Prevention of Cancer and Aging

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Prevention of Cancer and Aging

• Daesong Yim, PhD, LAc
• Borealis Herb Acupuncture Clinic
• 1500 Airport Way A
• Fairbanks, AK 99701
• 907-456-2100

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Cancer (tumor)

• Tumor cells are locally invasive the tumor grows
  into the surrounding tissue and destroys it.
• The tumor will eventually metastasize, spreading
  to another site remote from the original tumor
• One out of about every five persons in the US who
  die this year will die of tumors

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Causes

• UV (DNA damage)
• Radiation (DNA damage)
• Virus (HPV, EBV, HBV)
• Bacteria (Helicobacter pylori)
• Genetic factor
• Immune deficiency (aging, nutritional imbalance,
  diseases)
• Free Radical, Carcinogen (DNA damage)

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Cancer Incident Rate
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Cancer Incident Rate

• Four major cancer lung, prostate, breast, and
  colorectum 56
• Breast Cancer 16.3
• Prostate 14.8
• Lung 13.2 (29 cancer death)
• Colorectal 11.6

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Immune Cells

• T cell, Natural Killer cell, B cell, Macrophage,
• Immune cells recognize the antigens on cancer
  cells

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Cancer and Immune function
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Changes in the Aging Immune System

• Cancer incidence
• Infectious disease
• Autoimmune disease
• Decreased Immune response

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Other symptoms

• Hormone imbalance
• Weight loss
• Lost appetite
• Fatigue

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Risk Factors

• Smoking (30 of death due to cancer)
• Genetic factor (Family history 2-3 times cancer
  incident rate)
• Electromagnetic wave (twice cancer rate)
• No fish (2-3 times prostate cancer)
• Barbequed meat (stomach cancer 3 times, colon
  cancer 2 times, breast cancer 4.6 x)
• Insufficient vegetable intake, less than 1.5
  serving a day (colon cancer 1.5 times)
• Overweight (increase 50 pancreas cancer, breast
  cancer 1.9 times)

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Risk Factors

• Sugar consumption (1.5 X colon cancer)
• Dairy products (over 1 cup of Milk a day
  increases 44 ovarian cancer, over 2.5 cups/day
  50 prostate cancer)
• Alcohol (Men 21 drinks/week, Women 10 drink)
• Fried food (1.6 times Lung cancer)

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Factors for Cancer Prevention

• Multivitamin (75 reducing colon cancer risk)
• Water (2.5 liter/day 49 bladder cancer)
• Selenium (200 mg/day) reduces death rate due to
  cancer 50
• Fish
• Cabbage, broccolis, Kale
• Soy (70 prostate cancer)
• Zinc (50 reducing cancer risk)
• Exercise (40-50)

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Factors for Cancer Prevention

• Vegetable (50 colon, prostate cancer)
• Vitamin E (30 bladder, prostate)
• Green Tea (3 cups/day, Green tea extract 300 mg,
  30 cancer incident rate)
• Garlic (20 g/week, 5 cloves 40 cancer)
• Olive oil (1 Tsp/day, 25 breast cancer)
• Wine (1-13 glass/week, 20)
• Whole grain (brown rice, rye, 15)
• Fruits (15 reduces cancer incident rate)

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Prevention Exams

• After age 40 Mammogram (once/year)
• After age 50 Prostate exam (once/year)
• After age 50 Colonscopy (once/5 years)
• Pep smear (once/ 5 years)

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Herbs used in Immune modulation

• Ginseng
• Astragalus
• Cordyceps
• Echinacea
• Eleutherococcus

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Food suggested for prevention of Cancer
Take at least 10 servings of vegetables from each
group
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• Probiotics
• Gingko biloba
• Breast cancer avoid charred meat, Fish (Omega
  3), Soy (antioxident, phyto-estrogen, inhibit
  cancer growth)
• Prostate cancer More vegetable, Less meat, avoid
  cigarettes alcohol, lycopene, Tomato, Olive
  Oil, Soy been, Omega 3 oil
• Positive thinking

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Lifestyle practices associated with higher
Natural killer cell activity

• Non-Smoking
• Increase intake of green and vegan diet
• Regular meals
• Maintenance of proper body weight
• Adequate sleep
• Adequate exercise

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Treatments for cancer

• Surgery
• Radiation therapy
• chemotherapy

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Oriental medicines for Cancer

• Mushrooms (Reishi, Maitake, Shitake, Turkey
  tail), Jobs-tears seed, American ginseng, Cats
  claw
• Prevention of side effects of chemotherapy
  (Astragalus, Reishi, Cordycept, Licorice, Ginger)

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Natural treatments

• Mushrooms Reishi, Turkey tail, (beta-glucan)

