Health and Medical Technology

ANTI-CANCER FOODS THAT ARE SO MUCH CHEAPER THAN MEDICINAL DRUGS

Cancer risk decreases when people eat 10 or more tablespoons per week of tomato products -- red pasta sauce, tomato paste and tomatoes themselves.  The risk of developing prostate cancer in men is lowered by as much as one-third, if they frequently consume foods containing tomato products.   A study done on 48,000 men by Harvard University researchers revealed those who ate 10 servings of tomato rich foods weekly cut their risk of prostate cancer by nearly half.  Likewise, the risk of developing breast cancer in women is lowered by 30 to 50 percent, if they eat tomatoes and related products.   According to researchers, the ingredient responsible is lycopene, a carotenoid known for its antioxidant properties.  Carotenoids attach themselves to cancerous free radicals and wrap them so they are washed out of the body before damaging or impacting healthy cells.

I harvested my tomatoes in early August - so sweet and fleshy

Garlic is one of the oldest medicinal herbs known to humans, and as a protection against the human bat Dracula.  Prescriptions for use of garlic have been found on Sumerian tablets (precursor of Google Nexus tablet) dating back to 3000 BCE.  French microbiologist Louis Pasteur observed and recorded its antibacterial properties in 1858.  During World War I, garlic was widely used in bandages to prevent infections.  During World War II,  when Russian soldiers ran out of antibiotics they used garlic as substitute.  It was used in such great quantities that it came to be popularly known as Russian penicillin.  Garlic contains sulfur compounds which promote cell death or apoptosis in colon, breast, lung, kidney and prostate cancer.

I planted garlic once but I'd rather buy from the grocery

Mushrooms are the best, especially when they are stuffed.  Maggiano's has the best stuffed mushrooms.  Eating them lowers estrogen levels in women which in turn reduces the risk of breast cancer.  They are loaded with conjugated linolenic acid, a compound that helps protect against the too high levels of estrogen that are linked to breast cancers.  It has also been noted that among Japanese peasants who consume large amount of mushrooms, they have a 50 percent lower rate of stomach cancer over those Japanese who do not eat many mushrooms.  A wide variety of mushrooms are staple foods in Japanese hospitals, where they are especially provided to patients during chemotherapy treatment.

Citrus fruits, such as oranges, tangerines, lemons and grapefruit, contain a substance called limonene, which raises the levels of body's enzymes, which break down carcinogens while stimulating cancer killing immune cells.  They also contain glucarase, which deactivates carcinogens and ushers them out of the body.

Cruciform vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, califlower, all contain powerful anti-cancer molecules capable of detoxifying carcinogens and preventing them from developing into malignant tumors.  Researcher Victoria Kirsch, Ph.D. of Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto and her colleagues looked a 1,338 prostate cancer patients, learning that eating a lot of cruciferous vegetables was associated with a decreased risk of aggresive prostate cancer.

Berry-Berries, such as blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, contain ellagic acid, a powerful anti-cancer compound, which cuts off blood supply to cancer cells, preventing them from growing and expanding.  University of Montreal Professor Richard Beliveau, and a biochemistry researcher, heads one of largest laboratories for molecular medicine specializing in cancer biology.  He has been examining raspberries and discovering the ellagic acid slowed down tumor growth significantly in mice exposed to aggressive cancer. 

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I HEARD IT
THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE....

I, you, us in the medical community have heard this
before.  That in wine there is truth! 

Medical researchers at the joined study of Harvard
Medical School and U.S. Government's National Institute on Aging have studied
and determined to be true that there is a compound in red wine called
Resveratrol that may prevent medical conditions associated with aging,
heart diseases and eye cataracts.  According to the study published in the
journal of Cell Metabolism, the mice in the study had better bone health,
reduced total cholesterol and the compound seemed to have moderate inflammation
of the heart.  GlaxoSmithKline bought Sirtris Pharmaceutical Inc. for $720
million, a company that is developing a synthetic Resveratrol. 
However, like all drugs, the red grape compound is potent and might
have uncertain interactions with other drugs. 

Here's more on red grapes: According to medical
researchers in New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, red grape
seed extract called Polyphenolic compounds or Polyphenols might prevent
memory loss due to Alzheimer disease.  The mice in the 5-month study were
given a 1 gram of Polyphenols and had 30 percent to 50 percent
less clumping of amyloid-beta protein, the main cause of formation of 
plaques and tangles in the brain, preventing the nerve cells from interacting,
dying, and so, loss of memory.  The grape seed extract is being
sold as MegaNatural AZ by Polyphenolics company of Madera, California. 

Here's to grapes of youth!

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Published  8/21/08  ALT  MSN Group

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