Cancer Cure Now

High plasma carotenoid concentration is an indication of high intake of fruits and vegetables. Beta-carotene (carrot, spinach, kale and cantaloupe), lycopene (tomato, pink grapefruit, watermelon and apricots) and lutein (dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, collards, kale and broccoli) have synergistic actions not found in a single-ingredient supplement.

In nature, beta-carotene occurs along with other bioactive substances such as vitamins C and E, which moderate its function. There are over 600 different carotenoids found in yellow, red, and deep green vegetables and fruits, as well as numerous other phytochemicals.

Smokers (and perhaps also heavy drinkers) should be especially wary of isolated beta-carotene supplements. They may boost lung cancer rates in smokers by 18% to 28% , according to two separate studies (the 1996 Beta Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial , and a Finnish study published in the 1994 Journal Of The American Medical Association). This negative effect was not seen in smokers who obtained carotenoids from their diets.

On average, conventional produce has only 83 percent of the nutrients of organic produce.

Studies have found significantly higher levels of nutrients such as vitamin C, iron, magnesium and phosphorus, and significantly less nitrates (a toxin) in organic crops. Choose organic foods and make the mainstay of your diet fruits and vegetables, preferably brightly-colored ones which contain the most vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

It is recommended that cancer patients invest in a juicer, and consume a glass of organic vegetable juice every day. This will insure high levels of antioxidants and vitamins, combined together as they are found in nature. Good vegetables to juice are carrots, beets, parsley, wheatgrass and barley grass.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Cheryl L. Rock, Shirley W. Flatt, Loki Natarajan, Cynthia A. Thomson, Wayne A. Bardwell, Vicky A. Newman, Kathy A. Hollenbach, Lovell Jones, Bette J. Caan, John P. Pierce, Plasma Carotenoids and Recurrence-Free Survival in Women With a History of Breast Cancer, Plasma Carotenoids and Recurrence-Free Survival in Women With a History of Breast Cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 23, No 27 (September 20), 2005: pp. 6631-6638 (2) Schwartz J and Shklar The selective cytotoxic effect of carotenoids and alpha-tocopherol on human cancer cell lines in vitro.  G.  J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 50(4):367-73). Apr 1992;

(3). Santamaria LA and Santamaria AB.Cancer chemoprevention by supplemental carotenoids and synergism with retinol in mastodynia treatment.    Med Oncol Tumor Pharmacother; 7(2-3): 153-67. 1990 (4). Nagasawa H et al. Suppression by beta-carotene-rich algae Dunaliella bardawil of the progression, but not the development of spontaneous mammary tumours in SHN virgin mice. ,Anticancer Res. 11(2): 713-7. Mar-Apr 1991.

(7).Dorgan JF, Sowell A, Swanson CA, Potischman N, Miller R, Schussler N, Stephenson HEJr. Relationships of serum carotenoids, retinol, a-tocorpherol and selenium with breast cancer risk: results from a prospective study in Columbia, Missouri (United States). Cancer Causes Control 1998; 9:89-97 (8). VanEenwyk J, Davis FG, Bowen PE. Dietary and serum carotenoids and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Int J Cancer 48:34-38, 1991. (9).Peng YM, Peng YS, Childers JM, Hatch KD, Roe DJ, Lin Y, Lin P. Concentrations of carotenoids, tocopherols and retinol in paired plasma and cervical tissue of patients with cervical cancer, precancer and noncancerous diseases. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev 7:347-350, 1998. (10).Goodman MT, Kiviat N, McDuffie K, Hankin JH, Hernandez B, Wilkens LR, Franke A, Kuypers J, Kolonel LN, Nakamura J, Ing G, Branch B, Bertram CC, Kamemoto L, Sharma S, Killeen J. The association of plasma micronutrients with the risk of cervical dysplasia in Hawaii. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev 7:537-544, 1998. (11). Kanetsky PA, Gammon MD, Mandelblatt J, Zhang ZF, Ramsey E, Dnistrian A, Norkus EP, Wright TC Jr. Dietary intake and blood levels of lycopene: association with cervical dysplasia among non-hispanic, black women. Nutr Cancer 31:31-40, 1998. (12). Franceschi S, Bidoli E, LaVecchia C, Talamini R, D'Avanzo B, Negri E Tomatoes and risk of digestive-tract cancers. Int J Cancer 1994 Oct 15;59(2):181-4. (13). Thomas W.M Boileau, Zhiming Liao, Sunny Kim, Stanley Lemeshow, John Erdman Jr. Stevem K Clinton, Prostate Carcinogenesis in N-methyl-N-nitrosurea (NMU) -Testosterone-Treated Rats Fed Tomato Powder, Lycopene, or Energy-Restricted Diets,  Journal Of The National Cancer Insitute, Vol 95 No. 21 1578-1586, Nov 5 2003

(14). Phyllis Bowen, Longwen Chen, Maria Stacewicz-Sapuntzakis, Claudine Duncan, Roohollah Sharifi, Luna Ghosh, Hyung-Sook Kim, Konstantin Christov-Tzelkov and Richard van Breemen,Tomato Sauce Supplementation and Prostate Cancer: Lycopene Accumulation and Modulation of Biomarkers of Carcinogenesis, Experimental Biology and Medicine 227:886-893 (2002) (15). WM van Weerden, CM de Ridder, CA Bolder, M Wildhagen, K Kraemer, FH Schroeder, Oral Supplementation of vitamin E and lycopene reduces orthopic growth of PC-346C prostate tumors J. Urol 2003; 169:218 (16). Steven K Clinton, Thomas M-W Boileau, John Erdman, Jr. Response Re : Prostate Carcinogenesis in M-Methyl N-Nitrosurea (NMU) Treated Rats Fed Tomato Powder, Lycopene, or Energy Restricted Diets, J. Natl Cancer Inst 2004; 96: 554-555 (17). M Pastori, H Pfander, D Boscoboinik, A Azzi, Lycopene in Association with alpha-tocopherol inhibits at physiological concentrations proliferation of prostate carcinoma cells, Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 250:582-5