MELANOMA MIRACLES
by Ginny Fraser

In 2001 I was diagnosed with Stage IV malignant melanoma, with tumours in my brain, spleen, stomach and lungs. I was given six months to live. What saved my life was a radical programme of alternative treatment, including much of what Phillip Day speaks about in his books and talks.
Although this was not my first brush with melanoma, it took me totally by surprise as I had been well for five years. I had had two previous bouts of melanoma. The primary was a mole on my arm back in 1993, which I had excised (along with a chunk of my arm) and then got on with my life without really any introspection about why I had got cancer and what I could do to make sure it didn't come back. Then three years later a tumour was found in the lymph nodes under my right arm. I had surgery to remove the affected nodes, and realised I couldn't just ignore it like I did last time. The approach I chose was the Gerson Therapy, which I did intensively for two years to make sure I was really clear.

So, when I went back to the Marsden five years later neither my doctors nor I were really expecting any melanoma to be showing up to account for my symptoms of squiffy vision, dizziness and profound exhaustion.  I was pretty quickly put onto 16 mg per day of dexamethozone (steroids), and went away for Christmas to contemplate my next steps. My spiritual beliefs have always played a big role in my life, and the Christmas break included a spiritual retreat which provided a great opportunity to muster my inner resources and develop the self-belief and determination to do all I could to get better. 

The quest for the best treatment began shortly after my Christmas, by which time I was swollen up with the steroids, with a ravenous appetite and a face like a chipmunk. I enrolled friends in researching the Internet for melanoma treatments (there is SO much out there, and a lot of it is quite upsetting to read, so it's a great task to delegate). After much research I ended up choosing a naturopathic treatment with London-based doctor, Etienne Callebout.

At the same time I was also researching radiotherapy (not knowing at that time that there was any alternative and being pretty scared by the stories of side-effects like early onset of Alzheimer's and brain damage that can result from it). In February 2002 I embarked on a course of whole-brain radiotherapy, daily for two weeks with weekends off. It was easy, painless and took just a few minutes to be "zapped". Its side effects were not so pleasant. I could only walk like an old lady - very slowly. I felt sick and my hair fell out. I was totally exhausted, would sleep in the day and evening then wake at 2am, ravenous. On a few occasions I was "bonkers", which was really scary.

Apart from the radiotherapy, the Marsden could offer me no treatment for the body tumours that had any decent chance of success. There were some chemotherapy agents, but with such low effectiveness that even my doctor told me not to bother. So everything at this point rested on the success of the radiotherapy. A few weeks after the treatment finished I got the results. They were not good. According to the scans, the tumours had not responded.

That was a tough meeting. You always know when it's bad news by the look on the doctor's face the minute they come in the room. The good ones deliver bad news with compassion and empathy. The bad ones either overdo the phoney caring or don't even try, escaping this uncomfortable time as quickly as they possibly can.  Regardless of the bad radiotherapy result, I knew I couldn't give up, and I began Dr Callebout's regime a month or so after radiotherapy ended. He is a qualified medical doctor, homeopath and specialist in alternative treatments for cancer. He admitted he hadn't treated anyone with my level of cancer before but said he would give it a go.

Emotionally this whole time was very different to anything I would have imagined. I felt very strong. I felt incredibly supported. Friends wrote, visited, including four friends who separately travelled from the US to spend time with me. People gave me money. And Stacey, my friend and lodger, chose to spend the time taking care of me. I felt very spiritually connected and supported. I was brought up a Christian and felt a very intimate source of support from Jesus. My mother wrote to dozens of contemplative Anglican orders and asked the nuns to pray for me. The esoteric church I belong to also provided huge energetic assistance. I really felt Grace was extended to me in a big way. I had a new sense of serenity. It was as though all the areas I normally obsess about - money, men, work, was I good enough, was I pretty enough, was I clever enough - they all seemed to wither away in the face of this huge challenge - will I live or will I die? I actually felt very happy, despite the physical difficulties I was undergoing.

