RECOVERY FROM CANCER IN 7 EASY STEPS

this guide is only a general outline of the steps for recovery, you MUST also read the relevant chapters in F*ck Portion Control (the eBook is donation based so there is no paywall if you can’t afford it)

As explained in my book, F*ck Portion Control and my article, I Solved the Warburg Effect (read this), most cancer is caused by pathogens which in turn cause loss of mitochondrial silicon which then causes mitochondria to leak electrons which impairs the ability of cells to properly manage electrolytes and water. Silicon acts as a semiconductor which keeps electrons constrained to the mitochondrial electron transport chain for the production of energy (ATP), but loss of these leaking electrons cause the Warburg Effect, which is the inability of cells to oxidize carbohydrate for energy even in the presence of oxygen and results in greatly impaired production of energy (as ATP), which then leads to derangement of normal cellular metabolism. Leaking electrons also cause the premature reduction of molecular oxygen intended for the terminal end of the transport chain, further disturbing energy homeostasis and causing production of reactive oxygen species like superoxide. Restoring mitochondrial silicon is the key to reversing Warburg metabolism, but this requires specific steps and simply taking silicon as a supplement will not accomplish this.

While even meat contains some silicon, it is highest in fruits and vegetables and lowest in refined foods like white flour and soft drinks. Generally, reduced intake of meat and grains and greatly increased consumption of high polyphenol plant foods (fruits and vegetables) high in silicon is the foundation for a recovery diet. Some foods can be highly problematic, like yogurt which is high in lactic acid that lowers the metabolic rate and disturbs the commensal microbiome (to promote a lactic acid dominated gut rather than a short chain fatty acid dominated gut). NO YOGURT or other fermented dairy products. Lactic acid is a primary metabolite of cancer which lowers metabolic respiration, and having high lactic acid products like yogurt while suffering cancer is like committing suicide.

Anchor Diet in Fruits and Vegetables

Cut back on meat and grains
Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, especially roots and silicon rich plant foods like leafy greens, fruit, green beans, dates, etc. Daily consumption of cucurbits (cucumber, watermelon, squash, etc.) is also required.
No yogurt or kefir
NO FAST FOOD—learn to cook goddamnit
DO NOT go more than 2 hours without eating, in order to keep stress hormones low
Read chapter on gut health in F*ck Portion Control

Mitochondrial silicon is primarily silicic acid which is essentially acidified silicon, and loss of silicic acid is in turn caused by ammonia producing pathogens like parasites, fungi, or ammonia dysregulating bacteria like H. pylori. These pathogens disturb normal ammonia metabolism as a strategy to raise the pH of their environment and impair our immune system. Because ammonia is so alkaline it can literally neutralize stomach acid in high amounts, and disturbs populations of healthy mutualistic microbes on which we depend to be healthy which help acidify dietary silicon into silicic acid through the production of short chain fatty acids. Silicon must be acidified to silicic acid to be absorbed into the body but since high gut ammonia and circulating ammonia neutralize acids like silicic acid this prevents mitochondrial repletion with silicon. It is necessary to immediately treat this problem by manually acidifying a dose of plant-sourced silicon (about 200-300 mg) daily such as by using dietary acids like lemon juice, vinegar, or powdered citric acid in water (then dilute after so it’s not too strong). This works even better if boiled briefly (about 30 seconds) which better hydrates the silicon and increase the formation of silicic acid so it is even more bioavailable. Allow to cool to room temperature before taking.

Vinegar is made from the short chain fatty acid acetic acid and is far more effective to use than citrus, but it can be unpleasant to consume for some people. If you like or don’t mind vinegar it should be used instead of citrus. A combination of the two can be great as well, and it’s just fine to use citrus otherwise if vinegar is too unpalatable, and palatability is especially important when assisting children and this silicic acid should then be added to other acidic beverages like grape juice or orange juice, lemonade, tea, etc., for better administration.

