Naturopathic Medicine and the Mind/Body Connection: How to Help Your Body Heal From Cancer Naturally

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Naturopathic Medicine and the Mind/Body
ConnectionHow to Help Your Body Heal From
Cancer Naturally

• Presented by
• Robert L. Gatis B.Sc., N.D., C.Ht.
• Naturopathic Doctor Certified Bio-Medical
  Hypnotherapist

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QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN PART ONE THE
NATUROPATHIC APPROACH TO PROSTATE CANCER

1. What is Naturopathic Medicine?
2. What is Cancer?
3. What is the Naturopathic approach to prostate
   cancer treatment as compared to the standard
   allopathic approach?

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QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN PART TWOTHE
MIND/BODY CONNECTION AND PROSTATE CANCER

• Does the mind have anything to do with the
  development of prostate cancer?
• What is the difference between the Conscious and
  the Subconscious Minds and what are their roles
  in the healing of prostate cancer?
• Is the body electro-magnetic?
• What are the chakra systems and what are their
  relationship to prostate cancer?
• How do you work with the Subconscious Mind?

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What is Naturopathic Medicine?

• Naturopathic Medicine is a regulated health
  profession that considers the whole person.
  The goal of the Naturopathic Doctor is to address
  the underlying causes of the illness and restore
  normal functioning of the body where possible
  through the use of natural substances and
  treatments that enhance the bodys own natural
  healing abilities.

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What Treatments are Provided by Naturopathic
Doctors?

• Naturopathic Doctors commonly use a combination
  of the following healing modalities to provide
  the patient with an individualized health care
  program
• Nutrition and Supplementation
• Botanical Medicine
• Homeopathy
• Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
• Spinal Manipulation

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• Individual Doctors may have a favourite modality
  or other modalities that are included in the
  practice. I use Applied Kinesiology (Muscle
  Feedback) testing, the REBA testing device and
  PsychoSomatic Energetics (PSE), Bio-Medical
  Hypnosis and ASRT (Assisted Subconsicous
  Repatterning Technique).

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How are Naturopathic Doctors Trained?

• Naturopathic Doctors registered to practice in
  the province of Ontario must complete four years
  of professional training at a recognized College
  of Naturopathic Medicine.
• Pre-admission requirements include a minimum of
  three years of pre-medical studies at the
  university level.
• Training includes the basic medical sciences and
  diagnostics, Naturopathic philosophy and
  therapeutics as well as extensive clinical
  experience a total of 5100 hours.
• All graduating N.D.s must pass rigorous
  provincial examinations set by the
  government-appointed Board regulating the
  profession to be eligible to practice as a
  professional Naturopath in Ontario.

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Do Naturopathic Doctors Perform Examinations?

• Naturopathic Doctors take extensive patient and
  family histories including information about
  the patients diet and exercise habits, emotional
  stressors and exposure to environmental hazards.
• Naturopathic physicians are also trained and
  entitled to perform most physical examinations
  that would be expected of a General Medical
  Practitioner. Relevant screening physical exams
  are conducted when necessary or required by law.

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Do Naturopathic Doctors Use Drugs or Surgery?

• Naturopathic Doctors do not perform major surgery
  or prescribe pharmaceutical drugs. Instead, We
  rely on the use of natural substances and
  conservative therapies to support and stimulate
  healing. We are trained to recognize conditions
  which require conventional medical treatment. In
  these cases, patients are referred to the
  appropriate medical practitioner or to the local
  hospital.

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What Conditions and Illnesses Do Naturopathic
Doctors Treat?

• Virtually all chronic and acute conditions can
  benefit from treatment by a Naturopathic Doctor.
  After diagnosing specific conditions within
  his/her scope of practice and after assessing
  general health indicators, the Naturopathic
  Doctor will initiate an effective and
  individualized treatment program.

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Facts About Prostate Cancer

• It is primarily a disease of aging
• About 80 of all cases occur in men over 65
• By 80 years old, about 80 of all men have
  prostate cancer to some degree
• Tends to be slow growing (doubling in mass every
  6 years)
• There is a higher incidence in men who have a
  first-degree relative with prostate cancer
  African-American men married men men who have
  recurrent prostatic infections or
  sexually-transmitted diseases, and men who have
  taken testosterone.

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What is Cancer?

• Cancer is a term that means abnormal growth of
  new tissue (neoplasm) characterized by the
  uncontrolled growth of cells that have changed in
  structure and orientation, have lost
  differentiation, and have reverted to a more
  primitive form of cell (anaplastic) and tend to
  invade surrounding tissue and to metastasize to
  different body sites.

