Medicinal Mushrooms
Transcript The topic of medicinal mushrooms is an enormous one. There are literally hundreds of different mushrooms, thousands of different mushrooms in the world, and I think only about 10% of...
Dietary Treatments
Palliative Care
Transcript So one of the most difficult situations in cancer is the person who is in an extreme situation and possibly confined to their bed, can't exercise, can't get out or maybe can't eat...
Stages & Grades
Transcript I want to explain about stages of cancer and grades of cancer, and you might want to know what stage and grade your cancer is in, but I also want to talk about why that's important....
Vitamin C
Transcript Vitamins and minerals are an essential part of health. But for a lot of people, they're just not very sexy because it seems as if we're always looking for the new new thing, you know,...
Seed Cracker Recipe Video
https://youtu.be/W7aBPnDq_a8 Recipe I use raw, unsalted, organic ingredients from my local food coop, whenever possible. Otherwise, I shop at a local supermarket that carries various natural...
ASCO 40th (2004)
Breast Cancer and Targeted Therapies I attended the 40th annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The meeting coincided with my 30th anniversary in the cancer field,...
A Rational Approach To Cancer
Quality of Evidence We believe in a rational approach to cancer. In this context, the word “rational” has two meanings. The first is the common dictionary meaning: “Consistent with or based on...
AACR Meeting 2001
Telomerase, Quercetin, and Novel Antitumor Agents From March 24 to 28, 2001, I attended the 92nd annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in New Orleans, Louisiana....
Cluck for the Cure – KFC, Acrylamide and Pinkwashing
Recently we learned that in order to fight cancer, we should buy a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. This spring, the sprawling poultry purveyor and Susan G. Komen for the Cure teamed up...
Cancer Control Society Meeting 2004
Laetrile, Mexico, Freedom of Choice, Humanitarian Award I regularly attend the annual meetings of both the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Cancer Control Society (CCS). Both...
Cancer as a Disease of Civilization – History
Cancer as a Disease of Civilization Is cancer a disease of civilization? Is it related to other diseases that seem to increase with industrialization? If so, what are the implications for people...
CAM Use on the Rise (2001)
Harvard Study A study from Harvard Medical School has shown that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become a permanent feature of medicine. CAM is prevalent among the younger...
Surprising Power of Supermarket Mushrooms
What about button Mushrooms? Most readers have heard about the healing powers of exotic medicinal mushrooms, such as reishi, shiitake, and maitake. But what about the white button mushroom...
Vitamin D and Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Vitamin D and Carnosic AcidJonathan S. Harrison, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, presented a fascinating paper at an Annual Meeting of the American...
Vitamin D Question
Conflicting Opinions Most medical authorities agree that the majority of people would benefit from a vitamin D supplement but there are a lot of conflicting opinions about what constitutes the...
Documentation of Effects of Supplements on Various Cancers
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Intravenous Vitamin C
In the News AgainA study carried out by a research team from the Harvard School of Public Health and published July 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine (Fawzi, WW, 2004) showed that a...
Selenium
Trace Mineral and NutrientSelenium is a trace mineral that functions as a nutrient in the human body. It also has significant anticancer activity. The inclusion of Brazil nuts (Bertholletia...
More Praise for Vitamin C
Small Change, Large Effect Boosting your daily intake of fruit and vegetables could help protect you against cancer and heart disease, according to a new study from Cambridge University,...
Vitamins Can Prevent Stomach Cancer
Vitamin C and Beta-Carotene It was a pleasant surprise to see the National Cancer Institute stating that vitamin C and beta-carotene may prevent stomach cancer. This was the conclusion of a...
About Ralph Moss’ Smoothies
For recipes and a list of ingredients, see RWM's Smoothie Recipes For product information, see The Moss Method™ Guide to Natural Health Products A smoothie is a thick drink of fresh fruits or...
Tincture of Vanilla Recipe
Tincture of VanillaOne can also make a tincture of vanilla by inserting several vanilla beans, sliced sideways, into a bottle containing 70 to 100 proof (35% to 50% alcohol) vodka. You want to...
Ralph’s Mushroom Soup Recipe
Ralph’s Mushroom SoupRalph’s Mushroom Soup is nothing like the bland “cream of mushroom” of our youth. The present recipe is derived from decades of R&D of the effects of various fungi on...
RWM’s Smoothie Recipes
For the background and nutrition information on Ralph's Smoothies, see About Ralph's Smoothies Ralph Moss’ Smoothies: Green, Golden, and Purple Before you begin, you will need: A blender with a...
Chaga Tea Recipe
How to Acquire and Make Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) Tea Chaga is readily available over the Internet, including at Amazon.com. One can buy it in powder form or conveniently in capsules. However, I...
Herbes de Provence Against Aging Recipe
How to Acquire and Make Herbs de Provence Astonishingly, some of the things that we normally have in our gardens or kitchen cabinets proved to be particularly proficient at inhibiting arNOX....
Cordyceps
Ophiocordyceps Sinensis Cordyceps Sinensis is one of the oddest elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is also known as a vegetable caterpillar, Chinese caterpillar fungus, Dong chong...
Agaricus Blazei and Chantarelle
DNA FragmentationIn regard to a mushroom, Agaricus blazei (part of many mushroom formulas), a component of its hot water extract was studied in human leukemic cells. It induced DNA fragmentation...
Maitake Mushrooms
Hen of the Woods “Study results suggested beneficial effects of medicinal mushrooms, particularly the quality of life and reduction of adverse effects of conventional therapies. Also, positive...
Conflicts of Supplements with Chemotherapy
Increasingly, we hear about oncologists forbidding patients from using all supplements, claiming that these conflict with prescribed chemotherapy. Nowadays, they may ask for a list of a patient's...
Sources of Information on Drug-Herb Conflicts
Resources and Approach We spend a great deal of time looking for possible interference by foods and food supplements with anticancer treatments. Here are some free sources that we routinely...
Drug-Herb Interactions
It Started with Grapefruits In 1991, Canadian scientists discovered that the level of certain prescription drugs was affected by drinking grapefruit juice. The drugs were blood pressure...
The Risk of Alcohol
A Danger Well FoundedAs to alcohol use, the danger is well founded. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has made the following recommendations, which seem sensible to us: To help prevent...
Common Foods and P450 – Potential Conflicts
34 Food Product WarningsJapanese scientists have warned against the consumption of a wide array of ‘health foods.” In fact, they identified 34 food products that they say inhibit the P450...
Velcade and Green Tea Interactions
Tempest In a TeapotScientists at the University of Southern California (USC) performed a laboratory study in which they concluded that a component in green tea, EGCG, rendered the drug bortezomib...
Is Soy Dangerous?
SOY and TKIs Does soy intake increase the risk of cardiotoxicity or even death among those taking the kind of drug known as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)? These drugs include (listed...