Sorry to hear of your experiences, Danny, and everyone who has known people who have died from colon cancer.
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For future reference, or as a preventative measure, a "very natural" alternative treatment option is FASTING. For any cancers, colon included, or any disease-processes for that matter, fasting and raw food eating will do the trick.
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:mtunPu1GdzAJ:www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer2/colon.htm+Colon+cancer+fasting&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
(I provided the cached-links so the highlighted words will show up).
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George Malkmus, founder of Hallelujah Acres, is another who watched his mother die of colon cancer and then he got colon cancer himself. But he went searching for answers and found Natural Hygiene, vs. the standard medical establishment treatment for colon cancer:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:O6xVCy5gEHoJ:hallelujahacresclinic.com/aboutHA.php+Hallelujah+Acres+colon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
See also Oasis of Hope hospital: http://hallelujahacresclinic.com/whois.php
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Most ALL of the links provided herein are re: the principles of what is known as "Natural Hygiene" (which basically means fasting and eating a mostly raw food diet after fasting).
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SELF HEALING COLITIS & CROHN'S - The Colitis & Chrohn's Health Recovery Center:
http://www.colitis-crohns.com/
David Klein, Ph.D., Director - himself healthy over the past 21 years following 8 years of severe ulcerative colitis, is an expert health counselor specializing in IBD and IBS.
* "David Klein, Ph.D. is the world's top IBD health recovery counselor." -Robert F. Lally, Jr. M.D.
* “This is the only way to healing of colitis and almost all other health problems, and, therefore, I recommend it to every one of my clients." - Zarin Azar, M.D., Gastroenterologist, Los Angeles, California
* “Self Healing Colitis & Crohn's is the blueprint for overcoming IBD.” - Terri Su, M.D., Santa Rosa, California
* “Dr. David Klein, Ph.D. has become a pioneer in effective nutritional counseling. His book is a must read for restoring health.” -A. William Menzin, M.D., M.P.H Harvard Medical School (retired)
* “The University of Natural Health recognizes David Klein, Ph.D., a prominent Natural Health Educator of the 21st Century, as an active teacher and probably the greatest modern day healer of Colitis and Crohn's disease.” -Paul Fanny, President, H.D., PH.D. The University of Natural Health
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Some say juice fasting, some say water. I personally believe in water fasting as that is the more "pure" way to detox naturally, and expels cancerous and other toxic material faster.
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:vMaConKVDNEJ:www.falconblanco.com/health/fasting.htm+fasting+cancers&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
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CAN CANCER BE "CURED" BY HYGIENIC MEANS ? ["hygienic" means fasting, raw fruits/veggies, etc.] by Dr. V. Virginia Vetrano, D.C., hM.D. Ph.D.
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:X2qrxKAmjYEJ:www.healthfullivingintl.org/articles/cancer-hygienic.html+fasting+Vetrano+cancer&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
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HEALTH BY GOD'S DESIGN Therapeutic Fasting (article) by D.J. Scott
http://healingbyregeneration.com/
http://fasting.ms11.net/fasting.html
[...]
AUTOLYSIS OF TUMORS
Another amazing characteristic of fasting is the principle of autolysis. This is the ability of the organism to selectively self digest and remove unwanted material and accumulations from within the body without touching vital structures. This is a normal quality of God designed physiology. In fasting, this quality of life becomes greatly enhanced so that many tumors, cysts, abscesses, abnormal accumulations, fatty deposits etc. may be completely or largely absorbed.
[...]
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Dr. Lorraine Day cured herself of cancer via "hygienic" means:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:rp0VRQuidrAJ:www.drday.com/+Dr.+Lorraine+Day+Cancer&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
She didn't have colon cancer, but she had one huge honker tumor on her chest. See a photo of it here: http://www.drday.com/tumor.htm
Coincidentally, Dr. Day was just on TBN last night along with a panel of other doctors discussing alternative means for healing all sorts of illnesses and diseases. The same show will repeat today, Friday, at 2pm-Pacific time, and 5pm-Eastern time. The panel included: Dr. Valerie Saxion, Dr. Jordan Rubin, Dr. Peter Malouf, Dr. Joe Christiano, Dr. Ted Broer, Dr. Lorraine Day.
Dr. Day was the only "real" Natural Hygiene proponent on the panel, as the rest of them, for the most part, push pills and supplements, colon cleanses, etc. which Natural Hygiene does not promote any outside "therapies" or "supplements" but believes in allowing the body to "heal itself" through fasting and rest.