It should be noticed after even a single dose of acidified silicon that energy levels improve. An alternative to this step is the use of an actual silicic acid supplement (but they tend to be expensive). Taking plain silicon or silica without promoting acidification WILL NOT have this same effect since silicon is already abundant in the diet and the problem is alkalization of the gut and body by ammonia producers which neutralize acids.

One dose daily is enough and it is important not to overdo this in desperation to get well because excessive silicon intake can potentially cause silicosis (although this is not very harmful since it also facilitates more silicon). Silicon repletion helps to re-insulate mitochondria to help restore normal energy production, so this step is effective through consistency, NOT potency, and it also DOES NOT reverse the underlying causes of alkalization which are addressed in later steps. Children with cancer should only be given 1/2 the dose as adults, but it is better to use too much than too little. Using the lemon juice/plant silicon water mixture to make strong, sweet lemonade is a great way to help children. There are more nuanced instructions and options discussed in F*ck Portion Control in the chapter on cancer, and reading that chapter IS NOT OPTIONAL.

Failure of mitochondria to produce energy as ATP (adenosine triphosphate) due to loss of mitochondrial silicon means that the many pathways which require ATP do not function well which is a primary underlying etiology (cause) of cancer. So it also does no good to restore silicon and fail to eat since food, especially carbohydrates and sugar, are the primary substrate for ATP production. After restoring mitochondria silicon the increase in energy and feeling better is PRECISELY due to restoration of normal ATP production from mitochondrial metabolism of carbohydrate, and the increase in energy then helps cells to repair themselves and stop the cancer process. Failing to eat sufficiently frequent or sufficient calories and carbohydrates will result in continued energy deficit and make it more difficult to recover. During recovery anyone with cancer should never go more than 2 hours without eating something. Because we cannot eat during sleep, it is also helpful to eat something immediately before bed.

Acidified Silicon

300-500 mg plant-source silicon, depending on size (100-200 mg for children)
1/4 cup lemon juice or vinegar (or both, or 1 tsp citric acid powder in 1/4 cup water)
for best results, boil these together for 30 seconds, allow to cool, then dilute in a little fruit juice or tea (about 1 cup) before taking. Best taken later in the day, not first thing in the morning (such as after breakfast or lunch).

*Or take 50-100 mg silicic acid daily (25 mg for children)

Read chapter on cancer in F*ck Portion Control

Many pathogens which produce excess ammonia in the body actually use water as the cofactor which then hydrolyzes protein and amino acids to release ammonia which neutralizes silicic acid and inhibits the immune system. It is required to STOP taking all fluids with any food unless that fluid contains tannin, which is a common polyphenol in plants that inhibits enzymes like those used to produce ammonia such as arginase or arginine deiminase. Tannin is the primary factor responsible for the health effects of stereotypical health foods like tea, olives, chocolate, nuts (which retain their skins), and fruit. Having plain water or commercial beverages like soda with meals is like pouring gasoline onto the fire that is cancer as microbes then use the combination of water and protein to make ammonia, and the reason people with poor diets get cancer is because of being colonized with these microbes then drinking tannin-free beverages like water or soda with meals. Instead, choose tea, strong fruit juices like undiluted grape juice (STOP diluting children’s juice), cranberry juice, citrus juices, etc. Most herbal teas DO NOT contain tannin but if they are bitter they likely do. Many fruits have high tannin, especially if they are bitter or astringent, and consuming these in abundance will help fight the pathogens which produce ammonia (list below) and should be eaten daily if possible. Having nuts which retain their skins such as hazelnuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, etc., with a meal is also very effective as those skins release very large quantities of tannin during digestion, but naked nuts without skins contain no tannin and so are not useful for this step.

