Remember that old saying -- An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Well, it seems that an apple peel a day might keep cancer at bay, according to a new study.
A dozen compounds have been found called triterpenoids. These compounds found in the peel of an apple either inhibit or kill cancer cells in lab cultures.
"We found that several compounds have potent anti-proliferative activities against human liver, colon and breast cancer cells and may be partially responsible for the anti-cancer activities of whole apples," says Rui Hai Liu, Cornell associate professor of food science.
Previous studies have shown that apples not only fight cancer cells in the laboratory but they also have shown to reduce the number and size of mammary tumors in rats.
So, don't peel those apples. Eat the whole thing!
1. The cure to many cancers has been available for many years.
The budget that the National Cancer Institute gives for clinically testing alternative therapies is a joke and without the clinical test physicians can not talk to a patient about anything but chemo. This is no accident.
In the year 2000 President Clinton issued Executive Order 13147. The purpose of the order was to find out what the American people wanted in the way of health care and what the commission thought the direction healthcare in this country should follow. The report is 272 pages but the most important finding was that the commission is convinced that there are alternative therapies that could be successful curing cancers and other diseases and they should be clinically tested.
The report was concluded in 2002.
Where are the clinical trials for alternative therapies that have the ability to cure the ills of our people?
Check the budget for clinically testing pharmaceuticals and compare that to the budget for alternative medicine and then tell me that the government is not favoring pharmaceuticals and has stuffed Executive Order Number 13147 under the rug.
Yes, there are people that survive the poisioning and are cured with chemo. They march and dedicate their lives to raising money for chemo research.
Their numbers seem to indicate that chemo is an overwhelming success.
The dead don't march and the loved ones left behind don't show their strength and numbers by including themselves with the survivors. They are not to blame, the pain of losing one to cancer quite often renders the loved ones left behind simply trying to survive each day.
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Posted at 10:31AM on Jun 13th 2007 by Linda Kimball