Praise for Never Fear Cancer Again “Raymond Francis gave me a new lease on life. I am a medical doctor with an almost four-year history of stage 4 metastatic kidney cancer who had exhausted the standard treatment protocols for treating my cancer. After a PET scan revealed progression of my cancer, my oncologist suggested I contact hospice. “By chance, I met Raymond Francis, who listened to my story, shared with me his theory of disease, and encouraged me to start an alternative course to treat and reverse my cancer. I read Raymond’s book Never Be Sick Again, and started on the path to regaining my health. Seven months later, my last scan showed dramatic reductions in the size of my tumors. They have almost disappeared, my health has returned, and I am back to work. Reading Never Fear Cancer Again could save your life.†—Ronald L. Greene, M.D. “Never Fear Cancer Again can only be described as a masterpiece. This book explains the cancer process, the various causes, and most important, the best weapons for not only prevention and early cancer treatment, but for treatment of advanced cancers as well. This is a very important book that should be read by everyone.†—Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., CCN, neurosurgeon and author of Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients How to Prevent and Reverse Cancer Raymond Francis, M.Sc. Author of the Bestseller Never Be Sick Again Foreword by Harvey Diamond Coauthor of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Fit for Life www.hcibooks.com Never Fear Cancer Again and the information contained in this book are not intended as a substitute for the advice and/or medical care of the reader’s physician, nor are they intended to discourage or dissuade the reader from the advice of his or her physician. The reader should regularly consult with a physician in matters relating to his or her health, especially with regard to symptoms that may require diagnosis. Any eating, exercise, or lifestyle regimen should not be undertaken without first consulting the reader’s physician. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available through the Library of Congress. ©2011 Raymond Francis ISBN-13: 978-0-7573-1550-3 (trade paper) ISBN-10: 0-7573-1550-X (trade paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7573-9190-3 (e-book) ISBN-10: 0-7573-9190-7 (e-book) All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. HCI, its logos, and marks are trademarks of Health Communications, Inc. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street Deerfield Beach, FL 33442–8190 Cover design by Larissa Hise Henoch Interior design by Lawna Patterson Oldfield Interior formatting by Dawn Von Strolley Grove I dedicate this book to the loving memory of my brother Bernard. An inspiration to anyone suffering with cancer, in 1991 Bernie was diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer that had metastasized to his lymphatic system. Conventional medicine had little to offer, and his projected life expectancy ranged from six months to an optimistic three years. Not liking those numbers, Bernie had the wisdom and courage to seek out alternative treatments. He radically changed his diet, reduced his toxic exposures, and took the nutritional supplements that I recommended. He succeeded in putting his cancer into remission. His perplexed physicians called him “the miracle patient.†Bernie lived an additional two decades of very high quality life. He died on April 9, 2011, at the age of eighty, having outlived the average American male by five years. Contents Foreword by Harvey Diamond Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW OF CANCER Chapter 2 WHAT IS DISEASE? Chapter 3 UNDERSTANDING CANCER Chapter 4 THE NUTRITION PATHWAY Chapter 5 THE TOXIN PATHWAY Chapter 6 THE MENTAL PATHWAY Chapter 7 THE PHYSICAL PATHWAY Chapter 8 THE GENETIC PATHWAY Chapter 9 THE MEDICAL PATHWAY Chapter 10 ABOUT SUPPLEMENTS Chapter 11 PREVENTING AND REVERSING CANCER Additional Resources Bibliography Acknowledgments M y abundant gratitude goes to all those dedicated scientists who came before me to help us understand the biological process we call cancer. I thank my publisher, Health Communications, Inc., for making this book possible and to its entire staff who contributed to its success. Special thanks go to my editor Allison Janse, who has been a friend, a guide, and an inspiration, and has had the grace and the patience to suffer through three of my books. Many thanks also to the friends who have spent many hours of their time reading and critiquing to help make the book more readable and meaningful to the average reader. Of special note is my friend Norman Hawker, who went way beyond the call of friendship and spent countless hours patiently editing, researching, and offering suggestions for improvement. Thanks, Norman! Thanks also to Dr. Linda Howard for making all those cuts that were painful at the time, but made for a better, higher quality manuscript. Thanks also to Dr. David Rovno, Joan Carol, Pamela Strong, Stacy Jett, and Austin Jett. Your contributions have been meaningful, and they are appreciated. Most importantly, the reader has a more useful product because of your thoughtful attention and comments. Foreword T he words, “You have cancer†can be devastating and land with a thud in your heart, producing shock and terror. This deadly disease appears to be something over which we have very little control. It seems to strike innocent victims for no apparent reason, like a cruel game of chance with the highest of stakes. Contributing to the anxiety and distress associated with a diagnosis of cancer are particularly aggressive treatments that are themselves quite frightening while yielding extremely meager results. