Recently, there has been a lot of hoopla about the benefits of of giving krill oil to dogs with cancer.  Let’s take a closer look. Facts reveal that giving krill oil to any dog with cancer could be dangerous and make the cancer worse.

Krill are tiny shrimp known as crustaceans or shellfish. They are a rich source of omega 3 fatty acids and the antioxidant, astaxanthin. Persistently high cancer rates in the European Union are thought to be the result of shellfish consumption, specifically shellfish incorporating diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins such as okadaic acid. A 2009 report from 73,224-participants in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study also found high shellfish consumption to be associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer.

Krill

Krill live next to icebergs and feast on algae and plankton. After they eat the plankton, they fill with feces. The extra weight of their feces causes them to dive to consume more plankton. Larger crustaceans such as shrimp contain an allergy causing protein called tropomyosin. This is the protein that triggers allergies. However the amount of tropomyosin in large shellfish such as shrimp is much less than the amount found in krill. As such, krill trigger far more allergic reactions than other shellfish. A dog with cancer has a weakened immune system, and no matter how rare, an allergic reaction such as this can cause more severe reactions in a dog with cancer than in a healthy dog.

Even if your dog is not allergic to tropomyosin, krill contain high amounts of flouride in their shell. Flouride is a toxic carcinogen. Because they are so tiny, shells from krill must be mechanically removed. No matter how much a manufacturer tells you that toxins have been removed, it is impossible to remove all of these tiny bits of shell. The first long term effects of this fluoride-containing shell is brown mottling of the teeth. Even worse, flouride is a cancer causing, tumor proliferating substance.

Dr. William Marcus, Senior scientist at the Office of Drinking Water, won over $250,000 from a whistle blower’s law suit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the fluoride cancer connection. He was fired in 1990 for telling the truth about fluoride and calling for an independent review board. “In point of fact, flourine causes more cancer death, and causes it faster than any other chemical.” (Dean Burk, Ph.D. former head of the National Cancer Institute’s cytochemistry section chief chemist emeritus at the U.S. National Institute.)

It is important for dogs with cancer to get enough essential fatty acids know as EPA and DHA. It is true that these fatty acids are easier to absorb with krill oil, however you must take a lot more krill oil to absorb the same amount of essential fatty acids than with fish oil.

Krill oil is filled with ocean pollutants and toxins such as mercury and other heavy metals. Despite what manufacturers tell you, krill oil is not free of these pollutants.

There have been thousands of studies of the benefits of fatty acids from fish oil, but few about the risks and benefits of krill oil. Krill oil is potentially dangerous and could possibly proliferate cancer. High quality fish oil is molecularly distilled and independent laboratory tests show it to be free of toxins that are found in krill oil. Krill oil costs much more than fish oil. About five times more.

If your dog has cancer you need to avoid adding additional toxins to their diet at all costs. Krill oil does not meet this criteria. It also does not mix well with other supplements such as CoQ10. Fish oil mixes well with these other supplements providing better absorption.

If your dog has cancer I strongly suggest that you remove any cancer causing chemicals from their diet. Krill oil contains cancer causing chemicals. High quality fish oil does not. In addition, fish oil provides more essential fatty acids which are beneficial in fighting cancer than krill oil does. 

I recommend avoiding krill oil if your dog has cancer at all costs as it proliferates the growth of cancer cells. More research needs to be done on krill oil. This research has already been done on fish oil proving it does not accelerate cancer and is not toxic. Do not feed your dog with cancer krill oil if you want to give them the best chance for survival!

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Chemo is poison, by design. It’s descended from deadly mustard gas first used against soldiers in World War I.

Studies as far back as the 1970s have linked increased rates of certain cancers to nurses and physicians. Occupational-health experts believe that’s because when nurses, pharmacists, technicians and, increasingly, even veterinarians mix and deliver the drugs, accidental spills, sprays and punctures put them in close, frequent contact with hazardous drugs.

A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) — 10 years in the making and the largest to date — confirms that chemo continues to contaminate the work spaces where it’s used and in some cases is still being found in the urine of those who handle it, despite knowledge of safety precautions. Chemo agents have been classified as hazardous by OSHA since the mid-1980s. Hazardous drugs are those known or suspected to cause cancer, miscarriages, birth defects or other serious health consequences.

If veterinarians get cancer just by being exposed to these drugs, do you really want to put them in your dog’s body?