Some spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, paprika, cloves, etc., also contain tannins and but they also contain potent cinnamic acids which help restore ATPase pathways which manage electrolytes and water, and these spices should be used abundantly in food and even used as a supplement to support recovery such as by using a ½ tsp of cinnamon in the lemonade used for administration of the acidified silicon. Some foods like milk can be an accidental source of combining protein and water (as it’s mostly water) and if used should first be inoculated with tannin such as by boiling it with tea or adding a generous amount of spices like cinnamon, and should otherwise be avoided if not prepared in this manner. Even sauces can be misleadingly high in water and protein (like macaroni and cheese) and absent of tannin which can directly contribute to ammonification, so every effort should be made to avoid combining water and protein in the gut without the presence of tannins. Brain fog is a primary symptom of ammonia excess which can be used as a diagnostic also to understand this step, as if brain fog occurs it indicates high ammonia production and thus neutralization of mitochondrial silicon.

Additionally, dietary citrulline helps the body condense ammonia back to arginine and then to urea in the kidney, and high citrulline foods like watermelon and cucumber (cucurbits) are required daily to promote increased ammonia detoxification. Eating a healthy diet and restoring gut health as recommended by my book is extremely important for long term recovery.

Tannins, With all Food and Beverage Intake
DO NOT COMBINE TANNIN-FREE WATER OR BEVERAGES AND PROTEIN IN THE GUT

High tannin fruits or their juices, like blueberry, purple grape, cranberry, chokecherry, pomegranate, lingonberry, gooseberry, quince, persimmon, blackthorn, aronia, etc. Nuts with skins (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, pecans, etc.) Cocoa/chocolate. Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, paprika, etc. Tea (not all herbal teas contain tannins—real tea or other bitter teas generally have tannin).
Dose of at least ½ tsp cinnamon daily (or ginger or turmeric)
Daily cucurbit consumption (cucumber, watermelon, squash, etc.). This will induce more frequent urination, which is a sign of increased ammonia excretion.
Read chapter on pathogens and metabolic disease in F*ck Portion Control

As discussed in my book, Fuck Portion Control, commensal bacteria are dependent on the vitamin cobalamin (vitamin B12) to adhere to and properly metabolize healthy plant foods in the gut and to produce the short chain fatty acids and other B vitamins required for normal digestion. Other microbes in our gut produce B12 but this is entirely dependent on our personal vitamin D status and thus requires daily sun exposure. Vitamin D is also required by the body to extract endogenously produced citric acid from the citric acid cycle which also helps to keep mitochondrial silicon acidified (and citric acid in the body is produced from carbohydrate, so dieting, low sugar, or sun deprivation also prevents retention of mitochondrial silicon). Vitamin D status can be interrupted by many factors even if you get plenty of sunshine (as discussed in my book) so having cancer is also a symptom of poor microbial vitamin B12 status. In order to circumvent this problem a supplement of B12 (no more than 1 mg is necessary, 300-400 mcg for children) can and should be added to one large meal daily, and is most productive in something highly nutritive like a salad. It MUST be mixed INTO the food, such as by mixing into salad dressing or sauces, as simply taking a dose without mixing will fail to distribute it evenly for commensal microbes. One dose daily seems enough to supply healthy microbes for about 24-36 hours. It can also be added during cooking of foods like soups or sauces or added to tea which is drunk before, during, and after a meal, but no more than one dose daily will be required. Because it may add excessive methyl groups to the body I avoid methylcobalamin form of B12, but all others are likely great, such as cyanocobalamin. This practice should continue after recovery is made since the state of cancer represents severe disruption to the healthy gut microbiome and thus production of short chain fatty acids until such time as vitamin D is restored as discussed in my book. If for some reason supplemental B12 is not available, the use of high B12 sources like clams, clam juice, Swiss cheese, or fermenting with Swiss cheese cultures (they contain B12 producing bacteria) are an option.

Biotin (vitamin B7), is also used as a cofactor for pathways that also metabolize ammonia, so B7 is also useful, and thiamine (vitamin B1) supports carbohydrate metabolism, while they can be taken daily early in recovery they will not be needed after the gut microbiome is restored.

B12 Fortification

1 mg B12 (cobalamin), 300-400 mcg for children, added to foods like soups, sauces, salad dressing, tea, etc., once a day.
Get sun exposure daily and restore normal vitamin D status in the long term.
Biotin (vitamin B9) and Thiamine (vitamin B1) once a day can also be useful.