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Raymond Francis breaks the mold while intelligently and convincingly setting the record straight on the true reasons why cancer shows up in some people and not in others. Never Fear Cancer Again explains that cancer is not something to be poisoned, burned, or cut out of the body, but rather a process that needs to be recognized and shut down. The cancer process requires a certain environment in the body to sustain itself. The surest and safest way to prevent or evict cancer from the body is to stop creating the conditions that allow it to thrive. Never Fear Cancer Again takes the mystery and fear out of cancer by shining the light of knowledge on it, revealing how cancer is caused, and how to implement its reversal and prevention. Raymond Francis takes the best that science has to offer and reduces it to simple language, providing readers with what they need to know to become well, stay well, and remain cancer free. Using his simple, yet profound concept that there’s really only one disease and two causes of disease, Francis redefines health and disease, opening the door and leading the way to an entirely new and effective way of practicing medicine. He explains complex science in easy-to-understand language, empowering readers to help themselves. This revolutionary book is decades ahead of the approach of most doctors, and may very well rank among the most significant and practical books ever written on the subject of cancer. Given conventional medicine’s abysmal success rate with cancer, this book is not only a timely contribution but also heralds in new and real hope for those either in the grip of cancer or those desiring to optimize their chances of its prevention. The reason people fear cancer so is because conventional cancer treatments are both brutalizing and ineffective. Conventional treatments are harmful, are both brutalizing and ineffective. Conventional treatments are harmful, damaging the body’s natural ability to fight cancer while actually producing more cancer in the process. The failure of the standard approach to cancer can be directly traced to the unfortunate and ineffectual tradition of treating only the symptoms while ignoring the causes, allowing the cancer process to continue unchecked. Most people think of cancer as a mysterious monster over which they have little or no control. Not so! The knowledge that already exists is sufficient to end this epidemic. In fact, a growing body of scientific evidence clearly shows that the vast majority of cancers can be prevented with changes in diet and lifestyle. All that is needed is to put the knowledge we already have to good use, which is exactly what this groundbreaking book succeeds in doing. Cancer can be prevented, and it can be reversed. Raymond Francis, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), has been cited as “one of the few scientists to achieve a breakthrough understanding of health and disease.†With backgrounds in both science and engineering, he employs that rare combination of scientific rigor and the practicality of an engineer. In Never Fear Cancer Again, Francis lives up to his well-earned reputation for insightful, breakthrough thinking. He is a master at taking complex science, understanding its implications, and then reducing it to practical concepts that almost anyone can use to acquire and maintain health and well-being. After decades of extensive research and observation, Francis with the tools we need to end this out-of-control scourge. While the knowledge to end this epidemic already exists, the problem is that it is not being assembled and packaged into something we can use. In this eye- opening book, that’s what Francis so eloquently succeeds in doing, and that’s why it is a must-read for anyone seeking to prevent or reverse cancer. It is well researched, with an extensive bibliography, and is easy to understand. Francis exposes how cancer survival statistics have been manipulated to the point of being meaningless, with the real cancer survival rates being no better than they were in the 1950s. He explains why conventional cancer treatments fail, pointing out how they actually contribute to the cancer process, often killing the patient faster than if they had no treatment at all! The real power of Never Fear Cancer Again is that it presents a simple, yet comprehensive and holistic program for preventing and reversing cancer. Francis’s Beyond Health Model of One Disease, Two Causes, and Six Pathways to health or disease provides a roadmap for creating health and shutting down the cancer process. Francis uses the analogy of switching on and driving a cancer to switching on and driving a car. Just as you can learn to control your car, you can learn to control cancer. He even shows you how to keep cancer locked in the garage so it can’t go anywhere and do harm. Francis demonstrates why the Standard American Diet is actually a cancer- causing diet. He outlines the critical role of environmental toxins. With his holistic approach, he shows how your thoughts and emotions, lack of sleep, not enough exercise or sunlight, malfunctioning genes and even common medical treatments can cause cancer. Armed with the knowledge contained in this book, you can take control of your life by supporting your body’s natural ability to prevent and reverse cancer. Instead of being at the mercy of an uncontrollable threat, you can move forward confidently knowing that you are doing everything possible to make your body a place where cancer cannot take hold. Never Fear Cancer Again is science based, decades ahead of conventional medicine, well written, and easy to understand. Best of all—it works! We should all be thankful there are dedicated individuals such as Raymond Francis out there, committed to revealing much needed health truths to a deserving populace. Harvey Diamond #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Fit for Life: A New Beginning