For Informed People Using Alternative Treatments

For those who want customized bars, check out this site.  He appears to have a bunch of possibilities and you can choose what you want.  Click on the "Build a Bar" option at the top and choose your ingredients.

http://www.youbars.com/?gclid=CPzdguLOlLsCFUgS7Aodsx0AIA

check this out ladies!!!! familiar herbs - supplements work - in combination..... 2 references to the study

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/lsuh-lrf112213.php

http://www.hopkinsbreastcenter.org/artemis/201312/18.html

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The research team tested ten known protective chemical nutrients found in foods like broccoli, grapes, apples, tofu, and turmeric root (a spice used in Indian curry) before settling upon six – Curcumin known as tumeric, Isoflavone from soybeans, Indo-3-Carbinol from cruciferous plants, C-phycocyanin from spirulina, Reservatrol from grapes, and Quercetin, a flavonoid present in fruits, vegetables, and tea. The researchers administered these six at bioavailable levels to both breast cancer and control cells. They tested the compounds individually and in combination. They found that the compounds were ineffective individually. When combined, though, the super cocktail suppressed breast cancer cell growth by more than 80%, inhibited migration and invasion, caused cell cycle arrest, and triggered the process leading to cell death resulting in the death of 100% of the breast cancer cells in the sample. The researchers observed no harmful effects on the control cells. Further analysis also identified several key genes, which could serve as markers to follow the progress of therapy."

Re: Stevia. I don't know much about it other than I know there are strong opinions on both sides about it. I stopped using artificial sweeteners about six months pre-BC diagnosis when I was seeing a naturopath to work on the autoimmune issues. That alone was life-changing. Literally all I did was stop drinking Diet Coke and lost 20 pounds. Exercise level didn't change, diet didn't change, just the Diet Coke. I think that was around the same time Stevia and other "natural" sugar substitutes were coming out, because I remember being so gun-shy about ANY sweetener that I wouldn't buy anything - and still don't.

Peacock, wow on the diet coke. I have read some stuff about that and it is quite weird how a diet drink can wreak so much havoc (it seems).

Jelson, looks like I need to throw some spirulina and quercetin in the mix! Thanks for posting.

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Re: iodine

I use kombu (dried sea weed) in all soups and stews, etc., basically anything with a soupy, watery base. I find there really is no taste to it and actually end up eating the strips of kombu when they are soft and delectable as well as the sauces or soups that it leeches into. I guess I trust the whole plant more than parts of it in a pill. I also eat Brazil nuts for the selenium.

I am looking for a venue in which to share information with women and other men whose spouses have been recently diagnosed or are otherwise at risk for breast cancer, about pre-diagnosis prevention options that I have discovered since the death of my own wife in 2007. I have good news and wish to share what I have learned amongst groups where it can have the greatest impact and benefit. Having discovered this site only today, I would like to learn more about the members who rely on and learn from the information shared here. My interests and experiences center on the topic of iodine supplementation and related information that was relatively unknown and unavailable when my wife passed in 2007. Through research and my own personal experience, I have come to believe that iodine, used correctly, could have a tremendous impact on the pre-diagnosis prevention and the pre- conventional treatment of, not only breast cancer, but many other health disorders. There are misconceptions about iodine that inhibit people from giving this serious consideration as a pre-conventional treatment option. I would like to stimulate discussion and increase awareness of this topic for the benefit of all who are interested and learn from others in the group who may be using Lugol's iodine already. Education and communication are the keys and my hope is that there will come a time when no surviving spouse will have to tell their children, that mom died from breast cancer, but an iodine deficiency caused it.

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Thanks for the welcome. I just finished reading a great book on nutrition and supplements; The Whole Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors. .. A Nutritional Approach to Preventing Recurrence. I thought I was a healthy eater but, I learned so much , especially about how to choose supplements wisely. I just dumped the ones I was taking and am waiting to see what the blood work my NP ordered says before I get a new plan.

My new NP tested for iodine but I don't have the results yet.

Apparently there is some correlation between thyroid issues and BC. It's pretty much unheard of for thyroid disease to resolve. Madpeacock, please elaborate on how you got those antibodies down, by PM if you think that appropriate. And let me say, good for you!

Thanks!

my nutritionist recommended VSL3 - http://www.vsl3.com It comes in a styrofoam container with a freezer pack, so you know it has been kept cold.

I'm glad I found this thread, I love learning what other people are doing to prevent recurrence. I've worked with a nutritionist, and when I mentioned something about "wanting to prevent it from coming back" she said: the melatonin will do that. I take 20 mg. a day. I take lots of other stuff. Basically, whenever I read about something, I want to try it. And, I want to say that I did everything I could to fight this disease. The next thing on my list to try is apricot kernels, or Vit. B17 (laetrile). It is kind of fascinating how it works against cancer. There is cyanide in the kernels and selectively goes in and kills cancer cells,while normal cells can protect themselves from it.