This past weekend was the CIBC
Run for the Cure and thousands of women and men all across the country
ran in support for breast cancer research.
This is a subject near and
dear to my heart, as my aunt has been courageously fighting breast
cancer for the past year and a half.
Despite my love and support for my aunt, I did not participate in the CIBC Run for the Cure this weekend and here's why...
Every
year millions of dollars are raised in the quest to find the cure for
cancer - in fact, hundreds of billions have been raised since "the war
on cancer" was declared back in the 1970's by the Nixon administration.
And yet cancer rates have continued to rise to the point that today 1
in 3 people are now at risk for getting some form of cancer in their
lifetime and after decades long research, the best that modern medicine
can come up with for treatment is still the same as always: cut
(surgery), burn (radiation) and poison (chemotherapy).
So where has all the money gone?
Now I'm no conspiracy theorist, but the deeper you look into the
cancer industry, the more you begin to realize that it has become just
that - an industry.
Cancer has become big business and with billions of
dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs at stake, you can't help but
wonder if perhaps not everyone with their hand in the cookie jar is
hoping to find a cure.
Just think about the financial implications for
the economy if scientists announced tomorrow that they had found a cure
for cancer. A whole lot of people would suddenly find themselves out of
work.
A closer look at a so called "non-profit" charity, the American Cancer Society (ACS),
reveals that their budget is $380 million dollars and their cash
reserves are approximately $1 billion dollars.
When people donate to
cancer charities they assume that the majority of their money is going
to cancer research, but the truth is that most of your donated dollar
goes to pay overhead, generous salaries, pensions, executive benefits
and travel expenses.
Most
of what is left over of the ACS budget
goes to basic research into profitable patented cancer
drugs! As little as 16 percent of all charitable donations raised is spent on direct services like driving patients from the hospital
after
chemotherapy
and providing pain medication.
Many pharmaceutical companies are happy to announce that their
cutting edge cancer treatment (not cure) drugs are the fastest growing
sectors of their business and cancer surgeries are a cash cow unto
themselves.
Meanwhile, government agencies such as the Food and Drug
Administration in the U.S. and Health Canada swiftly crack down on
anyone attempting to treat cancer with alternative methods that are
deemed unproven and potentially dangerous.
These alternatives methods may include high dose vitamin therapy,
detoxification techniques, organic raw foods, juice fasting, lymphatic
drainage massage, meditation and visualization, herbal medicine, yoga
etc.
Not only are these therapies dismissed as being useless in
fighting cancer, but many of the health care providers who advocate
them to their patients with cancer, have been threatened with legal
action, loss of their medical license, given fines and/or imprisonment
and are generally harassed and discredited.
So what are these government agencies and medical associations
afraid of? Is it because of their intimate ties to pharmaceutical
companies who have a strangle hold on the cancer industry? If they were
truly committed to finding a cure for cancer then wouldn't they be open
to investigating all potential treatments regardless if they can be
patented or not?
With so many people starting to lose faith in the
conventional medical system and it's methods of using toxic drugs for
symptom suppression, my guess is that they don't want the competition
that alternative health care represents.
Which way are you running?
The problem with events like the CIBC
Run for the Cure, is that the focus is only on one side of the cancer
coin (finding a magic bullet to cure cancer) and almost completely
ignores anything to do with the other side of the coin, which is the
prevention of cancer.
It also doesn't help that two of the sponsors of
the Run for the Cure
event actually manufacture products that contain known cancer causing
ingredients!
The first company manufactures a candy product that is
loaded with sugar (which suppresses the immune system and feeds cancer
cells) and the other is a cosmetic company that manufactures several
beauty products that contain known carcinogens, neurotoxins and
endocrine disruptors such as P-Phenylenediamine, BHA, Resorcinol and
Methylparaben.
Of course it's great public relations for all the
companies involved, but it's also hypocrisy at its finest.
It's also a shame that the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
only spends about 10 percent on its annual budget on the prevention of
cancer, which basically amounts to little more than,
"Eat right and exercise". I wonder how many committees
they formed to come up with that one?
