Toxins in the food and water supplies can make otherwise healthy people suffer serious illnesses. In addition to the heartfelt best wishes and prayers for recovery, it is very helpful to switch the patient to a diet featuring pure water (distilled) in large quantities (64+ ounces per day) and extra-nutritious and cleansing foods. The pectin in apples and grapes, for but one example, is known to be capable of removing heavy metal type contaminants from the system. Pomegranate/Black Currant juice is also filled with anti-oxidants. Other foods should be avoided as they seem to promote cancerous developments. Conventional agricultural methods are producing fruits and vegetables which lack much of the nutritional value of those found a generation ago, too.
"It has been estimated that 30–40 percent of all cancers can be prevented by lifestyle and dietary measures alone. Obesity, nutrient sparse foods such as concentrated sugars and refined flour products that contribute to impaired glucose metabolism (which leads to diabetes), low fiber intake, consumption of red meat, and imbalance of omega 3 and omega 6 fats all contribute to excess cancer risk. Intake of flax seed, especially its lignan fraction, and abundant portions of fruits and vegetables will lower cancer risk. Allium and cruciferous vegetables are especially beneficial, with broccoli sprouts being the densest source of sulforophane. Protective elements in a cancer prevention diet include selenium, folic acid, vitamin B-12, vitamin D, chlorophyll, and antioxidants such as the carotenoids (á-carotene, â-carotene, lycopene, lutein, cryptoxanthin). Ascorbic acid has limited benefits orally, but could be very beneficial intravenously. Supplementary use of oral digestive enzymes and probiotics also has merit as anticancer dietary measures. When a diet is compiled according to the guidelines here it is likely that there would be at least a 60–70 percent decrease in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers, and even a 40–50 percent decrease in lung cancer, along with similar reductions in cancers at other sites. Such a diet would be conducive to preventing cancer and would favor recovery from cancer as well."
http://www.nutritionj.com/content/3/1/19
See also:
http://web.cancernutritioninfo.com/main.cfm?id=1
http://www.cancernutrition.com/
http://www.nutritionandcancer.org/view/nutritionandcancer/s99p1074.htm
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/MBC_6_1_nutrition_for_children_with_cancer.asp
(A beloved family member of mine was diagnosed with cancer and given 6 months to live, but, at least in part due to taking dietary measures as outlined above, 6 years later there was no sign of the cancer left ...)
The Lord is good!
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