Guest guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 I would recommend ANTICANCER: A NEW WAY OF LIFE by Dr. Servan-Schreiber, a brain cancer survivor. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, flintmission <tchatfield36@...>wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend a nutritional book that targets brain cancer, > specifically to reduce the tumor? I've read so much on the internet, it is > overwhelming. i am not a cook and don't know anything about all these herbs > and supplements. just a plain ole list of what to use/eat? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Indeed! That's a great recommendation! You can watch a video presentation by Dr. Servan-Schreiber here: http://tinyurl.com/mgyxu6 Another recommendation is to read Dr. Beliveau's book " Foods that Fight Cancer " Dr. Beliveau is a research scientist at McGill University. He switched from studying new drugs to studying foods and spices. Here is a link to his book: http://www.amazon.ca/Foods-That-Fight-Cancer-Preventing/dp/0771011350 A couple of caveats that you should keep in mind when watching the videos or reading the Servan-Scheiber and Beliveau books: They are excellent sources of information and are in very close agreement to what I think is an ideal diet. But, they do mention that eating meat, dairy or eggs is o.k., if the animals have been fed an omega-3 rich diet. On this point, I think they are are wrong, as it isn't only the fat that is a problem - animal protein also causes health problems and has been found to promote tumor growth at levels higher thaan approx. 5% or so of total caloric intake. In time, with more research, I believe they will come to change their minds about this. Other than that, I feel that they are pretty well on the mark and the information they present is very useful/actionable. Based on what I have read in the scientific literature, I think that for someone who is not fighting cancer, a small amount of animal food products will do little or no harm. This has been shown to be the case in T. Colin 's experiments and also in populations where there are an unusual number of healthy centenarians. However, as animal protein consumption increases beyond approximately 5%, it has been found to stimulate tumor growth, I think it's best to steer clear of it. The only exception to this may be the Budwig Protocol diet which includes a small amount of cottage cheese in a flax oil - cottage cheese mixture. In the Budwig Protocol, if you keep your animal food consumption to just the cottage cheese required by that FOCC recipe, you will be below the 5% of total calories which appears to be a safe level based on studies I have seen results for. If you start your study of what you can do nutritionally with these two books, you'll be getting off to a great start. There is a lot of actionable information in both of them. Kind regards, Nick -- On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Dana Herbert wrote: > I would recommend ANTICANCER: A NEW WAY OF LIFE by Dr. > Servan-Schreiber, a brain cancer survivor. > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, flintmission <tchatfield36@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Can anyone recommend a nutritional book that targets brain cancer, > > specifically to reduce the tumor? I've read so much on the internet, it is > > overwhelming. i am not a cook and don't know anything about all these herbs > > and supplements. just a plain ole list of what to use/eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 eat high-oxalic-acid foods? (raw)-- rhubard, spinach, Swiss chard, romaine/leaf lettuce, watercress, chives, escarole, kale, leeks, dandelion, asparagus, radish, turnips, carrots, berries, organic concord grapes; collard, mustard, & beet greens elderberries and chokeberries AVOID SUGAR & high-carb, high-glycemic foods, animal products (particularly dairy, red meat, & chicken) except for fish; avoid and suppress COPPER (effective w/GBM & other brain cancers; zinc helps inhibit copper absorption) For more info, www.nutritional-solutions.net (Jeanne Wallace, PhD, CNC) www.holisticcancersolutions.com/braintumorsarticle.htm www.fidelibus.com/ruta/begin-message.htm www.brain-treatments.net www.treatingglioblastoma.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Maybe a calorie restricted ketogenic diet is something to look into. Have a look at these 2 papers: Targeting energy metabolism in brain cancer: review and hypothesis http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-2-30.pdf The calorically restricted ketogenic diet, an effective alternative therapy for malignant brain cancer http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-4-5.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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