Potassium/Sodium/Cancer

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

This looks interesting:

" Cancer Detect Prev. 1986 ; 9(3-4): 171-94.

Geographic cancer risk and intracellular potassium/sodium ratios.

Jansson B.

Geopathological, dietary, gerontological, and geophysiological data,

data on electrolyte concentrations in healthy cells and in the

corresponding tumor cells, and data on the potassium status of

patients with different diseases and the associations of these

diseases with cancer revealed a common denominator in the potassium-

sodium-cancer relationship. A number of independent studies showed

that the concentration of intracellular potassium was negatively

correlated to cancer rates, whereas the concentration of

intracellular sodium was positively correlated to cancer rates. The

ratio between the concentrations of intracellular potassium and

sodium was negatively correlated to cancer rates and was of greater

importance in this respect than the two elements individually. The

relations between these concentrations and cancer rates are

hyperbolic rather than linear, which explains the fact that two

independent carcinogenic agents are synergistic rather than additive. "

Rodney.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Rodney,

That seems to confirm the "The K factor" book. I'm going to add my 2 cents again, to clarify a concept here. The words intracellular are inside the cell, and intercellular is defined as the blood system. There's another fluid outside the cell, outside the blood, in the lymph system. It's called interstitial space and cancer seems to use that as a pathway as well. That system seems to be the path that cancer moves the quickest.

Interstitial space can hold a lot of sodium, and can be easily controlled thru aerobic exercise. If you sweat, out comes the salt, If I walk 20 mins I notice sweat on my forehead - taste it and it's faintly salty. I estimate that as 100 mg/oz and sure enough that agrees with Modern Nutrition. But there were times when that was very salty (>300 mg/oz). Sweating is an excretion mechanism for excess sodium.

The serum sodium is normally tightly controlled, and the intracellular sodium and interstitial sodium can be lowered thru exercise. IMO, that's the main reason for exercise.

Another reason you need to get the spreadsheet.

Regards.

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From: Rodney

Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:19 PM

Subject: [ ] Potassium/Sodium/Cancer

Hi folks:This looks interesting:"Cancer Detect Prev. 1986 ; 9(3-4): 171-94.Geographic cancer risk and intracellular potassium/sodium ratios.Jansson B.Geopathological, dietary, gerontological, and geophysiological data, data on electrolyte concentrations in healthy cells and in the corresponding tumor cells, and data on the potassium status of patients with different diseases and the associations of these diseases with cancer revealed a common denominator in the potassium-sodium-cancer relationship. A number of independent studies showed that the concentration of intracellular potassium was negatively correlated to cancer rates, whereas the concentration of intracellular sodium was positively correlated to cancer rates. The ratio between the concentrations of intracellular potassium and sodium was negatively correlated to cancer rates and was of greater importance in this respect than the two elements individually. The relations between these concentrations and cancer rates are hyperbolic rather than linear, which explains the fact that two independent carcinogenic agents are synergistic rather than additive."Rodney.