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| see Resources) and specify a dose of 1 to 2 tablets daily, not to exceed 50 mg of total zinc per day. Whole food supplements are those that are produced by a natural growth process using yeast. Supplements created in this way have less potential for toxicity or side effects such as nausea. |
| Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) |
| Among health care practitioners, the treatment of cardiovascular disease with CoQ10 has become well established in Japan and in the United States. In fact, I consider CoQ10 to be one of the top five supplements for any type of heart disease. I have seen it make a dramatic difference time and time again. The use of CoQ10 for cancer patients is relatively new, but some studies demonstrate that its use in cancer therapies is warranted. |
| In a clinical protocol, thirty-two patients with high-risk breast cancer were treated with antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and 90 mg of CoQ10. Six of the thirty-two patients showed tumor regression. In one of these six patients the dosage of CoQ10 was increased to 390 mg. In one month, that patient's tumor was no longer palpable; in another month, mammography confirmed the absence of the tumor. Encouraged, another case of verified breast cancer, after nonradical surgery and with verified residual tumor within the tumor bed, was then treated with 300 mg CoQ10. After three months, the patient was in excellent clinical condition and there was no residual rumor tissue. The bioenergetic activity of CoQ10, expressed as hematological or immunological activity, may be dominant but not the sole molecular mechanism causing the regression of breast cancer. 62 |
| CoQ10 enhances the removal of foreign material twice as fast among individuals using the supplement as compared to those who do not. This is particularly important for people with cancer because toxin removal is crucial to healing. Remember, cancer itself causes toxins to accumulate, but chemo and radiation cause even more stress to the detoxifying systems of the body. Animals treated with CoQ10 developed tumors 31 percent slower than nontreated animals. Further, mice that had been inoculated with cancer and treated with CoQ10 had more than double the life span of mice not given the CoQ10.63 |
| CoQ10 is recommended for anyone with cancer who is on the chemotherapeutic drug Adriamycin. Adriamycin depletes CoQ10 levels in the heart |
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