Before Carl O Helvie departed this life on December 2, 2019, I was privileged to have gotten to know him well from my days on Facebook. Carl was a man of true integrity, profound compassion, empathy for others and abiding faith. He genuinely cared about every person in his life and never met a stranger. Within minutes of meeting, he made you feel valued, knew your name, your family members’ names, and what was important to you. Every aspect of his life reflected his values which shined brightly in his commitment to public service.
For Carl, one of the highlights of his career was his work with the homeless through implementing clinical experiences for students with the homeless and providing direct nursing care as well as serving as a member of two boards that served the homeless population. His grant-funded work as Director of the ODU Nursing Center provided primary health care for local homeless and low-income populations and he advocated for them in the community. He visited homeless programs throughout central Europe and met with several practitioners and educators working with the homeless. These experiences led to his book entitled, Homelessness in the United States, Europe, and Russia. Carl served as Chair and in other leadership positions with the Homeless Caucus of the American Public Health Association. Because of his work, he was awarded the Distinguished Career in Public Health Award by the American Public Health Association in 1999.
As a lung cancer survivor since a 1974 diagnosis, Carl was passionate about holistic, alternative and integrative health and wellness interventions. In 2014, he founded the
Carl O. Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation dedicated to providing public education on the use of holistic medical/health information as a form of prevention and cancer treatment with additional goals of supporting research and raising awareness of holistic practices.
A dream sparked a significant turning point in Helvie’s life in 1974.
In the dream, he received the message that he needed to get an X-ray. He had no symptoms, but the X-rays revealed a spot on his lungs that was diagnosed as lung cancer. Reviewing his experience as a nurse, he surprised the doctor by refusing the prescription for surgery. The doctor responded by pronouncing, “You’ll be dead in six months.”
A friend of a friend at the National Cancer Institute had success with a program
that included laetrile, a raw fruit and vegetable diet, and an exercise program. Helvie began the regimen and incorporated his own program of prayer, meditation, and positive visualization. When asked about the controversy surrounding the use of laetrile, Helvie described how the body uses certain enzymes involved in protein digestion to work with the laetrile.
In his experience, part of his program’s success was due to following nutrition guidelines. Eating meat or fish prevented those enzymes from being available for the laetrile. In due course, Helvie was pronounced cancer-free and has been cancer-free ever since.
The importance of living a holistic life; “that lifestyle was very important in staying healthy; incorporate spirituality and enjoy what you’re doing in life.
If you’re not staying positive, you’re not attracting positivity back to you.
” Dr. Carl O’ Helvie had a dream one night to go get a chest x-ray. What he found out
from the lab results wasn’t good news. They found a spot on his lung that turned out
to be cancer. It was a devastating diagnosis back 39 years ago.”
Talk about an inspiring guy!
Dr. Carl O’ Helvie got diagnosed with lung cancer back in 1974. He was told by his doctors right away that they needed to operate on his lung with an extensive and invasive surgery. They also told him that they needed to do chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
He didn’t accept what they had to say especially after looking into the low survival rates along with the nasty side effects of the chemotherapy. Against his doctors wishes along with his family and friends.
Dr. Helvie decided to pursue natural and alternative lung cancer treatments 39 years
ago in 1974. Back then that was a radical thing to do for treatment of such a disease.
Today, I feel like alternative and holistic cancer treatments are starting to become
much more mainstream, thanks to the internet.
Longest Lung Cancer Survivor Used Laetrile | Other Holistic Natural Interventions.
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Everybody that succeeds in LIFE at something had a mentor.
I am proud to say Carl was one of mine. I took the privilege of interviewing with
Carl on his The Holistic Health Show | BBS Radio May 4, 2019. 🙂
Carl passed away December 3, 2019, at the age of 87. Carl and I became friends on Facebook as he often contributed to an Alternative Health Group that I had managed.
He always took his time to answer questions from our members and gave away free
copies of his book. I truly miss Carl’s generous spirit.
