Live Blood Analysis (LBA), sometimes called Live Blood Cell Analysis, is the high resolution microscopic observation of live blood cells in a dark field, a common technique in microbiology called dark field microscopy. This is a good start for any Detox Program and watch your Detox
during and after the program.
Two drops of blood under a specialized high powered ultra-dark field microscope, reveals anomalies in the blood, that relate to deficiencies in nutrients, dysfunctional bodily systems, toxins and dysbiosis of the human body. discussion in the Forum about darkfield microscopes, darkfield, darkfield microscopy, Live Cell Blood Analysis.
Next course: 14th to 20th April 2008
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Live Blood Analysis following Chemotherapie
Information on Body Detoxification, Chelation, EDTA, Detoxamin, Colon Cleansing, Healing Foods, Herbal Colon Cleansing, Oral Chelation, Juicing, Heavy Metal Removal, and Liver Detoxification.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
The Detox Diet
Learn About the Detox DietDetox, short for detoxification, is the removal of potentially toxic substances from the body. Although detox is primarily thought of as a treatment for alcohol or drug dependence, the term is also used to refer to diets, herbs, and other methods of removing environmental and dietary toxins from the body for general health.
This is a sample two-week detox diet plan to support detoxification by increasing elimination from the body, cleansing the colon, enhancing circulation to clear toxic substances, eliminating foods from the diet that require detoxification or are allergenic, and providing nutrients to support and protect the liver, the main organ involved in detoxification.
Step 1: The detox screening quizAccordint to alternative practitioners, a detox screening quiz can help you become more familiar with possible symptoms of toxicity.
Many holistic practitioners believe that people with adrenal fatigue, brought on by prolonged stress, should not try the detox diet until that condition is addressed.
Step 2: Learn the basics about detox diets
This article, Detox Basics, has necessary information about detox diets, including:
What is the detox diet?
Side effects and safety concerns
Health benefits
Criticisms of detox diets
Guidelines
Step 3: Find out what foods to eat and avoid on detox diets
Step 4: How a detox diet can be customized Ayurveda is the traditional medicine of India. Knowing your Ayurvedic "type" can help you learn what foods, according to Ayurveda, support an individual's health and what foods might detract from health. Try this simple quiz.
Step 5: Proper eliminationElimination of stools and urine is the body's primary method of getting rid of toxic substances. Especially important during a detox diet, regular bowel movements decrease the likelihood that toxins will be reabsorbed into the body.
Step 6: Sample detox diet menu Learn about a typical day's meals on a detox diet with this sample menu.
Step 7: Essential nutrients for detox supportThe liver requires certain nutrients in order to produce the enzymes and antioxidants needed for detoxification.
Step 8: The hypochlorhydria screening quizSome alternative practitioners believe that hypochlorhydria, also known as low stomach acid, may be involved in indigestion, food sensitivities, nutritional deficiency, bacterial overgrowth, yeast infections, weak hair, skin, and nails, and a host of other conditions. By the time people reach their 50's, many nutritionally-oriented doctors believe that many of their clients have hypochlorhydria. Step 9: What people drink on a detox diet
Step 10: Do you have positive or negative energy? Try this quick quiz, created for us by Judith Orloff, MD, to find out if you have positive energy or if you could use a mind/body detox. Dr. Orloff is a medical intuitive, psychiatrist, and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA.
Dr. Judith Orloff's first step for creating positive energy. Read this excerpt from her best-selling book, Positive Energy, to learn how to create more positive energy in your life
Steps 11 through 16 of the detox diet plan are on the next page>>
Friday, March 21, 2008
Coffee May Lower Liver Cancer Risk
(HealthDay News) -- People who drink coffee are 41 percent less likely to develop liver cancer compared with folks who don't indulge in the brew, Italian researchers report."Moreover, the apparent favorable effect of coffee drinking was found both in studies from southern Europe, where coffee is widely consumed, and from Japan, where coffee consumption is less frequent, and in subjects with chronic liver diseases," the researchers wrote in the August issue of Hepatology.
One expert said it's too early to laud coffee as an anti-cancer agent, however.
"I don't doubt that the association is true, but it is hard to know the cause," said Dr. Alfred I. Neugut, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and co-director of cancer prevention at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was not involved in the study.
