Radiation of head and neck areas
Radiation brings about an altered sense of taste, extremely dry mouth, and lack of appetite. Exposure of the salivary glands to radiation leads to a reduced flow of thick, viscous saliva so that swallowing becomes difficult. Selecting moist foods or mixing dry foods with sauces and gravies will aid in swallowing. Tilting the head back while eating also makes swallowing easier. The reduction in the saliva leads to great increase in tooth decay. Therefore foods high in sugar content must be avoided – candy, cake, cookies, jellies, soft drinks containing sugar, and coffee or tea with sugar.

Radiation of abdomen, pelvis
The adverse effects of radiation include small bowel enteritis, diarrhea, and malabsorption. Usually a soft fiber-restricted diet or very low-residue diet is prescribed. Lactase deficiency is sometimes present, in which case milk should be omitted.
An elemental diet may be prescribed if diarrhea persists. This is a diet developed commercially that leaves a minimum of residue and that requires a minimum of digestion.* Elemental diets are unpalatable, but are taken better if they are mixed with some rum or fruit juices. They should be served very cold. These diets are also hyperosmolar which means that they will draw additional fluid into the intestines so that cramping occurs. To avoid this effect the diet should be given at half strength for the first two days, three fourths strength for the next two days, and full strength by the fifth day. They should always be sipped slowly to avoid the gas pains.

Dietary counseling
Individual or group counseling are used. One advantage of group counseling is that patients can encourage and help each other to improve their food intakes. Patients need to know how the food groups contribute to the various nutrients; tips on increasing the caloric and protein content of the diet; the importance of chewing food well and relaxing to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort; the advantages of frequent small meals; and how to prepare food at home.
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The first problem is that radiation (with a few exceptions which I will mention later) is, like surgery, a local form of treatment. Only known cancer deposits, or areas that are very likely to be involved, are treated. This means that any undetected groups of cancer cells lying outside the irradiated area escape treatment. The treatment then cannot cure the patient, not because it fails to kill the treated cells, but because some cells are not treated at all. It is exactly the same sort of problem as we have with surgery that is aimed at cure. Careful assessment reduces the chance of some cancer escaping untreated. However, as you know, there are no tests that are capable of picking up very tiny groups of cancer cells. This means that even the most careful search for secondaries followed by a course of treatment which kills every cancer cell in the treated area cannot be guaranteed to produce a complete and permanent cure.

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• MERIT magnetic energy influences many enzymatic intracellular and membrane systems,

(eg alkaline phosphatase); and influences antigen-antibody relations;

• MERIT magnetic energy also modifies the permeability of the cellular membrane and

therefore the Ionic equilibrium. The sodium/potassium pump balance is stimulated. Sp02 is

increased.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is now widely used in many hospitals around the world, although it does use much higher levels of magnetic field strength than therapy devices, and is coupled with radio frequencies.

The recent developments in magnetic fields in medicine include:

• MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging (once called nuclear magnetic resonance)

• MEG Magnetic encephalogram (instead of EEG, electro encephalogram)

• MCG Magnetic cardiogram (instead of ECG or EKG, electro cardio-gram)

• MBFR Magnetic blood flow rate meters

• MCI Magnetically controlled implant

• MERIT Magnetic energy resonance induction therapy

The new revolution in medicine is in the area of bio-magnetism and magnetic induction therapy. Both these forms of magnetic medicine are useful in the treatment and prevention of cancer. The difference between electrotherapy and magnetic induction therapy is that electrotherapy uses contact with or through the skin, whereas magnetic induction therapy does not have to touch the person, making it completely non-invasive.

Magnetic Therapy Methods

Permanent or Static Magnets

Millions of people around the world use small permanent magnets placed on the skin near affected areas. Some magnets are inserted into thin mattresses or pillows, back belts, knee, shoulder, wrist, or elbow supports, or in small stick-on plasters. Others are used in jewellery or pendants. Many of these do work for some of the people, some of the time, for a few hours until the body accommodates or adapts to the constant energy at or very close to the magnet. These people usually experience some temporary relief of pain, stiff joints, and often an improvement of peripheral blood circulation.

The benefits are mainly available when some movement is associated with the magnet.

Many swear by them. The placebo effect is very real.

As long as the energy force of the magnetic product is not too high, no harm is caused. It is important to note that ‘stronger’ is not necessarily better in biological systems. Taking such products off or away from the body for a period of two to four hours and then placing them on again obtains the best results. This avoids the ‘accommodation’ factor and additional benefits are usually then experienced. It is a symptom alleviator.

