'How to Starve Cancer' book by Jane McLelland

"How to starve cancer" - is there anything in Jane McLelland's book which relates to the fact (or assumption) that  prostate cancer feeds on testosterone, rather than anything else?

Hi Jed See,

David my husband has been following the Jane McLelland protocol for 18 months, we have done her course, read the book and he sees a private oncologist at the Care Oncology Clinic, they have a very similar protocol to Jane. She has a Facebook page as well. David gets his metformin, statins, and other prescribed meds from them. I'm not sure on the guidelines of this blog, so I am being careful, but we are incredibly pleased with the results, the support from the C.O.C clinic and Jane's book, it takes a bit of work to read it, but I've been through it twice now. I am not sure how the NHS view it, David's last NHS consultant had heard of its but he'd not read anything about it. 

In my opinion it's well worth looking into, she was stage 4. 19 years ago, and as a trained physio so she had a bit of medical insight, she did her research, and gave life her best shot, tried all kinds of supplements and medication. She then had a different cancer from her chemo being too strong, but survived that as well. 

It's much more than diet, though diet comes into it, it's a change of perspective on cancer in my opinion. David was diagnosed just under 8 years ago,Gleason 9 Tb3  and he was diagnosed stage 4 last year, hence doing the research into other treatments and perspectives. His PSA is currently <0.1 and he is doing very well. We both wish we'd come across Jane earlier, but we can't change that. If you want any further info please ask. 

David has also had conventional HDR Brachytherapy, and RT and he is on HT for life. This is additional to the mainstream, but as he is stage 4 it was well worth the punt as he could say. He is 73 in July, we still work our smallholding, and live a fairly active life, he does regular exercise, drinks red wine twice a week, and we have a good life. Oh, he had a heart attack 19 months ago, start fitted and he's recovered very well. 

I hope this helps, please ask for more info, unless this gets scuppered as Ive broken the rules.

Good luck 

Leila 

Hi Jed See,

Berbarine is a bit like metformin, and David takes  an anti-parasitic  and a strong  antibiotic and a statin prescribed by COC . His supplement regime is fish oil, turmeric, vitamin D, B12, Betaglucans, vitamin k, rosemary extract , magnesium,occasional green tea as he doesn’t like it,  sugar free pomegranate juice, apple cider vinegar, hot pure lemon juice, he takes all these daily. 

Diet is, soy milk, low dairy, chicken once a week, fish, low carbs, lots of fresh veggies.No sugar, limited red wine, very limited real ale. No processed foods, I cook all from scratch. 

We found the course complimented the book and helped, she also does occasional webinars with the COC.

We have contact with is a GP who  is well versed in mainstream and alternative treatments and we have taken their advice too. 

David’s weight is about 12 stone and he’s just under 6’ and reasonably fit.

He’s a young72, and wants to squeeze the best out of life, so we do all we can to stay well and healthy. 

Leila 

Edited by member 25 Mar 2023 at 09:29  | Reason: Not specified

Yes this definitely surprises me, Robs GP always likes to tell us that he’s on statins so therefore they should be good enough for him 🤷🏻‍♀️I would always like to try a diet and lifestyle change first and if no improvement then go for the medication.

Glad your levels are back to some normality and hope you are recovering well after hormones 👍

Edited by member 29 Aug 2023 at 00:00  | Reason: Not specified

It seems Berberine is quite similar to metformin, and it can be bought without a prescription. 

Leila 

Every now and then you read or hear about  a diet that can cure cancer or slow it down but there is no scientific basis for it. Healthy diet is obviously a good thing

One of the UK's experts in men's health, and also a specialist in both diabetes and hormone therapy, thinks all men on hormone therapy should be offered Metformin and a statin automatically, just to counter the effects loss of Testosterone has on those related body functions, pushing you more towards metabolic syndrome.

The other thing is that without Testosterone, HDL cholesterol is no longer a "good" cholesterol, as it can't carry LDL back to the liver. This means the HDL/LDL ratio (which is what people tend to keep an eye on) becomes meaningless, and it's the total cholesterol level you need to keep an eye on instead.