Breast Cancer Remission

There seems to be a growing trend of remission of cancer in people who were previously treated with conventional treatments and declared cancer free. There were two recent events that captures the attention of the media in the United States. The first was the announcement by Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, that her breast cancer had recurred and was in step 4 and now considered treatable but not curable. Two days later, the White House, Tony Snow, a spokesman announced that his colon cancer had recurred and he had to undergo a new treatment, perhaps surgery.

Cancer affects the whole body and not just a specific organ. It requires a holistic treatment that takes into account the following factors:

- Toxins in the body

- A very acidic environment produced by the secretion of lactic acid by excess cancer cells

Stress Reduction -

weight loss - reduce the amount of fat in the body

- Changes in the diet to improve nutrition and enhance immunity

The conventional treatment is just trying to kill cancer cells by various means. It does not seek to avoid factors that promote the growth of cancer cells.

Surgery attempts to remove the tumor from the body but can not eliminate the cancer cells have spread to nearby tissue or other body parts and even to become a full blown tumor. Accordingly, these cells continue to grow abnormally and a new tumor appeared after some time.

Chemotherapy has a different approach. He tries to kill fast growing cells in the body, hoping it would kill all rapidly growing cancer cells. In doing so, it damages many kinds of fast-growing healthy cells in the body. This leads to a reduced immune response which significantly increases the chances of infections in various parts of the body. Lowered immunity also accelerates cell damage by free radicals in the body, one of the leading causes of cancer. If the cancer has been created by toxins in the body, the chemotherapy would do nothing to remove them and the same toxins can cause a remission.

A holistic treatment will also examine the power and the standard therapy to treat cancer completely and also contribute to prevention:

- Avoid processed foods and refined carbohydrates

- Eat more vegetables for more antioxidant vitamins to protect cells

- Increase fruit in the diet to help eliminate toxins from the body and stimulate the immune system

- Choose whole grains and seeds instead of refined grains

- Try to eat every day of turmeric, a spice it is potent anti-cancer

- Avoid tobacco and alcohol

- Reduce mental stress to strengthen the immune system

- Keep a positive attitude to accelerate the healing process