Cancer Quick Facts

     Over  and over  and over again  chronic inflammation  comes up in conversation  when I talk to other people ~ when it comes to preventing cancer.  When I begin to investigate what I learn  from  other  people on         the internet and read articles like this one. According to scientist at the Massachussetts  Institute  of  Technology, chronic inflammation having    been linked to DNA damage and increased cancer risk. 

    Chronic Inflammation  can  be caused by many  factors, including infectious agents such as Helicobacter Pylori  and  Hepatitis C, which         are already known to increase cancer risk  in  the  stomach  and  liver respectively.   The  inflammatory  response  produces  cytokines,  and   chemicals in the immune response  that  encourages cell proliferation        and suppress apoptosis, which  can  also  contribute  to  an  increased  cancer risk.      Use Vinegar ~ NOT Roundup!!!

      In  most  normal situations,  damaged  induced  DNA  during  the  inflammatory response  is corrected  by  the cells internal error repair  system. However,  if this is not  functioning properly, there is a higher chance mutation will occur,  increasing  risk  of  cancer.  Knowing  the connection between these  factors  and  cancer  can help doctors better   guide patients who might be at risk of inflammation induced cancers.

   In a study collaborated with James Fox, Director of  Comparative    Medicine at M.I.T., and one of  his students.  Chung – Wei Lee induced        mice with infected H. pylori and those lacking the proper DNA repair mechanism.  Were more likely  to have pre – cancerous regions in the stomach.  These results indicate that individuals who are less able to  perform DNA damage with chronic inflammation.

    Such as patients  with ulcerative colitis,  are more susceptible to          cancer than others,  according to Lisiane Meira research scientist at          M.I.T.  However,  there is another effect of  inflammation that might influence this — during inflammatory response to infection. Immune         cells like macrophages and neutrophils excrete oxygen and nitrogen    species that might damage DNA.

    Still  yet another  for  instance  where  a  traumatic  experience  to            your body to initiate  an inflammatory response  would be running  a marathon  as a repair mechanism.  Dr.  Arthur Siege MD., Director of  Internal medicine at Harvard’s Hospital in Belmont, Massachusettes     states, as  the  miles  pass  skeletal  muscles  stiffen  and  leak,  injury signaling enzymes into the blood.

   With your body not knowing if you ran a marathon or got ran over              by a reindeer.  It reacts to injury  by  mounting  an emergency  repair response.  Your adrenal glands and brain produce the stress hormone cortisol  and  vasopressin;  your damage muscles  churn out  proteins     called cytokines…. which will trigger  your  liver  to  start  producing C-Reactive Protein.    Hitting The Wall It’s Called!!!

     The  results  is  what  Dr.  Siege  calls,   “an inflammatory storm”           where throughout your body that sets the stage  for some potentially    adverse consequences.  Early on, marathoners weren’t sure “if ”  the       heart  was amongst the muscles being stressed.  However  in  recent       years they’ve confirmed that it most definitely is.

     In 2001,  study published in the American Journal of  Cardiology,             Dr.  Siege  and  his colleagues analyzed the blood of  marathoners less       than 24 hours after a race and found high levels of inflammatory and coagulation markers that are also associated with heart attacks. Then   came  a  2006 Circulation Study, using ultra sound  and  the blood test         of  60 marathon  finishers.

   The researchers found after a race some runners hearts experience difficulty refilling chambers.  The researchers  also  noticed  abnormal  blood pump  from the right side  of  the  heart to the lungs.  This  study   found  people who’d average  at least  45 miles a week in training were significantly less likely  to suffer heart damage  than  those  averaging          35 miles a week or less.

    This  makes  sense  to  Dr.   Siege:  your body suffers damage when           you exert  yourself  during training,  however,  then repairs itself  and  becomes stronger for it (No Pain ~ No Gain.)  During the race and  for several hours  afterward,  the  “systemic inflammation”  significantly increases your risk of a cardiac event particularly if  your middle age         and have silent coronary artery disease.