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With healing, religion can be a beneficial aid in overcoming the fears and anxiety associated with cancer and also in learning to accept the possibility of death openly. Many people turn to religion when faced with sickness or death. We ask our god, or deity for help in overcoming our illness and beating cancer. For many, religion brings a sense of community and acceptance, and enables similar people bound by a common bond to support your condition and join in your fight to beat cancer.

For many people, religion provides them with a reason to live and fills them with a feeling of acceptance and belonging. Feeling needed or accepted is a desire of most humans and a desire which gives us strength to live and overcome difficult obstacles.

Having cancer can open your heart and mind to change and provide a deeper questioning of why this may have happened. Many people feel religious priests, disciples and monks can provide the clues to unraveling their individual mystery. For some this may be true, for others this may not be true. It is solely dependent on the individual. Religion usually incorporates some form of praying or meditation, which 1S a highly positive therapy in increasing concentration and attention towards the matter at hand.

Meditation is an ancient art which has been studied and practiced for thousands of /ears as an effective means of treating stress, inducing a state of relaxation and bringing about a sense of calm and peace to the mind and soul. Meditation is effective at controlling anxiety, enhancing the immune system and easing chronic pain and illness.

Many people in this world have the impression that meditation has to involve some mystical state that only shamans, swamis, witch doctors or mystics are able to obtain. In actual fact, meditation comes in many different forms and can be practiced in your everyday life. It is simply a way of training yourself to turn your concentration inward, away from your normal pressures in everyday life, while focusing on peaceful, calming thoughts.

There are many different types of meditation techniques used throughout the world, but they basically fall into two categories: concentrative meditation and mindfulness meditation. During concentrative meditation, attention is focused on a single sound, object or one’s breath to bring about a calm, peaceful mind.

During mindfulness meditation, the mind becomes aware of but does not react to the wide variety of sensations, feelings and images tied in with the current activity. By sitting quietly and allowing the images of your surroundings to pass by your mind without become involved in diem, you can attain a calm state of mind. Many Buddhists describe meditation as reaching a state of ‘nothingness’. This means having an empty mind without worries, fears, anxieties or illusions – simply nothing but emptiness.

Most religions throughout the world use some form of meditation. The most famous perhaps is Buddhism, which uses Vipassana meditation and everyday mindfulness of actions. Buddhist monks, who live in seaside and mountain temples, practice mindfulness or meditation during their everyday activities, no matter how boring the activity may seem. That is, if a monk is sweeping a path he thinks of nothing else but sweeping the path and all of the bodily actions involved in sweeping a path. If he is walking, all attention and concentration is focused on walking and the action of walking.

Transcendental meditation is a well known meditation which attains a state of the body being completely at rest, yet the mind remains alert.

Meditation can exist in many forms. To reach a meditative or relaxed state it is best to place yourself in quiet, serene and beautiful surroundings. Being in a harmonious and peaceful environment slows down the mind and relaxes the body.

Due to work commitments and pressures in our everyday life it is unrealistic to assume that we can keep our minds empty all of the time. However, in reality most of us can try to put aside 10 to 20 minutes everyday to relax, sit still, breathe deeply and empty out the myriad of crazy thoughts that seem to creep into our heads daily. This simple process in itself is a form of meditation that has positive effects on your body and mind.

All forms of meditation are able to facilitate a deep state of relaxation and reduce stress. Relaxation and a positive state of mind are essential in beating and preventing cancer, and maintaining optimal health and well-being.

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Today, many cancer drugs, chemotherapy drugs and other pharmaceutical medications are derived originally from plants. Even something as simple and commonly used as aspirin is derived from a plant. Its main ingredient, salicin or salicylic acid, is the main ingredient in a herb called white willow bark, which is used in natural medicine to treat headaches.

The company Bayer artificially synthesised salicin in 1899, to make the world’s most widely used drug, aspirin. If a medical claim is made by a company as to the amazing healing properties of a herb, big pharmaceutical companies often find a way of imitating, patenting or synthesizing it for their own profit.

Approximately half of the world’s pharmaceutical drugs have been derived from herbs and other plants. The medical field in general likes to disregard nature’s medicinal herbs as nonsense in the treatment of cancer. Does that mean that thousands of real-life accounts of people helping heal themselves with herbs are nonsense? I honestly don’t believe so! To disregard so many miraculous healing stories through the use of nature’s medicinal herbs is a crime to society. Many people have been told that they would die if they did not have orthodox medical treatment and yet here they are, still alive, healthy and cancer-free. I am a perfect example, as are many of my wonderful clients.

