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| breakdown of testosterone significantly. The SAMC aged garlic extract slowed the cancer cell's growth by as much as 70 percent compared to untreated cells. This compound in garlic also cut the production of two proteins in the blood, including the prostate-specific antigen or PSA. The PSA test is the most widely used blood test for prostate cancer screening. 13 |
| Fruit |
| Eat a variety of in-season fruit, preferably early in the morning or between meals. Look for nonhybridized fruit because it possesses a higher nutritional value and has less potential for allergens. Thus, choose pippin or Macoun apples rather than delicious or Macintosh, and eat a small amount of the core. Buy grapes with seeds and eat some of the seeds. They contain a group of flavonoids referred to as proanthocyanidin oligomers, PCOs for short. PCOs, also called OPCs, demonstrate a wide range of pharmacological activity, including antioxidant actions that are fifty times greater than vitamins C and E. Grapes, as well as many berries and some nuts, contain a phytoalexin component called resveratrol that has shown cancer chemopreventive activity. Resveratrol has been found to act as an antioxidant, antimutagen, and anti-inflammatory. It has also been shown to inhibit the development of breast cancer and induce antiprogression activity in human myelocytic leukemia. The highest levels of resveratrol (up to one hundred times more than grapes) are found in grape leaves. |
| Eat a variety of berries, figs, and other fruits. Benzaldehyde is the active anti-cancer principal ingredient found in figs and the bitter almond. Benzaldehyde has been shown experimentally to decrease drastically the uptake of thymodine and adenine, which leads to a decreased level of ATP (adesine triphosphate) within cancer cells, while having no effect on normal cells. It appears that benzaldehyde can arrest tumor progression and have a paralytic effect on tumor growth.14 |
| Ellagic acid, a natural substance called a phenol, is found in many berries (pomegranates being the richest source) and nuts. It inhibits cancer formation and is believed to inhibit cancer mutation by latching onto DNA-masking sensitive sites on the genetic material that might otherwise be occupied by harmful chemicals.15 Ellagic acid is particularly effective in the inhibition of lung cancer caused by tobacco. |
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