Health Conditions and Vitamins
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 12:08PM
Team RightWay

What health conditions have a dietary component?

Research has conducted many studies to search for answers. This section is simply a record of their progress and findings to date. Do not use this information without the guidance of a medical professional if you have a life threatening disease. There are no guarantees in living healthy.

CANCER  Most Researchers hold that 35% of cancers have a dietary factor, but could be higher. Up to 80% of cancers may have factors that are controlled by lifestyle and dietary influences. ref (<type in "cancer and vitamins") ref  ref  ref 

Here is the American Cancer Society's view; reference  Very conservative approach, and missing some vital connections. They can't ignore vitamin D anymore. And they are missing some recent updates that they surely are cautiously watching, such as for using the whole family of vitamin E and not just isolated alpha tocopherol, or that synthetic beta carotene is only one of three forms found in vegetables and there are many other carotenoid family members also found in foods, or that there are benefits versus risks to consider with synthetic folic acid and beta carotene. The vitamin criteria link addresses many of these new findings and connects the dots for logical explanations.

Of interest for B Vitamins and Cancer

Cancer cells have large appetites and quickly use up available B vitamins creating a shortage for normal body functions. One of these functions is to aid digestion and assimilation of nutrients such as B vitamins from foods. Thus, with cancer, absorbing food nutrients is compromised. A certain amount of Synthetic B vitamins can be useful here. But, correct dosages are still necessary as evidenced by excess B1 article and the synthetic form of folate, folic acid article, on promoting or feeding tumor growth rates. 

There are many other articles on this website that mention a vitamin or nutrient connection with a disease, such as CoQ10 on Parkinson's and breast cancer, or NADH on Parkinson's,  or SGS on cancer, or B6 on nerves, or Probiotics on digestion and diarrhea, or Mastic Gum on ulcers, or Vitamin K2 on vascular calcification, Vitamin D and Cholesterol on fighting off infections, or Omega 3 and 6 balance on controlling inflammation, plus CoQ10, Omega 3 fish oils, and Acetyl L-Carnitine on early Macular Degeneration, etc.

There are almost to many to mention them all. Some connections are weak and some stronger. Mainstream science has trouble connecting the dots here since the Pharmaceutical Industry has such a strong presence in directing the FDA investigative machinery. Rather than having mainstream medicine and alternative medicine at complete odds with each other, they should be combined to max Public health.

Update on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 9:43AM by Registered CommenterTeam RightWay

Basics of Vitamins on Health

The premise or definition of health often gets muddied. Simply, it is a state when a living organism achieves optimal positive activities from all the elements it needs to satisfy life requirements in an efficient manner.  It is of course possible to survive often quite long periods with less than optimal nutrient amounts due to compensatory body actions. Indeed that is the design and function of the body. But, these compensatory processes eventually get the better of the organism and disease develops.

The cell is the basic unit of life. Everything happens at this level. Breaking apart the needs of the cell begins to show how nutrients and processes coordinate for health. 

Energy production paramount to body vitality

How is energy used by cells

The Problem

Feeding Mitochondria

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