By Yaros Nevsky

Cancer is diagnosis that scares everybody. Many people perceive it like death sentence. This illness befalls suddenly like a bolt from the blue. Tumor seems people who don't know all about cancer as absolutely evil that damages their organism. This perception is often promoted with academic medicine. Of course, ideal situation is when doctors can treat cancer completely. Today they really can treat most patients. There are new methods of cancer treatment that are not so dangerous as chemotherapy or surgery. But even today cancer often causes death.

Have you ever heard that all the illnesses are the mirror of what we think and do? Nowadays many doctors will surely agree that tumor is not just an isolated nidus. It's sign of some problems with functioning of a whole organism. Cancer is also known as common chronic illness. That's why treatment of cancer should be supplied with common patient's treatment. On these statements so-called "conception of biological protection from cancer" is based.

The point is that malignant cell grows to tumor only if protective and reconstructive systems don't function normally. Patient should not only wait for healing but also help treatment and try to escape cancer by himself. What should patient do?

First of all, one needs to stabilize psychological state.

Then he is to activate his organism.

Third point is improvement of metabolism.

Next step is cleaning organism from toxins.

And finally, patient needs to stimulate his immune system.

Of course, all cases are different. That's why each patient should have his own therapy which usually supplies standard treatment. Method of biological protection from cancer can't completely replace usual treatment; the best variant is when one supplies another.

Several clinics in Germany already treat patients according to the principles of biological protection from cancer. These clinics regard as of paramount importance on human instead of cancer cells. Artistic therapy lowers patients' suffering. Their paintings are analyzed by doctors that allows conclude about some psychological reasons of illness. These clinics use almost all specters of biological methods and soft chemotherapy that is used only in neglected cases.

Today many academic doctors pay much attention to method of biological protection from cancer as one of the most hopeful. Patients shouldn't feel themselves doomed to death. Even big tumors can suddenly disappear and it proves that human's body is provided with effective protective mechanisms. There are many examples when total remissions happen even in the most difficult cases. The truth is that such examples are exclusions, not a rule. Anyway, knowing all about cancer, we can surely say that patient can and must do much for his healing himself.

By Cathy Chapman, Ph.D.

I've had a number of people tell me how grateful they were for having cancer. No, they weren't grateful because they were ill and had to go through surgery, chemo and radiation. They were appreciative because of all they learned. They had to make decisions for their care and how they would emotionally handle what had happened to them.

Imagine you are 25-years old and have been having strange things happening with your vision. The doctor tells you he needs to do a test to find out whether or not your have melanoma behind your eye. He can't tell you he's sure that you have it, but he's pretty sure. The only way to know for sure is to take out your eye. Even if you don't have cancer, you still lose your eye. What would you do?

I know this woman who had to face this horrible decision when she was about 25-years old. I never head the story from her. Everything I know is from her mother who has such admiration for her daughter. Mom describes her as always being a fearful child. This child, now an adult, had to decide whether to let go of her eye or not. She had to play the odds. She did let them take the eye. She found out she had melanoma. The folks at the cancer hospital still ask her to come back every six months for check-ups, not that she really needs them. They want to watch her because she is the longest living survivor, more than 25 years, with this type of cancer.

He mother tells me that when her daughter stared death in the face, this young woman made a decision. No matter what she was afraid of, she was not going to let fear stop her from living. If she was afraid of it, she'd push right through it. She's a middle aged mother of three now. She does what she can to be sure her children have a variety of experiences and she won't let them quit because they are afraid.

Cancer at the age of 25 convinced her to live life to the fullest no matter how much time she had to live.

Whether she would have made this decision without cancer, I don't know. There comes a time each person has to make a decision as to how to experience his or her time on earth. Some need a major life-threatening event to convince them not to wait around on the sidelines watching others have all the experiences. Still others come out of the womb ready to experience everything possible. What have you decided? If you haven't made the decision yet, when are you going to?

By Stewart Wrighter

Living with and battling with a terminal illness takes more out of a person than anyone can imagine. In many cases, the treatment to halt the disease is often worse than having the disease itself. Treatments may leave a patient feeling fatigued, nauseous or in pain which can be depressing. While the treatments may be necessary and may ultimately be what saves a person's life, the time spent battling the disease and undergoing treatment may be difficult. Suffering from prostate cancer or an acoustic neuroma may be easier than coping with the treatments for either of the diseases. However, there are things you can do to reduce the negative effects of the treatments without interfering with their healing benefits. If you are working with qualified caregivers, they may be able to suggest some complementary therapies that will help you cope with your treatment. At the very least, they will let you know whether something is dangerous or if it will lessen the benefits of the treatment.

Massage is one of the most beneficial treatments a person can undergo. Regardless of whether you are dealing with an illness, massage is beneficial. If you are undergoing treatment for an illness and you think massage will help you feel better, talk to your doctor about your options. It is important to work with a massage therapist who has experience working with your illness. If you deal with qualified, properly trained professionals, you stand a good chance of feeling better about your body, even while undergoing treatment.

Aromatherapy is viewed with more skepticism than massage, but it may still offer benefits. For instance, if your treatments are leaving you feeling nauseous, you can burn peppermint oil or inhale peppermint extract. Lavender is another essential oil that helps soothe and relax you during stressful situations. In either case, you are not ingesting anything or applying it topically, so it will not interfere with your treatment, but it can reduce the negative effects.

