Honokiol and How It Works

Dr. Kahn, of Toronto's Medicor Clinic, put me on a regimen of TM and Honokiol a month ago. The TM attacks tumours by removing copper from the body.

An average body copper reading, as seen in a ceruloplasim blood test is between 215 and 540. (British Columbia lab level)  My reading was over 300.  The removal of copper allows for the death of the blood cells which develop around tumours. (for US readings, divide by 10)

Dr.Kahn also put me on Honopure (see the top video)

The Cancer Fighting Strategies website quotes Michelle Cagan who writes:

"When it comes to cancer, there’s more than one way to beat it, so honokiol doesn’t stop at one. Instead, it attacks cancer on multiple fronts, fighting tumors head-on.

It starts by making sure the tumors can’t supply themselves with the nutrients they need to thrive. You see, like all other cells, cancer cells need food and oxygen (among other things) to stay alive. They get their supplies by creating their own blood vessel networks, a process called angiogenesis.


But honokiol simply doesn’t let that happen. An early in vitro study found that honokiol could prevent that angiogenesis, 1 and more. This research also uncovered another anti-cancer power in honokiol’s arsenal: the ability to prevent tumor growth (formally known as antiproliferative activity) in mice with angiosarcoma, an extremely malignant and aggressive cancer that usually grows and spreads alarmingly fast.

Another in vitro study 2 discovered one of the key ways that honokiol helps conquer many types of cancer. It prevents a cancer-sustaining enzyme called PLD (phospholipase D) from doing its job. Left unchecked, PLD keeps cancer cells from dying off (a process known as apoptosis). So when honokiol blocks it, cancer cells die.

Increased PLD activity has been linked to several cancers (breast, kidney and colon, for example) and cancer cell lines (lung, pancreatic, and prostate, to name a few). So honokiol’s ability to rein in this disease-promoting enzyme can have a remarkable effect on any cancer that relies on PLD to survive.

Fight colon cancer without making yourself sicker

Colorectal cancer strikes hundreds of thousands of people every year—often affecting people over 60 years old. And while this form of cancer can be treated successfully using mainstream methods (like surgery and chemotherapy), the treatments themselves can be painful and debilitating.

Honokiol fights and kills many forms of cancer—but studies have shown that it does this without harming healthy cells (unlike many forms of chemotherapy). So researchers investigated honokiol’s effect on one of the most common cancers—colorectal cancer.

One group of researchers studied mice with human colon cancer. They injected the mice with honokiol every other day, and the results were stunning. The honokiol blocked tumor growth without a toxic effect on the mice. In fact, this powerful natural treatment prolonged their lives. 3

Prostate cancer can be complicated, but the real solution is very simple

Prostate cancer takes more than one form, but most mainstream treatments only work on a single, specific form. Honokiol, it turns out, just may be able to treat prostate cancer regardless of the form: androgen status, for example, or p53 status. (Androgen status refers to hormone levels, and p53 is a gene that is sometimes altered in men with prostate cancer.)

An in vitro study found that honokiol effectively caused apoptosis in several kinds of prostate cancer cells, both androgen dependent and independent, as well as cells with varying p53 status.

Bolstered by that success, they progressed their research to an animal study. There, the scientists found that treating mice with honokiol three times a week halted prostate tumor growth. The researchers also found a higher rate of cancer cell death. And more prostate cancer cell death combined with less tumor growth is exactly what you want when fighting this disease.

And unlike the mainstream options—surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy—honokiol did not cause weight loss or any other side effects. 4

Honokiol takes on even ‘incurable’ cancers

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is one of the toughest cancers to treat and beat. According to the mainstream medical community, it remains incurable.

But some very insightful researchers refused to accept that. And based on honokiol’s success against other cancer cell lines, they decided to see how well it would work fighting B-CLL cells. Their intuition paid off.

Their in vitro study 5 found that honokiol sets off the death cycle of these cancer cells, and that the extract was more toxic toward the B-CLL cells than healthy cells. On top of that, honokiol also improved the anti-cancer effects of chemotherapy drugs (fludarabine, cladribine, and chlorambucil).

And that’s not the only difficult cancer that honokiol helps conquer.