Mike Adams from Natural News TV explains in the video below.

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Please make no mistake about it. If your dog has cancer it is imperative that they never receive another vaccination. Not ever again for the rest of their life. There are clear warnings about this from the pharmaceutical companies who make the vaccines. Any vaccination given to your dog will further impair their immune system and greatly reduce their likelihood of recovery.

Now, you may be saying, “But where I live, the law says I have to get my dog vaccinated.” The fact is, in most jurisdictions, this only applies to healthy dogs. Where I live, I can get an exemption from vaccinating my dog if she is unhealthy. And the same is true in most jurisdictions. All I need to do is to get my vet to write a letter that says because of my dog’s health problem, she should not be vaccinated, and send it to the county. You can search the internet to find out what the animal vaccination laws are where you live. In most places, you will find the law allows the same exemption.

In cases where your vet wants to vaccinate you dog with cancer, or  refuses to give you a letter, you may want to consider getting a new vet. Here’s why.

Every dog vaccine has a statement on the label and in the package insert that says this, or something similar to it. “For the vaccination of healthy dogs against _______ (whatever the vaccination is for).” Well guess what? Your dog has cancer and because of this, is not healthy. According to the manufacturers instructions, vaccinations are not supposed to be given to unhealthy dogs!

Here’s another example in a rabies vaccination insert from a major pharmaceutical company. Under precautions it states, “This product has been shown to be efficacious in healthy animals.” This means it has NOT been shown to be efficacious in unhealthy animals!

It goes on to say, “A protective immune response may not be elicited if animals are incubating an infectious disease, are malnourished or parasitized, are stressed due to shipment or environmental conditions, are otherwise immunocompromised, or the vaccine is not administered in accordance with label directions.”

If your dog has cancer he/she is immuno-comprimised, and it is not safe to give him/her a vaccination.  And by definition, your dog is physiologically stressed because of the cancer.

I could go on ad infinitum about the potential and real dangers of vaccinations, not only for dogs with cancer, but for all dogs. I have a list of diseases that are caused by vaccinations in Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer.

Just remember. If you dog has cancer…NO VACCINATIONS!

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The glycemic index is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels. High glycemic index carbs release glucose quickly into the bloodstream and glucose feeds cancer cells. Low glycemic index carbs break release glucose slowly into the bloodstream and are absorbed by other metabolic processes before cancer cells can feed on them.

The glycemic index is based on a scale of 0 – 100 with foods rated at 100 having the most rapid release of glucose into the bloodstream. Meats and vegetables have a low glycemic index, followed by grains which have a moderate to high glycemic index, followed by starches and sugars which generally have the highest glycemic indexes.

Dogs have a higher metabolic rate than humans. This means that higher glycemic foods break down even more quickly in dogs than people, significantly increasing the odds of tumors and cancer cells multiplying more quickly. So it’s crucial to feed your dog a low glycemic index diet if they have cancer. Cancer cells grow and thrive on sugar. Every time you feed your dog a meal with rice or oatmeal, their blood sugar skyrockets and the cancer cells have a feeding frenzy. It’s worse if you do this in every meal. The cancer cells know the sugar goodies are coming regularly. To stop the cancer cells from growing, it’s essential that you stop this.

In addition, grains and rice are acid forming foods. Individuals with cancer need to reduce acid because cancer thrives in acidic environments.

This means you must avoid all rice (brown rice included), grains (oatmeal included) fruits, potatoes, and processed sugar. The only exception to this would be if your dog is dehydrated from diarrhea. In that case, it would be acceptable to add honey as described in the formula for dehydration in Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer.

Especially beware of the questionable marketing tactics on the internet, such as those who recommend any grains in your dog’s diet.  Also avoid soybeans and any products derived from soy such as lecithin, as this accelerates tumor growth and cancer cells. The bottom line is that if you are making food, or adding supplements which contain these ingredients, I strongly recommend that you stop feeding this to your dog immediately to give him/her the best chance of survival from cancer. Re-check to be certain that none of the supplements you are giving your dog contain such ingredients, especially lecithin.

Dogs in the wild eat no grains and dogs with cancer generally do better on diets with no grain. The one exception to this is if your dog with cancer is losing weight. In that case, brown rice may help to add more weight.

Try to stick with foods rated 40 or below on the index. Low glycemic dog food recipes can be found in Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer.

I invite you to watch a video where I will show you how to prepare your own home cooked food for dogs with cancer. You can get it by CLICKING HERE.

