REPRINTED FROM BEYOND HEALTH® News By Raymond Francis America has one of the highest cancer rates in the world, and cancer is the most dreaded disease in our society. Once rare, affecting less than one in a thousand, by 1900 cancer affected 30 in a thousand. Today almost 500 in a thousand will develop cancer in their lifetimes. The situation has become so bad that almost all Americans over the age of 50 have cancer! For example, it is known that after age 50, 40 percent of men have prostate cancer and 40 percent of women have breast cancer, and these are just two cancers. Cancer is also increasing among children and, after accidents, it is their biggest killer. We need to teach people how to prevent and reverse this tragic disease. Unfortunately, modern medicine is of no help. Since 1971, when President Nixon declared “war” on cancer, we have thrown 200 billion dollars at cancer research. What has this money bought us? More cancer! The public has yet to grasp the coloss…

A study has shown that saturated fats from red meat and dairy products have been linked to pancreatic cancer. If you enjoy eating meat, it is important to make sure that you consume only organic meats that come from grass-fed cows. To hear more from Raymond, click here.…

“Despite the billions of dollars spent on cancer research, the War on Cancer has been a colossal failure, with cancer rates soaring and survival rates showing no real improvement since 1950.” This is a shocking statement, but it is exactly what bloggers from Amaze-magazine.com have to say in reference of Raymond Francis’ book, Never Fear Cancer Again. In this book, Raymond states that “conventional medicine treats cancer as a tumor.” Cancer is a biological process which needs to be shut down. The breakthrough idea in Never Fear Cancer is getting the reader to look at cancer in a new way. Cancer is a process. Raymond suggests that once you understand the process, you can see how to turn it off. If you or someone you know is battling Cancer, and you have not yet been introduced to Raymond’s system, this review will help you to better understand what this book is all about.…

Most cancer research dollars have been wasted by asking the wrong questions, looking in the wrong places, and recycling the same failed approaches while expecting different results.  Conventional cancer treatments damage health, cause new cancers, lower the quality of life, and decrease the chances of survival.  In fact, most people who die from cancer are not dying from cancer but from their treatments!  That's the bad news. Here's the good news: We can end the cancer epidemic. In Never Fear Cancer Again, readers will gain a revolutionary new understanding of health and disease and will come to understand that cancer is a biological process that can be turned on and off, not something that can be surgically removed or destroyed with radiation or toxic chemicals. So whether cancer has already been diagnosed or if prevention is the concern, it is possible to turn off the wayward production of these malfunctioning cells once and for all by reading this book and implementing its strate…

 . . . the odds of getting cancer have never been worse, but you don't need to be a victim! Even if you don't have a cancer diagnosis, I wrote Never Fear Cancer Again for you. You see, it's predicted that almost half of all Americans WILL get cancer at some point in their life. Those are pretty frightening odds, and the odds keep getting worse. Over the age of 50, 40% of men now have prostate cancer and 40% of women have breast cancer, and most don't even know it. Cancer is also striking people at younger and younger ages; in fact the fastest growing incidence of cancer in any age group is now among children. After accidents, cancer is the leading cause of death among children and those in their twenties and thirties. To make matters worse, cancer treatments are agonizing, expensive and usually don't work. At the time of diagnosis, three out of four cancers have already metastasized. Once this happens, conventional treatment is less than 1% effective. But there's some go…

Share and Enjoy: . . . more reasons to choose a safe deodorant Last year Newsclips reported on a British researcher, Dr. Philippa Darbre, who observed a parallel rise in breast cancer in the upper outer quadrant of the breast (where deodorant is applied) and increased underarm cosmetic use in Britain, Scotland and Wales. In a 2004 study, she found accumulations of parabens, preservatives found in many underarm deodorants, in all malignant breast tumors she analyzed. Parabens are known endocrine disruptors and suspected carcinogens. Now a new study from Darbre and co-researcher, surgeon Lester Barr, again found parabens in the breast tissue of all 40 participants in the study, women who had had mastectomies due to breast cancer. As explained in my book Never Fear Cancer Again, many factors contribute to developing cancer; however there are only two fundamental causes for all disease, nutrient deficiency and toxicity. Parabens are one of thousands of harmful chemicals i…