    Two Things Happen:  1.  inflammatory mediators released during     muscle injury may make them thin and the fibrous plaque lining your artery walls may rupture.   2.  inflammation can lead to an imbalance          of  coagulation factors making blood more susceptible to clotting and        The Result:   A  HEART  ATTACK!!!   and back pain?

     The  beneficial healing affect  of  Aloe Vera Juice  (plant)  makes it                one  of  the  most  miraculous herbs  while  it  seem mythical in nature.     John P. Heggers,  PH.D. of  the University of  Texas School of  Medicine states,  Aloe Vera boost immune  function  and  destroys cancer tumors because  of   it’s   strong  immuno – modulatory,   anti – inflammatory,        anti- bacterial  and  anti – viral actions.    (Certified Brands!!!)
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   Being the  last day  of  May while going through my normal daily routine  of  gathering  facts  for  this  website.  My one  friend insinuated that you can get in alot of trouble mixing medicines.  I agree,  however,  when  it  comes to fighting cancer with chemotherapy you either believe  or  you don’t –  for  it’s damn if  you do or damn if  you don’t.  This is the reason  for no other reason I would consider the alternative before consenting to endure several rounds of chemotherapy.

   It takes  finding the right coaches to win in anything you set out to do and winning a battle with cancer is the same way.  One  shining  example  of  this winning  mindset  would  be  Dr. Carl O.  Helvie  from  Hampton, Virginia.  A registered nurse with  a masters in public health  focusing on wellness  from the University of  California,  and  a  second masters degree  in public health and wellness  from John Hopkins University. With also a doctorate in public health  and  wellness  (John Hopkins University and  post doctorate study in the Divinity School at Duke University.)    www.lungevity.org

    Being 80 years old presently he has  NO  chronic diseases  and  prescibed  medications, putting this  fact into context research shows 89% of all people over  age  65  have  chronic  illnesses  and  prescribed  medications. With the average 75 year old  having 3 chronic illnesses and 5 prescibed medications. Given 6 months to  live back in 1975   Dr. Carl Helvie  refused  the  toxicity of  chemotherapy, thereby, sought the use of  natural methods to heal himself. 

   Today  38 years later,  Dr. Carl  is  believed  to  be  the  longest lived lung cancer survivor in the country. This is an awesome testimony to the power of  nutrition  and  natural therapies  for long term healing.  Dr. Carl Helvie  is the author of  two well  known comprehensive books  that  are available: You Can Beat Lung Cancer:  Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions & Healthy Holistic Aging,  being  Host to the Holistic Health Show  which  he spells out his success  formula  while still leading a vibrant life.

    Yesterday when I went into town I had an interesting conversation with  the towns pharmacist about preventing disease. He told me that his number one belief  was protecting the liver and all it’s  bodily  function over the long haul is vitally important. Through the use of  1000mg  of  Milk Thistle daily, which Milk Thistle is proven to work better than Dandelion Root  producing longevity and could possibly  protect the liver from alcoholism, disease and chemotherapy treatments.

    The liver  an amazing organ in the body and probably most important, receives  25%  of  the blood  that  the heart pumps  with each beat  and  holds about one pint (13 percent) of  the body’s blood supply at any given moment. The liver performs many  functions all at once while being necessary to keep a  person well and alive. The liver makes necessary proteins in the body and this  function is called  the livers “synthetic function,”  which  many patients with liver disease have normal  function until the disease worsens.

    The liver makes coagulation factors,  proteins  that help the blood clot to protect us  from bleeding.  A blood test that measures blood clotting is called PT/PTT or  pro-time (sometimes also referred to as INR.)  When  the  liver  is failing it can not make clotting  factors and the pro-time is abnormally high. With another protein that the liver makes being called albumin, this protein helps to keep  fluids in the blood stream while preventing  fluid retention  or swelling.

