Expert Content on the treatment of Cancer for Health Professionals. There are many exciting opportunities for treating Cancer using the range of diet, nutrition and supplementation techniques that certified healthcare professionals can deploy. These articles summarize the latest evidence for how nutrition and diet modification can contribute to to the successful treatment of different forms of Cancer.
by Dr. James Meschino on 6 December 2021 in Cholesterol, Cancer
Source: Journal Cell Stem Cell (January 2018)Nutrition / Natural Medicine Update (January 29, 2018)For many years studies have suggested that a high animal fat diet (with the exception of fish), has been linked to higher rates of colon cancer. Researchers have discovered mechanisms that explain how higher levels of animal fat ingestion increase colon cancer risk.As an example, high animal ...
by Dr. James Meschino on 19 April 2021 in Cancer, Blood Pressure
Source: Journal Hepatology 2012Nutrition / Natural Medicine Update (October 31, 2017)In 2012 the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association updated their practice guidelines for the treatment of Fatty Liver Disease. With the rise in overweight problems, and obesity and type 2 diabetes in our society, there has been a ...
by Dr. James Meschino on 12 April 2021 in Cancer
(Incriminating Evidence For Dietary Arachidonic and Linoleic Acids)IntroductionMounting evidence suggests that lipoxygenase (LO)-catalyzed products have a significant influence on the development and progression of cancers. Compared with normal tissues, significantly elevated levels of LO metabolites have been found in lung, prostate, breast, colon, and skin cancer cells, as well as in cells from patients with both acute and chronic leukemias.LO-mediated ...
IntroductionFlaxseed is the richest known dietary source of mammalian lignans . Thompson et al. demonstrated that secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), isolated from flaxseed, was metabolized into both enterodiol (END) and enterolactone (ENL), and showed chemopreventive properties in the DMBA-induced mammary tumor model in rats.The inverse association between a high enterolactone (ENL) concentration in both urine and serum, and the risk of ...
IntroductionBefore focusing on Diet and Prostate cancer,the studies revealed that Prostate cancer incidence increased steadily from 1981 to 1989, with a steep increase in the early 1990’s, followed by a decline. Incidence rates were forecasted to remain stable through the year 2001.However, the exaggerated rate of increase in the early 1990’s was transient and likely a result of increased early ...
Source: Medscape August 30, 2017 Nutrition / Natural Medicine Update In this week’s update, I wanted to bring your attention to a recent interview that was conducted with cancer doctors to see how they go about protecting themselves from cancer development. This report was published on Medscape on August 30, 2017, which highlighted a feature that appeared in Men’s Health ...
by Dr. James Meschino on 15 February 2021 in Cancer
In BriefSeveral studies suggest that dietary supplementation with antioxidants during chemotherapy can influence the response of treatment as well as the development of adverse side effects that results from treatment with antineoplastic agents. Administration of antineoplastic agents results in oxidative stress, i.e., the production of free radicals and other reactive oxygen species (ROS).Oxidative stress reduces the rate of cell proliferation, ...
by Dr. James Meschino on 1 February 2021 in Cancer, Blood Pressure
IntroductionReishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) is called “the mushroom of immortality” in China and has been used in Oriental Medicine for over 2,000 years. (1,2) In recent years its reishi mushroom extract has been the subject of intensive research regarding their apparent ability to help prevent or treat many diseases.Such as certain types of cancer, aid in the treatment of liver ...
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