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Killer CT SCANS

"Now, people who don’t want x-rays are treated as crackpots. Probably because of this cultural situation, Gofman’s recommendations are very mild--simply for doctors to use good technology and to know what they are doing, which could lead to ten-fold or even hundred-fold dose reduction. Even with...

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“Thanks to its high antioxidant content, some test-tube studies have found that wheatgrass may help kill cancer cells.

According to one test-tube study, wheatgrass extract decreased the spread of mouth cancer cells by 41% (8Trusted Source).

In another test-tube study, wheatgrass induced cell death and reduced the number of leukemia cells by up to 65% within three days of treatment (9Trusted Source).

Some research indicates that wheatgrass juice may also help, when combined with traditional cancer treatment, minimize adverse effects.

One study found that wheatgrass juice decreased the risk of impaired bone marrow function, a common complication of chemotherapy, in 60 people with breast cancer (10Trusted Source).”

7 Evidence-Based Benefits of Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is all the rage these days. This article examines 7 benefits of wheatgrass that are backed by science.

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“Medicine seems to have finally learned the lesson that inflammation is bad, in any amount, however it is reaching for the wrong "tool" to treat it. Multiple studies have demonstrated that GC therapy is ineffective in sepsis (the leading cause of death in hospitalized patients), yet GC are still part of the official protocol for treating sepsis. This (ab)use of GC therapy reached truly catastrophic proportions during the COVID-19 pandemic, where they were considered "standard of care" for all COVID-19 hospitalized patients precisely due to the mistaken belief that they help with issues such as the cytokine storm and multi-organ failure these patients sometimes succumb to. The absurdity of GC usage for COVID-19 becomes even maddening when one considers the immunosuppressive effects of GC in the context of using them to "treat" a viral infection.”

Another "paradox" - glucocorticoids cause inflammation, insulin blocks it

As many of my readers know, I am not a fan of the ubiquitous usage of both bioidentical and synthetic glucocorticoids (GC) in medicine. Once used only in the most severe cases, some form of GC therapy awaits virtually all patients in a hospital (regardless of condition), and doctors are now...

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What is Cancer? (Johns Hopkins Univ.)

"The term cancer refers to a new growth which will invade surrounding tissues, metastasize (spread to other organs) and may eventually lead to the patient's death if untreated.

A tumor is not necessarily a cancer. The word tumor simply refers to a mass. For example, a collection of pus is by definition a tumor. A cancer is a particularly threatening type of tumor.

neoplasm- An abnormal new growth of tissue that grows more rapidly than normal cells and will continue to grow if not treated. These growths will compete with normal cells for nutrients. This is a non-specific term that can refer to benign or malignant growths. A synonym for tumor.

tumor- The more commonly used term for a neoplasm. The word tumor simply refers to a mass. This is a general term that can refer to benign or malignant growths.

benign tumor- A non-malignant/non-cancerous tumor. A benign tumor is usually localized, rarely spreads to other parts of the body and responds well to treatment. However, if left untreated, benign tumors can lead to serious disease.

malignant tumor- Cancer. A malignant tumor is resistant to treatment, may spread to other parts of the body and often recurs after removal.

cancer- A malignant tumor (a malignant neoplasm)."

Estrogen, progesterone, and cancer: Conflicts of interest in regulation and product promotion.

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“Since the 1920s, many studies had demonstrated that "spontaneous" cancers increase in proportion to the quantity of polyunsaturated fat (especially linoleic acid) in the diet. By the end of the 1960s, the carcinogenicity of vegetable oils, or at least their "co-carcinogenicity" or "tumor promoting" effects had become widely known, and one of the World Health Organization publications observed that progesterone carcinogenicity studies using vegetable oil as the vehicle couldn't be recognized as valid.“ -Ray Peat

 

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“More recently, ethanol has been found to antagonize progesterone's anticancer and anti-proliferative actions.

Studies using implanted pellets or plastic tubes containing a solution of progesterone sometimes neglected to even mention the nature of the solvent used. Since implanted pieces of inert materials, such as disks of plastic, could be carcinogenic, it was recognized that a proper control for a hormone-containing pellet or tube would require the implantation of a pellet or tube without the hormone. Sometimes, instead of actually implanting the object, sham surgery, similar to that involved in implantation of the pellet, would be used, in recognition that the surgical trauma itself could have far reaching effects on the organism.