According to the National Cancer Institute, “For most patients with non-small cell lung cancer, current treatments do not cure the cancer.” And squamous lung cancer fits right into that category. While current mainstream therapies remain largely ineffective, honokiol (at least in lab tests) appears to have a very deadly impact on these cancer cells.

When researchers tested honokiol against squamous lung cancer cells in an in vitro study, their work paid off. The honokiol treatment set off a chain reaction that led to apoptosis, cancer cell death. 6"

Citations:
1 Bai, X., et al. Honokiol, a small molecular weight natural product, inhibits angiogenesis in vitro and tumor growth in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2003.
2 Garcia, A., et. al. Honokiol suppresses survival signals mediated by Ras-dependent phospholipase D activity in human cancer cells. Clin Cancer Res. 2008; 14(13)
3 Chen, F., et al. Honokiol: a potent chemotherapy candidate for human colorectal carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol. 10(23):3459-3463, 2004.
4 Hahm, E., et. al. Honokiol, a constituent of oriental medicinal herb magnolia officinalis, inhibits growth of PC-3 xenografts in vivo in association with apoptosis induction. Clin Cancer Res. 14(4), 2008.
5 Battle, T. E., et al. The natural product Honokiol induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) cells. Blood. 2005.
6 Yang, S. E., et al. Down-modulation of Bcl-XL, release of cytochrome c and sequential activation of caspases during honokiol-induced apoptosis in human squamous lung cancer CH27 cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 63(9):1641-1651, 2002.

To view this article at the Cancer Fighting Strategies website, please click here.

One Step Forward - One Step Back - Two Steps Forward

As many of you dear readers and friends know, I have been taking treatment for colo-rectal cancer which metamorphosised and took on its own, unpredictable life after that.  It popped up on the surface of my liver and a wedge was cut out, and a follow up CT scan revealed that it immediately took on a new life in my lungs.

I will be upfront.  I have tried a number of  hopeful  "potentially" good,  natural cures - from dandelion root, to diet, to taking a half dozen reishi capsules a day for about 8 months, to maple syrup and baking soda, and to muscadine grapeseed.  I am sure they are wonderful healing agents - for some people.  But, in the end none have been successful.  I eventually found my way into Dr. Akbar Khan's office in North York's (north of Toronto), Medicor Cancer Clinic.

I often think of the passing of Jack Layton, the former leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, (Canada's Official Opposition party) who died of cancer.  Jack had been treated for prostate cancer and in the end before he died, refused to publicly reveal what his cause of death was.  Why?  He didn't want to discourage anyone on their trip. Jack took the high road.

I began taking DCA treatment, and was incrementally increasing my dosage when I experienced problems with side effects.  It happens with some people.  I got a tingling sensation in one leg and in my feet.
Dr. Kahn moved me from DCA to taking TM, a new drug out of the University of Michigan.

I experienced leg cramps for about a week, and these eventually went away.  I've now been on TM for 10 days.  To my surprise, my most recent CEA blood test revealled a decline by 50% - in less then a month.
I have never had such a sizeable shift even when taking chemotherapy.

Is it working? I will take it for what its worth. Something is happening. Time will tell.

But the point is this - I expect that anyone who has lived with long term cancer knows what its like to take one step forward, and one step back. Two steps forward, one step back. Two steps back and one step forward.  Speaking personally, its been a slow slog through a muddy battlefield. But the battle is worth it. Pass me up the bullets mamma.

Reiki Healing..music by Mind, Body and Soul series

Song of Life, sung by Libera

There’s a whisper in the dark
As a new life comes to be.
Then a song begins to form
As it finds the harmony
With a chorus of sound
Of the world all around
Now it blends in the tune
Joining the endless song of life.

We shall never be alone
As we link our hearts in one
Joining voices from above,
All in the miracle of life.
Through the ages we will grow
Only time will ever know,
As our voices magnify,
All in the miracle of life.

Love plays along in our lives yet to come
As we join the song of life.

Now the music starts to build
As the words begin to rhyme
Then another lends a tune
As their voices now combine
With the chorus of sound
Of the world all around
Now they blend their tune
Sharing the endless song of life.

