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"I'm Alive" – The Battle Worth Fighting, For Each of Us
"I'm Alive" – The Battle Worth Fighting, For Each of Us
In January 2023, Rohini Ralby was diagnosed with two different types of cancer, including stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Surgery successfully removed one cancer, and the other she is combatting with a combination of conventional and alternative treatments. Within 9 months of her diagnosis, she had no detectable cancer. She knows the fight is not over, and is working to support research into natural compounds and their synergies that target the underlying mechanisms of cancer. Her aim is to support treatments that destroy cancer without destroying the human being.
At Auxilium Worldwide, our cancer research program focuses on researching, verifying and validating effective, safe, and affordable cancer treatments. Our work centers on the use of bee propolis in combination with other natural substances including non-psychedelic mushrooms, turmeric and graviola, together with diet and exercise. These natural medicines are readily available and have individually undergone preclinical and clinical studies, revealing their compelling anti-cancer effects.
Propolis is a resinous material produced by honeybees that plays an essential role in the health and social immunity of bee colonies. Since the point of propolis is to protect the colony, bees gravitate toward substances that provide the bees with antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal benefits. To make propolis, bees collect specific plant resins from their vicinity, sometimes along with mushrooms, and blend them with wax and digestive enzymes. This results in a substance with complex chemistry and well-documented antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties. As a growing body of peer-reviewed research has found, propolis also contains compounds that target and destroy cancer cells without harming normal cells.
Since the precise composition of propolis differs depending on where the bees live and therefore the plants they use to produce it, its bioactive compounds also vary across a range of flavonoids and other polyphenols, terpenoids, and esters, among others. In vitro and in vivo studies have established that compounds specific to propolis from different regions target different types of cancer cells, not only exerting an anti-proliferative effect but even inducing apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Some of these compounds have been found to target cellular pathways that can be identified through the genetic analysis of cancer cells, opening the door to individualized propolis treatments tailored to the genetic vulnerabilities of a particular person’s cancer. Propolis has the added benefit of having almost no side effects or contraindications for most people.
The rich possibilities of propolis gain even more impact when combined with other naturally occurring remedies backed by their own peer-reviewed research. The bioactive synergies created by carefully combining some of these remedies, which yields the added benefit of countering cancer cells’ ability to build resistance to a single therapeutic, have yet to be extensively researched but also show considerable promise. When also coordinated with a therapeutic diet and exercise program, they can be part of a comprehensive approach that both targets cancer cells and makes the body less hospitable to the disease.
Importantly, propolis and other natural remedies should not be seen only as alternatives to the conventional cancer treatments available in current medical practice. In many cases, they can be used very safely as supplements to the standard of care, as research has also indicated that their bioactive compounds can enhance the impact of standard therapies while mitigating their side effects.
The ambition of our work is to understand the sourcing, production, dosing, and combination of naturally occurring substances; it is not aimed at synthetic reproduction of the isolated compounds to create a new drug. The natural benefits, without negative side effects, that come from these natural sources support quality of life – both physically and financially – and may come with yet-to-be researched additional properties that would be lost if synthetic reproduction is pursued.
Continued research into these natural remedies holds the potential for improved, non-toxic and affordable cancer treatments and insights into optimizing their use, so that people seeking treatment for cancer have a broader, safer, more effective, and more accessible range of treatments.
Take a look at our video on cancer research.
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