Without evidence of a real biological mechanism, the finding could be just a statistical artifact, Neugut said. "What's missing from the study is biological plausibility, so one has to have a degree of skepticism," Neugut said.
However, the findings aren't unique: In February, researchers at Japan's National Cancer Center tracked more than 90,000 older adults for 10 years and found that liver cancer rates fell by half in daily coffee drinkers, compared to people who did not consume the drink. That study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute
More than 17,500 new cases of liver or bile duct cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.
In the new study, a team led by Dr. Francesca Bravi, of the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri in Milan, reviewed 10 published studies on liver cancer that included information on how much coffee the patients drank.
They found a 41 percent reduction in the risk for liver cancer among coffee drinkers compared with those who never drank coffee.
Animal and laboratory studies have suggested that certain compounds in coffee may block enzymes involved in cancer detoxification, the Italian team noted. In addition, caffeine has been shown to have favorable effects on liver enzymes, they said, and coffee has also been linked to a lower risk of liver disease and cirrhosis, which can lead to liver cancer.
"Despite the consistency of these results, it is difficult to derive a causal inference on the basis of the observational studies alone," the authors noted.
"The results from this meta-analysis provide quantitative evidence of an inverse relation between coffee drinking and liver cancer," the Italian group concluded. "The interpretation of this association remains, however, unclear and the consequent inference on causality and worldwide public health implications is still open for discussion."
More information
For more information on liver cancer, visit the American Cancer Society.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Parasite Cleansing 10 Step Treatment
Step 1 Upon commencement of your treatment you will be given a special drink to prepare the body for cleansing and alkaline.Step 2 Then you will spend time in our herbal steam sauna with cold showers in between. This to speed up the blood circulation in preparation and commencement of the cleansing program.
Step 3 One hour Oil Massage incorporating specially formulated essential oils that are anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti- viral. During this on hour treatment we use a custom designed electrical frequency generator that targets very specific parasites such as liver flukes, hookworms, pinworms, etc...
Step 4 Thirty minute treatment in our medical oxygen/ozone therapeutic steam cabinet will saturate the blood in oxygen and ozone. The skin is the largest organ of elimination. Ozone and oxygen oxidize toxins in the fat, the lymph and the blood. Ozone inactivates viruses, bacteria, yeast, fungus, and protozoa’s.
Step 5 You are give a specially formulated drink to rebalance your pH levels in the blood after the ozone treatment.
Step 6 You now breathe oxygen for 5 to 10 minutes to replenish low oxygen saturation levels.
Step 7 You now commence your second one hour Oil Massage incorporating specially formulated essential oils that are anti-fungal, anti bacterial and anti- viral. During this on hour treatment we use a custom designed electrical frequency generator that targets very specific parasites such as liver flukes, hookworms, pinworms, etc...
Step 8 You are give a specially formulated drink to rebalance your pH levels in the blood after the oil massage treatment.
Step 9 You now begin a 1 hour Ayurvedic and Reflexology Foot Massage Treatment that triggers and initiates blood flow to specific organs of your body. This treatment is very invigorating and stimulating to you bodies overall well being. During this on hour treatment we use a custom designed electrical frequency generator that targets very specific parasites such as liver flukes, hookworms, pinworms, etc...
Step 10
You are given a specially formulated vitamin, mineral and enzyme drinks through out the day to replenish your system.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
What is a "Kidney Cleanse" ?
A Kidney cleanse is a procedure aimed at dissolving Kidney stones - stones formed inside kidneys.Kidney cleanse can also be used for improving kidney health by flushing out toxins accumulated inside kidney tissues.
There are many different kinds of Kidney stones. Sometimes, it can take days to dissolve them, sometimes it can take months. Sometimes, water is enough, sometimes, you may need several different remedies.
Crystals form in urine from various salts that build up on the inner surfaces of the kidney. Eventually these crystals become large enough to form stones in the kidney (called nephrolithiasis).
Such salts may include calcium oxalate, uric acid, cystine, or xanthine. These salts can become extremely concentrated under certain circumstances: if the volume of urine is significantly reduced (chronic thirst and dehydration); or if abnormally high amounts of crystal-forming salts are present (infection). When concentration levels reach the point at which the salts no longer dissolve, they precipitate out and form crystals.
