The Complete Cancer Prevention Plan

Dr. Frank Shallenberger’s

Vol. 7, No. 8

August 2008

The Complete Cancer Prevention Plan No disease is more vicious than cancer. It kills hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. And the deaths are often long, drawn-out, and painful. When it comes to treating cancer, both conventional and alternative approaches have low rates of success. Natural remedies have proven to be woefully inadequate at

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This surprising way to fight diabetes is better than diet and exercise — and it’s free! ............ p. 3 You don’t need drugs to treat most cases of bipolar disorder. You only need these two overlooked treatments................ p. 4

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Five nutrients to cure your insomnia for good ...................... p. 7

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The natural cure for 80% of irritable bowel syndrome cases. Try this before you do anything else .............................. p. 8

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killing cancer tumors. And conventional treatments like chemotherapy are good at killing cancer tumors, but they also kill healthy cells. In the process, they wipe out one of your greatest allies in the cancer battle — your immune system. The bottom line is that if you want to stand a chance of beating cancer, you can’t just rely on one approach or the other. You have to do a comprehensive approach that takes the best of both worlds, and then some. To illustrate, let me tell you about two patients of mine with almost identical cases.

Same Cancer, Different Outcomes Paul K. came to my office after he’d been diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma in his throat. Since Paul was a veteran, he had gone to the local VA hospital first to get checked out. At the VA, they told him he had two choices: He could get radiation treatment, which probably wouldn’t get rid of the cancer. Or he could have surgery, where they would cut out part of his tongue and carve away much of his face. Paul was despondent. He didn’t know what to do. I advised him to opt for the radiation ... but to do it in conjunction with several alternative therapies. I also told Paul that I’d put him on a program of antioxidants and supplements to build up his

immune system. And we would also change his diet and lifestyle. Paul told me he was eager to get started. He seemed hopeful when he left my office. But when he went back to the VA, the oncologist dropped a bomb on him. He told Paul he didn’t want him taking vitamins or doing any other treatments because they would “interfere” with the radiation. Once again, Paul didn’t know what to do. So I showed Paul numerous studies showing that my complementary approach actually makes chemo and radiation more effective. In the end, Paul decided to try my recommendations and not tell his oncologist about it. Paul went to the VA three times a week for radiation therapy. And each time before the radiation, I gave him an IV infusion of DMSO and hydrogen peroxide, plus some other treatments that I’ll tell you about later. Paul did so well that a year later his cancer was gone. His VA oncologist came to him afterward and said “We want you to talk to our cancer support group, so you can give them some hope.” Paul decided it was time to tell his oncologist the truth. He said “I didn’t follow your orders. I went and had some IVs before each treatment. And I took a ton of vitamins and nutraceuticals. So if you want me to talk to your group, I’m going to have to tell them what I did.” The oncologist was silent for a moment. Then he said, “In that case, I don’t want you talking to them.” Can you believe that? Here was someReal Cures (ISSN 1062-4163) is published monthly by Soundview Publishing, LLC. Publisher: Wallis W. Wood; Editor: Frank Shallenberger, MD. Subscriptions $49 per year; foreign addresses add $13 U.S. per year. Send new subscriptions or changes of address to our Business Office: P.O. Box 8051, Norcross, GA 30091-8051, 800-728-2288 or 770-399-5617. Real Cures is a newsletter containing general comments on health, nutrition, and medicine. Readers are advised to consult with their own physician before implementing any health idea they read about, whether here or in any other publication. Copyright © 2008 by Soundview Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction of this newsletter or its contents by xerography, facsimile, or any other means is illegal.

thing that worked far better than Paul or his oncologist ever dreamed was possible. You would think the oncologist would want to know more about it. But sadly, that was not the case. It just shows how close-minded some doctors can be. Five years later, Paul is still doing great. Not only is his cancer gone, but he has no lingering effects from the radiation. For example, getting that much radiation will usually destroy your teeth and stop your saliva production. But Paul’s teeth are perfect and his saliva production went down initially, but now it’s up to about 50%. (It’s rare for saliva production to ever come back fully after radiation.) Now, compare that with another patient of mine, Jim M. Jim came to see me with the exact same symptoms as Paul. He had the exact same diagnosis as Paul, with a tumor about the same size. He even went to the same VA hospital for treatment and was given the same choices. But, unlike Paul, Jim decided against the DMSO and hydrogen peroxide IVs. He skipped the nutraceuticals and supplements, too. He opted for radiation alone. A year after he finished the radiation treatment, his cancer returned, worse than before. Now the doctors are radiating him again. And the prognosis is not good. Of course, I realize that these two patient stories are not conclusive proof that my approach works. But these are not isolated cases. Time and time again, I have patients coming to me saying, “My oncologist is amazed at how well I’m doing.” I’m confident that their success is due to my comprehensive approach. After all, my approach attacks the cancer from every angle, while building up and strengthening the body. So let me tell you about my fourpronged approach to treating cancer. (1) Kill the cancer or surgically remove it. If you want to kill cancer, you have to bring out the heavy artillery. And like it or not, that usually means surgery and/or chemotherapy. Study after study