Herbs are similar to aromatherapy, but may have even more intense healing abilities. It is important if you wish to use herbs to cope with any medical disorder that you work with a qualified herbalist. Your entire team of doctors needs to know every single thing you are doing in relation to your illness to properly treat you. If any of your doctors dismisses a method of treatment and discounts your suffering in response to treatment, it may be time to find a new doctor. Find someone who will work with you to find the best combination of treatments to heal your body and reduce the negative effects while you heal.

Finally, do not forget spiritual support. Regardless of your religion or beliefs, it is important to be in touch with your spirit during your treatment. This can be done through prayer, meditation, yoga or even spending time with people who are supportive and understanding when you need it most. Also consider writing in a journal, working with a counselor or participating in a support group.

By Yamuna Loyal

I realise that my take on cancer can be construed as controversial to say the least, but as someone who has been there twice, I feel qualified to some degree to try to reach out to others who are facing this particular life challenge and to attempt to ease the strain.

I truly believe that it is not the cancer that kills people, it is the fear. There is so much negative propaganda and fear of death around cancer that it is high time someone put forward a positive slant. I came across a great book early on in my search for help called, 'Cancer is not a disease'. In this book the author states that cancer is a toxic state of affairs and the body's way of isolating toxicity so as to protect the body. Now if that is not a radical viewpoint, I don't know what is. The arguments put forward are really convincing however, and led me down the path I personally took with my second bout of cancer.

I can honestly say that today I do not have any fear of cancer, or recurrence. It is a cry for help from the body for cleansing, detox, adjustment to lifestyle and a very careful look at the stresses and strains we are living under. Stress is the single most effective of reducing immunity in the body and so many people I know who have had cancer choose to have surgery, chemo/radiotherapy and just carry on the way they were before.

Cancer is calling out to us to change our lives, our diet, our thinking, our relationships, our stress levels - and in that sense it is a survival mechanism, something which cares about our well-being.

I know that what I have just said is preposterous to so many ways of thinking about cancer. But I truly believe that fear of cancer can cause more stress and debilitation to our system than the cancer itself. Fear of death, disability, being socially outcast, losing our job, - these are more devastating than the illness!

Once you have faced your mortality twice and looked death in the face full on, the fear of death can no longer have any hold on you. This is the nature of fear. It is like a monster that runs after us as we run hell for leather in the opposite direction. When you can stop, turn around and look it in the face and say, 'who are you and what do you want?' it shrivels into nothing.

If you don't believe me, try it! And living without fear, is a great way to live.

By Carol E Patterson

Cancer is a disease which touches one in five people. The mysteries of the disease seem to evade even the most well-known oncologists. However, there are alternative cancer cures. Cancer can be cured by changing your lifestyle in such a way that you begin to live an "Anti-Cancer" lifestyle. I have developed an "Anti-Cancer Diet" comprised of cancer fighting foods which can be found on the shelves of the grocery store. Our bodies have miraculous recuperative abilities. A miracle cancer cure occurs "when you get your mind, body and spirit working in 'sync' with one another." Changing your food is not the only change you need to make. "Thoughts are things" and you have "thought yourself into illness." Since you have "thought yourself into illness" logical thought progression shows that you can "think yourself into wellness." This is not an easy concept to grasp at first, but when you take time to consider alternative cancer cures and alternative cancer therapy a new realization happens. Many times the simplest solution is the best solution.

Before I had cancer I was an international fashion designer with a television show on Home Shopping Network and the Shopping Channel in Canada. I had several businesses and life seemed to be thriving.

I was engaged to be married to my business partner. While on a business trip to China, I tried to call home to my fiance. Call it woman's intuition, but I had a very bad feeling. My feeling turned out to be justified. I received a call on my cell phone while in China from the Sheriff of my home town telling me that my fiance had died of a heart attack.

That news shook me to the core of my existence after I stopped screaming for hours.

I flew home to collect the body only to find out my fiancé had another life that did not include me. He was gay; actually bisexual. He died before he could hide the evidence of his other life. This was September 2005. I had a double shock, the shock of his death, and the shock of the reality that he had a life which did not include me.

I was an emotional mess filled with a combination of anger, rage and sadness. I hid the truth from family and friends because I wanted to bury him with honor. My prayers for a very happy marriage with family and friends were answered, but not the way I was expecting.

I had been betrayed on what was to be the happiest time of my life; my wedding.

Within two years of my partner's death, in May of 2007 I was diagnosed with throat cancer. The doctors were perplexed because I was not the typical profile of a person who gets this disease.

I went to the University if Virginia for Chemo and Radiation cancer treatment. I nearly died from the treatment of this type of cure for cancer. I lost 60 pounds, but the cancer was in remission.

With my immune system down, I got an amoeba in my eye that ate the cornea and blood vessels and I had a heart attack. I recovered from both illnesses.

Within two years, the same cancer returned.

This time the doctors wanted to do surgery. They felt that Chemotherapy and Radiation had not worked. This time they would do "salvage surgery" which involved removing a part of my jaw, a part of my throat, a part of tongue, replace my neck artery with an artery from my right hand, take a patch of skin from my left shoulder to make a flap in my throat, insert a tracheotomy, and a stomach tube for the rest of my life.

I refused "salvage surgery".

I turned to alternative cancer therapy to find a new cancer cure. I read where the body has the power to heal itself. That is where I began.

I went to a Naturopathic Doctor and began a regime of herbs and vitamins coupled with fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and fish.

