Archive for June, 2010

Prostate cancer no treatment option is the wait and see approach that seems to work well. Researchers in Sweden found that only a small minority of men diagnosed with low risk early stage prostate cancer die from the disease if not treated and suggest that surveillance as opposed to treatment may be a suitable option for such patients.

You can read a report on the study, by Dr Pär Stattin, of the Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science at Umea University, and colleagues, online in the 18 June advanced access issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Prostrate cancer Options

Cancer cells in the prostate glands on older men are a very common occurrence. Probably most men harbor some cancer cells, however only one in six men get a prostate cancer diagnosis. There are natural protections that are in place.

The problem is that for most men eating a typical American diet the body’s natural protection is not up to speed. The diet is the fuel for the cancer cells, and enables them to propagate and metastasize.

The role of diet and specific nutrients arbitrates whether you get a clinically diagnosed disease. The impact of our food choices on cell growth is so strong that it is nearly identical to the initial response to chemo-drugs. This is a powerful statement, because food is a powerful medicine.

The options are so numerous that it is unbelievable that this isn’t first line of defense. From diets that include omega-3 fatty acids, to foods high in anti-inflammatory agents, a diet low in omega 6 fats, Bad omega-6 fats stimulate prostate caner.  High-glycemic carbohydrates increase the risk and the spread of cancer cells. That includes most processed food, white flour, bad oils, and inflammatory type foods.

Lifestyle

In an accompanying editorial, Drs Siu-Long Yao and Grace Lu-Yao of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, US, point out that this study, like other recent ones, suggest that the survival of patients with low risk cancers who opt for conservative management as opposed to radical treatment is similar to that of control subjects in their age group.

In fact, most men will die of something other than prostate cancer, so perhaps a diagnosis of prostate cancer should be regarded as a warning sign to start taking better care of one’s health, they suggested.

But, this could be easier said than done, because while research shows that many cancer patients are more likely to listen to health advice after diagnosis, “older men, like those with prostate cancer, appear to be less receptive to change”, they added.

Prostate Cancer Breakthrough

Prostate cancer breakthrough is on your dinner plate. Knowing that you can role the dice and continue what you are doing or look for ways to independently safeguard your health.

Antibiotic resistance reaching our shore isn’t science fiction.

Researchers have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in seven species of sharks and redfish captured in waters off Belize, Florida, Louisiana and Massachusetts. Most of these wild, free-swimming fish harbored several drug-resistant bacterial strains.

The study, published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in every fish species sampled. The researchers also found multidrug-resistant bacteria in fish at nearly all of the study sites, said Mark Mitchell, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine at the University of Illinois and a senior author of the paper.

“Ultimately the idea of this study was to see if there were organisms out there that had exposures or resistance patterns to antibiotics that we might not expect,” Mitchell said. “We found that there was resistance to antibiotics that these fish shouldn’t be exposed to.”

Among the animals sampled, nurse sharks in Belize and in the Florida Keys had the highest occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. These sharks feed on crustaceans, small fish and other animals living in shallow waters close to shore.

Fishy Ingredients

Now the supply chain of our food supply is eating into our health. Up to now have been eating to survive. This is a nasty turn of events. We pollute the food supply that we feed off. Keep medicating while we fill pharmaceutical wallets, we not only empty ours, we put our health in jeopardy.

Bacteria from sharks off Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and in offshore Louisiana were resistant to the fewest number of antibiotics, while sharks in the Florida Keys and Belize harbored bacteria that were resistant to amikacin, ceftazidime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, penicillin, piperacillin, sulfamethoxazole and ticarcillin.

Redfish in the Louisiana offshore site hosted more varieties of drug-resistance than sharks in the same waters. This may reflect differences in their age (the redfish were more mature than the sharks), feeding or migratory habits, Mitchell said.

While the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in sharks and other fish does not necessarily harm them, Mitchell said, the findings point to a growing problem for human health.

“There are estimates of over 100,000 deaths from infections in hospitals per year, many of them from antibiotic-resistant organisms,” Mitchell said. “And we’re creating even more of these organisms out in the environment. … Unfortunately, as these things collect, there’s probably a threshold at some point where there’s going to be a spillover and it will start to affect us as a species.”

People do eat sharks and redfish, Mitchell said, and now these fish represent a potential new route of exposure to drug-resistant bacteria. Sharks and redfish also are predators, and so may function as sentinels for human health.

Awareness Rises

As awareness rises, we may be able to adapt, survive, and renew. Working it out is not going to be speedy or easy. Farm raised fish will not be the answer. They are raised on antibiotics, and are not fed their natural diet. Regulatory reform is not ready to deal with our food supply chain, or they already would have.

Lobbing groups are mainly interested in big profits. Deciding how to reinvigorate our food supply is the biggest challenge. However, it isn’t restricted to the activities of the dominated corporations. A change is upon us, and it is going to come from the shoppers. Demand more and you will get more. The customer has to look out for themselves. The only way to crack down on this irresponsible behavior is for a shift in consumer lifestyle practices, from demanding nontoxic products, to taking personal responsibility for our health.

America is the melting pot of creating and innovating. The new health movement is fueled by a passionate group of people who have a consistent message you are what you eat. For a sustainable planet, growing eco-awareness has big implications.

Cancer and diet the missing link to restoring health. The war on cancer has been going on forever, it turned out as a way to manage corporation’s funds, but it hasn’t done much for the patients.

We wait for an unprecedented breakthrough. Findings that would not just extend lives but rewind the clock turning cancer cells back to normal. Everyone is expecting a new way to kill cancer cells. What is a better approach is turn unhealthy cells back to healthy ones.

This is what you want; the mainstream acceptance of bombarding cancer cells with toxic chemo, and. huge amounts of radiation is counter productive. The secret, nutrients in lieu of drugs, would go a long way to combat this condition.

Analytics                                

An analysis that included nearly 400,000 participants finds that those with higher blood levels of vitamin B6 and the essential amino acid methionine (found in most protein) had an associated lower risk of lung cancer, including participants who were current or former smokers, according to a study in the June 16 issue of JAMA.

Previous research has suggested that deficiencies in B vitamins may increase the probability of DNA damage and subsequent gene mutations. The authors write: “Given their involvement in maintaining DNA integrity and gene expression, these nutrients have a potentially important role in inhibiting cancer development, and offer the possibility of modifying cancer risk through dietary changes,” They add that deficiencies in nutrient levels of B vitamins have been shown to be high in many western populations.

One Step Further

Reversing cancer is also possible with the right lifestyle changes. Most medical doctors will not have the knowledge or courage to buck the system. Many patients have, and had stellar results. Others have taken main stream medicine one step further and combined some conventional treatment with a considerable amount of dietary changes.

Paul Brennan, Ph.D., of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, and colleagues conducted an investigation of B vitamins and methionine status based on serum samples from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study, which recruited 519,978 participants from 10 European countries between 1992 and 2000, of whom 385,747 donated blood. By 2006, 899 lung cancer cases were identified and 1,770 control participants were individually matched by country, sex, date of birth, and date of blood collection.

Hello Success

The authors write: “Our results suggest that above-median serum measures of both B6 and methionine, assessed on average 5 years prior to disease onset, are associated with a reduction of at least 50 percent on the risk of developing lung cancer. An additional association for serum levels of folate was present, that when combined with B6 and methionine, was associated with a two-thirds lower risk of lung cancer,”

Now Turn it Around