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I was advised not to take supplements or antioxidants during chemo. "The healthier you are, then so too is your cancer." was something that threw me off a bit.
by ramoz 3y ago
I was advised not to take supplements or antioxidants during chemo.
"The healthier you are, then so too is your cancer." was something that threw me off a bit.
Edit: just to be clear, at the point in which you already have cancer, the most important treatment is the science of chemotherapy. Antioxidants can in turn “strengthen” tumor cells (just as they do regular cells) and cause chemo resistance/refractory.
- brink 3y agoSounds like a mythical riddle. "To survive, you must go knock on the doors of death."
- taylodl 3y agoChemotherapy is deadly. The idea is to administer enough to kill the cancer but not kill the patient. It's literally a well-regulated and well-monitored poison. Don't get the wrong idea - chemotherapies are among the best therapies we have for treating cancer. I'm not anti-Western medicine or anti-chemotherapy or anything like that, it's just we have to recognize the nature of the beast and what it is exactly that we're doing when administering it.
- adamredwoods 3y ago>> "The healthier you are, then so too is your cancer." was something that threw me off a bit. There is debate to this. I've spoken with oncologists that say that you need your organs to survive the chemo process, so you should be taking care of yourself and eating a normal diet. Another reason oncologists don't want supplements involved is that it can interfere with the chemo absorption. Sometimes it can enhance the chemo. It really depends on the chemo and the supplements.