anecdotal evidence this product does shrink tumors.

Curcumin is actually a wonder substance against cancer. Big Pharma has tried to synthesize this natural molecule, which works quite well by itself, thank you.

Because the dosage of curcumin in this product is somewhat lower than I would like, it would be good to use curcumin spice on your foods whenever appropriate while using this product and as long as you have cancer.

As with zeolites, the evidence is not strong enough that it shrinks tumors (i.e. there is no “cure rate”) that it should be used by itself.

Here is the vendor:
AIS MAX For Life


Sweet Wormwood Herb

A third product (there is no article for this product on this website) that may also shrink tumors very quickly is the sweet wormwood herb. This is generally not used as a stand-alone treatment, however, it may be very effective at shrinking tumors. The vendor with the best reputation for sweet wormwood is Artemisinin:
Sweet Wormwood Vendor


Essaic Tea (Using herbs that have NOT been dehydrated)

Essaic Tea is one of the foremost alternative cancer treatments known to shrink tumors. As with all herb teas, however, its ability to work is heavily dependent on the quality of the growing, processing and storage of the herbs. Herbs that have been dehydrated are rarely of much use.

    • “After word of Caisse’s [the founder of Essiac Tea]       impressive results spread to the United States, a leading diagnostician       in Chicago introduced her to Dr. John Wolfer, director of the tumor clinic       at Northwestern University Medical School. In 1937, Wolfer arranged for       Rene to treat thirty terminal cancer patients under the direction of five       doctors. Rene commuted across the border to Chicago, carrying her bottles       of freshly prepared herbal brew. After supervising one and a half years       of Essiac therapy, the Chicago doctors concluded that the herbal mixture       prolonged life, shrank tumors, and relieved pain. ”
      http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?PageType=article&ID=2008

Carrot Juice and Raw Food Diet

Vitamin A has been shown in studies to shrink the size of tumors. The best way to take Vitamin A is with carrot juice:

    • “Yellow to Deep Orange (carotenoids [Beta-carotene is the       most famous] are a huge family of over 600 “colors” that make       Vitamin A and help to shrink tumors):”
      http://www.learningplaceonline.com/nutrition/food/ca-prevent/fruit-veg.htm
    • “Cancer growths and sores appear in practically every part       of the body and take a long time to heal. Since the body creates these       conditions, it is essential to eliminate the food which feeds their       development. From his long experience, Dr. Earp-Thomas was fully       convinced that when cooked food was eaten it permitted tumors and growths       to build within the body. Yet when living food was substituted, these       tumors and growths immediately began to shrink for lack of nourishment.       The most thrilling experience I can recall was to see cancer cells taken       from a human body and thriving on cooked food but unable to survive on       that same food when it was uncooked.”
      http://www.karlloren.com/diet/p66.htm
    • “There are numerous reports/claims that a diet consisting       almost entirely of a diversity of vegetables can cause cancer tumors to       shrink or even vanish. If these reports are correct, they make sense in       the context of the theory that is presented here. I am postulating       anaerobic metabolism and thus cancer can be caused by the blockage of the       aerobic process at any point in the Kreb’s cycle or the respiratory       chain. There are numerous chemical steps that are involved in sequence       and if any of them is blocked you have the potential of arresting the       entire aerobic process. Each of these steps are catalyzed by specific       enzymes and regulated by other enzymes. If any of these are missing,       aerobic metabolism could stop.”
      http://www.krysalis.net/cancer.htm

Ellagic Acid

    • “Multiple studies have discovered that phytonutrients found       in raspberries can protect us from cancer and can even shrink some types       of cancer tumors. These substances can also act as an antibacterial and       as an antiviral agent. Does this sound too good to be true? One       particular substance found in this natural “medicine chest”, is       a series of compounds called ellagitannins. The highest levels are found       in raspberries, but the ellagitannins are also in certain types of       grapes, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and some nuts too. Recent       work (2001), published by Dr. Gary Stoner at Ohio State University, showed       that components in the seeds and berry, but particularly ellagitannins,       inhibited the initiation and promotion/progression stages of esophageal       cancer. This is an extremely important finding, considering the potential       benefits.”
      http://www.smdi.org/new_page_3.htm
    • “The studies found in the left column [of this web page]       were compiled by Susan Thorpe-Vargas Ph.D. and represent a summation of       EA’s known medical properties:
      EA is an anticancer agent – it protects DNA from mutation.
      EA shrinks tumors within 72 hours if the cancer is not caused by a       mutation in the p53 or WAF 1/p21 genes.
      EA is a natural phenolic antioxidant.
      EA exerts actions that are both anti-bacterial and an anti-viral.
      EA appears to inhibit liver fibrosis.
      EA is cardioprotective and may prove useful in the treatment of       myocarditis.”
      http://health.centreforce.com/health/ellagic.html

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)

    • “In one breast cancer study, women were given 390 mgs per       day in divided doses along with supplements. The result was that tumors       shrank. A maintenance dose of 100 mgs was considered adequate.”
      http://www.fightingcancer.com/supplements.htm

Actually, the recommended dose of CoQ10 is at least 390 mgs.


Aloe Arborescens (i.e. Aloe Vera)

    • “Michael Arrington was diagnosed with liver cancer. Doctors       found 17 tumors on his liver. One was the size of a baseball. Doctors       gave the cancer victim 4 to 21 days to live. Six months after Mr.       Arrington began taking only Aloe Vera as a supplement, Doctors examining       the patient’s X-rays could not find [any] trace of the tumors.”
      http://stopcancer.com/deathbed1.htm

Aloe Vera is another one of those natural plants that is very difficult to process correctly to maintain its cancer-fighting properties. The FDA shut down one of the top aloe vera manufacturers because they had a 94% cure rate on terminal cancers.
Aloe Arborescens


High Dose Vitamin C

    • “Basically, the vitamin C is transported to the lungs in the       blood where it is oxidized. It then is transported to the cells where it       diffuses to the mitochondria and delivers its oxidation potential,       powering the respiratory chain, and cycle repeats. It should be noted       that there have been many reports where mega doses of vitamin C have been       attributed to causing the shrinking of cancer tumors.”
      http://www.krysalis.net/cancer.htm       (also used above)

It is always best to take MSM whenever you take Vitamin C or any other protocol that kills microbes. Here is an article on how to use MSM with Vitamin C, regardless of the dose of Vitamin C you take!!
MSM-Vitamin C protocol

http://www.cancertutor.com/Other/ShrinkTumors.html

NaturalNews) The omega-3 essential fatty acid known as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is more effective at reducing the size of breast cancer tumors than the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, and can also reduce that drug’s harmful side effects, reports a new study published in the journal Cell Division.

“Our results suggest a new, fruitful drug regimen in the management of solid tumors based on combining cisplatin and possibly other chemotherapeutics with DHA,” said researcher A.M. El-Mowafy of Egypt’s Mansoura University. “DHA elicited prominent chemo-preventative effects on its own, and appreciably augmented those of cisplatin as well. Furthermore, this study is the first to reveal that DHA can obliterate lethal cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity [kidney damage] and renal tissue injury.”

Researchers injected a group of mice with breast cancer cells, then treated them with either 125 or 250 milligrams per kilogram of DHA, a regular dose of cisplatin, a mix of cisplatin and 125 milligrams per kilogram of DHA, or a placebo. They recorded tumor size and blood levels of white blood cells, C-reactive protein (CRP) and MDA at the start of the study and again after 20 days.

CRP is a marker of inflammation, a known risk factor for tumor growth. MDA is a marker of lipid peroxidation, which signifies high levels of the free radicals that can lead to cancer. Elevated white blood cell counts are also associated with tumor growth.

