The healthy fruit, pomegranate also contains flavonoids that have shown great promise during test tube experiments
for reducing tumor growth.
Not exact matches
For several years already, it is well known that
tumor growth can be
reduced by suppressing autophagy in cancer cells.
Loeb points out that much of the concern over cancer risk is that, as part of standard therapy
for advanced prostate cancer,
tumor growth is decreased by drugs that drastically
reduce rather than increase male hormones.
Pineapples also contain the enzyme bromelain, which works like a «super hero»
for the body, as it helps
reduce inflammation, inhibits
tumor growth, alleviates joint pain, arthritis and more.
Animal studies have shown that both flaxseed oil and lignans can
reduce breast
tumor growth and spread, even
for ER - cancer cells.
An anti-cancer diet also needs to be low or moderate in complete protein and high - insulemic index foods (to
reduce growth promoting IGF - 1), and perhaps low in methionine specifically while high in fiber, phytochemical hormetics (to induce endogenous antioxidant responses and toxin removal), epigenetically active compunds (to reexpress
tumor suppressor genes
for induce cellular senescence or apoptosis), inflammation inhibitors, and antiangiogenetic compounds.
Early spaying may therefore,
reduce occurrence of malignant lesions because the procedure removes the source of the hormones that cause some mammary cells to lose
growth control, which puts these dividing cells at high risk
for mutation and malignant transformation by environmental carcinogens.In fact, recent reports have identified activation of a specific oncogene in a number of canine mammary
tumors.