I'm just a parent, but I know there are natural ways to nourish our children as they go through their bout with cancer. My goal with this blog is to give parents the information that their oncologists may not know or give them so they have the information at their fingertips when they need it. There may not be a natural way to cure cancer (but my view of that is changing!), but I believe there can be a strong "synergy" of anti-cancer foods and supplements that have the ability to make modern medical treatment more effective and at the very least extend lives. My diet philosophy is of whole foods and a whole foods based diet. Whole foods nourish the body as a whole, strengthen the immune system and in turn help it to fight cancer. This is a collection of my personal and ongoing research that started when my daughter was diagnosed with AT/RT brain cancer.
-Weldon Williford, Father

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Olives, Olive Oil

I started giving Layla 1/2 Tablespoon of Olive Oil about 1 week into her radiation. Her hair was still falling out, she was pale as a ghost and still had esophagitis from chemo. Within 2 days of giving her the olive oil this all changed. The nurses at the proton center asked me what did I do? This was really due to a search about vitamin E and esophagitis that turned into a WHOLE lot more than just that. I will post link about esophagitis below when I find it again. The main thing about olive oil is to find cold pressed extra virgin and make sure it is a reputable source. Studies have found over 80% of extra virgin olive oil's on the market to not be extra virgin or cut with an inferior oil such as canola. Generally, if the bottle is under $12 it's probably not real or fresh. Also, make sure the bottle is not old. It loses up to 40% of it's vitamin E in the first 3 months and by the end of a year it's virtually gone. Vitamin E isn't the only constituent that is valuable, but why gamble on cancer? I also put aluminum foil around the bottle as soon as I get it home to block out UV or light rays to prevent oxidation. I have read that refrigerating it is not good because as it warms up again it changes the oil's properties. Mainly just protect it from light.

I have read anecdotal evidence of adults who were taking this during chemo and never experienced any esophageal problems at all. Of course, this wasn't the only thing they did as they already prescribed to a traditional fat, nourishing diet.

Research:
Olives are rich in squalene and oleic acid, nutrients that have been reported to inhibit certain cancer growth factors. The calories in olives also help control body weight and increases ketones in the blood. Ketones help fight cancer by impairing glycolosis – a process in which cancer cells depend almost exclusively upon for their daily supply of energy. http://www.apjohncancerinstitute.org/cancer/brain.htm

Specific to Colon, Prostate, Breast, Ovarian, Skin Cancer:
http://www.oliveoilsource.com/page/cancer

Oleuropein is also one of the major components found in extra virgin olive oil. This article is about olive leaf extract, but applies to EVOO as well. This prevents viruses, great for neutropenia.
http://www.brighthub.com/health/alternative-medicine/articles/12854.aspx

Oleic acid actually works to suppress the over-expression of a well-characterized oncogene that plays a key role in the etiology, invasive progression, and metastasis of several human cancers. 
http://www.jimstefano.com/oliveoil.htm

Olive Oil and Colon Cancer:
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/olive-oil.htm

Olive Oil and Fish Oil protect the liver from toxicity of antibiotics, (and personally I believe from other toxic chemicals as well.) http://medind.nic.in/iaf/t05/i1/iaft05i1p109.pdf

Olive Oil protects the liver from direct poisoning with the herbicide 2-4D
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Olive-oil-may-protect-against-liver-damage-Study

Protects neurons in the brain from deteriorating (important for brain cancer & treatments!)
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Olive-oil-extract-shows-brain-protecting-benefits

Olive Oil, which is high in Vitamin E when young-Vitamin E boosts immune system. Another great choice is red palm oil.
Results showed significant increases in levels of the anti-TT antibody, interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-4 in the tocotrienol group, compared with placebo. 
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Vitamin-E-tocotrienols-show-immune-boosting-potential

I couldn't find my original link about vitamin E and esophagitis, but this is pretty good.
http://books.google.com/books?id=49kLK--eumEC&lpg=PA439&ots=gjmevyuu6h&dq=vitamin+E%2Cesophagitis&pg=PA439#v=onepage&q=vitamin%20E,esophagitis&f=false

Sources/Brands:

California Olive Ranch   http://www.californiaoliveranch.com/

Napa Valley Naturals:  http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ExecMacro/napavalley/home.d2w/report

Euphoria (Very Popular with the Real Food Crowd): http://euphoriaoliveoil.com/site/

Storage of Oil:
I wrap my bottles in aluminum foil. Here is another possible preservative using astaxanthin.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/30/rudi-moerck-on-cooking-oils.aspx
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