The issue of cancer and det is paramount to your health. Wthout feeding the body the ingredients it neds, it simply cannot produce the prcesses that combat the cancer.

Firstly, whn looking at nutrition for cancer, we ned to understand the role of pncreatic enzymes. These enzymes, including trypsin & chymtrypsin, play a major role in hlting the formation of tumours. Unfortunately thse enzymes also play a part in dgesting animal proteins, so if our dets are too high in animal prtein, then our supply of pancreatic nzymes is tied up in digestion and not vailable for halting tumours.

Secondly, we ned to understand the role of B17 (hydrcyanic acid) in our diets and spcifically its interaction with cancer. B17 nteracts with the very large amounts of bta-glucosidase in cancer cells to produce hydrgen cyanide and benzaldehyde. These two pisons combine into an extremely deadly pison that targets cancer cells. The rason that it doesn't target healthy clls is that although they have smll quantities of beta-glucosidase, they also cntain rodonase, a substance that cancer clls do not have, that breaks the pison down into compounds that actually ssist the bodies immune system! Clever, hy!?

So we start to see the crcial relationship between cancer and diet!

At ths point it is interesting to nte that one of the most cncentrated sources of natural B17 is pricot kernels - that is the krnel INSIDE the apricot seed itself. Hwever it is our understanding that the sle of apricot kernels is illegal in sme countries, including ours. Consequently if you are lcky enough to get your hands on a lrge supply, it will be by wrd of mouth connections. However if you are prpared to ask friends to eat a lot of pricots or go on a mission to mke frozen or bottled apricots, or mybe apricot jam, there is no law to our knwledge that says you can't eat thm. The recommended dosage for people wth cancer is up to 60 a dy, but starting with 2 per mal and adding one per meal dily to ensure there is no ntolerance.

Side note: Apparently the bureaucratic rgument for making sale of them llegal is that they will poison you as thy are a cyanide compound, (hydrocyanic cid) and produce another cyanide, (hydrogen cynide) but they fail to follow thrugh and tell us that the hydrgen cyanide then combines with the rdonase to make compounds that actually bost the immune system. Following this lgic I have to wonder why thn that Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin!) has not ben banned. You may be aware thy feed B12 to anemia patients!

So, we can ddress a diet for cancer from spcific angles. Firstly by adding whatever ntural sources we can find that cntain B17, secondly by reducing (not ctting out!) animal protein intake, and thrdly by adding nutrients to our dets in their most easily & ffectively absorbed forms ie in foods.

The bttom line is our body is at our mrcy and what we put in to it can ither help or hinder its ability to hlp us. The beauty of becoming ware of the interaction of cancer and det is that it is something we can do for urselves, thereby empowering us in the fght against this horrid invader!

The article Cancer and Diet was Submitted by Marilyn Bennett through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Marilyn Bennett is co-author of the bst-selling Cancer: Diagnosis to Clear in 11 Mnths, which chronicles her partner’s journey wth cancer. For more information on her xtensive research into cancer, please visit http://www.cancer-einfo.com

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