Health of cancer patients is predicted by stress-free breath holding time

Numerous scientific studies showed that appearanceRussian physiologist who worked for the first Soviet
and growth of cancer depends on tissue and tumourspaceship missions Dr. KP Buteyko, MD was the head
oxygenation. Stress-free breath holding time is theof the respiratory laboratory in the 1960s. He stated
test that can easily measure body oxygenation andabout 40 years ago, “Oxygen content in the
predict development of cancer.by Dr. Artourorganism can be found using a simple method: after
Rakhimov (exhalation, observe, how long the person can pause
Cellular hypoxia and cancertheir breath without stress.”
Dr. Otto Warburg, the Nobel Laureate, in his articleAfter your usual exhale, pinch your nose and count
“The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer”your BHT (breath holding time) in seconds. Keep nose
(1966) wrote, “Cancer, above all other diseases,pinched until you experience the first desire to
has countless secondary causes. Almost anything canbreathe. Practice shows that this first desire appears
cause cancer. But, even for cancer, there is only onetogether with an involuntary push of the diaphragm
prime cause. The prime cause of cancer is theor swallowing movement in the throat. (Your body
replacement of the respiration of oxygen (oxidationwarns you, “Enough!”) If you release the nose
of sugar) in normal body cells by fermentation ofand start breathing at this time, you can resume your
sugar… In every case, during the cancerusual breathing pattern (in the same way as you
development, the oxygen respiration always falls,were breathing prior to the test). Do not extend
fermentation appears, and the highly differentiatedbreath holding too long. This is the most common
cells are transformed into fermenting anaerobes,mistake. You should not gasp for air or open your
which have lost all their body functions and retainmouth when you release your nose. The test should
only the now useless property of growth andbe easy and not cause you any stress. The BHT test
replication.“does not interfere with your usual breathing.
Modern research completely agrees with hisThis video clip explains in detail how to do the test:
conclusions. Just look at the titles of recentThis test became the main measuring tool for about
professional studies:200 medical professionals who taught the Buteyko
The hypoxia inducible factor-1 gene is required forself-oxygenation therapy to hundreds thousands of
embryogenesis and solid tumor formation (Ryan H,Russian patients with asthma, heart disease,
Lo J, Johnson RS, EMBO Journal 1998).bronchitis, and other conditions. The Buteyko method
Hypoxia: a key regulatory factor in tumor growthhas over 40 year history of use in the USSR and
(Harris AL, National Review in Cancer 2002)Russia. Obviously, these Russian doctors had many
Prognostic significance of tumor oxygenation inpatients who, in addition, had malignant tumours.
humans (Evans SM & Koch CJ, Cancer Letters 2003).What did they find?
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 is a positive factor in solidWhat are the usual stress-free BHT numbers of
tumor growth (Ryan HE, Poloni M, McNulty W, Elsoncancer patients?
D, Gassmann M, Arbeit JM, Johnson RS, Cancer1-10 s - severely sick, critically and terminally ill, usually
Research 2000).stages 3 and 4 cancer patients. 10-20 s of oxygen
Tumor oxygenation predicts for the likelihood of— cancer patients (stages 1 and 2) whose
distant metastases in human soft tissue sarcomahealth state gets progressively worse. 20-40 s -
(Brizel DM, Scully SP, Harrelson JM, Layfield LJ, Beanpeople with poor health, but without tumor growth
JM, Prosnitz LR, Dewhirst MW, Cancer Researchat the current moment.Over 40 s of oxygen
1996). — gradual disappearance of tumors.
How to measure body oxygenationYou can do this test many times per day to evaluate
While measurements of tissue oxygenation requirethe current status of the tumour. Moreover, you can
special equipment, you can do a simple test that ismeasure efficiency of various activities on your body
very sensitive to tissue oxygenation. Measure youroxygenation using the breath holding time test.
breath holding time. How it is done? The prominent