In 1974, Carl O Helvie was diagnosed with Lung cancer and only given 6 months to live.
Doctors wanted to do surgery and remove the cancerous tumor, but Carl had worked in the medical industry. Decided to take his time and explore the Holistic Alternative that was available to him. Carl was able to find a Holistic Doctor who was willing to offer him guidance and together they came up with some very effective non-toxic therapies in order to treat his cancer. YOU WILL FIND THEM LISTED BELOW!!!
THE NATURAL THERAPIES THAT CARL USED:
– He ate a diet made up of 75% raw fruits and vegetables, along with complex grains and various nuts and seeds (But not peanuts.)
– He eliminated all meat and dairy from his diet.
– He eliminated all sugar and simple carbohydrates from his diet white rice, potatoes, breads and other refined grains.
– He used the Budwig Protocol which is said to oxygenate the blood. This protocol consists of eating a mixture of flaxseed and cottage cheese. Difference between cottage cheese and German Quark. (Use German Quark). A general recipe is to mix 6 tablespoons of (German Quark) with 3 tablespoons of flaxseed oil and thoroughly blend the two together (a hand blender works well for this, then let the mixture sit for five minutes. The mixture can be eaten as is. or topped with pecans, walnuts or organic berries, or it can be a topping for a green salad or blended with fruit or vegetables into a smoothie. You can read more about the Budwig protocol with this link
– He did a regular fruit and vegetable juice fast for one daily monthly. Juicing is a tremendous way to supply the body with nutrients and can also be helpful in detoxifying the body
A GREEN JUICE RECIPE TO HEAL EVERY DISEASE!
– He ate 25 Apricot Seeds, everyday
– He took 2000 mgs of Vitamin B17 taken in divided doses during the day,
1/2 hour before mealtimes. Read more about B17 and Apricot Seeds here.
– He took Nature’s Way DMG-B15 Complex for Efficient Oxygen Use in The Body,
which benefits the immune system and has anti-cancer properties and is a companion supplement to B-17. Dosage is 500 my daily.
– He supplemented with zinc which is a supplement for those taking laetrile
as it helps to transport laetrile into the cells.
– Pancreatic enzymes were taken between meals to help to soften the protein layer that surrounds the cancerous tumors and hides themself from the immune system. They are also recommended for those using laetrile as part of their protocol. You can learn more about systemic enzyme with this link nutricology enzymes – Bing video
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– Vitamin A , was taken at a therapeutic dosage.
– Natural E and Vitamin B Complex
– Seeking Health | Trace Minerals Complex | Trace Mineral Supplement | Includes Horsetail Extract | 30 Vegetarian Capsules
– DACHA Natural Liposomal Vitamin C – 200 Capsules (dachanutrition.com)
– He took and Amino Acid Tablets Being He Was A Vegetarian. Amazon.com: BodyHealth PerfectAmino (300 Tablets) 8 Essential Amino Acids Supplements with BCAA, Increase Muscle Recovery, Boost Energy & Stamina, 99% Utilization, Vegan Branched Chain Protein Pre/Post Workout : Health & Household
– He maintained a chemical free environment
– He exercised daily and kept his lymph fluid moving
– Used Positive Thinking and Positive Affirmations
– Set aside time for daily meditation and prayer
NOTE: Carl’s Therapy is a Protocol you can’t take one without the other.
Together all have a synergistic effect.
Dr Julian Kenyon – The Dove Clinic states that Carl was a courageous man to follow his instincts back in 1974 with a life-threatening disease and finding a cure, this is impressive, and everybody should read his book who wants to learn more about Alternative medicine.
Frank Shallenberger, MD, HMD, ABAAM states I have been treating conventional chemotherapy treatments failures for years. Other than Leukemia and Lymphoma, conventional chemo is almost always a death sentence. There is always a more effective way to treat advanced cancer. And Dr, Carl O’Helvie book You Can Beat Lung Cancer: Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions eBook : Kindle Store describes some of the most effective.
