Nature May Provide Cancer Answer

January 19, 2007 - By Dr. Phil Maffetone from First Organics

The American Cancer Society reported this week that the number of deaths from the disease is declining, with 3,000 fewer deaths reported from 2003 to 2004.

While this news was hailed by the media, health-care industry and even politicians as proof of the success of medical intervention, the Cancer Society also predicted 1,444,920 new cases of the disease in 2007.

Ironically, while billions of dollars are being spent on research each year to find “the cure for cancer,” nature already provides it.

Consider that about 25 percent of those who eat the fewest fruits and vegetables have approximately double the cancer rate compared to those with the highest intake of these cancer-fighting foods.

More frightening is that 80 percent of American children and adolescents, and almost 70 percent of adults do not eat five portions a day of these foods. The result is a significantly reduced intake of key nutrients that help prevent cancer. It’s estimated that at least half the population obtains too little of these important nutrients.

Lower doses of key nutrients found in natural foods such as vitamin B12 and folic acid, vitamin B6 and niacin, vitamins C and E, and zinc may also be protetive against cancer.

But don’t look for the answer in the popular high-dose synthetic vitamins – they won’t work like real food. In some cases, they can actually contribute to cancer promotion.

It’s now accepted that diet and nutrition can play a significant role in reducing the onset of the majority of cancers. Unfortunately, this diet-nutrition-cancer connection has only recently been accepted by mainstream health care, and traditional cancer therapies do not yet effectively or fully utilize diet and nutrition.

Diet and nutrition play a major role in preventing the onset and progression of cancer. A dietary plan that provides a balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, as well as vitamins, minerals and phytonutients from vegetables, fruits and other health-promoting foods, can dramatically reduce the risk.

It is important to obtain these nutrients from real foods or from supplements made from real foods, as it is the combined benefits of these items, rather than any single vitamin or mineral that reduces the risk.

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