The regime I took on was tough, but as I was a survivor of the Gerson Therapy (13 juices a day and five coffee enemas - for two years), I knew I could hack it. My regime consisted of a pure diet - organic vegetables, nothing processed, no booze, no coffee etc. Six freshly squeezed vegetable juices per day, three coffee enemas daily, castor oil rubs, Epsom salts baths, ice packs and hot packs and a footbath in mustard and cayenne pepper. I also had to take 122 tablets per day to boost my immune system and begin to dissolve the tumours.  My tablets included large doses of B17 (Phillip Day has written about these extensively); handfuls of digestive enzymes (as recommended in the Kelley-Gonzales approach) and numerous supplements to boost my system generally.

It was a tough regime, but it felt great to be the one responsible for my own recovery. The sense of empowerment far outweighed the hassle of what was physically involved. But best of all, it worked. 

I had a CT scan around four months later which showed that all the tumours had either reduced significantly or disappeared altogether. The hospital took credit for the brain tumours claiming that radiotherapy effects often take a while to kick in and that the previous scan was done too early to show a true result, but they were flabbergasted by the reduction in the other areas where I had had NO conventional treatment. They were surprised, but not interested enough to ask me in any detail exactly how this had been achieved. The term "spontaneous remission" was used - which I have since learned is a commonly heard blanket term used by unenlightened medics for any improvement not caused by conventional medical treatment.

The other day I heard another corker on my regular check-up visit to RMH. This time the doctor commented that the disappearance of the tumours in my body "could well be attributed to the brain radiotherapy"! I've got to the stage now where I am no longer angry about this approach, all I can do is laugh at the sometimes complete reluctance to see any value in anything other than their terrible trio of treatments (surgery, chemo and radiotherapy).

I continued working on my "spontaneous remission" for a further seven months, and a scan in November 2002 showed that everything had gone, bar a small abnormality in my spleen. As I write today in June 2005 I am enjoying excellent health. In fact, in August I am going on a trek in the Himalayas. I still juice, eat organic and do enemas and will always take good care of my health.

Before I got sick I worked as a coach (a bit like a counsellor) and facilitator (running training courses). Now I am using those skills (in combination with my cancer experience and research) to offer coaching support to people affected by cancer who want to take a proactive approach to their recovery. I work over the telephone or face-to-face looking at the two elements Phillip is examining on his current Attitude Tour - the physical and the mental, and how to make changes in both that will lead to wellness on every level.
Someone once said that during their experience of cancer they had wished there was someone like a midwife who could be with them - someone knowledgeable and kind - who could be their witness and their supporter. That's what I wished I'd had and what I am offering to anyone affected by cancer.

Ginny Fraser ginnyf@tiscali.co.uk

Source:  http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/260905/CTM-%20ginnyfraser.htm

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DON'T DRINK YOUR MILK
 
Processing Is the Problem:

The path that transforms healthy milk products into allergens and carcinogens begins with modern feeding methods that substitute high-protein, soy-based feeds for fresh green grass and breeding methods to produce cows with abnormally large pituitary glands so that they produce three times more milk than the old fashioned scrub cow. These cows need antibiotics to keep them well.

Their milk is then pasteurized so that all valuable enzymes are destroyed (lactase for the assimilation of lactose; galactase for the assimilation of galactose; phosphatase for the assimilation of calcium).

Literally dozens of other precious enzymes are destroyed in the pasteurization process. Without them, milk is very difficult to digest. The human pancreas is not always able to produce these enzymes; over-stress of the pancreas can lead to diabetes and other diseases.

The butterfat of commercial milk is homogenized, subjecting it to rancidity. Even worse, butterfat may be removed altogether. Skim milk is sold as a health food, but the truth is that butter-fat is in milk for a reason.

Without it the body cannot absorb and utilize the vitamins and minerals in the water fraction of the milk. Along with valuable trace minerals and short chain fatty acids, butterfat is America's best source of preformed vitamin A.

