Fried foods and outdoor grilling of food both produce carcinogens.
Category: Cancer
Prostate Cancer Treatment
What I’ve learned about prostate cancer treatment is that the low-dose radiation treatment in the last 10 years has gotten a lot better because now they use machines that have a precise demarcation for the prostate gland in targeting the radiation.
The other thing that I really had no knowledge of is the role testosterone plays. Testosterone promotes the growth of prostate cancer cells, but if you reduce it to the castration level with hormone treatment (a vaccination), you “starve” the prostate cancer cell into submission.
That seems to be the standard non-invasive treatment for prostate cancer these days: hormone treatment combined with low-dose radiation.
I had 28 sessions of low-dose radiation, which is typical. But each session is quite expensive. Thankfully, I have Medicare and supplemental health insurance, but I do think if someone is unlucky enough to get prostate cancer before the age of 62 when Medicare kicks in, the high cost of the standard radiation treatment would be a significant issue.
Prostate Cancer Benefit
How is it that a diagnosis of prostate cancer can be beneficial? Well, when you get this diagnosis, it makes one take one’s mortality more seriously, and that leads to appreciate one’s current days and moments during the day that much more, for they are now more finite — no longer more or less unlimited. So one had better stay in the moment and appreciate it for all its worth.
Cancer Cells
Does autophagy, boosted by a long fast, kill off cancer cells?
Sugar and Cancer
They know that cancer tumors love sugar. They have actually seen how cancer cells hog sugar from normal cells.
It therefore stands to reason that, if you have cancer, you want to severely limit refined sugar of any type, and keep your carbohydrates extremely low, as these turn into glucose, a simple sugar.
Fasting and Cancer
Looks pretty clear that a 3-day water fast does a lot in terms of fighting cancer. Cancer cells grow using glucose, not ketones, but if you are fasting, there is no added glucose for cancer cells to use. Also, the lack of additional protein undermines tumor growth.
A long water fast stimulates autophagy, which may mean the actual destruction of cancer cells.
A long water fast also simulates the immune system, which may be a key player in fighting off cancer. There have been many authorities assert that long fasts are beneficial for those doing chemo, largely because of this effect of restoring the immune system, which otherwise gets whacked on chemo.
The Keto diet with low carbohydrates and moderate protein might be the best choice for a cancer patient. Again, low carbohydrates minimizes the amount of glucose available. so cancer cells “starve”.
There’s quite a bit of evidence that mushrooms have the effect of minimizing blood vessel growth. This can help with cancerous tumors as these tumors need blood vessels in order to continue growing.
Cancer and Food
Watched the documentary Be Here Now on Netflix of an actor who was struck down by lymphoma. Very powerful blow by blow description of his struggle with the disease. But I was shocked that the one thing he didn’t try was to design his diet to fight the tumors. That never came up as an option.
Anyone who has read at all extensively about food and cancer knows that sugar feeds tumors, the foods with high ORAC values negate free radicals, and that certain types of mushrooms restrain blood vessel growth in tumors and therefore starve them, but none of this came up during his battle with the disease. Like food and cancer were completely unrelated. Not true, in my opinion.
Cancer
The C Word documentary on Netflix was interesting.
Among other things, makes the claim that everyone has cancer cells.
Emphasis on a holistic approach to dealing with the disease or preventing its occurrence in the first place. Key factors are diet, stress, exercise, and toxins in our environment.
ORAC Values
The ORAC value of clove powder is off the chart, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to incorporate it into my diet, as the taste is not very appetizing. I suppose I could put it into smoothies.
With all the attention on free radicals, it is surprising to me that more people don’t seek out foods with high ORAC values.
The last thing I eat every day, without fail, is an apple cut in half with both halves sprinkled with cinnamon — another ORAC all star.
What are your ORAC all stars?
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