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Tumours (article)
by Dr. Dimitri Karalis who has a Natural Hygiene Fasting Clinic in S. Africa
http://www.drkaralis.net/Tumours.html
http://www.drkaralis.net/article1.html
http://www.drkaralis.net/Clinic.html
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Articles about fasting and cancers at Dr. Stanley Bass' website:
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=cancer&sp-a=000711da-sp00000000
If that search result link doesn't work, start here:
http://www.drbass.com/books.html
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The Maker's Diet: The 40 Day Health Experience That Will Change Your Life Forever
by Jordan S. Rubin, Ph.D., who healed himself from Crohn's Disease (but he is not really Natural Hygiene, but does promote a "Biblical diet"):
http://www.makersdiet.com/publicsite/interstitial.aspx
http://www.makersdiet.com/publicsite/funnel/pop_info.aspx?page=aboutjordan
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Natural Hygiene links, fasting-doctors, and fasting centers/retreats:
Natural Hygiene Docs List via IAHP:
International Association of Hygienic Physicians
http://www.iahp.net/
http://www.iahp.net/refer.htm
Natural Hygiene Doctors List - INHS:
International Natural Hygiene Society
http://inhs.ms11.net/doctors.html
Rest Of Your Life Fasting Retreat - Texas
Drs. Greg and Tosca Haag
Dr. Virginia V. Vetrano
http://roylretreat.com/
The Regency - Fasting in S. Florida
Dr. Frank Sabatino
http://www.regencyhealthspa.com
TrueNorth Health Center - Fasting -California
Dr. Alan Goldhamer, et al.
http://www.healthpromoting.com/About_Us/about_us.htm
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/articles/art_benefitsoffasting.html
Dr. Scott's Natural Health Institute - Fasting in Ohio
Dr. D.J. Scott
http://www.fastingbydesign.com/clinic.html
Life Essentials Health Clinic & Fasting Retreat - near Toronto
Dr. Ben Kim
http://www.drbenkim.com/fasting.html
Vida Clara Fasting Retreat - Nevada
Dr. Robert Sniadach
http://www.vidaclara.com
Fasting w/Dr. Doug Graham in Costa Rica
http://www.foodnsport.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=50
Dr. Cinque's Health/Fasting Retreat - Texas
Dr. Ralph Cinque
http://www.drcinque.com/
Tanglewood Wellness Center/Fasting Retreat in Panama (formerly of Maryland)
Lauren Lockman
http://www.tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/
Fasting & Rejuvenation - Fasting Clinic in Australia
By Alec Burton, M.Sc., D.O., D.C.
http://www.alecburton.com/fasting.htm
Therapeutic Fasting - An Introduction to the Benefits of a Professionally Supervised Fast
By Dr. Alan Goldhamer
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/therap.htm
Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor’s Program for Conquering Disease - Dr. Joel Fuhrman: http://www.drfuhrman.com/ask/default.aspx
Can a Healthy Diet Cure Cancer? - Dr. Joel Fuhrman:
http://www.drfuhrman.com/ask/archives/2005_10.aspx
Therapeutic FASTING - Worldwide Links
http://sci.pam.szczecin.pl/~fasting/
"Medical" Fasting articles
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles.htm
Benefits of Fasting by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.:
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/benefit.htm
Do You Need to Fast? by Alan Goldhamer, D.C.:
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/need.htm
Fasting...The Lost Adaptation by Douglas Lisle, Ph.D., and Alan Goldhamer, D.C.:
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/FastAdapt.htm
Fasting - Back to the Future, The Rediscovery of Water-Only Fasting
By Alan Goldhamer, D.C.:
http://www.healthscience.org/Articles/fasting_article.htm
How Your Body Heals Itself - Understanding the extraordinary power of your immune system!
The more you know about how your body works, the better able you are to make the choices necessary to enhance both the quantity and quality of your life! - By Alan Goldhamer, D.C.:
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/heals.htm
Natural Hygiene, the Science of Health - By Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles/science.htm
More of Dr. Goldhamer's other health articles here:
http://www.healthpromoting.com/Articles/articles.htm
Other fasting articles:
Fasting : Nature's Cleanse - by Loren Lockman, founder of Tanglewood Fasting & Wellness, who has been supervising fasts for about 13-14 years.
Published in the September 25, 2002 Just Eat an Apple:
http://www.TanglewoodWellnessCenter.com/fasting-natures-cleanse.php
The Natural Way to Perfect Health - by Loren Lockman
Published in the October 2001 Washington Woman
http://www.TanglewoodWellnessCenter.com/washington-woman-health.php
American Natural Hygiene Society (ANHS) - Fasting Info
Now known as "National Health Association"
http://www.healthscience.org/
Fasting & Health Articles
From ANHS's "Health Science" magazine
http://www.healthscience.org/learning.htm
Fasting Books by the late Dr. Herbert Shelton
"The father of 20th Century Natural Hygiene"
http://healthscience.org/historical.htm
Fasting Books from ANHS
"Fasting Can Save Your Life" by Dr. Herbert Shelton
http://healthscience.org/fasting.htm
Fasting: The Therapeutic Fast
Evarts Loomis M.D.
