Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds

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But, in my opinion, if someone had stage four cancer and they’re well now, then we need to know about them. If they used chemo, plus these nine factors, and that’s what allowed them to endure the chemo and allow it to do its job, that’s something for oncologists to learn. Kelly Turner: Cross your fingers that we can get a major motion picture about radical remission out there in theaters. Marianne Cirone: I’m involved in the Society for Integrative Oncology, so I told my Committee for Patient Advocacy that we were going to do this interview and asked them what they wanted me to ask you, and a couple people asked specifically about the intuition that you mentioned in your book. And how do you overcome the resistance to when, as a patient, you start to step into your own power and then resistance comes from authority figures, family, whomever? What does science think about intuition and what do you do when the resistance comes up?

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I think so. It is uplifting to read about others who have survived cancer against the odds. Reading this book will provide a boost to your optimism and in turn, this can boost your immune system and help you to really thrive. For more on how optimism can help boost your immune system, read my blog on the subject here.

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If she had stayed away from nutritional recommendations, many which I've found to be false based on Cochrane.org and reputable medical institutions, her introductions to alternative therapies (QiGong, meditation, willful being, spiritual energy practices, herbalism, etc) would have been better received. However, the book has a very clear bias towards TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) and Eastern Mysticism/Energy healing. I will be the first to advocate for integrated and supplemental natural medicine but this went way beyond that.

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The following is a conversation that I was honored to have with Dr. Turner in the summer of 2017. Interview with Radical Remission author, Dr. Kelly Turner That [instinctual] part of the brain switched on — and because this is how our brains work–the second part of brain, the frontal cortex, which can calculate and analyze, makes to-do lists, etc. – shut down. Simply because you have a societal understanding of what the word “cancer” means in the Western world, which means something to be fearful of. As soon as you hear the words “You have this fearful thing,” you will most likely, unless you’re absolutely not afraid of cancer, have your brain switch into System One, and System Two will shut down. That means you are now operating by instinct.It’s like the weight has been lifted from them. They realize they have 18 months of COBRA and someone from their church just donated to them, so they’re going to have great health insurance for 18 months and they say, “Okay. For the next 18 months, I’m just going to not worry about a job. I’m just going to focus on my health.” And then they spend the next 18 months exercising every day, reconnecting to what brings them joy, getting eight hours of sleep in complete darkness, totally cleaning up their diet, boosting their immune system, embracing their friendships again and allowing themselves to be supported and loved by them. Regarding the first factor (changing your diet), the majority of people Turner studied greatly reduced or eliminated sugar, meat, dairy, and refined foods, and greatly increased fruit and vegetable intake, choose organic food, and drink filtered water.