Six Good Eating Habits That Will Help Prevent Cancer

re: Six Good Eating Habits That Will Help Prevent Cancer

curious7 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:55:09 GMT

I like these preventative measures, but I have to say again a vegan diet is best, but if you choose to consume flesh foods, make sure you get 85% live fresh fruits, vegetables, seeds, and grains. As for the essential oils they are available in a vegetarian formula, The Total EFA, or omega 3-6-9.

re: Six Good Eating Habits That Will Help Prevent Cancer

Alain - Australia — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:16:29 GMT

Dear Dr Mercola,

Thank you for this summary.

Over the last 10-15 years, I have slowly moved towards these recommendation myself, and feel a 100% better and stronger.

Yes, after 15years of practise, I do aggree that meditation is the key to all health improvements, I have made peace with both my parents on all childhood issues, and with mostly all the people I felt had affected mw negatively in my childhood.

However there is one item which I strongly believe, should be added to your list. For the last 2 years, I have been drinking large amount of "AKLINE" ionised water. It is fantastic, 1st it has help me get better and enjoy physical exercise a lot more by not getting lactic acid, it is helping me turn away from processed carb and slowly from all sugars, 2nd it has rapidly helped my wife in removing the effect of arteritis, and in stopping the progression of Osteoporosis.

I would suggest you get your own alkaline water machine in the office and test it on yourself, your staff and patients, then do a review for all your newsletter members. Like with meditation after a few months, you will be pleasantly surprised !

re: Six Good Eating Habits That Will Help Prevent Cancer

gloria2222 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:34:13 GMT

Anyone wanting to know how to cure cancer should investigate the research of Dr. Johanna Budwig who discovered a cure many years ago. She was nominated for a a Nobel Prize seven times but was prevented by powerful industries and doctors profiting from chemotherapy and radiation treatments to ever win the award. Her solution did not cost a lot of money - there was no profit. Her story is all over the web-put there by sdurvivors. I wish Dr Mercola would do an article on her.

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erniem1970 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:34:50 GMT

I 100 percent disagree with diet without dietary supplements. I have found as proof to vitamins and herbs that they ALWAYS have a cure or a long-term treatment that beats modern medicine. Ester-C, a good multi-vitamin package like that from Gunther-Renkey that makes the Proactiv which I also use, and Iceland Health Fish Oil has prevented or altered the effects of the bipolar and also prevented me from having colds and the flu for a very long time. In fact after childhood I only took the flu shot twice and never truly benefited from it. I have healed internal infections with the use of green tea. Facts speak for themselves and so does experience.

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alexoptasos66 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:42:54 GMT

it seems that this problem is a modern lifestyle issue, related to the particular changes of the modern post second war industrialized society. Obviously the C. problem grew in conjunction with advanced technological sophistication. The issue remains a major mass killer , as used to be, tuberculosis &syphilis in the older days.

Unresolved(?) still ,many attempts to explain this uncontrollable growth of abnormal tissue have emerged from mainstream science and "quacks" alike.Common view has to do with "melancholy" or internal stress breaking down immune system.Epidemiology seems to point out major nutritional roots: e.g. eating heat denatured protein and fat products becoming carcinogens, lack or raw enzyme rich fiber from vegetables and pulses, contamination of stored starches and pasta from mold mycotoxins, hormone-disrupting chemicals and heavy metals, eg lead in toiletries, mercury in amalgams for tooth fillings, nitrates and other food additives and new artificial sweeteners. Smoking, Viruses( Papilloma , jcv) ,seem also to play a lesser but significant role. Radiation :medical, nuclear and electrosmog related seems to be the next thing..Mobile phone radiation causes DNA strand breaks , male infertility and heating of the brain and the long term effects remain to be seen.Obesity, wears down the immune defenses to it.

Hope seems to come from a chance discovery of a Florida person Mr Kanzius who recently discovered a cancer killing machine.It was tested successfully by authoritative medical center locally on cancer suffering animals,radiating them with radar waves after receiving injected solution of particulate gold incorporating specifically to cancer cells.Gold heats those cells to lethal point by absorbing radio energy like antennae.Other suggested alternative treatments seem to be amygdaline from natural seeds which kills fermenting cancer "cells", which have abnormal fungal like metabolism, providing cyanide by a specific to them rhodanase enzyme.

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dslvdg — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:26:18 GMT

I would say the ACS should put "avoid SYNTHETIC vitamins". While quality organic food is best, properly grown and processed whole food supplements in tablet or powder form certainly can help a lot of people consume the proper nutrients in our fast paced society. It is one of the few technologies which will give us an edge.

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luvVDub — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:33:49 GMT

In the last couple years I have known at least four people diagnosed with cancer. One of them, a 36 year old thin athletic woman died of colon cancer earlier this year. I would say the common thing beween all four is they are very negative stressed individuals. Only one of them is overweight. I would say our mental state is very important.

