http://www.mylot.com/w/keywords/cancer+prevention.aspx MyLot Discussions About cancer prevention en-gb http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1921482.aspx Does regular tea prevent cancer? Or just green tea? At first I heard that tea prevents cancer. And I said that is wonderful because I have been drinking tea everyday since I was six years old. But then, someone else told me that's only green tea...not regular tea. Does anyone know any information on this? Please share and contribute any information you might have. It will be much appreciated. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:08:30 GMT Number1Femme http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1616519.aspx I took my daughter to the doctor this morning to get her physcial for sports for the coming school year. The doctor asked me if I was going to have my daughter get the Gardasil injection in order to help prevent her from getting HPV. I guess that since my daughter is 12 I never thought about her getting it yet. I know that one of my nieces is getting it but I guess I didn't think it was time for my daughter yet, even though I see the "one less, one less, one less" commercial all the time. I am just wondering, how many of you have had your daughter get this shot? ...and if you are not going to have your daughter get this shot, why or why not? Personally I think it is a great idea, how wonderful that we can provide something like this to our youth in order to help keep them healthy, with that being said, I have not fully read up on Gardasil and do not know the side effects yet. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:58:00 GMT nelly5 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1564090.aspx some says that if you are a vegetarian.. then you will not have cancer illness. is it true? why is it so? can someone here give some explanation? Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:37:00 GMT siZidni http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1496853.aspx saw an article in the news the other day that drinking red wine could help stop cancer so I looked it up in google. Once I remebered what I wnted to look up lol here is link to what I found. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/red-wine-and-cancer-prevention Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:05:11 GMT Lakota12 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1423461.aspx One great cure for cancer is building up the immune system. Here are some ways to do that. 1.) Stop drinking Tap Water ( It has Chlorine and Fluoride in it. Chlorine causes cancer! Chlorine is a poison and so is Fluoride) 2.) Eliminate Sugar and Junk Food from your diet 3.) Go on a 100% Raw Food Diet 4.) Eat less fat. Have a low fat diet. 5.) Eat less dairy,eggs,white flour and white rice. 6.) Eat lot's of fresh organic fruit and vegies 7.) Drink only pure water from a water filter system that has no Chlorine and Fluoride in it. 8.) Take whole vitamins 9.) Drink 1 to 3 cups of Carrot Juice daily. Drink a cup of carrot juice 30 minutes before a meal. 10.) Don't eat between meals 11.) Brush your teeth 3 times a day or more. 12.) Floss your teeth 13.) Take Daily Sunbaths (Sun Block causes Cancer not the sun!) 14.) Bare feet on the soil everyday 15.) Get plenty of fresh air (make sure chem trails are not out) 16.) Exercise out of doors 17.) Get 7-8 hours of sleep every night 18.) Use Herbs and take no supplements of any kind. Red Clover is very good. Use only the flower. Not the stems or roots of the clover. Use no red clover capsules. Take Red Clover tea before bed on an empty stomach. 19.) Try to make your stress level go down. Take warm baths. Light some candles. Listen to soft music. Go outside and watch the stars. Breath in and out deeply for a few minutes or more. 20.) Stop drinking Alcohol,Smoking and using Chewing Tobacco. 21.) Only put on your skin what you can eat. Use natural shampoo's,conditioners,lotions and deodorants. Brush your teeth with water or Baking Soda. Don't use Fluoride Tooth Paste. Fluoride destroys the teeth and hurts and damages your nervous system! Hope this helped someone out there :) Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:44:30 GMT sweetestkate http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1391470.aspx Seems that black food is loaded with anthocycanins which are pigments that stave off heart disease and caner. They even slow the growth of cancer that is already present in the colon! Dark colored produce is high in this pigment. Black foods that we should eat are: blackberries, figs, plugs, dark grapes and eggplant. Other sources besides produce are black beans and wild rice! Do you eat black? Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:27:46 GMT crazynurse http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1373980.aspx I'm a chocolate lover. Everytime I see chocolate I drool. i love eating chocolate but my father warned me to refrain from it for Diabetis is in our blood. He's afraid that I might acquire such. But I couldn't really help it. Everytime I go to my grandmother's town, am always requesting for a hot chocolate or chocolate porridge, for they have lots of cocoa beans. And just this past few weeks, every night I munch on chocolates. I can't detached myself to it. It seems that shutting myself away from chocolate is a suffrage. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:44:23 GMT mjweed21 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1105076.aspx I am planning to take Lemon juice twice a day. I want to find out the advantages and disadvantages of taking Lemon Juice. I am doing this to reduce my intake of tea, by substituting it with Lemon Juice. Friends, please share your comments. Sat, 26 May 2007 06:30:00 GMT nrsatish29 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1220932.aspx I just read this article that mentions several foods that might help reduce or even prevent cancer! Please read and give your opinions. http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2007/07/25/phytonutrients_healthy_foods_prevent_cancer.htm Allyl Sulfides are found in garlic, onions, and shallots. They suppress growth of tumor cells and bring about apoptosis, or natural cell death (cancer cells find ways to stop this process); allyl sulfides also promote excretion of cancer causing chemicals. They lessen stomach and colon cancer, and help to treat colds, blood circulation, inflammations, arteriosclerosis and diabetes. Quercetin is a flavonoid found in medicinal plants which works to prevent inflammations and inhibits the release of histamines. In a recent study in the British Journal of Cancer, quercetin and ultrasound were used to treat skin and prostate cancers, with a 90% death of the cancer cells within 48 hours, and no visible deaths of the normal cells! This phytonutrient is used to treat cancer, prostatitis, heart disease, cataracts, and respiratory diseases like bronchitis and asthma. It is found in capers, apples, tea, onions, grapes, citrus, broccoli, leafy green vegetables, cherries, turmeric, and cranberries. Limonene is a hydrocarbon, taking its name from lemons, and is found in lemons and in noni. It helps the liver clear carcinogens from the body and promotes cell differentiation. Lutein (from Latin “Lutea” meaning yellow) is one of 600 known carotenoids. Found in leafies like spinach and kale, it is used as an antioxidant. It is also found in mango and winter squash. Early studies have shown high intakes reduced risk of breast, colon, endometrial (uterine) and prostate cancers. It is found in concentrated areas of the macula, the small area of the retina responsible for central vision. Catechin is found primarily in green tea and is an anti-oxidant that helps keep tumors from taking hold and growing. According to Norman Hollenberg, Professor at Harvard Medical School, epicatechin, a metabolic form of catechin, can reduce the risk of all four of these major human health problems: stroke, heart failure, cancer, and diabetes. His studies were based on the Kuna people in Panama who drink up to 40 cups of cocoa a week, with only 10% being struck by the big four diseases! Chlorophyll is the prime biochemical for all respiration and life in the plant world. It is strikingly similar in form to hemoglobin, differing primarily in that chlorophyll has magnesium in the center and hemoglobin has iron. This would explain partly why wheat grass juice is so instantly beneficial for those with “tired blood” and anemia. It is found in spirulina, chlorella, barley grass, and in leafy greens. It is a potent detoxification agent and protects genes against the biochemical damage that leads to cancer cell development. Sulphoraphane is the phytonutrient that activates enzymes that detoxify carcinogens; it interferes with cancer cell growth and promotes cancer cell death. It is found in broccoli, and especially in broccoli sprouts. Lycopene is best known for providing protection against prostate cancer, and may also help defend the physiochemistry of humans against lunch and stomach cancer malignancies. It is found in tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit, guava, papaya, and in rosehips. It is the most powerful quencher of singlet oxygen, 100 times more so than Vitamin E. It is helpful for cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and male infertility. Recently the United States Food and Drug Administration concluded that tomatoes reduce no risk for lung, colorectal, breast, or cervical cancer, and only limited evidence for reduced risk of prostate, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, all derived from 145 studies after a coalition of tomato growers and tomato product producers asked to list anti cancer benefits in nutritional labels on their products. We rarely agree with the FDA, so keep eating lots of tomatoes for their anti-carcinogenic properties, which the FDA may or may not ever get around to formally endorsing…. Ellagic acid appears to defend cells lining the digestive tract against carcinogenic substances, and has prevented colon and esophageal cancer in animals. It is found in pomegranates, grapes, raspberries, and strawberries. Apparently, it