Anti-oxident supplements

YTW · November 2014

Before starting my CK treatments in 2010, my radiation oncologist advised me to stop taking any anti-oxidant supplements (i.e. vitamin E, C and others). His theory was that these supplements, while protecting healthy cells from damage will also try to protect the Ca cells that radiation is trying to destroy. I refrained from using any supplements (including a daily multi-vitamin) for three months after completing treatment: I would think that this is true for any type of Ca treatment.

Here is an article published by the National Cancer Institute in 2008 that confirms this theory.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18505970?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=14

PCGreg · December 2014

Hi YTW, While not

Hi YTW,

While not specifically antioxidants, these results are interesting.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818701

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020278

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200766

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23066443

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594291

Will start juicing pomegranates tomorrow as I don't trust what is in commercial juices and have ordered some of the 4 food combo capsules.

Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 · January 2015

PCGreg said:
Hi YTW, While not
Hi YTW,

While not specifically antioxidants, these results are interesting.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818701

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020278

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200766

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23066443

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594291

Will start juicing pomegranates tomorrow as I don't trust what is in commercial juices and have ordered some of the 4 food combo capsules.

Study

This new sudy done at Johns Hopkins, and summarized in the Wall Street Journal, did NOT include Pca, but concludes that of 31 common cancers, only 9 (around 30%) have identifiable genetic, nutritional, or environmental causes. That is, most cancers occur at random.

To repeat: it did not review Pca. The luck of the draw: We are all poker players in the game of life. Hard for many people, who demand "answers," to accept.

The study matches exactly what I have always believed on the subject. What the study does suggest is earlier diagnosis and curative treatments, when they are available.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/01/02/study-concludes-that-many-cancers-caused-by-bad-luck-in-cell-division/?intcmp=latestnews

The link to the article itself in Science :

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6217/78.short

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YTW · January 2015

anti-oxidents

Refering to my original post of Nov. 10th, may I repeat. "Anti- oxidant supplements (i.e. vitamin E, C and others). His theory was that these supplements, while protecting healthy cells from damage will also try to protect the Ca cells that radiation is trying to destroy." I believe there are no "absolute experts" on cancer. If there were, the save rate of Ca victims would be much higher than it is. But the theory of anti-oxidents intereferring with the destruction of Ca cells that radiation is trying to accomplish should be viewed as being reasonable.

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