Stones may also form in the ureter or the bladder. The salts that form these stones are made up of combinations of minerals and other chemicals, some of which are derived from a person's diet.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Special Report on Parasites
In the world today so many people are sick from diseases that modern medicine does not seem to cure. Is it normal to have low energy, skin rashes, painful joints and bones?
How many people around the globe are on medication with little or no change in their health?
Could it be that the medical establishment has forgotten to look for worm and parasite infection in the human body? In recent studies taken at major hospitals over the last ten years, experts in this field have found that well over 95%of all people have parasitic animals living in them.
What is a Parasite?
A parasite is a small microscopic organism that draws energy and food from you. In fact, parasites are incredible food scavengers that literally consume energy from your cells. The single most undiagnosed health challenge today is parasites. There is no living creature on this earth that is not subjected to invasion by parasitic animals of one form or another.
Parasitic Infection
Here are a few signs of parasitic infection: low energy levels, fatigue, pain and fever, acne, skin rashes and hives, hair loss, grinding of teeth, frequent colds, flu’s, loss of appetite, itchy ears, nose and anus, sexual dysfunction in men, slow reflexes in both children and adults, stomach gas, bloating, excess blood in urine or stool, eating more that usual but still feeling hungry, and numb hands or feet. The list is endless for all the things that parasitic infection can cause.
real video of inside a person. parasites that live. Parasites are caused by eating raw pork meat and other un cooked fish or meat.
more information:
http://www.dreddyclinic.com/integrated_med/parasites.htm
How many people around the globe are on medication with little or no change in their health?
Could it be that the medical establishment has forgotten to look for worm and parasite infection in the human body? In recent studies taken at major hospitals over the last ten years, experts in this field have found that well over 95%of all people have parasitic animals living in them.
What is a Parasite?
A parasite is a small microscopic organism that draws energy and food from you. In fact, parasites are incredible food scavengers that literally consume energy from your cells. The single most undiagnosed health challenge today is parasites. There is no living creature on this earth that is not subjected to invasion by parasitic animals of one form or another.
Parasitic Infection
Here are a few signs of parasitic infection: low energy levels, fatigue, pain and fever, acne, skin rashes and hives, hair loss, grinding of teeth, frequent colds, flu’s, loss of appetite, itchy ears, nose and anus, sexual dysfunction in men, slow reflexes in both children and adults, stomach gas, bloating, excess blood in urine or stool, eating more that usual but still feeling hungry, and numb hands or feet. The list is endless for all the things that parasitic infection can cause.
real video of inside a person. parasites that live. Parasites are caused by eating raw pork meat and other un cooked fish or meat.
more information:
http://www.dreddyclinic.com/integrated_med/parasites.htm
Saturday, March 08, 2008
The Liver Flush
One of the more simple and popular cleansing techniques is known as the Liver Flush.It is used for removing excess fatty acids and other toxic substances from the liver. A healthy liver can play a crucial role in contributing to the healing of the immune system as it is an important part of digestion and plays the main role in processing toxic and allergy-causing substances in the bloodstream.
The Liver Flush can be done at any time, but is commonly done in the Spring and Autumn.
i. Simple Liver Cleanse
The following herbal products can be used to assist in cleansing and rebuilding the liver. I use the formulas for three to four weeks.
- Hepato-Pure You can purchase this formula (made by Planetary Herbal Formulas) from your local natural food store or call Planetary Herbal Formulas 800-606-6226 for the nearest distributor. It contains Bupleurum (a chinese herb reknowned for liver cleansing), Wild Yam Root, Oregon Grape Root, Lycii Berry, Cyperus, Dandelion Root Extract, Dong Quai, Peony Alba, Ginger Root, Fennel Seed, Green Citrus Peel, Dandelion Root, Milk Thistle Seed Extract (83% Silymarin), Dong Quai Extract.
- DeLiver 1 and DeLiver 2
These two formulas can be purchased from Arise & Shine (602/293-1098).
DeLiver 1 contains Cholic acid, Deoxycholic acid, Taraxacum (Dandelion), Burdock Root, Rhubarb Root, Cynaris, Catalase.
DeLiver 2 is formulated for severe congestion of the liver.
