Which Common Fruit Fights Cancer Better?

December 10, 2013 by Michael Greger M.D. in News with 12 Comments

Recently, researchers compared the ability of eleven common fruits to suppress cancer cell growth in vitro. Which do you think was most effective—apples, bananas, cranberries, grapefruits, grapes, lemons, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapples, or strawberries?

There are many ways to compare the healthfulness of different foods. For example, if you were interested in antioxidants you might compare vitamin C content. If you compared vitamin C content between our two most popular fruits, apples and bananas, then bananas would appear twice as healthy (10 mg in a banana compared to only 5mg in an apple). But vitamin C is just one of thousands of different phytonutrients in fruits and vegetables. It turns out the vitamin C in apples accounts for less than 1 percent of an apple’s total antioxidant activity.

In my 5-min video Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better? I show a graph of the total antioxidant content of a red delicious apple. The amount contributed to the vitamin C is so tiny you can hardly see it. Even though there are only about 5mg of vitamin C in a small apple, it has the antioxidant equivalent of 1500 mg of vitamin C! I’ve reviewed before how taking that much vitamin C straight in a supplement may actually have apro-oxidant effect and cause DNA damage (in my video Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress With Watercress), but you can get three times that antioxidant power eating an apple, without the adverse effects.

Of course there’s more than just vitamin C in bananas too. I was surprised to see astudy out of Harvard suggesting that bananas were a significant source of anthocyanins, the red/blue/violet phytonutrients found in berries. Maybe I underestimated bananas? They are, after all, technically berries.

Anthocyanins have been found in blue, purple, orange-red, red-purple, and pink-purple wild bananas, but none in domesticated yellow. In the Harvard researchers’ defense, they just took values from the USDA, and it turns out USDA apparently made a mistake. There are no anthocyanins in store-bought bananas, and despite twice the vitamin C, bananas are beat out by apples in terms of overall antioxidant power. But that’s just measuring the ability of these fruits to quench an oxidation reaction in a test tube. It would be nice to measure actual biological activity.

In the red delicious apple study, researchers also measured the ability of apple extracts, from both peeled and unpeeled apples, to suppress the growth of human cancer cells growing in a petri dish compared to control. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to compare that kind of superpower between different fruits? Well, now we can!

In my video Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better? I show a graph of cancer cell proliferation versus increasing concentrations of the 11 most common fruits eaten in the United States. If you drip water on these cancer cells as a control, nothing happens. They start out powering away at 100 percent growth and they keep powering away at 100 percent growth. And pineapples, pears, and oranges don’t do much better.

Peaches start pulling away from the pack. At high peach concentrations, cancer cell proliferation drops about 10 percent, but bananas and grapefruits appear to work four times better, dropping cancer growth rates by about 40 percent. Red grapes, strawberries and apples do even better, cutting cancer cell growth up to half at only half the dose, but the two fruits that won, causing a dramatic drop in cancer proliferation at just tiny doses, were lemons and cranberries. So if you look at the effective dose required to suppress liver cancer cell proliferation, apples are more powerful than bananas, but cranberries win the day. And there was no effective dose listed for orange, pear, and pineapple since they didn’t appear to affect the cancer cell growth at all.

This study reminded me of my #1 Anticancer Vegetable video (along with its “prequel,” Veggies vs. Cancer).

Other videos in which I rank various foods include:

• A Better Breakfast
• Anti Up on the Veggies
• Antioxidants in a Pinch
• Best Berries
• Best Fruit Juice
• Better Than Goji Berries
• Better Than Green Tea?
• Glycotoxins
• Green Tea vs. White
• The Healthiest Sweetener
• Vegetables Rate by Nitrate

How can you consume cranberries palatably, though? Check out my recipe for Pink Juice with Green Foam and my video Cranberries versus Cancer.

More berried treasure in Strawberries versus Esophageal Cancer and Black Raspberries versus Oral Cancer.

-Michael Greger, M.D.

PS: If you haven’t yet, you can subscribe to my free videos here and watch my live year-in-review presentations Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death and More Than an Apple a Day.

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About Michael Greger M.D.

Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, testified before Congress, appeared on The Dr. Oz Show and The Colbert Report, and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial. Currently Dr. Greger proudly serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States.

Les cellules du cancer s'alimentent de…

Imaginez que vous puissiez, en arrêtant de consommer certains aliments, réduire vos cellules cancéreuses à la famine... 

Votre tumeur en pleine croissance, serait brutalement stoppée. Privée de nourriture, elle se mettrait à dépérir, rétrécir, puis disparaître. 

Selon certains chercheurs, ce rêve peut dans certains cas devenir une réalité. Car voici de quoi les cellules cancéreuses ont besoin pour vivre :

Les cellules peuvent fonctionner avec deux carburants différents

Les cellules ont deux carburants à leur disposition : le glucose et les acides gras. 

Les cellules doivent brûler ces carburants pour les transformer en énergie cellulaire (ATP, ou adénosine triphosphate). 

Elles ont pour cela besoin d'oxygène, apporté par la respiration et par le sang. 

A l'intérieur de la cellule, le carburant et l'oxygène sont brûlés au sein des mitochondries, de mini-usines électriques à l'intérieur des cellules, pour produire l'énergie cellulaire. 

Les mitochondries peuvent fonctionner soit avec de l'oxygène et du glucose, soit avec de l'oxygène et des acides gras. 

Quand l'oxygène vient à manquer

Mais les mitochondries n'ont pas toujours assez d'oxygène à disposition. Par exemple, quand vous courrez très vite et que vous êtes essoufflé, vos cellules manquent d'oxygène. 

Heureusement, vous pouvez continuer malgré tout à courir parce que vos cellules sont aussi capables de produire de l'énergie sans oxygène : par fermentation. 

La fermentation permet aux cellules de fonctionner en l'absence d'oxygène. Toutefois, la fermentation ne marche qu'avec le glucose, pas avec les acides gras. 

Les cellules cancéreuses accros au glucose

Les cellules cancéreuses, qui sont très agressives, qui se reproduisent rapidement, et qui sont très nombreuses au même endroit, utilisent prioritairement la fermentation pour fonctionner. 

La fermentation n'étant pas possible avec les acides gras, cela veut dire que les cellules cancéreuses ont un énorme besoin de glucose. 

Elles ont besoin de 20 fois plus de glucose qu’une cellule saine. A tel point que le scanner PET peut servir à voir le cancer dans l’organisme, uniquement en regardant les cellules qui consomment le plus de glucose. 

Les cellules cancéreuses sont dépendantes au glucose. La seule chose qui les intéresse, c’est de trouver du glucose à tout prix, comme un toxicomane ; et comme celui-ci, elles ne tiennent plus compte de leur environnement. 

Si elles n'ont que des acides gras à disposition, elles se retrouvent en famine. La production d'énergie cellulaire baisse. Les cellules cancéreuses perdent de leur agressivité et de leur capacité à se multiplier. 

Ce n'est pas le cas des autres cellules du corps (cerveau, cœur et autres muscles) qui, elles, peuvent vivre uniquement grâce aux acides gras, car leur comportement est moins frénétique. 

Cancer en cascade

Le glucose est donc le carburant des cellules cancéreuses. Mais manger beaucoup de sucre accroît votre risque de cancer par d'autres voies : 

• la fermentation du glucose par les cellules produit de l'acide lactique qui provoque une acidification des tissus cancéreux, qui favorise encore la croissance de la tumeur ;
  
• plus vous mangez de sucre, plus votre taux de sucre sanguin monte et plus votre pancréas fabrique d'insuline. Or, l'insuline stimule la production d’une molécule appelée Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF), une puissante hormone responsable de la prolifération des cellules saines mais aussi cancéreuses.
  

C'est ce qui a amené des chercheurs à proposer un régime sans aucun glucide, appelé régime cétogène, pour aider les patients cancéreux. 