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shows that chemotherapy does in fact kill cancer. Unfortunately, chemotherapy also kills you. That’s why you can’t give straight chemo, the way conventional doctors do. You also have to ... (2) Protect your body from chemotherapy. Few cancer doctors know this, but there are proven ways to protect your body from chemo and get rid of almost 100% of the side effects. These approaches have been proven in clinical trials ... and in hundreds of patient case studies. (3) Build your overall health and immune system. I tell my patients that if they want to beat cancer, they have to become “the healthiest person on their block.”

Unfortunately, by the time someone has cancer, their overall health is seriously compromised. That’s why we build it up with good nutrition, detoxification, and oxygen therapies. (4) Address the root cause of the cancer. This is the part most people miss. It’s not enough to kill the cancer and strengthen your immune system. You also have to address what caused cancer in the first place! Otherwise, it’s like bailing water out of a leaky boat without fixing the leak. When you take all four of these steps, you have a much greater chance of beating cancer for good. Next month, I’ll give you all the details you need to make these four steps work for you. Q

The Overlooked Cause of Diabetes — And One Surprising Way to Reverse It If you’re concerned about diabetes, you’ve probably heard all of the standard advice. You’ve heard you should exercise. You’ve heard you should avoid sugar and refined carbs. And maybe you’ve even heard that you can benefit from supplements like chromium, vanadium, or gymnema sylvestre. But there’s one thing you probably haven’t heard. And it’s also the single biggest reason why people get diabetes. You see, most people view diabetes as a disease where the pancreas is worn out. While this is true, it ignores the hidden cause that causes the pancreas to wear out in the first place. What is this hidden cause? It’s low energy. Yes, low energy. Now please understand that when I say “low energy” I’m not just talking about feeling tired. I’m talking about poor energy production by the various cells of your body. As you may know, each and every one of your cells contains little “power plants”

called mitochondria. Well, when these mitochondria become less efficient at producing energy, they need more insulin. In order to provide the additional insulin that’s needed, your pancreas has to work harder and harder. And over time, it gets worn out and stops functioning. The good news is that when you reverse the problem, you can not only control type-2 diabetes, but eliminate it altogether! That’s because you’re not just “balancing your blood sugar” or “supporting your pancreas” — you’re getting down to the root cause. So here’s how we do it.

How to Tell if Your Body Is Producing Enough Energy So how do you tell if your body is producing energy? I recently told you about a test I developed called Bio-Energy Testing®. It’s easy to perform. It’s completely safe and non-invasive. And I believe it’s the ultimate tool to determine the actual status of your health.

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Clinical Why You Don’t Need Drugs to Treat Bipolar Disorders If your mood tends to spike and drop regularly, your doctor may have told you it’s a bipolar disorder. That’s just a label psychiatrists give to people who are excessively moody. It’s not really a diagnosis. It’s an explanation of the symptoms. If you have this disorder, you might feel overly enthusiastic and positive one day. And the next day, sad and hopeless. In between these extreme moods, you might have normal periods. The symptoms typically begin in adolescence or early adulthood and continue throughout life. Part of the reason is that most people don’t recognize it as an illness. They think that it’s just the way they are. Of course the usual therapy for these problems is to drug the patient up with medications that help control the symptoms. The medical industry knows it can make a lot more money treating symptoms than it can correcting problems. Unfortunately, these medications often have very serious side effects from fatigue, loss of sex drive, flat personality, and even suicide. While doctors don’t know the cause, it doesn’t mean there isn’t one. And it’s not too difficult to figure out. After all, many of us experience a miniature form of bipolar every afternoon. Shortly after eating lunch, especially a lunch high in carbohydrates, our body begins to

