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Title: COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE and NUTRITION An oncologist


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COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINEand
NUTRITIONAn oncologists perspective
  • Rob Rutledge MD FRCPC

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MAIN POINTS
  • Balance the rationale and intuition
  • Tell your doctor what your doing
  • Dont forego proven treatments
  • Find peace with your approach

3
PREVALENCE OF CAM
  • General population - 46 at some time
  • Breast cancer patients - 23
  • 27 billion annually
  • Most common - herbals, megavitamins

4
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
  • Scientific method relies on proof
  • Clinical trials
  • Documentation of toxicity
  • Doctor as therapist / consultant
  • Risks vs. benefits
  • Breast cancer - higher cure rates

5
QUALITY OF EVIDENCE
  • DOES THE TREATMENT WORK?
  • Randomized trials
  • Comparison groups
  • Case series
  • Phase 1 - experimental
  • Case reports
  • Other

6
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
  • Time / financial restraints
  • Lacks a fully holistic approach
  • Will incorporate proven therapy
  • Limited understanding

7
WHAT IS CAM?
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Covers many healing philosophies, approaches and
    therapies
  • Treatment / practices not taught or used in
    conventional medicine
  • Holistic - includes physical, mental, emotional
    and spiritual
  • Consistent with physiology?

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CLASSIFICATION OF CAM
  • 1) Mind-body - yoga, psychotherapy, imagery,
    spiritual healing
  • 2) Alternative system - oriental, indigenous,
    homeopathy, acupuncture
  • 3) Lifestyle and disease prevention
  • 4) Biologicals - herbs, phytotherapy, diets,
    nutrients, products

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CLASSIFICATION OF CAM
  • 5) Manipulative / body-based chiropractic,
    massage, breathing
  • 6) Biofield - therapeutic touch
  • 7) Bioelectromagnetics

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NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
  • Emphasis of strengthening bodys ability to fight
    off cancer cells
  • Cancer forms as a result of bodys inability to
    heal itself, ie. strengthen immune system to
    fight cancer
  • Eg. toxins and lack of needed rest, exercises and
    diet
  • Holistic view - stress, lifestyle, etc
  • Use herbs, vitamins, etc

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HOW TO FIND OUT MORE
  • Ask your doctor??
  • Go to the library
  • National Institute of Health
  • http//nccam.nih.gov
  • Network

12
DISADVANTAGES OF CAM
  • Expensive
  • Often unproven / false claims
  • Toxicities unknown
  • Beware of your nutrition
  • Safety / poorly regulated
  • New DIN number on all packaging
  • Guilt

13
ADVANTAGES OF CAM
  • Practitioner gives more time
  • Attention to emotional/spiritual
  • Patient involvement and choice
  • Touch
  • Hope

14
WHAT TO ASK YOUR CAM PRACTITIONER
  • Credentials of practitioner/school
  • Evidence of benefits of treatment
  • (Be wary of the cure-all)
  • Toxicity of treatment - documented?
  • Benefit vs risks?
  • What is the total cost?

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DOES CAM WORK?
  • Improves overall well-being, pain, nausea etc.
  • No proof of increased cures
  • Shark cartilage - 3000/ 3 months
  • National Institute of health - research
  • There is always hope

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SUMMARY OF CAM
  • Research and listen to your heart
  • Tell your doctor
  • Find a peaceful approach

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THE ROLE OF NUTRITION
  • Consult a professional nutritionist
  • Health Canada and recent data

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MAIN POINTS
  • Eating is meant to be pleasurable
  • Maintain a balanced diet
  • Decrease the fat to less than 20 of caloric
    intake
  • Increase fiber greater than 30g
  • Exercise and maintain healthy weight
  • Find a happy balance for you

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WHY NUTRITION IS IMPORTANT
  • Toxins in the diet can help cause cancer or make
    further changes to cancer cells
  • Certain nutrients can prevent damage to the cell
  • Good nutrition fuels the bodys immune system and
    improves overall health

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DOES A POOR DIETCAUSE CANCER?
  • Multiple factors contribute to developing cancer
    cells
  • Lab tests - cancer cells grow faster on fatty
    diets
  • High fat, low fruits/vegetables is bad
  • People with healthy diets also get cancer

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THE HEALTHY EATING PLAN
  • Variety from each food group each day
  • Choose lower-fat foods more often
  • Grains (5 servings) - wheat, oats, rye, rice,
    barley, millet, tapioca and buckwheat
  • Vegetables/Fruit (5-10 servings)

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THE HEALTHY EATING PLAN
  • Choose more often dark green or orange veggies
    and orange fruit
  • Milk products (3 servings) - lower fat
  • Meat/Alternatives (2-3 servings)
  • Choose leaner meats, poultry, and fish and dried
    peas, beans and lentils

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YOUR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
  • Energy, protein and vitamins/ minerals
  • Supplements
  • Fluids - 8 cups per day
  • Fiber - 30g daily - legumes, fruits, vegetables,
    whole grains, nuts and seeds
  • Fat - 20 of food energy 45-65g total fat

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THE FAT ISSUE
  • Polyunsaturated fats are good
  • vegetable oils (other than coconut and palm),
  • seeds and nuts,
  • fatty fishes such as salmon, trout, mackerel
  • Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids are poly-unsaturates
    that our body cant make
  • Omega 3 found in flaxseed, canola and soybeans,
    fatty fish and wheatgerm

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HOW TO LOWER FAT INTAKE
  • Prepare foods in ways that use less fat
  • Limit the amount of fat put on foods
  • Choose lower-fat forms of foods
  • Shop better - read the labels
  • Choose less saturated fats (lt5 of calories) and
    more monounsaturated fats, ie, vegetable oils
    (canola, peanut, olive oils), nuts like almonds,
    hazelnuts and macadamia nuts

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THE VEGETARIAN ALTERNATIVE
  • Lower in fat and higher in fiber
  • With milk products - watch iron intake
  • If vegan (no animal products) - watch
    your intake of protein, calcium, zinc and vitamin
    B12
  • Takes time and planning

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GOOD FOOD / BAD FOOD
  • Oxidants - fat, smoking, lack of exercise ...
    damage the cells control center
  • Anti-oxidants prevent damage
  • Phytochemicals (from plants)
  • apples and onions and red wine
  • Isoflavones, ie, soy and genestein
  • Nutrients - vitamin A, C, E, beta carotene,
    selenium

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SUGGESTED ANTIOXIDANTS
  • Vitamin D 400ug / day
  • Folic acid
  • Selenium 200 ug / day
  • (calcium for everyone)

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NUTRITION SUMMARY
  • Effective way to improve our health
  • Do your research
  • Enjoy - let food be a source of joy
  • Questions

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  • Canadas physical activity guide 1888-334-9769
  • Olive oil and canola are best as higher
    monounsaturates
  • Omega 3 two to three servings per week.
  • Supplements dont take more than upper limit
    and watch whats in your diet as well
  • Ca /vit D for everyone
  • Quack watch then medline
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