Le régime sans glucides contre le cancer

En 2007, le Dr Melanie Schmidt et le biologiste Ulrike Kämmerer, à l'hôpital de Wüzburg, en Allemagne, ont mené une étude clinique avec des patients malades du cancer. Ils leur ont fait suivre un régime très pauvre en glucides, riche en graisses et riche en protéines, appelé régime cétogène. Pas de sucres, pas de céréales, pas de gâteaux, pas de pâtes, pas de riz, pas de pommes de terre, très peu de fruits, uniquement de la viande grasse, des poissons gras, des œufs entiers, des noix, de l’huile d’olive, de l’huile de lin et quelques légumes. 

Ce n'était pas une nouveauté d'ailleurs. Déjà, en 1924, le Dr Otto H. Warburg (Prix Nobel en 1931) avait publié ses observations sur les tumeurs : « Une alimentation riche en glucides a un profond effet stimulant de la croissance des cellules cancéreuses. » 

Les deux chercheurs de Würzburg se sont cependant heurtés à un écueil : l'hôpital ne les a autorisés à tester le régime cétogène que sur les patients ayant épuisé toutes les thérapies conventionnelles contre le cancer : chirurgie, radiations, chimiothérapie, et même les thérapies alternatives comme l'hyperthermie et l'autohémothérapie (sang veineux réinjecté par voie musculaire). 

Cela signifie que les patients étaient en très mauvaise santé. Ils souffraient de cancer des ovaires, du sein, des glandes parotides, des os, du pancréas, de la thyroïde, de l’œsophage et de tumeurs du système nerveux agressives, résistant aux traitements classiques. Deux d'entre eux sont morts en moins d’un mois après le début de l'étude, un autre a abandonné parce qu'il trouvait trop pénible de se priver de boissons sucrées et de céréales et six autres ont arrêté pour des raisons personnelles. Deux autres patients ont quitté prématurément l’étude en raison d’une brusque aggravation de leur état de santé. 

Toutefois, pour cinq patients qui ont respecté le régime sans glucides pendant trois mois, les résultats se sont révélés positifs. Les patients sont restés en vie, leur condition physique s'est stabilisée ou s'est améliorée, leur tumeur a arrêté de grossir et la maladie s’est stabilisée. 

L’efficacité du régime cétogène réside dans le suivi rigoureux d’une alimentation la plus pauvre possible en glucides. Lorsque les glucides viennent à manquer, le corps produit des corps cétoniques dérivés des graisses qui peuvent fournir de l’énergie au corps et au cerveau mais qui est peu utilisable par les cellules cancéreuses. Or, dans l’étude des chercheurs de Würzburg, seuls deux patients sont parvenus à réduire suffisamment leur consommation de glucides alimentaires pour produire beaucoup de corps cétoniques. Ces résultats préliminaires sont donc tout à fait remarquables et les chercheurs y voient déjà une solution alternative pour le traitement du cancer, sans attendre le stade terminal de la maladie [1]. (la suite ci-dessous) 

Deux enfants aidés par le régime cétogène

La première expérience humaine menée sur le régime cétogène dans le traitement du cancer fut menée en 1995 par l'oncologue (médecin spécialiste des cancers) Linda Nebeling, sur deux enfants atteints de tumeur au cerveau. Linda Nebeling est actuellement à l'Institut National du Cancer aux Etats-Unis. 

Les deux enfants réagirent de façon positive et la progression de la maladie fut totalement stoppée chez l'un d'entre eux qui était toujours vivant 10 ans plus tard, en continuant à suivre le régime cétogène. 

Il est évidemment impossible de tirer des conclusions générales d'une si petite expérience. Toutefois, le régime cétogène intéresse aujourd'hui de nombreuses équipes médicales à travers le monde. 

Le Dr Thomas Graeber, un professeur de pharmacologie moléculaire et médicale, a publié avec ses collègues en 2012 une étude qui montre que la privation de glucose active une boucle d'amplification métabolique et de signalisation conduisant à la mort des cellules cancéreuses [2].

Des études publiées cet été 2013 dans la revue Plos One indiquent que les souris cancéreuses soumises au régime cétogène présentent une amélioration de leur survie par rapport à un groupe témoin, non soumis à ce régime. 

