Thalassotherapy is Good for Post-Cancer Treatment

Conventional cancer therapy, as utilized by our doctors in Canada & the US can take many forms. Two of modern medicine's current 'go to' therapies for treating cancer are high energy 'radiation therapy' known as Radiotherapy & a cocktail of chemicals in pill & liquid form, referred to as Chemotherapy. What's widely known by most cancer patients is that these forms of 'conventional cancer therapy' kill healthy cells along with the cancerous cells too. It's agreed by most doctors that these conventional therapies severely tax an already compromised immune system, so keeping your immune system strong at all times is recommended. So after cancer the therapy is completed, thalassotherapy can help to alleviate pain, inflammation & begin healthy cellular re-generation by:

1. Re-building the immune system.
2. Detoxifying the body from both the chemicals of chemotherapy & the radiation that accumulates and stores within the tissues of the body.
3. Inducing Homeostasis - Balance within the body & mind is most important in healing.
4. Nutritional Support - We all know, 'we are what we eat' and seaweeds provide everything the cells need to regenerate healthily.

Thalassotherapy is a common sense approach for the recovery of your health as it works by strengthening and maintaining the body's immune system. This makes sense, since a strong immune system keeps the body healthy & protects it from disease & getting cancer ever again. Asian cultures, like the Japanese & Koreans eat alot of seaweed daily and coincidentally they also have some of the lowest rates of cancer in the world, as compared with other cultures. Seaweeds in general have everything our bodies require in terms of nutrition and brown kelp in particular is highest in the immune boosting mineral iodine and has a very mild taste. With a wide assortment of other bio-available vitamins, minerals, polysaccharides, essential amino acids, omegas & glyconutrients, seaweeds work to alkalize the the blood, while supporting every major system in the body. Trans-dermal absorption of these complete ocean nutrients is accomplished during a Thalassotherapy treatment in a bodywrap, massage, poultice or bath.

Supplementation with iodine is also highly recommended to BOOST & STRENGTHEN the immune system. Since iodine was the 1st mineral classified as ESSENTIAL TO LIFE, most people in Canada & the US are deficient at one level or another. If you're not eating kelp or supplementing with iodine, the chances are VERY HIGH, that you may be iodine deficient. I recommend reading Dr Brownstein's book, 'Iodine, why you need it, why you can't live without it', as it details in case studies the positive effects of iodine supplementation. Since much of our bodily iodine is stored for immune health in our BRAIN, THYROID, BREASTS, OVARIES, PROSTATE, SKIN & MUSCLES, it is ESSENTIAL that we have some. Of the over 4000 patients Dr.Brownstein has tested for iodine deficiency, 95% were deficient at some level. What's also very interesting is that 100% of patients that came to him with cancer were also iodine deficient.

Our Biological Ocean Connections

I think that if women knew that using whole, raw brown kelp, that is grown indigenously in Canada & the US as a food, in a bath or in a bodywrap spa therapy, would provide them with enough bio-available vitamins, minerals, enzymes, essential amino acids, polysaccharide sugars, protein, fibre that would; strengthen their immune system, prevent & help to treat breast cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer & all cancers, irregular menstrual cycles, fibroids, ovarian cysts, infertility, fibro-cystic breast disease, menopausal problems, hormonal imbalance, water retention, emotional freak-outs, chills and hot flashes, fatigue, lack of lubrication, loss of calcium & general irritability, they use it. Not only use it, they would tell every woman they know about it. Some think, this is too good to be true, how can seaweeds do this for me? When you understand the biological connection of the design of our bodies & the ocean as explained by Dr. Rene Quinton at the turn of the 20th century and what cultures from around the world know & practice including; Japan, Korea, China, Iceland, Denmark, Wales, Scotland, Hawaii, France & the South Pacific Islands. Everyone who traded goods with these peoples & cultures knew about the healing aspects of the ocean, that's why there was trade. Since most of our modern doctors in North America don't recognize the healing effects of the ocean, you'd have to travel to France today, where the medical system regularly prescribes & covers costs for patients to partake in ocean-therapy (aka, thalassotherapy) for helping to deal with many modern ailments like, fatigue, stress, depression, obesity, arthritis & overall lack of zeal for life. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine told his patients to, go to the ocean to heal, to soak up the ocean minerals. Plato said, “The sea cures all ailments of man” & Euripides said, “The sea washes away all mens's illnesses” And from Herodotus, “Sun & sea are sovereign remedies for most diseases and particularly for women's ailments”. We will do well to listen to those ancient remedy's, for what is old has become new again. For many in Canada & the US who have ears to listen, this can be just the news you're wanting to hear.

Thalassotherapy - Natures Healing Gift

Thalassotherapy, which is ocean therapy has been utilized by cultures for over 5000. If you use raw seaweed that is certified organic and food grade you can't go wrong. Iodine, found in brown kelps, was classified as the first essential mineral required for life, as it is utilized in every cell and stored in our bodies for health. We know that Japan has the lowest rate of breast cancer in the world, this is because the population there eats large amounts of seaweed, especially Kombu or Alaria and the breast's are a large storage house for iodine. In fact, Fibrocystic Breast Disease (FBD), painful breasts during or after menstruation is caused by a lack of iodine in breast. Seaweed and Iodine have been shown to induce apoptosis (natural cell death) to cancer cell in over 750 scientific studies done in the US, Canada, Asia & Europe over the last 40 years. So you're able to absorb the vitamins & minerals transdermally that are naturally chelated (readily absorbed) with concentrations of 20-50 times that of land growing vegetables or plants. 20X more iron in brown kelp than in organic spinach, all bio-available and ready to use.

Chlorine, Fluorine and Bromine(used as a water disinfectant) and their isotopes compete for storage in the body with healing iodine and flush out the iodine that is stored in our brain, thyroid gland, women's breasts & ovaries as well as the prostate gland in men, for our immune strength. When the iodine is depleted either from halogen replacement or during pregnancy and is not replaced, disease creeps into the body and especially auto-immune disorders such as arthritis, eczema, psoriasis, fibromyalgia thyroidism, cancer & more. This causes havoc with the endocrine system which supports our metabolism & hormone production. Iodine, is the first essential mineral classified as essential for life and was used in medical practice from the early 1800's through the 1950's to treat thyroidism (both hyper & hypo) as well as staff infections & asthma. In fact Doctors learned a little rhyme in medical school ' If ye don't know what, when or why, prescribe then K and I. Which is potassium iodide. You can visit www.drbrownstein.com for more information. Dr. Brownstein has written a great book called 'Iodine, why you need it, why you can't live without it.' As well, a thalassotherapy soak is a wonderful way to enjoy your bath while absorbing the healing nutrients of the ocean found in seaweed in high concentrations. I have friends who have reversed arthritis, eczema, psoriasis and even anemia within 3 months of regular seaweed baths.