The Solution to Cancer

Considering the number of carcinogens to which we are all continuously subjected it is surprising that the human race manages to survive at all. But survive it does. In spite of the number of people who die from cancer, most do not. Of those exposed to a virulent carcinogen, only a small percentage will seccumb to cancer, the rest will remain resistent. Herein lies the solution to the dilemma. The critical factor is not so much the antagonist as the quality of the individuals resistence, not so much the cancer cell as the immune system's power to overcome it. A natural treatment will therefore provide a natural immunity.

The first step in the treatment of cancer is to remove all junk foods, additives and preservatives, all animal foods, salt, sugar, tea, coffee and alcohol from the diet and replace these with with pure, natural foods, comprising solely of plants foods, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans and cereal grains, preferably organically grown and eaten raw. Heavy emphasis is placed on fruits, vegetables and their juices due to their invigorating action upon the immune system and also to their high content of potassium which removes excessive sodium from the diet. The aim of the early stages of cancer treatment is to both fortify the immune system through the choice of a raw plant food diet and to assist the body in its efforts to detoxify the poisons which have accumulated in the body due to previous excesses.

The action of the body in continuously cleansing itself of the toxins generated by food and oxygen intake has been mentioned previously. It is a major function of all life forms that after nutrients have been extracted from food the waste products generated should be removed from the body via the eliminatory organs: the lungs, the skin and the bowels. Because of the concentrated nature of the modern diet which emphasises a heavy indulgence in animal proteins, starch and fatty foods, the organs of elimination frequently struggle to cope with the build up of waste poisons in the system. A diet of natural plant foods releases the body's self-cleansing mechanism, thus removing toxins and their deleterious action on the individual's health, from the system.

It must be remebered that the cancer diet is not a special diet, it is purely a natural diet which all would benefit greatly from adhering to. It is not a temporary diet, it is a healthful diet of natural foods which mother nature intended us to consume for our greater benefit and well-being.

A further theory in the treatment of cancer, and part of the reasons for the omission of meat from the diet, is that the pancreas produces pancreatic enzymes which are involved with the digestion of protein. If meat is consumed then the pancreatic enzymes are side-tracked towards the digestion of the meat rather than towards the destruction of the tumorous growth. One peculiar feature of the cancer cell is that it is coated with protein which enables it to evade the body's immune system. It is considered that this protein coating can be stripped by pancreatic enzymes leaving the cancerous cell more vulnerable to eradication. For this reason a low protein diet is observed, sufficient only to stimulate the pancreas to produce its protein digesting enzymes. As cooking destroys vital nutrients all food should be consumed raw as nature intended.

The next aspect of the cancer treatment is the decisive use of certain vitamins and minerals for their action in stimulating the immune system. The following list covers the most commonly accepted of these.