Synthetic vitamin D, known to be toxic to the liver, is added to replace the natural vitamin D complex in butterfat. Butterfat also contains re-arranged acids which have strong anti-carcinogenic properties.

Non-fat dried milk is added to 1% and 2% milk. Unlike the cholesterol in fresh milk, which plays a variety of health promoting roles, the cholesterol in non-fat dried milk is oxidized and it is this rancid cholesterol that promotes heart disease.

Like all spray dried products, non-fat dried milk has a high nitrite content. Non-fat dried milk and sweetened condensed milk are the principle dairy products in third world countries; use of ultra high temperature pasteurized milk is widespread in Europe.

Other Factors Regarding Milk:

Milk and refined sugar make two of the largest contributions to food induced ill health in our country. That may seem like an overly harsh statement, but when one examines the evidence, this is a reasonable conclusion.

The recent approval by the FDA of the use of BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) by dairy farmers to increase their milk production only worsens the already sad picture.

BGH causes an increase in an insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in the milk of treated cows. IGF-1 survives milk pasteurization and human intestinal digestion. It can be directly absorbed into the human bloodstream, particularly in infants.

It is highly likely that IGF-1 promotes the transformation of human breast cells to cancerous forms. IGF-1 is also a growth factor for already cancerous breast and colon cancer cells, promoting their progression and invasiveness.

It is also possible for us to absorb the BGH directly from the milk. This will cause further IGF-1 production by our own cells.

BGH will also decrease the body fat of cows. Unfortunately, the body fat of cows is already contaminated with a wide range of carcinogens, pesticides, dioxin, and antibiotic residues. When the cows have less body fat, these toxic substances are then transported into the cows' milk.

BGH also causes the cows to have an increase in breast infections for which they must receive additional antibiotics.

Prior to BGH, 38%of milk sampled nationally was already contaminated by illegal residues of antibiotics and animal drugs. This will only increase with the use of BGH. One can only wonder what the long term complications will be for drinking milk that has a 50% chance it is contaminated with antibiotics.

There is also a problem with a protein enzyme called xanthine oxidase which is in cow's milk. Normally, proteins are broken down once you digest them.

However, when milk is homogenized, small fat globules surround the xanthine oxidase and it is absorbed intact into your blood stream. There is some very compelling research demonstrating clear associations with this absorbed enzyme and increased risks of heart disease.

Ear specialists frequently insert tubes into the ear drums of infants to treat recurrent ear infections. It has replaced the previously popular tonsillectomy to become the number one surgery in the country.

Unfortunately, most of these specialists don't realize that over 50% of these children will improve and have no further ear infections if they just stop drinking their milk.

This is a real tragedy. Not only is the $3,000 spent on the surgery wasted, but there are some recent articles supporting the likelihood that most children who have this procedure will have long term hearing losses.

It is my strong recommendation that you discontinue your milk products. If you find this difficult, I would start for several weeks only, and reevaluate how you feel at that time.

This would include ALL dairy, including skim milk and Lact-Aid milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. If you feel better after several weeks you can attempt to rotate small amounts of one form of milk every four days.

You probably are wondering what will happen to your bones and teeth if you stop milk. The majority of the world's population takes in less than half the calcium we are told we need and yet they have strong bones and healthy teeth.

Cows' milk is rich in phosphorous which can combine with calcium -- and can prevent you from absorbing the calcium in milk. The milk protein also accelerates calcium excretion from the blood through the kidneys.

This is also true when you eat large amount of meat and poultry products. Vegetarians will need about 50% less calcium than meat eaters because they lose much less calcium in their urine.

It is possible to obtain all your calcium from dark green vegetables (where do you think the cow gets their's from?). The darker the better. Cooked collard greens and kale are especially good. If you or your child is unable to take in large amounts of green vegetables, you might want to supplement with calcium.

If you can swallow pills, we have an excellent, inexpensive source called Calcium Citrate, which has a number of other minerals which your body requires to build up maximally healthy bone.