Combiné à un traitement par oxygène hyperbare qui consiste à saturer les cellules cancéreuses d'oxygène, la survie des animaux était augmentée de 78 % [3].

Ces résultats ouvrent évidemment d'importants espoirs pour les malades. 

Mises en garde indispensable

Mais attention, le régime cétogène cause certains problèmes, si bien qu'il est fortement déconseillé de le suivre sans surveillance médicale. Il peut provoquer une très forte fatigue, le corps ayant besoin de s’habituer à ce nouveau fonctionnement sans réserves de sucres. Le régime cétogène présente aussi un déficit de :

• fibres : cela provoque de la constipation ou paradoxalement de la diarrhée, qu'il est possible de soulager avec la prise de compléments alimentaires de fibres comme le psyllium ou la pectine ;
  
• potassium : l'essentiel de notre potassium nous vient des fruits et légumes, sources de glucides. Il faut donc prendre un complément de potassium ou privilégier des légumes pauvres en glucides (chou vert, asperges, aubergines, concombres, brocolis, céleri, laitue, poireaux, cresson) et les avocats.
  

Surtout, le régime cétogène ne doit surtout pas être entrepris en cas de :

• insuffisance rénale, hépatique ou cardiaque, ainsi qu’infarctus récent,
  
• diabète insulinodépendant, et non-insulinodépendant en absence d’un encadrement médical,
  
• grossesse – allaitement,
  
• pour toute personne au-delà de 4 semaines, sans suivi médical,
  
• période de croissance (enfant, adolescent),
  
• durant un traitement diurétique ou corticoïde en absence d’un encadrement médical,
  
• en cas de troubles du comportement alimentaire,
  
• suite à une intervention chirurgicale,
  
• en cas de maladie du métabolisme des acides gras (porphyrie, déficit en pyruvate carboxylase et autres maladies génétiques rares).
  

Limiter votre risque de cancer

Sans aller jusqu’au régime cétogène, une alimentation pauvre en glucides est bénéfique aussi bien en prévention du cancer que pour améliorer son traitement. Pour limiter votre risque de nourrir une tumeur affamée de glucose :

• réduisez votre consommation de nourriture transformée, industrielle, comme les plats préparés, les farines raffinées (blanches) et les aliments fabriqués avec (pain de mie, baguette blanche, viennoiserie, pâtes blanches) ainsi que les boissons sucrées et les jus ;
  
• mangez des céréales en quantités adaptées à votre activité physique : vous pouvez vous en passer si vous ne faites pas de sport ;
  
• recherchez la couleur dans votre assiette : légumes et fruits colorés sont riches en antioxydants qui diminuent l'inflammation (myrtilles, raisin rouge, tomates, légumes verts). Il y a bien sûr plusieurs exceptions importantes comme le chou-fleur, le raifort et les asperges qui, bien que blancs, sont excellents pour la santé ;
  
• évitez autant que possible les grillades et fritures ;
  
• privilégiez les produits gras de bonne qualité : petits poissons gras, noix de toutes sortes, huile d'olive extra-vierge, huile de colza, avocats, œufs bios enrichis en oméga-3 si possible ;
  
• évitez les produits gras industriels : vinaigrettes, mayonnaises toutes faites, et bien sûr tous les biscuits apéritifs grillés et salés ;
  
• adaptez votre mode de vie pour réduire les causes de stress : changez de métier, de lieu d'habitation, d'activités si celles-ci ne vous permettent pas d'être raisonnablement détendu dans votre vie ;
  
• limitez l'usage de produits toxiques dans votre intérieur : produits ménagers, vernis, colles, plastiques ;
  
• buvez un ou deux verres de bon vin par jour, si possible rouge.
  

A votre santé ! 

Jean-Marc Dupuis 

Daily habits that cause cancer

Daily habits that cause 

by Derek Henry 

(NaturalNews) By now, you may have heard that cancer rates are rising to a point where 44% of men and 39% of women will be diagnosed with the disease. With all the research and drugs being created over the past 30 years, you would think that it would at least be holding steady or declining, but, sadly, that is not the case. So what common patterns are we encountering for these rates to be rising so precipitously throughout North America?