The researchers found that compared with mice that had never been injected with cancer cells, the injected mice underwent a significant increase in levels of CRP, MDA and white blood cells. Elevated levels of CRP and white blood cells were significantly correlated with increased tumor size.

Levels of white blood cells, CRP and MDA were all lower in animals that had been treated with either DHA, cisplatin, or a combination, however.

In animals who received 125 milligrams per kilogram of DHA, tumor growth was 38 percent less than in animals who received a placebo. Animals receiving cisplatin had 55 percent less tumor growth, while those treated with 250 milligrams per kilogram of DHA had 79 percent less. The combination of DHA and cisplatin not only reduced tumor growth by 81 percent compared with a placebo, it also returned white blood cell counts to normal levels. The 250 milligram per kilogram dose of DHA was nearly as effective at restoring a normal white blood cell count as the DHA-cisplatin combination.

“The chemoprevention elicited by DHA was dose-dependent, and appeared to be mediated by reduction of leukocytosis [elevated white blood cell count], oxidative stress, and replenishing of endogenous antioxidant machinery,” the researchers wrote. “Most strikingly, a strong anti-inflammatory effect was produced.”

In a second experiment, researchers treated rats with cisplatin, which is known to produce potentially lethal kidney damage. Half the rats were also given a 250 milligram per kilogram dose of DHA, while the other half was given nothing.

All the rats that received only cisplatin died from kidney toxicity. Among animals given both the drug and the omega-3, however, only 12 percent developed lethal kidney damage.

DHA is found primarily in fatty cold-water fish, such as salmon, anchovies, herring, mackerel and sardines, but it can also be found in certain vegetable oils. It is believed to play a critical role in the development of the nervous system, particularly the brain and retina.

A number of studies have linked omega-3s such as DHA to a wide variety of health benefits, including reduced risk of cancer and heart disease. A recent study showed that a diet high in omega-3s reduced the risk of prostate cancer even in men with a genetic predisposition for the disease.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/026784_DHA_cancer_blood.html#ixzz2YTfe1AUb

 

Other healing ways

Tumors tend to grow faster from use of supplement in general, mostly the additive, such as calcium phosphate, calcium, dipotassium phosphate, dicaclium phosphate and the like. Supplements that contain oils, such as vitamin A or E, tends to clog up liver from the liver’s inability to uptake oil. The idea of calcium causing cancer growth and the use of phosphate is well known in alternative cancer treatment for quite some time. This why I ended up making my own supplements or getting them without any additives. In any instances, cancers tend to uptake sodium and they tend to calcify, and hence this is how cancer protects against immune system from eating up the cancer cells.

In cancer treatment, and I don’t follow any popular alternative cancer treatment of today, because it kills people too quickly. There are a couple of ground rules that is most important, avoid fructose, they are the worse of the sugar. It feeds on cancer and they proliferate many fold within hours of taking them. After fructose, it is sucrose, or common table sugar. If cancer really gets bad, then it has to be a ketogenic diet, or a low carbohydrate diet. I have seen a couple of people just died this year believing juicing of fruits will cure them. Apparently they overlooked the fact that it made them diabetic, and the cancer feeds directly on fructose as their primary food.

There are a couple of exceptions on what fruits to eat, the apple is one exception, as their fructose are low, sugar in apple sometimes bind to an anticancer agent, such as quercetin. That’s just about the only fruit that’s safe to eat, including the apple seeds, which contains tiny amounts of laertrile, but not necessarily the apple peels, as they contain flouride. Apples can be eaten as whole, chopped or mashed, but never in apple juices, which tends to cause blood sugar spikes and drink plenty of water.

Obviously the hardening of the cancer is from two things, cancer and sodium. Cancer cells tend to have very high sodium, while normal cells do not. The sodium antagonists is the intracellular fluid mineral called potassium, preferably in the form of potassium citrate. Citrate forms chelate calcium, which removes the calcium protective shell that protects calcium, while reducing the edema as potassium displaces sodium. Obviously, table salt has to be avoided as these lead to edema. There are other potassium I am currently looking at but have trouble obtaining them (budget!) but they are potasium acetate, which may block glycolysis, potassium gluconate, which promotes uptake of sugar to calcium, but using the potassium to kill the cancer by displacing the sodium easier. However, for this condition in particular it’s likely to be the potassium citrate.

The dose for potassium citrate in a cup of warm water is 1/2 teaspoon three times a day after meals. The issue of alkalization only occurs if the potassium citrate is taken only after meals.

As for the iodine tincture mentioned, the iodine tincture I used is the Lugol’s solution, but I am also exploring hydrogen iodide, made from hydrazine, which that in itself is a long story. The only issue that has spooked me for years is the ability for the body to uptake the iodine since iodine excretion is high in itself. The Lugol’s solution I may use 2 drops three for four times a day, preferably three, initially. It is taken in a 1/2 cup of warm water, empty stomach. To help iodine uptake, I believe is linked to the body’s available vitamin D. The one down side of the vitamin D is it’s problem of increasing blood calcium. The only way around this is simply to go out in the sun for 20 minutes, much like sunbathing, twice a day. This should allow the body to produce roughly 10,000 to 20,000 ilu. a day, without the supplements and with no worry of calcium fueling the cancer growth. If there is no sun in the area, perhaps a UV tanning briefly, equivalent to sun exposure of 20 minutes, twice a day. Some aloe vera oil applied thinly may help prevent burns associated with UV exposure. The reason why iodine and vitamin D is so closely linked to cancer is that cancer retention is highest in the month of July, followed by August, while iodine excretion is also minimum at the same time. Hence, the body can utilize the iodine if the body produces sufficient amount of vitamin D. Assuming that it’s not possible to get the sun, or get UV tanning, then perhaps I might consider vitamin D3, but not over 5000 i.u. as the limit and take plenty of potassium citrate, and citric acid to chelate out plenty of calcium. If citric acid can’t be obtain, I might consider the use of lemon juice with plenty of water.

As far as digesting and shrinking of tumor is concerned, they grow simply because the body can’t see the tumor. This can be reversed by allowing them to see, using either of the two things, separately or together. Tannic acid or EGCG (which is actually green tea extract). A green tea extract contains around 50 to 55% EGCG – epigallocatechin gallate). The problems about the use of tannic acid and green tea extract is the constipation, at which I will add sorbitol, which is a laxative, tastes sweet, but also kills cancer cells on contact, in large dose of course, but in this remedy I don’t use this to kill cancer cells. I used it sufficient amount NOT TO CAUSE CONSTIPATION. People with cancer tends to swing two ways. The most common is constipation. The second one which is rarer is diarrhea. Diarrhea from me is relatively easier to treat, which I will use maybe 1/4 teaspoon of humic acid powder, 1/2 teaspoon of fulvic acid powder, or just 1/4 teaspoon of tannic acid, or 1/2 teaspoon of green tea extract powder. In my own experience, tannic acid is the more powerful cancer supplement almost twice more ten that of EGCG, and the dose is confined between 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of tannic acid per dose with 1/2 teaspoon of sorbitol usually twice to three times a day in cup of warm water. The dose for EGCG is roughly 1/2 teaspoon on the average to 3/4 teaspoon, with sorbitol again. Should they caused constipation, the potassium citrate might be taken about 1/2 teaspoon four times a day, taken separately at least 30 minutes or more apart. What the tannic acid does is it goes into the bloodstream and make the slippery covering of the cancer, which makes them invisible visible, but deactivating them, basically converting them into leather, or just denaturing the proteins. I read somewhere that if the tannic acid drinks are somewhat acid, the uptake of tannic acid or green tea absorption into the bloodstream is enhanced, but haven’t tested out that theory. To make them acidic, is to add a small squeeze of lemon juice, or some malic acid, or some apple cider vinegar.

