With the news today informing us that we are seeing an ever increasing risk of developing cancer and that despite the fact that the figures suggest more people survive it....that word survive is if you make it past the magic 5 year figure. The fact that many who do 'survive' do so at a cost. The conventional treatments currently on offer often leave people unable to continue to work or have a 'normal' life as they can be in a very weakened state, suffering pain and immobility. The psychological effects are enormous as well and all can require constant medical attention and support.
Yes we are living longer and that will have an impact but that is only part of the problem. The report says lifestyle is a factor and perhaps in more ways than this news story suggests.
Obviously excess alcohol and smoking will increase the risk in some to many illnesses of which cancer is one, but when we see a rise in breast cancer in younger women, can we only blame these two factors? Weight and lack of exercise can also play a part, but we are seeing an increase in thyroid problems and there is research to show that this could be playing a part in cancer development and especially breast cancer -
see link http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=1671
Why the thyroid problems? is it lack of Iodine causing underactive thyroid? or do we need to be looking at why immune systems start to attack themselves and cause overactive thyroids - Graves disease etc?
Our immune systems are under attack all the time and we need to make sure that we supply our bodies with good nutrients and the best food we can give it, especially at times of stress.
An increase in vaccinations in children and in adults with travel jabs and flu jabs is also something that we didn't have attacking our immune systems in an unnatural way 40 years ago to the extent that we have it now. Increase in antibiotic use and the resistance giving rise to new viruses - viruses have been linked to causing cancer.
So since the 1970's we see increasing thyroid problems, since this time also with the coming of supermarkets and the increase of poor quality food that they offer, the high sugar content of our diets, fast food outlets, although the word 'fast' may be appropriate, 'food' is disputable!
Dr Andrew Saul, author of many books on a nutritional approach to healing and health, and the man behind doctoryourself.com, uses a phrase which I love. He says 'Stack the deck in your favour' I'm a big fan of stacking the deck in your favour.
We don't know if we have been successful but we sure know when we haven't and our current approach to health on mass is clearly not working.
If we were truly committed to lowering numbers of cancer incidents, then lets sort this out, increase tax on high sugar food, do the same to fast food outlets, after all, we know cancer loves sugar. fast food is part of our global obesity problem, another factor that the report blames. Ban high fructose corn syrup!, we didn't use to have it. The government increase taxes on smoking as they perceive this to be a risk.
Get the water situation cleaned up. Since the contraception pill and HRT have become the norm for many women, there is a lot of oestrogen in our water supply. Who is responsible for clearing that up? Water companies say its the drug companies, and drug companies say its the water boards.
But surely this should be looked at when we are seeing a rise in female cancers and prostate cancer in men.
We need to stop looking in the same empty cupboard for the reason and solution and start exploring other avenues seriously and yes there may well be lobby's that don't want the finger pointed at them to clean up their act, but the fact that we can not sustain the financial costs of this ever increasing disease, means we have to look for causes and address them.
Vitamin D and C in good therapeutic doses are important in maintaining health and getting the balance right. Exercise over yet another 30mins in front of the TV watching some excuse for a programme are things we can all do, but government have to have the political will to truly tackle it despite the various food lobbyists, and corporations.
If cancer is something that should raise its head, then lets look at better ways to treat it. Integrative oncology includes looking at the factors that lead to it developing in the individual as well as the best way forward with minimising the awful side effects of the current treatment.
There are many interviews on this blog site with those that lead the way in integrative oncology and have done for years - what a pity our approach until now has never changed despite year on year of ever worsening figures. How unscientific is that?
It is a multi billion pound industry and the amount of money raised and given to research is not working....we really need to be looking at other methods, as so far the answer hasn't come from a test tube or petri dish in a lab to any great extent, despite valiant efforts - so lets invest some of that money into new areas of research that already exist but could do with the funds to carry out the big studies the NHS requires before it will accept them.
Lets not make the 1:2 prediction for 2020 become a reality.
Lets stop looking at the symptoms and start really looking for the cause. I know there is less money to be made in this approach, but can we really afford the next batch of wonder drugs from the pharmaceutical giants?
Gene therapy is one approach, but we can't keep removing bits of ourselves due to our genes showing a potential risk. We have to ensure a healthy immune system so genes do not cause a problem and cell mutation proliferates what ever the reason.
Those of us with heart problems in the family are a bit scuppered with this approach. We have to pursue diet and exercise as I'm not sure a heart removal is going to be an option for sustained health!!!
Time for a new paradigm!
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