It appears that we are seeing research momentum on the application of
baking soda on specific cancers. This is clearly overdue. The key
and compelling argument is that our modern diet is badly biased into
developing acidity in our body, leading to a whole range of
degenerative diseases. As I recently posted, a combination of maple
syrup and baking soda is suitable for counteracting this effect.
I would like to go a little further. Age related degeneration is
generally excessive in humanity. In the wild, animal reach their
past due date and abruptly and quickly decline. It is reasonable to
surmise that our diet somehow accelerates the aging effect. Thus it
is reasonable to understand and counter this effect.
Thus my conjecture is simply that consuming baking soda in sufficient
quantities will serve to block this deterioration to the last. This
would be great news if it turns out to be true.
One must presume that the body postpones corrective action in order
to rebalance our Ph and a deficiency is reflected in cell damage that
accumulates over time.
Baking Soda &
Cancer (The Last Laugh)
Posted by Mark
Sircus - Director on 02 May 2012 |
University
of Arizona Cancer Center member Dr. Mark Pagel will receive
a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study
the effectiveness of personalized baking soda therapy to treat
breast cancer. In other words, clinical trials on the use of oral
sodium bicarbonate for breast cancer treatments are about to
start![1] Obviously there are people in the know who
have understood that sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), that same
stuff that can save a person’s life in the emergency room in a
heartbeat, is a primary cancer treatment option of the safest and
most effective kind.
Of course I feel
vindicated for everything I wrote in Sodium Bicarbonate – Rich
Man’s Poor Man’s Cancer Treatment, which still stands as the only
full medical review on the subject of using simple baking soda in the
practice of medicine. When taken orally with water, especially water
with high magnesium content, and when used transdermally in medicinal
baths, sodium bicarbonate becomes a first-line medicinal
for the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, influenza and
even the common cold. And importantly, it is
also a powerful buffer against radiation exposure, so everyone should
be up to speed on its use. Everybody’s physiology is
under heavy nuclear attack from strong radioactive winds that are
circling the northern hemisphere.
Actually
it is no surprise that a University of Arizona researcher received
this grant because there has been cancer research going on for years
there. Dr. Robert J. Gillies and his colleagues have already
demonstrated that pre-treatment of mice with sodium bicarbonate
results in the alkalinization of the area around tumors. The same
researchers reported that bicarbonate increases tumor pH and
also inhibits spontaneous metastases in mice with breast
cancer.[2] It also reduces the rate of lymph node involvement.
I recently published about fungal infections, and breast cancer
has been found to be associated with increased frequency of
mold-fermented cheese consumption.[3] Fungi produce toxic metabolites
called mycotoxins[4]that can cause cancer. Aflatoxin is a mycotoxin
with carcinogenic potency that is found in inferior peanut butter and
other nut and dairy products. Researchers in 1993 examined
human breast cancer tissue and found significant carcinogenic
aflatoxin within the cancer tissue implicating aflatoxin and
thus fungus as a cause of breast cancer.[5]
The pH level of our
internal fluids affects every cell in our body.
Chronic over-acidity
corrodes body tissue, and if left unchecked will interrupt all
cellular activities and functions. In other words, over-acidity
interferes with life itself. It is at the root of cancer.
Sodium bicarbonate
medical treatments are the time honored method to “speed
up” the return of the body’s bicarbonate levels to normal. Sodium
bicarbonate happens to be one of our most useful medicines as it
treats the basic acid-alkaline axis of human physiology.
The pH of our tissues
and body fluids is crucial and central because it affects and mirrors
the state of our health or our inner cleanliness. The
closer the pH is to 7.35-7.45, the higher our level of health and
well being. Staying within this range dramatically increases our
ability to resist acute illnesses like colds and flues as well as the
onset of cancer and other diseases. Keeping our pH within
a healthy range also involves necessary lifestyle and dietary changes
that will protect us over the long term while the use of sodium
bicarbonate gives us a jump-start toward increased alkalinity.
The
pH scale is like a thermometer showing increases and decreases in the
acid and alkaline content of fluids. Deviations above or below a
7.35-7.45 pH range in the tightly controlled blood can signal
potentially serious and dangerous symptoms or states of disease. When
the body can no longer effectively neutralize and eliminate the
acids, it relocates them within the body’s extra-cellular fluids
and connective tissue cells directly compromising cellular integrity.
