THE CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF CANCER
By Walter Last
Discovering the cause of
cancer is the first and most important step in its prevention. However, there
appears to be more than one cause. Cancer may be seen as multi-dimensional with
interconnecting causes on different levels.
Most of the scientific attention is centred on the biochemistry of
cells. The effects of nutrition, toxic substances and radiation are all
directly felt at this level.
On other levels, but
generally not accepted by the orthodoxy, are suppressed and negative emotions
and emotional traumas, negative beliefs, and blocked or distorted bio-energy
flows as found in the acupuncture meridians. Cancer is generally defined as an
uncontrolled proliferation of cells, commonly resulting in the growth of a
malignant tumour. The basic question is what makes cells divide uncontrollably?
Tumour growth
Orthodox research
focuses on the nucleus of the cell, which regulates cell divisions. From animal
experiments it is known that toxic chemicals and radiation can damage the
genetic material, which may then lead to cancerous growth. This orthodox model sees the development of a
tumour as a purely local event in an otherwise healthy body.
The solution,
accordingly, must be to completely destroy the tumour and every cancer cell,
and all should be well. But
unfortunately, this does not work, or only with tumours that are not malignant
or of low malignancy. Usually malignant
tumours just regrow in other places, and sometimes victims even die despite a
destroyed tumour. Recognising that the common cancers cannot be medically
cured, statistics are commonly expressed as five-year survival rates. All this shows that the medical model of
cancer is either incomplete or wrong.
Not a localised event
Natural medicine does not
dispute that toxic chemicals and radiation can cause cancer, but goes on to
state that they are only part of the story.
Importantly, cancer is seen as a disease of the total organism, not just
a localised event. If we have good liver and kidney functions, then harmful
chemicals will be effectively detoxified and expelled, and if we have a high
intake of protective antioxidant nutrients, such as vitamins A, C, E,
beta-carotene and selenium, then so-called free radicals formed through
radiation exposure, will be made harmless.
However, if harmful
chemicals should break the biochemical defences, resulting in weak or abnormal
cells, then these will immediately be destroyed by an efficient immune
system. With this, we know already
several preconditions for the development of cancer: weak liver and kidney
functions, a low intake of protective antioxidant nutrients, a weak immune
system, and exposure to toxic chemicals or radiation.
There is a basic
difference between conventional and natural medicine as to which chemicals are
regarded as contributing to cancer. The orthodoxy is only concerned about
chemicals that have mutagenic properties, affecting the genetic material.
Natural medicine, on the other hand, regards all toxic chemicals as
contributing to cancer. For one thing, such chemicals tend to poison or weaken
enzyme systems, liver and immune functions. Not only agricultural chemicals and
food additives contribute to this toxic assault, but also most medical drugs
and chlorinated water. Chlorine reacts
with organic impurities in water or with food or body tissue to form
organo-chlorines, similar to DDT and other banned substances.
Blocked energy production
Natural medicine also has
a completely different understanding of the process by which chemicals cause
cancer in real life. Most of this pioneering alternative research was done by
P.G. Seeger in Germany. He published 290
scientific works and was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize (in 1979 and
1980). As early as1938 he was able to
show that, on the cellular level cancer starts in the cytoplasm, not in the
nucleus. The cytoplasm is the jelly-like outer part of the cell, which contains
a series of ‘power stations', the mitochondria, in which most of the energy is
produced. This is done in a series of enzymatic steps
called the 'respiratory chain'. Seeger
showed that in cancer cells this respiratory chain was blocked by the destruction
of important enzymes, especially one called cytochrome oxidase.
The respiratory chain
produces energy by combining carbon and hydrogen from short nutrient fragments
with oxygen transported by haemoglobin from the lungs. Without this cellular oxidation, the cell can
produce energy only without air that is anaerobically, by converting glucose
into lactic acid. This is how the cancer cell produces most of its energy, and
that makes it very acid. By taking exact measurements inside cells, Seeger and
others found that cancer cells utilise only between 5 and 50% of the oxygen of
normal cells.
Furthermore, the virulence
of cancer cells is directly proportional to their loss of oxygen utilisation,
and with this to the degree of blockage of the respiratory chain. In 1957 Seeger successfully transformed
normal cells into cancer cells within a few days by introducing chemicals that
blocked the respiratory chain. Further
experiments showed that cancer cells of low virulence could easily be overcome
by the immune system but those with high virulence prevailed and continued to
spread.
Following this, Seeger
made his most important discovery: thousands of experiments revealed that
certain nutrients, mainly from the vegetable kingdom, could restore cellular
respiration in cancer cells and, with this, transform them back into normal
cells. While these results were published in prestigious scientific journals,
they were completely ignored by the Cancer Establishment. It is not difficult to imagine why.
