Certain plants, mostly berries like cranberries, raspberries and strawberries or nuts such as pecans and walnuts, but including other fruits and vegetables, notably pomegranates, are rich in a polyphenol antioxidant called ellagic acid. Some supporters claim ellagic acid may be one the most potent ways to fight cancer, because it inhibits the growth of cancer [...]

There is some confusion about the efficacy of nutritional therapies in the treatment of cancer. For a start, it is said that 40 per cent or more of cancer patients die from malnutrition, rather than the cancer. This is because the disease makes it physically difficult to eat, causes nausea or has a deleterious effect [...]

The starting point for understanding treatments involving acid/alkali balance is the scientific measure called pH (potential Hydrogen). On the pH scale, the value “7″ represents a neutral point – a perfect balance between acidic and alkaline tendencies. Values higher than 7 are alkaline, and those lower than 7 are acidic. Acid/alkaline balance is seen as [...]

The Gerson therapy uses massive amounts of freshly prepared organic vegetable juices, together with enzymes, other dietary supplements and enemas as a cancer therapy. Patients have to stick to a rigid diet to “detoxify” the body and fill it with fresh nutrients.     The regimen was developed in the 1920s by a German immigrant [...]

WHAT IS CANCER? Cancer is an uncontrolled growth of body tissue anywhere in a person’s body. This growth interferes with the way your body normally functions.     There are many kinds of cells that make up the tissue in a human body. Cells make new cells by dividing. Some cells stop dividing when you [...]