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title: Fighting Cancer With Food
date: 2009-09-23T20:37:04Z
modified: 2009-09-23T20:37:04Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/fighting-cancer-with-food/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 1205
categories:
  - Cooking Demonstrations
  - Living Naturally
  - Natural Remedies
tags:
  - 3-legged stool of health
  - cancer
  - Dr. Walt Stoll
  - jan decourtney
  - perfect whole foods diet
author: Elizabeth
---

While I feel like I’ve dodged a bullet now that the [biopsy from my breast ](http://www.effortlesseating.com/2009/09/post-biopsy-recovery/ "breast biopsy")came back benign, surviving cancer is still on my mind and in my circle of relationships.

I wrote recently of [oxygenating your cells as a way to make the body environment inhospitable to cancer growth](http://www.effortlesseating.com/2009/09/cancer-fighting-tip-oxygenate-cells/ "Oxygenate cells to fight cancer"), and today I want to peek at how you can manage illness through diet and lifestyle changes.

![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51RFM8G16DL._SL110_.jpg "Recapture Your Health")

In particular, were I battling cancer, I would switch to a Perfectly Whole Foods Diet, such as the one outlined by Dr. Walt Stoll and Jan DeCourtney in [Recapture Your Health.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0965317129?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0965317129)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizoneandmore-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0965317129)

Together with [cellular-level skilled relaxation (deep breathing](http://elizabethyarnell.com/effortlesseating/2008/05/relaxation-at-the-cellular-level/ "skilled relaxation")) and the right exercise, a Perfectly Whole Foods diet can help the body reclaim the rogue cells and make the body’s environment inhospitable to cancerous growths.

Dr. Stoll himself told of how he eliminated a tumor from his own body with intensive relaxation techniques.

Truth told, when facing my own potential bout with cancer last month the last thing I believed was that I could “relax” it away, but I do strongly believe in Dr. Stoll’s “3-legged stool” of health. Besides, choosing to improve your health through self-care and a healthy lifestyle can be done congruently with modern medical treatments, if you so choose. It’s not one or the other, and they won’t cancel each other out. I believe in using all the resources at our disposal when you’re in a health crisis, until you find the ones that work for you.

I’ll be speaking in Boulder for the [Stoll Foundation for Natural Health on October 7th](http://www.meetup.com/Holistic-Health-Meetup-Group "stoll foundation for holistic health"), and talking about how my [Glorious One-Pot Meals cooking method](http://www.gloriouspotmeal.com/about/gpm.htm "glorious one pot meals") can be adapted for use with a Perfectly Whole Foods Diet. This is a free event and anyone interested in healthy living and cooking is invited to come!