{"id":19,"date":"2013-01-18T23:53:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T23:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.j96fp4es-liquidwebsites.com\/2013\/01\/18\/cum-sociis-natoque-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-25T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T17:36:17","slug":"cum-sociis-natoque-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/19-cum-sociis-natoque-2","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Prevention & Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that for the past several years, you can’t turn on the TV or even talk to a small group of friends without the mention of the word “CANCER”.\u00a0 Either there is someone close that you know with cancer or they are making new discoveries regarding the pathology and process of the disease.\u00a0 It is everywhere, it seems, but there are several noteworthy things one can do to prevent or lower the risk of disease.<\/p>\n

The whole goal of the field of medicine should be aimed at disease prevention, but unfortunately, most of the time is dedicated to disease management.\u00a0 I feel at times, even as a veterinarian, that if we spent more time with younger patients focusing on good life habits, we would reduce the incidence of disease.\u00a0 This is not done for several reasons, time being one of them, but also we have to keep in mind that profits are not as good for disease prevention as they are for disease management.\u00a0 Cancer is a huge, profit driven force that often times does not take the best interest of the patients into consideration.\u00a0 This is true whether if we are talking about people or animals.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cancer is a complicated topic, but one has to look much deeper than the obvious problem at hand to find similarities and areas of possible intervention.\u00a0 One major area of focus for the past decade has been the connection between ongoing inflammation, cellular changes, immune dysfunction and cancer development.\u00a0 I have talked many times before about inflammation from the perspective of joint dysfunction and pain, but the scope of the problem goes beyond this topic.\u00a0 We have to keep in mind the concept of cellular function and mitochondrial health, which has been discussed before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What it is….<\/span><\/strong>
Cancer at its essential basics is cellular dysfunction.\u00a0 It is a mutation to some degree that leads to abnormal cellular function which may include changes as to how the cell replicates and dies.\u00a0 In most instances, the cells are altered to the point where they no longer are subject to normal cell death, which allows them increased ability to further mutate, divide and create offspring with their new abilities.\u00a0 Pretty soon, if allowed, these altered cells begin to become the majority instead of the minority, leading to organ malfunction and even tumor development.\u00a0 In many instances, cancer is slow to develop and actually can be present for years before being diagnosed or discovered.\u00a0

<\/span><\/strong> Players in the Game . . .<\/span><\/strong>
There are many contributors to cancer development including; genetics, lifestyle, environmental influences and ultimately diet.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 In Chinese Medical cultures, emotions are often linked to disease and cancer development, due to changes in the movement of energy throughout the body.\u00a0 This energy can accumulate and cause tumors or the energy can be depleted, which impacts cellular function.\u00a0 A study performed many years ago through interviewing human cancer patients actually made the direct link between cancer and emotions.\u00a0 They found that a high percentage of cancer patients reported a major emotional event within the 10 years preceding their diagnosis. Emotions play a major role in our life and fall into the Lifestyle influences in my book.\u00a0 Think of stress in our jobs or our lives in general and the impact on our health.\u00a0 Genetics of course also play a major role, which can impact cellular function from a mechanical point of view<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/strong>Lifestyle factors can include emotions as well as daily activities that we may partake in that impact our health such as smoking or excessive alcohol consumption.\u00a0 Environmental influences include toxin exposure from our environment or even our diet.\u00a0 Dietary factors speak for themselves.\u00a0 Ultimately, we are what we eat and either you aid in disease prevention or provide fuel to speed the process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What to do??<\/strong><\/span>
Many of these factors are under our control, while many are not. The first thing that I did personally, as a cancer patient, was modify my stress levels and increase my exercise.\u00a0 Work related stress, to me, was a huge factor in my disease course and something that could be changed.\u00a0 It was not easy and ultimately led to my change in career focus, but it needed to be done.\u00a0 In some instances, we can decrease our exposure to toxins, while in others we cannot.\u00a0 Lifestyle and diet are controllable on most levels.\u00a0 Genetics factors are difficult to get around, but the outcomes can be potentially modified.\u00a0 The bottom line is that we have a choice, each and every one of us.\u00a0 The question is whether or not if you make those changes?\u00a0 It is not an easy step, but being proactive and seeing things from a prevention standpoint, can make all of the difference.\u00a0 There are no guarantees in life, but I do feel that people that make changes live a longer and healthier life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from lifestyle, diet and environmental changes…here are my key nutrients to health maintenance.\u00a0 Many of these nutrients impact cellular health or down regulate inflammatory pathways that contribute to a host of clinical diseases.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n