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Cancer does not have to be a death sentence. The physiology of cancer has been well known for a long time. Any integrative approach towards fighting cancer will try to undermine this physiology from as many directions as possible. This can dramatically improve outcomes over conventional approaches that do not do this. Below are brief descriptions of 15 ways in which a person can undermine cancer. Cancer does not have a “magic bullet”. A good integrative protocol will involve most or all of these. These aspects of cancer are not strictly separate and overlap. Integrative practitioners may slightly differ on these categorizations by adding, subtracting, or renaming 1 or 2 categories. However, for the most part, this article universally describes what is involved in a comprehensive cancer strategy.

This article is NOT meant to tell people what to do. It is meant to give people a framework of understanding, so that when they read about alternative treatments, they can see how it fits in the overall scheme of things.

1. Destroy cancer’s fibrin clotting coat

Cancer evades the immune system by covering itself with fibrin deposits. These make a physical barrier and stop even a healthy immune system from recognizing cancer cells. Cancer also uses fibrin to build a lattice to spread across, as well as to provide structural stability to tumors. Excessive fibrin formation also makes the blood thick, which leads to poor circulation and a variety of other problems. Taking systemic enzymes or other fibrolynitic substances can thin excessively thick blood, destroy cancer’s protective barrier of fibrin, inhibit the spread of cancer, weaken the structural integrity of tumors, and even “digest” cancer cells directly.

2. Starve cancer metabolism

Cancer cells have on the order of 10 times the number of insulin receptors as healthy cells. This means they metabolize sugar much faster than healthy cells. Going on a strict cancer diet can help to literally starve cancer. Bioflavonoids such as quercetin can also inhibit certain enzyme activity involved in the energy production of cancer cells.

3. Encourage immune system recognition of cancer

Ultimately it is the immune system that kicks cancer out, and keeps it from coming back. There are many ways to strengthen the immune system, increase natural killer cell count, increase TNF, and improve recognition of cancer. Some examples of how to do this include transfer factors, enzymes, and glyconutrients.

4. Kill cancer cells directly without harming the body

Numerous natural substances have demonstrated ability to induce apoptosis, disrupt microtubules, inhibit DNA replication, or kill cancer cells some other way without causing any harm to the body. The list is virtually endless. Some of the more well-known ones include artemisinin, carnivora, essiac tea, and graviola. There are even synthetic substances such as Poly-MVA that are both safe and effective. Even many foods have some cancer-fighting ability.

5. Correct nutritional imbalances

Many nutritional deficiencies occur in cancer and each individual case is different. In general, when a body is stressed by a disease, its demand for nutrition is multiplied. Not only by removing deficiencies, but by giving extra nutrition, all aspects of a person’s ability to fight cancer are strengthened. It can also make a person just plain feel better. In fact, so can all 15 of these keys. Supplementing with most all the essential nutrients is often called for.

6. Correct toxic conditions

Incidence of cancer has risen too sharply to be primarily caused by anything other than environmental factors. Excessive exposure to toxins in the modern world is one of the major causes of cancer. Once cancer sets in, it can also cause impaired detoxification. Helping the body get rid of accumulating toxins is essential. Numerous remedies may be used to bind circulating toxins, chelate heavy metals, remove debris from the colon, and stimulate the lymph, kidney, and liver pathways.

7. Reverse free radical damage

Modern diets poor in antioxidants and modern environments rich in toxins leave people with excessive free radical damage. Free radical damage can harm cellular DNA and encourage mutation into cancer. Changing diet and taking certain antioxidants can help reverse this process.

8. Create an alkaline environment

Through fermentation, cancer produces excessive lactic acid which makes the local tumor sites acidic. In order to counter this acidic process, the body uses alkaline reserves to increase the pH of the whole body. In has been demonstrated that the arterial pH of patients developing cancer (even before a tumor is formed) can become excessively alkaline. When cancer becomes late stage, the body’s alkaline reserves become depleted, and cancer succeeds in making the entire body acidic, beyond just the local tumor site. Some people claim that ingesting alkalizing substances can reverse cancer, though the evidence on this is mixed

9. Eliminate chronic infections

In the 1930’s, Dr. Royal Rife was famous for remitting numerous cancer patients by identifying the “cancer virus” in patients’ blood with a special microscope, then killing the virus with an electromagnetic frequency (“Rife machines”). Today, many infections have been demonstrated to cause cancer, and cancer can also catalyze infections. One popular idea is that cancer is actually a purely infectious (especially fungal) disease. Though this is not true, infections are one major cause of cancer. Numerous antimicrobials can be employed to help rid a person of underlying chronic infections.

10. Increase cellular oxygen

One major cause of cancer is poor oxygenation to cells. When healthy aerobic cells no longer receive adequate oxygen, they can become anaerobic (cancerous) and produce part of their energy by fermentation. Poor circulation, poor nutrition, and accumulation of toxins near cells are some causes of poor cellular oxygenation. A diet poor in essential fatty acids can also leave cells deficient in a major building block needed to form healthy cell membranes that are capable of properly metabolizing oxygen. Addressing these causes can improve cellular oxygenation and help reverse cancer physiology.

11. Inhibit angiogenesis

Tumors release growth factor proteins to stimulate the growth of blood vessels into the tumor, causing more nutrition to flow to the cancer. Many substances have been shown to help reverse this process, effectively helping to starve tumors. These include soy isoflavones, bioavailable extracts of shark cartilage, milk thistle, European mistletoe, ginseng, Curcumin, and many others.

12. Correct hormone sensitivities

13. Selectively deplete intracellular glutathione

14. Suppress growth factors

15. Normalize genetic activity

The next step:

Actually incorporating these 15 keys into an integrative program can be done in many different ways. The options are numerous. Some products are absolutely amazing, and some are worthless. The good news is that there are practitioners out there with plenty of first-hand experience about what works and what doesn’t, and their numbers are growing.

Disclaimer: This article is not medical advice. This article is opinion and is for informational purposes only. If seeking medical advice, consult a licensed physician.

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