Here is a short glycemic food index chart to give you an idea of different foods and their values:

Source: Korean Diabetes J. 2009 Aug;33(4):261-266.
doi: 10.4093/kdj.2009.33.4.261

VEGETABLES (glycemic index)

Artichoke <10
Asparagus <10
Avocado 0
Broccoli 0
Brussels Sprout 7
Cabbage 0
Carrots (raw) 16
Carrots (cooked) 36
Cauliflower 0
Celery 0
Cucumber 0
Eggplant 15
Green Bean 0
Kale <10
Leek 15
Lettuce 0
Mushroom <10
Onion 13
Peas (frozen) 39
Pepper, Sweet <10
Radicchio 0
Radish 0
Rhubarb 17
Spinach 0
Split Pea 32
Summer squash 17
Tomato (fresh, canned) 15
Tomato Juice 38
Wax Bean – Yellow 30

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UAB researchers say the resulting altered DNA may be the factor that activates the spread of living cancer cells to distant locations in the body – a deadly process called metastasis – through a specific molecular pathway.

Metastasis is the No. 1 cause of cancer recurrence and treatment failure.

The UAB study acknowledges that dead cancer cells from chemotherapy can cause the spreading of cancer and metastasis.

The research leader, Katri Selander, M.D., Ph.D., states that there is a possibility that “by killing cancer cells with chemotherapy we inadvertently induce DNA structures that make surviving cancers cells more invasive.” Therefore, this may be the factor that activates the spread of living cancer cells to distant locations in the body – a deadly process called metastasis – through a specific molecular pathway.

It is commonly acknowledged and understood by holistic practitioners that in the short term, chemotherapy has very limited effectiveness in most cases. But even in those cases where it is, the cancer is likely to metastasize into a more devastating type of cancer that is resistant to any type of treatment. This research gives a scientific explanation as to why that is true.

This research is essentially important for people dealing with cancer in dogs. It is one of the reasons why at least 80% of dogs on chemotherapy only survive for up to 2 years. Even if the tumor or cancer is in remission for a short period after this type of treatment, when it returns, there is nothing more that can be done.

Chemotherapy is considered successful if a dog survives for 8 months or more. This means if you are told a particular treatment is 50% successful, 50% of dogs on that treatment will not even survive for 8 months.And this study suggests, that chemotherapy alters DNA to make the cancer return more rapidly by spreading the disease through the dead cancer cells that the chemotherapy, itself, has produced.

What this research means for you is that whether the chemotherapy you treat your dog with is Palladia, Carboplatin, Chlorambucil, Cisplatin, Dexamethasone, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, or any other chemotherapeutic agent, chances are that the toxicity of these drugs will promote metastasis.

In Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer I explain the protocol that I used to extend my dog, Fergie’s life much longer than could have been done with chemotherapy. They’re scientifically proven holistic treatments that are less invasive, less expensive, and don’t pose the risks of metastases that chemotherapeutic agents do.

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Many think that genetics have a lot to do with it, but that is not true. Experts generally agree that environmental factors are most responsible for a dog’s longevity. These include avoiding exposure to toxic chemicals such as those found in our homes, pesticides, air pollution, food and tap water to name a few.

I recently searched the internet to see if I could find a common denominator among dogs who had lived to extraordinarily old ages. Of course information about exposure to many environmental factors was not available, however, there was one common thing that all of their owners attributed to their dog’s longevity.

Let’s take a look at some of them.

• Chanel, a dachshund, lived to be 21 years old. Owned by Denice and Karl Shaugnessey in  Port Jefferson Station, New York, they said she is is kept inside her warm home and fed a diet of boiled chicken with whole-wheat pasta and the occasional soft treat.
• Lulu, a beagle, was 21 as of February, 2010. Her owner, Travis Buckley has credited the dog’s longevity to it’s diet of freshly cooked fillet steak, veal and sausages.
• Bramble, a Labrador owned by Anne Heritage from Wales, lived to be 27 years old. Ms. Heritage is a vegan and has brought up her pooch on the same diet regime she herself follows. “She has a big bowl of rice, lentils and organic vegetables every evening,” says Ms. Heritage.
• Jerry, an Australian cattle dog-bull terrier cross, lived to be 27. Jerry’s owner, Waddie Harris – an Aboriginal tribal leader in New South Wales state’s Wilcannia town, put Jerry’s longevity down to his high-protein diet of Outback wildlife. “Jerry has grown up on kangaroo, rabbit and emu as well as scraps off the table,” the newspaper quoted Harris as saying.
• Otto – a dachshund cross terrier from Shropshire, England lived just 31 days short of his 21st birthday. Owners Lynn and Peter Jones attribute his longevity to “good food and plenty of love and affection.”
• Daisey, a Tenterfield terrier from Queensland was 25 as of February, 2010. Her owner, Julie suspects Daisy’s longevity might be due in part to one of her favorite beverages. “She’s likes a cup of tea and that’s one of her treats she’s always had – apparently a lot of dogs in England drink tea and they think it could have to do with their long life,” Julie explains.
• Paco Sosa, a dachshund from New York City was 20 as of last year. He is fed a diet of organic fish and poultry, and walks in Central Park every day.

