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Cancer Prevention

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Reprinted with permission from Better Nutrition's Website

Are you afraid of getting cancer? If so, you’re not alone...

A recent survey conducted by the American Association of Cancer Research and the National Cancer Institute found that nearly half of the 6,000-plus respondents said that “almost everything causes cancer” and about 30 percent felt there was nothing they could do about it. The study’s lead researcher, Jeff Niederdeppe, PhD, from the University of Wisconsin, explained that giving up hope makes it worse: “As our survey shows, people, indeed, do nothing about it.”purple haze

More than 70 percent of the survey’s respondents said that there are so many recommendations for preventing cancer, it’s hard to know which ones to follow.  And those who said they were overwhelmed were more likely to smoke, less likely to exercise, and did not eat five servings of fruits and vegetables daily.

There is no question that cancer can be overwhelming. All of us have been touched by it in some way. The American Cancer Society reports that one in two men and one in three women will develop cancer. Yet the No. 1 risk factor associated with cancer death is diet.

BUILDING AN ANTI-CANCER ARSENAL

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  • Grifron Maitake D-Fraction tincture
  • Superior Source Extra Strength D3 (5,000 IU)
  • Lifetime Resveratrol Life Tonic
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  • Life Extension Super-Absorbable CoQ10 with d-Limonene

The Anti-Cancer Diet

Food is amazing. It sustains us, comforts us, helps us entertain others, and can even contribute to cancer prevention. Here are seven simple dietary habits that can help you prevent cancer:

  1. Eat at least five servings of vegetables daily and at least two servings of fruit—the more colorful the better because that means they contain more health-enhancing flavonoids.purple plantation

  2. Eat organic whenever possible to avoid harmful preservatives, pesticides, hormones, and other cancer-causing substances; new research also indicates that organic foods have higher nutritive value.

  3. Drink more pure water and green tea and less alcohol and sugary sodas.

  4. Choose essential fatty acids and avoid saturated and trans fats.

  5. Reduce or avoid simple sugars, refined carbohydrates, and sodium.

  6. Spice up your diet with herbs such as turmeric, garlic, rosemary, and cayenne; these herbs, especially turmeric (also known as curcumin) and garlic have important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

  7. Supplement your diet with anti-cancer nutrients. It’s also very important to be active. Consistent exercise will strengthen the immune system, improve circulation, enhance digestion, and increase energy and vitality—the same things that also help prevent cancer.

Cancer is not just an immune system deficiency as previously thought...


Cancer develops by attacking one or more of these five pathways in the body: immune; inflammatory; hormonal; insulin; digestion (including detoxification & elimination).

The key to preventing cancer is to enhance all five pathways through diet and dietary supplements. The most exciting news in the area of cancer prevention involves dietary supplements that support one or more of the five pathways. Some of our old favorites and some new stars continue to receive positive attention from the scientific community.

Top New Stars

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There are several anti-cancer nutrients and herbs gaining significant momentum in the research community:

Vitamin D Recent studies demonstrated that vitamin D may help prevent breast, colon, prostate, and ovarian cancers. Other studies show vitamin D can also help prevent lymphomas, bladder, esophagus, kidney, lung, pancreatic, rectal, stomach, and uterine cancers. Vitamin D can be taken safely up to 2,000 IU per day. 

Curcumin This pigment from turmeric has been demonstrated to kill prostate cancer cells. Other research has shown that curcumin can also kill pancreatic cancer cells, and that curcumin works to reduce cancer risk.  Get 600 mg curcumin twice daily or eat 2 teaspoons of turmeric. 

Essential fatty acids Recent studies, including human clinical trials, show that these acids are promising for the prevention of breast, colon, lung, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. Take an omega-3 product that has 300 mg DHA and 500 mg EPA daily. Combine this with curcumin to enhance absorption. 

Resveratrol This potent flavonoid, found in red grapes, has been shown to target specific tumor pathways to help prevent and treat cancer. Take 40 to 80 mg per day.

Old Favorites

flowerFor centuries, human beings have been using nutrients and herbs to boost the immune system. Some tried-and-true old favorites include green tea, aged garlic extract, mushroom extracts (such as maitake mushroom) and probiotics. 

Why do these supplements work? Because they help support more than one of the five pathways from which cancer can develop. For example, studies show that green tea stimulates the immune system, has anti-inflammatory properties, improves insulin resistance, and aids in detoxification.  That’s four out of the five pathways.

ON THE HORIZON

“As we learn more about genetics and what influences cancer, we are discovering new ways to determine susceptibility and create targeted therapies,” explains Lise Alschuler, ND, an author and naturopathic oncologist, who practices at her Scottsdale, Ariz., clinic, Naturopathic pecialists. “This is helping us develop individualized and more effective prevention plans as well.”

There are exciting new advances in targeted therapies for both cancer prevention and treatment. “As a result of these advances,” says Alschuler, “the mainstays of conventional treatment—chemotherapy and radiation—may some day become things of the past.”


 
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