I began reading everything I could find about miracle cancer cures, healing, alternative cancer cures, self-healing, natural cancer cures, alternative medicine, holistic cancer cures, meditation, visualization techniques and Reiki therapy. Believe me, this was a lot of work. On the other hand, what was my alternative?

I had no choice but to take the road less traveled. I had come to what my intuitive healer calls the "Crossroads" of my healing. I had come to the end of what I would accept from standard medical procedures. I had the three top Throat Cancer specialists in the country basically tell me the same diagnosis. "Salvage Surgery" was not an option that I would allow for myself. Besides, my inner self was telling me to "go deeper."

An intuitive healer helped me to find that the shock of my fiancé's death and related childhood traumas had caused my illness. She helped me to release the fact that I had been betrayed. She showed me how our emotions influence our body, mind, and soul and that I needed to love myself and forget the past. I learned that Cancer is just the symptom of something much deeper.

With the intuitive healer's vast experience in dealing with cancer patients for over twenty years and her Reiki Training, her intuition and wisdom surround you when you are with her. She explains that "Life is like and Onion" peeling one layer at a time. I do not have cancer anymore.

I had a miracle cancer sure. There were many Angels sent to heal me when conventional medicine had all but given up on me. I hope I can be an Angel sent to you. Never forget the Power of God.

By Rangga Teguh Pratama

If you or a loved one is undergoing chemotherapy or other cancer treatments, you may find that eating is complicated by odd tastes, loss of appetite, nausea, or other problems. You'll need a bit of patience, but these annoyances will pass. In the meantime, here are some tips to help you.

Lack of Appetite

- Being relaxed helps, so you'll want to make mealtime calm. If your appetite is intermittent, go ahead and eat whenever you are hungry. Let yourself have several small meals during the day instead of trying to get through three large ones.

- Morning may be the time you have the most appetite. If so, make the most of this time. For example, have two small meals and a snack before noon.

- Drink liquids half an hour before or after meals so you don't get filled up with fluid when you're trying to eat.

Taste Changes

Your sense of taste may change if you are on medications or receiving radiation treatment to the head or neck. Perhaps you can hardly taste or smell food at all. Nonetheless, keep eating during this temporary stage. Foods will still be nourishing.

Your sense of taste may continue to change during treatment. Experiment with sour, sweet, salty, and bitter foods to find out what's best for you. Try different seasonings.

Coping with Taste Changes

- For those with an increased sense of strong or bitter tastes, the mild flavor of some soy products can be a welcome change.

- For those with a metallic taste in their mouth, use plastic dishware and silverware.

- Peanut butter, tofu, and beans are bland foods that may be appealing.

If taste blindness is a problem, using marinades and seasonings for tofu and tempeh can enhance the flavor.

By Rangga Teguh Pratama

Several decades ago, when medical research studies began to find serious trouble with dairy products, many people-even some doctors-found it surprising, to say the least. Milk, after all, has been heavily marketed for years. It's even served in school lunch programs.

But if we take a moment to look beyond advertising and marketing, we'll be reminded that cow's milk was intended by nature to feed and nourish calves, just as the milk of all mammals was designed to sustain their own offspring. Drinking cow's milk into adulthood could have easily turned out to be nothing more than a peculiar habit, but it has unfortunately led to many serious health problems. Milk drinking has been linked to Type 1 diabetes, breast cancer, overweight, gastrointestinal problems, and prostate cancer.

In 1997, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research confirmed that separate scientific reviews identified associations between dairy product consumption and prostate cancer risk, and concluded that dairy products should be considered a possible contributor to the development of the disease. By now, more than sixteen studies have shown the link, including two from Harvard University involving large groups of men and using the best research methods available.

As we have seen, dairy products disrupt vitamin D balance, which can lead to prostate cancer. Dairy products also boost blood levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I). Studies in diverse populations have clearly shown that the more IGF-I there is in the blood, the higher your prostate cancer risk. A study of men and women aged fifty-five to eighty-five years showed that the addition of three 8-ounce servings of non-fat or 1 percent milk each day for twelve weeks caused a 10 percent increase in IGF-I. IGF-I levels are significantly lower in people who avoid meat, eggs, and dairy products.

When you skip the dairy aisle and begin selecting protein and calcium sources from plants rather than animals, you'll likely bring your serum IGF-I concentrations back down to a much safer level.

By Lee K Duncan and Ty Duncan

The p21 gene that is inside all of us has an amazing job, what this gene does when active is stopping the reproduction of cells that are harmed or damaged by diseases. This gene acts as an inhibitor which means it can stop diseases from spreading throughout the body by stopping it from splitting into more diseased cells. It has been found that when this gene is not active, cells that are diseased or abnormal are reproducing causing aging, Alzheimer's, Osteoarthritis, and even rheumatoid arthritis. This gene is often deactivated when your body is overrun with Cancer, allowing it to grow and spread throughout your body. Cancer is well known for deactivating this gene in order to overcome your body's defenses allowing it to travel wherever it wants to go.

There are studies being done on this gene and how it can help you overcome cancer and aging just by activating it or keeping it active to help your body halt diseases like cancer. Studies also show that when cancer starts to grow, it turns off the p21 gene so that it can grow and spread without anything to stop it. This gene being inactive allows cells that are diseased or not functioning properly to divide and spread. This gene allows your healthy cells to reproduce strengthening your immune system and giving diseased cells nowhere to go. We have a method that with study has been shown to enter cancer cells and activate this p21 gene, stopping the spread of cancer cells in its tracks.