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What is Cancer (continued)?

• The key words here are abnormal cells,
  changed and uncontrolled. Somehow normal
  cells have been changed into abnormal. Regular
  medicine utilizes the kill or be killed
  mentality i.e., kill the cancer cells before they
  kill you and utilizes chemotherapy/drug
  therapy, hormonal therapy, radiation and surgery
  in order to eradicate these cancer cells.
• The primary functions of the Immune System can be
  categorized as
• 1) Surveillance, Detection and Identification
  of Abnormal cells
• ( by antibodies)
• 2) Removal of Abnormal cells (by white blood
  cells).
• The current pervading medical approach does not
  take into account that the immune system
  identifies and eliminates abnormal,
  potentially-cancerous cells every second of every
  day. I, as a Naturopathic Physician , recognize
  this ability of the immune system and attempt to
  enhance or help the immune system to be able to
  once again identify and remove these abnormal
  cells on its own preferably in a natural or
  more non-invasive way. In certain cancers, it
  may be possible in the future to revert cancer
  cells to normal cells.

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What changes occur in a cancer cell to make it
abnormal?

• Loss of Contact Inhibition
• Potential changes in the polarized molecules
  (e.g., electrolytes, minerals, amino acids)
• DNA alterations
• Viruses (now 40 of our gene material), bacteria
  or fungi
• Toxicities e.g., heavy metals (lead, cadmium,
  mercury), pollutants, electromagnetic radiation
  etc.

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How does a Naturopathic Physician support the
body in its own healing of prostate cancer?

• 1) Modify the Cellular Environment
• It is well-known that the pH of the body
  influences the growth of cells including cancer
  cells. A more alkaline pH (within normal limits)
  is the most advantageous to promote healing.
  This is usually accomplished by manipulating the
  diet i.e., reducing red meat and grain
  consumption in favour of the white meats (fish
  and fowl), and increasing the consumption of
  fresh non-acid fruits and vegetables or through
  the administration of supplements designed for
  this purpose (like Basic Tabs).
• 2) Modify the Diet
• The diet as much as possible should be
• Organic, high in antioxidants, high in
  Zinc, high in Omega -3 fatty acids, low in dairy,
  red meat, alcoholic beverages, coffee, high in
  soya products (which have genistein that retards
  tumor growth),lower in calcium (high levels
  deplete vitamin D)

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Healing of prostate cancer (continued)

• 3) Assess and Modify Digestion and
• Assimilation through the use of
  digestive
• enzymes or herbal preparations
• 4) Assess and Modify Cellular Metabolism
• through the use of supplements
• Does the body have enough co-enzymes
• (vitamins), co-factors (minerals), amino
• acids, trace minerals, essential fatty
  acids?

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Healing of prostate cancer (continued)

• 5) Reduce toxicity
• A) Internally by supporting the organs of
• elimination e.g., liver, kidneys,
  lungs, colon
• (particularly important in prostate
  cancer), skin
• and lymphatics through supplemental or
• herbal support
• B) Externally through the use of lymphatic
• drainage, massage, saunas, colonics,
• acupuncture, reflexology etc.

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Healing of prostate cancer (continued)

• 6) Reduce stress and improve Lifestyle
• parameters through the use of imagery,
  
• meditation, self-hypnosis and NLP to
• mention only a few.

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Prostate-specific Supplements
Vitamins, Minerals,
Amino Acids and Others
Herbs

• Saw palmetto
• Nettles
• Pygeum africanum
• White Korean ginseng
• Maitake mushroom
• Black radish
• Dandelion
• Milk Thistle
• Red Clover
• Buchu
• Carnivora
• Echinacea
• Golden Seal
• Damiana
• Licorice Root
• Gravel Root
• Hydrangea
• Oat Straw
• Parsley Root

Vitamin A Vitamin B6 Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin
E Selenium Zinc Calcium Phosphorous L-Alanine L-G
lutamic Acid L-Cysteine L-Methionine L-Carnitine
(Squalene) Taurine Lycopene Coenzyme Q10 DMG
(Di-methyl glycine) Raw prostate Pumpkin Seed
Oil Flax Seed Oil Glutathionine Colostrum Modified
Citrus Protein Resveratrol Sterol 117 LOM
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Thank you!

• To receive a summary of Part One of this talk and
  free information about my practice, or if you
  have any questions or comments, please email me
  at
• drgatis_at_mindandbodymiracles.com
• Please refer to The Prescription for Nutritional
  Healing (Fourth Edition) by Phyllis A. Balch,
  CNC for a good general coverage of the
  nutritional aspects of treating prostate cancer.