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"Organic chemicals Endrin Nervous system/kidney effects Lindane Nervous system, kidney and liver effects; possible cancer risk Methoxychlor Nervous system/kidney effects 2,4-D Liver/kidney effects 2,4,5-TP Silvex Liver/kidney effects Toxaphene Cancer risk *Benzene Cancer causing *Carbon tetrachloride *p-Dichloro-benzene *l,2-Dichloro-ethane *l,l-Dichloro-ethylene *l,l,l-Trichloro-ethane *Trichloroethane Possible cancer risk Possible cancer risk Possible cancer risk Liver/kidney effects Nervous system effects Possible cancer risk ." - H. Patricia Hynes, Earth Right (Get the book.)

"Many people have already enjoyed prolonged survival rates and sometimes seemingly miraculous recovery from metastatic cancer using IPg, and health professionals are viewing IP^ with inositol as a powerful tool of prevention for reducing cancer risk. As high-fiber diets and regular consumption of green tea have been shown to markedly reduce people's risks for many types of diseases, including cancer, and the fact that it is the IPg in grains and green tea that is largely responsible for these foods' anticancer effects, taking IP^ in supplement form can produce similar results." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Although more than a hundred of animal and dozens of epidemiological studies have linked high selenium status and cancer risk, this is the first double-blind, placebo-controlled cancer prevention study with humans that directly supports the thesis that a nutritional supplement of selenium, as a single agent, can reduce the risk of cancer," said Gerald F. Combs Jr., a nutritional biochemist and Cornell University professor of nutritional sciences." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Many alternative practitioners advise even lower intakes because of some of the additional benefits, such as reduction of breast, ovarian, and uterine cancer risk. In addition to amount of fat, the type of fat is also important. Understanding the harmful effects of some fats and the beneficial effects of others can be confusing. A little explanation of terms and concepts may go a long way in clarifying the issue. Fats are the most concentrated source of food energy. Each gram of fat provides 9 calories, compared with only 4 calories per gram for carbohydrates or protein." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "The following recommendations are based on a review of recent scientific literature on physical exercise and cancer risk reduction: 1. To prevent injuries, begin each exercise session with Joint Warming Exercises and end each exercise session with Basic Stretches (see the following pages). 2. Exercise six days a week. Walk or do moderate hiking on your day off. 3. Alternate aerobic (cardiovascular) with strength (weight lifting) exercises. 4. Take one day off each week: • Forget about your work, your bills, your problems. Seek peace in the woods or mountains." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"The influence of diet on cancer risk is sometimes confusing. In general, you can lower your risk of gastrointestinal cancers if you eat fewer processed foods that are high in salt and saturated fat and low in fiber and if you increase your intake of fresh vegetables (particularly green, leafy vegetables) and fruits. But when you try to examine an isolated component of this diet, such as fiber or fat, no relationship is apparent." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "There are numerous tumor-suppressing genes, and when they mutate or something impairs their expression, cancer risk goes up. Tumor-suppressing genes actually have overlapping functions that reduce the risk of cancer development, and local/on-demand production of activated vitamin D turns on many of these genes. Activated vitamin D produced in breast tissue, including breast cancer cells, not only stimulates the production of tumor-suppressor genes, but it also directly increases the production of these proteins to slow the cell cycle at critical checkpoints." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Both situations carry a cancer risk. The same "tainting" would apply to these prayer studies. People in the "treatment" groups getting prayed for are being compared with patients whose relatives are praying for them. The large prayer studies had other basic flaws. In both the Benson and the Krucoff studies, the people praying did not know the patients and so would not have had a strong motivation to heal, as the "senders" had in the Love Study." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Almost any observed abnormalities, even reports of benign growths are warning flags of some cancer risk. (That's because every chemical agent known to produce benign growths also produces some outright cancers.) The cancer risk section will also report whether the drug caused cell mutations—another strong indication of cancer risk because the genetic material of the cells is damaged. Fortunately, not too many drugs fail this test. Almost all the drug labels have cancer risk sections. A notable exception are the best-selling penicillin drugs, Trimox, Amoxil, and other forms of amoxicillin." - Thomas J. Moore, Prescription For Disaster: Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet (Get the book.)

