Cancer patients have vitamin deficiencies (in particular, folic acid, vitamin C, and pyridoxine) as well as other nutritional deficiencies.200 There have been a number of studies of patients with proven cancer who are being treated with vitamin therapy alone. Many of these vitamin-therapy studies have recently been reviewed by Bertino, who concludes that such treatment is without proven benefit to the cancer patient—and I agree with him. The cancer patient should be thoroughly worked up by an oncology specialist. I am advocating simple common sense: an apparently healthy person should take steps to avoid or eliminate risk factors that could potentially cause cancer and atherosclerosis. This includes eating the right foods and taking the right amount of those vitamins and minerals shown to have anticancer and antioxidant effects, and shown to be needed for the immune system to function well. By eliminating all known risk factors of cancer and atherosclerosis and practicing good nutrition supplemented with vitamins and minerals, your overall risk of developing cancer or atherosclerosis will be kept to a minimum.Richard S. Schweiker, then Secretary of Health and Human Services, said in a policy statement given at a symposium on cancer research at Rockefeller University that he and the Reagan Administration endorse the research focus on cancer prophylaxis and the protective potential of vitamins and trace minerals in both normal and high-risk populations. As reported by the Medical Tribune on June 30, 1982, he said that enough new data have emerged in recent basic, clinical, and epidemiological studies to justify support for the hypothesis that micronutrients may prevent the initiation or development of cancer. The National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, has allocated several million dollars for this purpose.Schweiker stated, “This new strategy holds promise for reducing the incidence of cancer more successfully than an attempt to remove from the environment all substances which may initiate the cancer process—an approach which is not always possible or practical.” In addition, he said that laboratory studies of vitamin A precursors, vitamins С and E, selenium, and certain chemicals demonstrate that these “act as preventive agents.”I recommend taking the combination of vitamins and minerals in Table 6.8 as a food supplement. These nutrients could be taken daily unless otherwise specified by your physician. Pregnant or lactating women should not follow this program unless it has been approved by their physician. The formula for younger children is also shown.*37\360\2*
CANCER AND NUTRITION: LOWERING YOUR RISK OF CANCER
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July 29th, 2011
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