WHAT IS CANCER?

Cancer is a killer disease whereby a group of cells continues to grow uncontrollably, destroying nearby tissues and spreading to other parts of the body. Normally, human cells grow, divide and die. The cell is a very important part of any living being. It is the smallest unit of life and there are as many as 100 million cells in the human body. When cancer strikes, the affected cells do not die; instead they continue to develop into a tumour.

The incidence of cancer increases with age. Cancer cells travel to other locations in the body through the lymph or blood. In 2007, cancer caused 13 percent of deaths worldwide (Wikipedia, Retrieved 30-11-2010). The primary cause of cancer is related to environmental conditions such as life styles, smoking, obesity, stress and eating habits. These conditions cause human cells to grow abnormally. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Cancer. Cancer is often a silent killer with no warning. Its symptoms depend on the location and size of the tumour. Sometimes cancer can be detected if it is close to the body surface, such as when it is on the skin.

Internal symptoms are harder to notice unless the cancer attacks vital organs such as the liver, heart, brain and lungs. Cancer cells utilize the body’s energy to survive. Symptoms such as fever, anemia, weight loss, fatigue and sweating may appear. Cancer treatment is difficult. However early detection can improve both the survival rate and the quality of life following treatment.

Doctors normally detect cancer through the symptoms experienced by the patient. Doctors also diagnose cancer through X-rays, MRI, PET and CT scans. However the most reliable techniques of detecting cancer is by using endoscopes whereby a tiny tube with camera attached to it is inserted in human body to capture the affected or abnormal cells. This technique is called biopsy. Cancer treatment depends on the type of cancer and the amount of damage it has already caused. As such, there is no single best treatment for cancer. The cancer patient may undergo a combination of treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hormone therapy.

MAGNESIUM AND CANCER

Literature suggests that magnesium is one of the most ignored and purposefully neglected minerals in the human body. Yet it is crucial for healthy and productive cells. Its deficiency dangerously affects every function of the body. Magnesium is an intracellular ion and works as a co-factor for more than 300 enzymatic reactions (Manuel et.al, 2009). Most of these enzymes are involved in energy metabolism and cells revitalization (Schrader, 1999).

Magnesium, as a miracle mineral, stabilizes the membrane and is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids and fats; it helps in digestion and absorption (Dean, 2007).

“…. the fact that modern pharmaceutical medicine has not solved nor cured any of the modern chronic disease plagues that are morphing out of control into pandemics. What is going on in the areas of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes and neurological disease is painting a horrific image of the failure of contemporary medicine, which seems unable to learn anything about what will make a difference for their patients.

They are good to go with words of promise but they don’t deliver and things are only getting worse in terms of public health. It is difficult to treat any disease today without paying attention to the profound magnesium deficiencies that exist in nearly 100 percent of sufferers of chronic disease. We could easily say the same for bicarbonate and iodine and when we pay attention to all three at the same time our work in helping people recover from their suffering and pain is greatly eased.

This is especially true when it comes to neurological diseases. The central nervous system is extremely sensitive and reacts to a combination of factors that allopathic doctors don’t normally touch down on. Toxic exposures, nutritional deficiencies and emotional anguish converge most pointedly on the nervous system with often catastrophic results. http:// www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=2354.90

The simple and logical facts about cancer are that it is a condition whereby a growth is developed comprising cells that do not die but instead keep growing uncontrollably. Normally cells in the human body grow till some point before they are programmed to die. Adequate magnesium in the body keeps the cells healthy whereas cancer destroys healthy cells, at an uncontrollable rate. If we keep our cells healthy by consuming magnesium, cancer will not invade our cells.

Research conducted in Poland (2010) shows that insufficient amount of magnesium and antioxidants are vital risk factors that predispose a person to leukaemia. In a study, about 46% of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Cancer Centre have hypomagnesaemia. (Seelig, 1980). http://www.mgwater.com/seelig.shtml

The researchers concluded that the incidence of hypomagnesaemia in seriously ill cancer patients is very high. Studies conducted on rats showed that magnesium deficiency caused lymphopoietic neoplasm in young rats. (Bois, 1964; Deheinzelin, 2000). It appears that magnesium deficiency can lead directly to cancer whereas a magnesium efficient body is protected against cancer invasion.

We are living in a stressful and toxic world. Once our cells and tissues are calcified the stability of our membranes is compromised. Among the main causes of infection are toxins, and toxins lead to cancer. Magnesium helps to protect our cells from toxins such as aluminium, mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium and nickel. Magnesium plays important roles in the structure and the function of the human body. The adult human body contains about 25 grams of magnesium. Over 60% of all the magnesium in the body is found in the skeleton, about 27% is found in muscle, 6% to 7% is found in other cells, and less than 1% is found outside of cells.