Everyday factors contributing to the rise of cancer 
There is a commonly held notion that 'everything' causes cancer nowadays, and although it may often be a flippant response from someone who is frustrated by all the things they need to avoid, it is becoming glaringly obvious that a wide variety of our core activities are indeed contributing to cancer growth.

Behold, a shortened list of these cancer causing factors:

- X-rays
- Sunlight ultraviolet rays
- EMF exposure
- Ionizing, microwave oven, and nonionizing radiation from domestic appliances
- Overhead power lines
- Nuclear radiation
- Pesticides and herbicides
- Industrial toxins
- Drinking or bathing in polluted, chlorinated, or fluoridated water
- Smoking
- Hormonal therapies
- Immune suppressive drugs
- Consuming irradiated foods and food additives
- Mercury toxicity
- Dental fillings, root canals, cavitations and metals
- Use of street, prescription and non-prescription drugs
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Consumption of synthetic 'foods'
- Chronic stress
- Negative emotions
- Depressed thyroid
- Intestinal toxicity
- Parasites
- Viral, bacterial, and fungal infections
- Blocked detoxification pathways
- Genetic predisposition
- Physical irritants (e.g. asbestos)
- Alcohol consumption

One can see from reading the list that many of us are currently, or have extensively in the past, engaged or had many of these challenges.

The only way to halt these scary cancer statistics is to be aware of the factors contributing to cancer, avoid them at all costs and engage in a clean and nourishing lifestyle that does not promote its growth.

What can we do to put the odds more in our favour?

First of all, eat a clean, alkaline diet full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and probiotics on a daily basis that supports the development of a healthy immune system. Examples of such foods include:

- Algae (e.g. chlorella, spirulina)
- Fermented foods (vegetables, kefirs)
- Medicinal mushrooms like reishi and chaga
- Adaptogenic herbs like astragulus, gynostemma, siberian ginseng, goji
- Aloe vera
- Hemp
- Garlic
- Kale
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Watercress
- Cilantro
- Berries
- Pomegranates

Also look to consume pure water, get fresh air, expose yourself to the sunshine for 15-20 minutes a day (don't expose your skin to the point of burning), exercise and consider colonics and coffee enemas.

In contrast, you need to limit or avoid dairy, sugar, grains and animal protein, which are all hard on digestion and the immune system.

This is certainly not an exhaustive list, as entire books are catered to cancer therapies and how to avoid cancer altogether. The core theme in all of them is to:

- Avoid all impurities in food, air and water
- Cleanse your body with alkaline, easily digestible and nutrient rich foods (including necessary whole food supplementation)
- Begin a protocol of liver cleansing and regenerating herbs

Even though it won't be easy, the trends can be reversed. We just need to recognize the power of the body to heal itself when it is given the right medicine and carry out those actions on a consistent basis.

Sources for this article include:

"The Gerson Therapy: The Proven Nutritional Program for Cancer and Other Illnesses"
by Charlotte Gerson and Morton Walker D.P.M.

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://www.naturalnews.com

Walnut eaters reduce risk of dying from heart disease or cancer by nearly fifty percent

by John Phillip 

(NaturalNews) Heart disease and cancer in all their different forms take the lives of nearly three-quarters of all men, women and children in the US each year. Yet thousands of well constructed research bodies have shown that most chronic diseases can be prevented by making simple lifestyle changes including diet, smoking, physical activity and exposure to toxic household and environmental pollutants through our early and middle adult years. Specific foods and nutrients such as resveratrol, curcumin, green tea and leafy greens have demonstrated specific properties that help to prevent and fight cardiovascular disease and cancer, and should be included as part of your regular daily diet and supplement plan.

A research study team based in Spain has published the result of their research in the journal, BMC Medicine that explains that those who eat nuts more than three times a week had a reduced risk of dying from cancer or cardiovascular disease than non-nut eaters. To conduct their research, scientists looked at the effect on the prevention of cardiovascular disease when the participants were put on a Mediterranean diet with extra nuts and extra virgin olive oil, compared with a control group following a low-fat diet.

