Kitchen Chemotherapy
In this video, Susan Silberstein spends about 26 minutes speaking on "Kitchen Chemotherapy" at the 33rd Annual Cancer Convention held on Labor Day weekend by the Cancer Control Society.
About Susan Silberstein
SUSAN SILBERSTEIN, Ph.D. received her Doctorate Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In 1977, after the death of her young husband to cancer, she founded the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education, where she still serves as Executive Director. The Center is a national not-for-profit cancer information, counseling and referral organization. It provides nutritional, immunological and psychological resources as well as other complementary and alternative resources. For several years, Dr. Silberstein taught the Psychology of Health and Disease in the Graduate Division of Counseling Psychology at Immaculata University, and served as Director of the Integrative Program for Cancer Prevention at the Newtown Medical Center in Pennsylvania. She has also served as Educational Advisor to the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine and consultant to Atlantic Hematology Oncology Group. Dr. Silberstein is author of the books Hungry for Health and Hungrier for Health, creator of the video Breast Cancer: The Diet Connection, editor of "Immune Perspectives" magazine, and originator of the BeatCancer Kit Series. A frequent contributing writer and interviewee for various health publications, she is featured in Rutgers University Press's "Evaluating Alternative Cancer Therapies" and "Change Your World Press's Cancer Report." Since 1977, she has coordinated dozens of health conferences, has appeared on hundreds of radio, television and internet talk shows, and has counseled thousands of patients. A Phi Beta Kappa and Fulbright scholar, Dr. Silberstein is the recipient of the Jefferson Award of the American Institute for Public Service and the Founder's Award of the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine. Dr. Silberstein may be contacted at the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education by phone 610-642-4810, website www.BeatCancer.org and e-mail [email protected].
Transcription
Thank you very much. It's really nice to be here. Actually, you're all in for a treat because I'm quite an expert in my field. And you know what? The definition of an expert is traveled far.
Brought slides. You don't have to know anything. Just traveled far. Brought slides. Actually, this talk is a seventy nine minute talk. And course I've had to shave it down to twenty five minutes. So if you'd like the complete talk.
I do have it on a C.D. in the rear of the room at the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education booth, and I'll be happy to answer any of your questions there after my talk. So Kitchin chemotherapy, why should we be going to our kitchens to deal with cancer? Because of the incredible power of food to heal. And I'd like you to look for a moment at some of these National Cancer Institute estimates of cancer death avoidable by dietary change. So we've got 75 percent prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, 75 percent breast cancer and pancreatic cancer, 70 percent. And Demetrius. Cancer and gall bladder cancer, 50 percent. Cancer of the stomach, 35 percent. Laryngeal bladder, cervical mouth, esophageal and lung cancers, 20 percent. And I'll add malignant melanoma. That's probably up at about 80 percent. And frankly, these figures are probably low. And new research indicates that the percentages are actually even higher. Now, why is nutrition's so important? Because cancer patients rarely die of their tumors. They die, as you have heard, of malnutrition, toxemia and or opportunistic infections, malnutrition, toxemia and or opportunistic infections. Proper nutrition can address all three of these issues.
Now, there are many, many reasons, multiple advantages of implementing nutrition as a major part of your cancer therapy. They include, first of all, avoiding malnutrition, minimizing the side effects of chemotherapy or radiation, optimizing the positive effects of those therapies, making the treatment more selectively toxic to the cancer cells and the tumor tissue while protecting healthy host tissue, also promoting new healthy cell growth, stimulating immune response. And, of course, modulating hormone levels. We also can add tumor growth factor influence, inhibiting tumor angiogenesis, which is, of course, the ability of the cancer to develop its own blood supply so it can nourish itself, increasing longevity, improving quality of life and disease outcome, helping to prevent recurrence, and empowering patients to participate in their therapy by making healthful lifestyle choices. I don't think I've left much out. Now let's look at some of the research. There's been quite a bit. I only have a few minutes to focus on some of the highlights. One research study looked at unprocessed foods, low