THE DO'S AND DONT'S OF THE CANCER DIET.

Chlorine, Fluoride and Other Toxic Chemicals

Avoid all chlorine in your diet. This includes avoiding foods made with tap water. Chlorine destroys many phytonutrients and other nutrients, thus the damage done to the food during processing, if chlorine is used, is permanent and cannot be reversed. This means, for example, not drinking soda pop or any other drinks that have been made by mixing tap water with something else. You should not buy bottled grape juice because during processing, the chlorine in the tap water destroyed many phytonutrients. The damage cannot be reversed.

Vegetables

 As a general rule, all vegetables should be organic, if possible. Green vegetables, including grasses (generally juiced) and sprouts, must be the foundation of a good cancer diet. The fiber, enzymes, chlorophyll, minerals, and many nutrients are necessary for your cancer diet. Even if you could figure out a cancer diet without eating green vegetables (including the grasses), you should not do it. These are REQUIRED to be the foundation of your cancer diet!! 

Just as there are some things you must not eat, there are some things you MUST eat. 

Juicing vegetables and grasses will help get more nutrients into the body. However, some whole vegetables should be eaten in order to get the fiber. Fiber is critical to a cancer treatment. 

 As with all juices, if you make the juice from the actual foods, the juice should be drunk immediately after they are prepared. In cases where many small doses of a fresh vegetable juice are needed to be taken (e.g. to avoid diarrhea), the juice can be refrigerated during the day. 

 Essentially, you should have organic, fresh salads/vegetables/juiced grasses/sprouts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Many of the other foods that are allowed on this diet should be mixed in with the salad, except for the vegetable juices.

broccoli*, asparagus*, beets*-moderation, cabbage*, carrots*-moderation, cauliflower*, celery, cucumbers, egg-plant, green and yellow squash moderation, green beans and peas (fresh), red* and yellow* peppers (also green* if they agree with you), spinach, mustard greens, collards, kale*, lettuce, okra, parsley*, scallions, radishes, Swiss chard, watercress, sea vegetables, such as nori, wakame and niziki, wheat grass*-usually juiced, barley grass*-usually taken as a supplement, turnips*, and sprouted grains* or beans*. Also eat lots of garlic* and onion*, if they agree with you.

 The [*] symbol means this is a known anti-cancer food and these foods should be favored. As well, it would be a really good idea to juice all of the vegetables available that have the [*] symbol above!! 

 A word about sprouts; Even sprouts purchased in health food stores have been shown to have very dangerous bacteria in them. Wash them very well, but it is even better to make them yourself. 

 Nuts
In general, only whole almonds, whole macadamia nuts and whole walnuts are allowed on a cancer diet. Cashews are strictly prohibited. Almonds and macadamia nuts both have laetrile, and both are acceptable. Walnuts have the very critical omega 3. Other nuts should be used very sparingly. Peanuts (which are not really nuts) and cashews both have too much fungus and should not be used at all. 

With the exception of walnuts being used in a Budwig Diet treatment, even the acceptable nuts should be used sparingly. 

 Legumes

 Legumes, except peanuts, are allowed to be eaten by cancer patients, but only in moderation and only to stabilize the weight of the patient or to provide protein. 

 Soy Products

 In reality, all soy products should be avoided except fresh soy sprouts. Soy sprouts have an impressive number of anti-cancer nutrients and are acceptable as part of your salads, if you can make your own soy sprouts. 

 Whole Grains

 Whole grains can be used only when a cancer patient is fighting dangerous weight loss. Yeast, which every cancer patient has throughout their body, converts complex carbohydrates into simple carbohydrates, so even whole grains should be avoided when possible. In any case, avoid commercially stored grains and potatoes. 

 Another reason to avoid even whole grains is that over the decades the soil has become acidic and because of the soil many whole grains have more fungus than they did many decades ago. Corn and rice (because of the way they are stored) are grains that should be totally avoided.

Yeast (Baker's and Brewer's)

 This is another reason for avoiding processed bread and other bakery products: "Japanese research links breast cancer with the ingestion of goods baked with yeast." The problem is mycotoxins, which are waste products of yeast. There are many health problems that can be directly attributed to yeast, including arteriosclerosis, obesity, and AIDS. 

 NO flour (using yeast) can be used in a cancer diet, not even if whole grains are used! 