Conversely when the body becomes too alkaline from too much
bicarbonate in the blood, metabolic alkalosis occurs, which can lead
to severe consequences if not corrected quickly.[6]
Jon Barron presents
a way of looking at pH that opens up one of the major benefits of
alkaline water:
Hydrogen ions tie up
oxygen. That means that the more acid a liquid is, the less available
the oxygen in it. Every cell in our body requires oxygen for life and
to maintain optimum health. Combine that with what we know about
hydrogen ions and we see that the more acid the blood (the lower its
pH), the less oxygen is available for use by the cells. Without going
into a discussion of the chemistry involved, just understand that
it’s the same mechanism involved when acid rain “kills” a lake.
The fish literally suffocate to death because the acid in the lake
“binds up” all of the available oxygen. It’s not that the
oxygen has gone anywhere; it’s just no longer available.
Conversely, if you raise the pH of the lake (make it more alkaline),
oxygen is now available and the lake comes back to life.
Incidentally, it’s worth noting that cancer is related to an acid
environment (lack of oxygen)—the higher the pH (the more oxygen
present in the cells of the body), the harder it is for cancer to
thrive.
Understanding this is
important for two reasons: (1) it reveals one of the primary benefits
of alkaline water—more “available” oxygen in the system and (2)
it explains why alkaline water helps fight cancer.
The ocean, the mother
of all life, has an average pH of about 8.1.
The ideal pH for blood
sits at about 7.4, slightly alkaline—not acidic.
Jon Barron
Barron concludes:
If you’re eating well
and living cleanly, then yes, you want to drink water with a
naturally occurring pH only slightly above neutral. However, if you
are eating the typical Western diet, high in meat, grains, sodas, and
sugars that acidify the body, then you have a different problem. Your
pH balance is now so far out of normal that you must go beyond normal
in the other direction to counter it. My recommendation for
daily drinking water pH is about 7.5-8—depending on how
acid forming your diet is. Long-term consumption of higher pH water
should be reserved for special circumstances. The most
famous mountain waters in the world, waters renowned for their
healing properties, are highly alkaline. I’m referring to the
waters coming down from the Himalayas, and specifically to the waters
of the Hunza Valley, which have a pH that runs between 9 and 11.
One does not have to
be a doctor to practice pH medicine. Every practitioner of the
healing arts and every mother and father needs to understand how to
use sodium bicarbonate. Bicarbonate deficiency is a real
problem that deepens with age so it really does pay to understand and
appreciate what baking soda is all about.
[1]
Baking Soda Might Have Potential Against Cancer:
http://digitaljournal.com/article/323645
[3]
One sample study is by Le, et al. (1986), in a French case-control
study of 1,010 breast cancer cases and 1,950 controls with
nonmalignant diseases, found that breast cancer was found to be
associated with increased frequency of mold fermented cheese
consumption.
[4]
Going, et al. (1990) found that weddellite (calcium oxalate) crystals
are present in calcifications found in the breast tissue of patients
with breast cancer. Calcium oxalate crystals are formed when calcium
binds with oxalic acid. Oxalic acid is a mycotoxin that can be
produced by a number of different fungal species. Some fungi produce
such large amounts of oxalic acid that they are used for commercial
production of chemicals. Aspergillus niger fungal infection in human
lungs produces large amounts of oxalic acid.
[5]
Researchers examined human DNA from a variety of tissues and organs
to identify and quantify aflatoxin DNA-adducts. Such adducts are
considered to be proof of the mycotoxin’s presence in a particular
tissue.Their finding? “Tumor tissues had higher aflatoxin-adduct
levels than did normal tissue from the same individual.”
Baking Soda
Posted by Mark
Sircus - Director on 23 April 2010 | Filed under Medicine
Every Cancer
Patients Best Friend
Cancer cells have a
lower pH than surrounding tissue
As if it were not
humiliating enough for orthodox oncologists to learn that the lowly
chemical sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is important in the
treatment of cancer now they have to swallow the research pointing to
the fact that bicarbonate can also be used to diagnose cancer in its
earliest stages. Oncologists do understand and know that bicarbonate
is necessary to protect their patients from the toxicity and harm
done by highly toxic chemicals used in chemotherapy. They also know
it is of extraordinary help to patients receiving radiation
treatments protecting as it does the kidneys and other tissues of the
body from radioactive damages.
