Cancer, Exercise, & Nutrition
Last year, I completed a certification in Cancer Exercise. It was a lot to digest. I haven’t had the opportunity to share some of what I learned, but I think about it a lot. Especially since I seem to know so many people affected by it. I like helping people through their symptoms of illness and disease, but what I’m most curious about is prevention. The coursework I did for my Holistic Nutrition Certification offered a lot in this area. The person I learned the most from in that course was Dr. Gregor. His website is helpful, so check it out sometime. I like instructing exercises, but I don’t like telling people what to do outside of our sessions., i.e. what to eat. Weird, huh? Wellness is personal and it has to be a team approach.
So, in this moment I’m leaning on a doctor who’ve I learned a lot from. This is from his latest video on “How to Slow Cancer Growth.”
“Scientists from UCLA placed women on a plant-based diet with exercise, and found that the levels of all measured growth hormones in their blood dropped dramatically within just two weeks. What would that do to cancer? The researchers drew the women’s blood before and after those two weeks, and dripped them onto three types of breast cancer cells growing in petri dishes. Here’s the before: cancer growth powering away at 100 percent, and here’s the after. After just two weeks of eating healthfully and walking, the blood of women on the plant-based diet reduced their cancer growth rates by 12 percent. And cancer cell death, apoptosis, shot up by 24 percent. After just two weeks of moving on a plant-based diet, the blood circulating throughout their entire bodies was that much more inhospitable to cancer. At this very moment, many of us have tumors growing inside of us, so we can’t wait until we’re older to start eating and living healthier. We have to start now—tonight.”
My Recommendations: Exercise. Movement. Meditation. De-Stressing Activities. Eating (more) Plant-Based. Laughter. Love. Family. Friends. Sleep. Purpose. Having Community. Having your Team of Health Professionals to help you along the way.