Aspirin is one of the most effective medications to use in the treatment of cancer. My discovery of what causes the Warburg Effect explains its mechanism of action as aspirin helps to acidify mitochondria which not only promotes an increase in energy production but would also help them retain their silicon to better insulate against leaking of electrons. Aspirin is very powerful, in my own recovery from cancer before discovering the solution to the Warburg Effect I used an average of four aspirin per day (325 mg each, 2 pills twice a day). Now that I uncovered the role of mitochondrial silicon in this process much less aspirin is required since its use is directly synergistic with acidified silicon (and restoration of the gut microbiome to naturally acidify dietary silicon), and only one aspirin once or twice a day would be required for most people with cancer. Children should not take high doses of aspirin (neonates should never be given aspirin), and a daily baby aspirin (80 mg) is likely more than sufficient for children. Aspirin has some side effects—it can cause stomach irritation and gastrointestinal bleeding which is in fact a symptom of vitamin K deficiency because aspirin thins the blood and vitamin K helps promote blood coagulation. Because of this, the use of aspirin should be supported by daily consumption of high vitamin K foods like spinach, kale, basil (pesto is especially nice), broccoli, etc. Vitamin K plays many important roles in our physiology, including the metabolism of calcium and the normal function of calcium-dependent cellular structures like the mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum, so it should be in the diet frequently anyway. A supplement of vitamin K can be fine, but our commensal microbiome is also dependent on vitamin K, so a supplement should never replace dietary vitamin K (because a supplement gets absorbed too soon to benefit microbes). Generally aspirin should not have lots of ingredients and should be cheap, uncoated, etc. This can be hard to find in stores as companies try to make their products look expensive to justify charging exorbitant prices, so find plain aspirin or aspirin powder online.

Aspirin + Vitamin K (dietary)

325 mg, once or twice daily for adults
40-80 mg, once daily for children
Daily dietary vitamin K to support aspirin function—spinach, kale, basil (pesto works great!), broccoli, etc. Vitamin K is also most effective when accompanied by dietary sulfur, and while the brassicas contain lots of sulfur other leafy greens like spinach or basil do not and should be served with garlic or onions (such as sautéed spinach or pesto).

When people die from cancer treatment it is usually because chemotherapy entirely exhausts body stores of sulfate which is required to detoxify chemicals, hormones, poisons, toxins, xenobiotics, etc. Making this problem worse in cancer is that sulfate reducing pathogens in the gut also steal sulfate from products of detoxification which then causes those products to recirculate back into the body. When this occurs to detoxified hormones like adrenaline or estrogens those hormones remain continuously in circulation, continuously causing their effects (which contributes to cancer development and progression), and when this occurs to detoxified chemotherapy drugs they remain as well to continuously poison the body, which also then occurs when the body runs out of sulfate (and the sources from which it is made like the sulfur amino acids methionine and cysteine).

This massive depletion of sulfate required to detoxify chemotherapy drugs is the reason for severe wasting that accompanies chemotherapy, but as cancer spreads it also overconsumes both sulfur amino acids and glutamate and glutamine to cause wasting anyway. I am of the opinion that chemotherapy should be avoided, instead using the aforementioned steps to halt cancer progression, and to only use lumpectomy to remove large tumors if required, after progress has been made in rehabilitation and physical health improves (this only takes about two months using these steps in those I’ve worked with). DO NOT REMOVE ORGANS infected with cancer, only lumpectomy. The body needs organs like your thyroid and removing it will debilitate you for life and is unnecessary.

In order to restore sulfate for normal detoxification of hormones, xenobiotics, and to support chemotherapy if the decision is made to do it (try a reduced amount if you do, but again I do not view it as necessary when using these steps) dietary carotene should also accompany all dietary sources of protein and sulfur including but not limited to animal products (meat, dairy, eggs), grains (bread, pasta, corn, beans), nuts, garlic, onions, etc. The primary symptom of sulfate loss is malodorous feces, flatulence, and oral malodor which is in fact hydrogen sulfide produced by sulfate reducing bacteria. This pathway is more complex than I can cover in this step, and should be read in my book for a more thorough understanding of this process, but consumption of some carotene such as from carrots, tomatoes, red peppers, mangos, papaya, watermelon, peaches, nectarines, etc., with all dietary protein and sulfur will help suppress sulfate reducing pathogens and promote better repletion with sulfur for detoxification pathways (turmeric is not carotene).

