Dr. Oz: Cancer And The Raw Food Diet | Is The Raw Food Diet Harmful Or Helpful
Ask Dr. Oz Cancer Edition Everything to treat and prevent cancer; Today was a special Ask Dr. Oz Cancer Edition. Dr. Oz answers questions on what you can do to treat cancer and prevent cancer with 3 cancer experts Dr. Steven Standiford, Dr. Deborah Axelrod, Nutritionist Rachel Beller each with their own unique perspective to answer your questions about the disease you fear the most, cancer. The next question came from Melissa in New Jersey on cancer and the raw food diet . In case you missed it Dr. Oz: Raw Food Diet And Cancer
“Dr. Oz both my mom and my stepfather have cancer and they both elected to go on a total raw food diet for cancer. This diet also excludes any foods cooked over a certain temp. and absolutely no sugar, not even from fresh fruit. Dr. Oz does this type of diet have any benefits or can it be hurtful to them in the future?”
Dr. Oz asked Rachel Beller to talk to us about the benefits of a raw food diet, can it beneficial or hurtful for someone with cancer.
Rachel Beller said “the raw food diet does have some benefits in that it has a lot of vegetables and seeds and very limited processed foods. But then you got to think about the downsides in the fact that some foods are better when their cooked like vegetables for example like tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers, mushrooms and other ones that are slightly cooked not over cooked. If your undergoing chemotherapy raw foods could sometimes be dangerous because cooking them can help get rid of the bacteria, so it depends where your at in the process.”
Dr. Oz asked her about another thing “the relationship of sugar in your diet to cancer cell growth”.
Beller said sugar is not the culprit it’s how you introduce sugar into the body and also not having too much sugar. For example an apple has sugar in it but it also has fiber, the fiber will retard the sugar in your body from spiking too high. Apple juice is going to cause a spike in your blood sugars, it practically liquid candy. What you want to do is prevent the constant sugar spikes over time because that could affect the immune system.
The article below is not part of what dr. oz talked about today this are just my own personal views on wheatgrass and raw foods and I added the article below for you to read also.
I have heard of countless testimonials on people with cancer who swear they were saved from cancer because of consuming fresh wheatgrass juice each day. Read more on the Benefits Of Wheatgrass
Anne Wigmore Natural Health Institute:
Wheatgrass-Living Foods Lifestyle: Why Living Foods?
Ann Wigmore developed the Living Foods Lifestyle to overcome disease and improve the quality of life. She believed that there are two main causes of disease: deficiency and toxemia. Deficiency means that our bodies are undernourished because we cannot get the nutrients we need from undigestble cooked food. Toxemia is a term used to describe poisons that are stored in the body. These toxins are formed from eating unnatural, processed, and pesticide-tainted foods, as well as through destructive emotions and stress. Living Foods, which are easy to digest and rich in nutrients, combat this deficiency. The Living Foods Lifestyle also addresses the problem of toxemia: when the body isn’t using all its energy to digest food, it can turn to other tasks, such as releasing stored toxins and healing.
Living Foods are preferably organically-grown foods consumed in their original, uncooked state. Living Foods are prepared without cooking because cooking destroys the enzyme life force. The Living Foods Lifestyle is vegan: it uses no meat, dairy, or any other animal product.
However, Living Foods are not simply raw foods. Because many people cannot digest raw foods, Living Foods are prepared in a way that makes them easy for the body to assimilate and extract optimal nourishment. Living Foods include young greens; sprouted nuts, seeds, and grains; cultured preparations; and dehydrated foods. Fresh wheatgrass juice adds an unparalleled level of nutrition, vitality, and health.
Another key component of the Living Foods Lifestyle is freshly juiced wheatgrass. Wheatgrass juice is an effective healer because it contains chlorophyll, all minerals known to man, and vitamins A, B-complex, C, E, and K. Wheatgrass is extremely rich in protein, and contains 17 amino acids, the building blocks of protein.
As a child, Dr. Ann learned about natural healing from her grandmother, who used plants, grasses, and herbs to heal soldiers injured in World War I. When, at age 50, she learned she had colon cancer, she turned to raw greens, blended seeds, and grains. Within a year, she was cancer-free. She began researching the healing properties of grasses, and soon settled on wheatgrass as her main focus. The Living Foods Lifestyle uses wheatgrass as a nutritious elixir, as well as for colon cleansing.
