CANCER PREVENTION:
By Dr. Dolev Gilmore PhD, Naturopath
Today I had an idea so brilliant, that it's hard to understand why no one thought of it before. Everyone knows it's hard to cure cancer, and one of the reasons is because a tumor grows for years until it's large enough to be discovered. Because of this, doctors must use chemotherapy drugs in megadoses that almost kill the patient.
So here's my idea: Once a year, each of us should go to the hospital and receive preventative chemotherapy! We'll sit there for a couple hours with an infusion of a cocktail of low-dose chemo drugs for the major types of cancer, which will go on a search-and-destroy mission to get random cancer cells and the beginnings of colonies. So what if we'll feel bad for a week after the treatment, and maybe lose some hair. Isn't prevention of the disease worth it?
Okay, I admit that's a bad joke, and I hope the drug companies don't read this and get any ideas. Now let's get serious:
As opposed to conventional treatments – cut, poison and burn – almost all natural methods to treat cancer can be used towards preventing it. The "side effects" of studying and implementing natural cancer treatment and prevention methods are greater health and the prevention of other modern diseases. The process will teach us how to remain healthy and live fulfilling lives. This is the lesson this plague has to teach us.
Cancer is complex. There is no single cause, and no miracle treatment. It is the result of many factors overwhelming the body's natural defenses. Many things can be "the straw that breaks the camel's back", beginning with exposure to environmental poisons, through nutrient deficiencies, to toxic emotions and other lifestyle factors. More than any other time in history, we are exposed to burdens on our immune and hormonal systems and on enzymatic processes vital to the protection of our DNA and physiological function.
Cancer prevention calls for a deep and wide look into all parts of our lives and a call to action, to remove straw after straw from the camel's back and to prevent its collapse. In the process, we learn to live. We all know what needs fixing in our life, and that's where to start. Eat better (did you know that cancer cells love sugar? They have ten times the number of sugar receptors compared to regular cells), exercise more, relax and get happier. (And I won't even mention: for G-d's sake, stop smoking.)
Did I mention toxic emotions? Our health is affected by our relationships in various areas of life: interpersonal, society and work, our spiritual life, food and finances. Toxic emotions and relationships negatively affect the symphony of hormones, the nervous and immune systems and the flow of energy. Although I don't agree with those claiming that all cancer is caused by faulty thinking and emotions, there is no doubt that these have an important influence.
Many cancer patients have said that, with all the horrible aspects of the disease, cancer has given them a chance to fix their lives. We, the healthy (at least we hope we are), have the luxury of doing this the easy way.
It is always necessary to consider both conventional and natural, complementary treatments for cancer.
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