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Maha's avatar
14hEdited

We've come a long way. In 1980, I worked as a radiographic technologist while putting myself through premed courses and undergrad. A lovely young woman presented for CT scan for recent onset of unremitting headache. A mass was seen, and the neurosurgeon opened her up and concluded immediately there was no point in attempting to remove the mass as it was a very invasive astrocytoma. (Glioblastomas are an aggressive form of astrocytoma that were categorized and graded by the WHO just a year earlier than this woman's appearance.)

Long story short, chemo and radiation therapy was started immediately, which in most all patients resulted in nasty sequelae including loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, weight loss leading to cachexia, and of course, hair loss. She returned to the imaging department a couple of months later wearing a scarf over her now bald head. She was in great spirits. She informed me that her oncologists were surprised she suffered almost no nausea and her appetite remained, although not quite as robust as before treatment. She credited this to co-treatment with an acupuncturist who gave her several concoctions to make a powerful. bitter tea from, plus needle therapy and dietary advice. She said she told the oncologists about this and they said. "oh, that's interesting..."

Aggressive astrocytomas/glioblastomas had a poor survival rate in 1980. My schedule at the hospital changed to swing shift so I could accommodate my college class schedule. I lost track of this sweet, courageous woman who thought out of the box in a way her oncologists found to be perplexing. I found it criminally negligent they didn't immediately ask to discuss the therapy with her acupuncture doctor, and a multi-disciplinary protocol developed. Today there are cancer centers with acupuncturists, oncological naturopaths, and nutritionists on staff. It will be intriguing to see how they incorporate these new findings, if they do at all. After all, when you step into the doors of the Cancer Care Alliance, or the Fred Hutchinson Center, the cash register is still ringing loudly.

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Dan McGuire's avatar

Where's the money in treating cancer with this cheap stuff?

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Maha's avatar

Well, there it is. This won't get any attention by the captured media, and if the HSS pushes the concept, it will de derided as "dangerous fake treatments" that delay the "proper pharmaceutical treatments". (Which actually don't exist, except in the balance sheets of Pharma.)

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Laureen Mattick's avatar

Thank you so much to all those who helping to clear the ugly deck of non effective pharmaceuticals offered for this terrible disease, glioblastoma.

It should be criminal for anyone involved in hiding or destroying or delaying approval of further comprehensive trials/ treatment to the completely safe removal of this brain cancer with humane and now known life saving, restorative, cost effective natural remedies. God bless all those who are facilitating this path forward for all those who are currently so afflicted. ❤️❗️

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Martha Jane Shoultz's avatar

If someone currently has late-stage glioblastoma, is there any way they could get this type of treatment?

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Richard D's avatar

They're both common supplements available online. Amino acid chelated copper is available by itself and resveratrol is available by itself and in numerous combinations with other supplements. In the old days, pre-Flexner, copper was used for curing tuberculosis, an indication that tuberculosis may be caused by a copper deficiency. Other metals; such as zinc, iron, molybdenum, sulfur, cadmium and aluminum; may displace copper, causing a copper deficiency. Taking too much copper can cause problems. Organic spirulina is a good source of copper. Glyphosate herbicide may deplete copper and other essential minerals. Some of the best food sources of copper include Brazil nuts, cashews, walnuts, filberts, peanuts, oatmeal, barley, lentils, etc.

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Martha Jane Shoultz's avatar

Thank you so much!

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letterwriter's avatar

Brazil nuts contain random and high levels of selenium, which can injure the thyroid. My endocrinologist advised me against taking them. But I'm not aware of any such issues with the rest of the foods mentioned!

My endocrinologist said that selenium and iodine paired, at consistent levels each day not erratically as in the modern diet, can facilitate thyroid self-repair, whereas imbalance or erratic intake can lead to it self-harming, essentially was the impression I got.

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Bob's avatar

Do they state what type of copper? or does it matter?

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Richard D's avatar

Amino acid chelated is always the best form of mineral supplements because they're more likely to be metabolized and absorbed than basic minerals. Most mineral supplements use basic, non-chelated minerals. Copper sulfate, for example, is unlikely to be metabolized, but amino acid chelated copper is likely to be metabolized

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Bob's avatar

Thank you

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Martha Jane Shoultz's avatar

Would these be taken internally or could it be through IV or some other method?

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Richard D's avatar

I think it's implied in the article that these are supplements that can be taken by mouth without the assistance of a medical professional.

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Tim Kingswood's avatar

Just buy it Martha. Copper & Resveratrol available in the Uk very easily.

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Martha Jane Shoultz's avatar

I wonder if this works when the patient has already had all the chemo, radiation, etc., and they are unable to even take medicine on their own? It looks like this is for pre-surgery treatment.

