Over 40 Plant-Based Compounds Halt the Spread of Cancer
Cancer wouldn’t be as fatal or as tragic if it didn’t spread. If cancer was a cluster of diseased cells, it would be more easily treatable. But, it’s the spread of cancer, also known as metastasis, that makes it so volatile, so difficult to stop. A study recently published in Cancer and Metastasis Reviews looks at how a plant-based diet can stop this spread, working to halt cancer in its tracks.
“Most research focuses on the prevention of cancer or the treatment of the original cancer tumor, but it’s usually the cancer’s spread to nearby organs that kills you. So rather than attack the tumor, Meadows said,” according to ScienceDaily, “let’s control its spread, or metastasis.”
Gary Meadows, a Washington State University researcher and associate dean for graduate education and scholarship in the College of Pharmacy, says his findings are encouraging, that more than 40 plant-based compounds can “turn on” genes that suppress metastasis.
Meadows and his colleagues poured over countless studies on metastasis, and the work was tedious. “People for the most part did not set out in their research goals to study metastasis suppressor genes,” he said. Traditional cancer researchers didn’t look at how foods, or the compounds in foods, could trigger genes to stop cancer from spreading. So, it was up to Meadows and his colleagues to find these connections themselves.
What they found was that things like amino acids, ginseng extract, vitamin D, curcumin (found in
Meadows said their findings only represent a review of studies already out there and that a closer look at these compounds and their role in turning off the spread of cancer is needed. This is a statement I think we can all agree with.
“We’ve kind of focused on the cancer for a long time,” he said. “More recently we’ve started to focus on the cancer in its environment. And the environment, your whole body as an environment, is really important in whether or not that cancer will spread.”
As with every living thing, cancer cells need an environment conducive to growth in order to spread and even survive. When you take away the things that feed cancer and replace them with things that feed whole-body health, you create an environment where such a disease cannot thrive.
Just a few examples of how foods can beat cancer, we’ve seen:
- Turmeric can halt the spread of cancer in breast cancer patients.
- A mushroom known as the turkey tail mushroom has been researched and used in the prevention and treatment of cancer.
- Dr. Sean McAllister conducted a study and found that a compound found in marijuana, cannabidiol, inhibited breast cancer cell proliferation, metastasis, and tumor growth.
- Whole ginger extract was revealed to shrink prostate tumor size by 56% in mice.
- A Chinese plant known as the ‘thunder god vine’ contains cancer-fighting compounds, helps wipe out cancer in 40 days.
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B"H. This is fantastic information. Your readers may also be interested in the Health Benefits of Oranges which have been linked to cancer-fighting properties, may G-d protect us. Also I have helped compile an exciting list of 10 Great Reasons to Eat More Fruits and Veggies, Especially Organic Ones.
So what are all 40 plants? What is the Japanese or Chinese name of mushroom?
Eat a plant based diet rich in leafy greens and an assortment of fruits and vegetables (juicing, green smoothies, raw salads) and healthy fats such as avocados, unrefined/unprocessed coconut butter/oil, raw olive oil (don't heat), raw nuts. Get light exercise every day (walking, stretching, etc) and more intense forms a few times a week and health will come.
While this is all hopeful news, and we can only pray these studies continue to lead the way to a cure for cancer… the truth is that people die of cancer, and they could drink these natural compounds from a bottle 24-7, and cancer will still get them in the end. My friend tried all this stuff — and honestly? Her life was not prolonged – and she decided to just go ahead and enjoy her beloved Mexican food, and other things she loved – and just enjoy what life she had left. She was vegan all her life, healthy, fit – did not drink/smoke/do drugs/etc…. and we learned that cancer doesn't target unhealthy, unfit people only.. it does not discriminate. So enjoy your life. Eat healthy, live healthy – but know that life can be cruelly short. Be kind, be honest…. be happy.
Tumeric is amazing and you can literally put this spice on anything. There isn't much of a taste to it, but the health benefits are amazing.. Vitamin D, Omega 3 fish oils, exercise..anything and everything. As Suzanne Somers stated, eat as if your life depends on it. Because of all the chemicals out there, believe me, it makes a huge difference.. make sure you take care and keep up on the latest!!
Don't forget to add Black Pepper as it increases Tumeric's biodiversity by 1000%
Turmeric (curcumin) is the top cancer-fighting natural herb – more effective than some prescription drugs – without the side effects.. Turmeric, however, has poor bioavailavailability (absorption into the blood stream) if used by itself. Piperine, the natural compound in black pepper, is an excellent "catalyst" that unleashes turmeric;s bioativities and cancer-fighting properties (increases bioavailabiluity by up to 1,000%). Turmeric-Plus is forrtified with piperine (explained at Y3Kusa.com). Check out the research on turmeric (curcumin) at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Caner Center – Houston and other cancer research facilities world-wide.
Would love to have seen a 'quick list' of the over 40 plant based compounds included here.
I thought the same thing, “where is the rest of the article?”