Seaweed Versus Cancer

From an article in the PakTribune about Seaweed and it's nutritional benefits.....

Can Seaweed Battle Cancer?

" However, most of the studies in recent years that have been done regarding the effects of seaweed, are against cancer. Hoping to find the ability to shrink tumors with algae, many researchers have devoted years to observing the patterns and data surrounding this important compound.

A 2005 study conducted at the Georgia Institute of Technology found a small strain of red algae off the coast of Fiji called Callophycus serratus, that looks promising for a new, natural cure for cancer. With ten new natural compounds from the strain to work with, researchers found that some of the compounds were born antibacterial fighters and have held up in the lab against known diseases that resist antibiotics. It was said that the natural germ-killers were made by the seaweed to ward off predators and disease. Another compound was able to kill tumor cells in the lab by being able to turn on the suicide switch in the individual cells, which scientists call a head start to a new possible line of anticancer drugs. Georgia Tech biochemists insist that they are only in the “test tube level” and many more studies will be conducted. "

read the full article here:
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=214448

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

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."

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.

Acai, Cancer cure?

Cancer scares everyone.
But people need to take up arms and fight back!
I'm planning on listing alternate cancer cures here,both to prevent and cure cancer.
Most of these are well known, some arent.
So to begin with, here's something simple......

Açaí Palm is a member of the genus Euterpe, which contains 7 species of palms native to tropical Central and South America, from Belize south to Brazil and Peru, growing mainly in floodplains and swamps.

Is there any scientific backing for the health claims made for açai products?
http://www.cancerdecisions.com/020506_page.html


GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported benefits.
http://news.ufl.edu/2006/01/12/berries/


HSI recently learned about a superfood from the Amazon that, fresh from the tree, provides over 30 times the amount of anthocyanins (potent antioxidants) as red wine and all the beneficial fatty acids of olive oil in one delicious, all-natural package.
http://www.thehealthierlife.co.uk/article/3351/antioxidants-acai.html


Until I read this post from SkinnyKid, I’ve never heard of acai berries, touted to be “miracle berries” which can help “ward off cancer, protect your heart, even prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to some research”.
http://www.eatingfabulous.com/anti-cancer-effects-of-acai-berries/