I Have Cancer: What Should I Do?

Andrew W Saul, Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, Michael J. Gonzalez

Description

This book maps out a program that allows patients to benefit from the combination of conventional and orthomolecular therapy. Nutritional strategies can improve one's overall strength to maintain health and win the battle against cancer.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Diététique
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Diet
• Health
• Fitness
• Nutrition
• diététique

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781591205050
• Langue: English

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I Have Cancer:
What Should I Do?
Your Orthomolecular Guide for Cancer Management
Michael J. González, D.Sc., Ph.D. Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, Pharm.D. Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D.
The information contained in this book is based upon the research and personal and professional experiences of the authors. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other healthcare provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.
The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular healthcare protocol but believes the information in this book should be available to the public. The publisher and authors are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book. Should the reader have any questions concerning the appropriateness of any procedures or preparation mentioned, the authors and the publisher strongly suggest consulting a professional healthcare advisor.
Basic Health Publications, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gonzalez, Michael J.
I have cancer, what should I do? : your orthomolecular guide for cancer management / Michael J. Gonzalez, Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, Andrew W. Saul.
    p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 978-1-59120-505-0
1. Cancer—Diet therapy—Popular works. 2. Cancer—Chemotherapy—Popular works.
3. Orthomolecular therapy—Popular works. I. Miranda-Massari, Jorge R. II. Saul, Andrew W. III. Title.
  RC271.V58G66 2009
  616.99’40654—dc22
                                                                                                                            2009021243
Copyright © 2009 by Michael J. González, Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, and Andrew W. Saul.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
Editor: John Anderson
Typesetting/Book design: Gary A. Rosenberg
Cover design: Mike Stromberg
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Preface
CHAPTER 1
Not a Death Sentence
CHAPTER 2
Knowing the Enemy
CHAPTER 3
Food as Cancer Medicine
CHAPTER 4
Biochemical Optimization for Cancer Patients
CHAPTER 5
Energy for Cancer Patients
CHAPTER 6
Rejuvenation for Cancer Patients
CHAPTER 7
Patient Success Stories
Conclusion
APPENDIX A
Nutritional and Supplemental Protocol
APPENDIX B
Resources on the Nutritional Treatment of Cancer
APPENDIX C
RECNAC II Publications
References
About the Authors
This book is dedicated to the memory of Juan Guzmán, Luz Leandry, Daisy Guzmán, José R. Miranda, Miriam Alfaro, Aida Massari, Laban Chamberlin, and to our mentors, Dr. Abram Hoffer, Dr. Harold D. Foster, and Dr. Hugh D. Riordan.
Acknowledgments
There are many people that we would like to thank—too many to mention—so here’s a short list:
Inés Alfaro, M.D., kindly assisted us with case histories. She is a survivor of advanced breast cancer and that’s how she learned about integrative medicine. Our thanks to Dr. Erik Paterson for his excellent and encouraging article. We also thank the late Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., for contributing the foreword to this book and providing over five decades of expert guidance and an example to all orthomolecular practitioners.
We also would like to express our gratitude to Dr. James A. Jackson for his pivotal role in the advancement of nontoxic cancer therapies, especially intravenous vitamin C, and for his ongoing collaboration and support.
Finally, we would like to thank our editor, John Anderson, for his professionalism, patience, and dedication to this book project.
Foreword

Very few diagnoses shock patients as much as being told that they have cancer. Cancer is a modern pandemic sweeping around the world. In developed countries, about half the total number of deaths are caused by cancer.
But when a few patients accept this diagnosis as a major challenge, they are often defeated by the attitude of their oncologist and leave the oncologist’s office feeling depressed, disheartened, and defeated. I have seen over 1,500 cancer patients since 1976 and they’ve shared with me how they were treated. It is difficult to find a sympathetic doctor who knows how to deal with serious diseases and can encourage their patients to remain hopeful and thinking of recovery. Oncologists have seen few recoveries and their reaction is based on their professional experience of failure. Unfortunately, too few patients have heard that cancer is not necessarily always a killer disease and that in many cases it can be controlled with orthomolecular (nutritional) methods combined with orthodox treatment and with proper support from doctors, family, and friends.
Oncologists have to learn not to destroy hope. It is essential that patients not be deprived of hope even with what appears to be terminal cases. I have seen too many of these so-called hopeless cases recover. Like the middle-aged woman who had a severe kidney cancer that had spread into her back and surrounded her aorta. Surgery was impossible and she was entered into hospice care, with the usual grim prognosis. She came to see me and was started on the orthomolecular program described in this book. Two years later, a hospice nurse called to tell me that the patient was being discharged (the nurse considered this a miracle as she had never seen this happen before). Today, six years later, she is still well.
Based upon my experience with a large number of patients over the past thirty years—mostly terminal cases, many of whom were cured (no recurrence in ten years) or had their lives extended many years—I am convinced that every cancer patient deserves a chance for recovery, which orthomolecular treatment provides. Usually they feel better within a few days after they start taking vitamin C and they continue to feel better. Vitamin C is the major healing factor but many other nutrients, such as niacin, are also therapeutic.
One of the problems is the erroneous notion held by oncologists that antioxidants like vitamin C prevent the therapeutic action of chemotherapy and radiation. This is based entirely on bad hypotheses. Vitamin C is blamed even though every investigator who has studied this issue concluded that not only is it not toxic but it improves the treatment outcome and decreases the usual side effects of conventional treatments.
This book shows that ascorbic acid (vitamin C) used in optimum doses does not decrease the therapeutic effect of chemotherapy and radiation. There is so little clinical evidence that chemotherapy is actually efficacious for most cancers that it is difficult to conclude that ascorbic acid decreases the effect. Also, vitamin C protects the patient against some of the side effects of the treatment and increases the therapeutic response. Fortunately, a few oncologists have developed some insight and no longer have that conviction about the potential dangers of natural antioxidants like vitamins. This book will increase the number, if only they can be persuaded to read it.
—Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Preface

“Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.” —A LDOUS H UXLEY (1894–1963)
This book is not intended as a substitute for appropriate medical care but as a complement to such care. Please keep the following in mind as you read:
• Do not self-diagnose. It is important to question and to be informed. It is important to get involved with your health care. Appropriate medical care is also critical for good health. If you have any concern about what is discussed in this book, please consult a health-care practitioner that you trust. Do not guess.
• Make your physician aware of all nutritional supplements or herbal products you are using to avoid undesirable interactions.
• Educate yourself. Use reliable sources of information and verify and re-evaluate. This is a field of rapid developments and not all licensed health-care practitioners are knowledgeable of the vast and complicated field of dietary supplements.
• If you are currently taking prescription medicine, please work with your doctor before making any change in your current treatment.
• Cancer is a multifactorial disease that requires a multifactorial treatment plan: medical, nutritional, and lifestyle changes as well as mental, emotional, social, and spiritual support. You cannot just take some pills and not change your diet, or change the diet and ignore important emotional or spiritual issues in your life, and then expect that everything will be fine. Any effective approach for cancer must be truly integrated. Otherwise, even if you get a response, you may still be setting the stage for cancer to come back.
This book is intended to give you valuable information on how to deal with cancer and improve your overall health. We will emphasize nutritional and orthomolecular strategies to improve your overall strength and to avoid the spread of cancer. We will also mention other important factors that need to be addressed in order to successfully manage cancer.

“The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.”
—A LBERT C AMUS (1913–1960)
CHAPTER 1
Not a Death Sentence
“It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.” —E PICTETUS ( CA . 55– CA . 135)

F or most people, the idea that they have cancer is truly frightening. The reason for this fright is that many peop