The following infomation is being circulated in an email supposedly originated by John Hopkins Hospital. Although my research thus far has only turned up denials from John Hopkins regarding the ownership and/or initiation of the email, the information should raise your eyebrows and make you say hmmm....
Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins : 
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer   
   cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have 
   multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients
   that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after   
   treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the
   cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable
   size. 
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a   
   person's lifetime. 
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer  
   cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and
   forming tumors. 
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has 
   nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, 
   to environmental, food and lifestyle factors. 
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing
    diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune 
    system. 
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing 
   cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells 
   in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can  
   cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc. 
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars  
   and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs. 
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often
   reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of 
   chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor 
   destruction. 
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from 
   chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either 
   compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb 
   to various kinds of infections and complications. 
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to
     mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy.
     Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other 
     sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer 
     cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply. 
*CANCER CELLS FEED ON: 
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off 
   one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar 
   substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made
   with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute 
    would be Manuka honey (a New Zealand Honey - can be found at some health food stores or online {Amazon.com}) or molasses, but only in very small 
    amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in
   color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt. 
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the 
   gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting 
   off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer 
   cells are being starved. 
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based 
   diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken
   rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock 
   antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all 
   harmful, especially to people with cancer.. 
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole 
   grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into
   an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked 
   food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live 
   enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to 
   cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance
   growth of healthy cells.. To obtain live enzymes for building
   healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most
   vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw
   vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at 
   temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). 
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high 
   caffeine Green tea is a better alternative e and has cancer 
   fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or 
   filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap 
   water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it. 
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of 
     digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the 
     intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic 
     buildup. 
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By 
     refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes
     to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the 
     body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells. 
14. Some supplements build up the immune system 
     (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals,
     EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy 
     cancer cells.  Other supplements like vitamin E are known
     to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's
     normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or 
     unneeded cells. 
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. 
     A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior 
    be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put 
    the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to 
    have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy 
    life. 
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated 
     environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to
     get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen  
     therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer 
     cells. 
1. No plastic containers in microwave. 
2. No water bottles in freezer. 
3. No plastic wrap in microwave. 
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper.  The dioxin problem is one of the reasons. 
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave.  As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead. 
Velonda Thompson, PhD Nutritionist, Professor and Author of "Pass the Sweet Potatoes, Please!" and "Calm Under Fire".
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