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Detoxification & Healing Cancer and Other Illness (15)
On Zeolites & “Natural Cellular Defense”
as a Cancer Treatment and Potent Detoxifier
Cancer Prevention via Heavy Metals Detoxification?
Zeolites
A natural detoxifier & possible major cancer breakthrough?
by Healing Cancer Naturally © 2006
I recently learned about zeolites, a family of naturally occurring hydrated aluminosilicate minerals (see introduction and zeolite glossary definition) and a promising product called "Natural Cellular Defense" derived from them which is being endorsed and/or
favorably reviewed by both Dr. Gabriel Cousens and Mike Adams (the latter of newstarget.com), two men whose work in the alternative health field I much respect. This is why I am including here one of
Dr. Cousens’ detailed articles on the subject so you may get an impression and form your own opinion.
Zeolites Natural Cellular Defense cancer treatment
Product Review by Gabriel Cousens M.D., M.D.(H)
Tree of Life Foundation
Toxins poison our air, our water, our food, and our bodies. According to the EPA, 70,000 chemicals are used commercially in the
U.S., 65,000 of which are potentially hazardous to our health. The Environmental Defense Council reports that more than four billion pounds of toxic chemicals are released into the environment each
year, including 72 million pounds of known carcinogens.
Cancer fatalities account for approximately 12 percent of all deaths worldwide each year. Across the globe, 10.9 million people are
diagnosed with cancer annually and 6.7 million die because of it. According to the World Health Organization, global cancer rates could increase by 50 percent in the next 15 years. The U.S. ranks in the top
three countries with the highest cancer rate in both men and women.
The toxic onslaught doesn’t stop with carcinogens. A joint study by Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Commonweal, and the Environmental
Working Group in 2003 identified a total of 167 hazardous compounds in the blood and urine of American adults (with an average of 91 per person tested), including 76 known to cause
cancer, 94 that are toxic to the nervous system, 82 that damage the lungs, 86 that affect hormone function, and 79 that cause birth defects. A study by the Environmental Working Group in 2004 found
a total of 287 industrial chemicals in babies’ umbilical-cord blood, including 180 known to cause cancer, 217 that are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 that cause birth or developmental defects in animals.
As many as 25 percent of Americans are estimated to suffer from some degree of heavy metal poisoning, particularly from mercury,
lead, cadmium, and arsenic. We are also exposed to a significant amount of radiation and increasing viral attacks. Our immune systems are further compromised by poor nutrition and unhealthy
lifestyles, and most of us suffer from an excessively acidic pH level, which creates an internal environment in which cancer – as well as viral, bacterial, and fungal infections – can thrive.
In my work to develop a detoxification system for prospective mothers to enable them to bring non-toxic babies into the world, I
have searched for a simple, natural remedy that could serve as a practical antidote for toxicity. Recently, I learned about zeolite, a naturally occurring, negatively charged mineral, with a unique
crystalline structure. Zeolite is formed from the fusion of volcanic lava and ocean water, and combines the four elements – air, earth, water, and fire. It has been used for 800 years throughout Asia as a
traditional remedy to promote overall health and well-being, and for 30 years in the U.S. in animal feed. It has also undergone 13 years of pharmaceutical research in the U.S. with humans. Zeolite is included
on the Food and Drug Administration’s GRAS list (generally recognized as safe) and thus is considered to be “completely safe.”
A biochemist from a small pharmaceutical company in Ohio researched and purified zeolite, was amazed by its potential, and was
granted a patent (U.S. #6,288,045). That patent is now held by Rik J. Deitsch, a nutritional and research biochemist, who leases it to Waiora, the company that markets purified zeolite as Natural Cellular Defense.
Zeolite may well be one of the most potent natural preventatives and treatments for cancer ever discovered. LifeLink Pharmaceuticals
recently completed a preliminary, 14-month, open-label study of 65 level-four, terminal-stage cancer patients. These people had various types of cancer, and all of them had been sent home to die. After
taking purified zeolite, 51 of them (78 percent) experienced complete remission, which means that their cancer disappeared. This preliminary research suggests that purified and activated zeolite may
be effective in treating all forms of cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma.*
Zeolite’s mechanism of action against cancer cells is unique and unlike that of any other substance I have studied. Theoretically, it has
the rare ability to take in a tremendous amount of positively charged toxins, indirectly neutralizing their effect in causing cancer. In the process, the zeolite develops a slight positive charge. It is then
attracted to and pulled right into the negatively charged membrane of the cancer cell. When the zeolite moves inside the cancer cell, the cell’s P21 gene is activated. This gene acts as a tumor suppressor
through its ability to control cell-cycle progression. The activation of P21 appears to halt the growth of tumors by directly suppressing growth signals.
