Study hints at clove role in cancer cure

Gulfnews: Study hints at clove role in cancer cure:

"Al Ain: UAE scientists have found a new mechanism to extract anti-cancer agents from the clove plant, and say the finding could lead to the development of new drugs in the fight against the deadly disease.

The agent found in the clove extract is capable of killing cancer cells in the human body.

The plant extract has also shown many other therapeutic qualities during a study conducted by a five-member team of researchers at the UAE University (UAEU)."

Diet, exercise could cut cancer rates by third

Diet, exercise could cut cancer rates by third:

"PARIS (AFP) – A third of common cancers could be prevented if people shifted to a sounder diet, exercised more and controlled their weight, researchers said on Thursday.

The report, by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research, analysed incidence of 12 types of cancer in the United States, Britain, Brazil and China.

Around a third of these cancers could be prevented by better nutrition, physical activity and obesity controls, it estimated.

The figure does not include the benefits of tackling cancer by stopping smoking. Tobacco use alone accounts for about a third of cancers."

Coffee, Chocolate, Wine and Cancer

They say everything is related and I believe that.
Even doctors now are turning to a more holistic approach in medicine.
The reason I mention this is because of a press release I saw from the American Diabetes Association.
In their latest issue they say:

"Coffee, chocolate, wine -- you've probably heard claims that these foods are actually good for you. But are they? The March issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, looks at five controversial foods and examines what science says about the pros and cons of each -- and how to get the best out of all of them. "

Of course antioxidants have been covered here.
But antioxidants help with everything.
So investigating what helps one disease may lead you to something that helps another.
Anyway, the link to the article is here.

Cancer, Vitamin D, Sunlight

Well here is a quandary.
In the last entry I talked about Vitamin D.
And now they are studying the link between sunlight causing or maybe preventing certain cancers and diseases.
Of course radiation causes cancer, but it can also be used to treat cancer.

"Since vitamin D has been shown to play a protective role in a number of internal cancers and possibly a range of other diseases, it is important to study the relative risks to determine whether advice to avoid sun exposure may be causing more harm than good in some populations," Setlow warned.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/08/vitamin-d-sun-health

And here's another article:
Doesn't sunlight cause cancer?
Yes, long-term exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun (UVA and UVB) has been shown to increase the risk of skin cancer. This is why it is recommended that we wear sunscreen and sun-protective clothing during the summer months.

How can sunlight also protect against cancer?
The answer lies in a vitamin that may play a role in controlling the production of cells - vitamin D. Vitamin D is manfactured in the skin when it is exposed to sunlight and it is this vitamin that may have a protective effect against certain cancers by preventing the overproduction of cells.
http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/261103vitd.html

Vitamin D and Cancer

And here's another little cancer preventive that's cheap and easy to do.
It seems more and more simple things are being brought to light.

Researchers have found that low levels may be associated with osteomalacia and osteoporosis, and have been linked to increased risks of developing heart disease, hypertension, some autoimmune diseases (including type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis) and several types of cancer. In December, a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism said that vitamin D deficiencies can cause weight gain and stunt growth in girls during puberty -- a peak time of growth.
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/art_life/display.htm?storyID=85951

It sounds too good to be true ? a little inexpensive pill that could block the development of some cancers, strengthen bones, prevent multiple sclerosis and alleviate winter depression.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=34992

This web site is dedicated to vitamin D and cancer. This is because exciting new research indicates that vitamin D—whether produced in the skin as a result of exposure to ultraviolet radiation (from sunlight or sun lamps) or obtained from supplementation with cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)—may help cancer patients. However, the research is far from complete.
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/cancerMain.shtml

So what are some sources of Vitamin D?
Sunlight
Fish liver oils
Herring
Catfish
Salmon
Mackerel
Sardines
Tuna
Eel
Eggs
Beef liver
And of course Milk, but a lot of people have problems with milk.
So suppliments might be a good idea.

Baking Soda and Cancer

The thing I've been hearing a lot about the past week is baking soda.
NOT baking powder, baking soda.
Yes ordinary, common baking soda as a cure for cancer.
Evidently there are a couple of techniques used working with this.....

First, Dr. Simoncini's Baking Soda Treatment For Cancer
http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer02/Simoncini.html

However a Baking Soda / Maple Syrup combination has been mentioned as well.
http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/health/holistic_alternative_medicine/news.php?q=1209404469

But, at least one alternative site is not endorsing the Baking Soda / Maple Syrup treatment because they say it was first reported in The Weekly World News.

