What makes an olive oil truly exceptional? In this episode, Ben and Dr. Ralph W. Moss talk with award-winning olive oil producer Richard Meisler, owner of San Miguel Olive Farm, to uncover the...
Fragrant Forest Bathing and Potent Pain Relief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0dTTvb9LFA Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss how a walk in the woods may help manage symptoms and...
Ramadan Fasting & Cancer - What Health Benefits Could Dawn-to-Dusk Fasting Unlock? https://youtu.be/ERoP6pE7CCk Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss the potential health benefits...
Gut Health, Microbiome & Cancer - Can this garden of tiny plants in the gut help fight cancer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGdgkca1YA There is almost a 1:1 correspondence between the...
Mushrooms & Cancer - After centuries of use and research, are mushrooms magic, myth, or medicine? https://youtu.be/KQPkfy2xzM4 Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss the benefits...
A Friendly Skeptic Looks at Tian Xian Many readers have asked my opinion of Tian Xian (pronounced dee-an-see-an), an herbal supplement and purported cancer cure that originated in China. There...
Hope or Hype?When a magazine ad or a disembodied voice on a TV commercial tells us that product X can eliminate wrinkles or help us lose weight while we sleep, we take these claims with a grain...
While most scientific reports on the question of herbal medicines have been highly positive in nature, there is also a steady drumbeat of negativity on herbal remedies. For instance, we have...
IN EXTREMIS (END OF LIFE) TREATMENTSMaitake D FractionConcentrated Maitake D fraction (mushroom extract) can be administered as drops sublingually (under the tongue). It is one of the few...
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...
Transcript Another huge topic in cancer is the state of the immune system. And I believe that this theory, the immune surveillance theory that was put forward by Mack Macfarlane in the 1950s is...
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...
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...
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) for Neuroblastoma The biggest hint we have as to the best complementary treatment of neuroblastoma comes from the association of this disease with ALK gene...
A Dietary SupplementA paper on a new dietary supplement for breast cancer has appeared in the online version of Integrative Cancer Therapies (https://ict.sagepub.com). BreastDefend (BD) is a...
Anti Inflammatory Foods for Gastrointestinal Mucosa If mucous membranes are inflamed, it is important to minimize stress on them. Doctors generally recommend a mild diet served lukewarmly. If you...
Research on the “Big Five” The first agents (curcumin, green tea, resveratrol, isoflavones, sulforaphane) are what the oncologists Dwight McKee and Cord called the “Big Five” of anti-cancer stem...
Avemar, Cimetidine, Maitake, Melatonin, Pau d'arco, and Sun Soup What are some of the best treatments that can be used by naturopathic doctors for the treatment of cancer? There are dozens, but...
Diarrhea as a Side Effect The main remedies supported by clinical trial data are as follows:: Abdominal acupuncture Aloe vera Fish and fish oil Green tea (EGCG) Lactoferrin Mistletoe Mushrooms,...
Strength in NumbersA low lymphocyte count (lymphocytopenia) was seen in 28% of patients about to receive chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. Patients were randomized to receive interleukin-2...
COVID-19 Does NOT Cause Cancer To the best of our knowledge, coronavirus COVID-19 does not cause cancer. That said, the coronavirus, and any of the other influenza strains of viruses, do pose a...
One of the hardest questions to answer is which, out of the many supplements really benefits cancer patients? There are many self-interested statements of benefit, but an inadequate amount of...
Dr. Eliaz Responds to Questions about BreastDefend- by Ralph W. Moss, PhD. A paper on a new dietary supplement for breast cancer has appeared this week in the online version of Integrative Cancer...
Listed by Cancer Diagnosis There are presently over 1,400 herbs and food supplements in commerce, many of them in use against cancer. Well-meaning individuals (plus numerous self-declared...
We only recommend products we believe in. In general, natural medicines are as described on the label. But we also know that some foods, supplements, and natural medicine are subpar. Our Three...
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...
Mushroom Formula The “Five Mushroom” formula is a powerful way to both enhance the immune system and kill cancer cells. Medicinal mushrooms have a synergistic effect among themselves. For...
Value in Traditional Medicine Mushrooms are important for cancer patients. If you find yourself in a dangerous situation, vis-a-vis the state of your immune system, you will be urgently looking...
A Mass of Mycelium Although often called a mushroom, Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is an unusual parasite that grows on the bark of ‘wounded’ trees (with poorly healed branch stubs), mainly birch...
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...
The Longevity MushroomReishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is known as the “longevity mushroom” in Asia. It has been used medicinally for over 4,000 years. It is one of what has been called the five major...
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...
Sam Donato, New Jersey mushroom hunter (Photo © 2015 M. B. Moss) Maitake, The Dancing Mushroom I was on a site visit to the ProCure Proton Beam Therapy center in Somerset, NJ, when I took time...
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...
Inonotus Obliquus He could not imagine any greater joy than to go away into the woods for months on end, to break off this chaga, crumble it, boil it up on a campfire, drink it and get well like...