In cancer remedy it is most important that digestive enzymes is used. Taken on empty stomach, it goes in the bloodstream so that the digestive enzyme can digest the tumor. The body can actually produce sufficient enzymes to at least digest them by following one simple rule: don’t eat dinner. This makes a person hungry as digestive juices is increased, then it goes into the bloodstream and begin doing its work.

Dietary control is most important. Basically my rule is to avoid most fruits anyway, except for vegetables and carrots. I like carrots because of beta carotene, which is vitamin A and don’t cause liver damage. The other is to avoid completely all vegetable oils including olive oils. The one exception I have never had any complaints in cancer people is the use of coconut oil, which is a monounsaturated fatty acid, and it is this form that doesn’t do liver damage, while krill oil, salmon fish oil, omega 3, polyunsaturated fats tend to do damage to the liver. While omega 3 and other oils such as this maybe good, it is not good for cancer as the liver is already toxic and it can’t handle any more additional oils to cause fatty liver.

The supplements I tend to use is pure ascorbic acid with baking soda, or sodium ascorbate. The reason why baking soda I am not too worry about is it is very alkaline, and when taken together with potassium citrate do not add to more sodium to the cancer cells. What adds more sodium to the cancer cells is the chloride, chlorine, fluoride, which tends to cause sodium retention to increase.

Finally also used lysine as the main element to raise white blood cells by twice that amount, and also eating some pumpkin seeds. Salted pumpkin seeds and fried ones are a problem, just ordinary unsalted pumpkin seeds without and use of vegetable oils tend to raise them. Iodine can also be uptake more easily with kelp or seaweed, but with processing today, I am not sure if they have any iodine left. In Thailand, the popular delicacy is fried seaweed, and tends not to have any iodine, and hence unhealthy.

The lysine supplements I used is taken 1000 mg four to seven times a day for the first couple of days, whereby maybe reduce to four times a day if conditions improve. This will raise white blood cells. I have as yet need to find out what amino acid raises red blood cells, but don’t have sufficient time to do that.

Connie’s comments: Protect your eyes from the sun and not sun bath between 11am to 2pm. Wash your greens/veggies and fruits with salt water or diluted vinegar. Choose organic produce if you can. Avoid sugar and overcooked foods. Controlled fasting can be done once a month for healthy people.

Avoid sugar/soda/processed foods and get good sleep. Avoid anxiety and dwelling on problems, be happy and dance.

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Now that I have a teenage daughter, I have to apply the same beliefs and walk my talk

Your choice of a marriage partner starts when you choose whom to date

What does dating have to do with whom you choose to marry? Most people don’t date people whose company they don’t enjoy. If you enjoy someone’s company, it’s very likely infatuation or even love might enter the relationship. Once that happens, after an emotional tie forms, you might think religion doesn’t matter. When our emotions stifle the messages our brains try to send, we leave ourselves vulnerable to making bad decisions that can destroy our lives and those of our children.

Long before we start to date, we should consider the kind of marriage we want to have. If you have a vibrant faith or adhere strongly to a religion, it is probably an important part of who you are. You will probably want to raise your children in your faith, worship with your spouse, and maybe have devotions as a family. Your faith may determine how you want to spend your money and your time. It may determine how you expect to spend the holidays you normally celebrate. But if you are dating someone who does not share your faith, and you fall in love, your road will not be a smooth one. If you are a Christian, you would be wise to limit your dating to Christians. It will lessen your chances of marrying a man who does not share your values and beliefs. It will lessen your chances of having God’s best in your marriage. Your parents may have told you that. Your church may have told you that. But when we are young, we don’t always listen. After all, we reason, it’s just a date. I’m not going to marry him (or her).

http://wannabwriter.hubpages.com/hub/when-a-christian-marries-a-non-christian

Connie’s comments: I am gathering comments from all of you , even stories. I know in many movies, love overpowers faith, but in reality faith and love go together.

In my caregiving business, I have interviewed many couple who were together for over 50 yrs and they told me that they respect each other and love each other that divorce is not an option, even when they belong to two different churches. In most cases the other partner converts to the faith of the spouse.

Knowing the person each day and loving that person with all of his/her persona, takes many trial and error until we discover ourselves in the process. A complete person takes the challenge, applies what to be learned from a given situation and let love prevail in the end. Loving ourselves first before we can truly love another. For happiness is the sum of acceptance, love, forgiveness and positive intention.

I still choose the intricacies of being in love, finding love and even losing love, for at the end the journey one takes in the process of finding love is memory that can be savored in a lifetime.

Love begets love, faith begets faith.

for a reason or gush of wind

at times we meet someone

for a reason or a gush of wind

maybe a prayer or a desire

that met and locked eyes

for a moment we think

we found the one

but we are called to play a role

to mend a broken heart

to heal wounds

to make the body whole

for in the end

the moment is what counts

no words

just a gush of wind

or a reason

to play in memories

hopefully forever
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Love is what you are; it’s the center of your creation. It’s your point of origination and can become your point of attraction as well. As Karl Menninger told his patients, and anyone else who was suffering and willing to listen, “Love cures, the ones who receive love and the ones who give it, too.”

Dietary nutrients and exercises for the brain

As any other organ, the brain is elaborated from substances present in the diet (sometimes exclusively, for vitamins, minerals, essential amino-acids and essential fatty acids, including omega- 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids). Most micronutrients (vitamins and trace-elements) have been directly evaluated in the setting of cerebral functioning.

For instance, to produce energy, the use of glucose by nervous tissue implies the presence of vitamin B1; this vitamin modulates cognitive performance, especially in the elderly.
Vitamin B9 preserves brain during its development and memory during ageing.
Vitamin B6 is likely to benefit in treating premenstrual depression.
Vitamins B6 and B12, among others, are directly involved in the synthesis of some neurotransmitters. Vitamin B12 delays the onset of signs of dementia (and blood abnormalities), provided it is administered in a precise clinical timing window, before the onset of the first symptoms. Supplementation with cobalamin improves cerebral and cognitive functions in the elderly; it frequently improves the functioning of factors related to the frontal lobe, as well as the language function of those with cognitive disorders. Adolescents who have a borderline level of vitamin B12 develop signs of cognitive changes.
In the brain, the nerve endings contain the highest concentrations of vitamin C in the human body (after the suprarenal glands). Vitamin D (or certain of its analogues) could be of interest in the prevention of various aspects of neurodegenerative or neuroimmune diseases.
Among the various vitamin E components (tocopherols and tocotrienols), only alpha-tocopherol is actively uptaken by the brain and is directly involved in nervous membranes protection.
Even vitamin K has been involved in nervous tissue biochemistry.
Iron is necessary to ensure oxygenation and to produce energy in the cerebral parenchyma (via cytochrome oxidase), and for the synthesis of neurotransmitters and myelin; iron deficiency is found in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Iron concentrations in the umbilical artery are critical during the development of the foetus, and in relation with the IQ in the child; infantile anaemia with its associated iron deficiency is linked to perturbation of the development of cognitive functions. Iron deficiency anaemia is common, particularly in women, and is associated, for instance, with apathy, depression and rapid fatigue when exercising.
Lithium importance, at least in psychiatry, is known for a long time. Magnesium plays important roles in all the major metabolisms: in oxidation-reduction and in ionic regulation, among others.
Zinc participates among others in the perception of taste.
An unbalanced copper metabolism homeostasis (due to dietary deficiency) could be linked to Alzheimer disease.
The iodine provided by the thyroid hormone ensures the energy metabolism of the cerebral cells; the dietary reduction of iodine during pregnancy induces severe cerebral dysfunction, actually leading to cretinism.
Among many mechanisms, manganese, copper, and zinc participate in enzymatic mechanisms that protect against free radicals, toxic derivatives of oxygen. More specifically, the full genetic potential of the child for physical growth ad mental development may be compromised due to deficiency (even subclinical) of micronutrients. Children and adolescents with poor nutritional status are exposed to alterations of mental and behavioural functions that can be corrected by dietary measures, but only to certain extend. Indeed, nutrient composition and meal pattern can exert either immediate or long-term effects, beneficial or adverse.

