Strange Cures And Treatments For Cancer

Laetrile

Laetrile is a form of purified amygdalin or a compound in the kernels or seeds of numerous fruits, beans, raw nuts, and other plant-derived foods. When an individual consumes laetrile, an enzyme called beta-glucosidase in the small intestine metabolizes it into cyanide, glucose, and benzaldehyde. Researchers found healthy cells in the body convert cyanide into a harmless compound referred to as thiocyanate, but some cancerous cells are unable to undergo the process required for this conversion. This leaves cancerous cells vulnerable to the cytotoxic effects of cyanide.

Studies have revealed the tumor-promoting effect of the Epstein-Barr virus is inhibited by amygdalin. In certain kinds of prostate cancer cells, amygdalin increased the expression of a pro-apoptotic protein and decreased the expression of an anti-apoptotic protein. Amygdalin has also proven in certain kinds of colon cancer cells to downregulate the genes related to a rapid cell cycle. Bladder cancer cell proliferation and growth can also be inhibited by amygdalin due to its ability to decrease quantities of two regulatory proteins of the cell cycle.

Raw Food Diet

The raw food diet is similar to a vegan diet. A raw food diet claims its efficacy in treating cancer due to the majority of the foods in the diet possessing the ability to indirectly or directly kill off cancer cells. A raw food diet for a cancer patient typically includes vegetables such as carrots, green asparagus, cabbage, red beets, broccoli, and cauliflower. The ingredients in the vegetables known to work against cancer cells include alpha-carotene, vitamin E, beta-carotene, isothiocyanates, saponins, curcumin, sulforaphane, and proanthocyanidins.

A raw diet for cancer also includes fruits such as purple grapes, black raspberries, pineapple, strawberries, and blueberries. The ingredients in these fruits known to fight cancer are peroxidase, laetrile, bromelain, ellagic acid, OPC, and anthocyanins. Cancer raw food diets do not include any poultry, meats, fish, and dairy products. The glucose in the fruits and vegetables listed is beneficial for a cancer patient because it causes them to uptake the compounds known to kill them along with the glucose.