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Dear Friends,

Many of you know that I've been living with, and learning about, cancer for 30 years. In about the past 5 years there has been an explosion of new information that is exciting to me. We know so much more about what causes cancer and what we can do to mitigate or control it. We thought that mapping the genome was going to give us a "cure" for cancer. Instead it taught us that everyone is so individual that we would have to develop a different drug for each person. We essentially learned that cancer is a metabolic disease rather than a genetic disease.

The first time I heard of SNPS (single nucleotide polymorphisms, pronounced "snips") was when I read The Metabolic Approach to Cancer, by Nasha Winters, ND. I knew it was important, but I didn't understand it. It felt too complex for me to grasp. That was in 2017. Now it seems like everyone is talking about SNPS and I have personally experienced how empowering it can be to know ones SNPS.

I did the test at NutritionGenome.com and got a 60-page report of my SNPS. I had someone interpret it for me because it's a language I haven't yet learned. I was told that, according to my SNPS, the medication I was taking was not right for me and I needed to change it (more explanation in my Blog). After only 2 weeks on the new medication my SNPS supported, my cancer marker numbers went down for the first time in a year. And the next month they went down significantly more.

This confirms for me the value of individualized medicine. I think nutrition also needs to be individualized. There isn't one diet that is good for everyone. According to my SNPS, I can't be healthy on a vegan or vegetarian diet. I had already figured that out with experience, but it feels good to have it confirmed with science.

Now that I'm starting to learn the language of the new individualized treatment, I would like to read The Metabolic Approach to Cancer again. But this time I want to read it with a group that I can discuss it with, so the messages have a better chance of getting in and sticking. I have been thinking of starting a local book group in Sacramento, and then someone suggested to me that we could do a group online (through online video or conference call) and people could attend electronically and could come from anywhere.

Before I start either one, I would like to know if you are interested. I'm thinking we would meet every other week until we finish the book. There are 13 chapters plus an introduction, so if we read a chapter a week it would take us 14 weeks. If we start the second week in September, we would finish by mid December. Please "reply" to this email, or leave a comment (link is below) by the end of August to let me know that you are interested in either a Sacramento in-person book group, or an online book group.

The book we will study is The Metabolic Approach to Cancer, by Nasha Winters, ND. As a way of introduction to Dr. Winters, you can hear her healing story as told at our conference in 2018 here.

As always, I welcome your comments; to reply please click here.

In the Spirit of Healing,

Jan Adrian, MSW
Founder and Executive Director
www.healingjourneys.org

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