Brain diseases during aging can also be due to failure for protective mechanism, due to dietary deficiencies, for instance in anti-oxidants and nutrients (trace elements, vitamins, non essential micronutrients such as polyphenols) related with protection against free radicals.

Complex carbohydrates helps bring serenity to the brain while greens (chlorophyll rich such as kale) bring oxygen to brain cells.

Essential oils for boosting your mental capacity: rosemary, peppermint, basil

Herbs for the brain: gingko, licorice, oatstraw, schizandra berries, Brahmi, gotu kola, ashwaghandha, valerian or tagara, tulsi, vacha, barley grass, bee pollen, cacao, catuaba, chlorella, chia seeds, dulse, goji, guarana, ginger, hemp seeds, korean ginseng, kelp, linseed,coconut, latino spice tea, red maca, maca, menthyl crystals, pumpkin seeds, pine resin, reishi mushroom, rise and shine tea, siberian ginseng, St Johns wort, wheatgrass, wakame, sunflower seeds, spirulina, sesame seeds, eleuthero root, american skullcap, chamomile, irish moss, lemon balm, passionflower, wild oats, blue vervain, lavender, peppermint, cinnamon, cloves, garlic, turmeric, sage, mint, rosemary, rooibos tea, huperzine, lycopine, al[ha lipoic acid, bacopa or water hyssop, rhodiola rosea or golden root, L-Theanine, hibiscus, jatamamsi, shakha pushpi

Gotu Kola ( Centella asiatica ) is used in India as a cerebral tonic. Containing calcium, pangamic acid, phosphorus and the amino acid glutamine, gotu kola has been used to treat amnesia, dementia, fatigue and senility. It has a revitalizing effect on the brain cells and nerves.
Ginkgo ( Ginkgo biloba ) helps improve the brain’s ability to utilize oxygen and glucose by improving peripheral blood flow. Ginkgo improves nerve transmission, activates ATP (Adenosine triphosphate), an organic compound that aids metabolic reactions. Ginkgo is one of the most prescribed herbs in Europe and recommended in treating dementia, memory loss, senility and promoting recovery from stroke. It is an antioxidant and cerebral tonic.
Bacopa ( Bacopa monnieri ) is used in Ayurvedic medicine as a nourishing brain, nerve and kidney tonic. It enhances neurotransmitter function.
Rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis ) was used by ancient Greek scholars, who wore laurels of rosemary when taking examinations to improve memory. Rosemary stimulates the pineal gland and improves energy levels. Rosemary contains more than a dozen antioxidants. It is a nervine, rejuvenative, stimulant and tonic.
Licorice ( Glycyrrhiza glabra ) is sweet and energizing, and helps stabilize blood sugar levels. It has been used to treat debility, emotional instability, Parkinson’s Disease and stress. It is a tonic, nutritive and rejuvenative.
Oatstraw ( Avena sativa ) is a cerebral and nerve tonic, nutritive and rejuvenative.
Schizandra berries (Schisandra chinensis) are a cerebral tonic that improve the body’s ability to utilize oxygen. In China many people chew a few berries daily to improve concentration and coordination.
Siberian Ginseng ( Eleutherococcus senticosus ) nourishes the pituitary and adrenal glands. Studies done in Russia show it helps improve job accuracy.
Aromas for mental alertness include lemon, lemon grass, lime, peppermint and rosemary. They can be used in a diffuser which disperses aroma into the room, inhaled from a tissue or used in an inhaler. It is ideal to smell the aroma when studying and then again when taking a test or having to perform.
The following techniques can improve mental ability.
1. Travel new routes to inspire different thoughts.
2. Avoid being stuck in a rut. Visit new restaurants and experience the flavors of various cultures. Vary the places you vacation.
3. Socialize with intelligent people. Have in depth discussions.
4. Ask questions and get answers, even if you have to look them up yourself.
5. Sharpen your senses by noticing as many details as possible.
6. Absentmindedness means the mind was not present on the matters at hand. “Be Here Now,” truly is good advice.
7. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” Learn experientially when possible.
8. Good posture allows energy to better move through the nervous system.
9. Exercise increases the body’s intake of oxygen and speeds up nerve impulses between brain cells. Work up a sweat three times a week.
10. Read challenging things.
11. Use your nondominant hand for several minutes daily for simple tasks to stimulate different neural pathways.
12. Color therapists say yellow is cerebrally stimulating. Highlight important passages you read in yellow. Wear yellow. Use yellow decor in places where mental work is done.
13. Observe Nature.
14. Write down details – phone numbers, things to do and goals. Getting things out of your mind and onto paper helps free you for more creative endeavors. Keep an engagement calendar. Record flashes of brilliance and words of wisdom!
15. When taking classes, sit in different places to gain different perspectives.
16. When attending lectures, take notes on key words and phrases.
17. When wanting to remember something, repeat it aloud to yourself. Visualize it being imprinted upon your brain.
18. To remember names, associate the name with a picture. Visualize Bob turning into a bobcat. Right after being introduced to someone, use their name. “It’s nice to meet you, Denise.” If you don’t quite catch how to say their name, ask how to spell it.
19. When learning something important, with your mind’s eye, see yourself registering the information and filing it. Then practice retrieving it and refilling it.
20. Think positively. You’ll do better if you affirm “I can pass this exam” rather than “I’ll never make it.”
21. Do your best to avoid emotional stress.
22. Avoid damaging substances such as cigarettes, alcohol, pollutants and MSG. Some medications adversely affect the brain.
23. Studying before bed is said to be most effective.
24. Work in teams. Draw on the skills and ideas of your friends and co-workers. Brainstorming where you record wild thoughts and ideas often leads to fruitful concepts.
25. Break negative thoughts with diversion. Go for a walk. Call a friend. Go to a film.
26. Creative people usually retain a childlike quality. Play!
27. Visualization practices mental gymnastics. Einstein supposedly came upon the Theory of Relativity while visualizing flying along at the speed of light.
28. Play mentally challenging games like Chess or Scrabble.
29. Exercises to improve memory are called mnemonics where one makes up interesting information to help remember something. To remember the planets in their order of distance from the sun – M ary’s V iolet E yes M ake J ohn S tay U p N ights. P eriod!
30. Learn things of value for your entire life. Keep an open heart and mind. Be open to the possibilities.

Connie’s comments: When sleeping, make sure all electronic gadgets are not close to your body. Fresh air, nature sounds and napping during midday recharges the brain and be in sync with nature. Massage head regularly with your finger pads, in combing motion and other healing ways. Avoid hormone-filled foods in dairy, meat and milk and strive to find whole foods or start your own garden of veggies and fruits. When you find that your inner eyelid is pale, take liquid form of iron in the morning since it signals lack of minerals esp iron.
Chewing also exercises the brain so take time when eating and do a deep cleansing breath every 15 min. Remember that memory tangles are our brain nerves under stress. Get some sunshine, de-stress, and take quality calcium and magnesium supplements with Vit C and D and do take these nutrients in the afternoon till evening.

