I was talking with a friend this weekend about a former classmate who was dying of cancer after many courses of chemo, radiation and surgery. She was asking me if I knew of anything that might help her friend. I have read quite a bit about cancer in the past and wrote about it a bit in my book, Wellness Piece by Piece.
Basically, I think the chemo and radiation approach is a dead end, literally. At best, the standard chemo treatment is one where the docs hope they kill the cancer before they kill you. If I got cancer I don't believe I would ever go the chemo route except in a few exceptions. I might not beat the cancer but when you look at the stats for chemo therapy, chances are I would be dead anyway. The difference is that my quality of life going the chemo route would be much worse. I don't want to be fighting both the cancer AND the negative effects of the chemo.
So with this in mind, I happened across this interesting article on Dr. Mercola's website regarding cancer and a PhD researcher named Ralph Moss. Dr. Moss is likely the leading authority on alternative cancer treatments. His website is here. An interview with him is here.
Basically what we have is a $100 Billion plus, cancer industry that has a vested interest in the status quo. Think about this. If they actually WON "the war on cancer" how many people would be out of work and how many businesses would close. Am I being cynical? Is it possible that this industry does not want a cure for cancer? Did the buggy industry enjoy the fact that the car industry wiped it out? Is it possible that real cures for cancer actually exist but are repressed? I really hate the idea that there could be a conspiracy. I like to think us humans were better than that. But how often do people work against there own best interests? After all, it is what makes our economy work.
Recently, I had the experience of coming across something that had potential as a cardiovascular treatment. I talked with a venture capital friend of mine. His number one question was, "would it negatively effect the income of doctors who made their living off current cardiovascular treatments." He had learned NOT to invest in things where it threatened the status quo. How many cancer treatments are out there that cannot get any funding for study because of this type of thinking prevalent in the VC community? I bet there are a LOT!! Here is one.
At Jigsaw, we have deliberately chosen to stay away from anything to do with the C word. Any supplement company that has gone down that path has been crucified. No thanks.
I was talking with a friend this weekend about a former classmate who was dying of cancer after many courses of chemo, radiation and surgery. She was asking me if I knew of anything that might help her friend. I have read quite a bit about cancer in the past and wrote about it a bit in my book, Wellness Piece by Piece.
Basically, I think the chemo and radiation approach is a dead end, literally. At best, the standard chemo treatment is one where the docs hope they kill the cancer before they kill you. If I got cancer I don't believe I would ever go the chemo route except in a few exceptions. I might not beat the cancer but when you look at the stats for chemo therapy, chances are I would be dead anyway. The difference is that my quality of life going the chemo route would be much worse. I don't want to be fighting both the cancer AND the negative effects of the chemo.
So with this in mind, I happened across this interesting article on Dr. Mercola's website regarding cancer and a PhD researcher named Ralph Moss. Dr. Moss is likely the leading authority on alternative cancer treatments. His website is here. An interview with him is here.
Basically what we have is a $100 Billion plus, cancer industry that has a vested interest in the status quo. Think about this. If they actually WON "the war on cancer" how many people would be out of work and how many businesses would close. Am I being cynical? Is it possible that this industry does not want a cure for cancer? Did the buggy industry enjoy the fact that the car industry wiped it out? Is it possible that real cures for cancer actually exist but are repressed? I really hate the idea that there could be a conspiracy. I like to think us humans were better than that. But how often do people work against there own best interests? After all, it is what makes our economy work.
Recently, I had the experience of coming across something that had potential as a cardiovascular treatment. I talked with a venture capital friend of mine. His number one question was, "would it negatively effect the income of doctors who made their living off current cardiovascular treatments." He had learned NOT to invest in things where it threatened the status quo. How many cancer treatments are out there that cannot get any funding for study because of this type of thinking prevalent in the VC community? I bet there are a LOT!! Here is one.
At Jigsaw, we have deliberately chosen to stay away from anything to do with the C word. Any supplement company that has gone down that path has been crucified. No thanks.