Findings confirmed
Seeger's finding that
cancer originates in the cytoplasm and not in the nucleus was confirmed by
other researchers. Between 1975 and 1977
they repeated an experiment 93 times in which they replaced the nucleus of a fertilised
mouse egg with the nucleus of a cancer cell. In each case the egg developed
into a healthy, cancer-free mouse and even the offspring remained cancer-free.
Similar results were achieved with frog eggs.
Johanna Budwig, a German
fat researcher, confirmed the work of Seeger on a practical level. She developed a simple paper chromatography
test that shows the blocked respiratory chain of cancer patients as a slow
yellow-green spot. By using liberal amounts of high-quality linseed oil and the
sulphur-amino acids cysteine and methionine, the yellow-green spot disappeared,
the respiratory chain was reactivated and cancer patients recovered. All this scientific research and its
practical results continue to be ignored by the Cancer Establishment despite
the evidence to the contrary, they still maintain that cancer originates in the
nucleus, that it cannot be reversed but only treated by killing all cancer
cells, that curing cancer with nutrition is impossible, and those who do it
anyway are frauds and quacks, and must be prevented from practising.
The cancer microbe
While a causal correlation
between cancer and viruses has been shown only in a few rare or animal tumours,
several independent researchers have reported the proliferation of certain microbes
in all cancer patients. The first was the German professor of microbiology G.
Enderlein who described in 1925 the different stages of a microbe that is
normally present as tiny colloidal protein units. In various degenerative diseases, especially
cancer, these protein units grow into coccus and higher bacterial forms and
finally into fungi.
Independently, mostly
without knowing of each other's work, several other researchers - Roy Ray Rife,
Wilhelm Reich, Virginia Livingston-Wheeler, A. Cantwell and Gaston Naessens -
have described the same phenomenon.
Orthodoxy, however, has a dogma that says microbes always have the same
form and cannot change from viruses into bacteria and fungi. This is because
orthodox microbiologists commonly observe dead stained microbes in dead tissue,
or live ones for short periods, instead of live microbes in live tissue at very
high magnification over long periods.
Anyway, this microbe,
generally called the cancer microbe, appears to do much of the damage
attributed to malignant tumours. The cancer microbe badly damages the immune
system, and makes it incapable of fighting the cancer cells. Toxins released by this microbe cause the
characteristic sickening odour as in terminal cancer, and they cause wasting in
experimental animals, just like in advanced cancer. If injected into animals,
the cancer microbe and its toxins cause cancer.
Several of these
researchers found ways to destroy or control the cancer microbe, which often
led to a cure or remission of the disease.
The cancer microbe generally begins to proliferate with a decline in
health and vitality. By weakening the immune system and the metabolism it
prepares the way for the development of cancer. Toxins released by the cancer
microbe may also interfere directly with the respiratory chain. With this,
cancer may arise from external influences, such as toxic chemicals or
radiation, or it may result from internal poisoning of the cellular energy
production due to the cancer microbe proliferating in an unhealthy organism.
Two factors that greatly
contribute to the rise of the cancer microbe are dead teeth and overgrowth of
the intestines with harmful microbes. Dead teeth and the surrounding jawbone
can become concentrated breeding grounds of harmful microbes, releasing a
steady stream of toxins into the circulation.
Overgrowth of the gastro-intestinal tract with harmful microbes has the
same effect on an even larger scale, and is a main cause of autoimmune diseases
and Candida-related problems.
OTHER FACTORS
Many other factors
contribute to the development of cancer by weakening the liver, the immune
system or individual cells and their enzyme systems. Without going into details
I just want to mention some of these.
·
Chronic
inflammations prepare the local
conditions for the growth of a tumour by destroying or weakening tissue
structures. Tumours themselves are inflammatory processes. Hidden food allergies are a common cause of
localised chronic inflammations. The
most common food allergies are to wheat and cows milk protein.
·
Overeating, cooked meat and heated fats diminish our supply of digestive enzymes,
especially with advancing age. In
addition, highly heated meat and fats produce carcinogenic chemicals. In animal studies resistance to spontaneous
and transplanted tumours increased tenfold on low-protein diets.
·
A high intake of
salt combined with a low intake of potassium weakens the electric
membrane potential of cells, and can make cell walls permeable to harmful
chemicals and toxins.
·
Not only chlorine
is dangerous in our drinking water, but also fluoride. It is a
strong enzyme poison, and damages energy-producing enzymes as well as those
involved in immune activity and cancer protection.
·
Mercury is a strong nerve poison and also inhibits the immune
system. Most of our mercury exposure
comes from dental amalgam. Roy Kupsinel demonstrated greatly improved
immune functions after removal of all amalgam fillings. A child with leukaemia
recovered when her amalgam was removed but the leukaemia returned when the
amalgam fillings were restored some months later, and again it disappeared when
all amalgam was removed for good. Also a
case of Hodgkins disease went into remission when amalgam was removed.
