Damaged Cell Wall and Cancer
(Paraphrased from Outsmart Your Cancer by Tanya Pierce)
Dr. Brewer proposed that there are four phases that occur whereby a healthy cell become cancerous:
1. When various toxins attach themselves to the outer surface of the cell membrane [or when the cell membrane is poorly constructed due to an excess of poor, rancid, and hydrogenated vegetable oil, and a lack of omega-6 fats] the membrane may become damaged. Thus, damage to the cell membrane can come about through the presence of carcinogenic-type molecules and through some kind of prolonged irritation. (Dr. Sartori felt that x-rays, parasites, and other factors may damage the cell membrane as well. In addition, you might also include genetically modified foods, allergens (gluten, soy?) and carcinogen-prone cooking tools such as Teflon coated pans and plastic.)
At some point the cell membrane may become so damaged and corrupted that it blocks the passage of certain materials and nutrients; particularly, it may not allow magnesium, calcium, or sodium into the cell. Since oxygen transport depends on calcium and magnesium, the cell, over time, becomes oxygen deficient.
A damaged cell membrane can still pass potassium, cesium, and rubidium. Since glucose transport depends on potassium, glucose continues to be fully supplied to the damaged cells while oxygen is not longer being fully supplied. Without sufficient oxygen to maintain aerobic functioning for energy [along with a good supply of glucose] the cell reverts to the fermentation of glucose for energy in order to survive. Thus, it turns into an anaerobic cell.
2. Fermentation of glucose produces lactic acid as a byproduct, and this lowers the intracellular pH of the cell. The cell drops internally from the normal 7.35 to around 7.0, and then to the extremely acidic pH of about 6.5. In very advanced stages of cancer, the cell pH may drop even further to 5.7. The, the damaged cell has not only become anaerobic but has also turned into a cell with a highly acidic environment.
3. In the acid medium of the anaerobic cell, the genetic blueprint of the cell (DNA and RNA) can easily be damaged, resulting in impairment of the cell’s control mechanism. With the control mechanism for growth now impaired, the cell rapidly duplicates and grows out of control as a cancer cell.
4. Various enzymes are also completely changed in the acid medium of the anaerobic cell. Liposomal enzymes are changed into toxic compounds that kill the cells in the main body of the tumor mass. (A tumor therefore often consists of a thin layer of rapidly growing cells surrounding a dead mass.) The acid toxins leak out form the tumor mass and poison the host. This is also the source of much of the pain associated with cancer. These acid toxins can then act as carcinogens on other healthy cells, in part by lowering the extracellular pH of normal healthy tissues to the point where that environment becomes oxygen deficient as well.
>> See a pictorial representation of the four phases