To refresh your memory, let me briefly explain how Bio-Energy Testing works. Then I’ll show you one easy way to restore your energy. You probably learned in school that people breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. When you breathe in oxygen, it floods your cells with oxygen. The oxygen then enters the mitochondria, energy is produced, and the resulting waste product is carbon dioxide. Bio-Energy Testing simply measures how efficiently your mitochondria are able to convert oxygen to energy, and how much carbon dioxide is created as a result. Using a

shut down. Bipolar disorder is simply an extreme and chronic case of this phenomenon. That’s right! The most common cause of bipolar disorder is a diet too high in carbohydrates. Such a diet often results in uneven blood sugar levels. The brain is extremely sensitive to changes in blood sugar. But people with bipolar disorder have brains that are much more sensitive to fluctuations in blood sugar than most. I once saw a patient with this diagnosis who had taken the drugs his psychiatrist prescribed for eight years. As usual, the drugs helped, but the patient still had significant problems. When I asked him about his diet, I learned that he had been drinking half a case of sugar-laden soft drinks every day for all of his adult life. When I had the patient stop eating sugar and other carbohydrates, his symptoms cleared up and he was able to go off the medication. Was this an unusual case? Not really. Excessive sugar and carbohydrate intake — and the resulting blood sugar fluctuations — is the most common cause of bipolar symptoms. However, it’s not the only cause. There are as many causes for this disorder as there are genetic differences in brain chemistry. One of those differences happens to be fatty acid metabolism. You might not know it, but your brain is almost completely made up of fat. But not just any old kind of fat. The brain is made up of spe-

mouthpiece, we measure how well your body makes this conversion at rest and while exercising. Then we feed the information into a computer program that calculates your energy production efficiency. With diabetics, this score is usually very low. Here’s why. Cells that produce energy efficiently do one very critical thing — they burn fat well. Just remember that your cells are able to burn both fat and glucose (sugar) to produce energy. God designed our cells to produce 80% of our resting energy from fat, but only 20% from glucose. That’s why our bodies can store a lot of fat, but very little glucose.

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l Pearls cial fats called phospholipids. And these phospholipids have a lot to do with how well your brain functions. One of the most important groups of phospholipids in the brain is the omega-3 fats. You’ll find omega-3 fats in vegetables, seeds, and nuts, as well as in grass-fed animals. But by far and away the best way to get them in your diet is to eat fish. Fish oil is extremely high in omega-3 fats. So researchers wanted to know if eating fish had anything to do with the development of bipolar symptoms. The researchers investigated seafood consumption in 12 different countries. The highest intake they found was in Iceland, which had low rates of bipolar disorders. On the other hand, a lower fish intake in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, and other countries resulted in higher rates of bipolar disorder. One of the authors, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln of the National Institutes of Health noted that depression is 60 times higher in New Zealand, where the average consumption of seafood is 40 pounds a year, than in Japan. In Japan, the average person consumes nearly 150 pounds of seafood a year. So how about fish oil supplements? Will they help? Well, they won’t make the drug companies richer. But they might help, says another study. In this study, researchers gave one group of bipolar disorder patients capsules containing either 1 g per day or 2 g per day of a highly con-

centrated form of the fish oil EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid). They gave the other group placebo capsules. After 12 weeks, the researchers noted that the patients taking placebo capsules did not improve. But those taking the fish oils were much better. They described taking EPA capsules as “an effective and well-tolerated intervention in bipolar depression.” Omega-3 fats work by balancing brain chemistry. EPA, in particular, helps the brain use the feel-good chemical serotonin. You may already know that decreased serotonin activity in the brain is an important cause of depression, particularly in women. The drug industry has made a killing on drugs that improve serotonin function. But now you know a better way. Treat the cause instead of just the symptoms. If you have bipolar disorder immediately eliminate sugar and other highglycemic carbohydrates from your diet. You also should take a high-quality fish oil supplement that contains at least one gram per day of EPA. References: Frangou, S., et al. “Efficacy of ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in bipolar depression. Randomized double-blind placebo controlled study.” Br J Psychiatry. 2006 January 188:46-50. Noaghiul, S. and J.R. Hibbeln. “Cross-national comparisons of seafood consumption and rates of bipolar disorders.” Am J Psychiatry. 2003 December;160(12):2222-7.

The problem with diabetics (and people who are on the road to diabetes) is they begin to lose their fat-burning capability. This results in two problems. First, they start to gain weight. And second and more importantly, their energy production efficiency drops dramatically. This is where the hormone insulin gets involved. Insulin stimulates the cells to produce more of their energy from glucose and less from fat. But in order for insulin to work, the cells have to produce energy efficiently. So as the cellular energy production drops in diabetics, as a result of decreased fat burning, insulin can’t work as well.

Doctors call this condition “insulin resistance.” Other terms are metabolic syndrome, syndrome X, and pre-diabetes. They all refer to the same inability for insulin to work. Now you can start to see the viscous cycle that starts to develop. First, cells fail to produce energy well from fat. And then, they don’t produce energy well from glucose. This means that they aren’t producing energy well from anything! Let this go on for a few years and you have the following scenario: Not only does the patient get fatter and have less energy, but he also has progressively higher blood sugar levels. Eventually, this condition becomes

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diabetes. But just remember this — it all started with decreased energy production. If your body isn’t producing energy efficiently, the good news is there are ways to fix it. And one way that most people don’t think about is better than just about every other treatment out there.