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2 min to care for your face before a shower in the morning and same in the evening. A beautiful face is important, wear it well even when we age. Vit C, A, D and E are excellent nutrition for your skin.

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High fat diet or ketogenic diet for Epilepsy (brain seizures)

A List of Ketogenic Foods 

Cheeses | Dairy | Dressings | Fats & Oils | Fish | Flours/Meals/Powders | Fowl | Fruits, low sugar | Fruits, moderate sugar | Meats | Nuts/Legumes | Seeds | Shell Fish | Vegetables, low sugar | Vegetables, moderate sugar |

Each entry is linked to nutritional data and colored according to a code (shown below).

♥ Green = Excellent: Low Carbohydrates, High Polyunsaturated Fats
♣ Blue = Excellent: Low Carbohydrates, High Saturated Fats
♦ Orange = Good: Low Carbohydrates, Low-Moderate Fats

The numbers on the side represent the macronutrient content per 100 grams in the following order:

grams of fat, grams of protein, grams of total carbohydrate / grams of fiber

Fats & Oils 

♥ Almond Butter
♥ Almond Oil
♥ Avocado Oil
♣ Butter
♥ Canola Oil  *
♣ Cocoa Butter
♣ Coconut Oil *****
♥ Fish Oil (cod liver)
♥ Flax Seed Oil
♥ Grape Seed Oil
♥ Hemp Seed Oil
♣ Lard
♥ Macadamia Oil  *****
♥ Mayonnaise
♥ Olive Oil
♣ Peanut Butter
 Peanut Oil
♥ Safflower Oil
♥ Sesame Oil
♥ Soybean Oil
♣ Sunflower Oil
♥ Sunflower Butter
♣ Vegetable Oil  *
♥ Walnut Oil

Fish 

♦ Anchovy  10, 29, 0/0
♦ Bass  5, 24, 0/0
♦ Burbot  1, 25, 0/0
♦ Carp  7, 23, 0/0
♥ Cavier  18, 25, 4/0
♦ Flounder  2, 24, 0/0
♦ Haddock  1, 24, 0/0
♦ Halibut  3, 27, 0/0
♥ Herring  12, 23, 0/0
♥ Mackerel  18, 24, 0/0 *
♥ Salmon  12, 22, 0/0
♥ Sardines  11, 25, 0/0
♦ Sole  2, 24, 0/0
♦ Trout  8, 27, 0/0
♦ Tuna  6, 30, 0/0
♦ Tuna (canned)  8, 29, 0/0

Flours/Meals/Powders 

◌ Acorn Flour
♥ Almond Flour *****
♥ Almond Meal
♥ Flax Seed Meal *****
♦ Protein Powder
♦ Psyllium Husk
◌ Sesame Seed Flour
♦ Splenda

Fowl 

♦ Chicken, Breast  8, 30, 0/0
♣ Chicken, Legs  13, 26, 0/0
♣ Chicken, Wings  19, 21, 0/0
♣ Duck  28, 19, 0/0
♣ Goose  22, 25, 0/0
♣ Quail  14, 25, 0/0
♦ Turkey, breast  7, 29, 0/0
♣ Turkey, ground  13, 27, 0/0
♣ Turkey, bacon  28, 30, 0/0

Fruits, low sugar/glycemic 

♥ Avocado  15, 2, 9/7
⊗ Blackberry  0, 1, 10/5
⊗ Cranberry  0, 0, 12/5
♦ Lemon  0, 1, 11/5
♦ Lime  0, 1, 11/3
◌ Olive, green  15, 1, 4/3
⊗ Raspberry  1, 1, 12/6
⊗ Rhubarb  0, 1, 5/2
⊗ Tomato  0, 1, 4/1

Fruits, moderate sugar/glycemic 

⊗ Apple  0, 1, 6/0
⊗ Strawberry  0, 1, 8/2
⊗ Watermelon  0, 1, 8/0

Meats 

♣ Beef, Ground, 70% lean  18, 26, 0/0
♣ Beef, Ground, 80% lean  17, 27, 0/0
♣ Beef, Ground, 90% lean  12, 28, 0/0
♣ Beef, Roast  17, 26, 0/0
♦ Veal  10, 30, 0/0
♦ Venison, Steak  2, 30, 0/0

Nuts/Legumes 

◌ Almonds  49, 21, 22/12
♥ Brazilnuts  66, 14, 12/8  *
♣ Cashews  44, 18, 33/3
∗ Coconut  33, 3, 15/9
♥ Hazelnuts  62, 15, 18/9
♣ Macadamias  76, 8, 14/9
◌ Peanuts  49, 26, 16/8
♥ Pecans  72, 9, 14/10 *
◌ Pistachios  44, 21, 28/10
♥ Walnuts  65, 15, 14/7

Seeds 

♥ Chia Seeds  31, 16, 44/38  
♥ Flax Seeds  42, 18, 29/27  *
♥ Hemp Seeds  45, 37, 7/3 
♥ Pumpkin Seeds  46, 25, 18/4
♥ Safflower Seeds  38, 16, 34/0
♥ Sesame Seeds  50, 18, 23/12
♥ Sunflower Seeds  50, 19, 24/11

Shell Fish 

♦ Clams  2, 26, 5/0
♦ Crabmeat  2, 19, 0/0
♦ Lobster  1, 21, 1/0
♦ Oysters  2, 7, 7/0
♦ Shrimp  1, 21, 0/0
♦ Squid  7, 18, 8/0

Vegetables, low sugar/glycemic 

♦ Arugula  1, 3, 4/2
♦ Asparagus  0, 2, 4/2
♦ Bok Choy  0, 1, 2/1
♦ Broccoli  0, 3, 6/2
♦ Broccoli Rabe  0, 3, 3/3  *
♦ Cabbage  0, 1, 6/3
♦ Cauliflower, raw  0, 2, 5/3 *
♦ Celery  0, 1, 3/2
♦ Chard  0, 2, 4/2
♦ Chicory Greens  0, 2, 5/4
♦ Cucumber  0, 1, 2/1
♦ Eggplant  0, 1, 3/3
♦ Endive  0, 1, 3/3
♦ Fennel bulb  0, 1, 7/3
♦ Garlic  0, 6, 33/2
♦ Green Bean  0, 2, 7/3
♦ Jalapeno  1, 1, 6/3
♦ Lettuce, Green Leaf  0, 1, 3/1
♦ Lettuce, Romaine  0, 1, 3/2
♦ Parsley  1, 3, 6/3
♦ Radish  0, 1, 3/2
♦ Spinach  0, 3, 4/2
♦ Soy Bean  9, 17, 10/6
♦ Zucchini  0, 1, 3/1

Vegetables, moderate sugar/glycemic 

♦ Artichoke  0, 3, 11/5
♦ Brussel Sprouts  0, 3, 9/4
⊗ Carrots, raw  0, 1, 8/3
⊗ Celeriac  0, 1, 9/2
♦ Kale  1, 3, 10/2
♦ Kohlrabi  0, 2, 6/4
♦ Mushrooms  0, 2, 5/2
♦ Okra  0, 2, 7/3
⊗ Onion  0, 1, 9/2
♦ Pepper, sweet, green  0, 1, 5/2
⊗ Pepper, sweet, red  0, 1, 6/2
♦ Pepper, hot, red  0, 2, 9/1
♦ Pepper, sweet, yellow  0, 1, 6/1
♦ Pumpkin  0, 1, 6/0
♦ Snow Pea  0, 3, 7/2
♦ Spaghetti Squash  1, 1, 7/0
⊗ Turnips  0, 1, 6/2

Source:

http://josepharcita.blogspot.com/2011/03/guide-to-ketosis.html#33MM

Side effects of drug for seizures

Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

  • increased seizures;

  • fever, swollen glands, body aches, flu symptoms;

  • skin rash, easy bruising or bleeding, severe tingling, numbness, pain, muscle weakness;

  • upper stomach pain, loss of appetite, dark urine, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);

  • chest pain, irregular heart rhythm, feeling short of breath;

  • confusion, nausea and vomiting, swelling, rapid weight gain, urinating less than usual or not at all;

  • new or worsening cough, fever, trouble breathing; or

  • rapid back and forth movement of your eyes.

