Vitamin D has the potential to become the “new aspirin“, the little inexpensive pill that may be able to block the development of some cancers, strengthen bones, prevent multiple sclerosis and alleviate winter depression.
Such were the findings of a new Canadian study:
But it’s not science fiction. The “new aspirin” could be Vitamin D. Just as we discovered that aspirin can guard against heart disease, Vitamin D could become a useful weapon in the fight against MS, osteoporosis, mild depression and one of the most devastating diseases of our time – cancer.
“As time has gone by, Vitamin D has raised its …read more

I’ve blogged on and on above the beneficial effects of a fruits-and-vegetable-rich diet against cancer.
Though the effects are not immediate, in the long run, such diet has a role on cancer prevention.
Now, there is new evidence for the protective effects of fruits and vegetables.
Researchers presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, new data that demonstrate how diets full of raw vegetables –particularly broccoli sprouts — and black raspberries could prevent or slow the growth of some common forms of cancer.
You will have to read the full article from Science Daily, …read more

I am literally under a very bad weather. Meanwhile, I hope your enjoy and find informative, the following cancer links:
Heparanase Inhibitor, Potential Anti-Cancer Drug Candidate
Cancer Prevention, Diet and Functional Foods
Women Opting for Double Mastectomies
Breast Cancer Victims Subject to Hurtful Reactions

Vitamin C is an antioxidant (it captures volatile oxygen free radicals) — is the prevailing theory why Vitamin C is an anti-cancer agent.
A new theory has come up: Vitamin C may block growth of tumors by destabilizing their ability to grow under oxygen-starved conditions – according to a new study from a team from The Johns Hopkins University.
The team was alerted to a new possible mechanism of antioxidant functioning when it examined cancer cells from those cancer-implanted mice that were not fed antioxidants. There was an absence of any significant DNA damage in these mice.
This led the authors to suspect …read more

Coffee addict. That’s me. I cannot start the day without coffee and I cannot go on with my day without having more coffee somewhere in between. I need the perk that the caffeine in coffee provides. I cannot remember exactly when I started drinking coffee. But I guess it must be early in my teens, because I am one of those that gave up drinking milk early.
Anyway, I can live with the perk the whole day, but at night time I need something to calm me down. I dare not drink coffee beyond 5 pm, otherwise, I will be awake …read more

According to new research from The University of Nottingham, the chemical compound called capsaicin (responsible for the burning sensation we get from eating chilies) could potentially lead to the next generation of anti-cancer drugs that will kill tumors with less or no side effects.
For the first time, a new study published online in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications has proven that capsaicin can kill tumor cells by directly targeting their energy source.
The Nottingham study has shown that the family of compounds to which capsaicin belongs, vanilloids, can kill cancer by attacking the mitochondria of the tumour cell, commonly …read more

A compound from specially grown soy beans – known as glyceollin – has been found over time to stop further growth of estrogen-stimulated breast and ovarian tumors in mice.
A significant finding according to Tulane cancer researcher Matthew Burow because of the lack of effective therapies available to women with advanced breast or ovarian cancer and that unlike some of the available therapies, the glyceollins did not stimulate uterine cancer growth.
Published in the December 2006 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, the study demonstrated that a glyceollin-rich diet can help fight breast and ovarian cancer.
Source: Tulane University

Pterostilbene (pronounced “tare-o-STILL-bean”) is a compound found in a genus of shrubs that includes many types of berries (including blueberries) and grapes that has been cited for its many health benefits:

pterostilbene can help lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease
pterostilbene is a powerful antioxidant that shows cancer-fighting properties similar to those of resveratrol

Such studies have been led by USDA/ARS Chemist Agnes Rimando.
Her recent study with colleagues at Poland’s University of Medical Science which tested pterostilbene (a derivative of resveratrol) and other resveratrols confirmed pterostilbene’s anti-cancer properties.
”…targeted an enzyme called cytochrome P450, which sets off a variety of compounds–known as “procarcinogens–that can …read more

Yeah I thought mistletoes are just excuses to kiss.
However, there is actually a belief that mistletoe extract is an anti-cancer drug.
Following a case of case of a cancer patient who attended hospital with a tumour-like growth under the skin induced by mistletoe, doctors warned in an article published in the Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal that this is just a myth and may actually cause harm.
The theory that mistletoe might help treat cancer is based on the fact that, like cancer, mistletoe is a parasitic growth that eventually kills its host. Despite the implausibility of this idea, studies …read more