How can vitamin C be both an antioxidant and a pro-oxidant? This is a question and yet a true statement at the same time that confounds many doctors treating cancer today. As I stated in a previous post, the environment as well as the dose dictates the response. Recent research highlights this dual effect …
Words have meaning and the meaning of those words are important. More than just words on a page, words are a reference to our past—some good, some bad. Words are not themselves biased. It is only their use, or more appropriately, their misuse that are biased. Only through an accurate reference to words in history, …
Original Principles “…make a habit of two things—to help, or at least, to do no harm.” —Hippocrates I call this an original principle. Hippocrates is considered the father of western medicine. Quotes like the above make Hippocrates a thorn in the direction of conventional medicine today. In the time of …
It has been said: “Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.” Cancer is the coming next pandemic. One can already say this next pandemic is already present and accounted for. But, the last 3 years will only accelerate the present pandemic. This quote from an unknown author …
“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” —Aristotle Metabolic endotoxemia is not some opinion or loose theory, and it has strong support in scientific evidence. The connection between metabolic endotoxemia, metabolic dysfunction, and dis-aise is not just one …
Holistic cancer causes—the story continues. Redox Redox is short for reduction and oxidation. The foundation of redox is electrons. Going back, aways, I know. Reduction is the process of gaining electrons. Oxidation is the process of losing electrons. In a very similar way, even connected, think of this redox balance as a …
Holistic cancer causes—the story continues. My previous post focused on Mitochondria What is the meaning of life? Not from a spiritual perspective. Not from a psychological perspective, but rather, from a biochemistry perspective? Life is about energy—the energy to heal, energy to repair, energy to fight infection, and the energy to …
Holistic causes of cancer—finally the end. Toxicants and detoxification dysfunction Toxins and Toxicants are words often used interchangeably. However, they are not the same. Toxins are something the body produces. The body is constantly bombarded to Toxicants. Toxins are from within (endogenous), and toxicants are from outside (exogenous). According to Merriam-Webster, Toxins …
Vitamin C. Is it a vitamin? Is it Ascorbic Acid? Is it an essential nutrient? What exactly is it? First, there are many different forms of vitamin C: Sodium Ascorbate Ascorbic Acid Magnesium Ascorbate Calcium Ascorbate Ascorbyl palmitate Then, there are the metabolites of vitamin C: D-Isoascorbic DehydroAscorbate (DHA) Ascorbate …
Aristotle said it first, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Christian Smutz brought the holism concept to the modern era with his book Holism and Revolution. This background was highlighted in greater detail in my previous post on Holistic cancer. The general concept is that the whole transcends the individual parts. …
