In this article, I’m sharing the changes I’ve made in a bid to fight cancer. I’m not proposing any cure against cancer because every person and every cancer is different.

Below you can read about the actions I have taken to overcome cancer. I do hope that by sharing my experiences, I can help someone out there in one way or the other.

It’s up to you on what you can or can’t adapt to in your quest for a healthy life. Most importantly, listen to your body. Here you can read my story.

When I was told in 2014 that I had cancer, I was convinced from the first moment that I would absolutely not accept chemotherapy. So my search for alternative possibilities started. There is a lot of information on the internet today regarding alternative methods of fighting cancer.

In my search I was mainly assigned to the site of “the truth about cancer” and “Chris beat cancer“. Then there was also the Budwig and Gerson therapy. For more than two years, I ate organic low-fat cottage cheese mixed with linseed oil for breakfast every morning according to the Budwig therapy.

It is unfortunate that there is still little solid scientific research on most alternative options. It is also true that the conditions and lifestyle of each person are different. In addition, there are many types of cancers. So what might help one person does not nessecarily helps the other person.

I think that in many cases you should mainly rely on your feeling and common sense. For some people, chemo is an option to consider, but for me and the type of cancer I had, it wasn’t. I have changed my lifestyle from one day to the next so that in the end I cannot know what has or has not helped me to stay cancer-free. I suppose it was the combination of multiple lifestyle changes I’ve made.

Be physically active

• Rebounding

Rebounding is an excellent way to stimulate the lymphatic system and, thereby accelerating your body’s natural detoxification process, which in turn strengthens your immune system. Try to do this daily.

A vigorous exercise such as Rebounding on a mini-trampoline is reported to: 

* Increase the lymph circulation by 15 to 30 times

* Support the immune System

* Increase the Oxygen Intake

* Strengthen the cells

* Strengthen the muscular system

* Be easy on the joints

If you are too weak, due to treatment, to jump up and down, you can start to bounce up and down gently without lifting your feet.

Research on the benefits of rebound exercise by NASA scientists found that rebounding on a trampoline is 68 percent more effective than jogging and yet requires less effort.

• Daily Walks

Going for a walk at an average to brisk pace can provide a remarkable health benefit. Not to forget, it’s free, easy and can be done wherever you feel like. Owning a dog makes it easier because your dog needs its daily walks for both exercise and mental stimulation.

However, it’s not compulsory. You can still enjoy the walk without a dog; think of it as an adventure, listen to music that’ll keep your legs moving, or pay attention to your surrounding and make the walk meditative. Sooner or later, it will become part of you.

• Yoga

Yoga could help to reduce anxiety, depression, fatigue, and stress for some patients. While it’s not a cure for cancer, yoga improves the quality of sleep, mood, and spiritual well-being. I’ve been to India in 2019 to get my 500 hours yoga teachers training and can really recommend yoga practice. 

Detox

Detox helps to boost energy levels and strengthens the immune system. For four weeks, I was drinking only vegetable smoothies to detox my body. Though, if you are going to detox, I advise you to seek the aid of a practitioner instead of doing what I did. What worked for me may not work for you as we all have different body systems.

A detox cure can or may lead to fatigue, headache, nausea, and skin complaints. If you have headaches or other symptoms that cause concern once you’ve started the detox, check-in with your doctor to make sure that it’s in your best interest to continue. It is important to support your body in the right way to dispose of the waste through the liver, kidneys, and intestines.

Changing your food pattern

A healthy diet is an important part of cancer treatment.

How can you achieve a healthy diet?

• Avoid refined sugars. There is an indirect link between cancer risk and sugar. Eating lots of sugar over time can cause you to gain weight, and scientific evidence shows that being overweight or obese increases the risk of cancer. A lot of research has been done regarding the combination of sugar and the growth of cancer cells. But there are still a lot of contradictions whether sugar could directly fuel the growth of cancer cells or not. I listen to my body and use common sense. I do not eat refined sugar at all since it has little nutritional value. If I feel the need for something sweet I eat fruit, like apples, berries, citrus fruit, bananas. Naturally, sweet fruit digests slower, resulting in stable blood sugar and less fat accumulation.
• Cut down animal proteins and replace them with seeds, nuts, spirulina, plant sources of protein.
• Reduce your dairy intake and try swapping cows’ milk for oat or nut milk.
• Lessen your wheat intake. Gluten-free flour is now readily available, and rye, spelt and oat-based flours  are naturally low-gluten.
• Swap processed or animal-derived oils and fats for cold-pressed, virgin or extra virgin plant oils.
• Avoid processed food.