Do you see the common thread here? The one thing dogs who live to be the oldest have in common is that they don’t eat dog food from a bag or a can. They eat the same food we do. There are dogs on the list who ate vegetarian, steak, sausage, fish, kangaroo, and poultry. Some cooked, some raw. Whatever it was, it didn’t come from a dog food factory.

Of course, we know little from what was published about other factors, but I suspect their exposure to vaccinations and toxins like flea collars, spot treatments and lawn chemicals was also limited.

If your dog has cancer, right now would be a good time to only prepare food for them that you would eat yourself. Dogs with cancer have different nutritional needs than healthy dogs and I cover this with anti-dog cancer recipes in Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer.

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Last week (3/17/2010) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will increase restrictions on tick-and-flea “spot-on” pesticides for pets because of a rise in adverse reactions in cats and dogs, including seizures and death.

“These are poisons,” Steve Owens, assistant administrator in the Environmental Protection Agency’s pesticides and toxic substances office, told reporters today on a conference call. “They are products designed to kill fleas and ticks.”

Smaller dogs are more at risk of experiencing these adverse reactions because the concentrations of the pesticides in their bodies are higher. Nevertheless, these products are poisonous to all dogs whether they have adverse reactions or not.

So what will these increased EPA restrictions be? Well, they are still deciding. To start, you’ll see some warning labels on these products in the next few months, and they will warn people not to give their pets too much. In my opinion, any amount of a poison is too much. There is no safe dosage.

So while the EPA is taking it’s good ole time deciding what they’re going to do about it, you don’t have to.

This is what’s important for you. Dogs with cancer are more susceptible to fleas and ticks than healthy dogs and the 2010 flea and tick season is starting now for many of you.

For those of you who have Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer, I have just updated the flea and tick treatment section of BDC with effective, non-toxic alternatives to use in your house and on your dog. Be sure to go there right now so you can take safe, preventive measures before you have a problem.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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Here are some examples of denial:

• “I don’t believe it. My dog seems fine and there are no signs that anything is wrong.”
• “There’s nothing I can do about it.”
• “I’ll just wait until he/she dies and then get a new one.”

Whatever you are going through, it’s okay. These are all normal reactions.

When my dog, Fergie, was first diagnosed with cancer, my initial reaction was one of immense fear. It was difficult to bear the thought of losing her. At first I cried and then became somewhat numb. I thought, “What am I going to do? Is there anything I can do?” After a few days this turned into, “I’m going to do everything I can. We are going to beat this.”

No matter what your initial reaction is, you will still need to respond and take action. Here are some strategies that will help you focus on your dog’s needs:

1. Take Care of Yourself. In times of anxiety and stress, it’s common for us to ignore ourselves. Make sure that you eat properly, get plenty of sleep, pay attention to your appearance and maintain your normal routine. Also consider getting some natural anti-anxiety remedies such as Bach Rescue Remedy and making time for some deep relaxation, at least twice daily. If you don’t know how to meditate, you can easily find deep relaxation CD’s and MP3’s at places like Amazon.com.
2. Talk About Your Emotions. Share your feelings with friends, family members, clergymen and professional counselors. Be open to your emotions. Talking about them openly will help you to stay grounded and prevent clouding your judgment.
3. Take Notes. It may be hard to concentrate at first on remembering what the vet said or information you have found on the web or elsewhere. It may also be difficult to remember the new words and terms you have never heard before. Keep a notebook and write everything down.
4. Educate Yourself. I recommend you start by focusing on getting information from those who have had experience with treating cancer in dogs. Otherwise, you will likely be confused by the daunting amount of information that can be found on places such as the internet. You will initially want immediate guidance from knowledgeable sources. Pick just a couple to start with. You may want to get a second opinion from a holistic vet. Books are also a good resource and likely to contain information that you won’t find for free on the internet.

Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer was written with the purpose of providing you with information needed immediately to set your dog on the road to healing.

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Since then more than $200 billion has been spent trying to find a cure. Oncologist Anthony Back states, “The funding people are interested in is the magic-bullet research because that’s what brings the dollars in.” Very little funding goes towards researching natural substances because they can’t be patented and sold for a profit. For example, if broccoli sprouts could stop or reverse a specific type of cancer, the millions of dollars required to prove this would never be spent. It wouldn’t be possible to recoup the investment for such research, because natural foods and supplements can’t be patented.

This is why when a doctor claims they only use treatments that have been scientifically proven, they are excluding most natural substances. Unfortunately, in our modern profit-driven society, scientific research has proven itself not to be the gold standard when it comes to finding effective remedies for treating human or canine cancer. With hundreds of billions of dollars and counting spent over the past 39 years, there are still no adequately effective drugs for most types of cancer.

At one time, a disease called scurvy, which we now know is caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, was common among sailors and others who spent long times on ships at sea. The fruits which could prevent this disease were perishable, and thus not provided in sailors’ diets on long voyages. James Lind, a Scottish surgeon in the British Royal Navy, first proved it could be treated with citrus fruit in 1753. He published his findings in his book, Treatise of the Scurvy.

Treatise of the Scurvy

Dr. Lind found that every sailor who consumed juice containing vitamin C, either from fruits or other natural sources, were cured of their scurvy. And it prevented scurvy in sailors who drank these juices every day. However, the cure for scurvy was not discovered by a scientific study that would be accepted in any modern day medical or veterinary journal. The standards for acceptable scientific research today must include a group who gets the treatment and one who does not, also known as a double blind study. The method Dr. Lind used for his findings was not a double blind study, but another method of proof called “clinical observation.” And it provided clinical proof that drinking fruit juices cures scurvy.

It’s sad to think that in today’s profit-driven scientific community, a cure for scurvy might never have been found. Fruits, fruit juices and vitamin C are natural foods and supplements which can’t be patented.  Many have been shown to be effective in treating diseases through clinical observation, the same way that Dr. Lind found the cure for scurvy. However, in today’s world, this type of proof is almost universally rejected by conventional medical doctors and veterinarians as they don’t consider it acceptable “scientific proof.”

Let’s say you were to walk into a conventional doctor’s office wearing a backpack with a parachute in it. The doctor says, “What’s that thing on your back?” You respond, “It’s called a parachute. I am planning on jumping out of an airplane tomorrow and I heard about this parachute. I was told that if I pull this ripcord before I reach the ground it will save my life.”  The doctor then says, “Well I’ve never heard of that, and there is no scientific research or evidence proving it works. I only recommend things that have been scientifically proven to my patients. Don’t jump out of the airplane or you’ll die.”

So you go home and tell your family that you are not going to jump out of the airplane tomorrow because the doctor told you you’ll die even if you do use the parachute.

You see, there is no scientific study proving that parachutes save people’s lives. We only know this by observing that people who  jump out of planes don’t die when they open their parachutes before reaching the ground.

This example may at first seem somewhat silly to you, yet millions of similar conversations happen in doctors’ offices everyday. And millions of people are scared away from using natural substances that could potentially save their lives everyday because their doctor has never heard of them or hasn’t seen enough proof (which doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist). And it happens every day with people who bring their dogs with cancer to veterinarians and dog cancer specialists. They simply don’t learn about parachutes in veterinary school, so when you mention it, they seem bothered and tell you to reject the idea.

I hope this helps you understand that limiting your treatment options for dog cancer only to those proven by scientific research could be harmful to your dog’s health.

In Dog Cancer: The Holistic Answer, I discuss and document many natural remedies which actually have been proven by scientific research, yet most vets have never heard of them. Equally, most vets have not heard of the natural treatments proven through clinical observation. Please don’t let this scare you away from giving your dog vitamin c for scurvy, or in this case, a natural supplement for dog cancer. The fact is that thousands of dogs die every day from prescribed drugs. On the other hand, there is not one documented case of a natural supplement killing a dog when administered properly.

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