Any tissue damage or irritation causes the release of cytokines and mediators of inflammation, which are known to be involved in tissue growth and cancer. When injected, even plain water and other normally harmless things are carcinogenic.

The need for proper experimental controls when using implanted devices is shown by a study that analyzed the fibrotic tumors that had grown around implanted plastic tubes. Crystals of talc were found in the tumor, that were assumed to have originated from the surgical gloves used during the operation. Talc is now widely recognized as a carcinogen, and is suspected of causing ovarian cancer.

Overlooked variables are the reason for the essentiality of repeatability and confirmation in science.“ -Ray Peat

 

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“Corn oil is one of the most effective vegetable oil tumor promoters/carcinogens, and it's now considered improper to use it as a solvent for testing even oral carcinogens, since some chemicals that are carcinogenic in the oil are relatively harmless when administered without the corn oil. The animals got 2 ml of corn oil in the stomach feeding with the carcinogen. One of the groups (group 5) received, in addition, more than 6 ml of corn oil in the injections. The experiment lasted only 135 days, and in the group that received only the carcinogen, the mortality was only 5%, and that death occurred shortly after the carcinogen was administered. All of the groups receiving the corn oil and progesterone injections had higher mortality, two with 25%, one with 37.5% mortality. Despite the unexplained general problem with prematurely dying rats, the authors found that "The relative incidence rates indicated that pretreatment with progesterone inhibited tumorigenesis, except in the group (5) in which progesterone treatment was continued for the duration of the experiment." Without progesterone, it is almost certain that the additional corn oil injected would have increased tumorigenesis in all experimental groups.

Without that vehicle control group, the experiment can just as well be described as a test of corn oil, rather than of progesterone. If you claim to be testing the capacity of a substance to promote tumors, it shouldn't be administered in a standard tumor promoter.“
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“For over fifty years, it has been known that the liver excretes estrogens and other toxins from the body, and that when (because of liver inertia) estrogen isn't excreted by the liver and kidneys, it is retained in the body. This process was observed in both animals and humans decades ago, and it is also well established that estrogen itself suppresses the detoxifying systems, causing fewer carcinogens to be excreted in the urine. Ingram's evidence logically would suggest that the women who have cancer are failing to eliminate estrogens, including phytoestrogens, at a normal rate, and so are retaining a higher percentage of the chemicals consumed in their diets. Flavonoids and polyphenols, like our own estrogens, suppress the detoxifying systems of the body.” -Ray Peat

 

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“Our diets provide very significant, if not always dangerous, amounts of estrogen. “Weak estrogens” generally have the full range of harmful estrogenic effects, and often have additional toxic effects. American women who eat soy products undergo changes that appear to predispose them to cancer, making their tissues even more unlike those of the relatively breast-cancer resistant Japanese than they were before eating the soy foods.” -Ray Peat

 

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“Undigestible fiber, if it isn't broken down by bowel bacteria, increases fecal bulk, and tends to speed the transit of material through the intestine, just as laxatives do. But some of these “fiber” materials, e.g., lignin, are themselves estrogenic, and other fibers, by promoting bacterial growth, can promote the conversion of harmless substances into toxins and carcinogens. When there is a clear “antiestrogen” effect from dietary fiber, it seems to be the result of accelerated transit through the intestine, speeding elimination and preventing reabsorption of the estrogen which has been excreted in the bile. Laxatives have this same effect on the excretion of estradiol.

Some of the isoflavones, lignins, and other phytoestrogens are said to prevent bowel cancer, but some of them, e.g., lignin, appear to sometimes increase its likelihood.“
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“The activity of aromatase increases with aging, and under the influence of prolactin, cortisol, prostaglandin, and the pituitary hormones, FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and growth hormone. It is inhibited by progesterone, thyroid, aspirin, and high altitude. Aromatase can produce estrogen in fat cells, fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, breast and uterine tissue, pancreas, liver, brain, bone, skin, etc. Its action in breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine cancer, lupus, gynecomastia, and many other diseases is especially important. Aromatase in mammary tissue appears to increase estrogen receptors and cause breast neoplasia, independently of ovarian estrogen (Tekmal, et al., 1999).“
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“Chemotherapy could allow cancer to spread, and trigger more aggressive tumours, a new study suggests. Researchers in the US studied the impact of drugs on patients with breast cancer and found medication increases the chance of cancer cells migrating to other parts of the body, where they are almost always lethal. Around 55,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Britain every year and 11,000 will die from their illness. Many are given chemotherapy before surgery, but the new research suggests that, although it shrinks tumours in the short term, it could trigger the spread of cancer cells around the body. It is thought the toxic medication switches on a repair mechanism in the body which ultimately allows tumours to grow back stronger. It also increases the number of ‘doorways’ on blood vessels which allow cancer to spread throughout the body."‘