Oncologists should
also know that bicarbonate-induced extracellular alkalinization leads
to significant improvements in the therapeutic effectiveness of
certain chemo agents. A number of studies have shown that the
extracellular pH in cancers is typically lower than that in normal
tissue and that an acidic pH promotes invasive tumor growth in
primary and metastatic cancers. The external pH of solid tumors
is acidic as a consequence of increased metabolism of glucose and
poor perfusion. Acid pH has been shown to stimulate tumor cell
invasion and metastasis in vitro and in cells before tail
vein injection in vivo.
Researchers
have investigated the very reasonable assumption that increased
systemic concentrations of pH buffers would lead to reduced
intratumoral and peritumoral acidosis and, as a result, inhibit
malignant growth. It has been shown that increased serum
concentrations of the sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) can be achieved via
oral intake. These researchers found that consequent reduction of
tumor acid concentrations significantly reduces tumor growth and
invasion without altering the pH of blood or normal tissues.[1]
Oral
NaHCO3 selectively increased the pH of tumors and reduced the
formation of spontaneous metastases in mouse models of metastatic
breast cancer. NaHCO3 therapy also reduced the rate of lymph node
involvement and significantly reduced the formation of hepatic
metastases. Acid pH was shown to increase the release of active
cathepsin B, an important matrix remodeling protease.[2]
We know that
bicarbonate turns to CO2 easily when dissolved in water as it enters
the stomach but few know that cancerous tissue turns bicarbonate
into carbon dioxide. A few years ago a United Kingdom Cancer Research
team found MRI scans were able to track changes in bicarbonate and
therefore identify cancers even in the very early stages.
All cancer has a lower
pH, meaning it is more acidic than surrounding tissue. Working
with mice, the researchers boosted the MRI sensitivity more than
20,000 times. Using MRI, they looked to see how much of the
tagged bicarbonate was converted into carbon dioxide within the
tumor. In more acidic tumors, more bicarbonate is converted into
carbon dioxide.
Lead researcher
Professor Kevin Brindle, from Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge
Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, said: “This
technique could be used as a highly-sensitive early warning system
for the signs of cancer. By exploiting the body’s natural pH
balancing system, we have found a potentially safe way of measuring
pH to see what’s going on inside patients. MRI can pick up on the
abnormal pH levels found in cancer and it is possible that this could
be used to pinpoint where the disease is present and when it is
responding to treatment.”
Special Note:
In Sodium Bicarbonate – Rich Man’s Poor Man’s Cancer
Treatment it is stressed that sodium bicarbonate is not a
standalone single shot cancer treatment. It should always be used in
conjunction with a full protocol that includes most
importantly magnesium chloride, iodine and selenium
plus a naturopathic approach to diet, intestinal cleaning, sun
exposure and many other helpful things.
Mighty Mallet of
Baking Soda
Posted by Mark
Sircus - Director on 27 June 2010 | Filed under Medicine
Baking soda (sodium
bicarbonate) lives up to the image on the Arm & Hammer’s box;
it is the ultimate heavyweight workhorse medicine that every
healthcare professional and parent should use to diminish toxic
poisoning from the Gulf disaster. Combining this with other strong
but basic natural substances like magnesium chloride, selenium and
iodine offers us the best chance of weathering the toxic storm that
continues to build over the Gulf region.
Sodium bicarbonate is
the number-one item in any protocol to treat exposure to harsh
chemicals coming from the oil disaster. The government should step in
to direct supplies of bicarbonate into the area. Millions of pounds
should be immediately distributed and stockpiled since supplies at
the local supermarket are not going to last long when the public
catches on to the danger and what to do about it. The very best
treatment, when one first notices a foul smell, foul taste or
flu-like symptoms, is to jump into a bath with several pounds of
bicarbonate and magnesium salts.
