Both
the immune system and your normal cellular biochemistry need slightly
alkaline conditions in which to function to their maximum effect. The
diets and lifestyles, and stresses and strains of modern Western life
produce acid bodies, and cancer sufferers seem to be worse than most.
Alcohol,
smoking, red meat, fizzy soft drinks, processed food, lack of sleep and
stress all increase the acidity of your body.
The
best 'alkaline ash' providers in the body ( this means that the residual
from these foods leaves an alkaline pH) are cooked spinach, fresh ginger,
Noni jiuce, garlic, kale, raisins, dates and figs (especially dried),
soya beans and soya, whole brown rice and watercress.
Unfortunately,
the alkaline ash producers arew weaker at their job than the acid builders,
so to balance your pH you have to consume far more of the latter group.
You
can buy pH-testing kits to measure your current acidity, and you can have
your blood and cellular biochemistry analysed for deficiencies, stress
and toxin levels.
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Hormones
Hormone
supplements are only available on prescription in the U.K.
This is because even small amounts are very, very powerful
and can cause the whole bodyto go into imbalance.
One
major cause of imbalance is the consumption of excess sugars
and carbohydrate, which causes temporary and sometimes excessive
levels of insulin to be produced and this has a 'knock-on'
effect on all the hormones in the body.
Three
hormones, Melatonin, Human Growth Hormone (HgH) and DHEA
all have the ability to neutralise dangerous free radicals.
The problem is that their production declines in our bodies
from a peak at puberty, to almost zero at the age of 70.
Steps
can be taken to improve levels. Sleep is crucial to the
production of both Melatonin and HgH. The amino acid Tryptophan
is the precursor of Melatonin. Argenine, orthine and choline
help stimulate HgH production, as does resistance training.
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Move
your lymph
The
volume of lymph in your body is twice that of your blood.
However,
it has no 'heart' to pump it around.
Clean
lymph is vital as it bathes all our cells and carries away
toxins.
Drinking
2-3 litres of water per day will help the the cancer patient.
Light
exercise, especially that which moves the chest where the
thoratic lymph ductis situated, helps the flow of lymph
to take toxins from the cell, into the blood stream and
then to be expelled from the body.
Swimming,
press-ups, yoga, T'ai Chi, laughing and yawning all move
the lymph.
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