We shall never be alone
As we link our hearts in one
Joining voices from above,
All the miracle of life,
Through the ages we will grow
Only time will ever know,
As our voices magnify,
All in the miracle of life.

Love plays along in our lives yet to come
As we join in the song of life.

I Lost my Friend to Cancer on Saturday

Guenter and I walked together through this terrible illness. We were like two old soldiers, leaning on one another supported by crutches, as we made our way along the muddy road,  coming back from the battlefront.  We would encourage one another and share advice on how we might recover from our injuries. He had a bloodied cloth wrapped around his head from where he had been operated on, in the makeshift battlefield hospital tent and I coughed a lot.  We were a bloodied sight to see.

I knew he was going, but yet I didn't know.  The disturbing dream came two weeks ago around the time he began to lose his grip on life. I felt psychologically stripped down after it..  My wife looked at me one day and said...."You're giving up aren't you?" I felt like it. I felt terribly alone.

The phone call came a few hours ago.

Strange how it goes.  While I felt an immediate sense of loss, I also felt a sense of relief, for Guenter's suffering was over.

I thought of Jack Layton, writing these words, as he felt his life force slipping away.

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."

Guenter changed my world.

Thank you Guenter for letting me lean on you, as we hobbled  along together on our journey.

My DCA Journey

Here is the latest update on my DCA journey.

Nobody said it would be easy.

I have been struggling lately with  a sense of despair and anxiety.  I contacted Dr. Khan at the DCA clinic and he recommended that I suspend treatment for 2 weeks.

It has to be said that every body has its own unique characteristics and responses to its environment.

So, I want it to be known that if you are considering DCA treatment - that my response is my response. Don't be deterred from taking DCA based on my experiences.

I posted a response to this problem in the DCA website forum.  This is a splendid information resource for anyone taking DCA.  Please click here to go to the DCA site.

Cancer and Ripe Bananas

The bananas entry on Chris's facebook page, generated some response so Chris posted this link to the original study. Please click here.

source:
Chris Cured Cancer Facebook mirror

Fighting Cancer - Its Worth the Fight. Don't Give Up sung by Josh Groban

Cancer's Answer to Prayer

I have been visiting a DCA cancer site, and reading email testimonials and surveys conducted on the site.  If you have cancer, and have some serious concerns about overcoming this terrible disease, I cannot recommend more highly you checking this website out.

They have a forum where people write in and express their concerns.  Read it. You won't be disappointed.

To visit this site, please click here.  I don't want to exaggerate, but it could save your life.

Cancer Motivation Song You`ll Never Walk Alone - Live

Medicor Clinic: Second Visit

Medicor Visit, part two.

We arrived about a half hour early for our second appointment. We left lots of time, because of the shortage of parking around the building and the possibility of a traffic back up on Highway 401.  The clinic is just a block or so, north of 401, on the corner of Franklin and Yonge Streets.  Keep your eye peeled for a curb side parking space along Franklin, beside the clinic. You have an hour of free parking there.  There is an underground parking garage beneath the building but it is for permit holders and not for the public. Parking can be problematic.

We met with Dr. Doug Andrews (N.D). Doug is a well spoken youthful man, with a good insight into diet and supplements. He suggested that I tweak my protocol a bit. (See the right side column).

He is a good listener, empathetic and most encouraging.  When I told him that my diet was joyless and dull he told me that its ok to step outside its perimeters and cheat occasionally - just don't make it a daily practice.

He went on to explain how DCA turns off the energy switch in tumours.  It literally starves them to the point that they eventually shut down.  He suggested that I stop taking maple syrup with my baking soda.  The muscadine grape supplements I was taking looked fine to him. And, for those with an interest in my personal protocol, the muscadine grapeseed supplement attacks and reduces the network of small feeding blood veins that provide tumours with their life support. And, it alters the DNA identity of the cells it produces.  So...when I combine that with the DNA which deprives the tumours of their glycemic needs - its a double strangle hold, effect.

Doug said that from his experience, people who attack cancer with a vegetarian diet and juicing and keeping an alkyline host body travel through the healing process faster. But - its important to note that some people, are healed by DCA - while not following a natural health protocol such as I do. And, some people who follow it carefully and take DCA, are not successful and they still succumb to the disease.

