TO ALL DEAR FRIENDS: Excellent article on cancer.     AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND   ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN   ALTERNATIVE WAY .     Cancer Update from John Hopkins:     1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not   show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion.   When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in   their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect   the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.     2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's   lifetime.     3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be   destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.     4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple   nutritional deficiencies.. These could be due to genetic, environmental,   food and lifestyle factors.     5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and   including supplements will strengthen the immune system.     6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and   also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow,   gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver,   kidneys, heart, lungs etc.     7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages   healthy cells, tissues and organs..     8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce   tumor size.. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not   result in more tumor destruction.     9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation   the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can   succumb to various kinds of infections and complications..     10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become   resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to   spread to other sites.     11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not   feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.             WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON:     a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one   important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like   NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful.   A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in   very sma ll amounts.. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in   colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.     b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the   gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and   substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.     c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic   and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork.   Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites,   which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.     d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds,   nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.   About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices   provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular   levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.   To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh   vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw   vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of   104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..     e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea   is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to   drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals   in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.     12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive   enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and   leads to more toxic buildup.     13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering.. By refraining from or   eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of   cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer   cells.     14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac,   anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own   killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are   known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal   method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.     15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and   positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-   forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic   environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit.. Learn to relax   and enjoy life.     16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising   daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular   level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.     (PLEASE FORWARD IT TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT)     This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life..