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Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer

The normal treatment options which include surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are now being joined by something very simple and effective in the war against cancer. And that something is proper exercise that works the muscular system of the human body.

Everybody is aware that our muscles are necessary for our all over body strength But not many people are aware that our muscle tissue also has the important role of being the body’s armor and defense system against sickness and disease.

Researchers are working to understand how physical activity helps fight cancer and also helps the body recover after harsh cancer treatment. Their findings so far suggest that a proper exercise program offers many benefits either during treatment or afterwards.

Here are some of the benefits:

? Conventional cancer treatments cause extreme fatigue. Exercise helps fight this, calms anxiety and makes people feel better about themselves and their bodies.

? Exercise reduces blood levels of insulin a hormone that causes cells to divide and grow more quickly. High levels of this hormone create a higher risk of cancer and a much higher rate of recurrence and death.

To further fight cancer the immune system must be strengthened and this is done by strengthening the muscular system. A proper exercise program made up mostly of strength training exercise will protect and preserve muscle tissue which is crucially important for optimal immune function in two major ways:

? The cells of the immune system use the amino acid glutamine as a fuel source. The storage sites are muscle tissue so, the more toned muscle tissue you have the more glutamine you can store and the better your immune system works.

? Muscle tissue is where our body stores protein which is essential to produce new antibodies and white blood cells to fight off infections and find and destroy cancer cells. This protein store is important when fighting illness as the body uses it at a much faster rate. More toned muscle tissue means more stored protein is kept as a reserve to draw on when needed.

When the correct level of intensity (degree of effort) is used when exercising, the heart rate is raised speeding the circulation of antibodies and killer ‘T’ cells through the body to help destroy the cancer cells.

After an exercise session white blood cell counts can be raised anywhere from 50-300% triggering a repair mechanism to help restore the immune system after it has been damaged by chemotherapy.

Proper exercise is now considered so beneficial that cancer experts are even encouraging patients to begin or resume a program under supervision of a fitness professional while treatment is under way.

So, forget the notion that your muscles are just for looks. They are essential for the healthy functioning of the immune system and the ability to withstand and recover from disease. By putting them to work you just might emerge from a battle with cancer stronger, healthier and with a better quality of life than when you started it.

Macronutrients

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Food is the basic resource of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that allow our body to do its daily performance. Our ability to eat foods and then extract the proper nutrients is what allows us to gain both energy and the building blocks for our immune system and other bodily functions. To understand human nutrition we must begin with the basics, that is, the building blocks and the chemical structure of food. Some reeducation is useful to help realize that many of the foods that we buy in food stores, fast food chains, and in health food stores may not actually be healthy for the human body. No longer may we overlook terms such as complex carbohydrates, simple carbohydrates, processed foods, refined grains, caffeine ingestion, alcohol consumption, and refined oils..(Macronutrients) Food intake and type have a profound effect on individual health. Although the ingestion of foods may not cause any acute deleterious effects on the health for humans, the long-term effects have been clearly documented in the literature. (Macronutrients)

As we cross the line into the new millennium, physicians and other health care providers need to consider how to effect change in our patients with less emphasis on the use of synthetic drugs and other chemical concoctions. Nutritional literature supports a growing realization that food could have a significant contributory factor in many of our chronic ailments of today, including cancer, collagen vascular diseases, arthritis, and even progressive aging. Our patients are spending billions of dollars on diets like high protein, low carbohydrate, low fat, low protein, Paleolithic, blood typing, zone, starvation, food pyramid, allergic disorder, caloric restriction, and juicing diets. Unfortunately, none of these specialized protocols is universally ideal. Individualized treatment and prescription of the appropriate diet is essential for the improvement for a patient’s nutritional status. (Macronutrients)

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Nearly half the US populations turns to complementary, alternative and integrative practices to maintain or improve their health. UCSF’s Dr. Sudha Prathikanti explores Ayurvedic medicine, ancient wisdom for modern times. Ayurvedic medicine aims to integrate and balance the body, mind, and spirit. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [12/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13107]

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