Chemotherapy Causes Cancer To Spread And Makes It Lethal

Not really surprising, given what Ray has written over the years and other studies I have posted before. It is well known even among die-hard oncologists that chemotherapy is virtually guaranteed to cause a secondary cancer even if the person survives the primary tumor. Chemotherapy Causes...

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“Starving an animal with a tumor increases the stress hormones, providing free fatty acids and amino acids, and accelerates the tumor's growth (Sauer and Dauchy, 1987); it's impossible to "starve a tumor," by the methods often used.” -Ray Peat

 

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“Aspirin protects cells in many ways, interrupting excitotoxic processes by blocking nitric oxide and prostaglandins, and consequently it inhibits cell proliferation, and in some cases inhibits glycolysis, but the fact that it can inhibit FAS (Beynen, et al., 1982) is very important in understanding its role in cancer.

There are several specific signals produced by lactate that can promote growth and other features of cancer, and it happens that aspirin antagonizes those: HIF, NF-kappaB, the kinase cascades, cyclin D1, and heme oxygenase.”

Lactate and inflammation promote each other in a vicious cycle (Kawauchi, et al., 2008).
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“Medical tradition and inertia make it unlikely that the connection between cancer and bowel toxins will be recognized by the mainstream of medicine and governemt. In another article I will describe some of the recent history relating to this issue.” -Ray Peat​

 

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“The germ is nothing, the terrarrain is everything.”…


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What Would You Do If You Were Diagnosed With Cancer

I have two close friends that are dealing with cancer. In both cases it has spread. One has lung cancer with mets to the bone and vocal cord. The other had breast cancer which went into remission with the typical mainstream treatment of poison, burn, cut but eventually came back with lesions...

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“Why is molybdenum important to life?​

For starters, it helps ensure proper function of certain enzyme-dependent processes, including the metabolism of iron, which is a vital nutrient that helps move oxygen throughout the body. It also helps the body detoxify numerous harmful substances.”

The Little-Known Element Your Body Depends On

Even though it is in all of our bodies right now, this element not a well-known substance. Yet it's actually very important to human health. Find out why.

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“Acetaldehyde has a whole host of detrimental effects on your health and wellbeing. It can impair your brain function and even kill brain cells. Your endocrine, immune and respiratory systems can all be affected, and it also damages the membranes of your red blood cells, reducing their ability to carry oxygen round the body. (2, 3, 4)

Acetaldehyde is not just produced by Candida albicans. It is also a product of ethanol metabolism, and therefore tends to be present in large amounts among those who drink alcohol regularly. In fact, acetaldehyde is one of the major reasons why you wake up hungover after a night of drinking.

You can see how excess acetaldehyde can be linked to Candida symptoms like brain fog and fatigue.

Acetaldehyde stays in your body – it does not get excreted like other toxins. A build up or accumulation of acetaldehyde can lead to joint pain, a feeling of weakness and aches in muscles, in addition to those harmful effects on your brain.

Acetaldehyde is also released during Candida Die-Off, which is when molybdenum is especially useful. If you think you are undergoing Die-Off and you are experiencing the usual fatigue and flu-like symptoms, Molybdenum may be able to help.

Molybdenum helps by converting the acetaldehyde into acetic acid. This harmless acid can then be excreted from the body. Alternatively, the acetic acid can be converted into an enzyme named acetyl coenzyme A, which is an important part of your metabolism.

There are few studies of molybdenum and Candida, but one study found that it reversed flu-like Candida symptoms and resulted in an increase in energy. (5) Anecdotally, molybdenum is used by many Candida sufferers to manage their symptoms.”

Molybdenum: An Essential Trace Mineral » The Candida Diet

Molybdenum is a trace mineral that your body needs to break down Candida byproducts. Molybdenum can reduce your Candida symptoms and avoid Candida Die-Off.

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