 Meat, Fish, Fowl, Eggs, Dairy Products

 All beef, all pork, all fish, all turkey and all chicken should be avoided during a cancer treatment. There are many reasons for these restrictions. The only exception is that if a person is fighting weight loss, some fresh, freshwater fish can be eaten if that is the ONLY thing the cancer patient will eat (e.g. they won't eat beans or other legumes). 

Avoid all dairy products, including butter, all cheeses and all malts.

The Rule of Thumb is this: "if it contains something that came from an animal, it is forbidden!" 

 Sweeteners, the Bad and the Good

 ALL man-made sweeteners (e.g. aspartame - NutraSweet, Equal) and fat substitutes should also be avoided. These items are most often associated with brain cancer, but everyone should avoid them. This is one of many reasons soda pops are out of the question. Soda pops are also acidic. 

 There is only one acceptable sweetener in a cancer diet - Stevia, which is an herb. 

 Sugar and Refined Grains

 You should absolutely avoid eating refined sugar and refined grains and anything else refined. These things not only feed the fungus and yeast in your body, they also feed the cancer cells. The yeast in flour makes things even worse. Do not eat anything where yeast, fungus or mould is used, added or is a part of. 

 In addition, refined sugar and other simple sugars also interfere with your immunity system. These substances also interfere with getting Vitamin C and oxygen into the cancer cells. Sugar also depletes the body of key minerals and other nutrients because of its acidity. It is not the acidity that directly destroys the minerals; the acidity causes the body to use the minerals to regulate the pH level in the body. The same is true of all acidic foods. 

 The chain reaction caused in the body by acidic foods (due to the body's attempts to keep the blood at a level pH) is the cause, or a major contributing factor, to almost all chronic diseases, including cancer. It would take an entire book to describe how the body keeps its pH normal, and the ramifications of these processes. 

 Fruits, Dried Fruits and Fruit Juices

 The only fruits that are allowed on this diet, without restrictions, are the following: lime, lemon, the unsweetened juices from these 2 fruits, plus avocados. That is it. Lemons are actually a required part of any cancer treatment because of their beneficial effect on the liver and because they get oxygen into the body. Lemon juice and lime juice should be taken primarily just before bedtime. 

 Mushrooms (Fungi) and the Saccharides

 The good news about mushrooms is that they do contain polysaccharides, which are essential to the immunity system. Mushroom supplements such as beta glucan are certainly acceptable to a cancer diet. 

 "Polysaccharides from mushrooms do not attack cancer cells directly, but produce their anti-tumor effects by activating different immune responses in the host. The antitumor action of polysaccharides requires an intact T-cell component; their activity is mediated through a thymus-dependent immune mechanism."

Seaweed is also high in polysaccharides, but the FDA crushed one of the superb seaweed products from Tonga because they claimed there was no "scientific evidence" for seaweed. Apparently, the morons at the FDA have not heard about the Nobel Prize. Actually, the FDA has not only tried to crush polysaccarides, but also the more potent Acemannan glyconutrient sugars, which are required by the immunity system to be able to communicate. 

 Here is a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED seaweed product, Modifilan (brown seaweed has at least 3 nutrients that kill cancer cells; furanone, fuecoiden, and algenic acid):

 Salt

 Refined salt may be a major cause of cancer. Refined salt, the wrong fats, margarine and butter are the main causes of red blood cells sticking together (called: rouleau), causing them to absorb less oxygen and making hemoglobin a free meal for yeast and fungus. The clumped together red blood cells do not get as much oxygen into the cells of the body. Also, the clumped together red blood cells cannot pass through the smaller arteries/capillaries, meaning much less (if any) oxygen gets to cells in these areas of the body, and some of these cells may be turned to anaerobic (i.e. cancerous). As if that weren't bad enough, once the cells are cancerous, the oxygen still can't get to the cancer cells to slow down their spreading or kill them. 

