Cancer Stories

I received this email today from a dear lady faced with breast cancer:

"Hello Ian, Have just read your little book about acid/alkaline. Have just started to read about it as I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer bone mets. You said that you have come across a lot of cancer success stories? Just wondering about them? Also saw a website and contacted the author Vernon on www. phkillscancer.com and he claims to have killed his cancer cells dead with a bicarb soda/maple syrup regime over 10 days. When I contacted him I asked if he had heard of anyone else who had done this and he said that one other man has done it. I tried this regime, but in contrast to Vernon's reported PH levels, I quit because my wee PH went up too quickly to 8.0 -8.5 whereas my saliva stayed around 6.5 - over 4 days. I found it difficult to test the saliva with the strips and stix and found a difference in the test levels between the two. I was drinking a lot of alkalising greens as well which obviously affected the wee ph. All I can think is that Vernon's PH must have been balanced to start and mine was not and he didn't drink the alkalising greens. Vernon says he had a bone scan which confirmed that his cancer was gone - he took a few supplements as well and these are on the website - including potassium, coral calcium, vitamin D, echinacea, alpha lipoic acid etc. I contacted the Larry from Essence of Life that Vernon refers to and he said he didn't believe Vernon - mind you, I think Larry sells a lot of cancer products - quite a lucrative business. What do you think of Vernon's claims? do you think it is possible? I have started alkalising eating more vegies, drinking alkalising greens and have just bought one of the alkapods. Cut out sweets, choc, coffee - only one slice bread per day, a small portion of muesli with a bit of milk for breakfast, juicing and so on. Cut right down on meat - not that I was much of a meat eater anyhow. basically what you have recommended. I also have coral calcium, alpha lipoic acid, potassium, digestive enzymes etc. I gained the impression from Larry that the alkalising will definitely affect my bone mets and I will experience more pain before it gets better. Do you know anything about this and if not where I can find information on how alkalising affects bone mets? thanks"

Here's my reply:

Hi, _____,

Since writing my book the TGA has become very vigilant. Understandably, of course, because cancer is something so powerful emotionally that many many people try to use its power to make money. So I cannot give you actual testimonials for people who have given me their stories.

Yes, we have quite a few amazing cancer stories, but fundamentally after 11 years I have to say that in my opinion all ‘C’ treatments are always relative to what we might call the tipping point.
By this I mean that it’s my understanding that we all have cancer in some form, but choose to react to it only when it threatens our current life. And while some people have lived with active preventative health regimes in place, others ‘find’ health alternatives only after many years of body neglect.

Either way, it appears that the success of all cancer treatments depend on this invisible ‘tipping point’ which varies per individual and after that point, the cancer will win. An unaware person who has ignored their health may have an earlier ‘tipping point, a healthy person a later one. And even that isn’t, in my observation, a hard and fast rule.

What I do see over and over again is that alkalizing, in whatever form you choose, MAY* assist in the support of anti-inflammatory, anti-excess acidity, and anti-immunity loss conditions. Virtually all alternative health regimes advocate alkalizing. Re the urine vs. saliva testing, I would recommend you read my attached white paper on pH testing. (here) Saliva and urine is not the same.

Keep on with what you are doing: I think you are on the right path.

And Good Luck!

Ian


*Inserted to comply with current health regulations

Disease and the Alkaline Diet

My friend Ross from Energise for Life in the UK sent me a great email recently citing scientific studies that "Scientifically Proved" the efficacy of alkaline minerals .. here's a few quotes:

Last year, (October 2009), a Cambridge University study published in the highly respected British Journal of Nutrition stated:

“The concept of diet-induced ‘acidosis’ as a cause of disease has been a subject of interest for more than a century. The present article reviews the history of our evolving understanding of physiological pH, the physiological support for the concept of ‘acidosis’, the causes of acidosis, how it is recognised, its short-term effects as well as the long-term clinical relevance of preventative measures, and the research support for normalisation of pH. The available research makes a compelling case that diet-induced acidosis…is a real phenomenon, and has a significant, clinical, long-term pathophysiological effect that should be recognised and potentially counterbalanced by dietary means.1”

The researchers, Pizzornoa, Frassettoa and Katzinger have clearly identified that acidosis (increased acidity in the blood – pH below 7.365) is a very real threat to our health. “Furthermore, our research has shown that the effects of acidosis can directly contribute to various , arthritis, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression/psychological dysfunctions, Crohn’s disease, kidney disease.”

Alkaline Minerals and Cancer Growth

In March 2009, Robey, Baggett, Kirkpatrick et al published a paper in the American Association for Cancer Research Journal demonstrating the potential ability of an alkaline minerals (in this case NaHCO3 – sodium bicarbonate) to raise the extracellular pH of cancer tumor cells and inhibit metastasis. Their research shows that the pH of the tumors are always acidic and by using a highly alkaline minerals to raise the pH – the growth of the cancer (and involvement of lymph nodes) may be prevented. Source: Cancer Research 69, 2260, March 15, 2009

In Cancer Research Journal, in 2006, Gatenby, Gawlinski et al researched and discovered that “chronic exposure of normal tissue to an acidic micro-environment produces toxicity by: (a) normal cell death… and (b) extracellular matrix degradation”. They proffer that glucose imbalance (an acid lifestyle) leads to a chronically acidic microenvironment (the normal cells and molecules that surround a tumor cell) which provides the perfect base for cancer. Source: Cancer Research 66,

