Some scientists working on anti-cancer diets have suggested
anti-cancer diet or food ingredients in scientific journals. Two
recent review articles on anti-cancer diet are as follows:

FIRST ARTICLE ON ANTI-CANCER DIETS
Donaldson MS., Hallelujah Acres Foundation, pointed out that 30-40
percent of all cancers can actually be prevented by lifestyle and
dietary measures alone[1]. Obesity, nutrient sparse foods such as
concentrated sugars and refined flour products impair our glucose
metabolism. While, low fiber intake, consumption of red meat, and
imbalance of omega 3 and omega 6 fats increase cancer risk.

Intake of flax seed, especially its lignan fraction, and abundant
portions of fruits and vegetables will lower cancer risk. Allium and
cruciferous vegetables are especially beneficial, with broccoli
sprouts being the densest source of sulforophane. Protective
elements in a cancer prevention diet include selenium, folic acid,
vitamin B-12, vitamin D, chlorophyll, and antioxidants such as the
carotenoids (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein,
cryptoxanthin). Ascorbic acid could be very beneficial intravenously.
Supplementary use of oral digestive enzymes and probiotics also
has merit as anticancer dietary measures.

If a person can comply this anti-cancer diet, it is likely that he has at
least a 60-70 percent decrease in breast, colorectal, and prostate
cancers, and even a 40-50 percent decrease in lung and most other
cancers.

SECOND ARTICLE ON ANTI-CANCER DIETS
Dorai T and Aggarwal BB, New York Medical College, state that
consumption of certain fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of
acquiring specific cancers. Most phytochemicals derived from certain
fruits and vegetables, are chemopreventive agents. These
phytochemicals are actually the key elements in an anti-cancer diet.

They include genistein, resveratrol, diallyl sulfide, S-allyl cysteine,
allicin, lycopene, capsaicin, curcumin, 6-gingerol, ellagic acid, ursolic
acid, silymarin, anethol, catechins and eugenol. These anti-cancer
diet elements demonstrate ability of suppression of cancer cell
proliferation and inhibition of growth factor signaling pathways.
They also can induce apoptosis, inhibit NF-kappaB, AP-1 and
JAK-STAT activation pathways, inhibit angiogenesis, suppress the
expression of anti-apoptotic proteins and inhibit cyclooxygenase-2.
These anti-cancer diet elements also have very recently been found
to reverse chemoresistance and radioresistance in patients
undergoing cancer treatment!!

[1] Nutrition and cancer: A review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet.
Nutr J. 2004 Oct 20;3(1):19. [2] Cancer Lett. 2004 Nov 25;215(2):129-40.

WHAT FOOD INGREDIENTS CAN BE USED IN ANTI-CANCER OR
CANCER PREVENTION DIETS, BASED ON RESEARCH FINDINGS?

REGULAR FOOD CAN BE AN ANTI-CANCER DIET
FISH High intake of fish is associated with lower risk of adenoma
recurrence. Mothers eat fish or other foods rich in omega-3 fatty
acids during pregnancy and nursing, the risk of breast cancer in
their daughters can be reduced by about 40% in a study of
mice.[European Journal of Cancer Prevention 13(2): 159-164, June 2004]  
Mom's Diet May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Daughters, Health Day, April
20, 2005.

SOY Soy glucosylceramide (soy GlcCer) reduced the formation and
growth of tumor cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of mice. Soy may
protect against endometrial cancer. [A Report from HealthDay, May 20,
2004, Reuters Health, May 28, 2004]

MILK Calcium and milk consumption reduces colorectal cancer risk.
However, high intake of calcium may increase the risk of prostate
cancer. [Megan Rauscher, Reuters, July 6, 2004]

TEA Some tea leaves contain Tea Polyphenols. Tea polyphenols
demonstrate cancer preventive properties by reducing abnormal cell
growth and inflammation. The purified component, epigallocatechin
gallate (EGCG), prevent colon cancer. Recently, European scientists
found EGCG prevents cancer cells from growing by binding to a
specific enzyme. [Scientists identify green tea's cancer-fighter. Reuters,
March 15, 2005].

VITAMINS CAN BE A PART OF THE ANTI-CANCER DIET
VITAMIN A High intakes of foods rich in vitamin A or its carotenoid
precursors can reduce risks of several types of cancers including
breast cancer. [Nutrition Research Newsletter, March 1998, Technical
Insights, John Wiley & Sons]

VITAMIN D Plenty of sunshine and vitamin D help fight against
cancer at early stage lunc cancer. Sun, Vitamin D Help Lung Cancer
Survival - Study, Reuters, Mary 18, 2005.