What are the causes of cancer? Studies show that it is environmental pollution that is the major contributor to the development of cancer. When cells are bombarded with these pollutants they become weak and your body's ability to fight them is stopped because the p21 gene that protects it gets turned off. The method that we use causes the bad cells to actually kill themselves through apoptosis (the cells commit suicide). If we can remove environmental pollutants from our bodies, we will have a much better chance of defeating aging and diseases by helping our bodies regain a proper balanced needed to live a long healthy life.

It is my hope that you realize the importance of this p21 gene and the importance of turning them on when disease is prevalent in your body. So, you can help restore balance and keep diseases like cancer from taking you over. Environmental pollution is slowly destroying us all and unfortunately there is no end in sight. If we can keep these pollutants from staying inside us to long, I believe that cancer cannot survive because of the balance that is created when harmful substances are not allowed to make a home inside us. Through research, it is shown that keeping a pollutant free body is the key to overcoming disease and gaining the upper hand in the fight against disease. Do you and those you love a huge favor and learn more about fighting aging and disease so that we all can live a free balanced life.

By Brijesh Ghelani

The Budwig Diet is the brainchild of Dr. Johanna Budwig. Dr. Budwig, a German biochemist and a leading expert in the field of natural foods such as those containing fats and oils designed this diet and presented it to the world back in 1951. Dr. Budwig felt that this diet was not only an excellent preventative of cancer but was also an actual cure for cancer.

Doctor claimed that her scientific studies showed that the blood of people who were afflicted with cancer were significantly low in substances which are known as phosphatides and lipoproteins. She further claimed that her studies showed that the blood of people who were not afflicted with cancer were appreciatively higher in these substances.

It was Dr. Budwig's contention that if the phosphatides and lipoprotein levels in the blood of the people with cancer were raised the cancer would disappear.

Since the products which would supply these substances are not actual medicines but are rather found naturally in cottage cheese and organic flax seed oil, Dr. Budwig was able to recommend a combination of these food substances to her patients who were suffering from cancer. Dr. Budwig also made it clear that both of these food substances needed to be taken, not just one or the other in order for this diet to be effective.

Both Doctor and her medical colleagues who have worked with her on studying the effectiveness of this diet, feel that after years of careful study, it has been shown that a significant number of people who were not helped by the traditional cancer treatments were not only helped but in many cases were completely cured of any kind of cancer.

This opinion is further backed up by people who had cancer and after going on Dr. Budwig's diet claim that they have now found themselves to be one hundred percent cancer free. Many of these claims are further backed up by medical professionals who had earlier been treating these people for cancer.

Is Dr. Budwig's diet a miracle preventative and a miracle cure? Would these people who claim to have been cured by it have gone into some sort of a recession and become cancer free without it? I don't know. I can only say that there does seem to be some sort of a correlation between the diet and the disappearance of the cancer. A cure and a preventative? We can but hope.

By Brijesh Ghelani

Chinese medicine has involved the use of Chinese herbs in fighting cancer since well before the birth of Christ. The Chinese do not have a single word for cancer but rather several different words, since their medical professionals see cancer as several different disorders.

In today's world, a number of people are turning to Chinese herbs as a treatment and hopeful cure for cancer rather than the more traditionally recognized treatments of chemotherapy and radiation which are ordinarily used in this country.

Different kinds of Chinese herbs are given in the battle against cancer. Some kinds are given to attack the tumor with blood breaking capabilities. Others are what are called anti toxic herbs which are given to toxicity which may have been caused by chemotherapy treatments.

Since the body must have the capability of fighting against the cancer which has invaded it, herbs are given to strengthen the immune system.

Still other herbs are given to put the body in what the Chinese medical professionals refer to as balance. This means that the body will function as one being, not several parts, each doing it's own battle.

Along with the herbs given to fight the cancer and to set the body in balance, herbs are also given to prevent the reoccurrence of cancer.

Different herbs are given to specifically fight different kinds of cancer. Chinese medical professionals divide cancer into six distinct groups, breast cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and liver cancer, seeing each one as a different disease, where as with American medical professionals, cancer is seen as one disease which strikes different parts of the body. Many American medical professionals are beginning to feel that their scientific studies are beginning to point towards this same idea, that cancer is not just one disease but several.

Many Chinese medical professionals feel that the use of Chinese herbs to fight the various kinds of cancer has proven to be successful. There are also a number of people who have been treated for cancer by the use of Chinese herbs who feel that they are now one hundred percent cancer free.

If a person decides to treat their cancer through the use of Chinese herbs it is important that they research the medical professionals qualifications to offer this kind of treatment just as they would in researching the qualifications of a person advertised as being a member of the American Medical Association.

Talk to your family doctor. Possibly the best solution for cancer treatment would be a combination of the traditional American treatments and the Chinese herbs. Make your decisions wisely.

By Brijesh Ghelani

Cancell Cantron Procel Taxol was developed by a biochemist by the name of James V. Sheridan. He developed it in the year 1936 and gave it the name Entelev. Because he felt that Entelev was a gift from God, to be given freely to any cancer patient desiring to have it, and that he was just the agent used to create and dispense it, James Sheridan refused to accept any financial compensation for any of the Entelev which he gave away freely.

As time went by, Entelev was also developed under other names, amongst them Cancell, Cantron, Procel and Taxol.

