Re: Ridding the body of free radicals may help.

There is validity to the idea that there is inflammation in the vicinity of cancer cells. That inflammation is caused by the body's immune system desperately attempting to kill the cancerous cells, but failing. Tumors are commonly filled with dead leukocytes - white blood cells sent there to attempt to stop the cancer.

Think of what happens when you get a cut. Your immune system senses an invasion of foreign cells, and leukocytes are sent to the area to kill any pathogens. Inflammatory substances called leukotreines are sent to stop blood loss. The area "swells up". All of this is normal.

But with cancer, the immune system is not able to keep up with the quickly-reproducing cancer cells. The immune reaction is still there, and the body is literally exhausted sending its entire immunological army to the site of the cancer, to no avail.

You are quite right about free radicals, which are produced as a result of the immune reaction. Most animals produce a huge amount of vitamin C (in their liver) to scavenge the free radicals. We cannot, because we don't produce our own. We have to eat it.

Vitamin C is the primary anti-cancer fighting nutrient of any successful cancer regimen. Both the Rath regimen and the Riordan treatment rely heavily on vitamin C.

Regards
Jonathan Campbell
Alternative Health Consultant
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