Ginger Selectively Kills Breast Cancer Cells

dlb823

Very interesting!  Does anyone know if breast cancer rates are lower in countries that use a lot of ginger in their cuisines?  I should look that up...

http://truththeory.com/2014/08/09/research-ginger-...

exbrnxgrl

India, China and Japan use ginger but I don't know about their bc rates plus, there may be many other factors contributing to or preventing bc. What a delicious thing to try since I love ginger!

MusicLover

Thank you, I am going to eat my ginger now...really.

I did a quick brain scan and I know I saw an international map highlighting breast cancer cases...found it! It is in this presentation by Dr. David Servan-Schreiber and Asia definitely comes up lower. Here you go you can scan ahead until you see the world map and then you've got it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDt3AJQ98c 

It's not just ginger though, it's a lot of stuff. Why can't we all get educated better beforehand?  Why doesn't our government do something to educate us and explain why.  For years, we are told to eat a certain way to prevent heart disease but why hasn't someone thought to explain how our diet is increasing cancer rates in our country?  Do they think we won't listen or are companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi controlling things?  I also found a presentation by the president of Sloan Kettering stating just this fact. It is just very sad...

glennie19

Musiclover, can you please post the link to the presentation by the president of SloanKettering too?

Thanks!

MusicLover

I thought someone might ask:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlE1VHGA40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3UnNvN3NI

He gave more or less the same presentation twice.  I don't agree with some of what he says, such as linking obesity with cancer.  We all know a lot of people with cancer who were in really great shape.  But I think he is on to something about connections to our diet.  He slips in something about your mayor being on the right track.  He is referring to Bloomberg and his fight against large sodas being sold in NYC.

exbrnxgrl

Good video clips! In terms of linking obesity with cancer, I think it may increase ones chance of developing it, but being thin, as you pointed out, is not a guarantee that you won't develop cancer. I think that when we decide what to eat or not to eat, what personal products to use or any other lifestyle choices we need to remember that you can do everything "right" and still develop cancer. Many of us are looking for the secret formula, especially through diet and lifestyle, to ward off cancer but it simply doesn't exist IMO. A healthy lifestyle and diet are good but not a guarantee (nor is conventional tx). We simply do the best we can. I do eat ginger frequently and will continue to do so because I love, not because I think it will help (but if it does, great!). 

FireKracker

I have been eating ginger for at least 20 yrs..for heartburn and it does help

I still got the beast 41/2 yrs ago

And when I say eat it's in a huge amt.daily

I wish it was that easy

Ariom

I am a big Ginger consumer too, have been all my life. I wish it were that easy!

granny72

There is a cookbook called Healing Spices by Dr Bharat Aggarwal. He has  worked at both Genentech and MD Anderson in cancer research.  He lists various spices - tells what they help prevent or treat and gives various receipes using them.  It is quite interesting to read how he tried to enlist his colleagues to try some of his ideas, but when it was not a drug they were not interested.  The book itself is interesting.  Cancer is one of the diseases he says Ginger helps prevent and/or treat. Black Cumin seed is another one he favors.  It was found in King Tut's tomb.

dlb823

granny, thank you for the cookbook recommendation.  It sounds worth picking up.  I'll have to look for it.    

Ariom, sometimes when I hear about something that's suppose to help prevent or aid in treating bc, and it's something I've always done and it didn't prevent me from developing bc, I can't help but wonder if just maybe whatever it was actually did help, and without it if I would have gotten bc a lot sooner?  Just a thought....    Deanna

exbrnxgrl

Deanna,

That is a very positive way to look at it!

Caryn

exbrnxgrl

Well, I am going to keep eating ginger because...it tastes good!

Ariom

Deanna, you're absolutely right! As Caryn says, that's a very positive way of looking at it!

I started taking Ginger seriously, as an anti inflammatory for Rheumatoid Arthritis. I believe it has helped with that, so there is every chance, that it has done something positive with this Dx too.

kayfh

ginger and chocolate.  A match made in heaven.  Sign me up for that clinical trial!

SelenaWolf

Ginger tea and honey.  One of my staples...

voraciousreader

When I was diagnosed, one of my best friends, who happens to be Indian and holds a Ph.D.in Pharmacology, told me to eat more ginger.   Now, regarding studies of developing countries, I find retrospective studies interesting because we can glean info with respect to cultural differences and surmise the contributions the various differences have had on those populations' mortalities.  That said, clinical studies need to be developed to see if those assumptions are correct, which as all if you know can take decades to unfold.  Another thing that leads me to be concerned is  that in the past, developing countries have been poor record keepers, so that leads me to be suspicious about the collection of old data.  The good news though, is that developing countries are getting much better at collecting data now that we are in the digital age.  And then maybe in the near future we will be able to see what cultural differences might have an important significance in all of our lives!  