Doug asked me to open my mouth so he could look inside. I puzzled over why he should make such a request, and it later occurred to me that he was likely looking to see if I had mercury dental fillings. Doug also suggested that I select copper free calcium and liquid vitamin D and to take 1 ml daily.

The total cost of my visit to see Doug and to buy the fermented wheat germ was a little over $400.

If you are interested in attending the Medicor clinic and  have questions which you would like to have answered from a patients perspective you may write me by clicking here. But, from my experience, don't hesitate to call the clinic to speak to Silvana, their receptionist.  They're there to help.

Ruth Used Every Resource at her Fingertips and she Beat Death

Do you remember the you tube video of Ruthie?  Ruth was fighting for her life against both her disease and the medical establishment, to take her plea for help seriously.  So, in the midst of her frustration she created her own You Tube video.

I checked the video and discovered that it only had a little over 400 viewers.  But, listen. There is always hope.  One of the viewers was John Monson, an English doctor who was working in the States.  He saw the video and he offered his services to operate on Ruth.
It is highly unlikely that either Dr. Monson or Ruth will ever read these words. But, Ruth...you explored all your options, and came out a winner. You are alive. And, Dr. John Monson, you are a caring and a compassionate man - a credit to your profession. Blessed are the patients who count you as their doctor.


To read Ruth's amazing story, please click here.

Ruth Fights Back - with a You Tube Video

My Visit to the Medicor Clinic

I had my first visit with Dr. Akbar Khan yesterday in North York's  Medicor Clinic.

Dr. Khan welcomed  my wife and I into his office, and he spent a few minutes going through the various forms I filled out in advance.

The forms listed such things as allergies, supplements I had been taking, past medical records, and my personal history with cancer.

DCA has a few side effects. There is a fuzzy brain syndrome for some and for others there is tingling in nerve endings in fingers.  In my mind, it seemed that if it works, its a small price to pay for life.



DCA has a few side effects. There is a fuzzy brain syndrome for some and for others there is tingling in nerve endings in fingers.  In my mind, it seemed that if it works, its a small price to pay for life.

He explained how DCA works, |triggering natural cell death (called apoptosis) in cancer cells. Normally apoptosis is shut off in cancer, hence the non-stop growth. It also interferes with glucose metabolism in the cancer cells, but not the healthy cells in the body.


Dr. Khan went on to explain that DCA has also been the study of a number of studies after its initial testing at the University of Alberta.

Dr. Khan is no doubt a pioneer in using this approach - in N. America, and possibly throughout the world. There are a few doctors in the States, he said, who unceremoniously slip DCA to needy patients under the table. But, taking all that aside his Medicor Clinic is the only one of its type.

He shares the office complex with Doug Andrews, a naturopathic doctor.   It was interesting, when we talked for a few minutes about naturopathy,  Khan said that he was the first to admit that he had reservations about naturopaths being " real doctors", but he has quickly changed his opinion when he realized the depth of their education (4 years at the college level)

I was impressed by the whole experience.  The clinic occupies three offices in an attractive, new building in North York, Ontario, just north of highway 401 in the city of North York.   And,  Dr. Khan is a well spoken, pleasant middle aged doctor who was encouraging and respectful in manner.

The DCA is expensive, but I didn't have to mortgage my house. ($175 per bottle which would last a couple of weeks). And the protocol, in the beginning is a two week on - one week off issue.

As we drove home my wife asked me if I am optimistic.  I didn't tell her that I didn't think Reishi which had a 40% success rate worked for me.  I responded by telling her that  I was at least, "hopeful".  Isn't that what its all about?

Dr. Khan said to me, that it appears that my tumours were slow growing.  I thought..."Right...they had a better be...I have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at them...from having an alkyline  host body to becoming vegan and to taking a lot of supplements.

Anyway...I will keep you informed. While I am not cynical nor skeptical of its results, I am also realistic that tests after about 8 months of taking reishi didn't reveal any noticeable changes in my situation. But..who knows?  When you swim over your head in fast turbulent water you never know where the rocks are hidden and where your journey will take you. You can only hope.

