Lemon (Citrus) - a miraculous product to kill cancer cells

Rewriter said:

Thanks, Bea
I appreciate the information that you shared and absolutely believe that it is true. Even the website that called this article a "hoax" included the following information:

A number of studies have indicated that compounds found in citrus (including lemon) may be effective as anti-cancer agents, at least for certain types of cancer.

A December 2004 Science Daily article reports: Research by Texas Agriculture Experiment Station scientists has shown that citrus compounds called limonoids targeted and stopped neuroblastoma cells in the lab. They now hope to learn the reasons for the stop-action behavior and eventually try the citrus concoction in humans.

Harris, the chief scientists, said that flavonoids and limonoids – nutrient-packed pigments that give color and taste to fruit – may work against cancer in any of three ways: prevent it from forming, slow the growth of existing cancer, or kill cancer cells.

"The limonoids, which differ structurally from flavonoids, seem to do all three," he said of tests by a graduate student who worked in his lab. Their work emphasized the compounds' ability to kill existing the neuroblastoma cells with the rationale that if the method and time limonoids take to obliterate the cancer could be found, perhaps scientists could exploit it to help cure the disease.

A May 2000 report about the potential of citrus limonoids as anticancer agents explains: The experimental results describe above indicate that citrus limonoids may provide substantial anticancer actions. The compounds have been shown to be free of toxic effects in animal models so potential exists for use of limonoids against human cancer in either the natural fruit, in citrus fortified with limonoids, or in purified forms of specific limonoids .


And a report on the medicinal use of citrus published on the University of Florida EDIS website notes: Citrus flavonoids have potential antioxidant (prevents aging), anti-cancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory activities, effects on capillarity, and cholesterol-lowering ability. The principal carotenoids in pink grapefruit are lycopene and beta-carotene. Lycopene-containing fruits and vegetables have been shown to contribute to a significant reduction in prostate and mammary cancer risk.

Scientific studies indicate compounds in citrus, including lemon, have real potential as anti-cancer agents.

kkstef said:

Thanks!
Good info on Lemons....I had read previously about the synergistic effect of lemon and green tea (probably from Claudia) and do believe that combo makes sense.I know one of the ladies on this site makes a drink, grinding up the peel and all (I can't remember who it was)... In any case, I will keep drinking my green tea with LEMON and will find even more ways to use lemons. Sure can't hurt and I am quite confident, it will help.

Love all of you for searching and posting for interesting and helpful info!

P.S....Bea....I too, am glad to see you back again!!!

Hugs, Karen

lindaprocopio said:

Thank you, JoAnn. HSI should be ashamed of itself. PREDATOR.
Any time a 'scientific' journal spouts conspiracy therories like "drug companies don't want you to know this", and use words like "miraculous", you can be assured that it's a scam.

Eat lemons if you want; they're yummy, and they may very well assist with keeping your body an inhospitable place for cancer to grow. But I'm with JoAnn that this is a VERY suspect source.

Please don't start this battle up again, ladies, or half the posters here will stay away to avoid this stress and drama!!

bea-mil said:

JoAnn
If you know that lemon
JoAnn

If you know that lemon are good why then you are trying to discredit HSI. I’ve read about lemons from many different sources but the source is the least relevant here. You are focusing on a wrong subject. The post is not about HSI, but lemon. Try to research on this if you are interested in...and stay positive.

All the best to you.

california_artist said:

Lemons are just a citrus,how could they effect cancer
True enough. Guess it could sound pretty silly to think that the lumin whatever it is that they get from the citrus peel and the stuff they get out of pectin could be a boost to your body to fight the big C or other diseases. Does sound kind of silly doesn't it.

So let's see. You all are taking Taxol to fight your cancer, well mostly all. That comes from what again??? the yew tree. It's a plant alkaloid. When I learned Taxol came from the yew tree, I had a very positive response. I thought wow, that's really interesting.

from web
What is Taxol? Taxol is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug. Taxol is classified as a "plant alkaloid," a "taxane" and an "antimicrotubule agent." (For more detail, see "How Taxol Works" section below).