 On the other hand, natural sea salt is somewhat controversial. Some people think it is good for you, others do not agree. Here is a case for sea salt: 

Salts obtained from solar evaporation of sea water are entirely different from modern refined salt. The plural “salts” is deliberately used here, because sea water salts are actually a complex blend of trace minerals, as well as calcium and magnesium salts. This complex blend is essential to life, as Quinton’s research demonstrated. Table salt today is primarily kiln-dried sodium chloride with anti-caking agents added. Trace minerals, as well as calcium, magnesium and potassium salts are removed in processing. Kiln-drying involves scorching salt at high heat to remove moisture. This refining process creates a product that is unnatural and hard on the body. It is the true culprit that contributes to high blood pressure, heart trouble, kidney disease and eczema, among other problems – not the complex blend of life-supportive minerals known as sea salt.

However, not everyone agrees with using sea salts: 

Some wonder why do we make so much ado about our supposed need for one salt and ignore all the others? The salts of calcium, phosphorus, silica, iodine, magnesium, etc. are removed from our foods by the milling and processing of foods and by various cooking processes. Were the organic salts left in our foods, and these are the only salts that are usable by the animal body, we would not feel the "need" to add sodium chloride to our foods to make them palatable. Certainly the addition of this salt to our foodstuffs does not compensate for the deficiency of the other salts that our regular diets present."

One thing is for certain, the organic mineral cell salts found in vegetables, seaweed, etc. are critical. The only question is whether the inorganic mineral salts found in sea water are absorbed and used by the body. 

Bad Fats and Oils 

Other foods you should absolutely avoid are trans fats, meaning trans fatty acids or partially hydrogenated oils. Trans fatty acids may be one of the major causes of cancer. They become part of the cell's wall (replacing cholesterol) and make the cell wall rigid or sticky and can make the cell anaerobic (i.e. the first step to becoming cancerous) because large oxygen clusters cannot get into the cells. 

Like refined salt, these fats also destroy the electrical charge of red blood cells, causing them to "stick" together. When this happens, among other things, the red blood cells do not get to many cancer cells, meaning the cancer cells get far less oxygen (if any), meaning they thrive because they are anaerobic. 

Another bad food for cancer patients is polyunsaturated oils. Polyunsaturated oils (e.g. corn oils sold in supermarkets everywhere) promote the growth of small blood vessels (by promoting the production of "bad" prostaglandins). This is bad for cancer because it allows tumors to grow new blood vessels. However, these small blood vessels are good for preventing strokes. Thus, while on a cancer diet avoid polyunsaturated oils. 

In short, avoid all heated oils. 

Herbs and Spices

All herbs and spices are acceptable, except black pepper and other highly acidic spices. Several herbs, such as Sheep Sorrel and Black Walnut, are known to be strong anti-cancer foods. Turmeric, which contains curcumin, a spice that is a potent anti-cancer food. 

As with all foods, the storage of herbs can cause them to be high in fungus. Also, herbs should generally not be used on a non-stop basis, unless specifically instructed to take them daily. Generally, it is best to take a periodic break from herbs. 

Junk Foods, Condiments and Other Comments

 You can forget about eating at a restaurant, big or small, formal or informal, unless it has a menu specifically for organic, raw foods. 

 Condiments are absolutely forbidden. One of the most acidic foods on earth is black pepper (black pepper is a major cause of acid reflux disease). Avoid soy sauce, pickled vegetables, relish, green olives, sauerkraut, and cucumber pickles. 

Basically, any "refined" or processed food that contains sugar, refined salt, aspartame, MSG, trans-fatty acids, coloring, other additives, refined flour, etc. etc. should be avoided. Even the cooking of food kills critical enzymes needed for digestion. 

There is a trend in the food industry of making "no trans fats" foods. This does not mean these are healthy foods. They are processed. 

While it is true that cooking does release some vitamins, by a very wide margin, overall it is better to eat food raw, if it can be safely eaten raw. 

Need I even mention stopping smoking (no matter what kind of cancer you have), because smoking puts more than 100 carcinogens in your body. Tobacco is also very high in sugar, fungi and yeasts. Part of this is due to they way tobacco leaves are processed. 

Need I even mention stopping drinking alcohol (which is a "primary mycotoxin"), which interferes with ALL treatment plans. Alcohol has been shown to greatly increase the incidence of childhood leukemia. 

Need I even mention caffeine (except when it is used as an enema), because caffeine restricts the blood vessels, meaning less oxygen gets to the cancer cells. It is also acid-forming and mucoid-forming. Sorry, chocolate lovers. 

Let us use some common sense in our choices. 