Some side effects are more likely in children taking Gabapentin. Contact your doctor if the child taking this medication has any of the following side effects:

  • changes in behavior;
  • memory problems;
  • trouble concentrating; or
  • acting restless, hostile, or aggressive.

Less serious side effects may include:

  • dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, tired feeling;
  • nausea, diarrhea, constipation;
  • blurred vision;
  • headache;
  • breast swelling;
  • dry mouth; or
  • loss of balance or coordination
Nutrients Depleted by Anti-convulsants/anti-seizures:

 

Drug Nutrient Depletion

Contraceptives/Nutrient Depletion
(taking birth control pills deplete or decrease your body with the following nutrients):
• DHEA
• Folate
• Magnesium
• Melatonin
• Riboflavin
• Selenium
• Thiamin
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
• Vitamin B6/pyridoxine
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin C/ascorbic acid
• Zinc

CNS Depressants/Nutrient Depletion:
• Beta-carotene
• Calcium
• DHEA
• Folate
• Lycopene
• Magnesium
• Phosphorus
• Vitamin B12
• Zinc

Antilipemics or Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors /Nutrient Depletion:
• Beta-carotene
• Beta-sitosterol
• Calcium
• Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
• Folate
• Iron
• Lycopene
• Magnesium
• Phosphorus
• Vitamin A/retinol
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin D/calciferol
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K
• Zinc

Source: http://www.naturalpractitionermag.com/depletions_drugs.html

Connie’s comments: Up your intake of the depleted nutrients as a result of taking anti-depressants, birth control pills or Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors.
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Healthy Eating Habits

Healthy Eating Habits

Combining healthy eating habits and losing weight is tricky. So many considerations have to be examined such as:

  1. Use of birth control pills, caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, medications, other drugs that affected your hormones and other body chemistries
  2. Underacting or overacting thyroid, kidney, liver and other glands or organs in your body
  3. Status and health of neuro-transmitters in your brain which can stop the hunger hormone or wreak havoc in your pituitary gland which is responsible for food cravings
  4. Availability of whole foods or fast foods (unhealthy).
  5. Desire to eat healthy and lose weight or extra pounds
  6. Knowledge of nutrition such as adding fibers, cutting on sugar, selecting hormone free eggs/meat/milk or stopping from your intake of dairy/cheese/red meat
  7. Body, health and other issues such as:
    – teeth and chewing affects digestion of nutrients
    – depression tends to affect intake of food
    – happy foods such as yams, dark chocolate makes us feel satisfied
    – others such as parasites, diabetes, and other health conditions

Depending on your goal of losing excess weight of 20+ lbs in a year and keeping it or losing 20 lbs in 6 months and keeping it, here are quick tips:

  1. To have a good bowel movement of 2-3 or more times during the day, add fiber in your diet. Colon cleanse is the first step.  Senna tea helps in regular bowel, fiber in many food brands are readily available such as Bene Fiber, chia seeds and flax seeds.  Stop eating or do not eat as much of the following constipating foods for a few months: cheese, milk and meat.
  2. Chewing, eating slowly and digesting properly. Digestive enzymes should be taken before meals (papaya, pineapple). Probiotics or acidophilus should be taken in the morning before a meal to keep good bacteria in our gut.
  3. Drink 30 min before and 30 after meals. Sipping water during meals to ensure not to dilute stomach acid to break down fats in meats and food.
  4. Alkaline diet and drink help our body fight any bacteria and keep our immune system strong. Add lemon in warm water in the morning and eat more veggies. Aloe vera juice, diluted if sugar is present, helps us in maintaining an alkaline system. Eating more meat make our body acidic, prone to disease.
  5. For those lacking in iron, liquid iron (from whole food, veggies) in the morning with Vit C and calcium with magnesium and Vit C and D in the afternoon and evening.  Vitamin C is very important in most of the chemical processes in our body.
  6. Proper sleep helps us lose weight.  Sleep before 11pm for the sake of our liver.
  7. Juicing greens and fasting once a month with only a protein shake and water can help those who go to work each day.
  8. Walk after a meal and stretch anytime you can.
  9. Listen and love your body. Menopausal women need extra weight to cope with menopause. Vitamin B complex is an anti-stress vitamin.

 Connie Dello Buono, Health Coach

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Parasites and their effects on your immune system

It may sound like a bunch of BS, but two researchers have unlocked clues about medieval famine by recovering centuries-old, petrified poop from a castle latrine.
In a recent study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, doctors Piers D. Mitchell and Evilena Anastasiou of the archaeology and anthropology department at the University of Cambridge in the UK explained how they discovered and analyzed preserved feces in the Frankish castle of Saranda Kolones on the island of Cyprus.
About Roundworm Infections
The castle was built in 1191 and was only used by the crusading armies of King Richard I of England for 30 years before being destroyed by an earthquake. Researchers took samples from the castle latrine, suspended them in water to make a solution, and then passed the solution through small strainers.
They discovered roundworm and whipworm eggs in the poo samples, bringing to light the poor hygienic conditions the crusaders experienced. Past research shows that crusaders faced malnutrition during times of siege and famine, and the new discovery tells us why: Parasites competed with the crusaders for their bodies’ own nutrients.
Mitchell said his ancient data mining is important because learning about human health and disease in medieval times helps us understand what life was like back then. “Showing the kind of diseases crusaders suffered with helps us to understand why so many of them died on crusade expeditions from malnutrition and infectious disease,” he told Healthline.
About Whipworm Infections
In modern times, roundworm and whipworm infections can be treated with medications and generally are not fatal. But in medieval times, when coupled with malnutrition on long journeys, the parasites did many of the crusaders in. In fact, 15 to 20 percent of crusaders died of either malnutrition or infectious disease while on expedition, aided by an abundance of intestinal creepy-crawlies.
“Once hatched in the human intestines, the immature roundworms undergo an incredible migration, with the first stage larvae penetrating the blood vessels and appearing as second stage larvae in the liver within six hours after the initial infection,” the study authors wrote. “In the liver, the larvae develop into their third stage and they then migrate to the heart and lungs. Eight to 10 days after the original infection, the larvae burrow their way from the heart and lungs back to the small intestine, where they reach maturity. The mature female then starts to lay about 200,000 eggs per day.”
Female whipworms can release 2,000 to 10,000 eggs per day, the researchers added.
Mitchell hopes that by studying the composition of these ancient parasites modern-day researchers can develop more effective medications to treat this type of infestation.
Anthropologists Discover Bone Tumor in 120,000-year-old Caveman Remains
“When we study ancient parasites it has the potential to help us understand how parasites may change in the future,” Mitchell said. “For example, if we look at the DNA in past parasites and compare with modern parasites, it can help us to work out in what way they are evolving over time, and so how they may look in the future. This is important, as there is no point making drugs that act on parts of a parasite that are in the process of changing.”
“Some types of parasites have been present in humans right from the start of our evolution,” Mitchell added. “These we inherited from other primates in Africa. However, some parasites only started to infect humans when our ancestors left Africa and migrated around the planet, and this brought them into contact with new parasite species.”
As for the “ick factor” involved in this type of hands-on research, Mitchell said it was really no big deal. “Once hundreds of years have passed, there is no nasty smell,” he said. “It just looks like soil.”
Parasitic infections in the gastro-intestinal tract are common. Eighty percent of North Americans harbour one or more parasites. It is so wide-spread because of international travel, immigration, contamination of the water and food supply, use of daycare centres, household pets, antibiotic use and chemical contamination. Giardia and pinworms are the two most common intestinal parasites.
Intestinal parasites cause illness by competing with the host for nutrients and secreting waste products that cause allergic and autoimmune reactions.

