Radical Remission

1. Radically Change Your Diet

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Food is powerful medicine. Many Radical Remission survivors drastically alter their diets, viewing food as a primary tool for healing. They significantly reduce or eliminate sugar, meat, dairy, and refined foods, which are often linked to inflammation and feeding cancer cells.

Increase nutrient-dense foods. A core change involves greatly increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits, ideally organic, to provide the body with essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Drinking filtered water is also emphasized to avoid potential toxins like chlorine and fluoride.

Change the internal environment. The goal is to create an internal environment where cancer cannot thrive by reducing inflammation and providing the immune system with the necessary building blocks. This dietary shift supports the body's natural ability to heal and detoxify.

2. Take Control of Your Health

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Be an active participant. Radical Remission survivors move from being passive "patients" to active drivers of their healing journey. They research, ask questions, challenge conventional advice when necessary, and make informed decisions about their treatment path.

Willingness to change. Healing often requires examining one's lifestyle and making significant, sometimes difficult, changes. This involves looking inward to identify habits or patterns that may have contributed to illness and committing to altering them.

Dealing with resistance. Taking control can mean facing skepticism or criticism from others, including medical professionals. Developing a strong inner conviction and dealing with external or internal resistance is crucial for staying the course.

3. Follow Your Intuition

In vital matters, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves.

The body knows. Radical Remission survivors often trust their inner knowing or "gut feeling" about what their bodies need to heal. This intuition can guide decisions about diet, treatment paths, or lifestyle changes, even when it contradicts conventional wisdom.

Accessing inner wisdom. Intuition can manifest in various ways, such as dreams, physical sensations, or sudden insights. Learning to quiet the analytical mind through practices like meditation or journaling can help clarify these intuitive messages.

Unique healing paths. Recognizing that each person's body and circumstances are unique, intuition helps individuals find the specific changes needed for their personal healing journey. What works for one person may not work for another, making personalized intuitive guidance valuable.

4. Use Herbs and Supplements

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician.

Strengthen the immune system. Many survivors use herbs and supplements to boost their body's natural defenses against cancer. The aim is to create an internal environment where the immune system is strong enough to identify and eliminate cancer cells.

Support detoxification. Supplements can aid the body in clearing out toxins, bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens that may contribute to illness. This helps reduce the burden on the immune system and supports overall cellular health.

Supplemental support. While powerful, supplements are seen as supplemental to foundational changes like diet and lifestyle. They provide concentrated nutrients and immune support but are most effective when combined with other healing factors.

5. Release Suppressed Emotions

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Illness as blockage. Many survivors and healers view illness, including cancer, as a blockage of energy or flow, often stemming from suppressed emotions. Holding onto negative emotions like stress, fear, anger, or resentment can create physical tension and weaken the body.

Stress weakens immunity. Scientific research supports the link between chronic stress and a weakened immune system. Stress hormones like cortisol can suppress immune cell activity, making the body less effective at fighting off disease.

Processing emotions is key. Learning to fully feel and release emotions, rather than burying them, is vital for health. Techniques like therapy, meditation, or energy work can help clear emotional blockages and restore the body's natural healing capacity.

6. Increase Positive Emotions

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Happiness boosts immunity. Experiencing positive emotions like joy, love, and happiness floods the body with beneficial hormones like endorphins and serotonin. These hormones enhance immune function, improve circulation, and promote cellular repair.

Cultivate joy daily. Radical Remission survivors often make a conscious effort to incorporate activities that bring them joy and laughter into their daily lives. They view happiness not just as a feeling, but as a habit to be practiced consistently.

Balance, not constant bliss. The goal is not to suppress negative emotions or feel happy all the time, but to allow all emotions to flow while actively increasing moments of joy. Even small doses of positive emotion can significantly impact the body's healing response.

7. Embrace Social Support

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

Love heals the body. Receiving love, care, and support from others has a tangible, positive effect on physical health. Studies show that strong social connections are linked to longer life spans and improved immune function.

Avoid feeling alone. Loneliness and isolation can be detrimental to health, increasing stress hormones and suppressing the immune system. Connecting with friends, family, support groups, or even pets helps combat loneliness and provides vital emotional energy.

The power of touch. Physical touch, such as hugging or massage, releases healing hormones like oxytocin, which reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, and boosts immune activity. Human connection, in its various forms, is a powerful healing force.

8. Deepen Your Spiritual Connection

The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.

Spirituality as experience. Connecting to a deeper spiritual energy is described as a felt experience of peace, warmth, or unconditional love, not just a set of beliefs. Practices like meditation, prayer, or spending time in nature can facilitate this connection.

Beyond the physical. Many survivors believe humans are primarily spiritual beings, and neglecting this aspect can impact physical health. Reconnecting to this inner spiritual core is seen as essential for restoring balance and vitality to the body.

Consistent practice is key. Like building physical strength, deepening spiritual connection requires regular, dedicated practice. Quieting the busy mind is often the first step to allowing this peaceful, healing energy to flow.

9. Have Strong Reasons for Living

I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

Focus on life, not death. Radical Remission survivors are driven by a powerful desire to live and experience life fully, rather than being primarily motivated by a fear of dying. This core conviction fuels their perseverance through challenging treatments.

Mind leads the body. A strong will to live and a positive mental attitude can profoundly influence the body's healing capacity. Focusing on reasons for living activates the body's rest-and-repair systems, supporting immune function.

Finding your calling. Discovering or reconnecting with a sense of purpose, passion, or calling provides a powerful motivation to keep living. Having exciting goals and a zest for life brings in vital life-force energy.

Last updated: May 10, 2025