Some Special Listed Foods

Peanuts are perhaps the number one food that should be avoided because they are so high in fungus. Foods that have little resistance to invaders, when they are growing, are frequently high in fungus. 

Corn, rice (because of the way it is stored) and potatoes, and any foods with corn, rice or potatoes, should be avoided, also because of fungus and the way they are stored. 

Cashews are another food high in fungus. 

Avoid processed apple juice for reasons beyond the scope of this article. 

Avoid oranges, tangerines, and dried fruits, for a variety of reasons.

Water 

Every cancer patient should drink as much natural water (restructured, ionized, electron charged, purified water) as they can, up to a gallon a day. The many benefits of water are beyond the scope of this article, but rest assured it is important. It is imperative to consume chemical free, clean, restructured and alkalizing water.  When your body is properly hydrated all health programs become more powerful, more efficient and work faster.  

Medical researchers report that there is virtually no function or reaction in the body that can take place without the presence of water. Approximately 75% of our body weight is water and water makes up over 80% of our brain and 90% of our blood. Since water is an integral part of everything the body does, insufficient hydration of the body can, in itself, lead to or exacerbate specific health conditions and illnesses. Health-wise, the type and quantity of water you consume can be either the best or the nastiest thing for you. The choice is clear.

Products like the Wellness Filtration system and the Water Vitalizer are simply the best in the world and are essential to any wellness program. They are the basic health tools to produce the type of water needed to promote vital health. 

In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, several Japanese universities began to test the effect of the Wellness filter’s water on animals and plants in order to avoid the psychological or placebo effect associated with human subjects. In all cases, the researchers witnessed an improvement in health and growth when compared against normal municipal water or well water. In the early 1990’s, the Japanese Ministry of Health began to investigate what it thought might be unsubstantiated claims. The Ministry conducted its own tests and evaluations and was surprised to find that the water actually showed a reproducible therapeutic effect when consumed in a specific protocol.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, much like the US Food and Drug Administration, cannot give endorsements to specific products. They can give approvals for specific products and their applications. Although not considered a formal endorsement, the Ministry gives tacit approval when they use medical products they have already certified in their own facilities.

In 1999, Dr. Tadahiro Hotta, a famous Japanese cancer researcher and physician, began testing the effects of The Wellness Filter on 300 cancer patients as part of a comprehensive experimental treatment program. The program involves a vegetarian diet, intravenous injections of vitamin C and a specific drinking protocol of Wellness Filter water. As of the beginning of 2002, 75% of these patients had gone into remission. While there are several variables at work in this study, Dr. Hotta attributes importance to the enhanced water. 

The study elected to incorporate The Wellness Filter water because of its antioxidant effect, superior hydration and its ability to accelerate detoxification. In Japanese cancer prevention studies, it was observed that reduced ions in the water such as those produced by The Wellness Filter reduced the presence of free radicals and the subsequent reduction in damage to DNA.  

In addition, the filter has been the subject of a long-term evaluation by private physicians and universities during which many health and personal benefits were studied and verified. These unexpected benefits have set The Wellness Filter apart from any other water treatment system and have generated substantial data along with thousands of anecdotal reports. Currently, a national movement is underway in Japan to add the filter to all of the public baths and spas due to its superior sanitation abilities and its apparent therapeutic effects on the skin. The Japanese Ministry of Health has also installed Wellness Filters in over 100 hospitals. In addition to the test results summarized herein, continual research, testing, and evaluation for additional applications are ongoing. 

All experts agree, that next to the air we breathe, water is the most important thing we will ever put in our bodies. It is surprising that so much time and money is being spent on supplements, organic foods, and natural remedies (some of which are very subtle and delicate) but little attention is given to the quality and effect of the water with which those items are taken.

Exercise and Far- Infrared (FIR) Therapy

A cancer patient should get as much exercise as reasonable. Exercise pumps the lymph system and helps get toxins out of the body. Even if a person can do no more than lift 3 pound weights for 10 minutes while sitting in a chair, it will help. Also, rebounding is great!  

As well, Infrared saunas are perfect for those who suffer from injuries or chronic illnesses that inhibit rigorous activity. The heart receives a workout similar to a 6-mile run in a 20-30 minute FIR sauna session and the body perspires the same amount as a 6-mile run. 

“Give me the power to create a fever, and I shall cure any disease.”