Raw nuts, especially walnuts help lower blood pressure and blood lipids to thwart chronic disease

The scientists analyzed more than 7,000 people aged between 55 and 90 years, and divided them into two groups based on adherence to a Mediterranean style diet that included nuts, and especiallywalnuts, or those following a low-fat diet. The team found that people who eat more than three servings of nuts (1 serving equal approximately one ounce) a week had a 55 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and a 40 percent reduced risk of death from cancer.

Lead study author, Dr. Jordi Salas-Salvad commented "How nuts are able to prevent premature mortality is not entirely clear, nor why walnut should be better for you than other nuts. Walnuts have particularly high content of alpha-linoleic acid and phytochemicals..., along with fiber and minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium, may contribute to their healthy effect." Past studies have demonstrated that walnuts in particular are a beneficial part of a healthy diet and are the best source of antioxidants, containing twice the amount as normal nuts.

Researchers also note that people who ate nuts had a lower body mass index and smaller waist. Further, this group was found to be more physically active and less likely to smoke. The study authors conclude "Questions about specific constituents, amount, duration and type of nuts to be consumed remain to be elucidated. Meanwhile, we might need to focus on the question of how to better promote nut consumption in the population and sustainably integrate it into the daily diet." Nutrition experts recommend replacing one daily serving of fruits and vegetables with a one ounce serving of raw nuts to significantly lower the risk of dying from heart disease and cancer.

Sources for this article include:
http://www.biomedcentral.com
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263331.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715202458.htm

Quercetin: The Anti-Cancer Flavonoid

I first heard of this flavonoid from one of my heroes Dr. Russell Blaylock, M.D.

Blaylock is a recently retired board-certified neurosurgeon and one of the rare M.D.’s out there that has also devoted his time to become an expert on natural therapies despite criticism from the medical community at large.

His book Natural Strategies For Cancer Patients is a in-depth study of the specific nutrients within foods that strengthen your immune system and help your body fight cancer on a cellular level.

He also addresses what supplements to take that can minimize the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation if someone were to go that route.  Natural Strategies was a great read and I learned a lot.  Highly recommended.  It’s is also a really good book to give to anyone with cancer.  The fact that he is an M.D. lends a lot of credibility to his research and message.

Alright enough about Dr. Blaylock, The super flavonoid I’m talking about is called…

Quercetin (pronounced kwɜrsɨtɨn).

If you haven’t heard of it, don’t worry, you’re normal.  But before I go any further I should admit something, I exaggerated a little bit in the title of this post.  Quercetin actually has a rival for most powerful flavonoid, and that is Curcumin, the active ingredient in Tumeric,which is the main ingredient in curry powder.  Together, Quercetin and Curcumin are the dynamic duo of anti-cancer flavonoids.

Here are some fun facts about quercetin according to the research that Dr. Blaylock has assembled:

Quercetin protects the DNA in cells because collects around the nucleus of cells offering powerful anti-oxidant protection.

It has anti-inflammatory properties.  Which is good, because inflammation is bad.

It’s also a powerful natural histamine blocker. I don’t really have allergies, but some folks with allergies and sinus issues swear by it.

Here’s another big benefit.  Quercetin binds to excess iron in your body, removes it from tissues, and prevents its absorption.  This process is called chelation. This is critical asiron can be a key ingredient in cancer cell growth. Quercetin has the ability to steal the iron from cancer cells which can stop their growth and induce cell death.  Even if you don’t have cancer, it’s always good practice to eat green vegetables with meat to limit the amount of iron your body absorbs. Yes you need iron, but too much iron is bad for you. FYI: Red meat is the highest source of iron.

Check this out:

A 2007 study called “Ten-Year Comparison of the Influence of Organic and Conventional Crop Management Practices on the Content of Flavonoids in Tomatoes” published in theJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that organically grown tomatoes had 79% more quercetin than the conventionally grown ones.

If that doesn’t convince you that buying organic is better…then you just crazy.