In addition, his work will help anyone fighting cancer learn more how to do it successfully. You will find information on the demographics and politics of cancer and chapters written by various doctors successfully treating cancer effectively with alternative medical intervention and nutritionally interventions Longest Lung Cancer Survivor Used Laetrile and Other Holistic Natural Interventions – YouTube
Additional resources:
Stress and Yoga – Bing video
Detoxing Therapies for the body – Bing
An Anticancer Diet and Lifestyle – Bing video
Cellular Toxicity is the Cause for Cancer – Bing
Read More About the Anticancer Diet – Bing video
stress and anxiety reducing techniques – Bing video
Meditation and Stress Relieving Techniques – Bing video
Dr. Carl O’ Helvie – How He Survived Lung Cancer For 39 Years Without
Chemotherapy, Surgery Or Radiation! – Extreme Health Radio April 22. 2013
Reached by phone at his home in Virginia, he shared some thoughts about his journey to wellness on this internet interview. Kate and I had a great time speaking with Dr. Carl O’ Helvie at 81 revolutions around the sun in the link above. Carl had a lot of insight and wisdom to share especially when it comes to how he treated his lung cancer as well as how he prevents it from coming back again. He eats a lot of raw food, he eats lots of medicinal mushrooms, green juices as well as fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.
He’s also a big fan of Vitamin B-17 (which is also known as laetrile or amygdalin) from raw apricot kernels.
He has so much energy and is out there doing so much good work it blows your mind. There are people 10 years younger than him in senior centers and old folk’s homes who have diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia. It just goes to show you that if you take care of this wonderful energetic ecosystem called the human body, you can be happy, healthy and vibrant at 81.
Dr. O’ Helvie is a true inspiration to us all to take care of our health and be a good steward of this body that God has given to us. This brings me to another point he made in the interview. He talked about how prayer, meditation and positive thinking had a tremendous impact on his ability to heal from lung cancer. As we know all disease really is caused by unresolved emotional trauma, conflict or stress. By living in communion with God, meditating and living stress/drama free we can begin to heal the root cause of all disease.
Carl O. Helvie was diagnosed with lung cancer in his 40s. Until his death, he remained cancer-free and convinced that his regimen of federally unapproved laetrile, a vegetarian diet and an assortment of natural medicines, has helped him to reach his 80s. Helvie, a registered nurse with a doctorate in public health, has written a new book, called “You Can Beat Lung Cancer: Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions,” in his belief that natural supplements, herbs, enzymes, along with diet, prayer and meditation helped him beat the disease and prevent a recurrence.
Q&A WITH CARL O’HELVIE.
QUESTION: Why do you think you’re the longest living survivor of lung cancer?
ANSWER: I researched it on the Internet. The longest survivor I could find was a man diagnosed in 1972 who died in 2010. I have communicated with people at a site called Longevity. They have a lot of people on that site who are cancer survivors. And I talked to the woman who runs that site and she’s never heard of anyone who has survived longer. Besides, no one has challenged me on it.
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Q: Your new book describes your methods of beating lung cancer.
What do you believe was most responsible for your successful healing?
A: I credit my faith, my optimism, my doctor and my support system.
My doctor gave me physical care, but I added mental and spiritual care.
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Q: Tell me about your doctor.
A: I can’t say enough good things about him. Within five years after I had overcome cancer, the Virginia Board of Medicine took his license. All the poor guy did was try to save lives. He was so progressive that everything he told me to do has since become a proven scientific fact.
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Q: What did your doctor tell you to do that has since become proven scientific fact?
A: He had me on a vegan-type diet. There’s research now that shows the value of fruit and vegetables in preventing and treating cancer. He also had me on a no protein diet and there is a whole theory now as to why you don’t eat protein when you are battling cancer because lot of cooked food, and especially protein, do not get properly digested so the food just sits in the gut and becomes putrefied, which is never a good thing when you’re battling illness. He also put me on pancreatic enzymes. That’s a very important part of the treatment.
