Anti-Cancer Tips

Many of you are wondering what I've been doing during the 2 1/2 weeks since my surgery. Not only have I been recovering both physically and emotionally from the scary ordeal that is cancer, I have been doing a lot of reading and research on the underlying causes of cancer and how to combat it. My main concern at this point is making sure that it doesn't come back by learning to develop to habits and lifestyle patterns that will treat the underlying causes of disease, not just the symptoms. There is a lot of source material on anti-cancer diets and even more on the complex reasons one might develop cancer in the first place.

To distill all this information is difficult for the lay person without the medical knowledge to comprehend it all, but the basic underlying principal is that our bodies become overloaded with toxins through the foods we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. From what I've read, the basic Western diet is more chemically-loaded than nutrient-primed, and so our bodies stockpile toxins that our bodies may not be able to get rid of, which could then lead to diseases such as cancer. Most foods are processed or adulterated, loaded with chemical preservatives or pesticides & herbicides, and are made from plant or animal components that have been "dead" for a long time before reaching your table. Unfiltered water may be tainted with additives or we simply don't drink enough clean water everyday in order to assist our bodies in the detoxification process. We breathe air that is polluted or saturated with chemicals that "outgas" during the processing of plastics or we purposely pollute our bodies by smoking cigarettes. All of these toxins bio-accumulate in our bodies and we may not be doing enough to help ourselves detoxify.

The best tool in the fight against cancer is knowledge. We can choose to arm ourselves or let our defenses fall. Doctors and pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo when it comes to conventionally-accepted cancer treatments, but there is so much more you can do to edify yourself and really understand and prevent the underlying causes of disease rather than just waiting to treat the symptoms that develop later.

The following is a list of basic things you can do NOW in order to help boost your defenses:

1. Drink plenty of clean, filtered water everyday- a minimum of 64 oz. Your body needs a way to get rid of toxins that built up in your body and drinking lots of water is the one of the simplest and best ways to achieve this. Try to avoid drinking water out of disposable plastic bottles as the water may be tainted from the plastic and the disposable bottle itself is an landfill nightmare. Another good bet is to drink one cup of Japanese green tea daily. Let it steep for a full 8 - 10 minutes and drink within 2 hours of making it for maximum benefit .

2. Eat a low-fat, high-fiber diet, supplemented with plenty of fruits and vegetables. You've heard this one before, but it is critical because diets rich in fats, red meat, and refined sugars can contribute to many kinds of disease.

3. Cut down on alcohol and smoking or quit altogether. They say youth is wasted on the young, but sometimes health is wasted on the healthy. If you are in good health, don't purposely pollute your body with toxins.

4. Early detection and screening for disease. Know your family history, do the research, "google" the information on disease prevention. You'll be amazed at the amount of information available to you.