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Use Quercetin against Cancer
By news release
Dec 4, 2008 - 10:08:59 PM
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Flavonoids are compounds isolated from fruits and vegetables that can
kill cancer cells and also have health improving effects. There are
different kinds of flavonoids, such as apigenin, quercetin and
myricetin. All these are structurally related and all of them are found
in fruits and vegetables. The amount of each flavonoid differs with
each kind of fruit or vegetable, but ultimately all fruits and
vegetables have flavonoids.
Novadays, the Dutch person Steven Chang is advocating a new way to
treat cancer using Quercetin, one of the many flavonoids that is found
to work against cancer. He tells us that we should take Quercetin and
mix it together with Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in a drink. The secret
behind this drink is that Quercetin isn`t water soluble, but together
with Vitamin C it is water soluble. The author also made up a theory
that explains how flavonoids are able to kill cancer cells, but leave
normal (healthy) cells unharmed. The theory is simple and explained
here: Flavonoids are antioxidants. They neutralize free radicals. While
doing so they change into a radical molecule that sticks to DNA, where
there is no water present. Because no water nears the radical flavonoid
molecule, it stays a radical molecule. When a cell divides, the DNA
strands split. While doing so, water nears the radical molecule. Now OH
radicals are generated from water that attack DNA. This damage causes
the cell to die. Normal cells repair their entire DNA before cell
division, so they remove the radical molecule. Cancer cells that divide
before they have repaired their entire DNA ultimately die because they
did not remove the radical flavonoid molecule. So it`s like you have a
bomb. Cancer cells that divide before removing the bomb die (bomb
explodes while cell was trying to divide). Normal cells just remove the
bomb and stay unharmed. Cancer cells that do completely repair their
DNA before cell division are not cancer cells anymore because they have
to wait a long time before they can divide. So essentially a cancer
cell is not able to divide uncontrollable anymore.
Quercetin is available over the counter and very cheap too so hopefully
this therapy, if successful, will replace or supplement some of the very
expensive chemotherapy, such as Tarceva, Herceptin and Avastin.
Flavonoids come from fruits and vegetables, so they have been in diet
for many years, in contrast to chemotherapy that is often toxic and not
normally found in diet. Flavonoids such as quercetin are also
antioxidants and protect us against free radicals that can cause
disease.
Please see:
http://www.treat-cancer.nl/