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The following books may be useful for your alternative plans of
wellness. There are many, but the research for alternatives will
essentially provide you with a comprehensive and well rounded plan for
your wellness journey as I believe a combination of conventional and
alternative treatments are vital for our emotional and physical well
being.
God Bless
marty auslander
Alternative Books:
CANCERPROOF YOUR BODY
by Ross Horne
1996, HarperCollins
(Angus & Robertson in Australia), Sydney, London & Ontario
ISBN 0 207 18900 5
Reviewed by Kathe Conover
I would like to recommend a superb book by Australian health
researcher and writer, Ross Horne: "Cancerproof Your Body".
Ross brought the Pritikin lifestyle to public attention in
Australia
with a series of information-packed books years ago. During
the
following years, his own experience plus feedback from people
trying Pritikin led to modification of that basically good
dietary
advice in order to avoid the tendency of Westerners to
over-eat
grain foods -- which brought arthritis and cancer to quite a
few.
His personal approach is for a fruitarian lifestyle, one he
has
followed happily for many years now. His books examine the
whole cancer scenario -- from orthodox to alternative
explanations. The cause is simple and very clearly explained;
the
solution equally straight-forward and obvious -- if, like
Ross,
you've got the determination to do it! Gerson followers will
find a
lot familiar here.
I find myself recommending this elegant little book over and
over
as the best whole-perspective view of health and illness in
print.
In a nutshell, Ross is discussing the following scenario:
Body cells require nutrients and oxygen to be mixed, ideally
by
the process of respiration (through oxidation), in order to
liberate
the energy the cells need to function. If anything blocks this
process -- like too little oxygen or respiratory enzymes,
excess
cell wastes, toxins from the environment or improperly
metabolized food -- the cells begin to starve. Following the
laws
of nature that direct cells to do whatever they must to
survive, the
cells change so they can use a different process to get
energy,
one that doesn't depend on oxygen -- the simpler, more
primitive
process of fermentation.
To do this the cells change form, or "de-differentiate" (a
clumsy
word!), to a more primitive state themselves. Primitive cells
multiply rapidly -- the more primitive the cell, the more
rapid the
rate of growth. When the cell reaches a certain state of
primitiveness, it forgets its allegiance to the parent organ
and
starts to reproduce solely as primitive cells do -- wildly and
heedless of the body's normal constraints. The unrestrained
growth of increasingly de-differentiated cells is cancer.
The polluted internal body condition that causes the cells to
starve in the first place is called the "cancer environment"
or
"cancer milieu". This is the condition of "pre-cancer" -- a
state
most of us exist in throughout life.
Ross Horne has spent several decades researching and writing
for the public in order to provide some guidance in getting
out of
this pre-cancer state. All his books deal with this subject in
great
detail -- how body toxemia initiates disease, and how to both
avoid AND undo that state. Some of his earlier books are so
packed with information and references that I found myself
annotating and indexing them so I didn't get lost in the
wealth of
info -- on heart disease, AIDS, and a host of other
toxemia-based states as well as cancer. This most recent one,
"Cancerproof Your Body", is his most concisely written volume,
a
book I'd give anyone facing ill health of any sort.
You might be thinking, "That's too simplistic -- to target one
condition as THE underpinings of cancer, let alone all ill
health!"
It's not; it makes complete sense when you see the picture
fully
laid out as Ross presents it. As he says, cancer cannot occur
in
healthy tissues. To find out why, and how to put your body in
that
state, check out this book! You'll find it both enlightening
and
VERY encouraging indeed.
Ross Horne's other books include:
"Health and Survival in the 21st Century", 1992, Margaret Gee
Publishing, Sydney, Australia; ISBN 1 875574 07 7.
"The New Health Revolution", 1983, New South Wales,
Australia; ISBN 0 959 4423 2 4. [4th ed. publ. 1985]
Top of Page
BREAST CANCER - WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (BUT
MAY NOT BE TOLD) ABOUT PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS,
AND TREATMENT
by Steve Austin, N.D. and Cathy Hitchcock, M.S.W.
