Brazilian berry 'Acai" destroys cancer cells

The berry has loads of antioxidants. Notice it is cells, not full tumours it is destroying. Blueberries also have a ton of antioxidants. Individual Leukemia and other isolated cancer cells will often self-destruct anyway without the right environment to grow in. We all have cancer cells roaming around in our bodies looking for the right time to multiply. That's why anitoxidents are so powerful.

Truly a miracle fruit. You have to wonder why it hasn't been "found" earlier and cultivated for all. Someone is going to make a ton of money off this berry.... 

Jen, is that a site selling the wonderful (but clinically unproven) acai? If so, it's spam, please edit out.

I actually have studied this product (and no I am not paid by the company) quite extensively.  They have done hundred of clinical studies on this total product all over the world .. United States, UK, Russia, etc.c   If I felt like typing a whole lot, I could site 44 studies right now in direct relation to breast, prostate cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, regulation of cell-mediated immunity in patient with malignant tumors, immune response in carcinogenesis, immunologic resonse in pregnancy, autoimmune demyelinating disease, etc.  This is NOT a grocery store product touting immune system booster with no scientific background.    I certainly would not take or give my children anything that was not clinically studied and that I have not extensively studied either. 

You should take more than a cynical cursory look before you dismiss it.   It is not just the acai berry alone that produces results however that is a great part of the product as well. 

LJ13, how do you know this is clinically unproven.   I can show you otherwise.

Jen

Please do Jen. I'm all eyes.

Are these large scale, multi-center, randomized, well controlled, double blind studies?

Jeninmichigan,

I would like links to some of those studies if you don't mind.

The reference of the site intended only for the product information as it relates to the acai berry.  Can't really help on that site there is a tab for the marketing stuff.   I didn't at all refer to the site as a scientific support of the statements.  Just as a resource for the product itself.    I never said the site was scientific support.   

Please refer to www.transferfactorresearch.com.  Please click ONLY on the research button.   

Additionally you may refer to:

http;//www.globalfirst.co.uk/tfapplications.html

Gosh, I am nearly afraid to post any more information as this is a rough crowd.   

The rest of the information I have are abstracts of studies that if you are really interested in doing alot of in depth reading, I will fax it to you.

Jennifer

Jen 

And may I add that in my radiation class we were told to limit/eliminate our use of antioxidants while we were undergoing radiation therapy....because radiation, too, deends on free radicals.

Here is a quote for you from Dr. Duane Townsend, MD in his book "A Maverick of Medicine speaks to Women".   Dr. Townsend is a world renowned and very prominent gynecologist.

"It defies all reason, most physicians don't prepare the body for chemotherapy and don't repair it .  They simply prescribe a course of cell, tissue and immunity destruction and live it at that.   This makes no sense to me. When it comes to chemotherapy, physicians trained to heal the human body instead routinely prescribe therapies that poison and kill many living cells. While sometimes this may be necessary, my gripe is that they totally neglect the use of diet, supplements and other therapies that can strengthen and protect the body before, both during and after treatments. 

In fact, some physicians are so misinformed that they discourage patients from taking antioxidants during chemotherapy.  Make no mistake, chemotherapy creates a glut of dangerous free radicals.  Why shouldn't antioxidants be recommended?  I've seen its benefits with many of my own patients, so much that I consider it a crucial component of any cancer therapy.  I don't believe that taking these compounds will interfere in any way with the action of the chemotherapy.   It will, however, help protect healthy cells from additional damage and support immune function.  

Keep in mind that even a small nodule of cancer contains billions of cancer cells, and in order to kill just one cancer cell, the action of multiple immune cells is required.  Optimizing our diets and taking a strong array of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and immune building supplements can make a world of difference in how a patient responds to chemotherapy"

I did not take any antioxidants during the first four rounds of chemo and I was on antibiotics twice for infections.   After the fourth rounds, I took alot of antioxidants and transfer factor, I have not been on any antibiotics since (this was July 08) and have not even had so much as a runny nose.   Fatigue was minimized even through rads.   

Jennifer

There are few MD's who wholly embrace alternative modalities. One in Dr. Weil.

His position on use of antioxidants is: not immediately before, during, or immediately after conventional treatments. He also fully supports preventive lifestyle and diet factors. But when you've been diagnosed, his recommendation is to stick with tested and well characterized conventional protocols.

I heard something about these berries also, but then that raised a question. Do berries (meaning all, not just acai) help only those tumors that are er/pr-, or can er/pr+ get some benefit from them, too?  I love berries!  Especially blue berries.  And strawberries....dewberries....mmmmmmmm!

JeninMichigan, you said that these ladies are rough.  They are...but in a good way.  (Don't get mad at me, now, ladies....you are.) They are very thorough, and all do a vast amount of research. That's why I posted the question...they know.

Ok---I will go back to lurking now. 

 Jennifer

If you look at my signature line, you can see that I am stage IV. That means, for me, I don't have time to monkey around with alternatives that have no reputable science behind them. Often, I get intrigued by some of the posts in this section and would like to keep the information for the day when traditional treatments quit working for me. When someone posts that they know of clinical trials/studies that support a particular alternative, I request that information to see if it is something I want to keep in mind as a possible last-ditch option. I take great offense that my requests for information a poster CLEARLY STATED SHE HAD ACCESS TO is construed as an attack. Seriously, do you people just accept what a vitamin store clerk or advertisement says as the ultimate resource?

Questions are not attacks.

NP, Jennifer...I took a cranky pill today.  )

I DID NOT attack a frickin berry...........I ASKED JENINMICHIGAN FOR LINKS TO THE STUDIES TO WHICH SHE REFERRED.  Why is it an ATTACK if someone asks for further information?  WHERE THE FUe#*$%^& DID I ATTACK A F#$&%&% BERRY?

Hello All,

 Afraid to post on this strand .  How about a new strand starting fresh discussing the topic of "Possible Alternative Treatments and/or supplements to ward of cancer/improve health?"

Just an idea???