- Liv Alive Caps
You can purchase this herbal formula from your local natural foods store or contact the manufacturer, Crystal Star Herbal Nutrition (209/532-6474), for the nearest distributor. The formula contains Beet Root, Oregon Grape Root, Dandelion Root, Wild Yam, Milk Thistle Seed, Yellow Dock Root, Ginkgo, Biloba, Wild Cherry, Licorice Root, Gotu Kola, Ginger Root, Barberry Bark, Choline, Inositol.
- Milk Thistle Seeds
Milk Thistle has a reputation of being the most powerful herb for healing and strengthening the liver. You can get a tincture or tablets of the powdered concentrate in most natural foods stores. Take approximately 150mg (3 tablets) / 3 times per day or 20 drops of tincture / 3 times per day. This can be done for a couple of weeks after performing a Liver Flush (see below) or taking a liver cleansing herbal formula for a few weeks. You can find out more about Milk Thistle by reading "Milk Thistle
-- The Liver Herb" by Christopher Hobbs, Botanica Press, c1992,
ii. Castor oil compress
A castor oil compress is usually performed every other day during the Liver Flush regimen. It is helpful in encouraging the liver to dump excess fats. Soak a piece of wool or flannel (or a baby's cotton diaper) in castor oil. Ring out the cloth so that it doesn't drip. Place over the liver area (on the right side, just under the ribcage). place a hot water bottle (purchase from a drug store), not an electric heating pad over the cloth. Then place a towel over the hot water bottle. Leave on for 1.5 hours, replacing the water when necessary so that the area is kept hot (but not too hot to stand). After removing the compress, spend 5 to 10 minutes rubbing small amounts of virgin olive oil into the liver area.
iii. Coffee Enema
A coffee enema is usually used as a *part* of a cleansing program in order to encourage the liver to dump large amounts of toxins. You may wish to try this technique *once or twice* when you are performing the Liver Flush, Gallbladder Flush or GI Tract cleanse. Do not use this technique obsessively, just on occassion when performing a cleanse. You can get a coffee enema instruction sheet for free from Arise & Shine.
iv. Liver Flush
The following Liver Flush instructions are based upon Christopher Hobbs' suggestions in his book, "Foundations of Health: The Liver and Digestive Herbal." For 10 days you do the following:
1. In the morning after a little exercise (e.g., short walk, yoga, breathing exercises, etc.), drink the liver flush mixture (see below).
2. After drinking the liver flush mixture, drink two cups of herbal tea designed to cleanse the liver. Alternatively, take one of the liver cleansing formulas listed above as directed.
3. Follow a healthy, natural foods diet during the rest of the day. Also, remembering to breath deeping, using the diaphram, can be helpful. A light abdominal massage once per day can also be helpful.
4. Take (or continue taking) one of the liver cleansing formulas listed above for two to three more weeks.
5. Take Milk Thistle and Red Beet Crystals (see above) for a few weeks after finishing the liver cleanse. This will help the process of rebuilding the liver. 6. Optional and helpful - Perform the Castor oil compress every other day. - Perform one coffee enema during the cleanse. - Perform abdominal massage every other day. Liver flush mixture
Mix freshly sqeezed citrus juices together (e.g., orange, grapefruit). Mix in as much freshly sqeezed lemon (or lime) as possible. The more sour the taste, the better the cleanse. Add 1-2 cloves of fresh-sqeezed garlic. Add a small amount of ginger root juice (grate the ginger and sqeeze the resultant fibers to obtain ginger juice). Finally, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil (use the expensive stuff from a natural foods stores). Shake or blend and drink. Cleansing herbal tea
Example 1 - "Puri-Tea" from Brigitte Mars (herbalist in Colorado) Peppermint, red clover, fennel, licorice, cleavers, dandelion, Oregon grape root, burdock root, butternut bark, chickweed, parsley root, nettles. You should be able to find something similar at your local natural foods store.
