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Cancer can spread pretty fast if left unchecked. It comes from its deadly ability to go from one organ like breast or prostate to the next likes bone or liver. This process is called metastasis and any strategies to fight cancer need to reduce its pace.

How it works

Cancer metastases use our lymphatic and blood vessels as road to move from one place to the other. Existent blood vessels are, most of the time, not in the immediate area of the tumor. However; the lack of nutrients and oxygen, as the tumor grows, create an environment favorable to send signal to these blood vessels to create new ones that will come closer and feed the tumor. This process is called angiogenesis. This paves the way to infect new organs. more…

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Would it be wonderful if we could wish cancer away, by positive thinking or with a magic spell? Mind over matter is a popularized phrase during the sixties and related to psychokinetic where we could move object with our mind. This pretty much look like being from a science fiction book : Being able to wish cancer out of us or is it? more…

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We find a lot of advertising in the web regarding magic pills claiming to be a panacea for cancer, diabetes and a host of other diseases. Other ads grab our attention when they claim that there’s a special extract or a revolutionary process that results to a cancer fighting compound. If we’re suffering form cancer, we’re too desperate; we lower our guard; and go for them! more…

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Bromelain is a mixture of enzymes found naturally in the juice and stems of pineapples. It’s a very effective meat tenderizer and an ideal marinade. This enzyme is believed to help with the digestion of proteins. Some bromelain appears to be absorbed by the body intact. However, like other enzymes, it is highly heat sensitive. Once cooked the enzyme lose its potency and doesn’t work anymore.

Bromelain is often marketed as a natural anti-inflammatory for conditions such as arthritis. Some advertisements for the supplement claim that it can digest fat and can cause weight loss without diet or exercise. It’s also sold as a supplement to alleviate diabetic neuropathy. It’s one of the most popular supplements in Germany. Is this true? Or is it another fairy tale? more…

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Eating must be pleasant. Our food needs to be flavorful and presented as colorful and attractive as possible. This is especially true if we have to fight cancer with food and we intend to keep eating functional foods. Incorporating spices to our food brings a delightful zing to our taste buds. Besides that, some spices fight and brush aside cancer. more…

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You might ask, “How can an active life stave off cancer?”

Sedentary bodies results into slow peristaltic movements of the colon. Consequently, cancer-causing chemicals that we ingest through food stay in contact with the mucosa of the colon for an extended time. If this happens, it gives time for these chemicals to create damage to the DNA structure of the mucosa cells. Conversely, physical activity hastens the transit of food from the colon and prevents too much contact of harmful chemicals.

Physical activity reduces weight if we’re obese and maintains our ideal weight. Lack of exercise leads to fat deposits, we become obese with a higher percentage of fat in our bodies. Estrogen, a culprit in most breast cancers, isn’t only produced in the ovary but also in fat tissues. So, being obese means a higher production of hormones. This additional estrogen burden promotes the growth of tumors in the cervix, endometrium, ovaries and breasts. more…

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Breast cancer develops a long time like 20 to 30 years. Research, on the other hand, had discovered that a high level of estrogen in the blood is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. This is a crucial step to understand how hormones and breast cancer are related. What can be done to lower estrogen in our body? This would be a key in our fight against breast cancer.

Gene and cancer

Cancer research has identified a gene implicated in breast cancer. The gene known as CYP3A is responsible in the catalysis of many reactions involved in drug metabolism and the synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. Mutation of this gene reduces our risk of developing breast cancer. Mutation somehow slows the activity of the enzyme produced from the CYP3A gene. Consequently, once the gene’s activity slows down our breast cancer risk goes down along with it too. Enlightening, isn’t it? However, the problem is – not all of us have this mutation. more…

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Food supplement industries sell us the idea that just one pill can prevent breast cancer. We’re all familiar with that enticing advert about a food supplement. Or a food supplement is promoted as a miracle food and a super food that beat all odds against breast cancer. Let’s not get hooked. Not one food or ingredient can do the trick!

Ongoing research shows that a combination of food varieties gives us the best chance to lower our risk of breast cancer. And this is as much as 30%! more…

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When it comes to cancer, celebrities are just like us. They get cancer too. Being a celebrity is no guarantee they’re protected from cancer. At 37 years old, Giuliana Rancic, a co-host of E!news was stricken with breast cancer.

A smart woman, she listened to her physician’s recommendation. Her initial lumpectomy failed to cut off the tumor mass. She was brave enough to go through a double mastectomy. Most women would hesitate having both breast excised. But that’s exactly what she decided to do. The radical mastectomy seemed drastic. But it was the best way to cut off those deadly cancer cells from her body. Surgery is a standard cancer treatment. The aberrant mass of tissues is lopped off from the body. Doing so, those immortal cancer cells won’t proliferate, invade nearby tissues, metastasize to remote bodily organs. And then finally kills its victim. more…

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Every season brings fresh flavorful food to add to our daily meals. In the Western hemisphere, luscious pomegranates are in season from September to February or about the start of winter. We can use this potent anti-cancer fruit for the next months. We’ll just freeze the ruby red arils and use them later. more…