In my previous post in this series, I created a great run-down of all of the products I use in the shower that are incredibly safe for those of you healing from cancer and concerned about detox. I also suggested that you check your current products for toxicity and safety on the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep rating system.
On to today’s post where we’ll conquer a boatload of hygiene and beauty products you typically use (and leave) on your face and skin.
I would be lying if I wrote that meeting Chris Wark wasn’t AWESOME. (Hi Chris!)
He and I had been corresponding via email and Facebook over the last few years since he interviewed me after I first started Green Drink Diaries.
I also talked with him on the phone, almost in tears one day after I received a verbal beat down on a popular cancer support forum for sharing my natural cancer story and new blog. He gave me a big brotherly-like pep talk about how to hold your own on these forums and then openly stood up for me to all the haters by responding to their comments. The forum thread was deleted but my forward thinking husband took a screenshot of the bloodshed before they deleted it. You can find that HERE and the complete post on responding to haters and critics HERE.
I finally got to meet Chris in person at the Healing Strong Conference and Retreat a few weeks ago. OK, I admit it…I did feel like I was meeting a celebrity at first. I ran into Chris as he was coming off of an elevator with Ty Bollinger (who also felt like a celebrity to me) and had one of those weird moments where you recognize someone’s face from the internet but are not sure if they’ll recognize you.
But by the end of the conference, I realized he was a true friend. Super genuine, kind, and very humble. It felt so great to be amongst so many wonderful, Spirit-led people who are healing successfully from cancer without chemotherapy or radiation; in many cases, like in Ann Cooper’s and Chris’s, upwards of 10 years now and leading the way for the rest of us. (:
So, here’s the Campbells’ video interview with him. Hope you enjoy!
Sounds delicious, huh!? Other names this one could be called:
The “Acquired Taste Smoothie”
The “About to Go Bad in My Fridge Smoothie”
Any others??
Alright, the point of this is that you can really put anything in a Vitamix and drink it for its nutrients. The focus is on NUTRITION, not on taste. So get your pinchers out and prepare to chug, because OUR HEALTH is worth it! Oh, and who likes to waste produce anyways? Especially when your organic food costs half your paycheck.
So, the story behind this story is RIDICULOUSLY cool. But first off, if you’re coming to Green Drink Diaries for the first time, here’s a big HELLO to you! (: For the whole rundown on why I decided to choose natural therapies to treat my cancer CLICK HERE and make sure to also open all of the links on that page for an even clearer picture of what it’s like to heal from cancer with non-toxic therapies.
Now, on to the coolest story ever: Early last month our Healing Strong Conference and Retreat planning team was brainstorming ways to get the word out to the public about our conference. Many ideas were bouncing around the group, and we were already sharing the news with friends and going around town putting up flyers at churches and health food stores. All this was great, but we saw the need for a heavy hitter.
Some exciting news on the Healing Strong front! Founder and Coordinator, Suzy Griswold will be joining Joni Cox, host of Homegrown Health on Natural News Radio TODAY, July 10th at 5pm EST. She will follow the very popular Robert Scott Bell show which airs weekdays from 3-5pm EST.
For all the “crunchy” parents out there, Homegrown Health is a weekly radio show that discusses topics dealing with everything home, family and natural living such as homebirth, breastfeeding, vaccine education, homeschooling, homesteading, home gardens, and many other “Home” related topics.
UPDATE: the show is now archived. You can listen to it HERE! Make sure to look for the July 10th show!
Several times each year I am approached by a friend or family member with sweet intentions to raise money for a popular cancer charity. Whether they are running for the cure, relaying for life, or marathoning for lymphoma research, all of these charities have one thing in common:
THEY IGNORE NON-TOXIC, HOLISTIC CANCER THERAPIES.
I happen to have an affinity for alternative, nutrition-based approaches to cancer, seeing that I am alive today and thriving because of them.
Each and every single day I am SO GRATEFUL to look at my two daughters and know that following a natural route to healing enabled me to have them. My husband and my decision was prayerful and well-researched for my particular case, but as the past 5 years have gone by I have met many other cancer survivors who have also chosen non-toxic therapies and are thriving.
