Natural Strategies For Cancer Patients.(Brief Article)(Book
Review)
From: Alternative Medicine Review | Date: November 1, 2003 | Author:
Miller, Alan L.
Russell L. Blaylock, MD Twin Streams / Kensington Publishing Corp. New
York, NY
Soft Cover; 364 pgs; $15.00
Russell Blaylock, who is best known for his work regarding neurotoxic
substances and his book Excitotoxins: [Wanda Hyperlink wherever
reference is made to any other books or products we sell - - thanks!]
The Taste That Kills, has currently focused his efforts on providing a
timely, well-researched compilation of information for cancer patients
and their families. A number of factors can alter the nutritional status
of the cancer patient, including the metabolic demands of the disease
process itself and the shunting of vital nutrients from healthy tissue,
increased immune activity, as well as altered taste perception, nausea,
and decreased appetite caused by conventional cancer therapeutics. In
Natural Strategies For Cancer Patients, Dr. Blaylock offers a wealth of
dietary and nutritional supplementation strategies for cancer patients
to address these issues and more.
Blaylock points out that most cancer patients who die succumb to either
the toxic effects of the conventional therapy or from
malnutrition/starvation, and cancer patients who begin conventional
treatments well nourished live longer as a result of their initial
nutritional status. Unfortunately, these patients are often given
nutritional advice from oncologists and dieticians that may be
counterproductive; i.e., high caloric foods laden with trans fatty
acids, sugars, and devoid of essential omega-3 fatty acids. The author
offers a great deal of information on nutrition, food preparation, and
nutritional supplementation for the cancer patient, and presents his
case in easy-to-understand terms. He also provides a substantial amount
of information on the cancer disease process, conventional therapies,
and how to combat the side effects of these therapies with nutrition.
An important component of this book is the section in which Blaylock
dispels the conventional oncologist's myth that supplementation with
antioxidants will interfere with conventional cancer therapeutics. In
fact, he presents a convincing argument, backed with numerous studies,
that not only do antioxidants NOT interfere with radiation and
chemotherapy, in most cases antioxidants enhance the effectiveness of
these therapies, prevent damage to normal cells, and help the patient
avoid many common side effects of these therapies.
The book includes a helpful appendix that lists patient and physician
resources, including diagnostic laboratories, compounding pharmacies,
and sources of the nutritional supplements the author recommends. This
book is a beneficial reference for patients, oncologists, and other
non-oncologist health care providers caring for the patient with cancer.
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