It is a disease that strikes fear in women. Breast cancer attacks one out of every nine women in the United States. In fact, every 12 minutes another woman dies from this dreaded disease.

Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Lorraine Day, a breast cancer survivor, nearly lost her life to the disease. However, she beat the cancer and credits a radical change in her diet with saving her life. Recently, she met with 700 Club co-host Terry Meeuwsen to discuss her triumphant battle with breast cancer.

Terry Meeuwsen Interviews Dr. Lorraine Day

TM: How did you decide on a course of action?

LD: The first doctor I went to-a surgeon who knew I was a physician refused to take care of me if I didn't have the regular standard treatment prescribed for virtually every cancer patient.

TM: What made you decide you weren't going to do that?

LD: I had seen many, many patients die of cancer with the standard treatment… The therapies that we give in medicine actually destroy a human being's immune system. Chemotherapy, radiation, all destroy our immune system. I wanted to build my immune system.

I had learned something about nutrition and alternative ways of healing the body. There are people who get well from cancer with radiation and chemotherapy, but it is mainly a result of nourishing their body enough to overcome the effects of the destructive aspect of the treatment.

TM: How did you decide what program you'd follow?

LD: I started reading about a lot of alternatives, and I bumbled around for a long time. That's one reason I got sicker, because I tried a lot of supplements and I tried different kinds of diets. Then I went back to the Bible. Genesis 1:29 tells us the basic diet that we're supposed to eat, and that is fruits, grains, vegetables and some nuts. And so I went back to that basic diet, plus I did all the other natural things.

I eat as close to nature as possible. I try to eat 75 percent of my food raw. I don't eat anything in a can or in a box fruit. But not fruit and vegetables at the same meal, because the fruit has sugar in it and it will cause it to ferment while your vegetables are trying to digest.

Exercise is very important to get enough oxygen to the body. Cancer cannot thrive in a high-oxygen environment, so we must have exercise.

I also drink 16-20 glasses of water a day.

TM: Is the reason water is so important because it washes some of the toxins through the system?

LD: Yes, but it also is part of the cell wall that actually forms the integrity of the cell. If you don't have that, your cells are not healthy. …The lack of water is one of the basic causes of almost all serious diseases. We lose 10 glasses of water from our body every day just by living. … For every cup of coffee we drink, or caffeinated beverage, we (lose from) our systems twice as much water as we took in.

(In addition to water, a person needs) proper sun. Don't get burned, but get out in the sun.

(Also,) stay away from sugar. The sugar coats your immune cells and paralyzes them, so your immune system cannot protect you.

Standards To Live By

"Then God said, 'Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;" (Genesis 1:29).

"The eyes of all look to Thee, And Thou dost given them their food in due time" (Psalm 145:15).

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