Example 2 - Fennel Seed (1 part), Fenugreek (1 part), Flax Seed (1 part), Licorice Root (1/4 part), Burdock (1/4 part), Peppermint (1 part). Simmer all herbs except the peppermint for 20 minutes. Add 1 part peppermint and let the tea steep for 10 minutes. Use approximately 1 ounce (wt.) of total dried tea per pint of water. See the following books for more information on healing the liver:
i. Foundations of Health: The Liver and Digestive Herbal by Christopher Hobbs Botanica Press, c1992
ii. Natural Liver Therapy by Christopher Hobbs Botanica Press, c1993 (3rd revision) This book contains alot of good information on restoring the health of the liver as well as many natural remedies.
Rebuilding & Strengthening
1. Milk Thistle Seeds (see above)
2. Herbal Formula such as Hepato-Pure from Planetary Herbal Formulas (see above).
3. Building a healthy population of beneficial bacteria in the intestines is very helpful for preventing the building of toxins which can overwork the liver. Regularly eating fermented foods (if tolerable) or taking a probiotic suppliment can be very helpful in doing this. See the "Probiotics" section of the "Food & Nutrition" chapter for more information.
4. Abdominal Massage once per day.
5. Deep breathing exercises and yogic breathing exercises (see "Yoga" chapter and "Emotional Healing" chapter for Hendricks Breathing Exercises).
6. Healthy diet without dairy.
7. See "Natural Liver Therapy" by Christopher Hobbs for additional tips.
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Oral Allergy Immunotherapy Helps Control Asthma
(HealthDay News) -- Oral allergy immunotherapy -- in the form of drops or tablets -- is effective at reducing asthma symptoms and the need for asthma medications in children who have what's known as allergic asthma, a new study finds.
The findings bolster hopes that these oral medications might someday replace injections, never a hit with kids.
"[Oral] immunotherapy is effective and safe, easy to administer, well-accepted by patients," said the study's senior author, Dr. Giorgio Walter Canonica, professor of allergy and respiratory disease at the Medical University of Genoa, Italy.
Commonly known as allergy shots in the United States, allergy immunotherapy works in a manner similar to vaccines -- essentially re-educating the body's immune system so that it doesn't overreact to harmless substances such as pollen or dust mites. While this therapy can be effective, it's currently only available via injections in the United States, and usually involves at least one to two shots a week for three to six months, making it a less-than-popular alternative with children.
Oral immunotherapy is available in Europe, but has yet to gain Food and Drug Administration approval in the United States.
The new study reviewed nine studies that looked at the use of so-called sublingual (oral) immunotherapy in children with asthma. A total of 441 kids between the ages of 3 and 18 who had been diagnosed with allergic asthma were included in the studies. Allergic asthma means that asthma symptoms can be triggered by exposure to an allergen, such as dust mites, pollen or mold.
Two hundred and thirty-two children received oral immunotherapy and the remaining 209 got a placebo.
The dosing schedule varied depending on the study and whether drops or tablets were used. Canonica said that during the maintenance phase of immunotherapy, drops or tablets were given three times a week. The average duration of the studies was 12 months. The most common allergen treated was dust mites. Grass mix and pollen were also included in one study each.
The researchers found that those taking sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) had significantly fewer symptoms and needed to take less asthma medication. Not enough of the studies included measurements of lung function for the new study to assess whether SLIT affects lung function significantly.
"SLIT is highly effective in treating pediatric asthma patients, reducing both symptoms and medication use," said Canonica, who's also president of the World Allergy Organization.
Additionally, SLIT appeared to be better tolerated than allergy shots. The chances of a severe reaction are less with oral immunotherapy than with the injected type, according to Dr. Andrew MacGinnitie, an allergist/immunologist at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
"There have been some rare cases of severe reactions with SLIT, but they're much less common," MacGinnitie said. Another big benefit, he added, is that "shots have to be given in the doctor's office and drops are designed to taken at home."
The results of the new study are published in the March issue of the journal Chest.
Other studies have directly compared SLIT to allergy shots and they're both equally effective, according to Canonica. And MacGinnitie said that, "immunotherapy is really the only treatment that gets to the cause of the allergic response."
"This is a potentially new and exciting treatment for kids with asthma," he concluded.
More information
To learn more about allergy immunotherapy, visit the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
The findings bolster hopes that these oral medications might someday replace injections, never a hit with kids.
"[Oral] immunotherapy is effective and safe, easy to administer, well-accepted by patients," said the study's senior author, Dr. Giorgio Walter Canonica, professor of allergy and respiratory disease at the Medical University of Genoa, Italy.
