Re: >Hi! My name is Andree and I had posted a while back on the FML that I >am doing a paper on herbal and holistic treatments of cancer. I recall >reading about Timmys formula a few times on there and I wondered if you >could tell me the story of how you developed this formula and why you use >each ingredient (sp?). I hope that I will be able to use this as a possible >comparison to treatments used in humans. Thanks for any help you can give >ahead of time. Andree [note to BIG: I'm posting a copy of this to the FML as there have been others' who ask the same question. I gather then, it could be of general interest, and you can hold it for a short list if you like since it is a bit long. GH] I should first off state that the following is full of personal opinions that others might disagree with. That is fine. This is in answer to the question of why did and am I doing what I am doing. I am not telling anyone what to believe, or that their beliefs are "wrong". OK, I sometimes think Timmy & I were put thru all we've been thru so others could learn & profit from it. In fact, when Timmy got out last Jan., I was praying that he would be safe not just for him & myself, but that others' might profit from what we went thru. My prayers were answered when a lady found him in the middle of a six lane highway with cars going over him, but they did not hit him! (Thank you God and all friendly spirit helpers!). I'm hearing there are many ferrets that are doing better having used Timmy's recipe, and that's really nice. The origional 2000 hrs. of research I did when my brother was suffering from leukemia. He had the AMA model of cancer, and rejected the model & treatment I and others came up with, and was poisioned to death in 1989 by chemotherapy. A friend of mine said, Timmy had no such belief system burdoning him, so is doing fine. The model I ascribe to is that cancer is not a disease in the "classical sense", but rather a symptom that the immune system is crashing, very overburdoned. This is logically understandable from the fact that cancer is runaway cell devision. This needs a single cell to mutate twice. The normal mutation rate is 1 in a million. So the odds are 1 million times 1 million to one. (1,000,000,000,000 : 1), or one trillion to one. The body normally takes care of mutant cells by having a white blood cell engulf or "eat" the mutant, until it is "full", then it is eliminated via the lymph system. There are also white cells that are cycled thru the thymus or "educated" to become T cells, that can identify and inject mutants with hydrogen peroxide. Their efficiency, of course, is many times the normal white cell. These are what AMA science might describe as the "magic bullet". Our immune system many years ago was not burdoned with cells being killed off by polution in our air, water, and food supply, so it had life lots easier, and was better able to handle the mutants. Our cells' health was also much better in the past when food was grown in fertile soil, and not processed so that 98% of it's value was destroyed as often is the case today. (such as white flour and rice where the nutrient rich outer layers are removed. Actually, this practice started when it was discovered that grains so processed were not attacked by bugs & mice. Maby they knew it didn't have enough nutrition to support life!) So the rise in cancers might be said to be caused by a combination of a weakened body from starvation from eating very poor quality food, the added burdens of poisions in our air, water, and food supplies, and even stresses from the hectic lives we lead all too often. Timmy's recipe follows, with notes in brackets, "[]" as you request. {Bilblio: The Cancer Answer, by Al Carter, ISBN: 0-9619041-1-9} >>>>>>>>>> Timmy & friends' maintenance food recipe (Supplement to regular dry food & treats) a/o 9/21/95 The following recipe is for 8 ferrets, can be refrigerated or use smaller amounts proportionally. 4 jars (4oz.ea.) Earth's Best organic Turkey Vegetable baby food (800- 442-4221) [I recently switched to organic for all the previous reasons given. I also find that Turkey Pro Plan uses organic grains!] 2 tsp. Ferratone [this is a source of essiential oils & vitamins, also for coat & taste] 1 heaping tsp. Lewis Labs Brewers yeast [good source of chromium & B complex] 1/2 tsp. powdered garlic (NOT garlic salt!) [known for thousands of years to help the immune system. Natural antibiotic, anti fungual, and anti viral] 2 scoops KMR (kitten milk replacement) [added source of quality proteins] 2-4 Tbl. pure water [helps consistancy] 8 cc Pet Tinic liquid vitamins [good source of B complex and "liver fractions".. ferrets have been found to profit from certain "unknown" or yet to be identified substances in liver for optimum health] 1 30mg CoQ10 capsule (contents only) [immune system booster, antioxidant, cell stamina & indurance enhancer] 800-1000 mg. Vitamin. C powder [all the same health benefits as in humans] 1 cc Colloidal Silver (270ppm) available from Silver Wings, 800-952-4787. (not used as a therapeutic dose, but just a general immune system booster) Additions: If the ferret is slow to accept this, put a tsp. or so of clover honey in per jar of baby food, for taste. A) If ferret is skinny, and / or not eating well, Deliver 2.0 high calorie supplement (Mead Johnson mfg.) from any pharmacy would be added to approx. 30% of recipe by volume. (Not a critical ratio.) B) If ill, would add 7-10cc per ferret per jar of baby food of PWS 2000 herbal supplement, and provide water with clover honey & PWS at ratio of 1/2 C. water, 1 Tbl. clover honey, and 10cc herbal tonic. (I can provide purchase info.) [this has over 30 herbs and extracts that provide a "super nutrient" boost. In other words, concentrated nutrition without the energy burden of digesting it from the equivalent raw food stuffs.] C) If ill would also use colloidal silver as natural anti biotic & immune system booster. Depending on condition, have used .2cc up to 2cc/ferret /day in divided doses. (mine lick it right off the dropper). D) If ill, I would add 1/2 capsule 2x/ day /ferret of Immuplex 4960 by Standard Process Co. that Dr. McCluggage of Boulder prescribed for Timmy. This might not be absolutely critical as Timmy was 85% healed by the time he got to Boulder, but he also said that the last 15% of the lymphoma was most important to get rid of, as if he slipped backwards, it would be much harder to beat the second time. I also found it available at a good health food store here in Scottsdale. [again, this is a source of concentrated nutrients and micro nutrients.] This is offered as research information, not a guarantee or "medical advice"; Consult your favorite health practitioner as appropriate, etc. [Posted in FML issue 1332]