BTW... I always loved the flavor of ginger, so eating more of it has never been a problem for me!

glennie19

M:  how do you eat your ginger?  Fresh, powder?  Do you put it in your famous smoothies??  I need ginger recipes!

pearlady

I love the candied ginger that they sell in health food stores and better supermarkets.  Tastes great and does wonders when your stomach is a bit off.  Love to have it with a cup of tea.

Ariom

Hi Glennie, I always have organic Ginger root available. I use it sliced fine, or grated with a zester and strained into a cup from a teapot with boiling water with a squeeze of fresh lemon and some local honey. I sometimes add Tumeric, for an anti inflammatory drink.

I use it in Vitamix soups and also juice it in my juicer with either fruit or vegetables.

I always carry Ginger Bons Candy with me, a habit from when I worked for an airline and I would give these Ginger sweets to nervous or nauseated passengers. 

There is a History in Australia, of Ginger growing in Buderim, Queensland. They make lots of great Ginger products that I eat all the time. Naked Ginger, can be used in cooking or eat just like glace ginger but without the glace coating. There is also a drink concentrate called Ginger refresher which has stevia as a sweetener and can be made into a drink with soda or plain water and lots of ice.

glennie19

Thanks, M!  Fresh Market has these lovely organic chocolate covered ginger candies. OMG,, they are SOOOO good,,, and wicked expensive. I think I deserve to have those!  It's really medicine!  Now, if I could get my insurance to pay for it, I'd be all set. LOL!

Thanks for the ideas,,, I've been using more curry powder, Now I'll try to incorporate more ginger into my food.

Ariom

Glennie, I love chocolate covered Ginger too and organic, dark  chocolate is my fave! The Ginger Bons are just a small kind of jelly candy, but with really strong ginger.

glennie19

I like ginger candy,,, will be getting some today for sure.

Momine

Glennie, I keep fresh ginger root in the fridge. When I make a pot of tea, which is usually about daily, I slice some ginger into the pot. I also grate ginger on top of salmon filet before steaming it, for example. You can use freshly grated ginger in many foods, like sauteed broccoli, stir-fry, curry etc, but also in banana bread or fruit crumbles.

glennie19

Excellent ideas. Thanks, Momine!

She

African Fresh Ginger Drink

This drink is very popular throughout Africa, the recipe varies by country.  This recipe is from Mali.

Thoroughly wash/scrape off ginger root - to make a couple of big jugs I use about a regular size plastic veggie bag full

Cut into chunks and put through a food processor, it will look like pulp

Strain through a fine siev and squeeze the pulp until it's dry, then discard the pulp.

Add the following to suit your personal taste:

Fresh pineapple juice (I start with two pineapples)

Fresh orange juice (4-6 oranges)

Fresh lemon juice (2)

2-3 vanilla beans, scrape out the centre first and blend into the juice, cut the beans in half and add; you can also use vanilla extract or vanilla sugar

Fresh mint - liquefy a hand full in the food processor and mix in, also use leaves with stems as a garnish

Sugar is optional.  Sometimes the fruit juices sweeten it enough, other times not.

If it's too hot add more fruit juices or water.

Serve over ice. Stays fresh for weeks when refrigerated. (It never lasts that long around here lol)

Ariom

Wow, She! that sounds delicious!

glennie19

I bet you could whip that up in the Vitamix, M!! 

cling

In Chinese grocery stores you can find variety of ginger candies, pickled ginger, sliced ginger, ginger tea, and of course fresh ginger roots.  If you can find those young ginger roots, it is delious for seafoods and veges.

proudtospin

I freeze the ginger root, I seemed to not use it up fast enough...then I run it by the micro plane, add to garlic and smear it on my salmon!~

it keeps forever in the freezer

my peace corps neice returned from Haiti making a ginger tea, it was black and really strong but hey, if it would work on cancer....I could drink it!

She

Glennie I'm not sure the vitamix would work for the ginger.  After chopping it in the food processor it takes a little time for all of the juice to seep out of the pulp.  Additionally you only scrape off the outer skin after washing so there's still some left on the pieces.  If you try it and it works please let us know 'cause I'll be buying one lol.

Ariom

You know what, Glennie? The Vitamix would puree it down to a smooth pulp. You can then wrap it in Muslin cloth and squeeze the juice through that, but the perfect way would be in an Oscar slow auger juicer, it is a cold press juicer and can handle anything like that. 

I am going to try that She!