"Weeks later, the researchers were informed that of the seven groups, two—the flax and fish omega-3 groups—exhibited 100 percent survival (despite genetic cancer risk and injected carcinogens), and the remaining five groups—fed typical vegetable oil fatty acids—had 100 percent mortality. These results were so incredible, the editors of medical journals in which the researchers wanted to publish an article on this experiment absolutely insisted that the experiment be repeated. It was, and with the same results." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"More recently, data collected from the Harvard Nurses Health Study was used to assess the lactose, milk, and milk product consumption in relation to ovarian cancer risk in more than 80,000 women. Over sixteen years of follow-up, 301 cases of one particular type of ovarian cancer were confirmed in this study group. Results showed that women who consumed the most lactose had twice the risk of this type of ovarian cancer than women who drank the least lactose. It was suggested that galactose (a component of lactose) may damage ovarian cells, making them more susceptible to cancer." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"All of these factors would be expected to increase colorectal cancer risk. However, according to the article, the Maoris' saving grace appears to be their high consumption of puha (sow thistle) and watercress, "foods with plausible cancer protective properties which are components of the Maori, but not the non-Maori diet." Aids Colon Detoxification What is it then about watercress that appears to offer so much protection against colon cancer?" - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"This theory is based upon the role of estrogen, and the evidence that shows how prolonged exposure to increased estrogen (and even progesterone) can increase cancer risk. In breast cancer, tumor growth is stimulated by estrogen. Fiber actually binds with estrogen and escorts it out of the body through normal bowel elimination. Hence, the theory goes that fiber can slow down the growth of breast tumors because it binds to estrogen and lowers the body's levels of this hormone, which can worsen tumor growth. This has been shown in numerous laboratory tests." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"But let's give them the benefit of the doubt, counting only those drugs with scientific evidence of cancer risk. Therefore, 18 of the top 50 drugs have measurable cancer risks. Among the popular drugs with one of the above-noted cancer risks are Premarin, Mevacor, Dilantin, and Prilosec. These drugs provide benefits that may convince consumers to accept these cancer risks (if they even know about the danger). However, we can't call them safe drugs in the sense of being free of the risk of injury." - Thomas J. Moore, Prescription For Disaster: Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet (Get the book.)

