The newest about blueberries

RachelKa

Calling all pink ladies, and especially Triple Negs,

Well some of you have probably been hearing blueberries are one of the most powerful antioxidants to help fight cancer. I'm still reading that about cancer in general, but here's something interesting City of Hope Researchers say about blueberries and Triple Negative Breast Cancer ...Blueberries Looking Promising in the Fight Triple Negative Breast Cancer

You may have heard blueberries are potent anti-oxidants - great for helping to stave off cancer and recurrence. Now, a  City of Hope study suggests that the blue purple fruit actually controls  tumor growth, shrinks metastasis and triggers cell death in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. The study is available on the Cancer Research website. This is good news for people who have been diagnosed with this aggressive cancer, where so far the only arsenal is chemotherapy and radiation.

"We observed that blueberries help fight triple-negative breast cancers by suppressing pathways critical to tumor development and migration," said Shiuan Chen, Ph.D., director of City of Hope's Division of Tumor Cell Biology.

Through their work, the researchers found that blueberry extracts not only inhibit production and mobility of TNBC cells, but casue them to die at two times the rate of cell  cultures that did not have the extracts applied to them.

 Other interesting observations were that blueberry group's tumor weight was 70 percent lighter than the control group.
The amount given to lab animals was equivalent to a four ounce serving for a 130-pound adult according to Chen.
The next step is identifying the specific compounds in the fruit believed to be responsible for these promising outcomes.

, as well as further investigating blueberries' potential to slow down the progression and spread of this difficult form of breast cancer."

City of Hope researchers are about to begin a human clinical trial to test blueberries' effect on breast cancer, as well as looking into anticancer properties of other fruits and vegetables.

See and hear researchers discuss how blueberries work against Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Mice:http://www.facebook.com/l/6de67Z1QLcPS0J0_ZFWEJiTxBxg;www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8mr62MduuM

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I loooove blueberries.  But they *are* on the 'dirty dozen' pesticide list for 2010. (2011 is not out yet.)  So you may want to consider spending extra and eating organic blueberries. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/the-dirty-dozen-and-clean-15-of-produce/616/