Herbal medicine has been practiced for centuries by every civilization. Animals naturally seek out herbs in self-treatment of their diseases. Watch a dog whenever they nave an upset stomach automatically look for the right plant or grass to ease the stomach pains. It is natural to assume that man learnt the skill of herbal medicine from animals and therefore places the origins of herbal medicine back to many thousands of years ago.

The dispensing of Chinese herbs can be traced back to 2500 ÂÑ by ancient Chinese herbalists. Their goal was to restore harmony and balance to the whole person through the use of herbs and other traditional Chinese treatments. The Indians have incorporated the use of Ayurvedic herbs since 2500 ÂÑ to restore equilibrium to the patient. In fact, most ancient cultures including Egyptian, Islamic, Greek, Roman, North American Indian and European natives have actively used herbs in the treatment of illness and disease throughout history. Nature is truly a miracle in her ability to create such a wondrous array of healing plants and herbs to enhance longevity and to restore the delicate balance of health, so often lost in our fast-paced society.

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Vitamin D is involved in normal cell growth and maturation, and so may play a part in cancer prevention. Laboratory experiments show that vitamin D can inhibit the growth of human prostate cancer and breast cancer cells. Lung cancer and pancreatic cancer cells may also be susceptible to the effects of vitamin D.

Vitamin D is believed to suppress melanoma growth and also to reduce the occurrence of oestrogen-sensitive breast cancers, colorectal cancer and prostatic cancer. An active form of vitamin D, known as vitamin D3 is being considered as a possible treatment to slow the spread and growth of osteosarcoma, melanoma, colon cancer and breast cancer.

Colorectal Cancer and Skin Cancer

Studies are beginning to indicate that people who have a high vitamin D intake are less likely to develop cancer of the colon or rectum than people with a low vitamin D intake. Vitamin D in small amounts is also thought to be protective against skin cancer, particularly malignant melanoma.

Prostate Cancer

Various studies throughout the world indicate that there may be a reduced risk of prostate cancer in men with high vitamin D levels. Vitamin D is found naturally only in fish and fish-liver oils. However, it is also found in milk (vitamin D-fortified). Cooking does not affect the vitamin D in foods. Vitamin D is sometimes called the ‘sunshine vitamin’ since it is made in your skin when you are exposed to sunlight. If you eat a balanced diet and get outside in the sunshine at least one and a half to two hours a week, you should be getting all the vitamin D you need.

A particular form of vitamin D is believed to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells in laboratory tests. Fructose, the sugar found in fruits, stimulates the production of this form of vitamin D. Eating plenty of fruits is generally associated with lower levels of prostate cancer.

Good sources of vitamin D include beef, butter, cheese, cod liver oil, cream, egg yolks, halibut liver oil, kippers, liver, mackerel, milk, salmon, sardines, shrimp, sunflower seeds and tuna.

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Lignans (present in flaxseed) have been shown to reduce hormone sensitive cancers (breast, prostatic cancers) by binding unconjugated sex hormones. They also inhibit the enzyme involved in the synthesis of sex hormones, thereby reducing tumour exposure to various sex hormones.

Medicinal Mushrooms

Since ancient times, medicinal mushrooms have been used by populations around the world for their incredible healing properties. Oriental people believe mushrooms enhance longevity, promote well being and prevent illness and disease. Medicinal mushrooms, such as shitake, reishi, maitake and ganoderma stimulate the production of interferon hence strengthening the body’s immune system. It is believed over 50 varieties of mushrooms that have anti-carcinogenic effects exist.

Many of the health promoting components from mushrooms (lectins, polysaccharides, glucans and lentinan) are today being removed to make anti-cancer drugs and anti-infectious agents for use by the medical profession. It is much healthier, cheaper and advantageous to include these miracle-packed fungi as a regular part of your healthy diet.

Cordyceps

Cordyceps sinensis or caterpillar mushroom is a famous Chinese mushroom that promotes phagocytosis and is believed to be a powerful lymphocyte regulator as it increases helper T-cells (commanders of the immune army), Interleukin-2 (activates white blood cells to destroy cancer cells and viruses) and phagocytic activity (the engulfing and digesting of cell debris and bacteria) in lymphocyte suppressed patients.

Enoki and Karawatake

Enoki is a white, stringy Japanese mushroom that is believed to protect against some forms of cancer. It is also beneficial in strengthening the body’s immune system.

Karawatake mushroom, another Japanese mushroom, may prevent many forms of cancer due to its high PSK content.

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