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Just for Fun – Health Bits and Pieces
These “Health Bits and Pieces” are from a column that I write for “Health Freedom News,” the quarterly magazine published by the National Health Federation
(https://thenhf.com/).
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Health Bits and Pieces
The Fruit Salad and Bean Cure
The most dangerous risk factors are thromboses, or blood clots from inflammation, especially from arterial plaque. A safe effective way to treat and prevent thrombotic disease, which includes strokes and heart attacks, is to use proteolytic enzymes: enzymes that dissolve protein, in particular fibrin, which binds blood clots into a mass formation. Bromelain and papain, from the tropical fruits pineapple and papaya, respectively have been used therapeutically in Germany for over 50 years. Nattokinase, from the Japanese fermented soybean food natto, has also been tested extensively and shown to dissolve fibrin.
Metzig C, Bromelain proteases reduce human platelet aggregation in vitro, adhesion to bovine endothelial cells and thrombus formation, In Vivo, 13(1):7-12 1999 Jan-Feb
Suzuki Y, Kondo K, Matsumoto Y, et al. Dietary supplementation of fermented soybean, natto, suppresses intimal thickening and modulates the lysis of mural thrombi after endothelial injury in rat femoral artery. Life Science 2003; 73:1289-98.
Chemotherapy Spreads Cancer
The chemotherapy drug taxol causes cancer cell “micro-tentacles” to grow longer and tumor cells to reattach to a new site more rapidly. If treated with taxol before surgery to shrink the primary tumor, the number of circulating tumor cells increases by a factor of 1,000 to 10,000. This can potentially increase the likelihood of metastasis. Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have discovered that these “microtentacles” appear to play a vital role in how cancer cells spread to distant locations in the body. The research team found that the popular chemotherapy drug causes the cancer cell microtentacles to grow longer and facilitates the reattachment of tumor cells.
University of Maryland Medical Center (2010, March 15). 'Microtentacles' on tumor cells appear to play role in how breast cancer spreads. Science Daily. Retrieved September 5, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com
Biopsy Can Spread Cancer
Needle biopsies are widely used and accepted as a safe and reliable diagnostic procedure for cancer. New research indicates that they may not be so safe after all. The technique may cause malignant cells to break away from a tumor and spread to other areas of the body. A study at the John Wayne Cancer Institute indicates that a needle biopsy of a breast tumor may increase the chance of metastasis by 50 percent compared to patients who received lumpectomies. Other research reported in the British Medical Journal suggests that the procedure is equally dangerous for needle biopsy of malignant liver cells.
Hansen N, Xing Y, Grube B, Giuliano A, Manipulation of the Primary Breast Tumor and the Incidence of Sentinel Node Metastases From Invasive Breast Cancer, Archives of Surgery 2004;139:634-640.
Metcalfe M, Bridgewater F, Mullin E, Maddem G, Lesson of the week: Useless and dangerous—fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases, British Medical Journal 2004;328:507-508 doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7438.507 (Published 26 February 2004)
Go Figure
THC (tetrahydrocannibinol), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in half and significantly reduces the possibility of metastasis in lung cancer, according to researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and animal studies. The only previous clinical trial testing THC as a treatment against cancer growth was a recently completed British pilot study in human glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. The researchers also speculated that THC may also inhibit angiogenesis, which would therefore interfere with cancer growth. The researchers cautioned that some animal studies have shown that THC can stimulate certain types of cancer and further research is necessary.
American Association for Cancer Research (2007, April 17). Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows. Science Daily. Retrieved September 5, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
Liver Support Supplement
Glutathione is severely deficient in almost all patients with chronic neurological disorders. Supplementing glutathione either intravenously, with liposomal glutathione or orally with glutathione precursors such as non-denatured whey protein powder can have remarkable effects. Intravenous infusions of glutathione have resulted in striking benefits to patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Cammer W, Tansey F, Abramovitz M, Ishigaki S, Listowsky I, Differential localization of glutathione-S-transferase Yp and Yb subunits in oligodendrocytes and astrocytes of rat brain, Journal of Neurochemistry, 1989; Mar;52(3):876-83.
For Dietary Supplement Skeptics
One of the world’s most published and respected biochemists, Dr. Bruce Ames, contends that most American diets are deficient in micronutrients that promote longevity and curb the risk of chronic conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. Based on more than ten years of research in his laboratory at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco), Ames notes that even minor vitamin deficiencies could impact long-term health. Dr. Ames asserts that a person’s “health span” can be extended by consuming optimal levels of 30 essential vitamins and minerals. These nutrients, along with 11 others not currently considered essential, comprise a set of “longevity vitamins” that can extend healthy aging. Dr. Ames has published more than 500 scientific papers over almost seven decades, and considers this his most important work. “This may be a theoretical paper, but I hope it can add a few years to everyone’s lives.”
Ames B. Prolonging healthy aging: Longevity vitamins and proteins, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. 2018; 115(43):10836-10844. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809045115. Epub 2018 Oct 15.
Green Tea
Taking green tea capsules virtually wiped out the development of prostate cancer in men at high risk according to a study in Parma, Italy with over 70 men who had premalignant lesions, “cancer seeds,” and were at risk for full blown prostate cancer. They had one group of men taking 600 mg a day of concentrated green tea catechins, containing 300 mg of the main one, called EGCG for one year. Another group took a placebo. After a year only one man in the green tea group developed prostate cancer compared to 9 men (28%) of the placebo group. So green tea was nearly 90% effective in preventing prostate cancer. 300 mg of EGCG is the amount you would get from drinking 3 cups of brewed green tea. Green tea can also help prevent dementia from chemotherapy.
Bettuzzi S, Brausi M, Rizzi F, Castagnetti G, Peracchia G, Corti A, Chemoprevention of human prostate cancer by oral administration of green tea catechins in volunteers with high-grade prostate intraepithelial neoplasia: a preliminary report from a one-year proof-of-principle study, Cancer Research 2006 Jan 15;66(2):1234-40.
Estrogenburgers
Burger King’s “Impossible Whopper” meatless hamburger may be less healthy than a regular Whopper. A veterinarian, Dr. James Stangle, writes that the red appearance of Impossible Burger patty comes from genetically splicing a soybean and yeast. The blood-like color and flavor in the Impossible Burger is derived from soy leghemoglobin produced by this genetically engineered yeast. Then there are its effects on hormone balance. According to Dr. Stangle: “The impossible whopper has 44 mg of estrogen and the whopper has 2.5 ng of estrogen. That means an impossible whopper has 18 million times as much estrogen as a regular whopper.” He explained that you would have to eat 880 pounds of beef to equal the amount of estrogen in one birth control pill, but considerably less Impossible Burger. Anxious couples may now be able to head to Burger King for a “morning-after” burger.
Tri-State Livestock News, December 20, 2019
https://www.tsln.com/news/stangle-impossible-burgers-are-made-of-what/
Dr. Dan
I’m glad to see people enjoyed the Bits and Pieces research items. They were chosen for entertainment value, not currency. Next time I’ll include more recent ones.
Very interesting, though I noticed that many of these studies are older. Any updated studies on these topics available that support these conclusions? As a male and an RN I'm interested in the prostate cancer/green tea results, though all these studies have my interest.
Dave