Prima Publishing
P.O. Box 1260BK
Rocklin, CA 95677
U.S.A.
Telephone: 916 632 7400
This is the book that was most helpful to me after I was
diagnosed with cancer. It is written by a cancer survivor and
her
naturopath husband and has recomendations from doctors I
respect including Bernie Siegel, Andrew Weil and Lendon
Smith.
They cover everything: diagnostic choices, treatment choices
(with a warning to not read the section on chemotherapy if you
have definitely decided to go ahead with it), alternative
choices
for treatment, diet, supplements, lifestyle and living with
breast
cancer.
Cathy tells her story, her emotions and reactions, why she
didn't
have chemotherapy, what her alternative treatment decisions
were and what she did to develop a prevention lifestyle.
Her husband gets down to the nitty-gritty of the testing and
treatments and explains everything clearly. There are hundreds
of footnotes citing studies and reports that back up his
conclusions. It seems that we are not getting correct
information
from our oncologists. Are they witholding information or do
they
really not know about the terrible dangers of chemotherapy and
radiation and many lives saved with alterantive therapies?
This book helped me make informed decisions about nodal
sampling (it is simply a "curiosity" procedure: "has it
spread?"
not a curative one. I was curious so I had it done.) and
chemotherapy.
It discusses various alternative therapies and surprising to
me,
there are studies showing that a macrobiotic diet dramatically
increases the lifespan of people with terminal cancer. Why are
doctors saying there is no proof that a macrobiotic diet
helps?
Austin also finds some benefit in the Hoxsey Formula and wants
more studies done.
For secondary prevention of breast cancer Cathy takes:
10 grams vitamin C
100,000 IU beta-carotene
200 micrograms selenium
Iron supplements, even the little bit found in multivitamins,
should
not be taken.
I recommend this book for people who want to prevent cancer,
for women in the testing stages and for those diagnosed. It is
clear, easy to read and scientifically validated.
Top of Page
HOW I CONQUERED CANCER NATURALLY
by Edie Mae with Chris Loeffler
1975
Harvest House Publishers
17895 Sky Park Circle
Irvine, California
92714
U.S.A.
Eydie Mae tells the story of her breast cancer, her fear,
depression, dread and hope. I can identify with how she felt,
and
her desire to avoid being cut up, piece by piece, by surgeons.
Eydie Mae controlled her cancer with Ann Wigmore's
wheatgrass therapy.
This took place in the early '70's, and it's interesting to
read
about her introduction to alternative therapies. She describes
with candor her stay with Ann Wigmore, her first colonic, her
three day cleansing diet and how to grow wheatgrass and make
rejuvelac. She is a good spokesperson for a "living foods"
diet.
This is an interesting, historic, first person account of Ann
Wigmore and her therapy. I wonder where Eydie Mae is now.
She sounds like a nice woman.
Top of Page
HOW I BEAT CANCER and HOW YOU CAN PREVENT IT
by Josip Gabre
1991
Josip Gabre
4523 The Gallops
Mississauga, Ontario
L5M 3B3
Canada
Telephone: 905 828 5845
This is an account of how Josip beat cancer with Taheebo tea
(Pau D'Arco). He talks about his visits with his doctors, the
treatments they performed and offered, his search for
alternatives and his reactions to the different therapies.
He described his emotions, his fear. Nobody can know what it
feels like to be given a "death sentence" of cancer, until it
happens to them.
His book convinced me to try Taheebo tea, even before I had a
definite diagnosis of cancer. He also covers macrobiotics,
green
barley and herb teas.
Top of Page
HEALTH HANDBOOK
by Louise Tenny
1987
Woodland Books
P.O. Box 1422
Provo, Utah
U.S.A.
I've used this little handbook for years. It explains herbs
and herb
combinations, supplements, cleansing diet, colon health and
has
recommendations for ailments, infertility, pregnancy and
infants.