  The Chinese consider the liver, General of the Army of the Bodies Working   Parts,  for when  it’s not  performing  properly  something  will  malfunction. When  the  liver  doesn’t  function  properly  the  albumin  will  be  low,  while other conditions such as malnutrition or loss of albumin in the stool or urine can also make the albumin lower (a vicious cycle of  health issues.)  The liver also makes bile which helps us –  absorb  food while eliminating toxins.

    Bile salts which comes  from the liver  and  are dumped into the intestine  via  the  bile  duct,  helps  us  absorb  fat  in  our  diet.  When  the  liver  is  not functioning well… bile may not be made  or  pumped out adequately.  One of these substances  that  bile carries out of  the body is called bilirubin.  Which bilirubin comes  from broken down red blood cells and recycle about once in 90 days.  Patients with poor liver  function or with blockage to bile  flow can  not get rid of  bilirubin, therefore builds up in the blood stream.

   One of the livers most important  functions is to detoxify the blood  from   foreign intruders. When the liver receives blood from the intestine, not only, will  it  be  full  of  nutrients,  but also,  toxins  and other  che, so beingmicals  the  liver must  filter before it enters the body’s circulation. In patients with poor liver function,  Ammonia  which is a by product of  protein metabolism, may also, accumulate while other chemicals we are unable to identify build up as well.

    Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic liver disease where much of the normal   liver is replaced by fibrous & scar tissue, along with nodules of  regenerated liver cells.  Cirrhosis can be caused  by many different conditions,  including alcohol abuse, but certainly not every case of cirrhosis  is caused by alcohol. The most common causes of  cirrhosis in the United States  and Canada now are hepatitis C, alcohol abuse and fatty liver.

     All  kinds  of  cirrhosis  are  worsened  by exposure  to alcohol,  however,  in obese the rate of  nonalcoholic  fatty liver disease ranges  from 50 percent to  90 percent.  Only about  5 percent of  people with  fatty liver disease go on to develope cirrhosis.  Even a  5 percent to 10 percent loss of body weight can prevent  progression,  however,   once  cirrhosis  has  set  in,  it  usually  isn’t curable. 

   Nonalcoholic  fatty liver disease is commonly, but not always, caused by  being overweight. Especially extra weight in the abdomen and area I’m now working on  (as opposed to hips and thighs),  with prediabetes  and diabetes. However,  there  are other real causes,  such  as  sleep  apnea  and  untreated hypothyroidism.  Your doctor can periodically look at your liver to evaluate precursors of liver cancer and bleeding to the esophagus,  both of  which are complications of cirrhosis.

   It’s far better to exercise three times daily when you have time 20 to 40 minutes than enduring 1 1/2 hour of  strenous activity  and  here is “why?” There are somethings that seem to protect us  from catching colds and  flu.  During moderate exercise immune cells circulate through your body more quickly,  thereby,  moderate exercise has been linked to a positive immune system response and  temporary boost in the production of macrophages, the cells that attack bacteria.

   According  to  professor Dr. David Nieman, PHD.,  of   Applachian State  when  moderate  exercise  is  repeated  on  a  routine daily  basis.  There is a  cumulative effect leading to a long term immune response  and his research  showed those whom walk at 70 – 75 percent of their VO2 Max for 40 minutes per day. Ended up  having  half  as  many  sick days…. due  to  colds  or  sore throats as those who don’t exercise.

    However, evidence supports intense exercise  for more than 90 minutes,     can make athletes susceptible to illness… up to 72 hours after high intensity endurance training.  Research  has  found  during  intense physical exertion the  body  produces  certain  hormones  that  temporarily  lowers  immunity. Cortisol  and adrenaline,  known as stress hormones;  raises blood pressure, cholesterol levels and supresses the immune system.

    It’s  not only  physical stress  that  increases  the release  of  cortisol  and  adrenaline.  Psychological stress can also impair immunity  and  lead to an increase  of  colds  and  flu  infections.  Researchers  at  Ohio  State  followed people  who  had  the  stress  of  caring  for  a  loved  –  one  with  Alzheimer’s and  found  they  experienced twice  as many colds as non – caregivers.
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