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Claudia's avatar

It can't hurt to try! Good luck!

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CherylBray's avatar

Amazon

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TRM's avatar

Over the counter (OTC) so any vitamin shop.

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Senior Moments's avatar

One of the miracles of the internet is being able to read about breakthroughs like this from reliable sources. Thank you!

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Autumn's avatar

Wow... Just amazing.

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David Kukkee's avatar

Awesome disclosure Nicolas. I am forwarding this to family in need. Thank you.

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sandy's avatar
13hEdited

Thank you for this important article, Nicholas. See today's article by Children's Health Defense about ACIP committee examination of Pfizer's new mRNA flu shot. An mRNA flu shot should not even be a possibility, considering all of the problems including cancer, caused by the current covid mRNA shots. And remember that in 2021 seasonal flu was added to the covid Health Emergency covered by the Prep Act, so flu shots are also "countermeasures," meaning manufacturers and providers of them are indemnified from liability.

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2XOH's avatar

Whoa! Very promising!

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Andi Pigott Martin's avatar

This is fascinating! 😃

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TRM's avatar

This is great news. Thanks for including the dosage in your report.

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AlmostLastRepublicaninSeattle's avatar

Question: How do you take 5.6 mg? Is that a misprint? Should it be grams?

Everything is 1,000 mg, or did they do powder? Thanks for info. My brain can’t do this today. 🤪 Thanks!

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MJ's avatar

Imagine preventive potential... or post surgery...

Amazon type supplements are greater doses than the study used..

Resveratrol in 500mg doses [not 5.6mg]

and

LifeExtension Trace Minerals has Copper in 2,500ng component, not 560ng...

What's the effect of them being taken 4 times/day... Are these like Vit C and B vitamins not storable so gaps in dosing are protection failures? Think dose PER HOUR not dose per DAY as in past...

This is interesting study-planning to incorporate nutrient work in surgery required....

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Bill's avatar

More is not always better. I would recommend dividing one 500mg capsule of reseveratrol into 4 parts and one 2500ng capsule of copper into 4 parts and taking each of those 4 parts them about 4 hours apart with an 8 hour gap at night, and knowing that it would be better to follow the study exactly. This is what we call guessing. These dosages are safe, but they could be less effective or more effective. We simply do not know.

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AlmostLastRepublicaninSeattle's avatar

I should’ve read your reply. That helps a lot. Guessing is what I figured. Thanks! And great advice, because MORE definitely is not better. Even with little to no side effects. Your body is still processing more. 🤗

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MJ's avatar

You apparently are NOT a student of medical PROGRESS-SUPPRESSION HISTORY...

There is NOTHING GLORIOUS explaining THEIR *GUESS* on what doses to try...

AND

there's a CLEAR PATTERN of PHARMACEUTICAL operators CHOOSING DELIBERATELY SMALLER NUTRIENT DOSES for detracting research...

So it's so totally white-coat-WORSHIPFUL of you to DOUBT the SAFETY of standardly used doses by nutrient experts in those specific biologics..

Trump arranged the Patients' Right to TRY law...

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we initially felt it was likely the caution of NEWBIES in this nutrient realm

-- just like the initial testing of researchers with vitamin C when it was new, in the 1930s, using 2,000mg repeated injections as 'mega' dosing, closer to herbalist levels

--- but we saw how later supposed adopters stayed at the 'promising' early levels for self-defeating pharma-reasons,,

--- and only after Linus Pauling moved his [and Cameron's] doing to 25,000mg multiple times that big progress was made....

The examples I gave were of the ''standardly''' used options already in our grasp w/o a damn prescription/permission... not my personal recommendations...

Every person has their own biologic/electromagnetic/chemical history and terrain

AND

should be aided to see what's possible, especially when facing glioblastoma choices...

AND

researchers should be openly advancing movement in promising directions that is what you should be doing.... ttyl

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Greg Eldefonso's avatar

Caffeine reduces the anti inflammatory effect of Resveratrol.

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franco nocentini's avatar

Thank you, I have been using resveratrol to try to regulate blood pressure changes and frequent symptoms of palpitations such as drumming (if lying down) but I have not seen a change that I could attribute to this supplement, however I am truly amazed by the result you reported.

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Kathy's avatar

Wow!!! Thanks for the info!

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Inisfad's avatar

That’s an amazingly small daily dose…..22.4mg of Resveratrol and 0.00224mg of copper. I wonder what role the copper plays, and whether Urolithin A, which I understand is like Resveratrol on ‘steroids’, would have more of an effect.

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John1200's avatar

I believe the copper oxidizes the resveratrol.

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