Ms. Tenny links cancer to poor diet, stress and environmental
pollution. She recommennds strengthening the immune system,
eating foods rich in B17, using pure water, grains, nuts,
seeds,
brown rice, millet, fruits and raw vegetables.
Single herbs: Burdock, Cahparral, Dandelion, Echinacea,
Garlic,
Golden Seal, Kelp, Parsley, Pau D'Arco, Red Clover, Yellow
Dock.
Vitamins: Multi-vitamins with extra A, C, bioflavinoids, B
complex, E.
Minerals: Mulit-minerals with extra calcium and magnesium,
potassium, selenium, zinc.
Amino Acids: Free-form amino acids (between meals0 extra
Cysteine, Methionine (contains sulphur and selenium), Lysine
(may lessen incidence of cancer), Tyrosine.
Supplements: Macrobiotic diet, no meat, high fiber diet.
Lecithin,
acidophilus, liquid chlorophyll, evening primrose oil or black
current oil, garlic daily, carrot juice, cabbage juice, raw
beet,
wheat grass juice, garlic oil and fish oil lipids.
Top of Page
The Essiac Report
Canada's Remarkable Unknown Cancer Remedy
Richard Thomas
The Alternative Treatment Information Network
1244 Ozeeta Terrace
Los Angeles CA 90069
(310) 278-6611
Discusses ESSIAC and the new Essiac formulation,
Flor-Essence.
Flor-Essence address:
Flora, Inc.
P. O. Box 950
Lynden WA 98264
(206) 354-2110
Also available at some local health food stores.
Books That I Haven't Read Yet
If you have read any of these, or any other books, please send
a
review to be included here. Thanks.
Bird, Christopher. The persecution and Trial of Gaston
Naessens-the true story of the efforts to suppress an
alternative
treatment or cancer, AIDS and other immunologically based
diseases (U.S.A., 1991)(ISBN 0-915811-30-8) H.J. Kramer,
P.O. Box 1082, Tiburon, CA 94920
Gaston Naessens is in Quebec, Canada and has developed a
drug called 714X. He also pioneered a microscopy technique
called "dark field" utilizing a special condensor lense with
which
one can magnify living blood to analyze it for pathology.
Cantwell, Dr. Alan. The Cancer Microbe (U.S.A., 1990) (ISBN
0-917211-01-4) Aries Rising Press, P.O. Box 29532, Los
Angeles, CA 90029, U.S.A. Tel.: (213) 462-6458
Lynes, Barry. The Cancer Cure That Worked - fifty years of
suppression (U.S.A. 1987) (ISBN 0-919951-30-9) Marcus
Books, P.O. Books 327, Queensville, Ontario l0G 1R0 Canada
Tel.:(416) 478-2201
MacNaney, Christopher. Cancer-new connections (U.K.)
People's Research Centre, Alston, Cumbria, U.K. CJA9 3RF
Tel. (0434) 381842
McGrady, Patrick. Cancer Scandal-the politics and policies of
failure (U.S.A.) Video/American Science Writers Association,
U.S.A.
Moss, Dr. Ralph W. Cancer Therapy-the independent
consumer's guide to non-toxic treatment and prevention
(U.S.A.,
1992) (ISBN 1-881025-06-3) Equinox Press/Movable Type, 331
West 57th Street, Suite 268, New York NY 10019, tel.: (212)
245-4639, fax.: (212) 765-4197
Moss, Dr. Ralph W. The Cancer Industry-the classic expose on
the cancer establishment (U.S.A., 1980)(ISBN 1-55778-439-6)
Paragon House, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A.,
tel.: (212) 620-2820
Scientific American (January 1994)
Time (April 1994)
CHOICES IN HEALING, Integrating the Best of Conventional and
Complementary Approaches to Cancer, published by MIT Press.
It has 608 pages and costs $24.95. 1.800.356.0343 to order it.
