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| (see Resources). Its actual components are chlorella; milk thistle; echinacea; probiotic cultures; European bilberry; organically and hydroponically grown soy sprouts; acerola berry juice powder; ultra lecithin; Hawaiian spirulina; organically grown alfalfa, barley, wheat grass, and red beet juice powder; royal jelly; Montana bee pollen; grape seed; green tea; licorice root; Siberian ginseng; dunaliela salina (a type of seaweed); astragalus; natural vitamin E; Nova Scotia dulse; and pharmaceutical-grade ginkgo biloba. |
| Greens Plus in a blender drink is quite tasty. I frequently recommend it as part of a shake recipe in various doses, ranging from 1 teaspoon to 2 tablespoons daily. (See the recipe for Flaxseed and Chlorella Shake on page 382.) |
| Inositol Hexaphosphate |
| Inositol hexaphosphate (IP-6), found abundantly in cereals and legumes, has recently been the subject of many studies that have demonstrated its ability to inhibit cell proliferation and act as a chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent for human cancers. |
| One study has shown that IP-6 not only decreases cellular proliferation but also causes differentiation of malignant cells, which can result in a reversion to normal phenotype. This study strongly indicates that IP-6 works in a number of waysby being involved in the signal transduction pathways, cell cycle regulatory genes, differentiation genes, oncogenes, and even tumor-suppressor genes. 137 |
| Another study compared the effects of pure IP-6 versus a high-bran diet in the prevention of DMBA-induced rat mammary carcinogenesis. This study found a significant reduction in rumor number, incidence, and multiplicity when using the pure IP-6, suggesting that IP-6 is a better cancer prophylactic than large quantities of fiber.138,139 |
| Yet another current study has demonstrated the significant interaction of phytic acid and green tea. While the use of green tea alone produced marginal results in experiments designed to suppress colonic preneoplastic lesions in rats, there were significant and positive results when it was combined with phytic acid.140 Other studies have shown the antitumor activity of phytic acid in subcutaneously transplanted fibrosarcomas in mice and the induced enhancement of natural killer-cell activity.141,142 |
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