Hippocrates, “The Father of Modern Medicine” (2,000 years ago)

Fever should be seen as an important physiological defense mechanism against disease. It is not the enemy.  During a fever, the body heats up to eliminate viruses and attack foreign agents. One of the most immediate physiological effects of the fever is the acceleration of metabolic processes in general. Fever increases oxygen uptake and renders white blood cells more aggressive against bacteria, fungi or viruses. FIR heat therapy induces an “artificial fever” by heating up the body but without the pains of an illness. Subsequently, the body wards off invading organisms much more easily because the immune system is activated consistently by the “artificial fever”. 

We have all heard of “spontaneous remission.”  A spontaneous remission is the disappearance of a major disease without any immediate medical cause. As Lewis Thomas, MD, once said: “The rare but spectacular phenomenon of spontaneous remission of cancer persists in the annals of medicine, totally inexplicable but real, a hypothetical straw to clutch in the search for cure. . . . No one doubts the validity of the observation.”

If you check the medical literature, you find that while there is no single cause for all the spontaneous cures of cancer, the majority of such patients experienced an acute infection just prior to the regression of their tumor. This is a striking fact. These infections were usually accompanied by fevers. This microbial attack stimulated some powerful immune responses. The riled-up immune system then turned on and destroyed a different kind of enemy, the tumor. It was as if an army had mobilized to fight one adversary but continued marching to defeat a second, even more dangerous, foe.

Our own ingenious solutions to the cancer problem seem puny compared to the perfectly natural way that the body sometimes gets rid of it. Why not learn from, and harness, this tremendous natural force? Shouldn’t medicine imitate Nature and its ingenious cures rather than trying to devise artificial cures that are inimical to what the body does best? Many of the mysteries of medical history can be explained by the untutored activation of the immune system.

All life requires FIR heat from the sun. FIR heat is not ultraviolet radiation but a narrow band of energy within the 5.6 to 15 micron level. This type of energy travels 2-3” deep into the body to increase circulation and nourish damaged tissue.

The Far-infrared radiant (FIR) heat emitted by Far-Infrared energy treatment devices such as the Infrared Aesta Dome and the Infrared Aesta Mat is a naturally occurring energy that is safe and effective in combating chronic illness.

Liver Treatment 

According to Dr. Max Gerson, and others, even before the symptoms of cancer appear, the liver is damaged. As the cancer progresses, the damage to the liver also progresses. 

The liver is the major organ in the body which deals with toxins. A person on an alternative cancer treatment releases a lot of toxins into the blood stream which end up in the liver. Because of this, the liver must be "detoxified" or "cleansed." 

There are also a slew of herbs which "stimulate" or "detoxify" the liver. At the head of this class, as far as I know, are Liquid Liver Cleanse, Liv 52 and BHP Plus." 

Several alternative cancer treatments specifically deal with the liver by using enemas. Coffee enemas are by far the most common and are part of the Kelley metabolic plan, the Gerson diet, the Hulda Clark treatment, and others. "[Coffee enemas are] said to open the bile duct of the liver so that it quickly sends material into the colon for elimination." Occasionally, lemon enemas are also used. 

The bottom line is that in designing a treatment plan, the care of cleaning the liver is critical. If the toxins in the liver build up and are not removed, it can cause the death of the liver, which means the death of the patient. 

Another thing that will ease the burden on the liver is the lymph system. The lymph system also helps remove toxins from the blood, but the lymph system does not have a "pump," such as the circulatory system has (the "pump" of the circulatory system is the heart). The lymph system is only pumped by exercise and FIR Therapy.  (Infrared Aesta Dome)

"Like the cardiovascular system, the lymphatic system is made up of channels or vessels, valves and filters (nodes). Unlike the bloodstream system, however, there is no pump like the heart. Instead, the lymphatic fluid is forced through the system by the action of the muscles and breathing."

The lymphatic system is critical to the immunity system, to the treatment of cancer and to taking a burden off of the liver. Many cancer patients, for a variety of reasons, are in no condition to go for long walks, jog, or do other types of exercise. However, the good news is that Infrared saunas are perfect for those with chronic illnesses that inhibit rigorous activity. The heart receives a workout similar to a 6-mile run in a 20-30 minute FIR sauna session and the body perspires the same amount as a 6-mile run. Also, lifting hand weights can accomplish much in helping the lymphatic system. 