Recent Studies Reveal That Many Cancer Studies are Fraudulent

Note:
This blog entry was submitted from a reader in Quebec and was published in French and transcribed by Google's Translation service back into English.  Fighting Back has not created this article. Its recycled from The Rapid Sheep blog.




Fraudulent Cancer Studies
June 12, 2012 Posted by benji in Medical and Food




Should we see a glimmer of hope or should we worry? Cancer can be cured, we have already talked about this on the blog, unfortunately not with the weapons that the medical establishment is willing to give you! And what follows is even more alarming even if it does even more qu'enfoncer the nail. Studies that may not be reproduced, drugs that cause tumors to be treated, a hypocritical oath sworn in the name of money! Fortunately, there are alternatives, one of the technique was developed by a professor who worked at the Pasteur Institute, it will be later in the article ...

Two studies have been published very disturbing: The first, published in the journal Nature, indicates that a large majority of cancer studies are inaccurate and potentially fraudulent.

Of particular concern to researchers is that they happen only rarely replicate the results of major studies "reference". Among 53 major studies on cancer, yet published in scientific journals of high-level, 47 have never been reproduced with similar results.

This is not a novelty too, since, in 2009, researchers at the University of Michigan's Comprehensive Cancer Center have also published findings as what many famous studies on cancer are in fact biased in favor of industry Pharmaceutical (study published in the journal CANCER online).

Drugs against cancer causing metastasis.
More worrying perhaps, researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA), found that two drugs used in chemotherapy cause the development of new tumors, and not the other way!


It is these new drugs, which block the blood vessels that "feed" the tumor. Experts call the treatment "anti-angiogenesis".
These drugs, Gleevec and Sutent (active, imatinib and sunitinib), have demonstrated an effect in reducing tumor size.
But in doing so, they destroy small cells so far little studied, pericytes, which keep under control the tumor growth.


Released from pericytes, the tumor was much easier to expand and "metastasize" to other organs. Harvard researchers now believe therefore that although the primary tumor volume decreased by these drugs, cancer is also much more dangerous for patients!

Raghu Kalluri Professor, who has published these findings in the journal Cancer Cell, said:
"  If you do not take into account that the growth of the tumor, the results were good. But if you step back and look at all, inhibit blood vessels of the tumor does not contain cancer progression. In fact, the cancer spreads.  "

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Sylvie Simon
Source: naturavox.fr

Two examples of doctors who fought effectively against cancer and not one as mentioned above (this is double-cool hearts effect ;)), let the teacher Moulinier that advocates for alternatives and freedom of choice for patients for therapeutic use because if the cancer is treatable, it is imposed through protocols and validated, but are they most effective? If we look at Professor Beljanski cited below, the cure rate could be 100% cured but not yielding as much as to heal over time ...

Please click here to view the article in The Rabid Sheep blog.

Five Cancer Fighting Spices

I begin each day with a spice cocktail.  A couple of big pinches of ginger, tumeric and cumin and a healthy sprinkle of cayenne. Add an ounce of water, stir for 30 seconds, open the hatch and close your eyes.
Does it work.  It sure doesn't hurt to try.  Internet is loaded with websites which extol the cancer fighting virtues of these spices.

What Gives in the Medical Profession???

One of Toronto's biggest hospitals booked me in for a biopsy. Get this. The instructions said....No drugs, no meds, no aspirin, no warfarin, no herbal supplements for 2 weeks.

Hello?

Do I read this right?  No herbal supplements?

I have had a doctor give me a 5 minute rant on alternative cancer treatment.
I had a family doctor tell me flat out.."Don't even tell me about natural cures...I don't believe it and don't want to hear about it."

I had  another doctor say..."Stay clear of homeopathic stuff.......its a fraud."

Now, I can see why they would want people not to take natural blood thinners such as Pau D'arco, or even muscadine grape extract for they do thin the blood. And, the last thing you  need is to experience unexpected, uncontrolled bleeding during a medical procedure.

But if I was told to stop taking healthy herbal supplements which I do to strengthen my attack, its interesting that that I was not told to avoid drinking buckets of coke, or eating all the sugar, ice cream,  dill pickles and moldy cheese, coffee, or alcoholic beverages.  Why was it a one way street?

