Antioxidants and cancer

Courtesy of http://www.canceractive.com/ Britain´s Number 1 site for cancer information on Holistic cancer treatment:

Three large studies show antioxidants cut cancer rates and death from cancer.
Scientists in France have recently finished a major 7-year study involving 13,000 men and women aged 35-60. Called the Su Vi Max study, half received a supplement, whilst half a placebo. The supplement in question was a mixture of beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, selenium and zinc.
For both groups cancer deaths fell by 37%
The risk of men getting cancer fell by 31% (there was little difference for the female sample and scientists concluded this was because women in France were felt to have much healthier diets).
However, for both groups cancer deaths fell by 37%.

It is not just the size of the protection afforded that is interesting but the speed at which they work. Icon has continually stated the view that at the moment people are diagnosed with cancer, the great majority are both nutritionally deficient, and nutritionally toxic (from too much sodium (salt), for example).
The French figures represent the truth for a modern Western culture.
A previous large scale study, the American ´China Study´ taking 38,000 Chinese across the five years to 1993, produced "only" 13% less cancers in a group controlled research trial with people on selenium, beta-carotene and vitamin E supplementation.
A third study of people taking at least 4 multivitamin and mineral supplements per week during the 1970´s and 80´s saw a fall in colon cancer by 40 per cent over the following 30 years. The research involved over 170,000 people.

Synthetic vs Natural
We repeatedly warn readers that the High Street antioxidants are not in the same form or concentration as those of 20 years ago. Nor are they as good as the real thing. A study covered in icon´s Cancer Watch comparing orange juice to the High Street synthetic vitamin C showed the orange juice providing antioxidant benefits for almost 36 hours whilst the synthetic vitamun C provided no benefit at any period of measurementt!
The reason given was that High Street vitamin C is almost always synthetic AND contains no supporting bioflavenoids, co-vitamins that can support its action. But then High Street Vitamin E is most usually synthetic and contains only one of the eight variants naturally found in foods(alpha - tocopherol). Beta-carotene is equally likely to be synthetic and sold in just one of the two naturally occuring forms(cis- or trans-).

Not surprisingly, eminent Professors have been in the media urging caution on the overuse of these High Street supplements. We regard these High Street ´supplements´ as little more than inferior copies of the real thing - rather like fake Gucci Handbags bought from Thailand. Do you really expect them to be as good as the real thing?

It should be noted that the study of antioxidants is still in its infancy. In the USA, for example, there is excitement over the benefits of Curcumin (turmeric) as a cancer-fighting antioxidant, and many natural herbs are now being shown to have significant anti-cancer properties.

ibaL view: It is deceiving when synthetic products with no health benefits are passed off as nutritional supplements, as it fools the consumer into believing they are taking care of their health. We are proud to admit that all vitamins & supplements available from www.ibalonline.com are produced and manufactured by the only global vitamin and mineral brand to grow, harvest, and process plants on their own certified organic farms.

Random:
Here are a few things you might not have known about all different parts of your anatomy.

1. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you’ll have a bad dream. It isn’t entirely clear to scientists why this is the case, but if you are opposed to having nightmares you might want to keep yourself a little toastier at night.


2. Tears and mucus contain an enzyme (lysozyme) that breaks down the cell wall of many bacteria. This is to your advantage, as the mucus that lines your nose and throat, as well as the tears that wet your eyes are helping to prevent bacteria from infecting those areas and making you sick.


3. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil. If you’ve seen the Matrix you are aware of the energy potentially generated by the human body. Our bodies expend a large amount of calories keeping us at a steady 98.6 degrees, enough to boil water or even cook pasta.


4. Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren’t. The chemicals and hormones released when you are afraid could be having unseen effects on your body in the form of earwax. Studies have suggested that fear causes the ears to produce more of the sticky substance, though the reasons are not yet clear.


5. It is not possible to tickle yourself. Even the most ticklish among us do not have the ability to tickle ourselves. The reason behind this is that your brain predicts the tickle from information it already has, like how your fingers are moving. Because it knows and can feel where the tickle is coming from, your brain doesn’t respond in the same way as it would if someone else was doing the tickling.


6. The width of your armspan stretched out is the length of your whole body. While not exact down to the last millimeter, your armspan is a pretty good estimator of your height.


7. Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears. In the animal world, humans are the biggest crybabies, being the only animals who cry because they’ve had a bad day, lost a loved one, or just don’t feel good.


8. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. This doesn’t have a genetic basis, but is largely due to the fact that a majority of the machines and tools we use on a daily basis are designed for those who are right handed, making them somewhat dangerous for lefties to use and resulting in thousands of accidents and deaths each year.

9. Women burn fat more slowly than men, by a rate of about 50 calories a day. Most men have a much easier time burning fat than women. Women, because of their reproductive role, generally require a higher basic body fat proportion than men, and as a result their bodies don’t get rid of excess fat at the same rate as men.


10. Koalas and primates are the only animals with unique fingerprints. Humans, apes and koalas are unique in the animal kingdom due to the tiny prints on the fingers of their hands. Studies on primates have suggested that even cloned individuals have unique fingerprints.


11. The indentation in the middle of the area between the nose and the upper lip has a name. It is called the philtrum. Scientists have yet to figure out what purpose this indentation serves, though the ancient Greeks thought it to be one of the most erogenous places on the body.




ibaL view: who is still trying number 5?