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Yeah, super clean diet, no radiation or chemo (those both *cause* cancer), fresh, clean air, gentle exercise, clean water. Healed my own cervical cancer that way and have met many others who have used the same process to heal their cancer. Even better to start living that way before being diagnosed - prevention is the best cure.

Thanks. She already had the radiation and chemo after the mastectomy so there's no undoing that. She started the diet while she was on chemo because chemo made her feel awful and processed food wasn't appealing anyway at that time. She's been doing it for several months now and says she feels better. We both have walter filters attached to our kitchen sink taps so that's reasonably clean water. We go on walks on nature trails together so that's clean air and gentle exercise for the both of us. i guess I should do the diet too just in case. If it worked for you that is a very good thing.

Once I passed 40, it seemed like women my age or just not much older were all suddenly getting cancer. (A statistical illusion but it seems that way.) If this has worked for you there is hope it will work for her too to prevent recurrence, although she already had chemo/radiation. And the diet is just plain healthy for anyone but I kept not wanting to do it because there are some processed foods I really like. But she does feel better and you are better too and I don't have cancer...yet. So yes! I need to do the diet along with her.

i hate to be a stick in the mud but that isnt a cure for cancer. if i had cancer the last thing i would want to do is try and cure it by my diet, clean water and gentle exercise.

i'd seek harcore drugs.


you really cant base your own expeiriance as a cure. how do you know you just didnt get lucky?

Because I'm not the only one who has done this. The success rate is not 100% so I guess it's a misnomer calling it a cure but it is much, much higher than the success rate from using toxic chemicals.

On the other hand, it may be that greatly reducing exposure to carcinogens- which is what that actually is- may be just what it takes to give somebody's immune system a chance to destroy the cancer cells on its own. It's a gamble because who knows if one's own immune system can work fast enough? But if it does work, I wouldn't call it luck. There are many known carcinogens in our food, water, air and general enviroment. Our immune systems are always fighting to repeair the damage they cause and generally do a good job. I don't know about childhood cancers, but it isn't much of a stretch to see middle age cancers as an accumulation of damage that somebody's immune system just couldn't keep up with. If such a person succeeds in drastically reducing their carcinogen exposure, maybe it gives the immune system a chance to catch up and kill the cancer cells. So if Sparrowrose has no cancer recurrence after doing this drastic carcinogen reduction then I would credit that and not just call it luck.

I've been on the fence about this since my friend was diagnosed. On the one hand she says she feels better after doing this. On the other hand I really, really love barbecue even though charcoal smoke and burned food are known carcinogens. I've been waffling because I don't have cancer and drastic carcinogen reduction is difficult. We're surrounded by them and keeping them at bay requires both enormous willpower and a commitment to altering one's lifestyle in big ways. Cancer itself can be a spur to that commitment because of the survival instinct. (Many people are able to stop smoking only after it gives them cancer.) I don't smoke. But I do have a fairly typical carcinogen exposure. I guess I've just been psyching myself up to take the plunge into drastic carcinogen reduction before I even get cancer even though doing so is a pain in the a%%. But I think I need to do this. Just say no to blackened chicken (sigh...)

It is hard at first to give up the processed foods but you will be surprised how quickly your cravings for them go away. I notice you said that she is going vegetarian. Make sure to tell her to give up milk, too. Milk has naturally occuring growth factors (they are in the milk to help a baby calf grow so quickly into a full grown cow/bull) that have been shown to "feed" cancer cells and cause them to multiply more quickly. Eggs are okay, so long as they are clean, healthy eggs (organic, free-range) but milk (and other dairy products) is definitely out. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and plenty of dark leafy greens. Also, if your friend has a taste for them, fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchee are great additions. Try to get unpasteurized (pasteurization kills the friendly bacteria, making the fermented food no more potent than plain cabbage) or make your own (sauerkraut is super easy to make.)