Grape-Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab

And here is another green light for Grape-Seed Extract.
More and more info like this comes in every week.
And it's good that researchers are taking it seriously.

Grape-Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells in Lab
An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia cells had died after being exposed to the extract.
The investigators, who report their findings in the January 1, 2009, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also teased apart the cell signaling pathway associated with use of grape seed extract that led to cell death, or apoptosis. They found that the extract activates JNK, a protein that regulates the apoptotic pathway.
http://www.happynews.com/news/122009/grape%20seed%20extract%20kills%20leukemia%20cells%20lab.htm

Ayuruvedic Cures

Although this article is about AIDS patients, the same techniques can also be applied to cancer.
And to have an immune system restored through Ayurvedic treatment and to have that documented by the medicine minister of the country is no small feat.

Ayuruvedic cures for AIDS patients
by Melani Manel Perera
The minister for traditional medicine illustrates for parliament the results of Ayurvedic cures. In addition to people infected with HIV, those sick with cancer, asthma, and kidney problems also see benefits from treatments applied according to a millennia-old tradition that is very widespread in the country.
Full story here:
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13928&size=A

I keep hearing more and more about Ayurvedic since Deepak Chopra.
It may be worth pursuing.

'Shocking' New Study Suggests Breast Cancer Sometimes Cures Itself | MedHeadlines

'Shocking' New Study Suggests Breast Cancer Sometimes Cures Itself | MedHeadlines:

"Medical history is dotted with stories of cancers vanishing without a trace and without any treatment, either. Once considered medical oddities, a new study suggests more cancers go away without treatment than would be expected. The theory, however, is quite difficult to prove conclusively because almost every cancer detected is treated aggressively, leaving no opportunity to explore spontaneous regressions.

Leading the study were Dr. Jan Maehlen, of the Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, of the Dartmouth Medical School in Vermont; and Dr. Per-Henrik Zahl, of Norway’s Institute of Public Health. The research team compared mammogram records of women, all between 50 and 64 years old, for the six-year period from 1992 till 1997 and from 1996 till 2001. Norway first started using mammography in 1996."

The Cure for Cancer?

Diet and Cancer, we keep hearing that.
Even Doctors in the US are coming around to the idea.
But wouldn't it be ironic and poetic in a way, if a 15-year-old kid actually discovered the cure.....

THE CURE FOR CANCER? Documentary Film Defies the American Medical Community's Prescribed Treatments for Cancer and Chronic Disease
An inspirational journey of a boy who sets out to investigate the direct link between diet and disease and in the process discovers the world's simplest cure for cancer: THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTH, written and directed by Steve Kroschel, will premiere at The Quad Cinema in New York City on November 14, 2008 with a platform release to follow.

Film critic Ronnie Scheib of Variety says the film is "courting controversy." The NYCMovieGuru, Avi Offer sees the film as "a vital, provocative and enlightening documentary. You'll be talking about it for weeks!"

Hailing from a small town in Alaska, 15-year-old Garrett lives on a wild animal reserve. After the accidental and tragic death of his mother, Garrett began spiraling downward. His father withdrew him from school to prevent him from flunking out, after which he was home-taught. Garrett's father recognized his son's interest in the dietary habits of their animals and assigned a book written by Dr. Max Gerson, which maintains that there is a direct link between diet and a cure for cancer.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Cancer_Cures/Gerson_Therapy/prweb1615664.htm

Asparagus for Cancer?

As more and more regular foods emerge that may stop or even reverse cancer, nothing is surprising me any more.
However this one did take me a little off guard.
I've read about Asparagus being one of the anti cancer foods, but nothing this detailed.....

" Asparagus
Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, `Asparagus for cancer' printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just as it was shared with me:

"I am a biochemist, and have specialised in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years. Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project, and we have accumulated a number of favourable case histories. Here are a few examples.

Case No. 1, man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.

Case No. 2, a successful businessman 68 years old who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments, including radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumour had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.

Case No. 3, a man who had lung cancer. On March 5th 1971 he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it. By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is back at his regular business routine.

Case No. 4, a woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by a skin specialist as advanced. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine and no more skin lesions. This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus."

You can read the full article here.