Sleep — It’s Even More Important Than Diet and Exercise This may sound simplistic, but sleep is a lot more important than you think. Most people think of sleep as a period of unproductive, wasted time. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Getting a good, rest-

Upcoming Lectures and Conferences If you are a medical practitioner and you want to learn how to literally regenerate worn out, osteoarthritic joints as well as eliminate most sources of back and neck pain in a matter of a few treatments, be sure to attend Dr. Shallenberger's next seminar on ozone therapy and ProlozoneR therapy. You will also learn how to use the power of ozone to help patients recover from chronic disease. The course is held in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Casino and Resort on October 24, 25, and 26. The course is limited to 30 doctors. You can find the complete schedule, registration information, and testimonials at www.ozonecourse.com. On Saturday, September 5, Dr. Shallenberger will be speaking at the IAOMT Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC at the Renaissance Charlotte Suite Hotel. His lecture is entitled “Mitochondrial resuscitation with ozone therapy.” Dr. Shallenberger will be a featured speaker on ProlozoneR Therapy For Chronic Back Pain at the Nevada State Homeopathic Convention on September 20-21, in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Shallenberger will be speaking on the use of Sea Cucumber Extract For Cancer at the annual Insulin Potentiation Conference in San Diego, September 26-28.

ful night’s sleep is the single most important factor in predicting longevity. In fact, getting adequate sleep is more important and beneficial than eating the right diet and exercising daily. Your body basically runs on two 12hour phases. The time between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. is the “catabolic” phase. During these times, your body is willing to do pretty much anything to keep you up and running. But it essentially robs Peter to pay Paul to do it. So if your heart needs something more than your adrenal glands, your body makes sure that your heart gets it instead of your adrenal glands. But your body is incredibly smart. This is where phase two kicks in – the “anabolic” phase. This is the time when your body begins to repair all the damage caused by the “borrowing” effect of the catabolic phase. These repair hours are between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The “anabolism” phase takes place while you’re sleeping — or should be sleeping. A number of crucial things happen while you’re sleeping that have to do with energy production. Here’s how we know: One study found that when young healthy college students become deprived of sleep for only five days, they begin to show laboratory evidence of diabetes! Sleep deprivation results in the two major problems: decreased fat metabolism and decreased total energy production. Exactly how a lack of sleep causes these two things to occur is not known. But the evidence is clear. In one study published in Diabetes Care, researchers followed 70,000 nurses over a 10-year period. Results: The researchers found a 57% incidence of diabetes in those nurses who got just five hours sleep a night. When the researchers removed other factors associated with diabetes, such as obesity and lack of exercise, they found that a full one-third of the cases of diabetes were attributed solely to a lack of sleep! Are you getting enough quality of sleep? Many people are not. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to tell if you may be

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suffering from sleep deprivation. It’s called multiple sleep latency test, or MSLT. To perform the MSLT test on yourself, the only thing you need to know is how long it takes you to fall asleep at night. If it takes you between 15 and 20 minutes to fall asleep, you’re getting the optimal amount of sleep your body needs. If you’re suffering from sleep deprivation it will take you less than 10 minutes to fall asleep. And if you fall asleep within five minutes, there’s every chance you’re suffering from severe sleep deficiency. Another simple test, this one measures for deep-stage sleep, is as simple as seeing

how easily you are awakened compared to children. As you’ve probably noticed, kids are often very difficult to waken. Even loud noises fail to waken them. And that’s because children spend most of their sleep time in the very deepest levels of sleep. Are you easily woken? Do even slight sounds around your home wake you up at night? If so, the chances are good that you’re not getting enough of the deep levels of sleep you need. In future issues of Real Cures, I’ll give you more ways to reverse diabetes, including the supplements you really must take.

