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PANCREATIC ENZYMES
Pancreatic enzymes form the first layer of defense
the body has against cancer. The pancreas secretes digestive
enzymes which assist the bodies natural defenses against cancer
cells.
The cancer cell is coated and protected by a protein lining (or
covering). When this protein covering is removed it leaves the
cancer cell exposed and the body's natural defense Leukocytes
(white blood cells) comes into effect killing the cancer cells. If
the body is unable to penetrate and break down the protein coating
of the cancer cell then the cells will multiply and spread (Metastasise)
around the body and various tumours will form as body attempts to
isolate the cells from spreading.
Therefore it is extremely important we understand the role of
these digestive enzymes in the body. Two enzymes in particular
which are secreted by the pancreas are Trypsin and Chymotrypsin.
These two enzymes have been found to dissolve the protein coating
of the cancer cell allowing the body's defences to kill the cancer
cells.
So it stands to reason that if we use up the bodies reserves of
these two enzymes we will be left defenseless against cancer cells
attacking our body. So it makes sense to supply the body with
further digestive enzymes (or proteolytic enzymes) which eat away
at the protein shell of the cancer cell. Like wise it stands to
reason to eliminate any practices that may use up our reserves of
these digestive enzymes..........
The
last stage of digestion, is probably the most significant for
cancer patients. In this stage pancreatic and other enzymes are
functioning in the intestine and the blood. Taking supplements
takes the load off of the body’s need to expend energy to
produce the enzymes itself, according to Dr. Hector Solorzano,
M.D., Coordinator of the Program for Studies of Alternative
Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology of the University of
Guadalajara in Mexico. He reports:
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enzymes
help expose antigens on the surface of cancer cells, so they
can be recognized as foreign and destroyed by the immune
system.
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circulating
immune complexes (CIC’s), produced when cancerous cells shed
their antigens into the circulation to avoid detection by the
immune system, can be destroyed by pancreatic enzymes.
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pancreatic
enzymes can stimulate natural killer cells, T-cells, and tumor
necrosis factor, all toxic to cancer cells.
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Finally,
Dr. Solorzano reports that by removing the "sticky"
coating found on tumor cells, enzymes reduce the risk of
tumors adhering to other areas of the body and allow the
enzyme to enter the cancer cell during it’s reproductive
phase. Vitamin A increases this effect. (note: the emphasis is
mine. If these points are true, then this is very important to
cancer battlers.
A study published in the journal Pancreas
suggests the effectiveness of pancreatic enzymes against cancer in
mice. This form of nutritional cancer therapy has been used by
Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D. in his medical practice in New York City.
Gonzalez is one of the authors of the study, "Pancreatic
Enzyme Extract Improves Survival in Murine Pancreatic Cancer"
(Pancreas. 2004 May;28(4):401-12).
The study found that mice treated with pancreatic enzymes survived
significantly longer than the control group. Tumors growth in the
enzyme-treated group was significantly slowed compared to the
control group.
In addition, while all mice in the control group showed the
conditions steatorrhea, high glucose in the urine, high levels of
bilirubin, and ketones in the urine at the early stages of tumor
growth, only a few in the treated group showed some of these
abnormalities at the final stage.
Five years ago, a pilot study of human cancer
patients treated by Gonzalez and his associate was published in in
the journal Nutrition and Cancer. From there, Gonzalez received a
$1.4 million federal grant for a Phase III prospective clinical
trial of people with pancreatic cancer. This multi-year study is
ongoing.
This enzyme-based cancer treatment has been written about for
nearly a century. In an article that appeared in the British
Medical Journal in 1906, embyologist John Beard wrote that
pancreatic enzymes are one of the body's defenses against cancer
and would be useful as a cancer treatment. He later wrote a book
entitled The Enzyme Treatment of Cancer A dentist names
William Donald Kelley later expanded on this treatment.
The results of this study are promising because pancreatic cancer
is difficult to treat and has a high mortality rate, due to
difficulties in diagnosis, the aggressive nature of pancreatic
cancer, and the few treatment options available. Pancreatic cancer
is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths following breast
cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer.
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