Everyone has cancer cells in their body. In standard tests, cancer cells can’t be detected until they’ve multiplied to a few billion. When cancer patients are told there are no more cancer cells in their bodies, it means they’re undetectable because they haven’t multiplied sufficiently for the standard tests to identify them.

Cancer cells occur in everyone from 6 to more than 10 times during a person's lifetime. A strong immune system can destroy cancer cells, preventing formation of tumors. If the immune system is suppressed, which is the case when a person suffers from constipation, or the immune system is overloaded with foreign substances, germs and debris, it can’t detect, fight or destroy the cancer cells.

Cancer is an indicator of nutritional deficiencies. The deficiencies can be due to food, lifestyle choices, environmental toxins and genetics. Genetic nutritional deficiencies are usually caused by eating what a person’s parents and relatives have always eaten. This can also be the case when we eat foods the are part of our culture and ethnic upbringing. We can break the chain of genetic nutritional deficiencies by changing our nutritional program. A non-cancer food diet, and supplements, can strengthen the immune system.

Cancer feeds on sugar. Highly processed carbohydrates are sugars. Eliminating sugar and refined carbohydrates from the diet cuts off those food supplies to cancer cells. NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with aspartame and they have been proven to be harmful. All fruits contain sugar, but unless genetically modified or processed they’re in a natural form and the percentage of sugar to fiber, and other natural ingredients, is low. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color and other items, usually some form of aluminum, to make it flow when the humidity is high. A better alternative is sea salt.

Milk and milk products cause the body to produce mucus. Cancer feeds on mucus, especially in the colon. Eliminating milk and milk based products helps starve cancer cells. As a professional athlete I found by eliminating cheese, conventional ice cream and other milk products I eliminated the majority of my mucus, exercise induced asthma and difficulty breathing during times of heavy physical demands.

An acid environment is friendly to cancer growth. Meat-based diets make the body acidic. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of energy and digestive enzymes. Undigested meat becomes putrefied and leads to toxic buildup. Fish, chicken and turkey cause less blood acidity than beef or pork. All meat, except organically grown, contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites. I tried being totally vegetarian, it didn’t work for me. Now, I eat a very small amount of meat, usually turkey because it contains the best source of protein.

Fried foods coat the intestinal tract and disrupt the digestion. Fried foods also have a slow transit time, increasing the likelihood of putrefaction in the colon. Hot flames, like BBQ, when used to cook food, change the molecular structure of the food, particularly meat, and form cancer causing substances, carcinogens.

The walls of cancer cells have a tough protein covering. Raw vegetables and fruits contain live enzymes that can dissolve the protein walls of cancer cells. When the protein coating is removed the body's killer cells are able to attack the cancer cells. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

A diet of 80% fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains, seeds, nuts, and low in processed foods and meat, helps create an alkaline state in the body. The enzymes are absorbed at the cellular level and enhance growth of healthy cells.

Coffee, black tea, chocolate, sodas and many sports drinks, are high in caffeine and chemicals. These drinks, when in prepared form, almost always contain large percentages of sugar. Green tea has cancer-fighting properties, but is also high in caffeine. Tap water can contain toxins and heavy metals. Distilled water is acidic. Reverse osmosis is probably the best bet.

Some supplements, like vitamin E, help trigger apoptosis, programmed cell death. Apoptosis is the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells. Various other supplements, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and EFAs help strengthen the immune system.

Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. Anger, unforgiveness, resentment and bitterness cause an acidic body environment. and cause stress in the digestive tract. People with positive outlooks have a higher percentage of cancer survival.

Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygen rich environment. Exercise and deep breathing help raise oxygen levels at the cellular level. Yoga, T’ai Chi, Qi Gong, when taught correctly, all stress deep breathing and breath control. Oxygen therapy is also used to destroy cancer cells.

For more information, read my article on colon and prostate cancer.