Raw and Cancer

[contessa20]

Yesterday my sister called and asked me to speak to a friend of hers with cancer. This lady is 27 yrs. old, was diagnosed with cancer, did the requisite chemo & radiation, was in remission for a bit but now it's back and has spread with a vengeance. Doctors say they can't do anything more for her and she doesn't want more chemo & radiation anyway.

She started researching online and came across some information on a vegan and alkaline diet in relation to cancer. When my sister told her that I was a raw vegan she immediately wanted to talk to me. I'm going to call her probably today or tomorrow but I want some feedback on what to say.

My first inclination was to tell her to go on a juice fast heavy on vegetable and green juices (particularly wheat grass), staying away from too much fruit since I've read that cancer feeds on sugar, even fruit sugar when you're in an advanced state of deterioration due to cancer.

My second inclination was to tell her to take grape seed extract as it has been tested and was proven to kill leukemia cells. And then finally, I will tell her that she may want to look into going to a place like Hippocrates Health Institute to get her jump started.

I'm going to offer to have her over for a raw lunch and possibly even make it a weekly thing. I feel strongly that I need to befriend this woman.

What resources can I offer her that are available out there to get her going on the right path? I know she wants books to read. Are there any that deal specifically or even just in part with cancer and raw foods? Any videos or DVD's I can point her to? Are there any juicing recipe books out there that focus mostly on green juices as opposed to fruits? Any specific forums for rawbies with cancer? Anything else I should tell her? Any other tips or information?

Thanks bunches!

[Veganforlife]

Go to Revvell's website (sorry using my phone, can't copy and paste). I KNOW Revvell has interviewed a few people that have had cancer and healed it with eating Raw.
Good luck!

[margoss]

Good that she wanted to talk to you. This may be one of your life needs to help others. I know several people who took Paw-Paw when they were given 2 months, this was few yrs ago!! Also, those I know who've gone to the non-chemo route & saw Naturo/Homeo paths all had 8oz of fresh organic carrot juice 6 times a day, the lemon drink for Braggs ACV-lemon & water at room temp or slightlly warm. The book Alkaline or Die is an excellent source. Acceptance of receivng a miracle are very important. I feel that an emotional cleansing is very important too. Non-forgiveness can make us sick bc we harbor all that anger in our bodie & it attacks us. It's important she do do this. Forgiveness doesn't mean you let the people back in you life, forgiveness is for you not them. It can take a long time for it happen 100% but everytime it pops up, instead of talking about the person/event again, let it go..verbally & 'I free myself from this'. Removing anything or people from her life that are negative or not supportive of her choice to fight vs to 'listen to what they said and accept it" is important too. It's not hating them just only surrounding with positive & love. this can be very hard bc so many accept that cancer is a death sentence all the time. Tell the people that they need to bring love & support or have minimal contact.
There are some other things I can tell you if you want to contact me privately. First thing is the carrot juice, greens are excellent too bc of the chollora. do not mix them together.
It's sad to see someone this age attacked in this manor. Devistating to hear those words. Many stand up & refuse to believe it after all they've been through with the chemo & others just shut down. Good for her for standing up. My H shut down, this was very hard. I was doing everything possible for him/us...research, juicing praying. He was never the same after hearing those words & basicly starved & dehydrated himself. We went to a Homeopath & he wouldn't do some of the things that he needed to be bc he didn't like the way it tasted but the blood has to be in an alkaline state. You'll read many times that cancer cannot live in it. She need regular bm's too to get it out. It was very sad but I learned so much. I will tell you some encouragement for this girl. When I was preg, my labs came back very bad. I was told to terminate aka abort. I refused. They were so mad at me, wanted to induce me at 23 weeks so I could have surgery..I refused. She probably wouldn't have survived. I prayed, figured out where this came from bc it attacked a part of my body I had told myself I didn't need anymore, i was married to a cruel person & I basicly died. I took one day of pity & the rest I stood up to this. Now, I tell my entire body that I love it & need it. If I'm not using for what it was intended, I tell it that it's getting a rest but I still love & needed it. Every time, my labs were better. Had surgery after birth, didn't feel I needed it but did. All my labs were negative!!!! MD was in shock, sent my labs to 2 other places bc he thought they would find something. The chief of Onocology was the only ones who checked my labs. One may have John Hopkins, I can't remember. I received a Miracle! they had said I wouldn't be here to see my baby turn 1yo, I said yes I will. They told I needed to take my head out of the cloud & look at what's in b&w...gee thanks. Glad I didn't listen to them. I like being in a cloud sometimes, keeps me less serious:). The funny thing was, 18 yrs b4 that, I read an article about a girl who was told the same thing as me. She drank 4 pds of carrot juice a day, cut all kinds of things out of her diet, prayed, gave thanks for this beautiful baby & refuse to accept that her life was over when she'd waited so long for this child. I can still see the girls face in the picture. I always remembered this story. I did exactly what she did. I felt I was lead to read that article 18yrs b4 bc there was a possibility I might need it later.
Tell this girl not to give up but stand up..contact me.

