Talk:Foods that fight cancer

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[edit] Were Edison's words prophetic?

were Thomas Edison's words prophetic? I believe so. In fact, the doctor of the future may very well be the naturopathic physician we see today. These guys are trained in the use of many natural therapies, but nutrition is the foundation of all of them. Very recently an aunt of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer and as a result I did my usual google search of help and support groups with similar cancers and the number of people I found who had nearly cured themselves with eating right going onto raw food diets permanently and organic food was amazing. Actually a whole lot of common medical problems are easily treatable with diet therapy. They respond because good nutrition addresses the underlying cause of the illness rather than simply covering up the symptoms.

In fact the common enough phrase "You are what you eat" is an example of this. So what determines the composition of one's body? Ofcourse one's genes play a pretty important role, but the way in which they are actually expressed your phenotype, is largely determined by the foods one eats. No other disease apart I think from AIDS strikes as much fear deep within our sould as cancer. The reson? Almost all of us have witnessed firsthand the ravaging effect that cancer, well as chemotherapy and radiation has had on a loved one. I was looking through the internet again and came across some rather disquieting statistics..

• More than 1,250,000 new cases of invasive cancer will be diagnosed each year.
• Cancer will affect one out of every three people alive today and out of that fifty percent of those diagnosed with die of their disease.

The economic toll of cancer will be greater than $110 billion.... So what are we doing about this? Are we going to come up with more and more and more advances that become more and more expensive and fewer people are able to afford it? Cancer develops when there is a damnage to the genetic code of the cell, the DNA- that results in the cells growing and reproducing out of control.

I have found among the many people suffering from cancer in my own family that there are a few things we follow-

• eat small frequent meal, rather than large meals less often.
• stay well hydrated, don't ever forget to drink loads of clean pure water.
• ginger works beautifully for nausea and vomiting as a tea or juice i.e. fresh ginger ale.
• use extra seasonings and spices to improve the flavour of your food but avoid all preservatives and artificial flavourings.
• If you're on chemo then a non animal high protein smoothie or diet is a damned good thing. Lots of things like chickpea or chana, rajma or kidney beans. These proteings help maintain muscle mass, nourish the lining of the GI tract, boost the blood counts, heal the tissues, and the immune system to prevent the cancer as well as infections.
• Another important food that we have found is the dahi or yoghurt, or the whey. Please try and not by this from the market. for people suffereing with cancer it is important that they eat as much fresh food as is possible.
• Soy is great for a lot of cases except with women who have oestrogen sensitive breast tumours. I don't know about other cancer home treatments apart from the uterine and breast but apparently people who have prostrate and lung cancers the soy is of great benefit. A good source of this protein is either from tofu, tempeh or miso. Ofcourse a lot of soy products have come into the market but it's best to stick to stuff that is as natural as possible.