Alternative Treatment

If I was not a stage IV, and had a history of cancer I think my preventive therapy of choice would be broccoli sprouts.  My brother in law actually set me up with a pretty impressive 'sprout' garden where I was harvesting sprouts daily for up to 5 days and then I would start again with organic seeds.  Right at the kitchen counter.  Sprouts contain a highly concentrated source of sulforaphane, a compound they identified in 1992  that helps mobilize the body's natural cancer-fighting resources and reduces risk of developing cancer.

Here are some links. (John Hopkins even!)

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/1997/sept/970903.htm

http://www.naturalnews.com/033888_broccoli_sprouts.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/09/970919062654.htm

During my 5 days of growing the sprouts, I was simultaneously doing research on Protocel and what to avoid.  I just couldn't go through with eating the sprouts for fear they would interfere with my chosen alternative therapy (Protocel)  Since the sprouts would be more of closing the barn door after the horse is gone and I need to kill the existing cancer first, not just prevent new cancer from growing, (they're also a lot higher in Vit C concentrations) I had to say no to sprouts (for now)

If you want to do sprouts, you can easily make your own instead of buying the 'pills' they sell.  Sprouts are freshest and in the best form to eat (they taste like radishes) if you eat them after 3 days.  You can't get that fresh from an herbal supplement. 

When I'm cancer free from my current regimen, I will have the sprouts to fall back on to continue on the road of prevention. 

Thanks Lucy!  I'm sending that link to my Brother in law!

Kat

I put broccoli sprouts in my morning smoothie and my veggie wrap at lunch.  They are delicious.  (Ok, maybe not so much in the smoothie, but I put other yummy stuff in there to mask the taste!)

Here's a pic of the sprout start up my Brother in law made. You just get sandwich containers with tops that seal around the base with four flaps.  Cut the center of the top plastic out.  Put the seeds in the container and pull a sleeve of nylons (he got the XL knee highs) and secure the top on. You start with one...fill the container with water and let the seeds soak for 12 hours.  Then dump the water and now just rinse the sprouts every 12 hours for 5 days.  After 5 days you have a huge plate full of sprouts that you put out on a papertowel to dry and then store in a ziplock baggie.  Pretty easy. 

Kat

Nice!  Way better than the 'Nutty Professor's' (that's what I call him  

Another 'miracle' herb !

Activity of taspine isolated from Radix et Rhizoma Leonticis against estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer

these results suggested that taspine might serve as a promising candidate of ER antagonist in the treatment of oestrogen-independent breast cancer. 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21605638 

Currently, the chemotherapy for breast cancer is underdeveloped. Here, we report a novel taspine derivative, HMQ1611, which has anticancer effects using in vitro and in vivo breast cancer models. 

http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2012/04/23/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0575.abstract

Thanks Kat!

Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
May 22, 2012

celeryinbowl Scientists Discover Natural Celery Ingredient Apigenin Can Halt Breast CancerThe answer to halting the growth of an aggressive form of a breast cancer may be found in your kitchen pantry or local farmers market, according to new scientific research. Putting millions of dollars worth of funding into the breast cancer drug industry to shame, researchers recently unveiled amazing new research that shows an ingredient known as apigenin - found in celery and other produce - is a cheap way of stopping breast cancer in its tracks. The sad part? The researchers even admit in their write-up that it will be virtually impossible to receive funding for further research because the pharmaceutical companies cannot profit from it!

That's right, the scientists actually come out and say that due to the convenient and inexpensive nature of this cancer-fighting substance, big pharma cannot make any money off of it. As a result, the research will most likely be halted. Could it be any more apparent that these corporations are not interested in curing any disease? It is no wonder that cancer drugs have actually been found to kill patients more quickly than cancer itself, and are astronomically overpriced. In a telling statement, study co-author Salmon Hyder writes:

"Since apigenin is easily extracted from plants, pharmaceutical companies don't stand to profit from the treatment; hence the industry won't put money into studying something you can grow in your garden."

The treatment, of course, could be utilized by everyone from their own homes. The study found that apigenin worked even on deadly, fast-growing breast tumors through inhibiting cell growth and suppressing the expression of a gene that is known to be associated with cancer growth. In other words, it is a miracle super-ingredient. Furthermore, blood vessels that are known to fuel cancer cells were also found to shrink and receive restricted nutrient flow to the tumor - starving the ability to proliferate.

All of these effects were from foods rich in apigenin such as celery, parsley, thyme, as well as a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. It is even possible to find apigenin in supplement form, which could allow for higher concentrations for cancer sufferers. The fact that pharmaceutical companies and cancer research organizations alike continue to fund major drug development studies while ignoring the true power of ingredients like apigenin, turmeric, and ginger, shows their inexorable desire to run away from the true cure. Needless to say, this is only one of many cancer fighting foods.

Additional sources:

University of Missouri

UM Release

National Institutes of Health

I wonder too painterly. From what I understand, fermented foods provide a LOT of probiotics. Since probiotics increase the health of the gut and since the gut affects the immune system, I would think there would be less cancer among people who eat organic, fermented cabbage. It would be nice to see actual study results.

Painterly, That's an excellent piece of detective work.  Very exciting and surprising to see the difference in risk factors between countries. I'd love to spend some time looking for further evidence but I'm really busy at the moment. 

Caryn, Korea does quite a lot of research so that's a good lead to follow although of course the very different diet, environment, reproduction patterns and life expectancy in Korea makes it harder to compare to western societies.  Modern European countries have a lot more similarities that might highlight dietary differences.

dunesleeper:  Dr. Mercola just did an interview with a woman who is big on fermented vegetables as a cancer preventive food.  There is actually a web site where you can order the vegetables...we are going to do that when we get to NC.  You can also make your own, but I'm not into that.  She was completely sold out at the time we watched the interview...everything was on back up.

I just discovered Dr. Mercola! There's a lot of information to keep one busy on that website!

Oh and Dunesleeper...I'm eating 2 sticks of celery now as I type and it's only 8:00 am  (lol)

Maud-The name of the herb is Pueraria mirifica. I was able to purchase some on amazon. Good luck!

Thanks Kaara and Joy.

And LOL at Kat! I've been picking celery strings out of my teeth for the last hour. Grrrr. TMI? Sorry.

what's taspine?  I've been juicing parsley, bet the sprouts would be good, celery & ginger regularly.  gary mentioned the other day:  blood oranges.  & our supermarket opened yesterday, after 10 monthsww since the flood which destroyed it.  thay always had lots of sprouts, can't wait:  will see tursday.......