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Q: You credit a lot of your healing to the power of laetrile (a chemically modified version
of a substance found in the kernels of apricots, peaches and almonds).
Yet it’s not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Why do you think that is?
A: The laetrile has cyanide in it. Traditional literature says the cyanide can kill you or send you to the emergency room. That can be frightening to people. But the cyanide requires certain enzymes to activate, and cancer cells have those enzymes and normal cells do not.
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Q: I read in your book that you also took apricot kernels, which have laetrile in them.
A: I took the 2,000 milligrams laetrile every day and I also took 25 apricot kernels at the same time. The apricot kernels are a major source of natural laetrile. They’re very bitter. I chewed them. I would take three or four and I would chew them up and I would have a glass of water ready. The water would taste sweet after the kernels.
You get used to it, the same way I got used to a vegan diet.
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Q: Do you know if anyone has ever been killed by the cyanide in laetrile.
A: No. Edward Griffin wrote a book called “World Without Cancer,” and he wrote that people are killed by aspirin every year, but no one has ever been killed by laetrile.
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Q: Is laetrile available now?
A. Yes, and if people get in touch with me, I tell them where they can get it. I prefer not to publish the addresses because as recently as this spring the FDA raided and closed a clinic in Oklahoma because they were using laetrile in their clinic.
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Q: You’ve said you counsel cancer patients. What do you usually advise them to do?
A: First I find out what they want to do and whether they want to use natural or traditional methods of healing. If they want to use traditional methods, I refer them to books they can read that will tell them how to reduce the symptoms from the treatment.
If they’re interested in natural methods, I will usually send them the chapter I wrote on
the protocol I used …
If they want to go to an alternative physician, depending on if they’ve got money because health insurance won’t pay for it, I give them names of alternative physicians.
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Q: Do you counsel them about dealing with the reaction of family members who might prefer they take a traditional route.
A: Actually, I’ve never had to do that, because I’m a nurse. I’ve had people write things occasionally on Internet sites, and someone always comes to my defense.
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Q: Do you have any recommendations for those of us who are fairly healthy and want to stay that way?
A: Every day I make this drink in my blender. I take six tablespoons of organic 2 percent cottage cheese and three tablespoons of flax oil. I let it sit for five minutes and then put it in the blender. I add a couple handfuls of pecans, my organic berries, such as strawberries, blueberries or black berries. Then I blend it and it is delicious.
Cancer diet expert Johanna Budwig is the biochemist who developed it and found it has a whole different chemical composition which takes oxygen to the cells. When I went to the doctor yesterday and had my test, my oxygen level in my cells was at 98 percent. That’s fantastic. A lot of people drink it as a precaution.
Q: What else do you recommend for those who want to get well or stay well?
A: I recommend at least one meal with salad a day, the limiting of protein intake in a diet that includes lots of vegetables and lots of nuts. I recommend people pray to God every day — or to some higher being — meditate, get out and exercise, even if it’s just walking. And help people. Do what you can every day to help someone and don’t worry about yourself.
For more information about Carl O. Helvie visit his website at www.beatlungcancer.net.
A pioneer in the field of Holistic Health, he taught and used this approach since 1970. For the last 11 years of his life he was host of the Holistic Health Show on BBS Radio for which he interviewed leaders in complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine and health as well as those who use a holistic approach for chronic illnesses and wellness through these links. For those with the question, I was once interviewed by Carl and the answer was on May 4th, 2019, which you can still listen to today but with a small price of a subscription since his death.
Checkout this link for his podcast: The Holistic Health Show | BBS Radio
Carl was a deeply caring man, and he was always willing to talk to individuals with cancer diagnoses and to share knowledge on alternative cancer treatments. He worked tirelessly to help cancer patients understand the holistic approaches available to them. Carl received a doctorate in public health from Johns Hopkins University, a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins, a master’s in public health nursing focusing on wellness from the University of California, a B.S. in nursing from New York University and undertook post-doctoral study in the Divinity school at Duke University.