It is much better than a simple calcium tablet. You can take about 1,000 mg a day. For those who already suffer from osteoporosis, the best calcium supplement is microcrystalline hydroxyapatite.

It is also important that you take vitamin D in the winter months from November to March. Normally your skin converts sunshine to vitamin D, but the sunshine levels in the winter are very low unless you visit Florida or Mexico type areas.

Most people obtain their vitamin D from milk in the winter; so if you stop it, please make sure you are taking calcium with vitamin D or a multi vitamin with vitamin D to prevent bone thinning.

Most people are not aware that the milk of most mammals varies considerably in its composition. For example, the milk of goats, elephants, cows, camels, wolves, and walruses show marked differences, in their content of fats, protein, sugar, and minerals. Each was designed to provide optimum nutrition to the young of the respective species. Each is different from human milk.

In general, most animals are exclusively breast-fed until they have tripled their birth weight, which in human infants occurs around the age of one year. In no mammalian species, except for the human (and domestic cat) is milk consumption continued after the weaning period. Calves thrive on cow milk. Cow's milk is designed for calves.

Cow's milk is the number one allergic food in this country. It has been well documented as a cause in diarrhea, cramps, bloating, gas, gastrointestinal bleeding, iron-deficiency anemia, skin rashes, atherosclerosis, and acne.

It is the primary cause of recurrent ear infections in children. It has also been linked to insulin dependent diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, infertility, and leukemia.

Hopefully, you will reconsider your position on using milk as a form of nourishment. Small amounts of milk or milk products taken infrequently, will likely cause little or no problems for most people.

However, the American Dairy Board has done a very effective job of marketing this product. Most people believe they need to consume large, daily quantities of milk to achieve good health. NOTHING could be further from the truth.

Public health officials and the National Dairy Council have worked together in this country to make it very difficult to obtain wholesome, fresh, raw dairy products. Nevertheless, they can be found with a little effort. In some states, you can buy raw milk directly from farmers.

Whole, pasteurized, non-homogenized milk from cows raised on organic feed is now available in many gourmet shops and health food stores. It can be cultured to restore enzyme content, at least partially. Cultured buttermilk is often more easily digested than regular milk; it is an excellent product to use in baking.

Many shops now carry whole cream that is merely pasteurized (not ultra pasteurized like most commercial cream); diluted with water, it is delicious on cereal and a good substitute for those allergic to milk.

Traditionally made creme fraiche (European style sour cream), it also has a high enzyme content
 
Source:  http://www.mercola.com/article/milk/no_milk.htm

Chlorinated Water Can Affect Cancer Risk
 
Lifetime consumption of chlorinated tap water can more than double the risk of bladder and rectal cancers in certain individuals, two new studies conclude.

Both studies examined the lifetime water-consumption patterns, diets and lifestyles of over 2,200 middle-aged and elderly Iowans suffering from either bladder, colon, or rectal cancers. Those profiles were then compared with those of a pool of nearly 2,000 healthy 'controls'.

Recent research has suggested that chlorine reacts with naturally-found organic compounds in water to form what the study authors call "chlorination byproducts."

They say many of these byproducts are "mutagenic and/or carcinogenic." The first study found that smoking men who drank chlorinated tap water for more than 40 years faced double the risk of bladder cancer compared with smoking men who drank nonchlorinated water. Women who drank chlorinated water, on the other hand, had only slightly raised risks for bladder cancers, regardless of (their) smoking status.

The second study found that rates for rectal cancers for both sexes escalated with duration of consumption of chlorinated water. Individuals on low-fiber diets who also drank chlorinated water for over 40 years more than doubled their risk for rectal cancer, compared with lifetime drinkers of nonchlorinated water.

Similar differences were also found between the risk patterns of chlorinated-water drinkers who exercised at least once a week, and those who exercised just once a month, or less. Experts have long recommended regular exercise as one means of reducing one's risk of rectal and other cancers.

