Metabolic Therapy
Today, there is a growing conviction among researchers and physicians
that cancer is a complex disease that is the end result of a disturbed
metabolism (body chemistry). It is an insidious disease that involves the
entire body; the nervous system, digestive tract, pancreas, lungs, excretory
organs, endocrine system, and the entire defense mechanisms. The frequent
reoccurrence of a malignancy after treatment with the conventional methods
of surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy, results because the basic underlying
metabolic cause of the cancer is rarely considered and consequently remains
uncorrected.
If the immune system, however, is weakened from poor nutrition, excessive environmental pollutants or a continuing debilitating stress, the cancer cells are uninhibited and will multiply rapidly forming the symptomatic "growth" of cancer. Our immune system generally weakens with advancing age. This increases the possibility of degenerative metabolic diseases occurring. One of the primary objectives of all metabolic therapy is to revitalize the body's immune system, to restore it to a fully functional condition. Accomplishment of this goal permits the immune system to eliminate or otherwise negate the cancer cells before they can begin an invasive growth.
Metabolic Physicians and researchers believe that we can remain healthy
if we supply the individual cells of the body with the proper amounts of
oxygen, nutrients, enzymes, minerals, amino acids, and other essential
nutrients from both our diet and nutritional supplements. Of equal importance
is the ability of the body to eliminate the waste products of cellular
metabolism through the proper bowel movements, efficient breathing, normal
excretion, etc. Treatments must be provided which will help the body detoxify
itself by eliminating harmful pollutants. This, in essence, is the heart
of metabolic therapy. It is a multi-faceted program incorporating numerous
related elements, each of which plays an important role in the success
of the complete therapy.
In metabolic therapy, the Amygdalin is broken down into its component parts as a result of the action of beta-glucosidase. This enzyme is found in abundance in cancer cells, and is relatively deficient in normal cells. Consequently, the cyanide is released only where there is an active cancer lesion. This liberation of cyanide under controlled and safe conditions insures that an adequate dosage can be administered without the threat of toxic side effects. This absence of cyanide toxicity is further insured by the action of Rhodanese, another enzyme. This enzyme is present in large quantities in normal cells but in very small amounts in cancer cells. Detoxification of cyanide occurs, therefore, in normal mammalian tissue through the action of Rhodanese which, in the presence of sulfur-bearing compounds, converts free cyanide to thiocyanate, a perfectly non-toxic compound. The thiocyanate is excreted in the urine.
