on myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma & melanoma

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Dear ,

In a message dated 07/01/2001 10:17:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

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> adjustments for those of us with bone marrow cancers?....I have multiple

myeloma

, M.D. states that " patients with the blood or immune

based malignancies such as leukemia, myeloma, and lymphoma do best on a

high-animal protein, high-fat diet "

(www.dr-gonzalez.com/clinical_pearls.htm). Also, according to ,

leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and melanoma patients are rather consistently

PARAsympathetic-dominant metabolic types, whereas patients w/solid

tumors are rather consistently sympathetic-dominant.

Based on what I've read of , M.D. and Jack ,

(practitioners of Kelley's nutritional-metabolic therapy), my

understanding is that it's best for parasympathetics to

eat ORGANIC fatty meats (beef, lamb, or pork at least once a

day), poultry, and fatty fish (salmon, bluefish, mackeral, light

tuna, but NOT lean fish) early in the day. Also helpful are

low-sugar/low-glycemic vegetables, fresh-pressed vegetable juice

(including carrot, as well as apple, juice), root vegetables (carrots,

turnips), cruciferous vegetables (e.g., broccoli), whole grains (preferably

sprouted), and a

little fruit (particularly apples and GRAPES, but NOT citrus fruit) fruit

should be eaten only once a day). Highly-alkalinizing foods

(figs; molasses; lima beans; soy; apricots; dandelion, mustard,

& beet greens; spinach; kale; chard; and especially citrus fruit,

particularly grapefruit) should be AVOIDED.

Dr. states that he's quite effective w/myeloma.

It's my understanding that also uses the following supplements

w/parasympathetics:

Vitamin B-3--niacinamide (NOT niacin)

Vitamin B-12

Vitamin C in the form of CALCIUM ascorbate; up to 1.5g/day

selenium

CALCIUM (2-3 grams/day, ideally in an acidic form [e.g., calcium

phosphate], NOT an alkaline form [e.g., calcium citrate])

zinc

PANCREATIC ENZYMES-- large amounts

states that parasympathics should AVOID the following

supplements:

magnesium

potassium

ascorbate acid

B-vitamins (particularly vit. B-6) other than niacinamide and B-12

states that he's quite effective w/myeloma and lymphoma. He achieved

a complete recovery w/a chronic leukemia patient in a blast crisis (very

late-stage).

Ironically, melanoma and lymphoma are the cancers that Gerson therapy is most

effective with, and Gerson therapy differs greatly from the guidelines above

(though there are substantial similarities). Does anyone have any

" explanation " for that?

References:

Diamond, W. , Cowden, W. Lee, & Goldberg, Burton (1997).

_An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer_. Tiburon, CA:

Future Medicine Publishing.

, (2000). Pre-conference seminar at CMBM

Conference, June 7-11, 2000, Arlington, VA. (audiotape #29;

www.conferencerecording.com/newevents/cmb20.htm).

Wolcott, W., with Fahey, Trish (2000). _The Metabolic

Typing Diet._ New York: Doubleday. (doesn't discuss cancer)

Leonard