The Hippocratic Oath has been adopted as a guide to conduct by the medical profession throughout the ages. In the oath, a physician pledges “to prescribe only beneficial treatments, according to his abilities and judgment; to refrain from causing harm or hurt; and to live an exemplary personal and professional life.” I need some help reconciling a…
Walnuts have been lauded as a ‘superfood’, containing a remarkable array of natural constituents that have synergistic properties that contribute to reduced cancer risk. Mediated both directly and indirectly via its actions on the microbiome, many of the beneficial properties of walnuts are related to a range of anti-inflammatory properties, including powerful effects on the…
Persistent oxidative stress is one of the major causes of the aging process and most lifestyle-related diseases, including cancer. Acute oxidative stress directly causes serious damage to tissues. Hydrogen shows not only effects against oxidative stress, but also various anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects. In an eight-week study including 49 people receiving radiation therapy for liver…
There is nothing that illustrates the power of the mind-body connection more convincingly than the “placebo effect”, a phenomenon where real improvement is evident after taking a fake or nonexistent treatment, called a placebo. Because the placebo can’t actually cure a particular condition, any beneficial effects reported are due to a person’s belief or expectation…
How often do you think someone diagnosed with cancer has heard these words from their oncologist?…….“Fortunately, there is a combination of medicinal plant extracts that have been clinically proven to kill cancer, and they have no adverse side effects.” Wait, what?? Two botanicals, which I’d bet you’ve never heard of, have undergone extensive, successful clinical…
Generally demonized as producing all kinds of unwanted health outcomes, natural soy is, in fact, another amazing weapon in the arsenal against cancer. As part of my personal holistic healing journey from a terminal diagnosis, I kept running across anecdotal references to soy having substantial anti-cancer properties. Skeptical at first, upon really digging into the…
“For thousands of years, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Japanese, and Tibetan medicine have used a variety of mushrooms including reishi, shiitake, maitake, turkey tail, cordyceps, and chaga to promote health, longevity, boost the immune system, improve energy and endurance, detoxify the system, and help ease countless ailments.” This is a quote from the Healing Kitchen ebook…
The mission of the Holistic Cancer Care Foundation is to educate the public on the benefits and remarkable success of a “holistic” approach to both the prevention and treatment of cancer. I have discovered that there are some surprisingly common misconceptions about this adjective that cause some people to shut down and head for the…
Experiencing more joy in your day-to-day life can be a complicated quest, requiring intense commitment and focus on the simple internal statement, “I want to be happy”. A significant barrier to our living a joy-filled life can be the self-defeating, subconscious work of our individual egos. The most enlightened and spiritual mortals on this earth…