VITAMIN E Vitamin E from plant sources may prevent bladder and
prostate cancer. Alpha-tocopherol may play a bigger role in an
anti-cancer diet. Consume your vitamin E to prevent some cancers, by
Aimee M. Male, Oakland Tribune,  July 7, 2004.

However, high-dose vitamin E supplements may speed up latent
cancers development. Vitamin E supplements may speed up
development of cancer, study says, PR Newswire, April 6, 2005

SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE ADDED TO ANTI-CANCER DIETS
BILBERRY Bilberry extract contains a chemical called anthocyanin.
Epidemiological studies indicated that a moderate consumption of
anthocyanin products, such as biberry extract or red wine is
assoicated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and an
improvement of visual functions [Reference 1]. Hou divided its
anti-tumor effects into three ways: (1) antioxidation (2)
anticarcinogensis and (3) apoptosis induction of tumor cells  
Potential Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention by Anthocyanins,
Curr Mol Med. 2003 Mar,3(2):149-59.

CAT's CLAW Sheng Y et al, Lund University, Sweden, identified
C-Med-100 as the main active ingredient of Cat's claw to inhibit cell
growth without cell death, leading to DNA repair, immune
stimulation, anti-inflammation and cancer prevention.
[J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Jan 15;96(3):577-84. Epub 2004 Dec 08].

Akesson C et al at Lund University, Sweden, provided direct
evidence that C-Med 100 inhibited nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa
B) activity and proposed that this at least partially caused the
inhibition of proliferation. They showed that a hot water Cat's claw
extract could inhibit T and B lymphocyte proliferation. This extract
also did not interfere with IL-2 production nor IL-2 receptor
signaling. They further suggested that retarded cell cycle
progression caused the proliferation inhibition.
[Int Immunopharmacol. 2003 Dec;3(13-14):1889-900]

Danggui Longhui Wan Compounds derved from indirubin, a
component of Danggui Longhui Wan, block CDK and interrupt the
normal cell cycle.
Traditional Medicine Derivatives Kill Cancer Cells, Reuters Health,
April 18, 2005

GRAPE SEED EXTRACT grape seed extract was chemo-preventive
from studies using animal model of breast cancer.  Procyanidin B
dimers in red wine and grape seeds could be used as
chemopreventive agents against breast cancer by suppressing in
situ estrogen biosynthesis.

HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN Human chorionic
gonadotropin was found to activate tumor suppressor genes and
stop cancer cell growth in study of animals. Early preganancy may
cut breast cancer risk.
Pregnancy Hormone May Prevent Breast Cancer, WebMD, April 20,
2005.


GINSENG Kim et al concluded that ginsenosides Rg3 and Rh2 could
inhibit the proliferation of prostate cancer cells. [Effect of
ginsenosides Rg3 and Rh2 on the proliferation of prostate cancer
cells. Kim et al., Pusan National University, Korea. Arch Pharm Res.
2004 Apr; 27(4):429-35.]

GOTU KOLA Huang YH et al  found that gotu kola (asiaticoside)  
induced apoptosis of cancer cells and enchanced the anti-tumor
activities of vincristine. The cancer cells studied were KB, KBv200,
MCF-7, and MCF-7/ADM. [Ai Zheng. 2004 Dec;23(12):1599-604]

Park BC et al found asiatic acid (gotu kola) induced apoptosis in
SK-MEL-2 human cancer cells via generation of ROS, alteration of
Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and activation of caspase-3, but p53-independent.
[Cancer Lett. 2005 Jan 31;218(1):81-90].

Yoshida M et al, ound compounds from gotu kola had
antiproliferative activities against human gastric adenocarcinoma
(MK-1 cancer), human uterine carcinoma (HeLa cancer), and murine
melanoma (B16F10 cancer) cells was estimated. [Biol Pharm Bull.
2005 Jan;28(1):173-5]

PYCNOGENOL Sime S and Reeve VE concluded that topical
Pycnogenol offered significant and dose-dependent protection from
UV-induced acute inflammation, immunosuppression and
carcinogenesis (cancer), when applied to the skin after daily
irradiation. [Photochem Photobiol. 2004 Feb;79(2):193-8]

Huynh HT and Teel RW found that  pycnogenol selectively induced
death in human mammary cancer cells (MCF-7) and not in normal
human mammary MCF-10 cells. [Anticancer Res. 2000
Jul-Aug;20(4):2417-20]