"The reduced skin cancer risk is due to the fact that dark skin contains much higher levels of the natural black pigment melanin, which is very effective in blocking long-wave UV radiation. A study published in a 1992 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, provocatively titled "Could sunscreens increase melanoma risk?", first introduced this idea into public debate." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Despite a widespread recognition of this greater cancer risk to children, common cosmetics and personal care products, even those aimed at children, still contain toxic ingredients. The often stunning ignorance about this fact was revealingly illustrated in 1994 when Child Magazine selected a book titled Raising Children Toxic Free, by Drs. Needleman and Landrigan, as "One of the Ten Best Parenting Books of the Year." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The Women's Health Initiative researchers were quoted as saying that their results "do not justify recommending low-fat diets to the public to reduce their heart disease and cancer risk." True, they certainly do not justify recommending diets containing 29 percent fat, the level currently endorsed in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines. But those of us who have been studying the matter already knew that. The Women's Health Initiative study simply confirms that the guidelines are wrong: we should be recommending diets far lower in fat than those featured in this research." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"In the words of Lydia Temoshok, one of the psychologists who helped fuel new interest in this area, "The discovery that emotions can influence cancer risk and recovery means that we all have potentially powerful allies against cancer: our own hearts and minds."73 Of all who argued this way, none was more influential than the Yale University surgeon Bernie Siegel. As Siegel later told the story, it was his cancer patients who showed him the way—not those who died as expected, but those who, against all odds, survived. " - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"The two groups that displayed 100 percent survival, despite genetic cancer risk and injected carcinogens, were the ALA group and EPA groups. All other groups fed typical vegetable oil fatty acids had 100 percent mortality. These results were so incredible that the editors of medical journals, in which the researchers wanted to publish an article on this experiment, absolutely insisted that the experiment be repeated. It was, and with the same results. This experiment strongly illustrated the effect quality fatty acids, omega-3s, have on cell, nuclear and mitochondrial membranes." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Ritalin s cancer risk are more acute in view of the millions of children treated annually with the drug and the escalating incidence of childhood cancer, by some 35 percent over the last few decades, quite apart from delayed risks of cancer in adult life. There is no justification for prescribing Ritalin, even by highly qualified pediatricians and psychiatrists, unless parents have been explicitly informed of the drug's cancer risks. Otherwise, prescribing Ritalin constitutes unarguable medical malpractice. " - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"Many food groups are well known for their ability to reduce cancer risk: high intake of fruits, vegetables and flax seed (particularly the lignan fraction) and consumption of cruciferous vegetables and garlic. As well, the consumption of antioxidants such as lycopene, selenium, folic acid, vitamin B-12 and D are well known to reduce the risk of cancer. Also, the microbes in your body and your immune system play a role in preventing and stopping carcinogens from causing cancer in your body." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Probiotics, the beneficial bacteria commonly found in dairy products, are also supported as dietary elements to reduce cancer risk. Probiotics offer anti-cancer benefits including the ability to reduce pro-carcinogenic enzymes and produce short chain fatty acids which create a healthy colon pH which is associated with lower risks of cancer. The human body was designed to be able to correct mistakes or damage in cells. Programmed cell death makes damaged cells die. Also the immune system plays a vital role in cancer prevention." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Diet Even a quick Internet search will indicate the strength of evidence suggesting that diet is related to cancer risk. As a sample of the evidence to date, eating soy, chicken, olive oil or using a low-calorie or Mediterranean diet are all associated with a lower risk of cancer. More than 30% of cancers are thought to be preventable with dietary means. A diet rich in a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes is thought to offer the body many nutrients to help fight cancer development. What should you avoid?" - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Can probiotics reduce cancer risk in humans? Experts are not certain. A prospective trial which is ongoing in Europe is called the European SYNCAN project. It is investigating the effect of L. rhamnosus GG and B. lactis Lb 12 on colon cancer and may offer some new information as to how effective probiotics are against colon cancer. Evidence to date suggests that probiotics have protective properties against cancer. Studies have found that probiotics prevent DNA damage, which is an initiator of cancer." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"REPPED: Introduction The Natural Pharmacist Guide to Reducing cancer risk is for people who have never had cancer as well as those who have survived the disease. Everyone wishes to stay cancer-free, and cancer survivors wish to avoid a recurrence or another cancer. And there is very good news about preventing cancer, which we'll get to in chapter 1. First, here's some background. Our modern understanding of the biology of the cancer process (carcinogenesis) has led not only to new potential treatments, but also to better possible preventive measures." - Richard Harkness, The Natural Pharmacist: Your Complete Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk (Get the book.) "Colorectal cancer risk Factors Risk factors for colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) include personal or family history of colorectal cancer or polyps, and inflammatory bowel disease. Other possible risk factors are sedentary lifestyle, high-fat and/or low-fiber diet, and not eating enough fruits and vegetables." - Richard Harkness, The Natural Pharmacist: Your Complete Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk (Get the book.)

"Recurrent large cysts have been shown to slightly increase cancer risk in some studies but not in others;3'4 fibroadenomas do not. Unfortunately, noncyclical unilateral dominant masses can sometimes be cancerous. OVERVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS Women with fibrocystic tissue causing breast pain, discomfort, and lumpiness will find comfort in an alternative perspective on their situation." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"If you have risk factors for cervical cancer, the following topics will be of special interest: Cervical Cancer in chapter 3; the topics on vitamin C and folic topics on blue-green algae and ellagic SmokingTbbacco, and Viral Infections Endometrial (Uterine) cancer risk Factors For the most common form of endometrial (uterine) cancer, exposure to estrogen is the major risk factor (for example, estrogen replacement therapy or ERT). Using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), in which progesterone is combined with estrogen, may offset the risk of estrogen." - Richard Harkness, The Natural Pharmacist: Your Complete Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk (Get the book.)

"A major European study, part of the Vasterbotten Intervention Project in Northern Sweden and published in the March 2007 issue of Diabetes Care, found that hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) was associated with an increase in total cancer risk in women. The researchers found that women whose blood sugar readings were in the top 25 percent of women tested had a 26 percent higher chance of developing cancer than those whose readings were in the bottom quarter." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

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