As I’ve said in previous posts, conventional produce has been cross-bred and is engineered to be big and beautiful, but it is nutrient deficient and loaded with toxic fertilizers and pesticides.  Some conventional produce is genetically modified (GMO), but they aren’t required to disclose that to us yet; and there’s no way to tell.  The most common GMO foods are Soy (93%), Corn (86%), Canola (75%), and commercial milk which contains rBGH, a genetically modified hormone to increase milk production.  Avoid these foods like the plague!

Ok so where else can you get quercetin besides organic tomatoes?

The best sources of quercetin are organic: apples, red onions, black and green tea, red grapes, raspberries, cranberries, citrus fruits, and green leafy vegetables.

I eat all those foods often but I also take Quercetin in supplement form.  Blaylock’s recommended dose is 1000mg, 3 times per day with meals. If you’re taking it for allergies you may want to take more. And from what I understand it may take a few weeks before you notice any improvement.

One of the brands Blaylock references is Activated Quercetin by Source Naturals.
I also like the Source Naturals Liquid Quercetin

And definitely, definitely, definitely get this book:

Natural Strategies For Cancer Patients by Russell Blaylock, M.D.

(((c)))

Coconut oil ketogenic cleanse for cancer

by Dr. David Jockers 

(NaturalNews) Growing evidence is reporting that cancer is a metabolic disease characterized by cellular mitochondrial respiratory insufficiency. Cancer cells can only survive and thrive off of glucose and amino acid fermentation. A ketogenic cleanse has been proposed as a means of starving off cancer cell development. The ideal fuel source for the ketogenic cleanse is extra-virgin coconut oil with its powerful immune boosting properties.

Famous cell biologist Otto Warburg discovered that cancer cells have altered metabolism and are unable to produce energy through normal cellular respiration. The Warburg effect is the observation that these cells drive all of their energy from a process that depends upon sugar called glycolysis and they produce high levels of lactic acid as a result.

Mitochondrial damage and genomic instability

The mitochondria can become damaged from exposure to environmental toxins, various viruses and chronic inflammatory processes within the body. When this happens, the mitochondria will often lose its ability to produce energy through cellular respiration. The respiratory insufficiency leads to altered metabolic function and the dependence upon glucose and amino acid fermentation to produce energy. This process also results in genomic instability and mutant DNA formation.

Normal cells have relatively low rates of glycolysis and derive most of their energy through aerobic metabolism of pyruvate in the mitochondria. Studies have demonstrated that cancer cells have lost their ability to produce energy through the process of aerobic metabolism even when oxygen is plentiful. These cells depend upon rapid glycolytic processes for all their energy demands. Fast growing metastatic cancers are seen to have glycolytic rates up to two hundred times higher than normal tissues.

Cancer cells need sugar

Dr. Thomas Seyfried has expanded upon Warburg's theories to show that cancer cells can produce energy through glucose and amino acid fermentation. In order to drive enough sugar to run their metabolic systems the cancer cells upregulate insulin receptors and contain ten times more than normal cells. This allows them to gobble up glucose and other nutrients from the blood stream at an accelerated rate.

The metabolism of fatty acids results in ketones that normal cells can utilize but cancer cells cannot. These ketone bodies provide a great anti-inflammatory fuel source for the body that also starves the cancer cells from their nutrient demands.

Ketones fuel normal cells and starve cancer cells

Dr. Seyfried's research has shown that optimal blood sugar levels for cancer starvation are between 55-65 mg/dl and ketone levels should get up over 3mM and stay under 7mM. This is done through a process of fasting and fueling with healthy fat sources without any carbohydrates for a period of three and up to ten days. Fast growing metastatic cancer should go the full 10 days on the cleanse if possible.

Coconut oil contains a wide array of small and medium chain saturated fats that the body metabolizes very easily for energy production. Coconut oil is also rich in the immune boosting lauric acid which is converted in our body to monolaurin.

Monolaurin contains extraordinarily powerful anti-biotic, anti-viral, and anti-fungal properties. Unlike man-made anti-biotics and anti-virals these fatty acids pose no danger within our bodies. This is especially helpful since individuals with cancer have dysbiotic guts that are contributing to the chronic inflammation that may have caused the genomic instability to begin with.