The author Michael Lerner was featured in Moyer's PBS
"Healing and the Mind."
Walters, Richard. Options: the alternative cancer therapy
book.
New York: Avery Publishing Group Inc., 1992.
A Cancer Therapy by Max Gerson. Published by the Gerson
Institute, PO Box 430, BOnita,CA 92002 in association with
Station Hill Press, Inc., Barrytown NY 12507. ISBN number
0-88268-105-2, 1990 and 0-939236-00-1, other editions. You
might call the Gerson Institute or the Hospital de Baja
California
Medical Group for references for treatment.
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Alternative Books: CANCERPROOF YOUR BODY by Ross Horne 1996, HarperCollins (Angus & Robertson in Australia), Sydney, London & Ontario ISBN 0 207 18900 5 Reviewed by Kathe Conover I would like to recommend a superb book by Australian health researcher and writer, Ross Horne: "Cancerproof Your Body". Ross brought the Pritikin lifestyle to public attention in Australia with a series of information-packed books years ago. During the following years, his own experience plus feedback from people trying Pritikin led to modification of that basically good dietary advice in order to avoid the tendency of Westerners to over-eat grain foods -- which brought arthritis and cancer to quite a few. His personal approach is for a fruitarian lifestyle, one he has followed happily for many years now. His books examine the whole cancer scenario -- from orthodox to alternative explanations. The cause is simple and very clearly explained; the solution equally straight-forward and obvious -- if, like Ross, you've got the determination to do it! Gerson followers will find a lot familiar here. I find myself recommending this elegant little book over and over as the best whole-perspective view of health and illness in print. In a nutshell, Ross is discussing the following scenario: Body cells require nutrients and oxygen to be mixed, ideally by the process of respiration (through oxidation), in order to liberate the energy the cells need to function. If anything blocks this process -- like too little oxygen or respiratory enzymes, excess cell wastes, toxins from the environment or improperly metabolized food -- the cells begin to starve. Following the laws of nature that direct cells to do whatever they must to survive, the cells change so they can use a different process to get energy, one that doesn't depend on oxygen -- the simpler, more primitive process of fermentation. To do this the cells change form, or "de-differentiate" (a clumsy word!), to a more primitive state themselves. Primitive cells multiply rapidly -- the more primitive the cell, the more rapid the rate of growth. When the cell reaches a certain state of primitiveness, it forgets its allegiance to the parent organ and starts to reproduce solely as primitive cells do -- wildly and heedless of the body's normal constraints. The unrestrained growth of increasingly de-differentiated cells is cancer. The polluted internal body condition that causes the cells to starve in the first place is called the "cancer environment" or "cancer milieu". This is the condition of "pre-cancer" -- a state most of us exist in throughout life. Ross Horne has spent several decades researching and writing for the public in order to provide some guidance in getting out of this pre-cancer state. All his books deal with this subject in great detail -- how body toxemia initiates disease, and how to both avoid AND undo that state. Some of his earlier books are so packed with information and references that I found myself annotating and indexing them so I didn't get lost in the wealth of info -- on heart disease, AIDS, and a host of other toxemia-based states as well as cancer. This most recent one, "Cancerproof Your Body", is his most concisely written volume, a book I'd give anyone facing ill health of any sort. You might be thinking, "That's too simplistic -- to target one condition as THE underpinings of cancer, let alone all ill health!" It's not; it makes complete sense when you see the picture fully laid out as Ross presents it. As he says, cancer cannot occur in healthy tissues. To find out why, and how to put your body in