Parasitic infections in the digestive tract can be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms look similar to other abdominal illnesses. Common symptoms include appetite changes, abdominal pain and cramping, diarrhea and stool changes. Dehydration may occur due to the diarrhea. If the infection is long-term weight loss, malnourishment and chronic digestive problems manifest.

Conventional treatment involves the use of anti-parasitic medication. This usually takes care of the current infection. However, the body becomes susceptible to subsequent infections if friendly bacteria are not replaced.

Good hygiene is important to prevent parasitic infections. Wash your hands, with soap, before eating and wash your hands frequently when preparing food. Wash your hands after using the toilet. Always cook foods fully and use a fork thermometer for checking the temperature inside of cuts of meat. The most contaminated foods are commercial pork products followed by beef, chicken, lamb and fish. Wash fruits and vegetables with 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar in one gallon of water and soak for 15 minutes.
What you can do to prevent parasites:
– WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER TOUCHING YOUR PET
– COOK MEAT WELL
– AFTER PREPARING RAW MEAT IN THE KITCHEN, ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEANED WELL, INCLUDING YOUR HANDS
– DO A GOOD PARASITE CLEANSE EVERY YEAR OR EVERY SIX MONTHS
– ENSURE THE PURITY OF YOUR DRINKING WATER

The best way to prevent parasitic infections is to have a healthy immune system and good digestive environment. Take extra precautions while traveling and camping. Ensure that the water supply is safe or use water bottles with built-in filtration systems.

Avoid foods that stimulate parasite growth such as gluten containing grains, dairy products, eggs, artificial sweeteners, food additives, alcohol, caffeine, sugar, soft drinks, peanuts and cashews. Eat foods that are high in carotenes like sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, squash, kale and cantaloupe.
Eat foods that are high in antioxidants and vitamin C like citrus fruits, broccoli, strawberries, melons and brussel sprouts. Rice products and blueberries help to stop diarrhea.

Well-cooked lamb, poultry and fish are high in protein and help to heal the intestine. Foods that kill parasites are garlic, raw pumpkin seeds, fresh coconut, papaya and papaya seeds.

Parasites undergo larval and adult phases that coordinate with the moon cycle. The most effective time to start treatment is a few days before the full moon. Ensure that the treatment continues through several cycles in order to make sure all of the organisms are destroyed.
The following list of supplements can be used for preventing and treating parasites. They are best taken at the first signs of an infection. Adult doses are given. (CLICK SUPPLEMENT NAME FOR PRODUCTS).

SUPPLEMENTS

GREENS SUPPLEMENT OR SPIRULINA
Helps to detoxify the body from the toxins that parasites produce. Also contains nutrients the body may need in cases of parasitic infection. Improves energy.

BLACK WALNUT, WORMWOOD COMBINATION & CLOVES
Recommended by Dr. Hulda Clarke for parasite cleansing. Available in a kit.

OREGANO OIL
Proven to fight parasites and candida

PROBIOTICS / ACIDOPHILUS
Helps to replenish good bacteria in the body to prevent re-infection. Enhances the immune system. An essential after antibiotic use.

GLUTAMINE
Helps to repair damage to the intestinal lining that parasites can cause.

GARLIC
Kills parasites and prevents infection. Can be used during travel as a preventative.

GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT
Kills parasites and prevents infection. Can be used during travel as a preventative.

MEDICINAL CLAY
Inhibits parasitic reproduction. Absorbs toxic by-products of the parasites.

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES WITH HCL
Acid kills parasites and enzymes digest them. Do not use HCl if you have ulcers or hyperacidity.

Other supplements and food to fight parasites: Multivitamins, aerobic oxygen, fibre, Swedish bitters, glutamine, barberry root, black walnut husk, cloves, milk thistle, pumpkin seed and wormwood.

Muscadine Grapes
Muscadine grapes are one of most potent fruits with a unique polyphenol profile that offers a number of health benefits. Unlike other grapes, muscadine grapes boast superior concentrations of ellagitanins that, when combined with other muscadine grape polyphenols, yield immense antioxidant power.
Resveratrol
A natural antioxidant compound found in some plants, seeds, and fruits, including grapes and grape-derived products such as red wine. Resveratrol is a polyphenol that has been found to potentially improve health and well-being in laboratory studies from around the globe.

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Gloves, hospital, homebirth, infection

I delivered my children at home with midwives because I want to be in home birth setting, be attended by midwives, not be in hospital setting where more microbes and bacteria exist that can cause infection and for many reasons.

Many years ago, before the introduction of gloves, many laboring women died in the hospital. Now, we have all kinds of gloves and a clean environment to operate and care for patients in the clinic and hospital settings.

Many elderly in care homes and nursing homes have urinary tract infections because of lack of hygiene which can be prevented.

In our homes, we use so many cleaning chemicals and so we should be wearing gloves too as our skin can soak up any chemicals it comes in contact with.  My mother-in law died of colon cancer. She is so clean that she have used so many strong cleaning chemicals at her house.  Aside from white bread, nutrition, toxic chemicals in our environment and our genes, there are so many factors that can contribute to cancer. We need to stay away from toxins and infectious organisms with proper hygiene.

Hand washing should be a norm.  Our immune system can only handle so many infectious organisms.

Protect yourself from all kinds of toxins outside and inside your body.

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Cherries and red cabbage as anti-arthritis and anti-skin cancer

The same chemical compound that causes the leaves of trees such as maples and sumacs among others to turn red in the autumn is also contained in the black cherry in high amounts. That compound is anthocyanins. The anthocyanins are actually present all the time in the leaves of many trees, it is just masked by the green of the chlorophyll. When the chlorophyll fades back in the autumn, the red color of the anthocyanins show themselves in full spectacle.

This anthocyanin compound has a number of amazing capabilities, among them the ability to act as an anti-inflammatory agent, as a anti-carcinogenic agent, as an antioxidant, as a soporific agent, and as an anti-arthritic agent. The black cherry possess high amounts of vitamin A and C and bioflavenoids as well.

As an anti-inflammatory agent the anthocyanins are especially useful in treating gout. Gout is a very painful condition that occurs due to production of high levels of uric acid in the body. These are mainly believed to be associated with eating certain foods such as shell fish. It most commonly affects men and is localized in the big toe, though it can affect the joints of the fingers, elbows and knees as well. The big toe swells up, is reddened and extremely painful to the touch, so much so that you can’t even put your shoes on. The anthocyanins reduce the levels of uric acid in the body and allow the uric acid to pass safely out of the body with the urine. This not only relieves the pain from the gout, but can actually prevent the gout attacks from occurring in the first place.

By preventing damage to the skin from the harmful ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B rays of the sun, anthocyanins act to stop many forms of skin cancer from developing. They are also useful in preventing and reducing other forms of cancer as well.

The powerful antioxidant effect of the anthocyanins prevent damage to the cells of the body from
free radicals, which would otherwise lead to early dead of the various cells of the body, premature aging and illness.

