Russell Blaylock, who is best known for his work regarding
neurotoxic substances and his book Excitotoxins: The Taste That
Kills, has currently focused his efforts on providing a timely,
well-researched compilation of information for cancer patients
and their families. A number of factors can alter the
nutritional status of the cancer patient, including the
metabolic demands of the disease process itself and the shunting
of vital nutrients from healthy tissue, increased immune
activity, as well as altered taste perception, nausea, and
decreased appetite caused by conventional cancer therapeutics.
In Natural Strategies For Cancer Patients, Dr. Blaylock offers a
wealth of dietary and nutritional supplementation strategies for
cancer patients to address these issues and more.
Blaylock
points out that most cancer patients who die succumb to either
the toxic effects of the conventional therapy or from
malnutrition/starvation, and cancer patients who begin
conventional treatments well nourished live longer as a result
of their initial nutritional status. Unfortunately, these
patients are often given nutritional advice from oncologists and
dieticians that may be counterproductive; i.e., high caloric
foods laden with trans fatty acids, sugars, and devoid of
essential omega-3 fatty acids. The author offers a great deal of
information on nutrition, food preparation, and nutritional
supplementation for the cancer patient, and presents his case in
easy-to-understand terms. He also provides a substantial amount
of information on the cancer disease process, conventional
therapies, and how to combat the side effects of these therapies
with nutrition.
An important component of this book is the
section in which Blaylock dispels the conventional oncologist's
myth that supplementation with antioxidants will interfere with
conventional cancer therapeutics. In fact, he presents a
convincing argument, backed with numerous studies, that not only
do antioxidants NOT interfere with radiation and chemotherapy,
in most cases antioxidants enhance the effectiveness of these
therapies, prevent damage to normal cells, and help the patient
avoid many common side effects of these therapies.
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