Minerals May Prevent Osteoporosis

A recently published study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Vol 94, No 1 96-102, 2009) has provided further evidence that supplementation with alkaline minerals is essential for good health. The objective of the study was to understand the effect of alkaline minerals (potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride) on bone health – specifically, the ability of these alkaline minerals to slow the bone resorption rate and calcium excretion. The participants who were taking the bicarbonate supplements had significant reductions in urinary N-telopeptide and calcium excretion when compared to the control group. This means that when taking the alkaline minerals, bones remained stronger and healthier. Source: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Vol 94, No 1 96-102, 2009)

In the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Joseph Campbell provides a thorough review of the scientific literature surrounding minerals and disease and highlights that the alkaline minerals, magnesium and calcium, are critical to the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). He also highlights that “Excessive consumption of acid producing foods, results in metabolic acidosis. When this occurs, the parathyroid hormone stimulates the removal of calcium from the bones and teeth (osteolysis), to buffer or neutralize the excess acidity. After many years, such calcium loss results in depleted bone, bone weakness and structure.” Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 10, No. 3 & 4, 1995


Mineral Supplementation and pain relief in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

This comprehensive study from the Institute for Prevention and Nutrition (Germany) provided clear and unquestionable evidence that using an alkaline mineral supplement (30g daily) reduced pain and increased movement in patients with moderately active Rheumatoid Arthritis over a 12-week period. Source: The Open Nutrition Journal, 2008, 2, 100-105

BTW, here's a link to Ross' website. He does a great job educating people about the benefits of an alkaline diet.

Dr Simoncini by Dr Ralph Moss

So many requests have come to me regarding more info about Dr Tullio Simoncini that I felt that Dr Ralph Moss' (pic left) article about his therapy was worth sharing.

Dr Moss runs what I consider to be the best website in the world on balancing alternative and traditional cancer treatment philosophies and I think anyone faced with the spectre of cancer would do well to read his many free articles.
Here's the Simoncini download.

Cancer Story and a Call for help

The problem with most blogs is that unless a respondent puts a contact point on their comment, I can't reach them. I received this comment today, and encourage anyone who reads it to contact the lady involved. I hope that she conatacts me as a result of this post so i'll have an email to pass on.

"Hi, my Mum had primary cancers in her thyroid gland and in her bronchial passage/lung. They operated and took out her thyroid and did radio therapy on her neck and lung but the cancer was incredibly aggressive and it spread with secondaries in her neck, many in her lungs and a large secondary in the adrenal gland.

My Dad was a doctor for 50 years (retired now) and he has embraced the bicarb treatment and has been using it on my mum orally and via a drip into her veins. She has also been inhaling it using some sort of nebuliser (don't know spelling sorry) and also as a vaginal suppository.

Unfortunately she is also having chemo although I think it is either in mild doses or the alternate procedures she is following at the same time are reducing the side effects of chemo for her for now. Since starting the bicarb treatments, the cancer in her neck has disappeared, as have some of the secondaries in the lungs.

The other secondaries in her lungs have reduced in size but the one in her adrenal gland has gained in size. I know Simoncini advocates an arterial catheter close to the site of the cancer. I presume this is because the body converts the bicarb quickly in the blood so putting it in the veins (as my dad has been doing) may help with generally alkalizing her body (it is now alkaline all the time where before it was highly acidic) but it is probably broken down before it can get to specific sites like the bronchia and adrenal gland.

So after this long winded explanation I guess I'm trying to find out if there are any anaesthetists in Australia who are open to inserting arterial catheters so this treatment might be given a chance to be effective. Like EricaJ, I am looking for the Simoncini method in Australia. Does anyone know or is there somewhere you might suggest I look? ps my mum's name is Erica too :-)

Thank you so much for your help and good luck to all of you that are looking for help for themselves or people they love. Anything has to be better than a belligerent and unsympathetic doctor who instead of saying, "Look, I can't do any more through traditional methods but go out and try whatever you can to get well", tells people to "go home and die".

It makes me so mad! Anyway, that is why there are blogs like these. Thanks again and sorry for the rant."

Ian: anyone?? and.. much more info and thread here

Dr Simoncini Speaks

Many of my readers have expressed interest in Dr Tullio Simoncini's work with bicarbonate of soda and cancer. Well, if you are in the US, now you can hear him speak here

Dr Tullio Simoncini is a medical doctor and surgeon specializing in oncology, diabetology and metabolic disorders. He is also a Doctor of Philosophy. An humanitarian, he is opposed to any kind of intellectual conformity, which he sees as often based on suppositions without foundation or, worse, on lies and falsehoods. Dr Simoncini regularly attends medical conferences and does interviews to explain what's wrong with conventional cancer theories and treatments, to present his fungal theory of cancer and to describe case studies involving patients healed with sodium bicarbonate, a powerful antifungal. Dr. Simoncini is the author of, Cancer is a Fungus: A revolution in the therapy of tumours.

For more information on Dr Simoncini's theory, therapy, and case studies, and to view interviews and testimonials, visit his website here. or take a look at a video of him.