Breast Cancer Stem Cells vs. Broccoli

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cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/breast-cancer-stem-cells-vs-broccoli.html

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited April 2012

    Oh, my goodness. I do enjoy broccoli, but call me a skeptic.  I'm just not sure Dr. Greger would be my go-to person for up-to-date information on the molecular biology of cancer:

    "A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. Currently Dr. Greger serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. Hundreds of his nutrition videos are freely available at NutritionFacts.org."

    Sorry. I'm feeling curmudgeonly today.

    otter

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  • macygrace
    macygrace Member Posts: 205
    edited April 2012

    Even though there are other studies out there on broccolli, this one is fishy. I know of no surgery where your allowed to drink or eat anything prior the night before. From the article:

    An innovative group at Johns Hopkins figured it out: let's find women scheduled  for breast reduction surgery, and an hour before they go into the operating  room, have them drink some broccoli sprout juice! And that's what they did, as  detailed in my 2-minute video Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast. They  were then able to calculate how many broccoli spouts one would have to eat on a  daily basis for their breast cancer-fighting effects.

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited April 2012

    It was the repeated urging to watch the guy's "2-minute videos" that sent me packing.  That's not how authentic medical information is communicated.  But, then, I'm a traditionalist.  I believe in peer review, whether it's a printed article or an e-pub.  Scientific breakthroughs conveyed in Youtube videos? Not so much.

    You're right about the consumption of fluids an hour before surgery.  Good way to aspirate broccoli sprout juice into the lungs.  I did read a (serious) paper a year or two ago that said it's not necessary to be off fluids for more than 4 hours or so before going under anesthesia.  The "NPO after midnight" orders are way too aggressive for someone having surgery after 9 or 10 a.m.  (I'd love to be able to post a link to that paper, but, of course, I've lost it.)

    otter

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