Integrative Oncology Program:

At the Insight Naturopathic Clinic we offer our patients complementary and adjunctive therapies to supplement conventional treatments.  Our goal is to facilitate the body’s ability to heal while improving quality of life.  We take the time to provide support and counseling to our patients and attempt to make their journey as comfortable as possible.  Each patient's protocol is individualized to meet the person's specific needs. 

Our programs include vitamin and mineral supplementation (including intravenous therapy if applicable), herbal or homeopathic remedies, nutritional counseling, lifestyle changes, acupuncture, stress management techniques and strategies for long-term prevention of recurrence.  All prescriptions given alongside conventional therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation are well researched to prevent potential drug-herb and drug-nutrient interactions.

"What intravenous therapies would I be given?  I'm sick of needles after being poked at the hospital!"  

Intravenous vitamin C therapy:

How does Vitamin C work in Cancer?

The molecular shape of vitamin C is remarkably similar to glucose. Cancer cells will actively transport vitamin C into themselves, possibly because they mistake it for glucose.

If large amounts of vitamin C are presented to cancer cells, l arge amounts will be absorbed. In these unusually large concentrations, the antioxidant vitamin C will actually behave as a pro-oxidant as it interacts with intracellular copper and iron. This chemical interaction produces small amounts of hydrogen peroxide.  There is a common misconception that intravenous vitamin C is an anti-oxidant therapy and would therefore be contraindicated with chemotherapy and radiation.  This is not the case.  

Because cancer cells are relatively low in an intracellular anti-oxidant enzyme called catalase, the high dose vitamin C induction of peroxide will continue to build up until it eventually lyses (breaks) the cancer cell from the inside out! This effectively makes high dose vitamin C a non-toxic chemotherapeutic agent that can be given in conjunction with conventional cancer treatments. According to research, these potentially tumor-toxic dosages can only be obtained by intravenous administration.

IN THE MEDIA:  November 2009