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 Dear Reader,
We here on the Nutrition & Healing team spend a lot of time thinking about cancer. About the alternative treatments — and cures! — that get hidden by the mainstream, about the ways in which nutrition can help prevent cancer...And about the poisons the mainstream still touts as the cutting edge in cancer treatment, despite so much evidence for the first two.
But we also realize that some people, when faced with one of the most frightening decisions of their lives, still decide to rely on mainstream medicine for cancer treatment.
This e-Tip is for them.
Choosing conventional treatment for cancer often means undergoing chemotherapy. Of course, chemo doesn't just target cancer cells — it also ravages healthy cells, leaving the body weakened in many ways. Modern medicine currently has no answer for the malnutrition that accompanies chemotherapy. Chemo patients often lose muscle mass (and weight in general) when undergoing treatment.
There is an incredibly simple way, though, to prevent that loss — one that is completely free of side effects.
And all it takes is 2 grams a day.
In fact, you probably already have this in your medicine cabinet. I know I do — in fact, I take it every day to keep my heart and brain (among other things — once again, a search of the archive reveals the multiple benefits of this particular supplement) healthy.
I'm talking about fish oil. Yep, that inexpensive omega-3 fatty acid-packed oil has racked up another gold star.
Research published in the journal Cancer shows that fish oil can help chemo patients maintain — and even gain — muscle. Patients who took 2.2 grams of fish oil each day for 10 weeks maintained their weight, while people who didn't take the supplement lost an average of just over 5 pounds.
People who increased their fish oil intake had the greatest gains in muscle, and 69 per cent of patients taking fish oil gained or maintained muscle mass. Only 29 per cent of the patients who weren't given fish oil maintained muscle (and none of them gained any), and on average, people not taking fish oil lost more than 2 pounds of muscle in the 10-week treatment period.
Researchers found the results promising enough to recommend that people receiving chemotherapy treatments supplement with 2 grams of fish oil per day. They also suggest that it could be good for other people with malnutrition-causing diseases, as well as older people who are at risk for muscle loss.
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Are your legs telling you something?
Q: I can't remember a time when my lower legs weren't swollen. For a while, I kept telling myself it would probably go away, but it hasn't. Could there be something seriously wrong?
Dr. Jonathan V. Wright: The first thing I would do is consult with a doctor skilled in natural medicine to make sure it's not something serious, such as a weak heart, liver, or kidneys. Other less serious possibilities include food allergies, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. If there doesn't seem to be any logical cause for your swelling, you can usually reduce it with horse chestnut supplements. Try two to three capsules or tablets daily, standardized to contain 40 to 50 milligrams of escin each.
Pregnant women who have swelling in their lower legs and ankles along with high blood pressure should have a urinalysis done: It'll probably show protein in the urine. This is a condition called preeclampsia (or pretoxemia), which can get very serious. Most doctors and obstetricians will tell you there's no known cause or sure cure. But that's not true: In the 1960s and 70s, Dr. Tom Brewer identified the cause as poor nutrition, especially insufficient dietary protein. He demonstrated a reduction in the toxemia from between 30 and 50 per cent down to zero in the public health clinics where he practiced.
The problem can be reversed every time by switching to a high protein diet and by taking supplemental magnesium, vitamin B6, and betaine hydrochloride with pepsin (often necessary to help normalize protein digestion). If the situation is urgent, you can get a faster result by taking intravenous amino acids along with magnesium and vitamin B6. For full details see this month's issue of Nutrition and Healing.
Bear in mind we are not addressing anyone's personal situation and you should rely on this for informational purposes only. Please consult with your own doctor before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
Wishing you the best of health,
Andrew Miller
UK Editor
Nutrition and Healing
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Sources:
"Fish oil fights weight loss due to chemotherapy," Physorg.com (physorg.com)
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