that state, check out this book! You'll find it both enlightening and VERY encouraging indeed. Ross Horne's other books include: "Health and Survival in the 21st Century", 1992, Margaret Gee Publishing, Sydney, Australia; ISBN 1 875574 07 7. "The New Health Revolution", 1983, New South Wales, Australia; ISBN 0 959 4423 2 4. [4th ed. publ. 1985] Top of Page BREAST CANCER - WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (BUT MAY NOT BE TOLD) ABOUT PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT by Steve Austin, N.D. and Cathy Hitchcock, M.S.W. Prima Publishing P.O. Box 1260BK Rocklin, CA 95677 U.S.A. Telephone: 916 632 7400 This is the book that was most helpful to me after I was diagnosed with cancer. It is written by a cancer survivor and her naturopath husband and has recomendations from doctors I respect including Bernie Siegel, Andrew Weil and Lendon Smith. They cover everything: diagnostic choices, treatment choices (with a warning to not read the section on chemotherapy if you have definitely decided to go ahead with it), alternative choices for treatment, diet, supplements, lifestyle and living with breast cancer. Cathy tells her story, her emotions and reactions, why she didn't have chemotherapy, what her alternative treatment decisions were and what she did to develop a prevention lifestyle. Her husband gets down to the nitty-gritty of the testing and treatments and explains everything clearly. There are hundreds of footnotes citing studies and reports that back up his conclusions. It seems that we are not getting correct information from our oncologists. Are they witholding information or do they really not know about the terrible dangers of chemotherapy and radiation and many lives saved with alterantive therapies? This book helped me make informed decisions about nodal sampling (it is simply a "curiosity" procedure: "has it spread?" not a curative one. I was curious so I had it done.) and chemotherapy. It discusses various alternative therapies and surprising to me, there are studies showing that a macrobiotic diet dramatically increases the lifespan of people with terminal cancer. Why are doctors saying there is no proof that a macrobiotic diet helps? Austin also finds some benefit in the Hoxsey Formula and wants more studies done. For secondary prevention of breast cancer Cathy takes: 10 grams vitamin C 100,000 IU beta-carotene 200 micrograms selenium Iron supplements, even the little bit found in multivitamins, should not be taken. I recommend this book for people who want to prevent cancer, for women in the testing stages and for those diagnosed. It is clear, easy to read and scientifically validated. Top of Page HOW I CONQUERED CANCER NATURALLY by Edie Mae with Chris Loeffler 1975 Harvest House Publishers 17895 Sky Park Circle Irvine, California 92714 U.S.A. Eydie Mae tells the story of her breast cancer, her fear, depression, dread and hope. I can identify with how she felt, and her desire to avoid being cut up, piece by piece, by surgeons. Eydie Mae controlled her cancer with Ann Wigmore's wheatgrass therapy. This took place in the early '70's, and it's interesting to read about her introduction to alternative therapies. She describes with candor her stay with Ann Wigmore, her first colonic, her three day cleansing diet and how to grow wheatgrass and make rejuvelac. She is a good spokesperson for a "living foods" diet. This is an interesting, historic, first person account of Ann Wigmore and her therapy. I wonder where Eydie Mae is now. She sounds like a nice woman. Top of Page HOW I BEAT CANCER and HOW YOU CAN PREVENT IT by Josip Gabre 1991 Josip Gabre 4523 The Gallops Mississauga, Ontario L5M 3B3 Canada Telephone: 905 828 5845 This is an account of how Josip beat cancer with Taheebo tea (Pau D'Arco). He talks about his visits with his doctors, the treatments they performed and offered, his search for alternatives and his reactions to the different therapies. He described his emotions, his fear. Nobody can know what it feels like to be given a "death sentence" of cancer, until it happens to them. His book convinced me to try Taheebo tea, even before I had a definite diagnosis of cancer. He