I don't really get the whole problem. So many medicines are derived from plants and are just accepted. Why not just look at things offered as something to think about. Especially in light of the fact that this particular cancer is exceedingly hard to defeat. And none of us knows what will really work. Why not allow people extra hope?

Hope and feeling that you are doing all you can to defeat your cancer are vitally important in your recovery, why all the race to defeat hope???

Friends help you heal. women who join discussion groups, usually in person where they can talk about their fears etc do better than women who don't. There is no clinical trial for it.

God, no clinical trial for that either. Hope and faith.

All those things that really help your body heal, there is no clinical trial for because you can't patten them. You can't bottle them and make a drug, which is what it was agreed was all the FDA would allow doctors to prescribe. They are just things that help you feel better, and stronger and to heal.

Things that will most likely help and certainly not hurt, I'm not going to into the whys and wherefores. you can think they'll help you or not:

hope
Sleeping in as dark a room as you can
deep breathing
exercise
water without chlorine
a heavily alkaline leaning diet
keeping an open mind
friendship
low salt diet
low protein diet
laughter
organic concord grapes before anything else in the morning
doing those things you love even though you have cancer and are sad some of the time
tolerance
good deeds
green tea with lemon
the entire organic lemon demolished in your food processor
ginger
turmeric/pepper/olive oil
trying to stay away from really acidic foods and drinks-soda, beer, wine, coffee, beef there are charts on line for this info
yoga,and similar past times
guided imagery-imagine yourself well
meditation
avoiding stress like you would avoid the plague. A body that is under stress puts nearly all its energy to defending from that stress and forgets about the bigger threat of cancer
an open mind, open to what abouts,and what ifs

It is very possible if there had not been something patentable that could be derived from the yew tree and approved by the FDA that it would not currently be treatment for cancer. And what if the poor soul who first thought of using bark from a yew tree had gotten shot down as that being a poor idea indeed.
Taxol does work for some cancers.

A current note on taxol is that they are working on creating a chemical that works like taxol

In the google search engine I typed in taxol derived from- and came up with even the original research on the discovery. It is very interesting reading. I hope it continues to work for all of you that are currently in treatment and who finished treatment.

What I am trying to say is that discoveries made because people wonder and experiment and look at the results. They try. They have hope that things will work,or else why would they try.

We all need hope that things will work. If it's not going to hurt you, doesn't cost an arm and a leg, why not give yourself a little feeling, a tiny glimmer of hope?

Were i to want to get the most benefit from that little old lemon, I personally would make certain it was organic. I would take the whole entire lemon and put it in my little chopper and chop the heck out of it. I would in the meantime have made some green tea, letting it steep for the entire 30 minutes to get the most out of it. I would then mix the two together if the tea was no longer hot, and I would take my time and drink it, without sugar, even though it tasted pretty bitter. I would just grin and bear it, cause in the long run, it's not going to hurt me and could do a world of good. Think of how happy my liver will be and all my friendly little cells, all except for the cancer ones, cause once my body turns all that acidy lemon into wonderful alkaline ash, my cancer cells will be in real trouble.

That's it.

Hope
Hope
Hope
Action
Action
Action
empowerment
wellness
wellness
deep breath

and we're done.

Best wishes to you all, and know that I will support you in whatever your choice of treatment, even if it's not my choice.

A friend,

Claudia

Rewriter said:

Bea
Good afternoon, and thank you again for directing us to what is important here--lemon's anti-cancer properties and NOT HSI.

Ok, now I've said enough.

Love you,

Jill

california_artist said:

Lemons are just a citrus,how could they effect cancer
True enough. Guess it could sound pretty silly to think that the lumin whatever it is that they get from the citrus peel and the stuff they get out of pectin could be a boost to your body to fight the big C or other diseases. Does sound kind of silly doesn't it.