Vitamin D for cancer

Vitamin D for cancer

It sounds too good to be true ? a little inexpensive pill that could block the development of some cancers, strengthen bones, prevent multiple sclerosis and alleviate winter depression.
But it's not science fiction. The "new aspirin" could be Vitamin D. Just as we discovered that aspirin can guard against heart disease, Vitamin D could become a useful weapon in the fight against MS, osteoporosis, mild depression and one of the most devastating diseases of our time - cancer.
"As time has gone by, Vitamin D has raised its head as a sort of ambrosia for cancers," says Dr. Louise Parker, an epidemiologist and a world expert in the environmental exposures that can lead to cancer. Or, in the case of Vitamin D, the lack of exposure.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=34992

Cheers to red wine, this time for cancer

Walt mentioned this is his comment on the last entry, so here's more on resveratrol.

Cheers to red wine, this time for cancer
Seema Singh
Time, once again, to celebrate that wonder molecule in red wine called resveratrol. New research in today's issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention shows that moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, particularly among smokers.

Lead author Chun Chao analyzed data collected through the California Men's Health Study from 84,170 men aged 45 to 69 years. Researchers measured the effect of beer, red wine, white wine and liquor consumption on the risk of lung cancer.

After making adjustments for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, body mass index, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema, and smoking history, researchers reported a 60 % reduced lung cancer risk in these men.
http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/labrats/archive/2008/10/07/cheers-to-red-wine-this-time-for-cancer.aspx

A natural remedy for cancer and many 'incurable' diseases!

A natural remedy for cancer and many 'incurable' diseases!

The reason why the daily seafood diet is such a powerful remedy for many kinds of cancer and so many 'incurable' diseases is very simple. All seafood contains - like all completely natural food - the complete natural range of the 72 trace elements, also commonly called trace minerals.
In deadly contrast, our modern agriculture knows of and maintains only a paltry eight (8 !!!) trace elements in its soils, hence in all of its products, and hence again, in our daily food.

full story:
http://www.truehealth.org/aheal.html

Raspberry

Medical tests released January 7, 1999 show that the red raspberry is one of the most effective all-natural ways to fight certain forms of cancer.
http://www.tremainefarms.com/Our%20cancer%20prevention%20page.htm

The Hollings Cancer instititute at the University of South Carolina is doing a double blind study on a large group of 500 cervical cancer patients that has everyone excited. They are excited because their past nine years of study have shown that a natural product called ellagic acid is causing G-arrest within 48 hours (inhibiting and stopping mitosis-cancer cell division), and apoptosis (normal cell death) within 72 hours, for breast, pancreas, esophageal, skin, colon and prostate cancer cells.
http://www.heall.com/healingnews/nov/red_raspberry.html

A cup of black raspberries a day may help keep esophageal cancer at bay.
Researchers found evidence in rats that black raspberries may both prevent the onset of esophageal cancer as well as inhibit precancerous growth already underway.
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/canberry.htm

It may seem improbable, but one of the best allies against sunburn and skin cancer could be growing in your own back yard.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070418074348.htm

Wild Cherry

Image via WikipediaIn this report, we show that extracts of anti-inflammatory horehound leaves and wild cherry bark exhibit anti-proliferative activity in human colorectal cancer cells.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2440569

Interestingly, a highly controversial cancer treatment (called laetrile) that has been conducted in Germany and Mexico (which is debunked by the medical community in the United States) includes amygdalin, a substance that is found in Wild Cherry Bark and other members of the Prunus genus, i.e., plums, almonds, peaches, apricots and sweet cherries
http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:vrCwU5OqgxEJ:www.herbalextractsplus.com/wild-cherry-bark.cfm+wild+cherry+cancer&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=22&gl=us

Prunus serotina (Wild Cherry) in Modern Herbalism ... respiration and improve digestion, it is also claimed to be of benefit in the treatment of cancer
http://www.diet-and-health.net/Naturopathy/WildCherry.html

Saskatoon Berries

Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoonberry, Saskatoon, Serviceberry or Juneberry), is a species of Amelanchier native to North America in Alaska, across most of Canada from Yukon south and eastward to British Columbia and western Quebec, and in the western and north central United States south to northern California, Utah and northern Iowa. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m altitude in California and 3,400 m in the Rocky Mountains.