Here some Foods that Contain Cancer-Fighting Properties

Broccoli and broccoli sprouts:  They contain antioxidants and sulforaphane, a substance that has been shown to reduce tumor size in mice by more than 50% (source). You can add broccoli and broccoli sprouts in salads or vegetable smoothies. Another option is to take supplements or powder.

Blueberries: superfruits with lots of antioxidants. You can eat these if you have sugar cravings.

Flaxseeds: Studies have shown that flaxseeds may reduce the spread of cancer cells (source).  Click HERE for a delicious recipe of oatmeal crackers with flaxseeds which I often prepare as an in-between snack.

Garlic: Scientists now know that most of its health benefits are caused by sulfur compounds formed when a garlic clove is chopped, crushed, or chewed.

Quinoa:  is gluten-free, and also a good source of cancer-fighting epigallocatechin. It contains more calcium than milk and is overall a balanced source of many other vital nutrients such as B vitamins, Vitamin E, phosphorus, and iron. If you are addicted to wheat you can swap this out with quinoa.

Cocoa contains powerful cancer-fighting antioxidants called flavanols. Mix sugar-free organic nut milk or oat milk with a banana and cocoa in a blender and you have a delicious milkshake.

Lemon: drink every day first thing in the morning lemon juice with water. Lemons are high in vitamin C and are very alkalizing.

Use Turmeric in your food or tea

Turmeric belongs to the ginger family. The active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin. Turmeric can help to reduce inflammation, it may improve liver function, and can aid your digestion. Use turmeric in combination with the spicy “piperine” from black pepper for a twenty times better absorption.

Although nothing has been confirmed yet, there is a strong suggestion that consuming between 100 mg to 200 mg a day reduces the chances of cancer. You can sprinkle this yellow powder over the food or swallow capsules with turmeric. If you don’t like the taste of curcumin in your food, you can also prepare turmeric tea with ginger and lemon. This is a combination of many medicinal properties, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Do note, if you are taking medication for cancer, contact your doctor first. With certain medications, Curcuma can make the medication less well absorbed into the blood.

Maintaining a healthy diet

These are some of the cancer-fighting nutrients that I regularly integrate into my diet. The fuel (food) you put in your body can drastically affect many aspects of your health. Many foods contain beneficial compounds that could help decrease the growth of cancer or lower the risk of disease.

I usually start the day with a vegetable smoothie. It is important here to alternate the vegetables, so alternate broccoli with green leafy vegetables, carrots, etc. Usually, I also mix chlorella and spirulina in my smoothie. In the morning I make one liter of turmeric tea with ginger and lemon, which I drink during the day.

As a snack, I like to eat for example oatmeal crackers with linseed or drink a banana milkshake with cocoa. After dinner, I sometimes take a piece of 100% dark chocolate. It may take a while before you get used to the taste of this though. A quinoa salad can taste great for lunch or dinner. Maintaining a healthy diet can take some effort at the start, but can provide many benefits afterward.

Limit alcohol consumption

Like tobacco, alcohol is one of the few substances consistently linked to an increased risk of cancer. The type of alcohol does not matter because they all contain ethanol, a known cancer-causing agent.

What about Alcohol during Chemotherapy?

Many of the drugs used to treat cancer are broken down by the liver. Alcohol is also processed via the liver and can cause liver inflammation. This inflammatory response could impair chemotherapy drug breakdown and increase side effects from treatment.

 Start to meditate

There is an interaction between the mind and the body. Chronic stress weakens and suppresses your immune system. It could be;

• work stress,
• relationship stress,
• negative emotions like unforgiveness, bitterness, judgemental attitude. All these elevate cortisol and adrenalin which is a pre-cancerous condition.

