Battling Cancer with Nutrition
Guest Opportunity: Dr. Carl O. Helvie — Longest Known Survivor of Lung Cancer, Experienced Nurse Practitioner and Best-Selling Author of You Can Beat Cancer: Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions & Reducing Your Cancer Risk (A Holistic Approach)
Cancer is a systemic disease with various causes, some of which include a poor diet, toxin exposure, nutrient deficiencies and to some extent genetics. One extremely important way to prevent and/or treat cancer is nutritionally, through eating a nutrient-dense diet full of cancer-fighting foods and avoiding things that are known to increase cancer risk. Where do you start?
What are some Cancer fighting foods?
How can eating right prevent disease?
How does exercise help?
What about treatment options? Early diagnosis? Prevention? Dr. Carl O. Helvie uses his book, Reducing Your Cancer Risk (A Holistic Approach) to elaborate on his insightful journey through the terror of a diagnosis cancer and how getting an early diagnosis can save your life!
Meet Dr Carl O. Helvie, R.N.
He has received a B.S. (NYU), M.S. (U of California), M.P.H. and Dr. P.H. (Johns Hopkins U). Advanced degrees are in public health and wellness. He has over 60 years experience as a nurse practitioner, educator, author and researcher and received national recognitions including the Distinguished Career Award from the American Public Health Association and listings in Wikipedia.
He is author of 10 books, contributor to 3 others, has over 100 peer reviewed articles and presented research papers around the United States and Europe. While in academia he developed a theory of nursing and health that is used internationally and received national funding for and administered a health care program for homeless and low income individuals and families. He has been interviewed on over 200 radio and television shows over the past 6 years.
At age 85 he currently hosts the Holistic Health Show on BBS Radio and is President/CEO of the Carl O Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation. Given 6 months to live with a diagnosis of lung cancer 43 years ago he overcomes it using holistic natural interventions (no chemotherapy, radiation or surgery).
For more info: www.HolisticCancerFoundation.com & www.HolisticHealthShow.com