Joe was 55 when he started on the chemotherapy treatments for the lung cancer.  The harsh treatments caused him to have seizures, chemo cough, and a severely weakened immune system, and so he was forced to stop them prematurely.  He says, “after three rounds of Alimta, I decided no more chemo.”

Joe credits the book Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds  for providing him with information on using various alternative methods in order to heal from cancer.

He then experimented with several healing diets, but finally settled on using the ketogenic diet which is a low-carb/ high-fat diet which he began implementing in February of 2014.   The ketogenic diet basically starves the cancer cells of glucose which they use to fuel their growth and spread. You will find more details and links to testimonials on using the ketogenic diet for cancer at the end of this article.

Joe included the following into his ketogenic healing plan:

• a variety of supplements
• exposure to sunshine
• heat therapy with the use of an Infrared Sauna.
• Joe was a long time exercise buff and owned his own fitness club.  The exercises that he used included lifting kettle bells and Jiu Jitsu.  He says, “This will not be the right choice for everyone, but for me at 56 years old, it allows me to train Brazilian Jujitsu four to five times a week, do my kettle bell training and to travel.”