is to think about what we could remove from our diet. But I took a completely
opposite approach and began asking: What could we be adding to our diet that
could boost the body’s defense system? In other words, can we eat to starve
cancer?”- Dr. William Li
Cancer is the second most common form of death in the United States –
claiming the lives of 1 in 4 people. While billions of dollars in high-tech
research is conducted yearly, we just can’t seem to get ahead of the curve as
more and more people are diagnosed with a number of types of cancers.
We often think about what we should be removing from our diet in an effort to
prevent cancer, such as refined sugar and processed foods. While this is a good
thing to do there may be something else we should be doing. What if we could
actually add certain foods to our diet that would beat cancer at its own
game?
The father of modern medicine, Hippocrates
said it best when he said, “Let your food be thy medicine and medicine be thy
food.” He was referring quite simply to the innate powers that are locked deep
within the cells of living foods – those foods that provide the maximum
nutrition for us are also the very foods that can starve cancer.
What is angiogenesis?
Angiogenesis literally means the creation of new blood vessels – “angio”
means blood vessels and “genesis” means creation. The human body contains over
60,000 miles of blood vessels, including 19 million capillaries.
Blood vessels can adapt to whatever environment they are exposed to and the
body has the amazing ability to regulate how many blood vessels are present at
any time.
Angiogenesis occurs during times of health and disease. Blood carries oxygen
and nutrients to all parts of the body via blood vessels. When new tissue is
developed, a blood supply is necessary for its growth and maintenance –
angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels, must occur.
The body can fertilize vessels to grow and also has ways to prune them back
when necessary. A healthy body has control over the on and off switch and can
regulate angiogenesis as needed.
However, research is now showing that in a number of diseases the body fails
to either grow enough blood vessels or is not able to prune vessels when needed.
When there are too many blood vessels conditions like cancer, arthritis,
blindness, endometriosis, obesity and Alzheimers disease are fueled. When there
are too few vessels, wounds don’t heal and conditions such as stroke, coronary
heart disease, hair loss, erectile dysfunction and peripheral arterial disease
result.
In the case of cancer, tumors release growth factor proteins that beckon for
blood vessels to grow into the tumor. This provides not only the oxygen and the
nutrients that the cancer needs to grow, but also supplies an escape route
whereby cancerous cells can exit the tumor and metastasize in other areas.
Worldwide there are over 70 major diseases that impact millions of humans on
a large scale – these diseases may all look different on the outside but upon
closer inspection, they all share unbalanced angiogenesis as their common
denominator.
This finding is now allowing researchers to re-conceptualize disease
prevention and treatment..
FACT: Cancer begins as a group of harmless cells
Imbalanced angiogenesis is a hallmark of all forms of cancer. First and
foremost it is important to understand how cancer starts. All cancers begin as
microscopic nests of cells that are, for all intensive purposes, harmless. They
can only grow to the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen at most on their own
because they don’t have their own blood supply – no nutrients or oxygen means no
growth.
Autopsy studies from people who have died in car accidents show that forty
percent of women between the ages of 40 and 50 have microscopic cancers in their
breasts and fifty percent of men in their 50′s and 60′s have microscopic cancers
in their prostate.
In fact, by the time we all reach about age 70 we all have these microscopic
nests of cancer cells in our thyroid. However, the majority of these cells never
develop into anything dangerous simply because they don’t have what they need to
survive – that is a blood supply. Dr. Judah Folkman, a pioneer in angiogenesis,
referred to this as “cancer without disease.”
Testing what is true
Cancer cells are fed by the development of new blood vessels, so it makes
sense to think that once the blood supply is cut off, the tumor will no longer
be fed and thus will die. Advancements in angiogenesis research based on this
theory have resulted in much success in both animals as well as humans.
Dr. William Li, President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis
Foundation, has conducted extensive research in angiogenesis-based medicine – a
new and comprehensive approach to fighting disease by way of restoring the
body’s innate ability to control angiogenesis. Medical therapies that either
stimulate the growth of new blood vessels or inhibit growth are being put to the
test with great success.
Today there is a whole group of cancer treatments that block blood vessel
growth that are approved and in use for cancers of the colon, kidney, breast,
lung, brain and thyroid. Many patients have experienced stabilization or
complete regression from tumors as a result of these drugs.
Catch cancer early
Dr. Li noticed that while many forms of cancer responded quite well to
anti-angiogenesis drugs, others did not. This spawned more research which led
Dr. Li back to the root cause of most disease. He hypothesized that one of the
reasons some cancers responded better than others to anti-angiogenesis therapy
was because many cases were in the advanced stages where the cancer had already
invaded many other parts of the body. Once disease becomes rampant it is
difficult, if not impossible to cure.
But what if there were certain naturally occurring anti-angiogenesis
substances that one could consume in their diet, thus prohibiting cancerous
tumors from ever forming? This led Dr. Li to the thought of starving cancer
before it even becomes a disease – before it is too late – in essence, beating
cancer at its own game. This approach would benefit both healthy people as well
as those who had already beaten cancer.
Diet a major contributor
Ninety to ninety-five percent of all cancers are environmental, meaning they
are outside of genetics. Out of these environmental cancers, thirty to
thirty-five percent are the result of diet. In relation to diet, Dr. Li asked
not what we could take away from the diet but what could be added that would
beat back the blood vessels that feed cancer.
Can we eat to starve cancer? The answer, according to Li, is unequivocally,
yes. Mother nature has provided a plethora of foods with naturally occurring
properties designed to stop the formation of blood vessels in their tracks.
In addition, foods appear to have a synergistic impact on tumors, working
together to starve cancer cells. Some types of certain foods are more potent
than others. While research continues at full speed, an ongoing list of
beneficial foods is being compiled.
Choose your food wisely
According to Dr. Li, we can start today, eating the foods that are known to
inhibit the growth of blood vessels, and make wise choices that will allow us to
stay as healthy as possible by keeping cancerous cells in their infancy. Here
are some of the best foods to choose from:
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Cranberries
- Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Basil
- Onions
- Thyme
- Ginseng
- Ginger
- Cauliflower
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Sweet Potato
- Kale
- Lemons
- Oranges
- Peaches
- Grapefruit
- Flaxseed
- Red Grapes
- Strawberries
- String Beans
- Spinach
- Green Tea
- Peppers
- Pumpkins
- Honey
- Olive oil
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Walnuts
- Almonds
Note: Dr. Li recommends eating one cancer-fighting food with each meal. For information on more cancer-fighting foods visit Eat to Beat Cancer.
Can we beat cancer? – you bet we can – in fact, we can do
better than that. By making wise food choices and living a healthy lifestyle we
can keep the cancerous cells that we all have in our body from ever becoming a
deadly disease.
source -- http://www.thealternativedaily.com/33-foods-starve-cancer
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