When I was diagnosed with cancer, I had no knowledge of preventative medicine or alternative medicine. That fact didn’t change through both of my treatments. Until I had a third scare—that is when I started learning more about the value of nutrition in fighting cancer and preventing cancer.
I didn’t think it was possible to cure cancer without chemotherapy, but after meeting a woman that cured her stage IV breast cancer through nutrition, I began to believe. It’s tricky because no two people will have the same experience when fighting cancer—what works with one patient doesn’t always with the next.
What should a cancer patient do? My answer to that question is to use everything Western medicine has to offer, but get a heavy dose of nutrition education. If Western treatment fails, alternative therapy is what’s left over—and all cancer patients should be prepared. I wasn’t, but I’m learning more everyday.
One website that I am particularly interested in as of lately is http://www.crazysexycancer.com Kris Carr was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, I believe. There is a great video on Youtube that documents the beginning of her journey (I'll post video below if interested) WARNING--some bad language. She also has a blog that's quite entertaining to read--she's the real deal. She’s since written two books, which I haven’t read, but I am planning to pick up a copy of one or both today. She has taken on a vegan approach to fight cancer, and it is working for her an others. Are there natural cures found in nutrition? I believe that there are—and probably only because I’ve met people that have cured their cancer this way.
Prevention should be everyone’s first line of defense. There are so many little things that you can do to buy a little insurance. There are certainly some supplements that have gained a lot of attention in the medical community, including green tea, turmeric, flax seed, reservatrol, CoQ10, maitake mushrooms, and ginger—among others… I list these because they are the ones I consistently read about in animal studies and even human trials. There have been no emphatic results; Blank cures cancer. But there is anecdotal evidence to support all as preventative in nature.
Today, let’s talk about ginger. Ginger has been shown to kill cancer cells—in the lab—in ovarian and colorectal cancer. There is a lot of literature on the net about both, as well as anecdotal evidence from cancer survivors. Why is ginger effective? The component in ginger called gingerol seems to be most interesting to researchers and cancer patients--recent studies show that ginger root and components gingerols and zerumbone, have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-carcinogenic activity. I’m not a scientist, so I’m not going to even try and discuss the particulars, but if you’re interested, you can find scientific abstracts online. Bottom line, researchers are looking at ginger as a preventative therapy for cancers as well potentially for treatment. Ginger is probably most known for its anti nausea properties.
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