Metabolic Therapies
The practitioners of metabolic therapies feel that, because many factors are involved in the onset of ccancer, no one therapy will be enough to treat it. Metabolic treatments include an eclectic mix
of diet and nutritional supplementation, herbal medicine, detoxification, immune stimulation, and enzyme therapy. The therapeutic goal of such therapies is to rebuild and revitalize all of the body's
life-sustaining functions, thereby eliminating all traces of disease.
Issels' Whole Body Therapy
General Background : Josef Issels, MD, of Germany, came to the conclusion that the only way to attack cancer was not to attack the local manifestation, the tumor, as most
conventional therapies do, but rather to strengthen the entire body. " Dr. Issels believes that chronic and especially malignant diseases can only develop if the metabolism and the natural resistance
of an organism is negatively changed by various so-called 'causal factors', " says Wolfgang Wopple, MD, of Germany, an associate of Dr. Issels. " These include genetic traits, microbes, dental amalgams
and infections, abnormal intestinal flora, faulty diet, neural interferences, chemical toxins, and radiation. "
From this realization Dr. Issels developed his
ganzheitstherapie, or whole body therapy, combining many different modalities in a single protocol to improve the body's natural
defence systems. One of the first things his program recommends is the removal of infected teeth and dental amalgams (mercury amalgams), because these are a tremendous source of toxic stress on the
body.
A patient's diet is also closely addressed, particularly the removal of tobacco, coffee, tea, and other harmful substances from the diet. Organic whole foods are stressed, along with proper digestive support,
in the form of acidophilus. Dr. Issels' therapy also addresses the patient's emotional state, by having patients unload toxic emotions like stress and anger. This is accomplished through a form of informal
psychotherapy.
On top of this framework, Issels' program employs oxygen therapies such as the haemotogenic oxidation therapy. In this therapy, blood is drawn from the patient and oxygen is bubbled through it. Ultraviolet
rays are then applied and the blood is left to settle for up to an hour, the returned to the patient by intravenous drip. This procedure sterilizes and reactivates the blood causing an aggressive immune response
to be unleashed on the cancer.
Dr. Issels whole body therapy also uses various hyperthermia techniques to reenergize the immune system. By provoking a fever in the body, Dr. Issels found that he could increase the number of disease-destroying
leukocytes (white corpuscles) in the bloodstream. His program also employs vaccines for specific types of cancer, using ultrafiltrates of cancer tissues in much the way as modern vaccines use infectious agents
to stimulate antibody production.
In one long-term study, Dr. Issels' treatment protocol was applied to 252 terminal patients who had previously undergone conventional surgery and radiation therapy. After five years, 16.6 % were still alive and functioning.
After fifteen years on the program, though, over 92% of the original survivors were still alive and showed no signs of cancer.
In another study, 370 cancer patients, with various types and in various stages of the disease , followed Dr. Issels' program. After five years, 87% were still alive and showing no signs of the cancer recurring. Further
research showed the relapse rate to be only 13% with Dr. Issels' whole body therapy.
Since Dr. Issels has retired, there are two doctors keeping his work going, Dr. Woppel and Ahmed Elkadi, MD, of Panama City Florida. Dr. Elkadi employs Dr. Issels' program with his own refinements, such as the use of the
herbal compound
Nigella sativa, or black seed spice. With this herb Dr. Elkadi has observed a 55% enhancement of the helper T-cells and the suppressor T-cells, and a 30% enhancement of
natural killer cells activity.
Case History : A patient with cancer of the lymph glands, and multiple sclerosis had tried many remedies. None of them worked until he met Dr. Issels, who examined his mouth and teeth.
Dr. Issels told the man there were two things wrong; he had too many fillings in his mouth, and his tonsils needed to be removed. As soone as the fillings and tonsils were removed, the toxins in the man's body began
to drain again, and his lymph nodes, which were the size of Easter eggs, began to shrink. Today, the patient is much improved
and continues to work in the publishing industry.
Revici Therapy
General Background : One of the underlying principles of the Revici therapy is that the health of the body depends on a state of balance between the building processes (anabolic), such as
cell growth,and the breakdown processes (catabolic), such as digestion. Developed by Emanuel Rivici, MD, of New York City, this therapy employs the use of selenium, as well asother elements such as calcium, copper, a
and oxygen, to re-balance the body's chemistry. These elements are administered intravenously in a lipid (fat) form. This also allows for greater penetration of membranes, more efficient transportation in the circulatory
system, greater concentration in the tumor, and a slow, but persistent reaction. This also allows for megadoses of these compounds to be taken without causing any toxicity, and serves as a tumor targeting and antiviral
agent as well.