Carl entered nursing in 1950 after graduating from high school and in 1954 passed his registered nurse certification and worked as a staff nurse in Rochester, New York, and later as a staff nurse and then a head nurse at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. In 1958 he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a staff nurse at the Veterans Hospital and later as a public health nurse at the Oakland Health Department and the San Francisco Health Department. In 1961 he was offered a scholarship to attend the graduate program in public health nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. The emphasis of this program was on preventing illnesses and promoting health and wellness using a holistic approach with individuals, families, communities and organizations.
He subsequently taught at the UCSF and at Duke University in North Carolina. In 1971 he became a Professor of Nursing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he remained for nearly 30 years, appreciating the opportunity to help develop new programs and teach a wide range of courses to graduates and undergraduates. At ODU, he served in administrative positions, including Chair of the Nursing Program, Coordinator of the Undergraduate Nursing Program, Graduate Program Director, and Director of the externally funded Old Dominion University Nursing Center.
Carl received other national recognition including listings in Who’s Who, Who’s Who in Virginia, Who’s Who in American Nursing, Outstanding Educators in America, Men of Achievement, and 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading in 2014. He authored twelve books and four book chapters and published or presented more than 100 research papers and articles with presentations in the United States and Europe. His most recent books included: Healthy Holistic Aging: A Blueprint for Success and You Can Beat Lung Cancer: Using Alternative/Integrative Interventions. The latter was an Amazon best seller and led to more than 100 radio and television interviews.
No one wants to hear from their doctor that they have cancer, and only six months to live.
But these are the words that Dr. Carl O. Helvie heard 44 years ago.
While his doctor encouraged him to begin traditional treatment right away, Helvie
knew there had to be another way to treat his cancer without the negative side effects of radiation and chemotherapy, or the invasiveness of surgery. After a lot of praying and a good amount of soul-searching, he opted to look for an alternative way to beat his cancer.
Today, Dr. Helvie is the longest-living lung cancer survivor in the world, and he credits this with his decision to take a holistic approach in his treatment. His treatment proved
so successful, Dr. Helvie used it to develop a simple plan that he shares in his new book, Reducing Your Cancer Risk: A Holistic Approach (Booklocker Inc.).
It’s not complicated—it’s not rocket science—but it is based on years of proven research. The book explores the environment that brings cancer and the human body together and offers steps to take before these three elements interact to cause the disease.
Listed in “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading in 2014,” Helvie recommends anyone receiving a cancer diagnosis to take the time to really think about what they want to do for their treatment plan. Adding, “People shouldn’t jump into chemotherapy or surgery if they don’t have all of the information and have a chance to think about it.”
In 2014, Dr. Helvie founded the Carl O. Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation—a foundation different from other cancer foundations in that they focus on the holistic approach and multiple aspects of education, research and patient care for many types of cancer. For each area of content in the book there is a review of current research studies, and steps we can take to avoid carcinogens and strengthen the body. Also included are interviews with over 40 national leaders, discussing vastly different areas ranging from GMOs and EMTs to gratitude and forgiveness. There is also a how-to section that covers everything from meditation, gratitude and faith to minor changes in diet, drinking water and reducing stress.
A prolific author, Helvie has written 10 books, more than 55 articles, and has presented
57 research papers throughout the US and Europe. In retirement, he focused his research on natural interventions for health issues, which led him to develop a nursing theory that has helped him establish a nursing center and improve primary care for homeless and low-income families. Since retiring, he has written two more books and served as the host of a holistic health radio show. In 1999, he was presented the Distinguished Career Award in Public Health from the American Public Health Association. He has been interviewed on more than 150 radio and television shows about his two most recent books.
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