Posted on 09/14/2005 7:52:22 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Anti-cancer compound found in beans, nuts, cereals
Wed Sep 14, 7:03 PM ET
Eating a diet rich in beans, nuts and cereals could help to prevent cancer because the foods contain a natural compound that inhibits the growth of tumors.
Scientists at University College London (UCL) said on Thursday that the substance called inositol pentakisphosphate, which is also found in lentils and peas, could also help researchers develop new therapies against the disease.
"Our study suggests the importance of a diet enriched in foods such as beans, nuts and cereals which could help prevent cancer," said Dr Marco Falasca, of UCL's Sackler Institute, who reported the finding in the journal Cancer Research.
He and his team discovered that the compound inhibits an enzyme called phosphoinositde 3-kinase which promotes tumour growth.
Scientists have been trying to develop drugs to inhibit the cancer-promoting enzyme but have had difficulty so far.
When the researchers tested inositol pentakisphosphate in mice and cancer cells in the laboratory, it killed the animal tumors and enhanced the effect of drugs used against ovarian and lung cancer cells.
"Our work will now focus on establishing whether the phosphate inhibitor can be developed into an anti-cancer agent for human therapy," Falasca said in a statement.
The researchers believe the compound, which was non-toxic even at high concentrations, could also be used to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs.
Ping!
There are a jillion things you can put on cancer cells in a petri dish and kill them. Household bleach is by no means the last on the list. Getting it to work in a living body is a different story.
Oh goodies, I guess that means when I am sitting and drinking beer, and eating a burrito I am fighting cancer.
You mean, bean burritos.:)
No peanuts, walnuts, no peanut butter, nut oil, no nothing....
Friends get upset with me when I refer to the school and it's staff as "nutless."
>>Friends get upset with me when I refer to the school and it's staff as "nutless."<<
Oh I have to remember that!
You may raise your insult level by calling them "nutless and cancer-friendly.":)
No peanuts, walnuts, no peanut butter, nut oil, no nothing....
Friends get upset with me when I refer to the school and it's staff as "nutless."
May the ghost of Ule Gibbons visit his pine nut wrath on the unbelivers.
LVM
I keep telling my wife that farts are healthy. Oh, and funny, too.
Sounds more like Chock Full o' Nuts, rather than nut-free.
And the nuttier, the bigger the pay check.
Great. Next, they'll tell me this is present in pizza.
I love my nuts. And now that I've found out they can help prevent cancer, I love them even more.Kindly remove yer mind from the gutter :)
allergic kids at the school? I only ask 'cause we have friends with a kid thats deathly allergic of nuts. Never even knew such a thing existed before we met them.
Oh, I should note, they educated their kid to be careful of what he eats; instead of going high and mighty on the school district.
bump for later, thanks
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>>Oh, I should note, they educated their kid to be careful of what he eats; instead of going high and mighty on the school district.<<
OMG I love your friends!
God Bless them for not imposing their problem on others.
The killer of parents who do is the absolute that a nut within 50 fieet of their child would send him into death throws.
Cut me a break.
Didn't Ewell Gibbons die of an intestinal blockage? Probably from eating all that roughage and not taking in enough liquids.
Peanut Allergy - What You Need To Know
This reaction can begin and proceed rapidly, occasionally proving fatal within minutes. It must be treated with epinephrine immediately at the first signs of reaction, and the reaction may recur after initial therapy so that ongoing observation and care are required. Possible symptoms of reaction to peanuts may include (not necessarily in this order):
* sense of foreboding, fear, or apprehension
* flushed face, hives, swollen or itchy lips, mouth, eyes, or tongue
* tightness in mouth, chest or throat
* difficulty breathing or swallowing, drooling, wheezing, choking, coughing
* running nose, voice change
* vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, stomach pains
* dizziness, unsteadiness, sudden fatigue, rapid heartbeat, chills
* pallor, loss of consciousness, coma, death
See the link I posted above for more details describing this allergy.
Sometimes our approach to medicine reminds me of Chris Rocks bit about the AMA.
"Cure Cancer?, are you kidding?, they're still mad about all the money they lost curing Polio!"
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