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[bacopa]

I have been out of the loop. imminst had threads on this in the past, I think there should be a pinned cancer prevention thread, and if there is one I can't find it.

Anyway, what supplements show the best promise for cancer prevention?

I'm aware of diet, and inositol showed great promise in reducing lung cancer, pre cancerous tumors, if I remember the study correctly.

Quercetin, has also shown to be a potential, along with green tea, vit C, apple polyphenols, resveratrol, my memory sucks, sorry, this is my main problem.

What is the latest thinking on the most potential for cancer prevention protocol? I cannot keep up with all the wild claims, and theories, and there is talk all over the web, with no strong evidence in human trials, always mice, which is still significant.

If there is a pre existing, recent thread, I would love a link!

thanks

[aim1]

I agree. There is a lot of research going on and it's tough to keep up.

Here is an article I found this morning about a phase 3 trial. It is a vaccine to prevent the recurrence of cancer.

http://unitedwithisr...cancer-vaccine/


In a breakthrough development, the Israeli company Vaxil BioTherapeutics has formulated a therapeutic cancer vaccine, now in clinical trials at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem. If all goes well, the vaccine could be available about six years down the road, to administer on a regular basis not only to help treat cancer but in order to keep the disease from recurring.
The vaccine is being tested against a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. If the substance works as hoped — and it looks like all arrows are pointing that way — its platform technology VaxHit could be applied to 90 percent of all known cancers, including prostate and breast cancer, solid and non-solid tumors.

[steampoweredgod]

How about protein restriction?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yfsT-qYeqGM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yfsT-qYeqGM[/url]

I haven't verified the above video, but protein restriction appears to improve some parameters in animals as well as CR.

And the following looks promising

In addition, our data provide evidence that protein intake is a key determinant of circulating IGF-1 levels in humans, and suggest that reduced protein intake may become an important component of anticancer and anti-aging dietary interventions.-link

Vegetarian humans took about 10% protein, and this affected igf-1 levels, 10% of 2000 is 200 which divided by 4(4 calories per gram of protein) equals 50g of protein or low RDA.

5% protein restriction appears to boost both antioxidant capacity as well as increases autophagocytosis in rodents, it would be interesting to see if protein cycling could do the same, as 5% is probably too low for indefinite use in humans.

[hippocampus]

milk thistle (silymarin) has been shown to have anticancerogenic properties for lung, prostate, skin (and maybe some other) cancer in mice/rats.

[resveratrol]

Vitamin D, green tea (for the EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate)), curcumin, and a baby aspirin a day are the four big ones I'm aware of that appear to reduce cancer risk.

Edited by resveratrol, 27 November 2011 - 07:57 PM.

[DukeNukem]

modified citrus pectin
D3
green tea
resveratrol
pomegranate extract
blueberry extract
IP-6
selenium
curcumin
indole-3-carbinol
fish oil
magnesium
pycnolgenol

One of the keys to supplementation is to reduce inflammation as much as possible -- inflammation is the fertilizer that cancer requires. Glucose is the fuel, thus...

Adapt a very low carb diet that's very low in polyunsaturated fats, fructose, and no grains. Eats lots of colorful low-carb vegetables.

[hamishm00]

Also consider extracts of cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprout) for isothiocyanates.

[DukeNukem]

Also consider extracts of cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprout) for isothiocyanates.

And sulforaphane, which has picked up a lot of steam lately as a cancer fighter.

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/18561315
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/20388854
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/20530687

One of the mechanisms for sulforaphane's effectiveness appears to be via regualtion of key inflammation factors--and cancer is definitely a condition spurred by inflammation, so that should ALWAYS be among the first line of co-treatments:
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/22023613