Posts by Karen Berrios
The Dangers of Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Deficiency. While you can get vitamin D through food or supplements, exposure to the sun is most people’s main source of vitamin D. It used to be thought that vitamin D’s primary impact was confined to the skeleton. Everyone knew that getting enough vitamin D was important for preventing rickets and other bone diseases,…
Read MoreImmune Builder Smoothie
Immune Builder Smoothie. I have learned that healthy eating can also be very tasty. I love the taste of fresh fruit in a smoothie mixed with nutrient dense wholefoods and supplements to support my health and my family’s. This one is super delicious and very easy to make! It supports your immune system as it…
Read MoreSeptember is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
September is Thyroid Cancer. This month is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, a time to educate the public about the most common type of endocrine cancer. Also called “thyroid carcinoma,” thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor or growth that originates within the thyroid gland. That’s the official definition—true, but very impersonal. To me, though, thyroid cancer…
Read MoreThe Rash
The Rash. Shortly after I got the good news that the alternative approach to cancer treatment that I was pursuing seemed to be having a positive impact, I started developing a mysterious rash. And I don’t just mean a basic, run-of-the-mill rash. This rash was dramatic. I itched like you wouldn’t believe, and when I…
Read MoreHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. I first started doing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy during the month that I spent at the Hope 4 Cancer Institute in Mexico. This therapy was part of my daily regimen while I was there, and I often looked forward to it as one of my favorite parts of the day. When I came…
Read MoreRebounding
Rebounding. Of all the therapies that I have done as part of my cancer treatment, Rebounding is hands-down the most fun. In fact, it’s probably the only therapy that has ever gotten my children arguing over which one of them got to go next when I was through. What is Rebounding? Rebounding is simply jumping…
Read MoreAfter Tijuana: Good News
After Tijuana: Good News. After my month at the Tijuana cancer treatment clinic I went home and continued with the home program that the clinic physicians had recommended. Thankfully I had the full support of my husband, and my kids were very understanding, because this home treatment program affected all of us. There were things…
Read MoreChiropractic Care
Chiropractic Care When in sickness, look to the spine first. ~ Hippocrates As this quote from Hippocrates demonstrates, the connection between the spine and health has been known for over 2,000 years! Chiropractic Care. In my own life I first got started with Chiropractic Care about a year after I was diagnosed with cancer, when…
Read MoreAn Innovative Treatment Approach Immunotherapy
Treatment Approach Immunotherapy. As many of you already know, in May-2017 I visited Peru to start a new cancer therapy. I am seeing Dr. Cesar Nunez, a conventionally-trained MD and scientist researcher, who has chosen to work in the field of immunotherapy with cancer patients. I was immediately impressed by Dr. Nunez. He strikes me…
Read MoreSo Much Suffering / Cancer a Multi-Factorial Disease
Cancer a Multi-Factorial Disease. After arriving at the Hope 4 Cancer Institute clinic in Tijuana, Mexico for a month of holistic therapies based on a mind/body/spirit approach to treatment, I was struck by the suffering of those around me. Like most people, until I received my cancer diagnosis it had never really crossed my mind…
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