Commonly known as allergy shots in the United States, allergy immunotherapy works in a manner similar to vaccines -- essentially re-educating the body's immune system so that it doesn't overreact to harmless substances such as pollen or dust mites. While this therapy can be effective, it's currently only available via injections in the United States, and usually involves at least one to two shots a week for three to six months, making it a less-than-popular alternative with children.
Oral immunotherapy is available in Europe, but has yet to gain Food and Drug Administration approval in the United States.
The new study reviewed nine studies that looked at the use of so-called sublingual (oral) immunotherapy in children with asthma. A total of 441 kids between the ages of 3 and 18 who had been diagnosed with allergic asthma were included in the studies. Allergic asthma means that asthma symptoms can be triggered by exposure to an allergen, such as dust mites, pollen or mold.
Two hundred and thirty-two children received oral immunotherapy and the remaining 209 got a placebo.
The dosing schedule varied depending on the study and whether drops or tablets were used. Canonica said that during the maintenance phase of immunotherapy, drops or tablets were given three times a week. The average duration of the studies was 12 months. The most common allergen treated was dust mites. Grass mix and pollen were also included in one study each.
The researchers found that those taking sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) had significantly fewer symptoms and needed to take less asthma medication. Not enough of the studies included measurements of lung function for the new study to assess whether SLIT affects lung function significantly.
"SLIT is highly effective in treating pediatric asthma patients, reducing both symptoms and medication use," said Canonica, who's also president of the World Allergy Organization.
Additionally, SLIT appeared to be better tolerated than allergy shots. The chances of a severe reaction are less with oral immunotherapy than with the injected type, according to Dr. Andrew MacGinnitie, an allergist/immunologist at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
"There have been some rare cases of severe reactions with SLIT, but they're much less common," MacGinnitie said. Another big benefit, he added, is that "shots have to be given in the doctor's office and drops are designed to taken at home."
The results of the new study are published in the March issue of the journal Chest.
Other studies have directly compared SLIT to allergy shots and they're both equally effective, according to Canonica. And MacGinnitie said that, "immunotherapy is really the only treatment that gets to the cause of the allergic response."
"This is a potentially new and exciting treatment for kids with asthma," he concluded.
More information
To learn more about allergy immunotherapy, visit the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Carb Intake, Obesity Tied to Rise in Esophageal Cancers
(HealthDay News) -- There may be a link between rising rates of carbohydrate intake and obesity and the increasing number of esophageal cancer cases in the United States, a new study says.
Researchers noted that cases of esophageal cancer increased from 300,000 in 1973 to 2.1 million in 2001, which closely mirrors increases in carbohydrate intake and obesity over the same time.
Obesity is a major risk factor for many types of cancer, and a diet high in calories from refined carbohydrates is a common contributor to obesity, the researchers noted. They also said no other studied nutrients were found to correlate with esophageal cancer rates.
"If we can reverse the trends in refined carbohydrate intake and obesity in the U.S., we may be able to reduce the incidence of esophageal cancer," study senior author Dr. Li Li, an assistant professor in the department of family medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Health System, said in a prepared statement.
The study was published in a recent issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
The causes of esophageal cancer are largely unknown, and despite recent advances, patients with this type of cancer have a poor prognosis. The five-year survival rate is less than 20 percent.
More information
The American Cancer Society has more about esophageal cancer.
Researchers noted that cases of esophageal cancer increased from 300,000 in 1973 to 2.1 million in 2001, which closely mirrors increases in carbohydrate intake and obesity over the same time.
Obesity is a major risk factor for many types of cancer, and a diet high in calories from refined carbohydrates is a common contributor to obesity, the researchers noted. They also said no other studied nutrients were found to correlate with esophageal cancer rates.
"If we can reverse the trends in refined carbohydrate intake and obesity in the U.S., we may be able to reduce the incidence of esophageal cancer," study senior author Dr. Li Li, an assistant professor in the department of family medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Health System, said in a prepared statement.
The study was published in a recent issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
The causes of esophageal cancer are largely unknown, and despite recent advances, patients with this type of cancer have a poor prognosis. The five-year survival rate is less than 20 percent.
More information
The American Cancer Society has more about esophageal cancer.
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