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Is It Safe To Take Antioxidants During Cancer Treatment?

Dec 8, 2019 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Antioxidant Effects The question of whether it is safe to take antioxidants during chemotherapy or radiation therapy is not a simple one to answer. Experts have been trying to definitively answer this question for many years, but it remains very ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Why You Should Know Your Epigenetic Age

Oct 10, 2019 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Did you know that the older your epigenetic age relative to your chronological age the greater your risk of developing cancer and dying from cancer? The study below found exactly this. ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Going To A Spa: What Cancer Patients & Survivors Need to Know

Oct 7, 2019 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Your skin is your body’s largest organ and what you put on it and how you treat it really does matter. It is also your first-line of defense against the numerous toxins and infectious organisms you come into contact with every day. If you have cancer ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Cancer Loves Sugar

Jan 31, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

If you are not 100% convinced that consuming sweet, sugary (simple carbohydrate) foods is a bad idea for anyone with cancer* take one look at this. As far as I'm concerned there is absolutely no better image to really drive this point home and make ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer

Exercise Duration And Intensity Matters

Jan 30, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

It's abundantly clear that if you want to reduce your risk of developing cancer exercise is important. Additionally, if you are a cancer survivor exercise has been shown in numerous studies to significantly lower your risk of cancer recurrences ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise

Juicing and Blending: AntiCancer Turbocharging

Jan 23, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Unless you have the time and ability to prepare and eat large quantities of fresh produce every day I highly recommend you consider juicing or blending.  Terminology: Juicing involves grinding, pulverizing and squeezing the juices out of the ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Supplements and Botanicals

Can I Reduce The Risk Of My Cancer Growing Or Coming Back?

Sep 14, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Literally, hundreds of patients have asked me: 'What can I do to help reduce my risk of cancer coming back or growing?' If you currently have cancer or if you are cancer survivor you likely are confused about what works and what doesn't. This ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

How To Begin An Exercise Routine (For Cancer Patients And Survivors): Part IV

Aug 9, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

In this article (the fourth and final in our series on “How To Begin An Exercise Routine”) we discuss how to start exercising if you have physical limitations from  cancer or other health conditions. Authored By: Janette Powell (Physical ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise

Anti-Cancer Recipes From The Experts

May 25, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

When you are first learning about the concepts of anti-cancer nutrition it can be a challenge to figure out how to shop and prepare meals for yourself. With two-thirds of cancer patients searching for nutrition advice online, where do they go to get ...
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Topics Covered: Recipes

Reduce Your Risk Of Blood Clots Without A Prescription

Mar 24, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

This article has been updated, November 2019 (link here) One of the the facts I emphasize during my integrative oncology talks is that the majority of patients with cancer do not die from their cancer, but instead from a side effect or ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals, Tests You Should Take

Inflammation 101: The Fuel That Feeds Cancer

Nov 11, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

I think most of us typically think of inflammation as our body’s protective response to injury and infection. Without it, we’d be in serious trouble (unless we lived in a sealed bubble.) If it were only that simple… Inflammation comes in two ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Supplements and Botanicals

Do multivitamins cut cancer risk?

Oct 19, 2012 Conner Middelmann Whitney, B.Sc., DipION

Fans of magic bullets took heart this week from headlines proclaiming that a daily multivitamin supplement can cut our cancer risk. Not so fast, people! Although the study appears to be methodologically sound,  its results may have been skewed by ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Supplements and Botanicals

Anti-Cancer Nutrition: Dietary Fats 101

Oct 1, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

By Conner Middelmann-Whitney and Brian Lawenda M.D. Fats are the most controversial and misunderstood macronutrients in the human diet. Vilified for the past four decades as “artery-clogging”, fattening and inflammatory, fat has become a pariah ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer

The Importance of Spirituality in Cancer Care

Aug 25, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Over the last century, scientific and technological advances have shifted medical care from a service-oriented model towards a cure-driven model. While these medical developments have profoundly impacted our ability to live longer, healthier lives, ...
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Topics Covered: Spirituality and Social Support

Exercise and Cancer 101: Why You Should Just Do It!

Aug 12, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Why is exercise so important: Exercise reduces your risk of developing cancer. Exercise during and after cancer treatment may reduce your risk of cancer recurrence and progression. Exercise improves quality of life in cancer patients and ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

Cannabis and Cancer: prescribe 5 different drugs or simply one botanical…your choice

Jan 28, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

This is a completely non-political blog entry on the science of the medical efficacy of Cannabis (marijuana) in oncology.  Cannabis is plant that is classified in the U.S. as a controlled substance with an "increased potential for abuse and no known ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

Amazing anti-cancer compound derived from the French Lilac: Galega officianalis (metformin)

Aug 29, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Metformin is a medication derived from the herb Galega officinalis (French lilac, also known as Goat's Rue or Italian Fitch) and has been used as a traditional botanical (tea infusion) for over 3,000 years to relieve polyuria (frequent urination) and ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

Inhaling vaporized botanicals as medicine

May 29, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The use of plants as medicine has been and continues to be employed by cultures throughout the world in the treatment of numerous physical and psychological conditions and symptoms. It is estimated that 80% of the world's population use plants as ...
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Topics Covered: Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

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