also may help the liver to break down and remove cancer causing substances from the blood. One study in Clinical Nutrition in 2004 showed clearing of plaque in the carotid artery after three years of pomegranate juice as a supplement. Italian researchers have also found ellagic acid reducing the side effects of chemotherapy in advanced prostate cancer treatment in men, and the Hollings Cancer Institute at the University of South Carolina conducted a double blind study on 500 cervical cancer patients that showed ellagic acid caused G-arrest within 48 hours and apoptosis within 72 hours, for breast, pancreas, esophageal, skin, colon, and prostate cancers. Researchers speculate that this results when ellagic acid forms adduct (from Latin, “drawn toward”) with DNA, thus masking binding sites to be occupied by the carcinogens. Resveratrol causes apoptosis or cancer cell death. Resveratrol is a phytoalexin and is sold as a nutritional supplement. A number of beneficial health effects, such as anti-cancer, antiviral, neuroprotective, anti-aging, anti-inflammatory and life-prolonging effects have been reported, although these studies used animal subjects. Resveratrol is found in the skin of red grapes and as a constituent of red wine. David Sinclair of the Harvard Medical School and cofounder of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals has found that resveratrol increases the activity of a protein called SIRT1. Resveratrol significantly increases the lifespan of yeast and mice. Resveratrol is produced by several plants, apparently due to its antifungal properties. It is found in widely varying amounts in grapes (primarily the skins), raspberries, mulberries, in peanuts, berries of Vaccinium species, including blueberries, bilberries, and cranberries. In grapes, resveratrol is found primarily in the skin and seeds. This is particularly true for Muscatine grapes, whose skin and seeds have about 100 times the concentration as the pulp. Resveratrol interferes with all three stages of carcinogenesis - initiation, promotion and progression. Experiments in cell cultures of varied types and isolated subcellular systems in vitro imply many mechanisms in the pharmacological activity of resveratrol, and it was reported effective against neuronal cell dysfunction and cell death and in theory could help against diseases such as Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Again, has not yet been tested in humans for any disease. Research at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Ohio State University indicates that resveratrol has direct inhibitory action on cardiac fibroblasts and may inhibit the progression of cardiac fibrosis. In some lineages of cancer cell culture, resveratrol has been shown to induce apoptosis, which means it kills cells and may kill cancer cells. Resveratrol is under extensive investigation as a cancer chemopreventive agent. The Chemoprevention Database reports six studies showing that small doses of dietary resveratrol can reduce colon carcinogenesis in rats and mice. This biochemical has also shown great promise in longevity studies and in improving athletic performance of all kinds. Anthocyanins are antioxidants that protect DNA against cancer causing damage and promote apoptosis, as well as the ability to keep cancer cells from spreading. It is found in berries, grapes, black currants, acai, mangosteen, and goji. They also act as “sunscreens” protecting cells by absorbing blue green light, thereby protecting tissues from photoinhibition or high light stress. Some researchers maintain that the red coloration of leaves may camouflage leaves from herbivores. These properties continue even after consumption by other organisms. In December 2004 a study at Michigan State University noted that anthocyanin could boost insulin production by up to 50%, and a 2007 study at the University of Pittsburgh showed that it killed human cancer cells while not affecting healthy cells, even with leukemia and lymphoma, within 18 hours. The biochemical mechanism is that the anthocyanins caused the normal cells to release peroxides which killed the cancer cells. Dr. Xiao Ming Yin, Associate professor of pathology at University of Pittsburg School of Medicine stated that “the hope is that black raspberries and other botanicals might provide doctors with less toxic alternatives to drug and radiation therapies.” Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:09:42 GMT Nikki_Gr http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/996560.aspx Have you ever taken Green Tea, and if so, for what purpose? Did you wish to lose weight, lower your sugar level, use it as a cancer prevention, lower your cholesterol, or did you use it for general benefits, such as cleansing your system or skin? Please share your experiences with me, as I am thinking of using it for most of these benefits. I would just like your opinions on whether it was beneficial or not, and how you thought was the best way to take the tea... with honey, as it is, or another way? Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:09:50 GMT Darkwing