The website Mademan.com has this message:

Stop taking herbal supplements. Various herbal supplements may affect the tissue samples from your prostate gland. To avoid unexpected anomalies, prepare your body for the cancer biopsy by discontinuing consumption of herbal supplements seven days prior to the procedure.  Please click here. 

If herbal supplements skewer tissue sample biopsies, then does this not mean, that they are impacting and infiltrating tumours? Does this not mean - there is some evidence of them possibly, working?

We are in an age when the Ontario medical profession has a simple creed for fighting cancer. Fry it, cut it out or poison it.



Am I cynical  - you bet.  My brother is a truck driver and a friend of his had a job every Christmas season of delivering expensive gifts to doctor's homes - from  pharmaceutical companies. Go ahead. Read those words again. He delivered, expensive gifts to doctors homes, from pharmaceutical companies.  Does it tell you whose pocket they were in - and likely are in now?

Its time that our the Ontario medical profession set aside their own self interests and look at the interests of their patients and what they can use from - whatever source - to heal.

Checking your cancer diet out.

I found this on the Acid/Alkyline website the other day and I read it over to see if I was on track with my diet.  The good news for me is - yes. Its become such a lifestyle that I rarely think much about it anymore.
If you wish to see this information at source please click here.



You will learn from studying about the acid alkaline food chart that food leaves either an alkaline or acidic residue in your body. You don’t necessarily have to cut out all acidic foods from your diet. Preferably you should make sure 30% of your diet consists of acid foods with the other 70% being alkaline ones. This will keep your pH balance at the right levels.

Below you will find a list of twelve of the best foods to help your system stay balanced.

1.) Raw spinach and lettuce: green leafy vegetables are highly alkaline and contain more nutrients when eaten raw than when cooked. An easy strategy to eating more is to thoroughly wash your salad fixing right away and arrange them in a bowl. Keep the bowl of salad in your refrigerator and eat from it within three days. Keep alkaline foods handy and within easy reach for those occasional sugar cravings.

2.) Potato skins and squash: The white flesh part of the potato is acidic but interestingly the skins are alkaline and make great snacks when lightly seasoned and baked. Sweet potatoes are also a good alkaline choice. You can substitute potatoes with the similar texture of squash and zucchini, which are also alkaline.

3.) Wild rice, quinoa, and millet: Bleached rice and flour cause an acid overload and encourage fermentation as they are difficult to digest. Instead look to wild rice, quinoa, and millet alternatives for your baking needs.

4.) Soy milk and cheese: The majority of affordable dairy products are made from cow’s milk. These however are some of the most acidic foods on the acid alkaline food chart. Opt instead for milk and cheese made from soy. Goat’s milk and cheese is another alkaline option.

5.) Olive, flax, and canola oils: The most beneficial oil when looking for an alkaline one is olive oil. You can also use flax seed and canola oil instead of acidic corn and other vegetable oils.

6.) Broccoli, Onions, and Asparagus: While nearly every vegetable is a wise choice according to the acid alkaline food chart, some are more alkaline than others. These include asparagus, broccoli, onions, beets, and okra.

7.) Lemon water, herbal and green tea: The most beneficial ways to prepare herbal and green teas is to use alkaline water. Adding lemon to alkaline water is also a healthy choice. Steer clear of beverages with alcohol and caffeine as well as soft drinks as these all have acidifying affects.

8.) Chestnuts and Almonds: These nuts along with soy nuts all provide great alkaline nutrition. You should watch the amounts you eat of some of the most acidic nuts like cashews, peanuts, walnuts, and pecans.

9.) Green beans, soy beans, and peas: You will notice on your chart that some beans and legumes are acidic whereas others are alkaline in nature. Soy beans, peas and green beans are alkaline and others like pinto, lima, kidney, and navy beans should be limited since they are acidic in nature.

10.) Stevia, maple sugar, and raw sugar: These are the most alkaline sweetener choice there are. Make sure to completely avoid artificial sweeteners like Sweet and Low, Equal, and Nutrasweet as these are made up of acids and chemicals.