During in-vitro studies using zeolite, all cancer cells tested were destroyed within 72 hours (LifeLink Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Patent
#6288045, 2001). This is a claim that cannot be made about any other substance. However, because it is still in the preliminary research phase, it is too soon to declare that zeolite is a cure for cancer.
What we can say is that zeolite has a chelation-like effect in removing heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, and other positively charged
toxins from the system. Zeolite’s negatively charged crystalline structure is what makes this possible. Its crystals act as “cages,” inside of which are positive ions. These positive ions switch places
with positively charged toxins in the body, tightly bind them, and excrete them completely. One of the benefits of binding toxins in this manner is that they are 100 percent excreted. Heavy metals,
pesticides, and herbicides all leave the system; they do not get deposited elsewhere in the body. Forty percent of zeolite binds heavy metals in the gastrointestinal tract, and 60 percent binds toxins in the
bloodstream and at the cellular level. Zeolite’s binding power was proven during the Chernobyl disaster, when tons of it were used to remove radioactive cesium and strontium-90 before they
contaminated local water systems. Acting primarily as a chelator, zeolite trapped these radioactive minerals within its crystalline cage structure. [Note by Healing Cancer Naturally: Apparently, the mineral
clinoptilolite, a common member of the zeolite family, was used in Chernobyl, see clinoptilolite definition.]
Zeolite appears to remove toxins from the body in a hierarchical order. It first acts strongly to remove lead, mercury, cadmium, and
arsenic. This first phase may take one to four weeks or longer. Zeolite then removes second-priority toxins, including pesticides, herbicides, and plastics. Zeolite appears to increase the rate of
glucuronization in the liver, activating phase II of the glucuronidase function. This in turn removes pesticides, herbicides, and xeno-estrogens from the body, releasing them through the urine.
Interestingly, it also appears to neutralize the aflatoxin poison.
A third function of zeolite is to trap pre-virus components, preventing the replication of viruses and their ability to make us sick. In this
way, zeolite may play an important role as a broad-spectrum anti-viral. Viruses are produced in parts as on a production line, at the end of which the virus is fully constructed. Zeolite absorbs viral
parts into the pores of the mirconized zeolite aggregates (not into the chelating-like cages described above). This explains why zeolite seems to block the development of many viral infections, including
herpes virus 1, coxsachie virus B-5, ecco-virus 7, and adeno virus 5. Forty anecdotal cases of herpes zoster have reportedly been cured, with sufferers becoming pain-free in one to three days after
beginning to take zeolite. Anecdotal testimony also reports that it is effective in alleviating or curing the flu, colds, hepatitis C, viral or heavy-metal induced multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Zeolite’s effect as an anti-viral appears to be a preventative function that builds up over time, beginning after approximately four to six weeks of use, when heavy metals, pesticides, and herbicides have
been mostly eliminated. There is anecdotal evidence, however, that in some cases its anti-viral effect seems to be immediate.
Zeolite also is a unique antioxidant. A traditional antioxidant works by absorbing excess free radicals into its system because it has an
unpaired electron. In contrast, zeolite traps free radicals in its complex structure, inactivating and eliminating them. In this way, it acts as a complement to traditional antioxidants.
In addition, zeolite buffers the system towards slight alkalinity by establishing pH levels of 7.35 to 7.45, which is the optimum pH for
the human body. The body’s pH level influences both immunity and brain function. An acid blood pH (7.34 or lower) creates a precondition for cancer. In an acid environment, brain cell function
can also be impaired, causing depression, anxiety, stupor, paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, or even psychosis.
Zeolite also appears to balance the immune system, either up- or down-regulating it as needed. Although the precise mechanism for
this is not entirely understood, this function is clearly very important in a world in which most people’s immune systems are seriously compromised.
Because zeolite so powerfully removes various types of toxins from the body, it naturally increases energy and well-being. Users report
improvements in mental clarity and a sense of peace, wellness, and happiness. These are what we term positive secondary effects. For example, clearing out heavy metals allows the body’s magnesium
stores to work efficiently with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the biological source of energy in the body. When this interaction is occurring optimally, people have more energy and experience greater
well-being. One study has demonstrated that zeolite also appears to increase serotonin level, which is known to help alleviate some forms of depression.