·
Nickel in dental material, such as braces, has been shown
to suppress immune functions. In one
reported case lymphocyte viability dropped to 50% after placement of
braces. Two different metals in the
mouth are even much worse than just amalgam or just stainless steel.
·
Increasingly we
read reports about the potential dangers of electromagnetic pollution,
not only from transformer stations and high-voltage power lines, but also from
household electric appliances, hand-held power tools and electric blankets and
waterbeds. We seem to be most susceptible to these influences when we are
asleep. Electromagnetic fields act just
like light to stimulate the pineal gland, which requires a regular light-dark
cycle to regulate our body rhythm. Only during the dark phase does it release
growth hormone and melatonin, which, among other functions, is needed for a
strong immune system. Vitamin B 12, which is helpful with advanced cancer,
helps to resynchronise body rhythms, and so improves the rhythmic release of
melatonin and growth hormone.
·
Many therapists
also believe that earth radiations from underground streams
significantly contribute to cancer development.
While this possibility is discounted by conventional science, without
investigation, many dowsers point to numerous houses in which the bed of a
cancer victim was supposedly exposed to such radiations. To avoid harmful
consequences it may be sufficient to move the bed just a few metres.
·
Sun
exposure has been blamed for a
large increase in the rate of skin cancers but UV radiation is presently so
harmful only because of a high intake of polyunsaturated oils combined with a
low intake of protective antioxidants. Fluorescent light may be an even greater
danger. A scientific study showed a
doubling of the melanoma risk in office work under fluorescent lighting. We are
also now being told that the risk of developing cancer from X-rays is about
four times higher than previously estimated.
·
A high intake of
commercial polyunsaturated oils is linked to an increase in the
rate and spread of cancer. Omega-6 fatty
acids in seed oils are pro-inflammatory, while the omega-3 fatty acids in fish
oils and linseed oil are anti-inflammatory and therefore
cancer-protective.
·
Not only smokers
face a greatly increased risk of cancer, but also passive smokers. In
one large study non-smokers in a household with smokers had a 6.8 fold risk of
leukaemia, and 3.3 times the risk of breast cancer as compared to controls from
smoke-free houses.
·
High body stores
of iron increase the cancer incidence. At risk are men and
post-menopausal women who ingest much iron from cast-iron or stainless steel
cooking pots or from iron added to breakfast cereals, bread or food
supplements. Also, drinking water can be
too high in iron.
·
In the US Dr
Hans Kugler did some interesting experiments with mice. One group received a
good diet and the other a junk food diet as commonly used
in our society. The life span of the
junk food mice was 50% shorter, mainly due to increased cancer rates. In another experiment he added
"safe" quantities of nitrates, nitrites, saccharin and a commercial
growth promoter to tap water for one group while the other group received
spring water instead. The lifespan of the group with the "safe"
chemicals in tap water was 20% shorter mainly due to an increased cancer rate.
EMOTIONS AND ENERGIES
Grief and mental
depression also depress the immune systems.
Dormant tumours often start growing again after the loss of a close
relative or other traumatic events. In a study on the influence of attitude on
cancer survival a group of women were followed up for ten years after their
diagnosis of breast cancer. Those who
had reacted to the diagnosis with a fighting spirit had a 70% survival rate,
denial gave 50%, stoic acceptance 25% and helplessness and hopelessness 20%
survival. It has been noted that cancer
patients often harbour resentments and repress their true feelings; they try to
please others and seek praise and recognition. They also tend to be dominated
by their spouses.
In the 1950's Wilhelm Reich published results
of successful cancer treatment with his bio-energy accumulator. The psychiatric assessment of his patients
led him to conclude that cancer is usually associated with repressed sexual
feelings and energies, which caused strong muscle tension or 'armouring' in the
pelvis and other areas. This widespread
armouring restricts the free flow of feeling and acupuncture energies, and
favours the development of cancer.
In a similar way, I assume
that tumours are associated with energy fields formed from unreleased negative
emotions. As an example, a woman with fear of developing breast cancer or with
guilt for not breastfeeding projects this fear or guilt onto her breasts. This causes muscle tension with reduced blood
supply, oxygen and nutrient deficiency and accumulation of waste matter.
Resentment, suppressed
sexual energy and unreleased or excessive grief may bring a similar result in
an appropriate target area. The late Geoffrey Hodson, well-known theosophist
and clairvoyant, described cancer as a dark, dense, astral entity surrounding
the tumour and often of karmic origin or caused by fear.
With a cure rate over 90% Dr Hamer had an exceptionally high success
rate with his cancer therapy.
Dr Hamer started his cancer
research when he developed testicular cancer after his son was shot dead. He
wondered if his son’s death was the cause of his cancer. Subsequently he
investigated and documented over 15,000 cases of cancer and always found the
following characteristics to be present, which he termed the Iron Rules of
Cancer:
2. The theme of the psychic conflict determines the location of the impact in the brain and body.
3. The course of the psychic conflict correlates with the course of the
cancer.