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Natural treatment

• Quercetin (onion) interfere cell division of
  cancer cells
• Curcumin (turmeric) Arthritis, inhibit cancer
  growth, Alzheimers dz
• Modified citrus pectin inhibit growth of
  prostate, breast skin cancer
• Ip6 (phytate) hull of grain seed, antioxidant,
  chelator
• Skin protection (Aloe)
• Ginger

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Free Radical Theory and Aging (O2- )

• Toxic forms of oxygen molecules
• Environment sunlight, X ray, radiation,
  chemicals, pollutants
• Foods fried, barbecued, charbroiled foods,
  alcohol, smoking
• Damage on DNA, cell membrane, protein
• Result in atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimers
  disease, cataracts, osteoarthritis, immune
  deficiency

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Antioxidants

• Resveratrol (red grape) protect cells from
  carcinogens
• Omega 3 oil (DHA, EPA) anti-inflammation,
  hypertension, PMS
• Hesperidin (citrus) blood vessel, cholesterol

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Lycopene (Gac (baby jack fruit, sweat gourd),
tomato, Wolf berry (lycium)) prostate cancer
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• Ginko biloba Alzheimers disease, glaucoma,
  enhance memory

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Anthocyanidins (pepper) minimize cancer-induced
DNA damage, diabetes, inflammation
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Catechin (Green Tea) protect cells from
free-radical. Inhibit cancer growth, anti-cancer,
protect skin blood vessel
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Nutraceutical

• The term "nutraceutical" was coined from
  "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical"
• nutraceutical can be defined as, "a food (or part
  of a food) that provides medical or health
  benefits, including the prevention and/or
  treatment of a disease.

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1 serving 1 cup of cooked vegetables or
vegetable juice, 1 cup of chopped raw vegetables
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Amount of vegetables to get enough active
ingredients
1 milk 2 cups (calcium) White bread 21 slices
(magnecium) Walnut 4 cups (Zinc) Green pea
27 cups (selenium) Corn oil 6.5 cups (Vitamin
E) Orange 7 (Vitamin C) Chicken breast 9
pieces (Vit B6) Green Tea 4 cups
(Catechin) Apple 10 (Copper) Peanut butter 10
tbs (Vit B3) Rice 9 cups (Vit B1) Mango 25 cups
(Mn) Asparagus 65 cups (pantothenic
acid) Romanian lettuce 8 cups (folic
acid) Brussels sprout 9 cups (beta-carotene) Cott
age cheese 11 cups (Vit B2) Cheddar cheese 59
slices (Vit D) Spinach 210 Ib (bioflavonoid)
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Zinc
Multivamin Copper
Green tea extract Chromium
Quecetin Alpa-lipoic acid
CoQ10 Grapeseed extract Omega
3 Soy isoflavonoid Carotene Vitamin E
complex Vitamin C complex Ca/Mg Selenium Bioflavon
oid
Supplement Alternative way to take phytochemicals
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Multivitamins can prevent diseases for adult (The
Journal of the American Medical Association, June
19, 2002)
Supplementwatch.com SupplementWatch, Inc is a
self-funded, privately held corporation
consisting of a small group of scientists. Each
supplement is given a score from 0-100, which
serves as that supplement's overall rating. Only
those supplements with an overall rating of 80 or
better are deemed promising and are given
"Recommended Brand" status.
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Recommendation Choose natural vitamins
Choose best quality Consult with practioners
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Oriental Medicine Theory

• Yin Yang Theory
• Five element
• Ba Gua
• Body constitution
• Zhang Fu (Organs)
• Channel theory
• Meridian clock

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Oriental Medicine

• Building up the system so that it can naturally
  overcome the cancer

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Balance and Harmony
Qi (vital energy)
Yin
Yang
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Water
Fire
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Mind
Body
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Oriental philosophy for health
5 elements Feng Shui Health
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Acupuncture Oriental Medicine
Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle", and
pungere, "to prick") is a technique of inserting
and manipulating fine needles into specific
points on the body with the aim of relieving pain
and for therapeutic purposes.
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Disorders of the Bones, Muscles, Joints and
Nervous System such as arthritis, neuralgia,
migraine headaches, insomnia, dizziness and low
back, neck and shoulder pain.
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Gynecological Disorders such as irregular, heavy,
or painful menstruation, infertility in women
and men, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and
menopause syndrome. Gastrointestinal
Disorder including food allergies, peptic ulcer,
constipation, chronic diarrhea, indigestion,
gastrointestinal weakness, anorexia and
gastritis. Circulatory Disorders such as
hypertension, angina pectoris, arteriosclerosis
and anemia. Urogenital Disorders stress
incontinence, urinary tract infections, and
sexual dysfunction.
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Respiratory Disorders including emphysema,
sinusitis, asthma, allergies and bronchitis,
strengthen immune system Emotional and
Psychological Disorders including depression and
anxiety. Alcohol, nicotine and drug
addictions Facial Rejuvenation acne, skin
trouble, wrinkles, eczema
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Thank you
Borealis Herb Acupuncture Clinic