Recently, along with several of these survivors, we have helped found Healing Strong. Our first endeavor will be the Healing Strong: Conference and Retreat in September of this year in Atlanta. This faith-based event will share information about non-toxic healing methods with others and provide support, so that they too can make prayerful and purposeful decisions in their cancer care. We also stress the importance of proper nutrition in nourishing the body, no matter what treatment plan you choose.
The reality is- there are BILLIONS of dollars donated to large, corporate-like cancer charities that primarily fund pharmaceutical research and turn a blind eye to the truth about non-toxic healing.
Healing Strong is 100% volunteer-run (primarily from our living rooms and home offices!) and WE NEED YOUR HELP. We can’t get the word out about natural, nutrition-based cancer therapies if we sit back and just hope something changes.
This past Fall I received an email from Suzy Griswold, a holistic thyroid cancer survivor also living here in Atlanta. I was so excited to meet someone in-person with the same background/experience in cancer treatment I had! We met up over green tea in December when she shared with me her God-given desire to create a cancer retreat that would support/educate people about non-toxic therapies with all glory given to God.
I couldn’t have been more on board or excited at the prospect of bringing people together to learn about cancer therapies that would RESTORE and HEAL the body, all while praising the one who HEALS us!
I knew that if I wanted this series to be complete, I would HAVE to include a post on juicing. The problem is- I am admittedly NOT a juicing expert. Because I used the Bill Henderson protocol to beat my cancer (which does not require or even suggest much juicing,) I did not know about the immense POWER and popularity of juiced vegetables in the anti-cancer lifestyle until later in my anti-cancer protocol.
So with that in mind, I called in my AMAZING friend Kayle Martin to cover this one for me!
I met Kayle in January of 2009, a few months after both of us were diagnosed with cancer, Kayle at 30 and me at 26. We both were seeking help and detox at the Living Foods Institute here in Atlanta. I got to know Kayle much better after two days at LFI when my husband and I invited her to stay with us at our apartment so she could save money on her hotel costs. We bonded over wheatgrass shots and the fact that we had to do enemas and colonics several times daily as part of our detox protocol, not something many of our 20 and 30-something friends were experiencing along with us.
I am forever and ever grateful for the friendship that Kayle and I formed in those short 12 days together!
After leaving Atlanta, Kayle continued on her alternative/natural healing journey for several more months until deciding that a more integrated approach was fitting for her situation. She is a hard-core vegan and is extremely experienced in the area of juicing and juicers. Please visit and LIKE her Facebook page and make sure to visit her blog in the next coming months!
Late last year I received a kind email from Dr. Judy Seeger who is a certified naturopath and founder of CancerCleanseCamp.com. She asked me if I would be willing to do a short radio interview, and since I had heard her interviews with other holistic survivors before, I gladly accepted.
In the interview I discuss the various methods of treatment I used to heal from my Stage II NLP Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, the importance of my faith, and also my life post-cancer. You can listen to the interview HERE.
Dr. Seeger would definitely be a terrific option for many of you to work with if you have been diagnosed with cancer and are looking for an alternative, non-toxic route for treatment. I especially appreciate her strong belief in the emotional- spiritual connection within the healing process that can tend to be over-shadowed by nutrition-only approaches. Thank you so much for your expertise and boldness, Dr. Seeger!
The Cuisinart SmartStick Immersion Blender $30
(This post is part of the ongoing “Ultimate Cancer Fighting Kitchen” series.)
The Budwig Protocol or “Cottage Cheese/ Flaxseed Oil” is just as, if not more important than my other cancer fighting staple, the green veggie smoothie. The research of German biophysicist, Dr. Johanna Budwig is highly respected and has stood up to skeptics through over 60 years of medical progress. It’s so unfortunate that this one simple combination of food can make such a difference in fighting cancer and yet is so ignored by mainstream medicine.
The Budwig mixture is effective on its own for a more holistic approach, but it can also be combined with a chemotherapy or radiation regimen with no known interference and shows evidence of increasing effectiveness in chemotherapy treatment.
Until recently, my challenge with Budwig sat with its “unique” taste, but I am now SO HAPPY to share my latest discovery in making the Budwig protocol, could I say- DELICIOUS?