Meditation can give clarity, insights, and peace of mind, which may improve your well-being and health. It also improves energy levels and lessens fatigue for people with cancer.

Deep breathing is a part of meditation but it also works on its own. Just take a deep breath in from your diaphragm, hold it for a few seconds, and then slowly let it out. A few minutes each day can help you feel more relaxed.

Guided imagery and visualization

Focus on a pleasant scene to steer your mind away from stressful thoughts related to your cancer or your treatments. The point of a guided visualization is to harness the brain’s positive response to images to help you manage your emotions and your life challenges more effectively.

You can create your image, use a video to guide you, or work with a therapist.

Massage therapy

There is evidence that massage therapy helps people with cancer physically and emotionally and so improve their quality of life. It boosts immunity and eases anxiety, pain, and fatigue. Progressive muscle relaxation helps to increase protective white blood cells in women with stage 1 and stage 2 breast cancer.

If you’d wish to incorporate massage therapy into your routine, make sure you work with a licensed practitioner who’s trained to avoid or work around sensitive areas affected by traditional treatment.

Dry Brushing

Benefits your largest organ, which is your skin. You can help your body out after chemo as Dry Brushing stimulates your nervous system which can make you feel invigorated afterward. It also helps to increase blood circulation.

Hyperthermia treatment

Also called thermal therapy or thermotherapy, is a type of cancer treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures (up to 113°F). Research has shown that high temperatures can damage and kill cancer cells, usually with minimal injury to normal tissues;

• By killing cancer cells and damaging proteins and structures within cells.
• By shrinking tumors.

Hyperthermia is under study in clinical trials and is not widely available. There are two, basically different hyperthermia processes;

• the systemic ->heats the complete body, whole-body treatment
• the local/regional heating -> heats only a part of the organism

Whole Body Hyperthermia Therapy refers to the medical use of heating the whole body to achieve an elevated core temperature for therapeutic purposes, mostly used as a complementary treatment for cancer.

Check your body pH balance

When the pH (potential hydrogen) level in your body is unbalanced, almost any area of the body can be affected.

First thing in the morning urinate on a pH test paper or collect urine in a cup and dip the paper into the cup. Keep e.g. a weekly record of your pH test results.

On the pH scale, that ranges from 0 to 14, seven is neutral. Below 7 becomes increasingly acidic, above 7 increasingly alkaline. Your urine should fall in the 6.8 to 7.5 pH range. If your pH is to acid increase the intake of alkalizing food.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D is one of the few vitamins that our body can make itself. Under the influence of sunlight, vitamin D becomes a power in our skin. In addition, we get vitamin D through our food, such as fatty fish or eggs. Vitamin D helps our muscles and immune system work properly.

Only if you are deficient in vitamin D you should take extra vitamin D during or after breast cancer. Women with breast cancer are more likely to have low levels of vitamin D in their blood. It is therefore good to have the amount of D in your blood checked by a doctor.

You may also like; Are you suffering from vitamin D deficiency without knowing it?

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is one of the most commonly taken vitamin supplements in cancer. This vitamin appears to be able to enhance the effect of radio and chemotherapy. Specifically, radiotherapy can reduce connective tissue formation. It also seems useful to avoid vitamin E deficiency in chemotherapy.

Vitamin C

Research in the laboratory of Maastricht UMC + has shown that vitamin C has a positive effect on the growth and maturation of certain white blood cells. These white blood cells (also called T cells) provide defense against infections. In addition, vitamin C stimulates the growth of NK cells, which also have a function in detecting and destroying cancer cells.

The best supplement is of course healthy food. A varied diet, containing sufficient fruit, vegetables, and plant foods, provides more health benefits than dietary supplements.

Wrapping up

Give your body and mind the proper care and all that is needed to regenerate. Mind that you can eat healthily, take vitamins, exercise daily, and still become ill because you’re under constant stress. There is no doubt that it is, of course, more desirable to start living a healthy lifestyle today, in order to prevent any illness and to improve your quality of life.

You can pull through with the determination to live right. Motivation is what gets you started and habits are what keep you going.

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