Alternative Cancer Therapies

Toxin Reduction

Improve the immune system by giving it less work to do

Our immune systems are working all the time. There is no time in our life when we have nothing for our immune system to do. Mostly we think of our immune system when we have an infection of some kind – a bacteria, virus, fungus or a parasite of some kind starts to grow rather than being eliminated. These are called antigens.

However, our immune systems do more than just deal with antigens. It is the immune systems job to rid our bodies of all the toxins we eat, breathe in or absorb through our skins. Normally most of us try to keep these to a minimum or just don’t even think of it at all.

But when we have cancer or some other type of severe disease we need to reduce the work that the immune system has to deal with so that it can focus all its energy on disposing of the cancer itself. One of the core tasks of alternative cancer therapy is to deal with toxins.

So where are the greatest sources of toxins in our lives?

Food:

	Cooking meat at too high a temperature leading to charring (this charring causes cells to mutate into cancer cells)
	Meat products with high hormone, antibiotic and drench levels
	High levels of pesticides on fruit and vegetables
	“Non-foods” – anything edible that does not deteriorate over time
	Soda drinks, both sugar based and aspartame based
	Any food with artificial flavour, colour or preservative
	Tap water high in fluoride and chlorine

 What we breath in:

	Petrol, diesel and other hydrocarbon fumes
	Cigarette smoke
	Sprays including fly and hair sprays
	Chlorine at the swimming pools
	Perfumes and deodorants of all types
	Anything you can smell which isn’t a food or doesn’t come from a healthy animal

	Soaps, detergents, shampoos, hair colour
	Make up
	Antiperspirants
	Shaving creams
	Toothpaste
	Mercury based “silver” tooth fillings

Many people get very het up about the fluoride in the water, and I agree it is very much less than ideal. However fluoride is just one very little aspect in the whole toxic soup we live in. I have to smile at friends who rant and rave about the horrors of fluoride but then smother their faces with makeup and go out into the big city to spend time with friends who smoke and with the fumes of the traffic wafting over them while they drink diet coke and spirits.

It comes down to manageability. Aim to stay as close to natural foods and natural personal self care as possible. If it is too much of a hassle to find a healthy shampoo, then reduce your overall toxin levels another way.

It is the total load that should concern you. You want to reduce it as much as possible, but only you can know what is worth the time and energy you have to eliminate something that might be contributing to your overall problem.

Remember your primary aim is to improve the immune system. Your immune system is impacted by toxins. But toxins are only part of the picture. Your immune system is also affected by a lack of fruit and vegetables, lack of sun (vitamin D),  good and bad relationships, by unfinished emotional business, and by anything that gives emotionally negative feelings. It may be that you feel that they need to be given priority from an energy perspective.

So it is up to you.  All practitioners who focus on alternative cancer therapies will recommend that you reduce your toxin levels as low as possible. This will allow your immune system to deal with the cancer rather than the toxins.