However, prior to cleansing the liver of toxins, the colon must be cleansed so that the toxins can be dumped into the colon!! This means that at the beginning of any alternative cancer treatment, there must be a colon cleanse. 

“It is important to make sure that the colon is in good shape before stimulating the healing of the liver. If toxins cannot be excreted, the liver may store them, causing harm.”

See the free Wolfe Clinic online booklet “Spoiled Rotten”.

The Distressing Symptoms of a Severe Change in Diet

When you go on a natural treatment for cancer, such as the grape cure, hydrogen peroxide, raw food diet (i.e. carrot-based vegetable juice), etc. you can expect some strong reactions from the body. 

Here are samples of things I have run into: 

“[After starting an alternative treatment program] I had chemotherapy coming out the pores of my skin, even though it had been months since I had any. I had to take showers several times a day to wash this stuff off because it would burn my skin as it came out. It smelled putrid. It was just awful, the toxic stuff that was coming out of me.” 

"Something else I noticed was that any time she had a bowel movement (which became quite frequent after the start of the diet) it was so foul smelling, almost like she was excreting rotten flesh!" 

"He is doing well at taking everything as he is supposed to. My sister said that she noticed a foul odor 'like it was coming out his pores' last Sunday. She said it smelled horrible and was nauseating and unbearable." 

And if you are on a colon flush, it gets worse: "He reported lumps of foul smelling substances that looked like 'rotten hamburger' flushing out of his colon, his urine was strong and dark, and he had occasional headaches." 

These symptoms, plus diarrhea, constipation, etc. can all result from a massive change in diet or the treatment itself. They are common, they are normal and usually they are an indication the treatment is working! 

Treatments

You must go on an alternative treatment or treatments that eliminate all symptoms and feelings of cancer. After that happens a person is said to be in "remission." A cancer diet should last at least two months after or beyond all of the symptoms of cancer are gone. However, be aware that alternative cancer treatments frequently do not remove tumors; they are designed to kill the cancer cells in a tumor, thus leaving the tumor harmless. Without cancer cells, a tumor is not dangerous. 

Thus, when I say a patient is in "remission" I am referring to the death of cancer cells, more than to the appearance of a tumor or scar tissue. Since it is impossible to know if all cancer cells have been killed, there is a two month margin of error while staying on the treatment program. Thus, when a person "feels" all of their cancer cells are dead (or a medical test verifies the cancer cells are under control), add two more months of your alternative treatment. 

Another thing to realize is that when the healthy cells get much needed nutrients, the patient may "feel great." This does not mean that all of the cancer cells have been killed; it only means that the healthy cells are healing. For this reason, it is wise to stay on a alternative cancer treatment for at least five months, unless the plan is for a fixed length. 

Between Remission and Prevention

Once a person is in remission and their symptoms are gone, their treatment is far from over. First of all, there are no known foolproof methods of guaranteeing the cancer is totally cured. That is why I mentioned above that it is advisable to stay on your alternative treatment program for at least two months after all symptoms of cancer are gone. 

However, starting two months after the symptoms are gone you should begin an easing off the stricter rules of your cancer diet. 

The diet should last for one-year! The purpose of this diet is to make sure there is no regression of the cancer, meaning it is designed to make sure all of the cancer cells are dead. Because the body continually creates new cancer cells, even for healthy people, no one is ever completely totally free of cancer cells; however, the body can get to the point where any potential accumulation of cancer cells is very unlikely. 

Your new diet is a less restrictive version of the cancer diet program. There are fewer restrictions, more latitude, but still there are some potent cancer-killing aspects to the diet. 

For Those Who Have Been on Chemotherapy and/or Radiation

If your cancer had metastasized and you have been on chemotherapy and radiation, and if you are now in remission, then you still have cancer. Only the major symptoms are gone. But when the cancer symptoms return the second time, it will return with an even bigger fury because your immunity system has been virtually destroyed, and it is your immunity system that protects you from getting cancer. 

If you are in "remission" you should treat this as if you have active cancer and use the treatment plans exactly as if you had active cancer (which you do!). The only difference between being in remission and having active cancer is the ability of the medical community to detect it! 

In short, you need to go through an alternative programe for cancer!