[Ilse W.]

www.cancertutor.com is the greatest resource I've found on the internet. I am a cancer survivor!

[Humanist]

My first inclination was to tell her to go on a juice fast heavy on vegetable and green juices (particularly wheat grass), staying away from too much fruit since I've read that cancer feeds on sugar, even fruit sugar when you're in an advanced state of deterioration due to cancer.


The Gerson cancer therapy allows all kinds of fruits except berries, pineapples, and avocados. Berries and pineapples are prohibited because "they may cause an allergic reaction to the aromatic acids present." Avocados are "too high in fats." Bananas are allowed in moderation.

[Mary Kay]

I had a molar pregnancy --where two sperm fertilize one egg and so your body grows cysts. It can become cancerous, so I went on a raw-juice fast. Dr's literally yelled at me. Said to get D& C, possible hysterectomy. Three weeks later I had a very easy m/c....That's the very short version.

My thoughts:
green smoothie fast is easier than a raw-juice fast. No need to worry about pooping/elimination. You just poop naturally. No fats, or proteins. I've gone as long as six weeks. (I do NOT believe in a vegan diet and am a meat eater. I tell you this because even I believe you must totally avoid all protein and fat while cleansing), with the exception of a little flax after the first week. Gerson and Budwig found flax did not promote cancer. I believe small amts help keep your hormones working properly. But still at what is a normal fat deficit for your body. Just enough for the hormones.

Monitor pH, of course.

Take digestive enzymes with smoothies. Take enteric-coated digestive enzymes betw meals. Cancer cells are coated with HcG, human chorionic gonadotropin...This is a pregnancy protein. It coats the cancer cell like a wolf in sheep's clothing, so your body won't atack it. Taking enteric dig enz betw meals gets into your intestines, where it gets into your blood and digests the coating on the cells. Even men with cancer can test pos with a pregnancy test because of all the HCG. would be interesting for your friend to take a pregnancy test.

I agree with you to go to Hippocrates.

Get the book "Beating Cancer With Nutrition" by Patrick Quillin. That's where I picked up the HCG tidbit.

No sugar, as you said.

Lotsof deep breathing. Cancer hates oxygen.
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Hugs to you for trying to help her.

Mary Kay

[RawLibrarian]

You might want to check out Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Life (http://crazysexylife.com/)

She's a cancer survivor and dealt with her cancer by changing her diet and lifestyle. There is a documentary about her (Crazy Sexy Cancer) and she has a couple of books out, as well as her website.

She's young and your sister might be interested in what one of her peers did to rid herself of cancer.

That's great that your sister is interested in dietary and lifestyle solutions, and it's great that she has you for support.

[margoss]

there's so much information/educaton here..... I love it!!!

[annavon]

Thomas Lodi, M.D. who has spoken at the Raw Spirit Festivals is an M.D. and holistic doctor that works with cancer patients using a raw food diet. I know they concentrate on green juices, wheat grass juice and sea vegetables. His website is:

www.anoasisofhealing.com

[NaiveJeanette]

I was just reading in a Roger Haeske newsletter that cancer only forms in an acidic environment. Cancer cells die/won't form in an alkaline body