11.) Citrus fruits: Lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruits are acidic in nature but have alkaline properties when consumed. These type of fruits are good choices for refreshing alkaline drinks. Use these natural flavors in alkaline water along with a sweetener such as Stevia to quench you thirst and provide refreshment.

12.) Papaya, mangoes, and watermelons: Although many fruits have alkaline affect mangos, papayas, and watermelons are some of the best sources. Apples, grapes, and blueberries are very alkaline as well. Try and limit the amount of some somewhat acidic fruits like cranberries, prunes, and blackberries.

 An important tip is to always eat fruit alone. It breaks down and digests quickly so when eaten in combination with foods that do not it can begin to ferment while it sits in the stomach.
A free acid alkaline food chart you can print is available on this site. Enter your email for free access.

FOX NEWS STORY ON NATURE'S PEARL.wmv

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This video pretty much sums up why I added Nature's Pearls capsules (ten a day) to my personal anti cancer protocol.

Ken Tobias sings Dream #2

I  have had the pleasure of exchanging emails with Ken. I told him that the power of this song touched me deeply. Ken told me that he has received such messages many times since he wrote that song many years ago.
Ken is well known and respected as a song writer but, unbeknownst to many people he is also a splendid painter.

Please click here if you would like to visit Ken's website.

Grandma's Home made Jelly Jam - a Cancer Cure........not quite.....but!

I want to introduce you to this little fruit.  I am sure that most people know it as the lowly muscadine grape.

The lowly muscadine had a reputation for making grape jelly and plonk  But, who would have thought that it  was a potential anti cancer bomb.

I am now taking Nature's Pearls capsules - 9 per day.


Check this out:

“In summary, Nature’s Pearl appears to inhibit the growth of tumor cells of various types and although it is too early to predict results in future human trials, initial studies are promising.
“I plan to share this information with my many patients who have or had a history of colon, breast, prostate and other solid tumors.
“In addition the ORAC level (the anti-oxidant properties) of Nature’s Pearl is very high when compared to other natural antioxidants. For those of us that use antioxidants as supplements this would be a reasonable addition to our nutritional regimen. Only contraindication to use is allergy to grapes.”

In some tests, tumor growth rate was reduced using the extract was on the magnitude of 80 to 90 percent. Another recent study from the University of Colorado echoes the promise of grape seed. A study published in the journal Carcinogenesis shows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

“It’s a rather dramatic effect,” says Rajesh Agarwal, Ph.D., investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

To read more please click here. 
Does that grab your attention?  If not, nothing well.

The Top Five Regrets of Dying

• I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself and not the life others expected of me
• “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard
• “I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.”
•  “I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
•  “I wish that I had let myself be happier'.

From the Book by Bronnie Ware: The Top Five Regrets of Dying
And from an article in the The Toronto Star. Please click here.
To visit Bonny's blog, 'Inspiration and Chai • “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. Please click here

Cancer: Reach for the Golden Apple - Go Ahead, Create Your Bucket List

As my wife drove through home through the Rockies, I had time to rest and think about our day at Lake Louise.  I looked out the car window (where I took this picture) and said....here are a couple of things I want to do in the next two months.

I want to paraglide off a mountain peak.  I could only dream what it must look like to drift on the upper breezes with the eagles. And, I want to rip across the Kicking Horse River, on a zip line. There is more, but that is enough to digest at one time.

A bucket list isn't a bad thing. Its my way of saying, "If I have to go, I want to go out with drama." I want to live my dreams to their fullest.

Cancer - recalibrate the psyche

See this beautiful scene.  I visited it a day after posting the story of the struggle of two friends with cancer. One died and the other is struggling.

I have found that during the most difficult hours, when my life weight is heaviest, I switch directions.

This picture was taken by me, from our dining room table, in The Fairmont Chateau, in Lake Louise.
We had a beautiful, long, lingering lunch.
And as we enjoyed our meal, a harpist was playing in the background. Talk about atmosphere.

The moral of the story is, its ok to suffer and to hurt. That's normal.  But, its important to refocus your sights.
Give yourself a new change in direction - recalibrate the psyche.

Cancer and Winston Churchill's Message