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Fri, Jul-06-07, 17:15

On Jul 5, 5:19 pm, joec...@hotmail.com wrote:
> IS IT NUTRITION? Background: I am fighting Prostate Cancer
> and so far winning. I have had surgery, then chemo and then
> radiation in this battle Joe (joec...@hotmail.com)
>
> I am neither a doctor nor a medical professional or a
> nutritionist and thus this is only my opinion. Having said
> that, I have read many nutrition books lately and I am now
> convinced that cancer directly comes from broken/damaged DNA
> (DNA is the blueprint for cells and found in every cell in
> our body). The human body is constantly making new cells and
> older cells deliberately die, are broken down and recycled.
> For example, red blood cells only survive about 120 days and
> white blood cells often last as little as a few days. Your
> skin cells last about 21 days.
>
> Thus your body is constantly making new cells and breaking
> down old cells and recycling the parts when it can. Making a
> new cell generally means an existing cell splits into two
> parts (including the DNA) and now you have a new cell,
> complete with new DNA and so on. (The old cell has died and
> been recycled). But if the new cell has a defect in the new
> DNA (due to a transcription mistake, poor nutrition or a
> toxin in our body), that cell usually dies (known as Cell
> Apoptosis and often triggered by DNA gene p53) or the human
> body usually detects this DNA mistake and breaks down the
> cell since it is poorly constructed. It is said in one book
> I have that the human body beats off cancer cells 4 or 5
> times over our life, before the defective cell can actually
> become a tumor.
>
> To detect these defective cells and break them down, your
> bodies many complex parts must be working well together,
> i.e. your immune system, your lymphatic system, your
> circulatory system, your nervous system and so on. All our
> individual cells (we have trillions of them in each of us)
> likely have a distinct life span, some measured in days and
> others in years. Each of these cells needs certain nutrients
> to behave properly. These nutrients include glucose (a form
> of sugar, obtained from carbohydrates in our diet), proteins
> (from meat and dairy products in our diet) and essential
> oils (ALA, DHA, EPA - from flax seed and fish in our diet)).
> Glucose is the raw fuel each cell needs for life and the
> other materials (proteins, oils, minerals, vitamins, fats,
> etc) are building blocks for new cells etc. It is worth
> nothing that insulin(from our pancreas) regulates the amount
> of glucose in the blood stream and too much or too little is
> very bad for you. The building blocks are important for
> proper cell construction - eat the wrong foods for too long
> and you will likely have poorly constructed cells. It is no
> surprise then that eating properly is very important. How do
> we know we are eating properly?
>
> Our remarkable human bodies evolved over time (many
> thousands of years) until we evolved to the state we are at
> today. Specifically, many thousands of years ago, man
> became an upright individual and commenced eating fruits,
> vegetables, fish and the occasional live animal he could
> capture and eat. Look at your teeth and compare them to the
> teeth of your dog or cat - our teeth are our hint that our
> bodies are more designed for fruits and vegetables while
> the fangs of a dog or cat tell you their bodies are
> designed for meat.
>
> Thus, we should eat more fresh fruits and fresh vegetables
> than we traditionally do. Did you know that cancer only
> affected 3% of Americans in 1900 and now it is about 25%?
> What changed since 1900? I am not sure but I know the food
> industry tried to increase the shelf life of foods so they
> added partially hydrogenated oils and preservatives,
> starting in the 1950s or so. These are not found in nature
> and thus not good for us (the partially hydrogenated oils
> and preservatives). To make it taste better, the food
> industry also added many forms of sugar (fructose, sucrose,
> galactose, maltose, etc) to sweeten it and thus enhance the
> taste. But we should eat what is good for us and not what
> necessarily tastes good. Taste is not indicator of the
> quality of the food in many cases.
>
> I think we should stop eating sugar-laden food, refined food
> (like white bread, white rice), fast food, frozen
> dinners/pizza, fortified breakfasts and so on. Avoid food
> that contains high fructose corn syrup, partially
> hydrogenated anything or artificial colors or flavors or
> preservatives or any chemicals.
>
> We also need to stop microwaving food as the microwaves
> target the water molecules in food and thus disrupt the
> nutrients that are in the food (Most nutrients are based
> on water)
>
> Switch to what our bodies need (and expect) and only then
> will our body's complex systems get the raw materials they
> are built for and really need to properly work. Generally
> speaking, eat natural fruits/vegetables in a wide rainbow
> of colors every day and skip the fast food, the TV dinners
> and so on.
>
> I have dramatically changed my diet since I started battling
> cancer (I now eat only raw and fresh fruits and vegetables
> and pure juices (with no additives)). Every day I am eating
> fresh blueberries, strawberries, grape juice, onions,
> cinnamon, radishes, pomegranate juice, flax seeds, blueberry
> juice, prunes, raspberries, kale, garlic, blackberries,
> radishes, V8 and so on). The water I drink is very pure also
> (effectively rain water). I also take a multivitamin
> (includes selenium). I soon plan to add (wild, not farm
> raised) salmon to my diet to get the essential DHA and EPA
> oils. (EPA has natural anti-inflammatory properties. DHA
> serves as the primary structural lipid of the brain and
> retina of the eye).
>
> I feel generally fine and my family says I look the best I
> have in years. My message here is to skip sugar (cancer
> loves sugar), white bread/rice, fast food, frozen food,
> refined food and instead go for fruits and vegetables-take
> them home, wash them off and eat them. I mix all my fruits
> and vegetables in a blender and it works for me and it may
> work for you. When you shop for food, read the ingredients
> to see what is in that food and avoid those that have
> coloring or preservative or sweetening ingredients. Ask your
> doctor or nutritionist if you have questions about this. I
> also welcome your comments on this topic.
>
> Joe joec...@hotmail.com

You had me until the fruity fruit nonsense.

Read about what real nutition is at:

http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/index.html

The best strategy is a lot simpler than eating nothing but raw
fruit. Eat real whole foods as fresh as possible with minimal
processing. this includes fresh meat, real whole fresh milk,
fresh vegetables, etc. A modicum of cooking won't hurt either.
In fact many foods need to be cooked, soaked, or fermented to
either neutralize toxins or allow better absorption of
nutrients.

Bone broth soups are exceptional food. So are eggs. Meats
contain important essential proteins and essential fats that
can not be gotten on a primarily fruit based diet. And fruits
have been bred to be sweeter than they used to be.