At the start of a conflict-shock we experience continuous stress
resulting in a tendency to develop cold hands and feet, lack of appetite,
weight loss, sleeplessness, and dwelling all the time on the conflict content.
If the conflict does not become resolved soon, the long-lasting stress will
lead to specific symptoms and the development of cancer or another disease.
When we are able to resolve the emotional conflict, we are no longer
occupied with the conflict content, the appetite returns, hands are warm again,
and also normal sleep returns, but there may also be weakness, fatigue and a
need to rest. This is the beginning of the healing phase, which can be long and
difficult.
PREVENTING CANCER
This insight into the
various causes and contributing factors in the development of cancer provides
us with reliable guidelines to avoid becoming cancer victims ourselves. I see
the relationship between these diverse factors and the actual development of cancer
as follows.
The main factor is the
depletion of life-force in a specific part of the body. In experimental animals
this may be due to massive radiation, chemical assault or the transplantation
of tumour tissue. The same may happen in humans but usually it is due to a
combination of biochemical factors and emotional trauma. The healthier we are
emotionally and on the biochemical level, the less we will be affected by any
emotional trauma that might trigger cancer in someone less well prepared.
To cancer-proof ourselves
we need to start with a basic health improvement program:
·
Intestinal
Sanitation: Remove old accumulated
wastes, establish proper bowel movements, eliminate harmful microbes,
and re-establish a healthy intestinal flora.
·
Cleansing: Remove metabolic wastes and accumulated toxins
through repeated cleansing periods.
·
Allergy
Testing: After a cleanse
re-introduce foods gradually to discover any food allergies and chemical
sensitivities.
·
Acid-Alkaline
Balance: Check the acidity of your
urine and saliva, and correct any abnormal condition.
·
Microbes and
Parasites: Remove harmful invaders
with the help of simple remedies and devices.
·
Pollution
Control: Minimize exposure to
electromagnetic and chemical pollution, and sanitise your teeth
·
Healthy
Living: Improve your health with
exercise, sunshine and ‘living’ water.
·
Good Diet: Adopt a high-quality diet suited for the specific
requirements of your body.
·
Mind and
Emotions: Use mind tools to
eliminate negative beliefs and emotions and acquire positive ones instead.
We have seen that the
biochemical key to cancer prevention is a healthy respiratory chain in our
cells. We must be vigilant to avoid non-biological chemicals as much as
possible. Therefore, we try to obtain and use mainly organically grown food, we
minimise processed food with non-biological additives, we prefer natural
medicine to pharmaceutical drugs, and use either bore water, rain water or
filtered water free of chlorine, fluoride and pesticides.
In addition to daily
yoga-type stretching and breathing exercises, more vigorous exercises, such as
jogging, walking, lively dancing or rebounding will be beneficial. Always breathe more strongly then the
activity requires. Conventional ‘aerobic' exercises aimed at achieving
artificial goals, often become anaerobic or oxygen-deficient at the cellular
level and might be cancer-promoting. Therefore, for best results, do not become
breathless during exercises. Cancer is also inhibited by moderate sun bathing,
and minimising the use of glasses or sunglasses when outdoors. It has been
estimated that regular moderate sunbathing (without getting sunburned) would
prevent about 30,000 cancer death each year in the US alone.
In regard to diet we
maximise the intake of raw and organic proteins, fats and oils, fruits and
vegetables, especially purple food (beetroot, purple berries), and minimise
highly heated food, grain products and sweet food. If not in good health, then use digestive
enzymes with cooked meals, high quality food concentrates, such as spirulina or
chlorella, wheat grass or barley grass powder, bee pollen, fish oils, ground
linseed, lecithin with meals, apricot kernels; mineral supplements, especially
selenium, zinc and magnesium, possibly vitamins, especially A and D (best as
cod liver oil); antioxidants such as vitamins C, E, bioflavonoids, carotenes,
alpha lipoic acid, grape seed extract, green tea, turmeric. Protein-digesting enzymes have a tumour
inhibiting effect and in high concentrations are even tumour-destroying.
Improve your emotional
life by releasing negative and suppressed emotions, do mental re-programming
with positive attitudes, regular relaxation and meditation exercises, work at
improving your social relationships, and adopting a spiritual outlook in life. If you do suffer an unexpected emotional
shock, such as losing a loved one, a job, a big investment, self-esteem,
relationship break-up, then quickly take steps to rectify the situation, eg
grieve as deeply as you can but then get on with life.
We do not need to become
perfect in any of these measures but just make an effort in the right
direction. The more we learn to enjoy what we need to do, and the more we act
from a position of love rather than fear, the more we will be protected from
cancer.