James Sheridan tested his formula on animals during the 1940's with what he felt was great success.

During the 1960's, while employed by the Battelle Laboratories which are the testing centers for the National Cancer Institute, James Sheridan conducted further research on Entelev. According to the records of the National Cancer Institute, the two day test run which James Sheridan was allowed to conduct showed an amazingly significant reduction in the size of tumor cells but only a small amount of dead cells. A large number of medical professionals are of the opinion that had the test been allowed to continue for a longer period of time, the shrunken cells would also have died. Because there was only a small amount of dead cells in comparison to some other products, the National Cancer Institute gave Entelev a response of negative results. They refused to consider that a longer period of time might have shown that Entelev might have shown itself to be the best product in the long run.

Entelev works by reducing the amount of energy produced by the adenosine triphosphate in each cell. In cells which have not been struck by cancer, this reduction does not effect their function however in the matter of cancerous cells, it causes them to die. This is a slower process than that of chemotherapy, but does not involve poisoning and is considered by many medical professionals to be not only a more effective treatment but one which is less harmful to other parts of the body.

While it is not being sold as a medication to fight cancer, Entelev is still being sold by Medical Research Products under the name of Cantron. The Federal Drug Administration has not challenged this since it is being sold simply as a dietary supplement.

Is Entelev a cure and preventative for cancer? There are medical professionals who will say yes and still others who will say no. If it is, then James Sheridan is right and it truly is a gift from God.

By Brijesh Ghelani

One of the latest theories concerning cancer is that it is man made. After careful studies made of Egyptian mummies, professional research teams have reported that out of hundreds of examinations only one case of cancer was found to exist. When compared to the fact that one out of every four deaths in today's world is said to be the result of some form of cancer, this leads us to wonder why the amazing difference. What are we doing in today's world that our long ago ancestors did not do? Or perhaps we should also ask what did they do in their time that we are not doing today?

Since there are different forms of cancer, we should think carefully about the differences between those early times and our modern times in more than one category.

For instance, what about pollution? In today's world, we pollute the air with our automobiles, lawn mowers and other forms of fuel operated machinery. We might want to consider the fact that these earlier ancestors used a much different form of transportation, one that was fueled by food stuffs and whose excretion or "pollution" if you will could be recycled naturally.

There is also the matter of food. In today's world we often use various forms of sprays on our gardens in order to protect our vegetables, fruits, berries, grains etc from insects and animals that would claim them from us. In those earlier days, these particular methods were not available.

We also use man made preservatives in our foods. In those earlier days whatever preservatives were used were natural one and natural ways of preservation.

We also might want to consider what these early ancestors included in their diets and compare them with what we tend to eat on a regular basis in today's world. We do know that they didn't have what we refer to as fast food joints. This isn't to say that cancer is necessarily a by product of McDonald's or BurgerKing, but perhaps we should give careful thought to just how much of what we term "junk food" we are consuming daily.

What about other forms of life style? Did these early ancestors get more exercise than we do in today's world? Do we perhaps take advantage of our modern conveniences to allow us not to find it necessary to get a certain amount of exercise just to be able to survive? Perhaps today's world tends to produce more couch potato's than it does those of the vegetable variety.

I'm not saying that we should go back and live as these early ancestors did, but perhaps we should examine the differences and perhaps do something to, as the old song says, eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive.

By Brijesh Ghelani

Many medical experts in the field of traditional cancer treating as well as many who are considered to be experts in the non-traditional fields of cancer treating believe that adhering to a certain dietary life style will help in the battle to prevent cancer. That isn't to say that if you eat some particular food regularly that you will be less apt to get cancer but rather that being on a balanced diet which consists of certain food will serve as a good preventative.

Beans, lentils and peas contain saponis, which in many cases will stop the reproduction of cancer cells protease inhibitors, which often have been proven to stop the division of cancer cells and phytic acid, which many medical professionals feel tests have shown has often been known to slow down the production of tumors.

Berries and known to be an excellent source of vitamin C which many medical professionals believe that their studies have shown to be a major combatant against cancer.

Spinach, kale romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, dandelion greens, mustard greens, collard greens, chicory and Swiss chard contain carotenoids which fight against cancer by ridding the body of certain components before they can form an attack against the body. Many medical professionals feel that their studies tend to show that these carotenoids are especially effective in fighting against breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer and stomach cancer.

Other vegetables which have proven to be effective against cancer are broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, bok choy and kale. These are believed to have proven to be especially effective in putting up a good defensive against cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus and stomach.

Garlic is believed by many medical professionals to be effective in slowing and sometimes even stopping cancers of the prostate, bladder, colon and stomach.

Grapes, green tea, soy foods, these also are foods considered to be strong preventatives and combatants against cancer.

In spite of the fact that many medical professionals, both traditional and non-traditional, support the idea that these foods do indeed battle cancer it is important that one not decide to wage battle against cancer, either as a preventative or a cure on one's own using simply a diet plan as a combative. Talk to your doctor, set up a battle plan, possibly one which consists of traditional cancer treatments and dietary ones as well. Your doctor has studied this, talk to him/her and get their advice. Then make your decisions wisely.

By James S. Pendergraft

Cancer is a deadly disease that is even capable of bringing death to the patient. Researchers are trying their best to find cure for this malignant disease. Cancer is of different types. The classification of cancer into different types is based on the part of the human body in which the disease has affected.