The study found no link between the long-term consumption of chlorinated tap water and the incidence of colon cancer. This was not surprising, the researchers explain, since colon tumors have very different patterns of genesis and development compared with rectal tumors.

They speculate that the source of chlorinated tap water may help determine its potential to promote cancers.

Since surface water (such as that found in lakes and reservoirs) usually contains higher concentrations of organic compounds, the study authors say it is also more likely to contain higher levels of (potentially carcinogenic) chlorination byproducts, compared with water sourced from deep underground.

Epidemiology 1998;9(1):21-28, 29-35

Source: www.mercola.com

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MSG is Why You Want to Avoid McDonald's Like the Plague

A close reading of a list of classic McDonald's recipes from the '50s through the '70s reveals a disturbing amount of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), a chemical whose potential health effects have caused considerable controversy.

However, the use of MSG in McDonald's food is not solely a matter of history. MSG is still present in some forms in many modern McDonald's products, including their Grilled Chicken Filet, Sausage Patty, and French Fries.

Many other foods on their menu, especially those that contain "natural flavors" or "hydrolyzed protein" as ingredients, also contain MSG. Most of the MSG is in the form of glutamic acid, the chemical's active component.

Studies have indicated that MSG can cause severe allergies and even brain damage. Most baby food companies have voluntarily stopped using MSG in their products.
Mr-imp.net

Dr. Mercola's Comment (11 May 06):

Glutamic acid (MSG) is a major component of McDonald's food. While there's simply no excuse for consuming their French fries or diet soft drinks, one could make a logical argument to have their hamburgers, as long as you are not a carb type.

But this does not take into consideration the MSG added to their foods. MSG is a toxic substance people consume in processed foods, and probably wouldn't if they knew it causes many of their brain cells to die.
McDonald's and most all other fast food restaurants use MSG to help sell their foods. MSG is very inexpensive and makes the food taste good -- which in many ways is similar to sugar -- but MSG is far more toxic than sugar.

MSG, like L-cysteine and aspartame, are excitotoxins, chemical transmitters that allow brain cells to communicate, as described in Dr. Russell's Blaylock's book, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills. Excitotoxins are exactly what they sound like: Toxins like MSG that excite your brain cells to DEATH!

The bottom line is that you are going to need to invest some time in the kitchen if you want to stay healthy and avoid fast foods, which if consumed regularly will accelerate your departure from this planet.

Source: www.mercola.com 

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Aluminum Exposure Increases Your Alzheimer's Risks

The possibility of a link between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease has been raised once more following the autopsy of a British woman who died of the illness. Sixteen years before her death, an industrial accident had contaminated her local drinking water with aluminum sulphate.

No Family History of Dementia
An autopsy showed that Carole Cross suffered from a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's, and also indicated high levels of aluminum in her bodily tissues. There was no history of dementia in the woman's family.

20,000 Exposed

In 1988, a truck driver accidentally poured 20 tons of aluminum sulphate into a tank containing drinking water. Some 20,000 people in the village of Camelford, including Ms. Cross, were exposed to the chemical for several weeks. Several other inhabitants of Camelford are also reported to be suffering from dementia.

Nature.com April 21, 2006

Dr. Mercola's Comment (13 May 06):

Many of you are aware that we are in the midst of an impending Alzheimer's epidemic. Even though many are on statin drugs to lower their risk of heart disease, that does absolutely nothing to prevent Alzheimer's. 

So what good is it to prevent heart disease and lose your brain, or die from some miserable cancer, because you did not address the underlying cause of most chronic disease, which is related to elevated insulin levels?

An interesting factoid: Even though the UK patient in this study had no family history of Alzheimer's, she did have a genetic marker (APOE) for the disease, leading some to believe her heavy exposure to aluminum accelerated the development of the disease.

Whether that is the case or not, this report underscores one more reason why you must stay away from heavy metals such as aluminum.