Now I'm not saying that eating
right and exercising are not important, but ask any honest oncologist
and they will tell you that 85-90% of cancers today are
due to environmental factors and not genetics as many doctors and
mainstream media outlets would have you believe.
Any person with half a
brain would realize that this is worth investigating further, but it's
virtually dismissed as insignificant by the CCS... we need to go further.
This distortion of facts has even prompted some medical
authorities to suggest that women with a history of breast cancer in
their family should consider having a double mastectomy even before
they've been diagnosed with cancer!
I guess you could call that a form
of prevention, but my guess is that the ones making this suggestion to
women are probably mostly men. I'd love to see their reaction if
someone told them that since there is a history of testicular cancer in
their family, that they should go ahead and get castrated "just to be
safe."
I
can't tell you the number times I've heard women who are diagnosed with
breast cancer say, "I don't understand, why me? I eat right, I exercise
regularly and I've never smoked a day in my life."
But when you take a
closer look at their lifestyle, a clearer picture begins to emerge that
is anything but healthy. It's not through any fault of their own,
it's just that we are not being told the truth about the real causes of
cancer and more importantly what you can do to prevent it.
Prevention is the best medicine
There
are no guarantees in life and even if you live the absolute healthiest
lifestyle possible, you still might become diagnosed with breast
cancer.
But you will significantly improve your odds of never being
touched by breast cancer in your lifetime by following these 21 simple
guidelines:
1. Throw away all household cleaning products that
contain synthetic chemicals and stick to using white vinegar and baking
soda for cleaning.
2. Stop using toxic hair colouring and instead use more natural products like Henna or use nothing at all.
3.
Choose natural beauty products for makeup, hairsprays, skin
moisturizers, shampoos, conditioners and soaps. If you can't eat it,
then don't put it on your skin!
4. Get at least 8 hours of sleep per night in a completely darkened room to maximize melatonin production.
5. Reduce your sugar intake and this includes all high glycemic carbohydrate foods.
6. Purchase organic produce to avoid pesticide contamination.
7.
Only eat free range grass fed meats and avoid commercial meats and
dairy that are derived from animals that were treated with hormones.
8. Maximize your vitamin D levels by getting 20-30 minutes of sun exposure daily or taking vitamin D3 supplements.
9.
Getting appropriate amounts of exercise (not too little or too much)
that includes both strength training and cardiovascular training.
10. Take nutritional supplements daily to ensure you are getting all of the nutrients you require - such as probiotics, multivitamins, fish oil, green drinks etc.
11. Eat enough fiber to keep your bowels regular and moving toxic matter swiftly out of your body.
12. Consider doing a liver and colon cleanse twice per year.
13. Drink plenty of fresh spring or filtered water.
14. Use glass storage containers to keep your food in the fridge or freezer.
15. Stop cooking your food in the microwave.
16. Do not drink out of plastic water bottles and instead use glass or stainless steel.
17. Get a lymphatic drainage massage as often as you can.
18. Do not wear your bras too tight and try not to wear them as often as possible.
19. If you are having a child, make sure to breast feed them as this will greatly reduce your risk of cancer.
20. Avoid synthetic hormone replacement therapy.
21. Learn to love your breasts and tell them that you love them on a daily basis. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
How many more women have to suffer and die with this horrible disease,
while the cancer authorities continue year after year, decade after
decade to take our money and tell us that the cure is right around the
corner? I for one have had enough!
So
next fall instead of running for the cure, I propose that you get
together with other women in your community and organize a "Run for the
Prevention of Cancer!"
Get sponsorships from health food stores and
alternative health care providers such as naturopaths and nutritionists, local farmers and green eco
businesses.
You could print up brochures and posters educating women
about all of the environmental causes of cancer and what they can do to
prevent it in themselves and their loved ones.
The answer to
cancer will never be found by throwing money at the problem... it will
be found in each and everyone of us when we start taking back control
of our health once and for all!
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