Most of the people do not know much about the disease and this ignorance is the major reason why the death rate are so high. Even though, researchers have not fully succeeded in finding the perfect cure for cancer, the death rate can be controlled if people have good knowledge about the disease.

You should not only pay attention in understanding the different types of cancer and their treatments, but also the causes. Understanding the causes will help you in avoiding the things that may result in cancer. The main causes of cancer are mentioned below.

Smoking

Many studies about cancer have already found that smoking is one among the main causes of cancer. Smoking affects the overall human body. The habit takes a toll on the health of many organs including kidneys, pancreas and stomach. It is also found that quitting smoking will reduce the risk of getting cancer, considerably.

Genetics

Genetics is another main cause of cancer. If there is a history of cancer in the family, the person has higher chances of getting cancer. This is the reason why it is said that such persons should take extra precautions. The modern day medical sciences have developed greatly and there are numerous genetic tests available for the hereditary cancers. However, this does not mean that the person who has a family history of getting cancer will develop it.

Environmental factors

It has also been found that the environment in which a person lives will also have a major role in cancer development.

Prolonged exposure to minerals like asbestos can cause numerous health problems including cancer. The medical problems that may occur because of the exposure to such minerals are known as mesothelioma. Exposure to benzene will also increase the risk of getting cancer according to some studies. You will only be able to understand the critical nature of this information when you come to know that benzene is present in scenarios including smoking, pollution and combustion of gasoline.

Unsafe Sex

Unsafe sex will also increase your risk of getting cancer. The chances of developing virus known as HPV will increase if you are practicing unsafe sex. This will in turn increase your risk of getting vulvar, vaginal, anal and cervical cancers.

Exposure to rays from sun

The UV rays emitted by the sun can also be called as a cause of cancer. These rays will result in the development of skin cancer. You will be astonished to know that wearing sunscreens when you are outside during the part of the day in which the sunrays are the strongest can reduce your risk of getting skin cancer.

The aforementioned are the five major causes of cancer.

By Francoise Bonhoure

The relation of stress and cancer is not absolutely clear although, how we handle the stress of our life can certainly adversely affect our health and harm our mind and body.

And there's clear evidence that overloading one's brain and nervous system with anxious thinking (and losing touch with one's body, especially breathing) is a recipe for poor health.

But actually, there is no official evidence that stress can be a direct cause of cancer, but there is evidence that some link exists between stress and developing certain forms of cancer and also that stress can impact on how the cancer progresses.

I remember a very interesting conference I went to in Cannes, held by a French doctor who had spent time in the US, learning a system from the work of a German, Dr Hammer, (barred from practice, as too unconventional!) and had come back with a new approach, called 'Be Happy'.

He was explaining that any psycho-somatic ailment is caused first and foremost by a situation perceived by the individual as being unresolvable, shocking etc. and was in fact a stress.

The part of the brain affected by this trauma (and associated with a particular organ) 'just had to' displace somewhere where it could be attended to and possibly resolved.

The illness manifesting in a particular organ certainly gets our attention and it is then up to us to find the cause, the upset, the stress, then unfold the solution to solve the problem, to cure the cancer. Once this psychological healing has happened the organ affected by the cancer/illness starts to cure itself, the cancer having been manifested to solve a problem originally located in the brain.

His program is/was called 'Be Happy'. The cure being to accept everything that came along.I know it looks fairly impossible at first glance, but the sessions he offered (I took one) were to teach that approach.

Very interesting indeed! The cancer appearing so we have to solve a stress in our life!

Stress and Cancer!

So if you come across someone teaching the 'Be Happy' system, take note!

My approach as a help to remain healthy or as a means to 'Be Happy' is to practise new habits that will make a major difference to how you deal with stress.

Using free Audios and Videos from Benefits to Exercise for Seniors would be a good place to begin: Deep relaxed Breathing Breathing and Relaxation techniques audio Shaking and Breathing (watch video on the page) Self Massage Free Exercise Program

By Craig Parsons Kerins

Cancer was a wake-up call for me. Not so much for changing my eating or exercise habits - overall, I had not been treating my body too disrespectfully over the years. Instead, cancer woke me up to life again.

What do I hold as important? Where do I really want to be in life? Am I happy? Soul searching and questions flooded my mind throughout my diagnosis, surgery and chemotherapy.

Questioning what I was drawing from life, reassessing my wants and needs, was a powerful gift - and one for which I am profoundly grateful. Now that I have found myself awake to my life again, I face a challenge that I think many survivors confront. How do I keep from falling asleep again?

During my chemotherapy I wrote a blog to capture and share my experiences with friends and family. Every once in a while I return to read my blog. Increasingly, it becomes difficult to fully identify with the person who went through that experience. However - the blog helped to keep me awake long enough to establish new directions in my life. In the end, keeping from falling asleep required being blunt with myself. I could have died from cancer. I fought the cancer with surgery and chemotherapy, and I kept my body alive. Was I willing to allow my newly re-discovered spirit to die while I fell back into a semi-dreamlike existence as I walked through the day living on "default"? I chose to fight to keep my spirit alive with as much tenacity as I fought for my body.

If you are a cancer survivor, whether going through chemotherapy and/or radiation currently, or have been declared "cancer free" for years, do not let the gift you were given rot on the vine. You were blessed with a wake-up call that gave you a chance to reflect and assess who you have been, who you are, who you want to be, where you have been and, more importantly, where you want to go.