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ThomasT — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:28:45 GMT

So OS, you want to concentrate on the cure, not colloidal slvler, CS, and zappers etc. Of what cure do you speak. Are you seriously expecting anybody on this site to go for chemo, surgery and radiation?. Any paid writer of Big Farma uses the snakeoil word, so you stick out a mile, with your attempted disinformation. I should, according to your organ destroying CS theory, be long gone, having consumed many liter botles of CS. My now stabilized MS patient, also on my nano-CS, has been drinking it for years. In cancer therapy it used for killing- off bacteria, usually from loose teeth, which compromise the cell. This and the other causes, make the cell vulnerable to malignancy.. If you read a little, you will discover electrical gadgets that push out a 9 volt square wave, that kill off parasites, as do 3 herb formulas.. The fasciolopsis buskii parasite, being the main signaller, sends out ortho-phospho-tyrosene, OTP, to its stages.This parasite has been shown knocked out in 24 hours. Give me one chemo that can stop malignancy in 24 hours. Zappers, and other frequency devices also knock out bacteria and virii. After reading this, I am sure that when you or one of your family is diagnosed, with the little c, you will make the right decisions, whatever nonsense you are paid to write on this site.

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edebolt — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:50:14 GMT

The article mentions a leading cause of death for people 85 years and older. Does anybody bother to notice that 100 years ago the average life span was only 45 years. Yes its true modern medicine has made monumental gains in life expectancy so now people are actually living long enough to die of cancer. What a blessing that is. Could it be better? of course and these are good ideas but modern medicine with vaccines, antibiotics and acute care is responsible for the lions share of the life expectancy gains.

Did you know for the vast majority of human history the average life expectancy was only 10-12 years. Yes you read correctly. Back when everything was organic, pure and simple. So don't disrespect modern medicine because it has given us a lot of breathing room. Look at alternative medicine as a positive compliment to organized medicine.

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kevsan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:11:23 GMT

Article has good points but comment section is sketchy as it is from time to time.

Omnivore...some thing to devour...

One of the best ways to not get prostate cancer is to have sex, even if it's with yourself. It empties the buildup of natural fluids that can contain poisons from foods you eat.

Radiation from cell phone towers won't damage you any more than will the radiation from the biggest, most powerful radio transmitter in the solar system... the sun. Most aren't close to you anyway. Cell phone themselves are the greater danger. Also, you neglect the radiation from the galaxy in cosmic rays and the natural radiation from the ground (much more lethal) which helps cause radon gas -- the suspect in many victims of non-smoking lung cancer.

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Knobby — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:02:53 GMT

I once visited a local American Cancer Society chapter in California back around 1963. And I asked them if DIET had anything to do with getting cancer. It's been too long to remember their exact answer, but basically it was "nothing whatsoever"!

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kurlykate — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:58:43 GMT

I for one found the comment about avoiding dietary supplements unacceptable. It gives away the real intent of the writer (and the whole medical fraternity) which is to make people dependent on the professionals. I must take a magnesium supplement in order to keep my heart rate from jumping to 200+ per minute. No doctor told me this; I had to study it out for myself, and I find many other situations when specific supplements are useful.

--Kathleen

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JeanneG — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:09:49 GMT

Dr. Mercola,

Did you mix up the American Cancer Society and AICR???? I support the work of American Institute for Cancer Research because of the good work they do with nutrition. They are active advocates for healthy eating.

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LoriSm — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:48:03 GMT

I find the data to be way off base. Man has been eating red meat since biblical times and people have not been dropping dead of cancer regularly since then (in epidemic proportions). I am sure cancer has been around for thousands of years, but why would red meat be a culprit when so many cultures have relied upon it as a mainstay in their diet and have not had major cancer outbreaks?

I have known many more thin people who have gotten cancer (and died from it) than (overly) overweight people. I have not seen the cancer clinics full of fat people~has anyone else? It seems to strike people of all shapes and sizes, not predominantly fat people.

This so called information reminds me of the information my husband's urologist gave to him when he had a kidney stone a couple of years ago. The urologist has had a kidney stone himself (not able to prevent it in himself so how can he in patients?), and he gave my husband a list of foods to avoid so he would not get another kidney stone. This list was all the foods that contain oxalates. I can only remember a handful of the huge paragraph that was listed: spinach, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, colas, coffee, teas, broccoli, radishes, lettuces, asparagus, and the list went on.

Arrgghhh! You mean all those foods that are good for us cause kidney stones?!? And if so, then why doesn't EVERY person all over the world who eats plant foods have kidney stones if this were true???? A lack of calcium causes kidney stones, that's why!!!!!!! This doctor is giving out information to his patients out of ignorance and I believe the information above is based on the same ignorance. I believe that our modern lifestyle with all of its radiation saturated fields (including the home), the preservatives we use, the lack of minerals in our soils, and other "progressive" factors contribute to our high cancer rates. If foods and weight were at the center of this problem then we'd see it reflected in those who get cancer.

Lori

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Omnivore — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:38:54 GMT

This article failed to mention:

1) avoid artificial sweeteners. The FDA refused to approve nutrasweet for many years because it was known to induce brain cancer and seizures. It is now in 7,000 foods.

Chlorine is a deadly poison used in its gas form to kill people in WWI. Splenda = sugar + 3 chlorine atoms. Need I go on?

2) lead a chaste life. Promiscuity leads to the proliferation and spread of venereal diseases that can and do cause cancer (AIDS, HPV, etc.) Would you kiss a person with a deadly contagious disease? Then why would you think a piece of latex will protect you from it?

3) avoid living in places with airborne mold, which can cause cancer and death.

4) avoid ionizing and microwave radiation, both of which are known causes of cancer. Nuclear power plants give off low levels of ionizing radiation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week within a 50 mile radius. Most American cities have nuclear power plants within 10-20 miles of their city limits. Check it out.

And did you know cellphone towers give off the same frequency of radiation as your microwave oven, just at a lower power?