Nutrition Is Important For Cancer Patients: Can Save Lives

Nutrition: By Dr. I. Brighthope

Disclaimer: Notes recorded by Debby Blettner

Dated 1998: Dr. Ian Brighthope specializes in Nutritional Medicine with particular interest in cancer. He is the President of the Australian College of Nutritional Medicine and Fellow of the International College of Applied Nutrition, Fellow of the New York Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry and Author of a number of Books.

What are the reasons for nutrition for cancer patients?

-To put an antioxidant on every cell of your body.

-To increase resistance on the assault of Medical Professions.

–Selenium is a very important mineral. Everyone is deficient!

–Spontaneous Remission is very possible. Life style, diet, mental state all affect your health greatly!

–White sugar is the best-marketed drug on the market. It is a KILLER! Without exception, patients do better without it!

-Vitamin C is the most powerful Antioxidant, made available quickly to your body, with no side effects.

–Too much protein causes the liver to stress.

-Vegetable juices, carrot, celery, wheat-grass and beetroot, give lots of antioxidants.

-Any seeds suppress cancer, sunflower, sesame, pumpkin for example.

-Mushrooms are very good for the immune system.

-Metaplasia –means pre-malignant.

-Cook your food with garlic and ginger. It is a big help to your body.

–“Itis” –may result in cancer, example- hepatitis due to a depressed immune system.

-Exercise is very important.

–Phytoestrogens are chemicals from plants that are helpful to the body.

–Wheat grass juice and barley green are good.

-Pumpkin, sunflower and apricot kernels are great. 4-6 kernels a day is recommended.

–Aloe Vera gel: put on all affected skin, before and after Radiation Treatment, to prevent burns.

–Intravenous Vitamin C should be taken before and after Chemotherapy for best results, and least side affects.

-50mg of Vit C a day, does not optimize health.

-We need Vit C because we don’t produce it or store it in our bodies.

-Vit C is a natural sedative.

–S (Sex?)

–A Attitude

–L Life Style

–A Activity

–D Diet

Remember, SALAD!

-Garlic detoxifies chemicals and is active against infection.

–Mistletoe kills cancer cells and increases the immune system.

–Red Clover is a blood cleanser and helps with breast and ovarian and all cancers.

–Chaparral is an excellent antioxidant herb.

–Aloe Vera is an antioxidant.

–Comfrey– accelerates the healing of wounds. Use as a tea. Use only for 1 month at the most, each time, as it can cause liver problems. You can grow it yourself.

–Wheat grass – You can grow your own. One thimble-sized juice is full of antioxidants.

–Echinacea Angustitolia – Excellent for chronic bronchitis. Can be taken by tablet or tea.

–Cortizone suppresses the immune system.

–Pao d’Arco – tahibo tree, the bark suppresses cancer cell growth.

–Tea tree oil – good for skin infections.

–Dandelion – liver stimulation and kidney excretory purposes. Good for Radiotherapy.

–Berberis – Liver, Burdock root, blood cleansers. Used in Japan.

-Japanese tea is different from Chinese green tea.

–Ginseng – Don’t use with active cancer patients. It gives too much stimulation. Use it when the cancer is under control.

–Golden Seal – Helps to heal mucous membranes.

-Shelf Fungus – Mushrooms, shitaki mushrooms or powders, stimulate the immune system.

–Antibiotic Prescription is a plague of the human race.

Phytoestrogens-

-Legumes, soya products

-Grains, Linseed.

-Herbs- black cohosh, (important female hormone), red clover

-Soya lowers breast cancer.

-Hormone replacement increases Oestrogens, which is dangerous.

–Isoflavones – do have an effect on breast cancer- get on to it! Soy products!

-160mg\day recommended tablet for breast cancer. 120-180mg\day in 3-4 tablets a day. It is not cheap! Do it for 2-3 months and then drop to 1 tablet per day.

(Check with GP)

-Take in linseed and soya daily.

–Acidophilus is very good for gut bacteria.

Laughter is the best medicine.

-Animal products are more acidic.

-Use more alkaline products, more vegetables\fruits, etc.

-Drink water 1\2 hour before meals. Hydrate every cell in body. Drink before the meal and not with the meal as you dilute all the digestive juices.

-Berries, seeds, nuts, juices are all very good.

-Linseed is good to take daily, but it must be ground up and used the same day.

Mainstream Medicine is not scientific.

–A lot of the cancer survivors are mostly out of the mainstream Medicine and Doctors.

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