So let's see. You all are taking Taxol to fight your cancer, well mostly all. That comes from what again??? the yew tree. It's a plant alkaloid. When I learned Taxol came from the yew tree, I had a very positive response. I thought wow, that's really interesting.

from web
What is Taxol? Taxol is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug. Taxol is classified as a "plant alkaloid," a "taxane" and an "antimicrotubule agent." (For more detail, see "How Taxol Works" section below).

I don't really get the whole problem. So many medicines are derived from plants and are just accepted. Why not just look at things offered as something to think about. Especially in light of the fact that this particular cancer is exceedingly hard to defeat. And none of us knows what will really work. Why not allow people extra hope?

Hope and feeling that you are doing all you can to defeat your cancer are vitally important in your recovery, why all the race to defeat hope???

Friends help you heal. women who join discussion groups, usually in person where they can talk about their fears etc do better than women who don't. There is no clinical trial for it.

God, no clinical trial for that either. Hope and faith.

All those things that really help your body heal, there is no clinical trial for because you can't patten them. You can't bottle them and make a drug, which is what it was agreed was all the FDA would allow doctors to prescribe. They are just things that help you feel better, and stronger and to heal.

Things that will most likely help and certainly not hurt, I'm not going to into the whys and wherefores. you can think they'll help you or not:

hope
Sleeping in as dark a room as you can
deep breathing
exercise
water without chlorine
a heavily alkaline leaning diet
keeping an open mind
friendship
low salt diet
low protein diet
laughter
organic concord grapes before anything else in the morning
doing those things you love even though you have cancer and are sad some of the time
tolerance
good deeds
green tea with lemon
the entire organic lemon demolished in your food processor
ginger
turmeric/pepper/olive oil
trying to stay away from really acidic foods and drinks-soda, beer, wine, coffee, beef there are charts on line for this info
yoga,and similar past times
guided imagery-imagine yourself well
meditation
avoiding stress like you would avoid the plague. A body that is under stress puts nearly all its energy to defending from that stress and forgets about the bigger threat of cancer
an open mind, open to what abouts,and what ifs

It is very possible if there had not been something patentable that could be derived from the yew tree and approved by the FDA that it would not currently be treatment for cancer. And what if the poor soul who first thought of using bark from a yew tree had gotten shot down as that being a poor idea indeed.
Taxol does work for some cancers.

A current note on taxol is that they are working on creating a chemical that works like taxol

In the google search engine I typed in taxol derived from- and came up with even the original research on the discovery. It is very interesting reading. I hope it continues to work for all of you that are currently in treatment and who finished treatment.

What I am trying to say is that discoveries made because people wonder and experiment and look at the results. They try. They have hope that things will work,or else why would they try.

We all need hope that things will work. If it's not going to hurt you, doesn't cost an arm and a leg, why not give yourself a little feeling, a tiny glimmer of hope?

Were i to want to get the most benefit from that little old lemon, I personally would make certain it was organic. I would take the whole entire lemon and put it in my little chopper and chop the heck out of it. I would in the meantime have made some green tea, letting it steep for the entire 30 minutes to get the most out of it. I would then mix the two together if the tea was no longer hot, and I would take my time and drink it, without sugar, even though it tasted pretty bitter. I would just grin and bear it, cause in the long run, it's not going to hurt me and could do a world of good. Think of how happy my liver will be and all my friendly little cells, all except for the cancer ones, cause once my body turns all that acidy lemon into wonderful alkaline ash, my cancer cells will be in real trouble.

That's it.

Hope
Hope
Hope
Action
Action
Action
empowerment
wellness
wellness
deep breath

and we're done.

Best wishes to you all, and know that I will support you in whatever your choice of treatment, even if it's not my choice.

A friend,

Claudia

Songflower said:

Loopy Lemons
If lemons really worked my oncologist would be throwing them at me when I walked in the door. I've always loved lemons and limes but I don't think there is a magic cure like this. I'm sorry for those exposed to false hope. I think those advocating untested hope need to be prosecuted.

Songflower

Rewriter said:

Bea
Good afternoon, and thank you again for directing us to what is important here--lemon's anti-cancer properties and NOT HSI.

Ok, now I've said enough.

Love you,

Jill