Coconut Oil Cleanse

Take 2 tbsp of coconut oil every 3 hours during the day (8-10 tablespoons daily)

Drink about a gallon of clean water with anti-oxidant extracts (fresh lemon, turmeric, chlorophyll, apple cider vinegar, fermented herbal extracts, etc.)

Use natural herbal laxatives and probiotics to ensure proper bowel elimination

Sources for this article include:

http://www.naturalhealth365.com/food_news/ketogenic_diet.html
Seyfried, Thomas. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease. John Wiley and Sons Publishing, 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warburg_effect

http://www.naturalnews.com/029841_coconut_superfood.html#ixzz2R6johKaQ

About the author:
Dr. David Jockers owns and operates Exodus Health Center in Kennesaw, Ga. He is a Maximized Living doctor. His expertise is in weight loss, customized nutrition & exercise, & structural corrective chiropractic care. For more information go to www.drjockers.com To find a Maximized Living doctor near you go to www.maximizedliving.com Dr. Jockers is also available for long distance phone consultations to help you beat disease and reach your health goals 

Why turmeric is the fountain of youth and the key to vibrant health

Originally published April 29 2013

by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer 

(NaturalNews) To the many traditional cultures around the world that have long utilized the spice in cooking and medicine, turmeric's amazing anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer benefits are no secret. But modern, Western cultures are only just now beginning to learn of the incredible healing powers of turmeric, which in more recent days have earned it the appropriate title of "king of all spices." And as more scientific evidence continues to emerge, turmeric is quickly becoming recognized as a fountain of youth "superspice" with near-miraculous potential in modern medicine.

A cohort of scientific studies published in recent years have shown that taking turmeric on a regular basis can actually lengthen lifespan and improve overall quality of life. A study conducted on roundworms, for instance, found that small amounts of curcumin, the primary active ingredient in turmeric, increased average lifespan by about 39 percent. A similar study involving fruit flies revealed a 25 percent lifespan increase as a result of curcumin intake.

In the first study, researchers found that turmeric helped reduce the number of reactive oxygen species in roundworms, as well as reduce the amount of cellular damage that normally occurs during aging. Curcumin was also observed to improve roundworms' resistance to heat stress compared to those not taking the spice. And in fruit flies, curcumin appeared to trigger increased levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), an antioxidant compound that protects cells against oxidative damage. (http://www.lef.org)

"Given the long and established history of turmeric as a spice and herbal medicine, its demonstrated chemopreventive and therapeutic potential, and its pharmacological safety in model system, curcumin, the bioactive extract of turmeric, promises a great future in human clinical studies designed to prevent and/or delay age-related diseases," explained the authors of a review on these and other animal studies involving turmeric.

Improve the quality of your life with therapeutic doses of curcumin

Even with all the data showing that it can help boost energy levels, cleanse the blood, heal digestive disorders, dissolve gallstones, treat infections, and prevent cancer, some health experts have been reluctant to recommend taking turmeric in medicinal doses until human clinical trials have been conducted. But unlike pharmaceutical drugs, taking turmeric is not dangerous, and civilizations have been consuming large amounts of it for centuries as part of their normal diets.

According to consumption data collected back in the 1980s and 1990s, the average Asian person consumes up to 1,000 milligrams of turmeric a day, or as much as 440 grams per year, which equates to roughly 90 milligrams of active curcuminoids per day at higher end of the concentration spectrum. And these figures, of course, primarily cover just the amount of turmeric consumed as food in curries and other traditional dishes, which means supplements with similar concentrations are perfectly safe and effective.

But the truth of the matter is that you can safely take much higher doses of both turmeric and curcumin, and doing so will provide even more benefits. The Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University (OSU) has compiled a thorough list of turmeric's benefits with detailed information about the doses used to achieve such benefits. You can access this list here:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/curcumin/

You can also check out the Natural Attitude Turmeric extract formula available at the Natural News Store. This particular product contains a highly-bioavailable form of turmeric for maximum benefits:
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Sources for this article include:

http://www.mindbodygreen.com

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/curcumin/

http://www.drsinatra.com/turmeric-super-spice