News on Baking Soda & Cancer

FANTASTIC NEWS Evebarry, thank you !  After the recent 'sugar' news, don't you wish that all those hard working alternative doctors deserve to be told:  'Geeze, sorry we were wrong and you were right !!!

I'm curious to see the results of this, but not hopeful.  Evebarry, where is the proof that "baking soda can reduce or eliminate the spread of breast cancer?"  Did they do another previous study?

There's a good discussion and interpretation of various alkaline studies happening now on the research section of BCO.  It takes a few posts before studies are posted and interpreted.

AAAHHHH, biochemistry explained... My brain is sighing with relief.

This seems to be the origin of the article, for what it's worth.

http://www.agriorganics.com/natural.php?Pid=55 

 The entire article has been copied all over the internet, but the source is highly suspect.  I imagine if a cure for advanced cancer of the stomach and bones had been found 17 years ago we would have heard about it by now.  I like to check the sources of information as often they are no more than rumour or misinformation.  I have no idea if the recipe is beneficial for anything.

This is what Wikipedia says about The Weekly World News, USA edition.  I don't know about the Canadian edition if it ever existed.

The Weekly World News was a supermarket tabloid published in the United States from 1979 to 2007, renowned for its outlandish cover stories often based on supernatural or paranormal themes and an approach to news that verged on the satirical. Its characteristic black-and-white covers have become pop-culture images widely used in the arts. It continues to exist as a website.

The researchers in Arizona are building on research that goes back many years.  For instance:

Bicarbonate Increases Tumor pH and Inhibits Spontaneous Metastases 

The above data have shown that oral bicarbonate therapy significantly reduced the incidence of metastases in experimental models of breast and prostate cancer and that the effect seems to be primarily on distal (i.e., colonization), rather than proximal (i.e., intravasation), processes 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834485/?tool=pubmed

"This treatment is a combination of pure, 100% maple syrup and baking soda and was first reported on the Cancer Tutor site. When mixed and heated together, the maple syrup and baking soda bind together. The maple syrup targets cancer cells (which consume 15 times more glucose than normal cells) and the baking soda, which is dragged into the cancer cell by the maple syrup, being very alkaline forces a rapid shift in pH killing the cell. The actual formula is to mix one part baking soda with three parts (pure, 100%) maple syrup in a small saucepan. Stir briskly and heat the mixture for 5 minutes. Take 1 teaspoon daily, is what is suggested by Cancer Tutor but one could probably do this several times a day.

The apple cider vinegar 1/4 teaspoon and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda taken 2 times or more a day is another treatment as is lemon and baking soda, or lime and baking soda formulas. Perhaps honey could be substituted for maple syrup for those who live in parts of the world where maple syrup is not available"

http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Lbakingsoda.htm 

In addition to the above, I'll follow his recommendations: 

"Dr. Young suggests using a combination of four powerful cell salts of sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium bicarbonate which are available undert he name of pHour Salts'

http://www.scribd.com/Dr Robert O Young/d/19437196-Sodium-Bicarbonate-Its-Role-in-Reversing-Cancer

Eve, you have nothing to apologise for as most people don't have the time or motivation to do all that internet searching. Putting the information on the forum gives crazy pedants like me the opportunity to chase up the facts so the outcome is good if these ideas can be either confirmed or refuted. 

I don't see anything wrong with trying a diet to see if it helps providing common sense is used.  Again, I'll keep repeating that if only there was a way people could verify their diagnosis, alternative treatments and outcome online then we could make a better assessment of these testimonials where a "friend, relative or acquaintance" was helped. Of course we can't prove that the treatment in question worked or if some other factor was the cause, but at least we could narrow it down a bit.

As long as there are rumours and false claims, they will continue to pour doubt on all claims including those that may be genuine. I think the artificial division between evidence based medicine and experimental or alternative medicine is creating unnecessary distress and possibly causing helpful treatments to be passed over.  Here is a great example of a popular alternative that is at last being taken seriously, though from a slightly different angle to the original intent of the diet. I hope it moves forward successfully.

Oh I know I am Maud, at least everyone tells me so.  But I'm OK with that.  We all have our different roles or it would be such a boring world.  You've put lots of useful information on the forum that I've followed up on different subjects too.  It all keeps me busy and informed.

I guess the expense is due to the intense use of MRI's to study the before and after effects on the tumours. Hopefully they will study the effects with and without chemo and over different time frames. These are dedicated volunteers to put themselves through so many MRI's.

This quote suggests that the results of this study will make it easier for further baking soda studies so hopefully they can run bigger studies in the future.

A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable University of Arizona biomedical engineering researchers to improve the way doctors measure the effectiveness of drinking baking soda to fight breast cancer.