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The origins of many chronic health problems including cancer
can be found in disturbed or compromised digestive function.
Toxins, processed foods, altered permeability and parasites
are generally to blame for virtually all gastrointestinal
dysfunction. But the problem doesn't simply remain a gastrointestinal
problem. The consequences of toxins, intestinal permeability
defects and parasites can lead to profound health consequences.
These conditions may occur singly (i.e. independently) or
in clusters (i.e. groups of conditions) producing cumulative
damage which leads to a cascade of chronic illness. Cancer
is not necessarily a "cascade" but an avalanche.
Toxicity due to foreign chemicals (i.e. xenobiotics) can
produce damage affecting virtually all organs and systems
in the body. Common signs and symptoms of xenobiotic toxicity
include weakness, headache, neurologic disturbances,
multiple chemical sensitivities, immune dysfunction and
liver disorders. And cancer is no different. Cancer
is more the result of metabolic disorders of the whole body
and not just the affected tissue than any other factor.
Of course cancer is also a result of severely compromised
immune system function, but again, this is usually secondary
to digestive and metabolic disorders of the body.
Cancer patients usually suffer from general deterioration
of health in the form of sluggishness in the vital functions
of organs, incomplete digestion and assimilation of foods.
Cancer patients also suffer impaired elimination of metabolic
wastes and toxins from the body. These biochemical changes
cause inflammatory and degenerative changes in virtually
all body tissues. This results in weakened and/or failed
immune, nervous and circulatory systems.
The gastrointestinal tract is the most common route of
exposure to these toxins and, as a result, the integrity
of the intestine's mucosal barrier is a key factor in limiting
the absorption of these damaging toxins. Without restoring
the integrity of the intestine's mucosal barrier, cancer
cannot be cured. When the integrity of the intestine's mucosal
barrier is restored, the body's ability to heal itself returns
regardless of medical intervention. This remarkable ability
to heal itself is directly related to the health of the
large bowel -- the primary immune organ in the body.
Increased intestinal permeability (i.e. leaky gut syndrome)
results not only in increased absorption of xenobiotics,
but also in the increased absorption of endogenously produced
toxins (endotoxins), antigens, immune complexes and intact
microorganisms normally confined to the intestinal lumen.
It is by this mechanism that chronic permeability defects
have been shown to contribute to immune system overload
and failure. The same mechanism is involved in the development
of certain autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis,
liver dysfunction, septicemia and other systemic disorders.
Parasitic infections, yeast infections (candidiasis), heavy
metal-induced imbalances in the gut micro flora and other
imbalances in intestinal micro flora (dysbiosis) can give
rise to diverse degenerative diseases. Chronic insults to
the gut wall produce abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea,
and can lead to the development of malabsorption, inflammatory
bowel disorders and ultimately to the most severe form of
intestinal malabsorption -- leaky gut syndrome. But all
along this continuum of intestinal damage (from mild disturbances
to full-blown leaky gut syndrome) endotoxins and antigens
(produced by intestinal pathogens) are absorbed systemically
(into the body) producing illnesses and stressing, if not
exhausting the immune system. Exhausted immune systems underlie
allergic responses, autoimmune illness (i.e. where the body
attacks itself), liver damage, cancer and other toxic reactions.
Under normal conditions, intestinal endotoxins and xenobiotics
absorbed from the gut are principally detoxified by the
liver. Liver detoxification pathways transform toxic molecules
into less toxic metabolites which can then be excreted.
The liver's capacity to handle detox functions can be impaired
due to excessive loads of toxins as well as deficiencies
in key nutrients. Signs and symptoms of toxicity often occur
as a result of compromised liver function, the same symptoms
often seen in cancer.
Gut-associated chronic illnesses including cancer require
among other measures several corrective approaches. Three
broad objectives include 1) reducing exposure to xenobiotics;
2) normalizing gastrointestinal function, and 3) supporting
liver detoxification. Reducing the exposure to xenobiotics
decreases the body's burden of toxins. Normalizing gastrointestinal
function helps improve digestion, reduces intestinal endotoxins,
eliminates parasites and maintains gut wall integrity. Supporting
liver detoxification assists the body in transforming and
eliminating xenobiotics and endotoxins.
Cancer is one of the more complex environmental diseases.
It is ultimately caused by disturbances in gut function,
chronic parasite infections and bacterial imbalances in
the gut as well as chronic parasite infections especially
of the liver. Heavy metal toxicity, especially mercury,
lead and cadmium poisoning may also be involved. Toxic heavy
metals accumulate in the body's organs and may send signals
to parasites which attract these creatures to these tissues.
Fasciolopsis buskii, one of the species of
flat worms (i.e. flukes) is always found in cancer patients.
Other parasites including hookworm, Strongyloides and
Trichinella take opportunistic advantage of cancerous
patients. In fact, the low oxygen environments typical of
all cancer patients favors parasite infections.
Where environmental diseases are concerned, the emphasis
should be focused on the word "complex." In the
case of cancer for example, we find a disorder associated
with immune system failure which is secondary to nutritional
and oxygenation deficiencies as well as xenobiotic toxicities
including mercury or other heavy metal toxicity. These conditions
set the stage for flukes to infect the liver. All cancer
patients are actually suffering from fluke disease of the
liver. Thus, some of the symptoms are attributable to
mercury poisoning, some to fluke stages dividing in the
liver, and some of the symptoms are due to Shigella and
other bacterial infestations which in association with asbestos
or fiber glass particles in association with fungal infections
lead to the development of tumors.
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