At the 1981 ACS Science Writers Forum, it was reported that " the results of recent experiments demonstrate that selenium supplementation to the diet of mice significantly inhibits both viral and chemical carcinogen-induced
tumor formation in the mammary gland. " Other experiments also found selenium to inhibit " tumors in the skin, liver, and colon." In addition, a clinical trial of Dr. Rivici's methods was conducted in Belgium by Professor
Joseph Maisin, Director of the Cancer Institute of the University of Louvain, and Prsident of the International Union against Cancer, on 12 advanced cancer patients. Professor Maisin reported dramatic improvements in nine
of the 12 patients (75%), including the regression of tumors and metastases.
In spite of these studies, Dr. Revici nearly had his medical license revoked by the State of New York in the 1980's. However, intensive lobbying in the state capitol led to a 1988 hearing held by Congressman Guy Molinari to
address the issue of alternative cancer therapies, particularly the work of Dr. Revici. Among those testifying was Seymour Brenner, MD, a radiation oncologist who practices in New York State. Dr. Brenner wrot eto Congressman
Molinari , detailing some ten patients' histories of successful treatment with Revici therapy. As a result, Dr. Revici was able to
retain his medical license.
Case History : A 34 year old man who had undergone above-the-knee amputation of his left leg because of bone cancer, subsequently had the cancer spread to both sides of his lung, as well as to
both of his kidneys. In October 1980, the patient began Dr. Revici's program, and immediately gained back 20 pounds in weight. A chest X-ray in 1981 showed stabillization of the tumors in his lungs, while other tests showed
that the tumor in his right kidney had almost completely disappeared and that the tumor in his left kidney had also decreased in size. As of 1988, the patient was reported to be " currently well, with no progressive disease,"
according to Dr. Brenner.
Gerson Therapy
General Background : The Gerson therapy was developed by Max Gerson, MD, a German doctor who emigrated to the United States in the 1930's. Shortly after graduating from medical school, Dr. Gerson
began to experience severe migraine headaches. He reasoned that he could alleviate his problem by reworking his diet. After succeeding in doing so, he found that he was able to successfully treat tuberculosis patients with diet
alone as well. He then took the next leap, which was to treat cancer patients with his diet. He also treated both Dr. Albert Schweitzer and his wife for various health problems, including diabetes. A grateful Dr. Schweitzer said of
Dr. Gerson, " I see in him one of the most eminent geniuses in mediccal history."
Dr. Gerson believed that cancer would not occur in bodies with properly balanced and functioning livers, pancreases, thyroid, and immune systems. He found that he could reverse the majority of cancer in patients that came to him
with his dietary regime, which consisted of a low-salt vegan diet, supplemented ten times per day with freshly crushed fruit (primarily apple) and vegetable (primarily carrot) juices, taken at hourly intervals. This acts to innundate the
body with the nutrient from nearly twenty pounds of fresh organic foods. In addition, patients take three or four coffee enemas a day for detoxification and pain relief. There is also supplementation with variousn substances such as
pepsin, potassium, lugol's solution (a source of supplementary iodine), niacin, pancreatin (a digestive enzyme culled from bovine pancreas), and thyroid extracts, which are taken to stimulate various organ functions, especially the
liver and thyroid.
What Dr. Gerson discovered was that cancer patients had an excess of sodium, far outweighing the potassium in their bodies. The sodium acts as a poison in the body, because it is an enzyme inhibitor, whereas potassium is an enzyme
activator. The fruits and vegetables in the diet are used to correct this sodium and potassium imbalance. This in turn helps revitalize the liver so that it can begin to rid the body of malignant cells again. The coffee enemas the aid in the
elimination of these dead cancer cells.
Many of Dr. Gerson's cancer patients, whom he treated in the 1940's and 1950's, are documented to have lived on in good health for many decades after their treatment period. Although Dr. Gerson passed away in 1959, his work is
being carried on by his daughter, Charlotte, and her staff at the Gerson Institute in Tijuana Mexico.
Case History : A woman in her early forties was diagnosed with advanced melanoma and cervical cancer. Six months after beginning the Gerson therapy, a second biopsy revealed that her ervical cancer had
completely disappeared. Similarly, her melanoma vanished. That was over 12 years ago, and she has been free of cancer since.
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