QUERCETIN & CANCER SURVIVAL

QUERCETIN & CANCER SURVIVAL

No, I have never had cancer, but members of my family have gone through the hell of cancer. I saw nothing to impress me in the way western medicine cared for the family member. I did not see any thought of innovative care or interest in finding a way to fight the cancer. What I saw was a group of robots that treated every cancer patient the same way; patients and their families were no different. There was absolute acceptance of their doom. The fatalistic depression gave these so-called doctors total freedom to do anything they chose to do. All of their brilliant treatments centered on the same series of treatment; chemotherapy, surgery, or exposure to radiation. All of these procedures are extremely dangerous. They destroy the body’s immune system, and many patients do not die because of the cancer, they die because their body cannot survive an infection, which they would not have if their immune system was close to being healthy. My family member survived and is still alive and healthy, but still lives in fear of cancer.

Right after my family member’s surgery and before her release from the hospital, I found myself in a serious discussion with a doctor who told me about a German Biochemist, named Dr. Otto Warburg. He discovered the “cause of cancer back in 1923”. The doctor wrote a book titled, “The Metabolism of Tumors”, and in the book he demonstrated the primary cause of cancer as the replacement of oxygen in the respiratory chemistry of normal cells by the fermentation of sugar. The doctor’s finding was that the fermentation process can only be initiated in the relative absence of oxygen. Today there is no recognition of Dr. Warburg’s work by western medicine. But in alternative medicine there is a growing movement pushing such things as keeping the body in an alkaline state, rather than in an acidic state.

Quercetin is a major breakthrough. Research has demonstrated that it has a large number of qualities that protect a person from cancer, and at the same time will act to help cure a cancer patient. These qualities are becoming even more evident as researchers combine quercetin with other natural compounds to

Quercetin has demonstrated a number of qualities that have caused researchers to not to question its ability to prevent cancer. Quercetin has the ability to stifle cell proliferation, and improve programmed cell death; minimizing DNA damage. These qualities have created an interest as a cancer-preventive nutrient. There is also evidence from epidemiologic studies that strongly recommend quercetin and resveratrol correlate a reduced risk of certain cancers. Research studies have shown quercetin’s ability to prevent or slow tumor development including cancers of the brain, liver, colon, and other tissues.

Research and Clinical evidence of quercetin’s effective usefulness in preventing cancer as well as use in therapy is quickly building up. There was an early Phase I clinical trial of quercetin in patients with a variety of cancer types. Nine patients out of the total eleven patients in the study experienced a decrease in enzymes activity needed for tumor growth. There were also two patients suffering from advanced cancer that had not responded to chemotherapy. Both of the patients responded to the quercetin with important drops in chemical tumor markers during the period of the study.

The Cleveland Clinic oncologists recently examined the use of quercetin in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (an inherited condition that produces hundreds of colonic polyps which become cancerous). Quercetin was combined with curcumin, curcumin is also known as anti-inflammatory and tumor blocking nutrient. They treated five patients with this combination and followed them for six months. At the end of six months all five patients had a reduction in both tumor size (60%) and the number of polyps (51%). There were minimal adverse effects and no evidence of laboratory abnormalities. Because the study results were so successful the researchers are trying to develop a larger controlled trial to explore the use of the supplements potential cancer prevention and fighting abilities.

I hope this information will give the reader reason to ask their doctor direct questions if they are facing a problem involving cancer. Today we know the drug companies do not have any drugs that prevent or cure cancer. We know that today there are natural compounds that will give effective help in preventing and caring for cancer. At the top of my list are quercetin, resveratrol, curcumin, and vitamin D3.