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What are the odds?

According to Cancer Research UK, 1 in 2 people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives.  Our odds are shortening as each decade passes for many cancers. What’s causing all these cancers and why has the rate risen so dramatically in recent decades?  Perhaps it is just better detection or an ageing population or maybe it’s something to do with the way we live now. Whatever the reason, it’s an immune system failure of some kind.  Apparently cells capable of growing into a cancer form in all of our bodies all the time, but our immune system intercepts them.  So what’s causing our immune systems to be so weak? It must be something common to us all for so many people to be affected.  Something we are eating, breathing, doing or drinking perhaps? Have we reached a critical point in our exposure to toxins, pollutants & chemicals, which has overwhelmed our immune systems  preventing them from doing their job effectively?  Even the best scientific brains don’t know for sure, but most agree that it’s unlikely to be just one thing.  The consensus is that it’s multi-factoral i.e. layer upon layer of slightly detrimental things, which build over the years to create an environment within your body that is favourable to cancer developing.  Then a pivotal ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ event occurs, causing your immune system to miss a rogue cell, enabling a tumour to start growing.

A short period full of some of life’s most stressful events is a common trigger related by many who have experienced cancer.  Myself included.  There is a long list of the slightly harmful things that may contribute, some of which would be familiar to you & others more of a revelation.  We are told that our lifestyles contribute greatly to developing 80% of tumours, but that doesn’t explain why some people get it & others don’t, or why very young children suffer too.  Most of the people I met do not fit the profile of someone you might think likely to get cancer.  

The purpose of this website is to share some of the information that I learned during my treatment.  I read a lot of books and research, but not everyone has the time or inclination to do that.  It’s intended as a shortcut for others in the same situation, rather than a website that backs everything it says with research studies and proves to you scientifically that what you do matters.  I firmly believe that it could prevent you developing cancer, it could help you during treatment or it could even save your life.  I am not suggesting that you don’t have any Western medical treatment, only you can decide that and you would need to look at other websites e.g. chrisbeatcancer.com to help you make that decision.  My personal belief is that some parts of western medical treatment are useful and others are less so.  I think the NHS is great for a septic appendix or after a road accident, but I don’t think it’s the whole answer for cancer. There are many other things out there that can help boost your immune system.  Do you know that if they transplant a kidney containing cancer cells into a healthy person that they don’t necessarily develop cancer?  It all depends on the ‘terrain’ of the recipient i.e. how healthy their immune system is.