| If you someday become diagnosed with skin cancer | | | | studies have shown some evidence to collaborate |
| and survive, one of the most worrisome issues you | | | | this belief, that if you use other treatments alongside |
| will face will be preventing a recurrence of the | | | | the standard medical procedures there are potentially |
| cancer. After successful treatment, your doctor will | | | | better outcomes. Nutrition is believed to be a big |
| continue to schedule regular follow-up appointments | | | | factor in recovery. |
| to ensure that you remain skin cancer-free. Even | | | | Research shows that using proteins, antioxidants and |
| regular medical attention is no substitute for | | | | folic acid that are found in a variety of foods, |
| exercising good skin care habits. | | | | including fish, carrots and broccoli, a person is able to |
| First, make sure to avoid any kind of prolonged | | | | potentially protect their body from further damage |
| exposure to the sun. This means that you should | | | | by the cancer cells. Vitamin C is also thought to be a |
| avoid the prime daylight hours of ten in the morning | | | | very useful fighter when is comes to skin cancer and |
| to two in the afternoon. If you must be out, always | | | | its potential spread. |
| wear an appropriate sun block, and avoid direct | | | | Green Tea |
| exposure to the sun by wearing long-sleeved shirts, | | | | Some people faced with the worries of skin cancer |
| wide-brimmed hats, and light colors that help reflect | | | | choose to get the advice of health care providers |
| the sun away from your body. Most importantly, to | | | | who practice medicine differently like naturopathic |
| prevent a recurrence of skin cancer, you must | | | | doctors. Often their advice is on what herbs can be |
| conduct regular self-examinations, and consult your | | | | used to treat the cancer. They' tell you that green |
| doctor immediately if you note any discolorations or | | | | tea is believed by many to be a healthy drink |
| suspicious moles or lesions. | | | | because it contains polyphenois compounds. These |
| But, that is not always enough and sometimes the | | | | are very storing antioxidants. |
| unthinkable happens. So, if you are diagnosed with | | | | There is research to support this and studies have |
| skin cancer you should know what your alternatives | | | | shown that polyphenois may not only prevent skin |
| are. | | | | cancer but may play an important role in the |
| The most important objective in skin cancer | | | | treatment of diminishing skin growths. Some |
| treatment is to eliminate the growth and then contain | | | | treatments suggest unusual action be taken like |
| the spread of the cancer. There are many | | | | coffee enemas several times daily or castor oil |
| alternatives that will be used depending on what the | | | | intake, or restricting calories while eating lots of fruit |
| diagnosis is. | | | | and vegetables. |
| Kaposi's sarcoma is very serious and must be treated | | | | Other studies have shown that a certain enzyme |
| by the use of chemotherapy. | | | | that is found in a variety of foods; including, but not |
| Melanoma, if it has spread, which is one of the | | | | limited to broccoli, cauliflower, celery and cabbage are |
| dangers of this type of skin cancer, will be treated | | | | very beneficial. The enzyme those vegetables contain |
| the same way once the initial growth has been | | | | is called indoles. Indoles and lectins, found in beans, |
| removed. | | | | are a powerful combination against cancer growth. |
| If Paget's disease is the type of skin cancer that | | | | Although still in the experimental stages of research, |
| must be treated then a mastectomy is likely the only | | | | with the high success rates of their experiments |
| alternative. | | | | there is good reason to hope that eating foods high |
| Nutrition | | | | in these enzymes will be helpful in the fight against |
| What about other alternatives to ensure that there | | | | cancer. |
| will not be a reoccurrence? Some people believe, and | | | | |