... from weight loss to cancer preventionWhether you want to lose a few pounds, prevent or reverse diabetes, protect your bones, reduce blood pressure and heart disease risk, or boost your immunity and fight cancer, balsamic vinegar can help.Weight Loss and Blood Sugar RegulationJapanese researchers found that giving 1 or 2 tablespoons of vinegar to obese subjects for 12 weeks significantly reduced body weight, visceral fat, BMI, waist circumference and triglyceride levels. Researchers at Arizona State University found that people who took a tablespoon of vinegar with lunch and dinner lost an average of two pounds over 4 weeks. Vinegar helps with weight loss by keeping blood sugar levels from spiking and improving insulin resistance, which also helps prevent, reverse or manage diabetes. In fact, the Arizona researchers noted that vinegar may be as effective as the medications acarbose and metformin (glucophage) in controlling blood sugar.Mineral Absorption and Bone HealthVinegar helps…

. . . Thermography is safe and more accurate than mammography October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and women everywhere were prompted to run out and get mammograms “to prevent breast cancer.” However a December 2011 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) warned women to avoid ionizing radiation (which mammograms expose them to) if they wanted to prevent breast cancer! What to make of this conflicting advice? It would seem to be a no-brainer: skip the mammogram and get tested with thermography, which is completely safe and more accurate.  But conventional medicine is still recommending mammograms! Based on the IOM report, a recent article in the Weill Cornell Medical College newsletter, Women’s Health Advisor, advises women to avoid unnecessary x-rays and CT scans. However, elsewhere in the same newsletter women are advised that getting mammograms is still worth the risk! They argue that radiation exposure from mammograms is very small compared to naturally occurring…

. . .  35% of breast cancer goes undetected in women with dense breasts! Do you or a loved one have dense breasts? A 2010 Harris Poll found that 95% of women haven’t a clue, and that very few doctors discuss breast density with their patients. However about 40% of women have “dense breasts,” which some studies indicate may increase their risk of breast cancer. What exactly makes breasts “dense?” Whereas most breasts are composed of 75% or more fatty tissue, dense breasts contain more milk-producing glands and connective tissue than fat. Mammograms are not very good at detecting cancerous growths in women who have dense breasts.  A 2007 study found that as breast density goes up, the accuracy of mammograms goes down; as a result, about 35% of breast cancer in women with dense breasts goes undetected. While fatty tissue appears dark on a mammogram, dense tissue appears white. Since cancerous growths also appear white, according to Kemi Babagbemi, MD, at Cornell Medical College,…

. . . be sure to take vitamin D supplements with fat for proper absorption One of the fears men have about growing older is the increasing risk of prostate cancer that comes with age. But here’s some good news: a study at the Center for Cancer Research at Purdue University found that having adequate levels of vitamin D may help to prevent prostate cancer and slow down the growth rate of already existing prostate cancer. Investigators gave three groups of male mice different amounts of vitamin D in their food and tested their blood levels of vitamin D with the same 25(OH)D test that’s used for humans. The first group was deficient, at 10.5 ng/ml; the second was normal, at 31 ng/ml; and the third exceeded the high normal range at 95 ng/ml. The more rapidly cells divide, the more likely cancer is to develop or spread. Conversely, the more quickly cells die a normal death (called apoptosis), the less likely cancer is to develop or spread. The scientists found that prostate cells i…

Every summer we warn against using sunscreens. First, sunscreens contain toxic ingredients. Some are better than others, but we haven’t found a single one we’d want to use or recommend. Second, sunscreens are designed to block out the sun’s ultraviolet rays. This prevents sunburn, but it also blocks out many of the sun’s benefits. We’ve been sold a bill of goods on sunlight being dangerous. Sunlight is essential to our health and well-being. While too much sun can give you a sunburn, too much of anything can be harmful. Used intelligently, sunlight is nourishing and energizing. Our bodies convert the sun’s rays into vitamin D. Sunlight increases production of the “happy hormones” that prevent anxiety and depression, it enhances immunity, and increases the oxygen content in our blood. It helps to prevent and reverse cancer. Sunlight has even been shown to lower blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides, and to heal wounds and any number of skin diseases. So what is “intelli…

It’s been called “the most effective, potent way that we can improve quality of life and duration of life.” If it were a drug, “it would likely be the most valuable pharmaceutical ever developed.” It isn’t a new supplement or super food, and best of all it’s free. It’s . . . exercise! In a recent issue of Time magazine, reporter Mandy Outlander explored the cutting edge of exercise research with various experts who have become increasingly excited about “exercise as medicine.” His own research prompted the rave reviews above from genetic metabolic neurologist Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky at McMaster University in Ontario. That exercise is good for us isn’t exactly news, but Dr. Tarnopolsky hopes that by pointing out all its wonderful rewards, he may motivate us enough to jump up out of our chairs and actually do it! Rewards being documented are both immediate and long-term. Right after a short exercise session, measurable results include improved mood, less arthritic and lower back pa…

