Contrary to what is usually understood cancer is NOT a tumour. A tumour is a by-product of cancer. Just like a runny nose is a by-product of a cold or ‘flu. A runny nose is not the ‘flu. Cancer is a healing process that hasn’t terminated.  In a normal healing process, oestrogen stimulates production of stem cells for healing.  When the body part is healed, pancreatic enzymes stop the healing process. However when they don’t stop the healing process, tumours result as ‘rogue’ healing processes continue.

This is why tumours usually appear at the site where healing is taking place. For example, too much exposure to the sun causes the body to begin a healing process to heal damaged skin tissue. When the healing process is not terminated then skin lesions are the result.  . Lung cancer is the result of a rogue healing process that originally set out to repair smoke and chemical damaged tissue. Some brain tumours may be associated with excessive use of mobile phones and their electro magnetic radiations causing tissue damage.

Cancer is NOT the tumour – cancer is a process. The tumour is simply the PRODUCT of cancer. Many researchers are now convinced that cancer is a metabolic disease – which in a sense is good news, because bringing the body’s biochemistry into balance through good nutrition can prevent it.

So how can you avoid cancer and what can you do if you have cancer?  If you break a leg you don’t enter a marathon – you rest and your leg will heal.  If you have cancer you can rest your whole body by supporting yourself physically, nutritionally, and emotionally.

In his book, “Cancer: Why We’re Still Dying to Know the Truth”, health researcher and writer Phillip Day recommends a diet consisting of 80% alkali ash foods and 20% acid ash foods.  Research done by Nobel Prizewinner, Dr Otto Warburg, showed that alkaline bodies absorb up to 20 times more oxygen than acidic bodies. He also showed that cancer thrives in an environment that is acidic and oxygen depleted. Eating a diet rich in alkalising foods is an excellent way to increase the oxygen absorption in your tissues. You can do this by increasing your consumption of fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds and reducing or eliminating your intake of meat, wheat, dairy, alcohol and coffee.

It is important to drink at least 2 litres of good quality water a day – some experts recommend up to 4 litres a day.

To replenish the vital vitamins and minerals missing from your foods, most nutritionists recommend supplementing your diet with a good vitamin and mineral programme. Most health shops sell multivitamins and mineral combinations.  Many people now are aware of the benefits of taking antioxidants like vitamin C.  Antioxidants reduce the levels of damaging free radicals in your body.  You may take other supplements to boost your immune system, to support your liver function, and to enhance your general well-being

Vitamin B17 has been shown to have strong anticancer properties and is used by thousands of people worldwide as a cancer preventative or in a programme of treatment. Laevo-mandelonitrile-beta-glycuronoside (more briefly called Laetrile) – or vitamin B17  - breaks down to Cyanide in cancer cells whilst healthy cells are not affected.  Laetrile breaks down to Cyanide in cancer cells under the influence of beta-glycuronidase which is found in large amounts in cancer cells.  Apple seeds and apricot kernels are good sources of B17.  Interestingly enough, the Hunza tribe of Pakistan grow apricot trees and eat large amounts of apricot kernels.  They do not get cancer.

Pancreatic enzymes facilitate the entry of B17 into the cancer cells and so some patients take Pancreatic Enzyme supplements.