It is very difficult to avoid all environmental toxins but does that mean we should give up? What you can do is limit your exposure as much as possible by following some basic common sense tips:

• Buy and eat, as much as possible, organic produce and free-range, organic foods.
• Rather than eating fish, which is largely contaminated with PCBs and mercury, right-size your intake of omega-3 fats by taking a high-quality krill oil.
• Only use natural cleaning products in your home, and switch over to natural brands of toiletries, including shampoo, toothpaste, antiperspirants and cosmetics. You can find these in your local health food store or you can search online.
• Remove any metal fillings from your teeth, as they're a major source of mercury. Be sure to have this done by a qualified biological dentist.
• Avoid artificial food additives of all kind, including artificial sweeteners and MSG.
• Seek to build your health up through the nutrition insights detailed in my Total Health Program, and then limit your use of drugs (prescription and over-the-counter) as much as possible. Drugs are chemicals too, and they will leave residues and accumulate in your body over time.

Source: www.mercola.com

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NEW STUDY CONFIRMS VITAMIN C EFFECTIVE AS CANCER TREATMENT 

by Patrick Holford

High-dose vitamin C has proven highly effective in treating cancer, according to research published by the US National Academy of Science. This confirms studies in the 1970s by the Nobel prize winner Dr Linus Pauling, who gave 100 terminally ill cancer patients 10 grams (10,000mg) of vitamin C each day, the equivalent of 220 oranges, and compared their outcome with 1,000 cancer patients given conventional therapy. The survival rate was five times higher in those taking vitamin C and while all of the 1,000 “control patients”  died, 13 of the vitamin C patients were still alive ten years later, with 12 apparently free from cancer. In the 1990’s Drs Murata and Morishige of Saga University in Japan showed that cancer patients on 5 to 30grams of vitamin C lived 6 times longer than those on 4 grams or less, while those suffering from cancer of the uterus lived 15 times longer on vitamin C therapy.

However, Pauling’s findings were discredited, largely due to an apparent ‘replication’ of their study by the Mayo Clinic in the US . There were, however, two major differences between the original trial and that of the Mayo Clinic. The ‘terminal’ patients in the original trial kept taking vitamin C every day, while those in the Mayo Clinic trial stopped after an average of 75 days. Also, in Pauling’s study patients were given a combination of oral and intravenous vitamin C, while in the Mayo Clinic study only oral vitamin C was used.

In a comprehensive study of the effects of intravenous vitamin C by researchers from the US National Institutes of Health, led by Dr Qi Chen, intravenous vitamin C has proven to cause cancer cell death across a wide range of cancers including lymphoma, breast, lung, colon, kidney and skin (melanomas) in both animal and human cancer cells. This high dose vitamin C led to the formation of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical that can kill cancer cells. Normal cells were not affected by vitamin C at any concentration. This research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science this week, proves that intravenous vitamin C is a potentially highly effective and inexpensive non-toxic form of chemotherapy.

This may also explain why high dietary intakes of vitamin C are associated with lower risk for cancer. In a comprehensive review of over 100 studies, author Dr Gladys Block, formerly with the National Cancer Institute, concludes, “Approximately 90 epidemiologic studies have examined the role of vitamin C or vitamin-C-rich foods in cancer prevention, and the vast majority have found statistically significant protective effects. Evidence is strong for cancers of the oesophagus, oral cavity, stomach and pancreas. There is also substantial evidence of a protective effect in cancers of the cervix, rectum and breast. Even in lung cancer there is recent evidence of a role for vitamin C.”

My advice for cancer patients is to find a doctor who can administer intravenous vitamin C and, failing that, supplement 10 to 20 grams diluted in half water and juice, up to ‘bowel tolerance’ level meaning below the amount that causes loose bowels, under the supervision of a nutritional therapist. For the prevention of cancer eating as much fruit and vegetables as possible and supplementing 1 gram twice a day, is a sensible precaution. The best foods for vitamin C are broccoli, peppers, berries and citrus fruit.

Source:  www.patrickholford.com