And good for you for supporting your friend! That's another vital ingredient: community, friendship, positive thinking, laughter. All this releases good hormones in the body that help the healing. Best wishes and prayers for healing to you for your friend!

I recommend occasional fasts to let your body catch up and do a little expurgating.

TBH, I think diet could be a big factor in cancer. And it doesn't seem like invasive allopathic treatments actually save many people. It's very hard to get a real, clear perspective on this, all the information is so clouded. Sometimes you have to just go with intuition.

Or for those too weak to do water fasts, a lot of body cleansing can happen on a brief fruit-only diet (don't do it long term or you'll risk serious mineral depletion) or what's called a "juice feast" which is where you get a good juicer and only drink water and fresh-pressed fruit and vegetable juices - at least a gallon of juice per day to keep your calories up. I've done short (one week) juice feasts and love how it makes me feel and how much stronger my body is afterwards.

I think it's very dangerous to suggest that people who have cancer shouldn't avail themselves of medical treatments that have been found to be effective. Recovery from cancer has greatly increased across the board since treatments like radiation and chemo have been developed, and there is solid evidence to back this up.

Cancer runs in my family. So far I haven't seen it prove fatal yet. What Sparrowrose says gels with what I've seen. Traditional Chinese medicine and enough vegetable juice that you turn orange (I am completely serious). My mother used to drink wheatgrass juice. Recently there was some discussion of garlic and... was it flax seed? I overheard that, so...

But I've only seen the results of that used to augment surgery (less surgery than was recommended), and it's a vastly better outcome than most people think of when they think of cancer, but I wouldn't call it a cure.

You have to watch the causation/correlation on this one. Other things have greatly increased across the board since those treatments were developed. Cancer itself has increased exponentially in that time. Also, the availability of quality nutrition has greatly increased in that time. When you start looking at the actual causation studies, it doesn't look as rosy.

My dad uses flax seed oil. He's on the Budwig diet. He was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma. He had a lump in his armpit, and they took it out with surgery...that's when they discovered it was Melanoma...so it was in his lymph node already. He refused to do chemo or interferon (we all begged him to), and even the doctors don't have that great of an outlook with Chemo, well...maybe for certain types of Cancer they do, but not for Melanoma. His doc suggested Interferon to extend his life...basically said he didn't know if it would help or hurt him...said he could feel worse, and prognosis could be the same, or it could extend his life by a couple of years. He chose to try something else. We all thought he was crazy....but it's been 2 yrs and he's still alive. I think mind of matter has a lot to do with it. He didn't believe in interferon to begin with...didn't believe it would help him and truly believed that it would hurt his body. It's a good thing he didn't take it then...is the view I have now on the matter. He's doing great...has had PET scans, and no signs of cancer. He still maintains a raw diet, budwig, and keeps his immunity up.

So I did hear it right!

Congrats, Blueskygirl. I hope your dad lives a good long time.

...Wait a minute, the OP asked something else entirely. How come we're talking about cancer?

Chemo and radiation are not effective for melanoma, and interferon has only limited usefulness. (My ex had melanoma, but it wasn't very advanced and he has been fine for seven years with just the surgery.) But for other types of cancer, chemo and radiation, as awful as they are, are literally lifesavers. A friend of a close friend tried treating herself for breast cancer with surgery and diet only and she died of her cancer, when chemo could have saved her life.

This goes back to RichardBenson's point about anecdotal evidence. Your friend of a friend didn't get chemo and died. My brother did get chemo and died. Those cancel each other out and we're back to square one. That's the problem with a sample of one. While there is great value in personal testimony, at the same time, there's a Jewish proverb that says "for example is not proof."

I was only responding with anecdotal evidence to the previous post's anecdotal evidence. But if you look at all studies on the subject, which look at broad outcomes and not at anecdotal evidence, there is no question that treatments like chemo and radiation save many more lives than abstaining from those treatments does (when the treatments are appropriate for the particular type of cancer).

I am surprised you would insist on arguing a position that is dangerous and can literally endanger the lives of those who might be reading it.