Dietary Carotene to Inhibit Microbial Hydrogen Sulfide Producers

Eat more sulfur foods (onions, garlic, cooked kale, etc.), and consume carotene with all dietary protein and sulfur, to the elimination of malodors of the breath, feces, and flatulence, without exception (this function comes from frequency, not quantity, so large doses will not do anything). Options for carotene are foods like carrots, tomatoes, red bell peppers, paprika, peaches, nectarines, watermelon, papaya, mango, chayote, etc.
Read the chapter on Vitamin D in F*ck Portion Control

Because most cancer is initiated by pathogens such as fungi or Trichomonas parasites it is NOT OPTIONAL to support the immune system and eradicate these pathogens.

Primarily, the immune system uses halides like iodide, chloride, and bromide as substrate to produce powerful antimicrobial compounds which eradicate parasites, bacteria, and fungi which produce ammonia. Thyroid hormone which runs the metabolism is also an iodine and cyanide distribution vehicle. Yet while iodine is regularly added to commercial salt it is still very low or absent from most diets (apart from those high in seafood). Supplementing a small amount of iodine daily (about 1 mg in adults or 200-400 mcg in children) can greatly help the immune system eradicate these pathogens.

Additionally, dietary cyanide is converted to thiocyanate and is the most powerful halide (pseudohalide) that the immune system can use. Many ‘alternative’ treatments for cancer recommend the use of cyanide but they misunderstand its function and promote it killing cancer cells which is completely wrong and instead kills the pathogens which colonize sites where there is cancer. This misunderstanding leads people to overdose on cyanide, and there have even been tragic deaths from cyanide overdose for this reason. Instead, NEVER use prepared cyanide products or extracts and ONLY use natural dietary cyanide sources like brassicas (arugula, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, collard greens, etc.,), several apple seeds, a few apricot kernels, eating yuca root (which is very delicious), etc. Some cyanide should be eaten daily, even twice daily, and brassicas which can be eaten raw like arugula are delicious and more effective than those which are cooked because heat destroys the enzymes which release the cyanide, although steaming lightly is also fine. There is a common misunderstanding that cyanogenic foods are ‘goitrogenic,’ which is not correct and only occurs when we are deficient in iodine in the first place, which should also not occur. '

Vitamin E also directly supports the immune system and is required for eradication of the microbes which underlie most cancer. Nuts are high in vitamin E but microbes also inhibit vitamin E absorption by binding vitamin E with proteins called lipocalins, and a low-dose of a natural supplement taken with high anthocyanin foods (blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, purple cabbage, etc.) can boost vitamin E more rapidly, and works so well it can actually cause an overdose so DO NOT take excess vitamin E in desperation to get well as that can be dangerous). The immune system is quite complex, and reading more about how it functions in order to fully recover from cancer is discussed in depth in the chapter on immunity in F*ck Portion Control.

Immune Function

1 drop/dose natural vitamin E with high anthocyanin foods like blueberries, blackberries, etc.
(DO NOT take excess VITAMIN E, as overdose can be dangerous, and only give children ½ a dose or administer only every two or three days. If you are already taking another source of vitamin E do not add another supplement. Never use synthetic vitamin E. Nuts are high in vitamin E can be as useful as a supplement, especially when soaked and sprouted.)
1 mg supplemental iodide daily (no more than 200-400 mcg for children)
Daily consumption of dietary cyanide (raw brassicas, yuca root, apple seeds, apricot kernels (no more than 4-5 for adults and probably 1 for children as they are VERY potent), almonds, bamboo shoots, etc.).
Read the chapter on immunity in F*ck Portion Control.