The Ultimate Secret to Getting a Good Night’s Sleep If you’re over 50 and can’t get enough sleep, all you have to do is increase the levels of serotonin and GABA in your brain. And here’s how to do it. (This treatment protocol works in nine out of every ten people who try it.) To increase serotonin levels you must first stop eating high carbohydrate foods, such as sugar and sweets, fruit and fruit juices, and cereals and flour products (bread, crackers, etc.). These foods work to decrease serotonin levels, and until the levels are restored (in 2-3 months) they should be avoided. While you are restricting these carbohydrates, take the following supplements every night, 15-20 minutes before bedtime:  5-HTP (5-hydroxy tryptophan) — 200 mg. In the brain, your body converts 5HTP to serotonin. For reasons that are unclear to me, some people do much better taking the amino acid tryptophan than taking 5-HTP. Your body converts tryptophan into 5HTP in your brain. So if you don’t feel you are responding to 5-HTP, try taking tryptophan instead. The dose of tryptophan is 1,000 mg.  Melatonin — 1-3 mg. In the brain, your body converts serotonin to melatonin. Unless there is enough melatonin present in your brain, much of the 5HTP (or tryptophan) that you take will convert to melatonin, which will diminish its sleep-inducing effect.

Almost everybody over the age of 50 needs a little melatonin. To increase GABA levels, first avoid coffee, chocolate, and more than two ounces of alcohol a day. Then start taking the following supplements 15-20 minutes before bedtime:  St. John’s wort (standardized to contain 0.2-0.3% Hypericin and 2-3% Hyperforin) — 300-1,000 mg. St. John’s Wort is especially interesting. It inhibits the reuptake of GABA, which increases GABA levels and GABA activity. This action occurs from the hyperforin content of St. John’s wort, so it’s important to get the right form of the herb.  Theanine — 100 mg. Like St. John's wort, theanine increases GABA levels, but does so by a different mechanism. So you can take both without any problem.  Niacinamide (not niacin) — 1,500 mg. Niacinamide enhances the function of the increased GABA levels. When you start this protocol, here's something to consider: This approach is not the same as taking a sleeping pill. It doesn't work immediately. Yes, the melatonin may help you sleep better, but you've probably already seen that. This program works over time. It takes time to correct brain-chemistry imbalances. So give it a good six-month trial before you decide it isn't working.

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LETTERS

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Q. What do you recommend for an

irritable bowel? — Audrey P., via e-mail Dear Audrey, The problem with a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome is that it’s a “diagnosis of exclusion.” That means that it’s simply what doctors call intestinal symptoms after they have excluded a diagnosis of colitis or Crohn’s disease. In other words, when a doctor tells you that you have an irritable bowel, what he is saying is that he has no idea what your problem is. So in order for me to answer your question I would have to know much more about your condition. The diagnosis of irritable bowel tells me only that you don’t have colitis or Crohn’s disease. It doesn’t tell me anything else. Now, having said that, I will tell you that 80% of the time a patient has symptoms called irritable bowel, the problem is intestinal yeast. So start with a two-week treatment for yeast and see what happens. If your symptoms become much better, then my guess was right. If they don’t, then we are back to the drawing board. Here’s what you do. First, limit your diet to olive oil, lemon juice, meats, spices, and vegetables that grow above ground – nothing else. Specifically, no fruit, grains or cereals, potatoes, sweets, coffee or tea, dairy, beans, nuts, or eggs. Next, have your doctor prescribe nystatin (500,000 unit tablets) and take one tablet four times a day. Also, get some very strong mixed probiotics. This would include a mixture of several strains of acidophilus and bifidus, and a special strain called saccharomyces bullardi. You can get this from your health food store. Take four of these capsules twice a day. If your irritable bowel symptoms are caused by yeast, they will be gone, or nearly gone after two weeks of this treatment.

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Q. I recently had a CT that used an iodine dye. The dye seems to have caused problems for my thyroid, as I now have hyperthyroidism. My TSH is .02. Do you have any alternatives you could suggest that would fix this problem? — Tom K., via e-mail Tom, The dye used in CT scans is iodide, this is different from iodine. That’s why it can cause an adverse reaction and stimulate a hyperthyroid condition. But it does this only when the roots of the problem are already there. Fortunately, most of these reactions are temporary. You’ll see your symptoms decrease after a few months if you don’t treat it at all. However, there are some things you can do to speed up your recovery. Be sure to have your anti-thyroid antibodies checked. In all likelihood, the cause is an iodine deficiency. You’ll also want to get an iodine loading test done. My clinic can send you the kit. Just call 775-884-3990 and request a kit. Once you have the results, you’ll know if you should take extra iodine. The best way to take it is the product Iodoral. You can find it easily on the Internet. Depending on the test results you may need to take from 12.5 to 100 mg daily. I also recommend frequently lithium ortate or carbonate along with the iodine. The dose has to be determined by your physician. It can help counteract the hyperthyroidism.

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Got a Question? Do you have a question for Dr. Shallenberger? If so, please send it (typed only) to him c/o Soundview Publications, P.O. Box 8051, Norcross, GA 30091-8051 or [email protected]. While he won’t be able to respond personally, he’ll try to answer as many questions as he can in these pages.