Cancer, is it a Disease of Chance, Lifestyle, or Environment?

If ever there was a touchy subject, cancer would likely be it.  Everyone knows of someone battling cancer, or someone that has lost the fight.  Having just had the experience of watching someone struggle with cancer, utilize conventional therapies, and ultimately die of the disease, it is in the forefront of my brain.  Believing as I do, and based on the things I have learned from other holistic folks, as well as reading over the years, I am convinced that cancer is not a disease of chance.  Recently, it has been discovered that there is a "cancer gene" for many forms, and sometimes I think this leads people to believe that there efforts are not of primary importance in preventing this devastating disease.  Based on all I know and believe, I am convinced that with or without the gene, what goes in our bodies has supreme importance and can  determine whether we ever experience this disease first hand.

What goes in our bodies includes the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we consume, even where and how that food is grown.  Everything matters.  Now there are some hearty  individuals that appear to be able to eat anything, take no precautions, and live to be 100.  But they are rare.  For most  of us, making the right choices is absolutely crucial.

Every day, there are precancerous cells in our bodies that healthy immune systems deal with and so we never manifest in a problem.  But if our immune system is not strong, the story plays out differently.  What keeps our immune system strong?  Avoiding sugar and sweeteners as much as possible.  Sugar lessens our immune function, and the greater the consumption, the greater the immune suppression.  Some believe that the ever increasing number of vaccinations to which our young ones are subjected may take a toll.  Eating processed foods, devitalized of the needed vitamins and minerals may also have a grave effect.  And then there is our liver, our bodies' detoxifier.  The more work it has to do, the more stressed, and the greater toll it takes on our whole system.  If the liver is slower at detoxifying us, due to an overload of work, toxins sit in our bodies longer, allowing destruction to begin.  So avoid unnecessary chemicals, in your house,  in your air, in your water, and in your food.  Take whatever steps you can to live in a clean environment, in all senses of the word.

So if you are concerned, stay tuned.  Future posts will help you to clean up your act, so to speak..... Help is on the way!