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Veggies vs. Cancer

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  Veggies vs. Cancer, 4.8 out of 5 based on 4 ratings

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  D. Boivin, S. Lamy, S. Lord-Dufour, J. Jackson, E. Beaulieu, M. C^ote, A. Moghrabi, S. Barrette, D. Gingras, and R. Beliveau. Antiproliferative and antioxidant activities of common vegetables: A comparative study. Food Chem., 112(2):374{380, 2009.

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  1. Michael Greger M.D. says:

     September 14, 2011 at 7:58 pm

     Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other videos on vegetables and cancer. Also, there are 1,448 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

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  2. Scott Harris says:

     September 15, 2011 at 2:58 pm

     When I click on the article under “Sources Cited,” I do NOT get that article, but rather one with a similar name from 2002 with different authors. Am I doing something wrong?

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     • Michael Greger M.D. says:

       September 25, 2011 at 9:44 am

       Scott–thank you so much for finding that! The link was wrong but has now been corrected.

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  3. maybush1 says:

     October 18, 2011 at 10:28 pm

     Dr. Greger,

     I was interested in your take on what the abstract of this cited paper says with respect to antioxidant levels of the vegetables tested and the anticancer affects they have. I’m actually very surprised!! The abstract says:

     “The antiproliferative effect of vegetables was specific to cells of cancerous origin and was found to be **largely independent** of their antioxidant properties.” [my emphasis]

     So, what this seems to me to be saying is that we may not want to be focusing on the antioxidant levels of plant-based foods afterall (at least not for possible anti-cancer affects)…??

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     • Toxins says:

       October 19, 2011 at 11:37 am

       Hello Maybush1,

       I believe the purpose of antioxidants is for protection of the cells key components, such as the DNA and mitochondria, ensuring long term health and stability while these specific foods that have anticancer enzymes are more for a short term approach directly stopping any cancer from growing, and of course, eating a lot of these foods everyday makes short term last for a lifetime!
       Check out these videos on antioxidants for further details.
       http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/repairing-dna-damage/
       http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/research-into-reversing-aging/
       http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/mitochondrial-theory-of-aging/

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  4. Fredrick Hahn says:

     October 31, 2011 at 3:40 pm

     Here’s the thing – there is no magic to vegetables. People who have cancer and remove refined sugars from their diet significantly decrease the #1 fuel source of virtually all cancers – and that is glucose.

     But to combat cancer even better, adopting a VLCKD is the best choice. This would entail removing virtually all carbohydrate from the diet.

     http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/7/1/33

     This deals with brain cancer but since virtually all cancers use glucose as their fuel source, a VLCKD should work in the same manner and other research papers have shown such.

     Other resources:

     http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/3010/there-role-for-carbohydrate-restriction-treatment-prevention-of-cancer-yes-of-course

     There is no magic to vegetables. There is just much harm in processed sugars and high blood glycemia.

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     • Toxins says:

       October 31, 2011 at 6:46 pm

       Frederick
       Its funny you keep talking about “fueling” the cancer with glucose when ALL our cells run on glucose. Again, eliminating carbohydrates does not make any sense. Your health outlook is severely skewed to viewing all carbohydrates as bad, which is plain wrong. It has been shown that cancer proliferation does in fact cease with certain vegetables.
       http://missclasses.com/mp3s/Prize%20CD%202010/Previous%20years/Antioxidants/Mindblower.pdf

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       • Fredrick Hahn says:

         February 2, 2012 at 5:11 pm

         That paper shows how certain plant components affect cancer in a lab, not in the human body.

         You said:

         “Its funny you keep talking about “fueling” the cancer with glucose when ALL our cells run on glucose.”

         No they don’t. They can, but not always. They can run just fine on fat and ketone bodies – better in fact. And glucose can and is made via gluconeogenesis. No need for carbs in the diet at all in order to obtain all the glucose you need. I’m amazed you don’t know that.

         And cancer cells DO feed on glucose. Have you not read the research? Allow me to start you on your journey:

         http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394295/

         “Again, eliminating carbohydrates does not make any sense.”

         It makes perfect sense to keep blood glucose levels normal best done by limiting carbohydrate intake. And it sure matters a lot to the diabetic.

         “Your health outlook is severely skewed to viewing all carbohydrates as bad, which is plain wrong.”

         Strawman. I never said that. I’ve said many times that most vegetables and some seasonal fruits are quite good for you. It’s the grains that need to go.

         “It has been shown that cancer proliferation does in fact cease with certain vegetables.”

         Really? Show me the research that supports this.

         And again, the idea that vegetables are the reason for a slowing of cancer fail to take into account that when people have cancer and go vegan, they also remove all the junk food from their diets. THAT is what is most responsible for the slowing down of cancer not the vegetables themselves.

         I challenge you to put up your most recent blood panel. Here are my fasting numbers from 5/2011 (I’m 50 yrs. old):

         HDL: 83
         HDL3: 61
         LDL: 174
         LDL Pattern: A (large buoyant)
         HbA1c: 5.6
         Triglycerides direct: 57
         CRP: 1.0

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         • Toxins says:

           February 2, 2012 at 5:30 pm

           2 links Frederick,
           http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/atkins-diet-trouble-keeping-it-up/
           http://www.atkinsexposed.org/

           Regardless if it was in a lab, the fact that these vegetables affected the cancer cells themselves, to the extent of stopping the growth, sends a powerful message. Let’s see beef extracts do that in a lab.

           The paleo diet is not supported by any credible health foundation, for good reason. Ketosis is harmful in the long run, as explained thoroughly by Dr. Greger, i dont need to do any copy and pasting for that. From what i understand by your response, u view vegetables as vitamins and water. Antioxidants and phytonutrients in vegetables are what makes them so healthy and helps prevent cancer. Go look at the many studies Dr. Greger cites from this link
           http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/slowing-the-growth-of-cancer-3/
           Showing the marked decrease in cancer risk with vegetables consumption and how meat significantly increases this risk.
           I am assuming since you think grains are so bad that the past rural Japanese populations, that had most of their diet comprised of rice, had short lifespans and poor health? No, they thrived. They were known to be typically centenarians. Same story for the Okinawan.

           P.S. I have never had a blood test taken (last time i remember I was 6 years old), I have not had any bodily issues.

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  5. Anne-Marie says:

     February 2, 2012 at 12:29 pm

     Hi Michael or any volunteer,
     I want to know if it’s possible to have the complete article cited in this video. It will be useful for me.
     Anne-Marie Roy

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     • Toxins says:

       February 2, 2012 at 3:32 pm

       Here is the full pdf file, enjoy!
       http://missclasses.com/mp3s/Prize%20CD%202010/Previous%20years/Antioxidants/Mindblower.pdf

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  6. krandersen says:

     February 11, 2012 at 10:16 am

     Dr. Gregor, first of all, thank you! Love the site!

     In this video you didn’t reveal the full lifting of the vegetables and their respective rankings in the charts relative to different cancers. Do you address that else where? Would love to see full charts with veggies listed. Thanks.

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     • Toxins says:

       February 11, 2012 at 10:45 am

       The next video would show the charts. Here is the link!
       http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/1-anticancer-vegetable/

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