vocate and authored Cancer: A Rational Approach to Long-Term Recovery. Dina speaks at conventions hosted by the Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy (FACT), founded in 1971 by Ruth Sackman. He also appears with other survivors in the FACT docu- mentary based on Sackman’s book, Rethinking Cancer: Non-Traditional Approaches to the Theories, Treatments and Prevention of Cancer. From decades of findings by international clinicians, FACT edu- cates practitioners and patients to view chronic degenerative diseases as systematic malfunctions caused by breakdowns in the balance of body chemistry that are subject to bio-repair. However manifested, they are viewed as correctable and controllable via an individualized program that includes a balanced diet of whole, unprocessed, organic foods—spurred by Gerson therapy that floods the body with or- ganically grown nutrients—supplemen- tation and detoxification. Other key measures involve body temperature therapy, cellular and stem cell thera- pies and the use of botanicals. “Nutrients in food directly impact


the mechanisms by which cancer cells grow and spread,” explains Block. “They also indirectly impact cancer by changing the surrounding biochemical conditions that either promote or inhibit the progression of malignant disease. This is why targeting only tumors is not enough to quash cancer. Conventional cancer therapies almost inevitably leave behind at least a small number of ma- lignant cells. Your internal biochemical terrain plays an integral role in deter- mining whether a tumor will regain a foothold after treatment, metastasize to distant sites or stay where it is without posing a threat.” Block notes that a healthy bio-


chemistry can help prevent unpleasant and possibly life-threatening, complica- tions. An anti-cancer biochemical ter- rain will even boost a patient’s overall quality of life. At the Block Center, detailed assessments identify disrup- tions in six defining features of patients’ biochemical terrain—oxidation, inflam- mation, immunity, blood coagulation, glycemia and stress chemistry. Cancer thrives on terrain disruptions, which also can impair treatment.


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Focus on High-Impact Foods Kathy Bero, founder of NuGenesis Inc., in Stone Bank, Wisconsin, asks, “How


many other lives could be saved if doc- tors prescribed a diet primarily focused on plant-based, angiogenic-inhibiting foods for all cancer patients?” Angiogenesis is the development


of new blood vessels. Cancer turns the body against itself by hijacking the angiogenesis process and keeping it permanently activated, ensuring that cancerous cells receive a dedicated, un- interrupted blood supply. “To effectively prevent cancer, inflammation and angio- genesis need to be controlled before a tumor can get a foothold,” advises Bero. Bero has personally beaten back


two unrelated aggressive forms of cancer and credits the angiogenic-in- hibiting foods in clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Mil- waukee, and the University of Wiscon- sin-Waukesha. Examples include green tea, strawberries, blackberries, raspber- ries, blueberries, apples, grapefruit, lemons, tomatoes, cinnamon, kale, grape seed oil and pomegranate. “These foods also played a signifi- cant role in strengthening my immune system and restoring my overall health, which was radically affected by many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” remarks Bero.


Boost Recuperative Powers Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., a former vice president of nutrition for a national network of cancer hospitals and author of The Wisdom and Healing Power of Whole Foods and Beating Cancer with


Nutrition, recommends a triple threat. “Cancer requires a threefold treat- ment approach to create a synergistic response. Teaming up to reduce the tumor burden without harming the pa- tient, re-regulate the cancer to normal healthy tissue and nourish the patient’s recuperative powers is far better than any one approach,” says Quillin. He maintains that restrained medi-


cal interventions, appropriate nutrition and naturopathic approaches can bol- ster nonspecific natural defense mecha- nisms to reverse the underlying cause of the disease. “Nutrition and traditional oncology treatments are synergistic, not antagonistic, as many oncologists believe,” advises Quillin.


Glenn Sabin, founder of FON


Therapeutics, similarly suggests that multi-interventional, outcome-based studies, akin to Dr. Dean Ornish’s approach to prostate cancer, could greatly benefit conventional oncology. Sabin recounts his Harvard Medi- cal School-documented remission of advanced leukemia in his upcoming book, N-of-1: How One Man’s Triumph Over Terminal Cancer is Changing the Medical Establishment. Sabin turned to therapeutic nutri-


tion, neutraceuticals, stress reduction and exercise to become a 22-year cancer “thriver” without the aid of conventional therapies. He also empha- sizes the importance of the psychologi- cal and psychosocial aspects of healing with the cancer patients he coaches. “If you don’t have your head in the game, it’s hard to make anything else work for you,” counsels Sabin.


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