The Vegan Lifestyle

Is surviving mesothelioma through alternative treatments possible? How long can the patient stay alive before its recurrence?

These are the questions most doctors and patients are asking after some individuals who had mesothelioma had survived this rare disease through alternative treatments.

What is mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that invades the mesothelium, the membrane that covers and protects most internal organs of the body. It is composed of 2 layers: the first, directly covers the organs, and the other, forms sacs around it. Between these layers, the mesothelium produces a lubricating fluid that helps to safely cushion the organs from adjacent structures such as during the beating of the heart and the expanding and contraction of the lungs.

Mesothelium has many names depending on its location in the body. It is called pericardium in the heart, pleura in the lungs, and peritoneum in the organs that are in the abdominal cavity.

The major risk factor that causes mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos. There are different kinds of asbestos, with the white asbestos or Chrysotile as the mesothelioma asbestos being the most widely used asbestos in industry. Men are more susceptible than women, and the risk becomes higher in the older age group, although there are some incidences that show that children are affected too.

The standard or conventional treatment of mesothelioma is by surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. The recovery from this treatment is minimal, and the recurrence of the disease is high, besides being abnormally exposed to highly toxic medicines used in chemotherapy.

Some patients of mesothelioma recovered without any medication at all. It was found that these individuals were healthy and have healthy lifestyle. This leads to the belief that a strong immune system could possibly ward off mesothelioma and other forms of cancer.

Indeed, a strong immune system can protect the body from a host of diseases including cancer. Proper nutrition, healthy lifestyle, and positive mental attitude can greatly boost the immune system. Eating fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables supplies the body with all the carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals for a healthy body.

Diseases, such as mesothelioma has no place in a healthy immune system. The phytonutrients from fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables protect the body from many diseases. In the onslaught of diseases, herbs and other alternative treatments are more reliable than conventional treatment as proven by some patients of mesothelioma cancer that are still alive after more than a decade from their mesothelioma prognosis. The use of alternative medicine such as Ukrain, Iscador, Astragalus, vitamin C, and the use of ozone therapy has proven very effective in the treatment of mesothelioma and other forms of cancer.

Today, I have a nutritious raw vegetable salad for my breakfast. It was a mixture of bitter gourd, radish, cayenne leaves, okra, peppermint leaves, and gotu kola leaves garnished with calamansi (lemon) juice, and a pinch of salt to taste. All these vegetables and herbs I took fresh from our garden and flower pots.

You may wonder why from flower pots. Here at home, we plant our vegetables in flower pots. It is practical, and very economical than planting flowering plants on it. We do have flowering plants and orchids too, but we plant more vegetables for our daily consumption. Besides being practical and economical, it is safe and healthful too being free of toxic chemicals from fertilizers, insecticides, and pesticides.

Passers-by are amazed to see our concrete fence decorated with flower pots planted with vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplants, lemon, cayenne, bell peppers, okra, pechay, radish, and lemon grass. At our front yard we have a small uncemented space where we plant cucumber, bitter gourd (ampalaya), and sweet potato. All around the house, we planted horse radish and sweet potato. Our neighbors and visitors liked them, and they are  interested to plant vegetables on flower pots at  their homes too.

We also planted herbs on flower pots. We planted gotu kola, peppermint, oregano, and turmeric. We planted gotu kola outside our concrete fence for passers-by and neighbors who would like to ask for it. It thrives very well and more people ask and took some for the treatment of some ailments. One lady ask and took almost a sackful of gotu kola leaves. She said she uses it as tea to treat her husband who was schedule for heart by-pass operation.

Our vegetables and herbs at home are all organic. We use black sandy loam soil, and put organic fertilizer from vermi worms. We also use decomposed leaves as fertilizer for our vegetables. We do not use insecticides or pesticides to treat our plants. We make our own insecticide which we learn from a book about organic plants.

Our vegetables, herbs, and other plants grow very well, and their leaves are deep green. We ensure that they get much sunlight, and from time to time, we water them with rice washings. We do not over water them to avoid erosion of soil and fertilizer.

Planting vegetables on flower pots is very economical, and is not space-consuming. You can use the black trash bags as pots, or if you can afford, you can use flower pots made of clay. There is no problem with plants that grow tall – our eggplants, okra, and tomatoes grew tall and bear much fruits. Support them with sticks when they grow tall, or bear fruits to prevent them from falling or breaking.

Maximize your backyard space at home. Plant your vegetables on flower pots, and go organic. Save more money, and be healthy by consuming your own vegetables and herbs that are free from pesticides and other toxic chemicals.