If you suffer from insomnia or just have trouble falling asleep at night, the soporific effect of the anthocyanins work by releasing the hormone melatonin into your system. This produces a calming effect on the body allowing you to sleep naturally.

The anti-arthritic capability associated with anthocyanins, assisted by the bioflavenoids, helps to reduce the swelling that occurs in the joints when you are affected by arthritis and reduces the stiffness as well.

Among the many other attributes of black cherry juice are lowering of blood pressure, protection of the heart, easing and even preventing migraines, help with formation of the connective tissue such as collagen and promoting good eye health. How much black cherry juice do you need to consume each day? Some people do well with just one glass a day, others need more, but taking the juice is easier than trying to eat three or more bowls of fresh cherries a day. Whether it will be effective for you is something you have to try for yourself, but the majority of people who do try
it see some benefit.

About

Anthocyanins (also anthocyans; from Greek: ἀνθός (anthos) = flower + κυανός (kyanos) = blue) are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that may appear red, purple, or blue depending on the pH. They belong to a parent class of molecules called flavonoids synthesized via the phenylpropanoid pathway; they are odorless and nearly flavorless, contributing to taste as a moderately astringent sensation. Anthocyanins occur in all tissues of higher plants, including leaves, stems, roots, flowers, and fruits. Anthoxanthins are clear, white to yellow counterparts of anthocyanins occurring in plants. Anthocyanins are derivatives of anthocyanidins, which include pendant sugars.

Plants rich in anthocyanins are Vaccinium species, such as blueberry, cranberry, and bilberry; Rubus berries, including black raspberry, red raspberry, and blackberry; blackcurrant, cherry, eggplant peel, black rice, Concord grape, muscadine grape, red cabbage, and violet petals. Anthocyanins are less abundant in banana, asparagus, pea, fennel, pear, and potato, and may be totally absent in certain cultivars of green gooseberries.  Red-fleshed peaches are rich in anthocyanins.

The highest recorded amount appears to be specifically in the seed coat of black soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) containing some 2,000 mg per 100 g[13] and in skins and pulp of black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa L.) (table). However, the Amazonian palmberry, açaí, having about 320 mg per 100 g[14] of which cyanidin-3-glucoside is the most prevalent individual anthocyanin (approximately 10 mg per 100 g),[15] is also a high-content source for which only a small fraction of total anthocyanins has been determined to date. Due to critical differences in sample origin, preparation and extraction methods determining anthocyanin content,[16][17] the values presented in the adjoining table are not directly comparable.

Nature, traditional agriculture, and plant breeding have produced various uncommon crops containing anthocyanins, including blue- or red-flesh potatoes and purple or red broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, and corn. Tomatoes have been bred conventionally for high anthocyanin content by crossing wild relatives with the common tomato to transfer a gene called the anthocyanin fruit tomato (aft) gene into a larger and more palatable fruit.[18]

Connie’s comments: The darker the skin color of fruits and veggies, the more nutrition they pack. Have a healthy skin, wear it well.
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Food source and Anthocyanin content in mg per 100 g

Açaí 320
Blackcurrant 190-270
Chokeberry 1,480
Eggplant 750
Blood orange ~200
Marion blackberry 317
Black raspberry 589
Raspberry 365
Wild blueberry 558
Cherry 350-400
Redcurrant 80-420
Purple corn 1,642

Eat protein-rich food when drinking alcohol to protect your stomach

The human stomach does digest itself, but the stomach lining has evolved to regenerate itself completely every few days.

Excessive alcohol consumption can lead to a variety of stomach problems, from a night of vomiting to a serious case of gastritis. Stomach acid levels are affected by alcohol, and heavy drinking can cause discomfort or irritate conditions (such as ulcers) that you already have. If you have stomach pain, it is best to avoid drinking alcohol until you talk to your doctor. 

 

Alcohol consumption has many dangers and side effects, and if you are experiencing severe pain in your stomach after this, there’s plenty of cause to be concerned. This discomfort is often seen after a night of binge drinking, and is accompanied by many other symptoms as well. While you might think that you are ‘manning it out’ by overlooking the pain, the fact is, this could be something you would live to regret. Stomach pain could be your body sending out signs telling you that all is not well, and you might want to take it seriously. For some, stomach pain may be a common occurrence, simply because they have been used to consuming alcohol in copious amounts.

Why Does Alcohol Cause Stomach Ache Anyway?

Gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the first organ system that gets exposed to alcohol. Chronic alcohol consumption alters the structure as well as functions of the GI tract which leads to stomach ache, heartburn, acid reflux and abdominal discomfort. Some of the reasons for such stomach ache and other symptoms are as follows:

Alcohol is a pro-oxidant. It is rapidly metabolized, and known to generate reactive oxygen species. This causes oxidative damage to cells and tissues of the GI tract.
Acute alcoholism leads to acute gastrointestinal bleeding and diarrhea.
Alcohol causes the gastric mucosa to shrink leading to decreased gastric acid secretion.
Alcoholism has deleterious effects on ‘gut barrier’, which refers to the single layered epithelium lining the stomach. This epithelium is selectively permeable, and plays an important role in the absorption of nutrients and protection of stomach tissues from the acidic environment of the stomach. The disruption of this barrier induces autoimmunity and inflammation leading to stomach pain and cramps.
Alcohol consumption triggers inflammatory bowel disease and gastritis leading to ulceration of the epithelial lining. This also increases the chances of contracting other infections which are otherwise inhibited by the epithelial lining.
Alcoholism induces inflammation of pancreas which leads to abdominal pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

Drink alcohol with meals

It used to be thought that ulcers were the plight of middle-aged, overworked, stressed-out men who lived on a diet of greasy pizza and beer. Although there’s always some truth in stereotypes, women are unfortunately just as susceptible to ulcers as men, and stress and diet aren’t the only factors that can lead to an ulcer.

Ulcers are caused when the mucus membrane lining the esophagus, stomach or upper intestine becomes compromised. In order to break down food, the stomach is filled with highly acidic gastric juices. The mucus membrane normally protects the organs, but if the amount of acid in the stomach increases or the mucus membrane weakens, ulcers, commonly known as peptic ulcers, can occur.

1. Leafy greens (and cabbage!) contain high amounts of vitamin K, which can help heal damage done by ulcers. Vitamin K speeds up the healing process and aids in blood clotting. Eat several servings of vitamin K-rich foods daily.

2. Chamomile tea works two-fold to fight ulcers. First, chamomile is a soothing herb, helping to induce calm and relieve stress. Second, chamomile has anti-inflammatory properties that can help speed up the healing process and fight the H. pylori bacteria. Drink up to four cups of chamomile tea a day.

3. Probiotics help restore the balance of bacteria in the body, making them useful for fighting off the H. pylori bacteria that commonly causes ulcers. Probiotics also aid digestion, which can be helpful in bringing the stomach’s juices under control. Take a supplement with at least 4 billion active cultures twice daily, or eat probitoic-rich foods such as yogurt.

4. Aloe vera, known for its soothing properties, can help heal damaged mucus linings. Aloe’s antibacterial properties also make it useful for fighting off the H. pylori bacteria. Drink ¼ cup of aloe vera juice three time daily.

5. Oats and whole grains contain soluble fiber and zinc, which promotes tissue repair and can help heal ulcers.

Connie’s comments:  Our liver and kidneys are working so hard to process alcohol and clean our body from the toxic effects of alcohol.  Our gut, where majority of our immune system is located , will be weakened by alcohol. Our brain shrinks.  Our skin ages prematurely. So consume alcohol wisely with meals or after a meal.