Reduce Your Chances of Getting Cancer Naturally, Part II

As featured at The Best Years in Life

Reduce Your Chances of Getting Cancer Naturally, Part II

by Tony Isaacs

 While most people can greatly reduce their chances of getting cancer with healthy changes in diet and lifestyle, others with higher cancer risk factors may wish to take additional steps to have the maximum chances. People at higher risk include those who have had cancer before, those with a family history cancer, people who have been exposed to viral and bacterial infections associated with cancer and those who have been exposed to cancer causing toxins such as asbestos, pesticides and heavy metals. 

People who have had cancer before are statistically at much higher risk of either having the same cancer return or else acquiring another form of cancer. Those who have families with a history of cancer may be genetically predisposed to have a higher risk of getting the same cancers themselves. Likewise, similar family diets and lifestyles may play a contributing role to cancers being more prevalent in families with a history of cancer.

One area that can provide greater cancer protection is diet. In addition to eating a healthy diet, include extra portions of some of the best natural cancer fighting foods, such as dark grapes (which contain known resveratrol), nuts such as raw almonds and walnuts, and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower. People with concerns about colorectal cancers should include sources of extra fiber, such as apples - which have also shown to be valuable in preventing breast cancer.

Another important area is supplementation. Supplements which boost the immune system are especially important, since cancer must first defeat the immune system to gain a foothold in the first place. Some of the best immune boosters are: oleander, echinacea, pau d'arco, suma, astralagus and medicinal mushrooms. People who have been exposed to viruses may also want to consider natural anti-virals, such as garlic, olive leaf extract and oil of wild mountain oregano.

Some supplements have been associated with both general cancer protection as well as protection against specific forms of cancer. For example, the aforementioned oleander, digestive enzymes and blackseed oil (Nigella sativa) are all good cancer preventives and are also three of the few items known to be effective against pancreatic cancer. Vitamin D3 has been shown to be especially effective against preventing breast cancer as well as colorectal cancers and, despite the health scares about sunlight, melanoma and other skin cancers. Iodine has likewise been shown to protect against breast cancer, especially when combined with its important co-factor selenium (the best cancer fighting form of selenium is methylselenocysteine).

Curcumin protects against a wide range of cancers including lung and colorectal cancers. Studies have found that curcumin can have quite the protective benefit for those who have a history of smoking. Of course, that is no excuse to continue smoking as smoking is one of the highest of all risk factors for cancer.

Mainstream medicine recommends more immunizations to decrease cancers; however, cancers that are believed due to viral infections are much higher in developing third world countries (26% compared to 8% in developed countries). Besides lack of immunizations, such countries are also marked by poverty and lacks of sanitation and potable water, access to healthcare and nutrition. Many believe that improving those areas would have a much greater positive impact than merely increasing immunizations.

Vaccines themselves may be a very significant risk factor for cancer. There has been a dearth of studies on vaccination safety, either separately or in combination. What is known is that vaccinations contain a number of known and suspected carcinogens and other mutagens that are known to cause abnormal cell development.

Instead of trying to prevent cancer by injecting substances that are known or suspected of causing cancer, a better plan would be to take natural measures to reduce risks and ingesting natural items that mankind has existed with for millennia.

To see part I of this article, click HERE.

Sources included:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6113PX20100202 
http://www.naturalnews.com/022808_cancer_health_Oleander.html 
http://www.naturalnews.com/028093_longevity_health.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/023633_cancer_mushrooms_health.html
http://www.prnasia.com/pr/10/01/100076711-1.html