Something I Thought I should Share

mlv2356

OK - I'm hooked.  I am in the middle of reading Dr. Keith Block's book Life Over Cancer and have actually put a call into his clinic to be seen ( mind you I'm in CA and he's in IL ).  The treatment I'm getting right now is so conventional ( 2nd A/C tx today).  I keep pushing for a more whole approach to which I'm being told diet has not been "proven" to effect BC.  That just does not sit with me.  I know in my gut it does and have been searching for my own alternatives.  Thank you Pure for posting this.  I will definetly be checking out the website and have already friended on facebook.  I guess my question is did you do these changes while you were in tx or after?  If after,would you have done then during tx?  I too believe in the chemo drugs and what they are designed for but want to augment them not limit their abilities.  Thanks again for this info.

Michelle (42)

Pure

I did start juicing nd doing wheat grass during tx. I was also doing 6-10 servings of vegetables per day so in a lot of way I was doing it and not knowing it. Also, I was pregnant during chemo and never had a single side effect. My blood work would stay stable for the most part. Also, when I was on taxol I would get it in the moring and actually forget I had it... I worked out hard during chemo and rads.

I added the water, Dr Youngs Salts, and just increasing the lifestyle.

I am also about to post a study done about increasing vegetable intake...

Pure

Thought you might want to see this. In this study which began in 1996 woman only took Tamoxifen because AIs were not available.
 
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print]
Vegetable intake is associated with reduced breast cancer recurrence in tamoxifen users: a secondary analysis from the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study.
Thomson CA, Rock CL, Thompson PA, Caan BJ, Cussler E, Flatt SW, Pierce JP.
Department of Nutritional Science, University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, 1177 E 4th Street, Shantz Building Room 328, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA, cthomson@u.arizona.edu.
Abstract
The protective effect of vegetables on the risk of breast cancer recurrence is uncertain. We sought to evaluate the association between breast cancer recurrence and vegetable intake including analyses stratified on tamoxifen use. Experimental evidence of anti-carcinogenic activity of phytochemicals in cruciferous vegetables in combination with tamoxifen led to specific evaluation of this class of vegetables as well. To assess the association between vegetable intake and breast cancer recurrence, vegetable intake from repeat 24-h dietary recalls were examined as a secondary analysis of 3,080 breast cancer survivors enrolled in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study. At the time of enrollment women were, on average, 23.5 months post-diagnosis. The hazard of recurrence, controlling for relevant and significant clinical and demographic variables, with vegetable intake was assessed overall and separately for women taking tamoxifen. WHEL participants reported mean baseline intakes ([Formula: see text], SE) of 3.1 +/- 0.05 and 0.5 +/- 0.02 servings/day of total and cruciferous vegetables, respectively. Baseline vegetable intake in the highest as compared to lowest tertiles was associated with an overall lower adjusted hazard ratios (HR) for recurrence of 0.69, 95% CI 0.55-0.87. Among women taking tamoxifen, the HRs were 0.56, 95% CI 0.41-0.77 for total vegetables and 0.65, 95% CI 0.47-0.89 for cruciferous vegetable intake. The hazard in women using tamoxifen who reported cruciferous vegetable intake above the median and who were within the highest tertile of total vegetable intake was HR 0.48; 95% CI 0.32-0.70. This secondary analysis in over 3,000 breast cancer survivors suggests that baseline vegetable intake may be associated with a reduction in the risk of breast cancer recurrent or new events particularly for those using tamoxifen. Such associations should be explored further as the possibility that vegetable intake is simply a surrogate for other health-promoting behaviors cannot be ruled out.
 

deborye

I am on a Thyroid med and Cholesterol med and Arimidex, would it be safe to drink the alkaline water?  I need to loose weight real bad.

mmm5

Hi guys-

Have been doing the ALK water for 5 days now and juicing twice a day. I DO FEEL BETTER and am sleeping better I should say I am also meditating every other day as well!

One question my gums feel very sensitive, and have a metallic taste in my mouth on day 5 do you think this is a reaction to the water? I also upped my vitamins. I am like pure and worried this was a bad symptom....of course I am paranoid> Do you have any feedback on this symptom?

Pure

Let me ask Dr Young...Alkaline water detaoxifys your body so it could be your body detaoxifying.Did you friend him on Facebook? Also I posted a study about vegetables...the one I kept talking about.