With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, I thought it important to share important information on the treatment of Breast Cancer that is not necessarily being told to women or the American Public. This is because most of this independent (not for profit) research is being done in Asia (China, Japan & Taiwan). This research is focused on botanical extracts that work on many levels to destroy and shrink breast cancer cells. The following research is documented, and explains why and how these plant extract concentrates work. Most American oncologists are more “comfortable” with pharmaceutical interventions. Unfortunately, most (if not all) pharmaceutical treatments for cancer are extremely toxic to the body. Although these treatments kill cancer cells, they too often kill normal cells, or weaken the body’s systems (immune, GI, etc). The beauty of these plant extracts, is that they are able to destroy cancer cells without the toxicity of pharmaceutical chemotherapy, therefore keeping the body strong.
First of all, the high increase in breast cancer has been linked to an over abundance of cell producing estrogens that are found in everything from the steroids in our food to chemicals in “health care products”, to hormone replacement therapies. Independent research in the US and Europe have shown that the best predictor of breast & other gynecological cancers is the ratio of 2-Hydroxyesterone to 16 Alpha Hydroxyesterone). In other words, you want 2-Hydroxyesterone to be high, and the 16 HE low. Saliva testing can give women this ratio. Indole 3 Carbinol (Cruciferous Veges), Soy Isoflavones, and Flax Lignans, can help raise the “good estrogens”. Avoidance of steroid-based meat & dairy, chemicals, estrogen disrupting products, and some hormone replacement therapies and very important.
Without getting to technical, I will explain what each of these plant extracts do, and how they impact breast cancer. I also want to say that these concentrates are available to patients, but one must be careful not to buy just any product claiming to have these ingredients. Most of the products on the market have poor concentration and poor bio-availabitity, meaning they are not nearly strong enough to treat the cancer!
Ganoderma Lucidium, comes from the Ganoderma Mushroom. This product works by turning off Oncogenes (cancer genes), as does the isoflavone Genistein. Ganoderma increases immune stimulation of cancer killing cells & stimulates apoptosis (cell death) of cancer cells.
Evodamine, another extract, stops cell division and migration of cancer cells, as well as causing cancer cell death.
There are what are known as Growth Factors (EGF & IGF), that cause cancers to grow. Research showed that these growth factors stimulated breast cancer growth after estrogen had been stopped by Tomaxifen, a major pharmaceutical drug for estrogen dependent breast cancers. The breast cancer re-occurred even with low estrogen levels because of these growth factors. Growth factors can be inhibited by a combination of Baicalin, Boswellia, Silymarin, Oleanolic Acid Triterpenes, Green Tea Polyphenols, ect.
Cancer cells produce a large amount of fatty acids, which stimulate cancer growth. Luteolin inhibits fatty acid synthesis in cancer cells, contributing to their death. Finally, a number of compounds including Berberine, prevent the cancer cells from producing factors that allow the cells to live in a poorly oxygenated environment.
These are some of the most researched plant extracts that have shown to have profound effects in the treatment of breast cancer. More information can be found at the Library of Congress website on scientific research: Pub Med. This promises to be the future of cancer treatment, worldwide.
Submitted by Neil Cooper, DOM of the East-West Clinic in Kernersville, NC. 336-794-4080. The research information in this article, was supplied by Dr. Acharan Narula, of Narula Research, Chapel Hill.