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow to 1–8 m (rarely to 10 m) in height. Its growth form spans from suckering and forming colonies to clumped. The leaves are oval to nearly circular, 2-5 cm long and 1–4.5 cm broad, with margins dentate mostly above the middle and a 0.5–2 cm petiole. The flowers are white, about 2-3 cm across; they appear on racemes of 3–20 together in early spring while the new leaves are still expanding. The fruit is a small purple pome 5-15 mm diameter, ripening in early summer

Saskatoon Berries have been featured recently in the Farm & Food Report put out ... against diseases such as heart disease, cancer and macular degeneration.
www.saskatoonberry.com/newsfarm1.html

A three-year study of two saskatoon varieties commonly grown in Saskatchewan, Smokey and Thiessen, has shown that the antioxidant activity of the saskatoon berry is comparative to that of the blueberry, blackberry and grape seed extract. This is exciting news for the Saskatchewan Saskatoon berry industry, says Kelley Fitzpatrick, president, Saskatchewan Nutraceutical Network.
http://www.saskfruit.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=253

Saskatoon berries not only taste good, they are good for you. Contained in many fruits and vegetables are the very powerful cancer-fighting compounds known as anti-oxidants.
http://hort4.unl.edu/fruit/02-25-06.html

The Papaya

The papaya (from Carib via Spanish), is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was cultivated in Mexico several centuries before the emergence of the Mesoamerican classic cultures. It is sometimes called "tree melon" or "pawpaw," but the North American pawpaw is a different species, in the genus Asimina.

It is a large tree-like plant, the single stem growing from 5 to 10 meters tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk; the lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. The leaves are large, 50-70 cm diameter, deeply palmately lobed with 7 lobes. The tree is usually unbranched if unlopped. The flowers are similar in shape to the flowers of the Plumeria but are much smaller and wax like. They appear on the axils of the leaves, maturing into the large 15-45 cm long, 10-30 cm diameter fruit. The fruit is ripe when it feels soft (like a ripe avocado or a bit softer) and its skin has attained an amber to orange hue. The fruit's taste is vaguely similar to pineapple and peach, although much milder without the tartness.

It is the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered.

The nutrients in papaya have also been shown to be helpful in the prevention of colon cancer. Papaya's fiber is able to bind to cancer-causing toxins.
www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=47

papaya leaf tea as an alternative treatment for cancer.
www.papayaleavesforcancer.com/

The bodys cure for cancer
www.annieappleseedproject.org/bodcurforcan.html

Muscadine Grapes

Muscadines are a grapevine species native to the present-day southeastern United States that has been extensively cultivated since the 16th Century. Its recognized range in the United States extends from New York south to Florida, and west to Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. They are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer chilling hours than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.

The muscadine berries range from bronze to dark purple to black in color when ripe. They have skin sufficiently tough that eating the raw fruit often involves biting a small hole in the skin to suck out the pulp inside. Muscadines are not only eaten fresh, but also are used in making wine, juice, and jelly.

Although in the same genus Vitis with the other grapevine species, muscadines belong to a separate subgenus, Muscadinia (the other grapevine species belong to subgenus Vitis), and some have suggested giving it standing as a genus of its own. Some taxonomists have also suggested splitting two additional species off from Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis munsoniana and Vitis popenoei. All have 40 chromosomes, rather than 38, are generally not cross-compatibile with other Vitis species, and most hybrids between the subgenera are sterile. A few, however, are at least moderately fertile, and have been used in breeding. The cultivar 'Southern Home', released by the University of Florida, contains both muscadine and subgenus Vitis in its background.

cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/17/8396
www.associatedcontent.com/article/365001/muscadine_grapes_show_potential_to.html
www.curingdeath.com/Research/Grape_Extract_Inhibits_Prostate_Cancer_Cell_Growth.asp

Cancer Killer: Lingonberry

The Vaccinium vitis-idaea – often called lingonberry or cowberry, also called foxberry, mountain cranberry, red whortleberry, lowbush cranberry, partridgeberry (in Newfoundland and Cape Breton), and redberry (in Labrador) – is a small evergreen shrub in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bears edible fruit.

It is seldom cultivated, but the fruits are commonly collected in the wild. The native habitat is the circumboreal forests of northern Eurasia and North America, extending from temperate into subarctic climates.

http://www.zhion.com/Lingoberry.html

http://www.naturalstandard.com/monographs/herbssupplements/lingonberry.asp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6480319.stm