In “Life Over Cancer,” Dr. Block details “the healing power of the terrain.” It is, in fact, an integral part of the Life Over Cancer program. As he explains in the book, the importance of a patient’s biochemical environment (their terrain) was something that he’d begun thinking about as a medical student.
He was carrying petri dishes of cancer cells back and forth between labs, reminded by professors that he had to move very quickly or the cells would die before they made it to their destination. Initially, this was quite confusing. How could these cells, with their fearsome reputation, seemingly be so fragile? It was then he instinctively came to understand that the terrain – the environment the cancer cells reside in – could either promote cancer, or help quash cancer. It is also why targeting only the tumor isn’t enough to overcome cancer. Conventional cancer therapies almost always leave behind at least a small number of malignant cells. That’s why patients have to do everything possible to keep those cells – whether it’s one, or one thousand or one million – from proliferating and spreading.
A patient’s internal biochemical environment plays an integral role in determining whether a tumor will regain its foothold following treatment, metastasizing to distant sites, or whether it will stay where it is without posing any threat. It can also help prevent unpleasant, and even potentially life-threatening, complications. In addition, a biochemical terrain hostile to cancer will improve a patient’s quality of life! At the Block Center, each patient undergoes detailed assessments to identify disruptions in six defining features of their biochemical terrain. Cancer thrives on each of these, and the Life Over Cancer program is designed to address each one: Oxidation, Inflammation, Immunity, Blood Coagulation, Glycemia and Stress Chemistry and Biorhythms.
Over the next several days, we’ll take a look at each of these. Please note that due to limited space, the information here is general and a broad overview. Additional information can be found in Life Over Cancer.
For more information on The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, visit BlockMD.com.
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