Take time each day to sit and breathe. Some advice given to me while I was undergoing treatment was to learn how to tell the difference between what was important and what was urgent - and to do what was important. What is more important than a life lived in alignment with who you are, with the "shape of your soul"? That, I think, is what is important.

Each moment life offers you choice. In the book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament we are told: "Behold, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil". Choose life - the life of your real self, not the self conditioned by what the world has told you should be. Cancer gave you the gift to awaken to who you really are. Take up the challenge and answer it by living the most amazing life you desire.

By E Amundsom

According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is linked to 11 types of cancer, and numerous health problems. The most common cancers linked to smoking are lung cancer, cancer of the larynx, mouth, pharynx, esophagus and bladder. It has also been linked to cancer of the pancreas, cervix, kidneys, stomach and some types of leukemia. In women, smoking is known to be a risk factor for the development of breast cancer.

Facts About Tobacco

Tobacco has beneficial uses that date back many, many years. Whatever its use, the primary component is, of course, nicotine. As with any beneficial plant, the method of delivery and the use or misuse can lead to problems.

Tobacco actually makes a very good natural insect repellent in the home and garden. Soaking a very small amount in a quart of water overnight releases nicotine in the water, which can then be sprayed on garden plants to kill a variety of pests.

Tobacco can also be mixed with compost and spread under roses to get rid of aphids and other pests.

Have you ever had difficulty getting rid of moles and gophers? Those little varmints can totally destroy your lawn! The good news is - they hate tobacco. Shred a pack of unfiltered cigarettes and drop it down their holes, and see if that doesn't get rid of them.

I swear spiders would take over the world if they had opposable thumbs. Keeping in mind that they can be beneficial, I don't really want them all over my house, and I get tired of clearing cobwebs from around the lights on my porches. There is an organic home remedy, however, that doesn't involve poisoning yourself and the environment while trying to keep the spider population down to a manageable level. Boil a gallon of water with a package of chewing tobacco. Allow it to cool, strain out the tobacco leaves, then use the liquid in a sprayer around your yard, foundation line and any cracks.

Since these remedies do contain a high concentration of nicotine, I would suggest using latex or rubber gloves when working with the compounds.

Native Americans used tobacco in a poultice to treat skin rashes, insect and animal bites and bee and wasp stings. A solution of tobacco soaked in water (and of course, strained before using) can be used to rinse hair to rid if to lice and other insects. In colonial times, tobacco was used as part of a remedy for whooping cough; in the presence of medical treatment for whooping cough, this is not recommended.

The bottom line of all this is - you can see how noxious and harmful tobacco is to the pests around your house and garden. It is not really beneficial when taken internally by humans; its most beneficial use for humans is with external applications.

Cancer and Tobacco

The association of tobacco and cancer is as a result of two misuses of the plant; that is, smoking and extended exposure. Nicotine by itself does not cause cancer; it is the addictive substance in tobacco, but there are other substances in tobacco that cause the harm. If you burn anything and inhale smoke, you're going to cause damage to your body. The danger in tobacco is the addictive quality of nicotine, coupled with the harmful substances and the delivery method via smoking.

Extended exposure is what causes damage to people who utilize smokeless tobacco, such as snuff. It is less lethal than smoking tobacco - but that's not the same as saying it's safe. The amount of nicotine absorbed is usually more than the amount delivered by smoking cigarettes. The primary cancer-causing substance in smokeless tobacco is tobacco-specific nitrosamines. This substance is known to cause cancer in laboratory animals, whether injected or inhaled. In addition, tobacco itself and the juice from tobacco, is absorbed through the lining of the mouth, causing sores and white patches known as leukoplakia, which often lead to cancer of the mouth. People who utilize forms of smokeless tobacco are at greater risk for cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach and pancreas.

There is no "safe" way to smoke, ingest or chew tobacco. There is no "safe" way to smoke any substance, including "herbal" cigarettes. Smokers are five times more likely to experience life-threatening health problems as a direct result of their use of tobacco. Making the choice to quit cigarettes and other forms of tobacco is a life-saving choice.

By Alan Wighton

While fighting cancer is not an easy task, millions of people worldwide have done it successfully. Fighting cancer is easier if you are mentally prepared and fully educated on the subject. We wrongly presume that cancer cells must be removed from the body by our three ways of treating the disease but there are other ways to treat cancer rather than just accepting surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. It's because our bodies have a natural inherent capacity to heal themselves when you apply the right conditions.

To fight cancer naturally it is important to realize that the body has a protective defence system which is called the immune system which can actively seek out and destroy cancer cells. This system requires good nutrition and other lifestyle changes to achieve this. It is because this system had been weakened by the way we now live and that has allowed cancer cells to take hold and multiply. So it's common sense to make these simple lifestyle changes and strengthen the immune system to fight the cancer?

It has long been known that all cancers, no matter where they appear in the body are related to the food we choose to eat and the food we don't eat. That is, there are 2 types of food, those that cause cancer cells to grow and those foods that cause cancer cells to die. By making simple changes to the food you eat you are dealing with the reason why cancer first grew which makes much more sense instead of just removing growths. By just remove the cancerous growths the body will only make more cancer again but somewhere else in the body.

Our mainstream treatments of radiation and chemotherapy depress your natural immune system, the very mechanism that fights off all diseases. When you get these treatments, you are killing your body's natural ability to fight cancer. Don't ever forget that. Care, not treatment is the answer. Facilitating the God given healing capacity that all of us have is the key. Improving the diet, exercise and lifestyle are basic.

