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Originally Posted by ssmith
I just wanted to add something that has been implied but not well known. As I understand it, most of us have cancer cells forming every day. The issue is whether our body can take care of it or not. That is why it is so important to eat those lovely plant based foods...to put our body in the best situation to fight off these cancers. For example, mushrooms are known to fight the blood supply to these cancers. Now mushrooms are not the only plant based food that does that so a person who does not like mushrooms could use another vegetable to do it.
It just seems that everyone thinks that they won't get cancer when they could already have cancer cells but the difference would be wether their body is in optimal shape nutrition -wise to get rid of it.
PS I am not a nutritionist and often wonder at how much we really don't know yet about our bodies!!!!
Also sorry to add to this very long thread that I think may have run it's course.
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Excellent post and new "food for thought".
I've heard about this theory for approximately the past 25 years and always found it interesting, to say the least.
Some folks might even add, "If the cancer cells that are floating around in all of our bodies NEVER GET DETECTED"........say by super early screening for instance...........we'd be none the wiser.....or worried over it for quite some time.........and ultimately would not succumb to the harmful side effects of the radiation and chemo treatments....which even doctors admit are harmful to healthy tissue, etc. as well as beneficial in attacking the malignancies.........look at Robin Roberts who admitted that her present blood condition was caused by her breast cancer treatment.
Just food for thought. Robin is one classy brave lady; I hope all goes well for her with the bone marrow transplant.......I've known two separate ladies who underwent the same procedure in the past year; who passed away anyway. Not to be morose, but it's just buying time. However, what is the quality of life if the chemicals administered initially wreak havoc on healthy cells and body parts?
It really is a dilemma of modern medicine. There is no easy answer.
I'm quoting this from doctors I know. An oncologist's life must be very difficult.