Consumers are finally beginning to bypass sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and their equally toxic artificially-sweetened alternatives. Some people are nixing coffee to avoid excess caffeine’s stressful effect on their adrenal glands. So what’s left to help you get started in the morning or to provide a rewarding pick-me-up when you begin to flag in the afternoon? Purified water is an option. It can be surprisingly energizing, and even delicious, especially with a squeeze of lemon or lime. Of course most tap water is neither energizing nor delicious because it’s full of chemicals and other stuff we’d rather not even think about. But a Beyond Health Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration System can provide you with pure, great tasting water at pennies per gallon. But what about something a little stronger? Here we come to green tea, a beverage that’s not only very satisfying but a superfood that’s been documented to help prevent just about every disease known to mankind, including…

Children’s energy and zest for living make us adults feel alive and joyful. They seem to epitomize good health. But appearances can be deceiving. Like most Americans today, our children are suffering from poor nutrition and toxicity, the two causes of disease. And while children may appear invulnerable, nutrient deficiencies and toxic exposures are taking a silent and sometimes not-so-silent toll. The truth is that even though the knowledge exists to raise strong, healthy children, it is difficult to find a truly healthy child. Child poverty is a significant problem in the US, but even the children of affluent and highly-educated parents have multiple nutrient deficiencies based on government standards, which are already too low. Meanwhile, chemical use in America has gone up 2,000% over the past half century. More than 85,000 synthetic chemicals (only a tiny fraction of which have been tested for safety in humans) are now found in our air, water, soil, food, household furnish…

As we envision a healthy future for ourselves, our children, and our planet this month, let’s take a look at cell phones. Although more than 90% of the US population now owns one, cell phones have never been proven safe.  In fact, evidence for their ability to harm continues to accumulate. Although it’s too late to put the genie back in the bottle—we’ve become too dependent on our cell phones to give them up—both adults and especially children must limit cell phone use if we want a healthy future. Nutritionist Anne Louise Gittleman has pointed out that the kind of electromagnetic radiation cell phones emit causes subliminal stress that raises blood pressure and cortisol (a stress hormone) levels, alters blood sugar regulation, lowers thyroid hormone output and can interfere with getting a good night’s sleep. Cell phones also affect fertility and have been linked in children with behavioral disorders, learning difficulties and depression. Of particular concern have been…

Most of us know about “silent killers,” like high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and certain cancers that we can have for years without being aware of it.  But while conventional medicine has expensive tests for (and drugs to treat) these silent killers, a more fundamental silent killer, acidosis, is largely ignored.  What is acidosis?  It’s simply having too much acid in the trillions of body cells that make up our bodies. Most of our population in the US suffer from one degree or another of acidosis, usually unwittingly. And it’s killing us! pH is a measure along a continuum that runs from highly acidic to highly alkaline. The pH of our body fluids, especially the fluids in and around our cells, needs to be slightly alkaline in order for cells to function normally. Acidosis causes cells to malfunction, resulting in a host of other diseases and dysfunctions, including high blood pressure, insulin resistance and cancer. What other problems are a…

About one in 23 men and one in 25 women in the US will develop colon cancer during their lifetimes.  Although using colonoscopies to find and remove cancerous polyps has reduced the overall death rate from colon cancer, among people younger than age 55, deaths from colon cancer have increased 2 percent per year from 2007 and 2016. Could there be a relationship between colon cancer and the observation that almost all Americans are deficient in fiber?  We think so. So did a group of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, who joined forces with the University of KwaZulu in rural Africa to compare the diets of African Americans and rural Africans.  African Americans have especially high rates of colon cancer, 13 times higher than rural Africans; and the researchers hypothesized that the rural Africans’ high-fiber, low-fat diets had something to do with this. To test their ideas, the researchers compared the diets and also the microbiota (gut bugs) of a…

Years ago we heard an intriguing story. A frail, elderly gentleman in India, bent over with age, left his village to wander into the woods to die. Several years later he returned, vigorous, upright and tanned from the sun, claiming he had been rejuvenated by communing with the rocks, the trees, and the mountain streams.This story came out of Asia’s ancient tradition of nature therapy recently revived in Japan under the name of shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing.” Forest bathing is immersing yourself in a forest environment. This means leaving your cell phone and daily concerns behind and spending several hours deep in the woods, walking on trails or sitting with no other purpose than to experience your surroundings through all five senses: smelling the woodsy air; feeling the ground beneath your feet or the bark of a tree or the texture of a leaf; tasting a blackberry or wild mint; listening to bird calls and the sound of the wind rustling through the trees; and taking in the varied si…