http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?id=1195
Therapeutic Fasting & Detoxification
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/fasting.htm
Four Dozen Natural Hygiene Links
http://www.doctoryourself.com/natural_hygiene.html
Hallelujah Acre's Inpatient Clinic
Cancer and other serious diseases
http://www.hallelujahacresclinic.com/program.php
Hallelujah Acres - w/ Rev. George Malkmus
http://www.hacres.com/
INHS Fasting Articles Online
Articles by well-known authors
http://inhs.ms11.net/articles/articles.html
INHS: International Natural Hygiene Society
http://naturalhygienesociety.org/
Prior Issues of Health Science/Online Articles
http://www.healthscience.org/health.htm
The "Most Strict" Application of Natural Hygiene
Article by Dr. Bernarr Zovluck (he's pretty old and a little far out, but knows his stuff about fasting)
http://www.towardsfreedom.com/RTAlternativeHeal.html
Water-Fasting
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WaterFasting/
"The 21 Day Fast"
.pdf online newsletter, pages 17-26
http://www.worldprayercenter.org/1-1-04.pdf
"The Power of Fasting"
.pdf newsletter, pages 3-6
http://www.worldprayercenter.org/1-1-04.pdf
Chose Life Health Ministries - Fasting in Kenya
http://www.chooselifeministries.org/autobiography.html
Baby Sick? "Do Nothing Intelligently"
Dr. Frank Sabatino
http://www.all-creatures.org/cb/a-chronic.html
Last updated list of Fasting Docs and Fasting Centers, and articles: 4/14/06:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/THEN_SHALL_THEY_FAST/message/1830
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I am familiar with, have attended seminars, or have met in the past, almost all of the Natural Hygiene docs mentioned above. I would trust my life with ANY of them. I LOVE Natural Hygiene!
As with anything, to do a fast, the most important thing is to prepare your mind first, and the way to do that is to read everything you can about it. Many great books and articles on the subject. Here's more:
Scroll Down this page for more fasting articles:
http://sci.pam.szczecin.pl/~fasting/#About_this_Page
* Remarkable Recoveries & other books by Dr. Stanley Bass
* Books by Paul Bragg (he started the first health food store way back when...)
* Therapeutic Fasting, by Arnold DeVries (1963)
* Free online books by Arnold Ehret & others
* Fasting and Eating for Health by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
* Scientific Fasting, by Linda Burfield Hazzard, D. O. (1927)
* Triumph Over Disease by Fasting And Natural Diet, by Dr. Jack Goldstein (1977)
* Textbook of Natural Medicine, eds. Joseph E. Pizzorno Jr ND, Michael T. Murray ND, 2nd ed. (1999), chapters "Detoxification", "Therapeutic Fasting"
* Fasting Therapy of Bronchial Asthma, by Prof. A.N. Kokosov and Dr. S.G. Osinin (1984) [Russian]
* How and When to Be Your Own Doctor, Chapter Three Fasting, by Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon (1996)
* Twenty Rules for Sane Fasting an excerpt from The Philosophy of Fasting, by Edward Earle Purinton (1906)
* Breaking the Fast from Fasting Can Save Your Life, by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
* The Hygienic System, Vol. III - Fasting and Sun Bathing, by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton (1950)
* The Fasting Cure, by Upton Sinclair (1911)
Books by Dr. Herbert Shelton, "father of Natural Hygiene" in the 20th century, who ran a fasting facility and health school in Texas from like the 1920s or 30s until 1981 (some of the books have been republished, hence the later dates):
* Fasting Can Save Your Life by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - 1991)
* The Science and Fine Art of Fasting by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Aug 1978)
* Fasting for Renewal of Life by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jun 1974)
* Food Combining Made Easy by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jun 1940)
* History of Natural Hygiene and Principles of Natural Hygiene by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Mar 1997)
* Superior Nutrition by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jun 1987)
* Getting Well by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - April 1996)
* Human Life Its Philosophy and Laws: An Exposition of the Principles and Practices of Orthopathy by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Mar 1997)
* The Science and Fine Art of Food and Nutrition (The Hygienic System, V. 2) by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jul 1984)
* Natural Hygiene by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jun 1968)
* Original Natural Hygiene Weight Loss Diet Book by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Dec 1985)
* The Mind in Health and Disease by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Dec 2005)
* Living Life To Live It Longer: A Study In Orthobionomics, Orthopathy And Healthful Living by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Mar 30, 2004)
* Basic Health Teachings Of Dr. Isaac Jennings by Herbert M. Shelton and Isaac Jennings (Digital - Dec 2005)
* Peptic Ulcers by Herbert M. Shelton (Digital - Dec 2005)
* Basic Health Teachings Of Dr. R. T. Trall by Herbert M. Shelton and R. T. Trall (Digital - Dec 2005)
* Peptic Ulcers Their Cause And Remedy by Herbert M. Shelton (Digital - Dec 2005)
* Food and Feeding by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Mar 2003)
* Health for All by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Mar 1997)
* Orthobionomics: Hygienic System by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Sep 1996)
* Dr. Shelton's Hygienic Review by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Sep 1996)
* Health for the Millions by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jun 1996)
* The Myth of Medicine by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - April 1995)
* The Science & Fine Art of Natural Hygiene (Shelton, Herbert M. Hygienic System, V. 1.) by Herbert M. Shelton (Paperback - Jan 1994)
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More detailed descriptions of the fasting retreats and the fasting docs mentioned above at this link, lower part of the page:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/THEN_SHALL_THEY_FAST/message/1830
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One never knows who reads these posts, lurkers included, so who knows... this info may help someone at some point in time. Hope so.
Blessings,
/ag