RED CLOVER Jarred RA et al, found that the apoptosis in radical
prostatectomy specimens (cancer) from treated patients was
significantly higher than in control subjects. They did not find any
adverse events. [Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002
Dec;11(12):1689-96]

Almost at the same time, Rice L et al concluded that biochanin A
(from red clover) inhibited prostate cancer cell growth through
induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. [Prostate. 2002 Aug
1;52(3):201-12]

ROYAL JELLY Inoue et al studied the effect of dietary Royal Jelly
on tissue DNA oxidative damge and on the life span of C3H/HeJ
mice. They found that the levels of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (a
marker of oxidative stress) was significantly reduced if the mice
were fed with Royal Jelly for 16 weeks. The dietary Royal Jelly also
increased the average life span of C3H/HeJ mice through the
mechanism of reduced oxidative damage.Royal Jelly prolongs the
life span of C3H/HeJ mice: correlation with reduced DNA damage.
Inoue et al, Fujisaki Institute, Japan. Exp Gerontol. 2003
Sep;38(9):965-9.

Binclletto C. et al found royal jelly was able to produce effect on
haematopoiesis of Ehrlich ascites tumor-bearing mice. Their result
showed that royal jelly prevented the myelosupression. Effects
produced by Royal Jelly on haematopoiesis: relation with host
resistance against Ehrlich ascites tumour challenge. Int
Immunopharmacol. 2005 Apr; 5(4):679-88.


CANCER DiETS     (CARCINOGENS)

GROUP 1 - REGULAR FOOD

RED MEAT It is observed that colon cancer risk is related to red
meat consumption in Japan.[European Journal of Cancer Prevention
13(2): 127-132, April 2004]

Recent studies have shown that people with high percentage of
transferrin saturation (i.e. increased body iron stores) and who
consume high levels of dietary iron (i.e. more than 18 mg), or red
meat have an increased risk of cancer and cancer mortality. Mainous,
III et al, Transferrin Saturation, Dietary Iron Intake, and Risk of Cancer,
Annals of Family Medicine 3:131-137 (2005)

SWEET STUFF Cancer cells need sugars for growth.

FRIED FOODS
Fried foods contain various amount of acrylamide, a chemical has
caused cancer in laboratory rats. Acrylamide levels in food should be
reduced because of public health concern says UN expert committee.WHO
March 2, 2005.

PROCESSED MEATS Processed meats such as hot dogs and
sausages raises the risk of pancreatic cancer. Hot Dogs Raise Risk of
Pancreatic Cancer - study, Reuters, April 20, 2005.

CHOLESTEROL High blood cholesterol can make prostate cancers
grow faster. Injection of human prostate cancer cells into mice and
feeding them with a high-cholesterol diet can lead cholesterol
accumulated in the outer membranes of the cancer cells. [High
cholesterol drives prostate cancer-study, Reuters, March 17, 2005]

SALTY FOOD such as Kimchi

GROUP 2 - FOOD SUPPLEMENTS

OVERDOSE CALCIUM Calcium and milk consumption reduces
colorectal cancer risk while high intake of calcium may increase the
risk of fatal prostate cancer. [Megan Rauscher, Reuters, July 6, 2004]

GROUP 3 -  DRINKS/PRODUCT

CARBONATED DRINKS
Carbonated drinks may raise the risk of esophageal cancer. Reuter
Health, May 18, 2004

SMOKING
US Surgeon General suggested that smoking was linked for the first
time to acute myeloid cancers-ACS News Center, June 1, 2003

Dr. Rafi Nagler, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa,
explained that saliva contained antioxidants, but cigarette smoke
could destroys the molecules and turned saliva into a dangerous
compound.-Reuter Health, June 1, 2004

The Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Institute in Stuttgart,
Germany, said they found the carcinogen N-Nitrosamine present in
29 of 32 types of condoms. Reuter Health, May 28, 2004

Dr. Garth H. Rauscher, University of Illinois at Chicago found that
hair dye use was a potential risk factor for leukemia, especially
long-term use of older coloring products. Am J Epidem July 1, 2004.

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the world. One example is Mediterranean area. As nutrition and dietary factors comprise one of the major
factors for cancers. Inspecting their dietary profile, Mediterranean diet is rich in antioxidants. Those living in
the mountaineous area of Finland ile. Mountain are also found to have low occurence and mortaility from
coronary heart disease and cancer.  They have high serum antioxidants, alpha tocopherol, albumin and
selenium levels. Thus, some scientists believe that certain diets have "anti-cancer" or at least "cancer
prevention" properties.
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