So deep are the
protective, buffering and neutralizing properties of bicarbonate that
it is used even with radiation exposure to protect the kidneys and
other tissues. In a world that is already overexposed to uranium and
mercury, sodium bicarbonate becomes even more important because
mercury and uranium oxide directly attack the nuclear material and
mitochondria of the cells.
The oral
administration of sodium bicarbonate diminishes the severity of the
changes produced by uranium in the kidneys. And it does this
for all the heavy metals and other toxic chemicals including
chemotherapy agents, which are highly lethal even in low dosages.
Since depleted uranium weapons were used starting in the first Gulf
War, the United States has polluted the world with uranium oxide and
it is showing up more and more in tests doctors perform. With a
half-life of several billion years we had better be prepared to get
used to dealing with the toxic effects and help our bodies clear it
more easily through the kidneys.
What does bicarbonate
really do? Baking soda is like a strong janitor mopping up the messes
and carrying the poisons away. This janitor protects tissues and
leaves an alkaline film or trail behind to make sure everything stays
safe. In medicine, sodium bicarbonate is like the cleaning and
security man proven loyal through decades of faithful service and it
can be brought in to provide some sort of protection in cases where
people are suffering from radiation toxicity.
So useful and strong
is sodium bicarbonate that at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New
Mexico, researcher Don York has used baking soda to clean soil
contaminated with uranium. Sodium bicarbonate binds with
uranium, separating it from the dirt; so far, York has removed as
much as 92 percent of the uranium from contaminated soil samples.
Blaise W. LeBlanc, a
former research chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
identified the toxic byproduct hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) of high
fructose corn syrup, which is fed to honey bees, as a potential
culprit in colony collapse disorder of bees. LeBlanc has a solution
to minimize HMF toxicity: By adding bases (such as sodium
bicarbonate, lime, potash or caustic soda) to HFCS, the pH rises and
HMF levels drop.
Sodium bicarbonate can
safely remove paint, grease, oil, and smoke residue, decreasing
workers’ exposure to harsh chemicals and eliminating much of
the hazardous waste associated with other cleaners. “Sodium
bicarbonate is able to clean in areas where other substances pose
fire hazards because baking soda is a natural fire extinguisher,”
says Kenneth Colbert, a general manager for Arm & Hammer. This is
the reason it’s used by oncology centers to control chemo agent
spills, and it’s actually used intravenously to protect
patients from the hazardous toxicity of chemotherapy.
Sodium bicarbonate is
found in various places around the world in the form of mineral
deposits. The uses of this natural cleaner are endless. It can be
used to treat illnesses as well as clean a variety of household
items. Sodium bicarbonate is often found in household cleaners and
laundry detergents because of its ability to lift dirt and grime and
its efficacy in eliminating unpleasant odors. It is no surprise that
this magic powder is the most effective and economical way to
clean oil-stained clothes.
Bicarbonate and
Magnesium Emergency Medical Baths
Simply put, there is
nothing like a hot soak in a magnesium chloride bath with bicarbonate
before bed. Such soaks are heaven on earth for people who suffer from
insomnia and the feelings of restlessness in the limbs. The same goes
for what I call magnesium massages where someone rubs magnesium oil
directly into the body. It turns out that these kinds of casual
treatments can be intensified to the point of being full-blown
medical treatments. For emergency purposes, 1 to 5 pounds of
bicarbonate (for children much less) can be used as long as that
amount is balanced with magnesium salts found in Dead Sea salt, Epsom
salts and magnesium chloride bath flakes (1 to 5 pounds as well).
The point is that if
you are feeling any of the symptoms being reported in the Gulf region
emergency, sodium bicarbonate medical baths should be immediately
initiated if you want to neutralize the hazardous toxicity. The
United States government should organize a worldwide effort to
provide to the citizens of the Gulf area large tonnages of sodium
bicarbonate and magnesium salts. Clay also should be provided for
both internal and external cleansing. The same goes for glutathione
suppositories, which should also be taken instantly upon symptom
onset, and plenty of spirulina should be on hand and taken
regularly. The key to avoiding long-term harm is to help the
body deal with the chemical assault at the very moment one notices
foul smell, foul taste or flu-like symptoms.
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