Alternative Treatment Options
STOP and get more information. Take the time to learn about alternative treatments.
We provide pointers to help you navigate through the many tough decisions that you will have to make during
this difficult time in your health. All to often a newly diagnosed patient is confused, uncertain and uneducated about
their disease and are quick to leave the questions of their health to someone else. Let's take away that fear and
give you the tools needed to take advantage of every option available in making decisions on the future of your overall health.
You will make the final decision and You are in charge of your own health. Early on, We learned from the American Cancer Society's own statistics that a patient who takes charge of their own health care has a greater than 30% better outcome. We have found the following alternative and complementary centers to be very creditable and knowledgeable in their field and come highly recommend however, You are responsible for determining whether their services and products will benefit you.
An educated cancer patient who knows which questions to ask and takes a pro-active approach
to their own healing has the best chance of earning their health back.
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"An Oasis of Healing" click text to learn more
Richard Meets with Dr. Thomas Lodi from "An Oasis of Healing" in Mesa, Arizona to discuss personalized treatment protocol.
Cancer cells, unlike other cells in human beings are anaerobic. That means they can not use oxygen when they metabolize glucose (burn sugar) for energy. A healthy, oxygen burning cell can produce 38 ATPs (energy packets) from one molecule of glucose and one molecule of oxygen. A cancer cell can only produce 2 ATPs from one molecule of glucose in the absence of oxygen. Obviously then, cancer cells are very inefficient at producing energy. As a consequence, they need 19 times more sugar (glucose) than non-cancerous cells.
How can Insulin Potentiation Therapy, IPT, target the cancer cells? Cancer cells are both defective and primitive. Not only are they unable to use oxygen to metabolize glucose into energy, they are either lacking or completely deficient in many enzymes that normal cells have in abundance. One such enzyme is catalase which transforms oxygen and water into hydrogen peroxide and vice versa. High doses of ascorbic acid(Vitamin C), result in the production of peroxides in and around cells. Healthy cells use the hydrogen peroxide for certain metabolic needs and the excess is converted into water and oxygen (good stuff). Since cancer cells have very little catalase, they are unable to convert the hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen and consequently are oxidized and killed.
Additional information on treatments at "An Oasis of Healing" can be found by clicking the links below:
Juicing restores your immune system
Steiner Medical & Therapeutic Center click text to learn more
Integrative Cancer Program Cancer is an illness that deeply affects the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of the human being. In order to optimize the healing process, we need to look at the immune system, at developing optimal nutrition including a careful choice of supplements, and supporting a healthy social and psychospiritual process. This approach, complementing expert mainstream advice, and working in partnership with your oncologist, constitutes the best integrative care.
There are many crucial questions to consider. For example, should patients take antioxidant vitamins and herbs when receiving chemotherapy and radiation? Should women with breast cancer include soy in their diet? Which herbs and supplements are optimal for the immune system? With Dr. Cantor’s guidance, we work to help you develop an individualized program, considering numerous issues that are vital and pertinent to your health. Nutrition, in addition to its effects on the immune system, can also affect the body's hormones. This can be very important in illnesses such as breast and prostate cancer.
Many herbs and natural substances can inhibit the tumor's ability to form new blood vessels(angiogenesis). This can have the effect of limiting the nutrition available to the cancer, and potentially limiting it's growth. Lastly, we believe, and studies suggest, that a social and psychospiritual program enhances how you feel, how your immune system functions, and positively influences your recovery and healing.
BeatCancer.org click text to learn more
The Center for Advancement in Cancer Education is a not-for-profit cancer information, counseling and referral agency which focuses on combining the body's natural healing potential with advances in medical science.
Hippocrates Health Intitute click text to learn more
Deemed the world's number one teaching institute in 2000 by Spa Management Group, this historic and thriving center was founded by visionary and humanitarian Ann Wigmore and is currently under the leadership of Brian and Anna Maria Clement, PhDs. For a half of a century, the Institute has helped hundreds of thousands of guests realize that good health is every person’s birthright, and that a life free of disease and pain is our human legacy. The Hippocrates philosophy is founded on the belief that a vegan, living, enzyme-rich diet — complemented by exercise, positive thinking and non-invasive therapies — are integral to optimum health. The Hippocrates Life Transformation Program is a renowned residential program that runs weekly every Sunday through Saturday throughout the year. The entire recommended program is three weeks; however one can stay for as little as one week.
IAT Cancer Clinic click text to learn more
ITL Cancer Clinic was founded in 2003 and is directed by Dr. John Clement. ITL Cancer Clinic is the operating company for the Immunology Research Centre Ltd., a not-for-profit corporation of the Commonweal of the Bahamas, licensed to treat patients diagnosed with cancer. The Immunology Research Centre was founded in 1977 by Dr. Lawrence Burton, the developer of Immuno-Augmentive Therapy (IAT).
IAT Treatment Objectives
The objective of IAT is to restore the cancer patient’s immune competency to a level by which it can control cancer. The body’s own complex tumor fighting system may well be the first, the best, and the last line of defense against cancers. Other than surgical intervention for local tumors, there is generally no cure for most cancers. Restoring the immune system to enable it to destroy cancer cells, therefore, becomes the prime objective in IAT.
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