Zeolite shows promise as an effective detoxifier for women who plan to become pregnant. Recently, at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation
Center, it was added to the protocol for the 10-day detoxification program for prospective mothers. In two women who just completed the program, toxins in their breast tissue dropped significantly – from
12 in one and 13 in the other to only two – in seven days. Toxins in their liver and brain tissue also dropped to an average of only two.
Based on centuries of use in Asia and anecdotal accounts of its use by pregnant women, zeolite appears to be safe even for women who are
pregnant or breastfeeding. However, its safe use in pregnancy has not been tested in double-blind studies, and no claims for safe use in pregnancy can be made.
Zeolite is commercially available in a purified and activated form, in the product Natural Cellular Defense. There are no reports of side
effects, except one: because of its natural action to absorb water, zeolite can cause dehydration. It is therefore important to drink sufficient water (approximately eight glasses a day) both before and
while taking Natural Cellular Defense to ensure adequate hydration.
There is only one contraindication: Natural Cellular Defense is contraindicated for anyone taking a medication containing heavy
metals, such as lithium, or containing platinum, which is found in some cancer medications. Before taking Natural Cellular Defense, check with your doctor to determine if your medication contains heavy metals or platinum.
Dosage: Natural Cellular Defense is a clear, tasteless, and odorless liquid. The general adult dosage is 10 drops three times a day. It can
be taken with or away from meals. As a support for cancer prevention or as an addition to a cancer treatment program, 15 drops three to four times a day is recommended. Zeolite remains active in
the body for five to seven hours, and then needs to be replenished. After four to six weeks of use (at 10 drops three times a day), a maintenance dosage of three to five drops three times a day can be
taken, with the amount increased if ever there is a viral, chemical, or other exposure. Children can be given two drops, three times a day, as a general dose.
Higher doses of 15 drops, three times a day, require about four bottles a month. Doses of 10 drops, three times a day, require about
three bottles a month. And the maintenance dosage of three drops, three times a day, requires one bottle a month.
Gabriel Cousens
* Note by H
ealing Cancer Naturally: In September 2007, a visitor sent in the following comment: “I thought I would give you some information that I recieved from the
source of NCD zeolite. While it is indeed, a great product, the study you refer to from LifeLink Pharmaceuticals about the 65 stage IV cancer [patients] never happened.
The story was fabricated by someone who had a profit motive, no one knows who but this story has taken off and is on thousands of weblinks. It's a great story but it really
needs to be eliminated because it's not true. The above statements are based on my opinion.”
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Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D. (H), has been a holistic physician since 1973. A diplomate
of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and of Ayurveda, he is the director of the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona, and the author of four widely
read books: Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life; Conscious Eating; Depression-Free for Life: A Physician’s All-Natural, 5-Step Plan; and Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine.
Another article by Dr. Gabriel Cousens featured on Healing Cancer Naturally is Light: Eating the wild electron: Sunlight as the ultimate biological nutrient.
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Clinoptilolite
from © 1994-2000 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
A hydrated alkali aluminosilicate that is one of the most abundant minerals in the
zeolite family. Its structure consists of an outer framework of silica and alumina tetrahedra, within which water molecules and exchangeable cations (e.g., calcium,
potassium, sodium) migrate freely. Although clinoptilolite's chemical formula varies with composition, a typical representation is given by (Na2,K2,Ca)3Al6Si30O7224H2O.
Clinoptilolite's structure closely resembles that of heulandite, another zeolite mineral, but contains a higher proportion of silica and alkalies. Clinoptilolite is somewhat soft
and forms platy, nearly transparent crystals of monoclinic symmetry. It is typically colourless in thin sections, but other colours (e.g., brown, pink, red) may occur owing
to the presence of impurities such as iron oxide. The dehydrated mineral has the properties of a molecular sieve that selectively extracts nitrogen from a stream of air, leaving the effluent enriched in oxygen.
As an ion exchanger, clinoptilolite has been used to remove cesium and strontium from radioactive wastes produced in reprocessing nuclear fuels and to remove ammonia from sewage
streams. The mineral is also used as a filler and bulking agent in the manufacture of paper.
Clinoptilolite can be found in many zeolitic sedimentary rocks; in the compacted
deposits of volcanic ash commonly called tuffs; as a by-product of the weathering of basalt; and in some shale deposits. Its sites of occurrence include Oregon, South
Dakota, and Wyoming, U.S.; New Zealand; New South Wales, Australia; the Faroe Islands; and Bombay, India.
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