Curing cancer naturally means consuming live food which is food in its natural state instead of processed food. Any food item that's been processed has lost its nutritional value and that is just one of the reasons why there is so much cancer today. The quality of food has deteriorated due to the way it's been refined and processed so if people are eating mainly processed foods our bodies are nutritional deprived.

Our bodies were built to be physically active and that is because our immune system needs muscular activity to function properly. To fight cancer naturally we need a healthy immune system and one way to help achieve that is with exercise. It is important.

Other contributing factors to cancer are the many chemicals we surround ourselves with and believe they are safe for us to use. Many of these chemicals are in the homes we live in as they are in personal care products which we apply directly to the skin.

The most powerful weapon you have to become cancer free is the food you choose to eat everyday. Curing cancer naturally, it does work for those that can make the necessary changes.

By Richard C. Milton

After five years of being sweethearts, Joel and May eventually tie the knot. Their love story would have been a typical event of common lovers, except that May was diagnosed with malignant tumor clinically a diagnosis of Cervical Cancer stage IV. Joel already knew of this disease even before they got married. But he loved her too much to even think twice of marrying her. During their honeymoon, Joel made love to her only once and after that she was hurried to the nearest hospital. The doctor explained to Joel that due to the sensitivity of her disease and her fragile stage he could not continue a physical contact with May. Every day of their married life, Joel kept vigil at her side. He cooked meals, washes their clothes, feed and work at the same time to provide the need of her wife. Every one on Joel's side of family was adamant with his actions. They thought that Joel had lost his mind and will waste years of his life caring and loving a sickly woman who could not reciprocate his needs as a husband. And after ten months of being married and 5 years and 10 months of being together, May took her last breath beside her loving husband. During the funeral mass, Joel expresses his love and happiness during the short period of being married to a woman who now laid to rest.

He told the gathering family and friends at the chapel, "Every one of you may think that I have wasted my 10 months of being with a woman who has no strength to cook dinner for me, or to even iron the clothes I will wear for office. You may have thought also that I'm a person who just gives charity that's why I married her. I have to say, all of these are wrong. And if you are hearing my words now babe, I want to whisper the same words all over again. The words I vowed and promise to you when I ask for your hands. I will care for you, I shall provide all the things you needed and want. I will be the loving husband you expect me to... And I have to say sorry for the last time. I'm sorry because I wasn't able to do all these... I'm sorry because I could not take the pain you are feeling when your cancer strikes... I'm sorry because I could only hold your hands and watch you feel the excruciating pain... I'm sorry because I'm only human and I could not provide longer life for you... And I'm sorry because I love you too much to give you up...

Oftentimes we measure our love for the person through the things or needs that we want reciprocated. We forgot the real meaning of love and the real joy from loving. For ten months of being with the woman he love, Joel did not see the odd situation. He did not intentionally fail to see the difficulty of his situation. What he saw is the feeling of love with a woman who has to go through a physical pain. And what he felt is the joy of giving up his life to be with a woman he loves. In being selfless, Joel discovers the real joy of loving. And he confesses to the people at the chapel that even in death he sees May as beautiful as the day he married her to the same chapel she now laid to rest.

By Kevin Hinton

I offer a Nature Cure interpretation of the disease commonly called Cancer.

Cancer is basically a reaction to the presence of a highly irritant substance or influence known as a carcinogen - (Cancer producer).

The persistent presence (internally or externally) of a carcinogen may cause cancer.

One of the generally unsuspected irritants is CARBON.

Any substance that has been carbonized by excessive heating, burning, roasting or toasting may become carcinogenic.

The main internal sources of carbon are toasted bread or biscuits, grilled foods, coffee, tea, cocoa, caramel, so-called "health foods" and beverages, toasted nuts, and tobacco smoke.

When absorbed externally almost any strongly acid or strongly alkaline substance can, when ingested by a highly toxemic organism, be irritant enough to be carcinogenic.

These substances may be gases or dust absorbed by respiration through the lungs or fluids absorbed by or through the digestive system or by contact with the skin.

The causes of cancer being known, the prevention of this complaint becomes self-evident.

Ingestion or contact with carcinogenic irritants should be avoided.

Prevention of cancer is achieved by simply not causing it.

If cancer has been developed the rational treatment is also evident.

The known causes should be removed or significantly reduced.

The toxic material that has initiated a cancerous process should be eliminated per medium of the lungs, skin and kidneys as quickly as possible.

Vigorous physical exercise accompanied by rhythmic diaphragmatic breathing, hydrotherapy such as: steam baths and full body packs, cold compresses, sitz baths, spinal baths to be employed as indicated.

A competent naturopath will know when and how to apply water as needed.

The diet should consist of unstimulating, highly alkaline and raw natural foods.

All foodless foods should be avoided.

All of the body's normal biological requirements are to be provided.

Here again, the competent naturopath will know what is needed.

This comprises a natural preparatory treatment.

When the inevitable Healing Crisis develops, the patient should be fasted until the organism indicates that the fast is to be terminated.

Fasting should be undertaken under the expert supervision of a competent naturopath.

If the sick organism possesses sufficient latent vitality - this program will provide the ideal conditions for it to make the supreme effort necessary to enable it to overcome the cancerous condition.

It must be understood that while every disease may be successfully treated, given favorable conditions, it remains true that not all patients will necessarily recover. "All disease may be cured, but not every patient".