Strange Cures And Treatments For Cancer

Alkaline Diet

An alkaline diet is a diet that is low in acid and high in alkalinity to prevent and fight off malignancy. The acidity of a substance is based on its pH value, where 0 is total acid, and 14 is total alkaline. This type of diet was first introduced with the theory that the consumption of acidic foods would increase the acidity of blood. The acidity of the body and blood matter because cancer cells are known to thrive in environments with lower pH levels. However, it was discovered the foods consumed do little to change an individual's blood and body pH level.

Although a diet low in acid cannot directly kill cancerous cells like it was once thought to, it can do other things that promote the demise of cancer. Alkaline foods are broken down into fatty acids with prebiotic nutrients or nourishing food for the good flora in an individual's gut. This type of diet can keep the pH of the intestines at an acceptable level because not as much acid is produced to break down refined fours and sugars. An alkaline diet has also shown in some studies to help increase the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs while reducing their toxicity to healthy cells.

Cesium Chloride

Cesium chloride is a non-radioactive salt formed from an alkali metal referred to as cesium. Cesium chloride is thought to help fight cancer cells because some malignant cells are attracted to cesium ions. When cancer cells in an individual's body take in cesium chloride, their intracellular pH increases, and their acidity is diminished. The high pH in cancerous cells induced by cesium chloride is shown to stop their process of cell division or mitosis. Cesium chloride essentially causes the cancerous cells to starve once penetrated because a high pH causes a limited ability to uptake glucose.

Cancerous cells survive on glucose by utilizing a process referred to as fermentation, which cesium chloride is also known to inhibit. Without enough glucose and the ability to undergo fermentation to metabolize that glucose, cancerous cells will starve and die. While it has shown efficacy in shrinking cancerous tumors, cesium chloride also has harsh side effects, which include abnormal heart rhythm, syncope, electrolyte imbalances, and seizures.