also covers macrobiotics, green barley and herb teas. Top of Page HEALTH HANDBOOK by Louise Tenny 1987 Woodland Books P.O. Box 1422 Provo, Utah U.S.A. I've used this little handbook for years. It explains herbs and herb combinations, supplements, cleansing diet, colon health and has recommendations for ailments, infertility, pregnancy and infants. Ms. Tenny links cancer to poor diet, stress and environmental pollution. She recommennds strengthening the immune system, eating foods rich in B17, using pure water, grains, nuts, seeds, brown rice, millet, fruits and raw vegetables. Single herbs: Burdock, Cahparral, Dandelion, Echinacea, Garlic, Golden Seal, Kelp, Parsley, Pau D'Arco, Red Clover, Yellow Dock. Vitamins: Multi-vitamins with extra A, C, bioflavinoids, B complex, E. Minerals: Mulit-minerals with extra calcium and magnesium, potassium, selenium, zinc. Amino Acids: Free-form amino acids (between meals0 extra Cysteine, Methionine (contains sulphur and selenium), Lysine (may lessen incidence of cancer), Tyrosine. Supplements: Macrobiotic diet, no meat, high fiber diet. Lecithin, acidophilus, liquid chlorophyll, evening primrose oil or black current oil, garlic daily, carrot juice, cabbage juice, raw beet, wheat grass juice, garlic oil and fish oil lipids. Top of Page The Essiac Report Canada's Remarkable Unknown Cancer Remedy Richard Thomas The Alternative Treatment Information Network 1244 Ozeeta Terrace Los Angeles CA 90069 (310) 278-6611 Discusses ESSIAC and the new Essiac formulation, Flor-Essence. Flor-Essence address: Flora, Inc. P. O. Box 950 Lynden WA 98264 (206) 354-2110 Also available at some local health food stores. Books That I Haven't Read Yet If you have read any of these, or any other books, please send a review to be included here. Thanks. Bird, Christopher. The persecution and Trial of Gaston Naessens-the true story of the efforts to suppress an alternative treatment or cancer, AIDS and other immunologically based diseases (U.S.A., 1991)(ISBN 0-915811-30-8) H.J. Kramer, P.O. Box 1082, Tiburon, CA 94920 Gaston Naessens is in Quebec, Canada and has developed a drug called 714X. He also pioneered a microscopy technique called "dark field" utilizing a special condensor lense with which one can magnify living blood to analyze it for pathology. Cantwell, Dr. Alan. The Cancer Microbe (U.S.A., 1990) (ISBN 0-917211-01-4) Aries Rising Press, P.O. Box 29532, Los Angeles, CA 90029, U.S.A. Tel.: (213) 462-6458 Lynes, Barry. The Cancer Cure That Worked - fifty years of suppression (U.S.A. 1987) (ISBN 0-919951-30-9) Marcus Books, P.O. Books 327, Queensville, Ontario l0G 1R0 Canada Tel.:(416) 478-2201 MacNaney, Christopher. Cancer-new connections (U.K.) People's Research Centre, Alston, Cumbria, U.K. CJA9 3RF Tel. (0434) 381842 McGrady, Patrick. Cancer Scandal-the politics and policies of failure (U.S.A.) Video/American Science Writers Association, U.S.A. Moss, Dr. Ralph W. Cancer Therapy-the independent consumer's guide to non-toxic treatment and prevention (U.S.A., 1992) (ISBN 1-881025-06-3) Equinox Press/Movable Type, 331 West 57th Street, Suite 268, New York NY 10019, tel.: (212) 245-4639, fax.: (212) 765-4197 Moss, Dr. Ralph W. The Cancer Industry-the classic expose on the cancer establishment (U.S.A., 1980)(ISBN 1-55778-439-6) Paragon House, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A., tel.: (212) 620-2820 Scientific American (January 1994) Time (April 1994) CHOICES IN HEALING, Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer, published by MIT Press. It has 608 pages and costs $24.95. 1.800.356.0343 to order it. The author Michael Lerner was featured in Moyer's PBS "Healing and the Mind." Walters, Richard. Options: the alternative cancer therapy book. New York: Avery Publishing Group Inc., 1992. A Cancer Therapy by Max Gerson. Published by the Gerson Institute, PO Box 430, BOnita,CA 92002 in association with Station Hill Press, Inc., Barrytown NY 12507. ISBN number 0-88268-105-2, 1990 and 0-939236-00-1, other editions. You might call the Gerson Institute or the Hospital de Baja California Medical Group for references for treatment.
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