To Prevent The Cancer Diagnosis, You Should....

All my experience watching people "get" and overcome cancercan be boiled down into one sentence: What we put in ourmouth causes and reverses all degenerative diseases. All of them can be avoided and overcome by correcting what we put in our mouth (just another way of saying the same thing).DIETSo, first things first. Detoxify your body and avoid cancer(and all other degenerative diseases) by fixing your diet.Stop eating processed food (hydrolized this and hydrogenatedthat), dairy, red meat, sugar and other sweeteners (even honeyand maple syrup), preservatives and chemicals. Stop drinkingcoffee and alcohol and using cigarettes and prescription drugs.Hmmmmm. Tall order.[Of course, I'm not recommending that you stop taking prescriptiondrugs immediately. Consult your doctor. In Chapter 1 of mybook are 11 website directories of "holistic" doctors who aresympathetic with this approach and will help you gradually elim-inate your prescription drugs -- all of which have side effects.]Diet books abound. Many are worthless. The theories in one arecontradicted by those in another. Find any book by John McDougall,Susan Powter, Robert Pritikin, Gary Null, Dean Ornish, Neal Barnardand Terry Sintani. You'll get sound advice on your diet. Theydescribe a diet {and give you tasty recipes) based on whole grains,beans, most vegetables, some local fruit and small amounts ofpoultry and seafood (if your system is compatible with seafood).This is how you get and stay well.Did you know that many studies with fruit flies and mice (they liveconveniently short lives) show that restricting your calories to30-40% less than what you are now eating will extend your lifeexpectancy by 40%, no matter when you start it. Amazing but true.The same effect can be obtained by fasting every other day.The Japanese are first in the world in life expectancy (average81.9 years). The French are 7th. The U.S. is 23rd. Why do youthink this is true? The average American eats 170 pounds of sugarevery year. Junk food and processed food with no nutrients cutour life span by years and ensure that most of uswill suffer from prolongeddegenerative disease before we die.Changing your diet is the least expensive and most productivething you can do to improve your health and lifespan. I begangetting this right when I married my present wife in 1995. Iwas 64.EXERCISEOK, you've heard it since grade school. Exercise is good for you.But did you know that gradually building up to one hour a day ofstrenuous exercise (where it is difficult but not impossible totalk to the person next to you) doesn't just benefit your bones,muscles, tendons, endurance, etc.? It also affects your cellularhealth and avoids cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteo-porosis, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome,chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and virtually all other degenerative disease.Get clearance from your doctor, of course, and get supervisionwhen you start by hiring a qualified trainer. Details of theprogram I use are in my book. I started a regular exerciseprogram I've become "hooked" on when I was 60. What's yourexcuse? Age? Physical condition? Hey -- just do it!SUPPLEMENTSJust take "One-A-Day" vitamins and you're home free. NOT!!The so-called "Recommended Daily Allowances" (RDA) of vitamins andminerals are woefully below the optimum level you need to maintainvibrant health. There is no real excuse for this. There are thousands of studies of the effect of supplements and the bestdaily dosage. Unfortunately, if you try to follow these guidelineswith individual supplements like Vitamin C, beta carotene, CoQ10,colloidal silver, selenium, astralagus, etc., etc. you will soongo broke.Better to find one of the formulas put together by knowledgeablehealth professionals. I mention the one I have used for about 15years in my book. I am 73 and in perfect health. It is Dr. DavidWilliams' Daily Advantage. It costs about $44 a month, but it haskept me healthy ever since I started taking it (and exercising regularly). You can get more information at Dr. Williams' web site:http://www.DrDavidWilliams.com/or by calling Mountain Home Nutritionals in Ranson, West Virginiaat (800) 888-1415.I get no compensation of any kind from any of the products I recommend.My conviction that this is the best, however, was reinforced recentlywhen I read a book called "Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements,"by Lyle MacWilliam, BSc, MSc, FP. The author had compiled charts whichcompared 500 "nutritionals" supplements. Daily Advantage was not one of them. However, when I compared its ingredients with the "top 5" in the book using his "blended standard," it was better than any of them.Your age now is immaterial. Whatever age you are, whatever your currenthealth condition is, starting a sound supplement program is essential.I started getting this right when I was 58.THE FOUR-LEGGED STOOLThe above three "vitals" -- diet, exercise and supplements -- form whatmany have called a "three-legged stool of health." The idea is thatif you neglect any one of the legs, the "stool" (your health) collapses.Others have suggested that the "stool" has a fourth leg, which isspiritual faith. I don't try to cover it in my book, but there isevidence that it has a strong role in maintaining or regaining yourhealth.I'll be back soon with an article on specific recommendations forovercoming cancer. I am just a "reporter," not a medical professional.Any changes in your health regiman should be discussed with your doctor.