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DeSwiss

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Thu Dec 19, 2013, 06:04 AM Dec 2013

100's of Studies Prove this One Plant Compound Kills Cancer, Protects Against Radiation [View all]

Natural Society
by Christina Sarich
December 18th, 2013




For years scientists couldn’t really figure out why people on a small island off of Japan hardly ever suffered from cancer – until they stumbled onto a curious fetish the Okinawans had for a seaweed delicacy called Kombu. (Okinawans use various longevity secrets to live to be 100 and older). Although it would be difficult to find Kombu now that isn’t tainted with Fukushima radiation, at least in or near Japan, there is a long chain carbohydrate in the seaweed called Fucoidan that has proven to fight cancer again and again.

Fucoidan is absolutely lethal to certain types of cancerous cells. Sometimes called U-fucoidan, it is referenced in more than 600 peer-reviewed studies listed at the US National Library of Medicine.

Found in the cell walls of brown seaweed, fucoidan, has antitumor, antiangiogenic, antiviral, and immunomodulatory effects on the human body. Fucoidan also stimulates natural killer cells by down regulating AP-I involved in cellular proliferation, or the spreading of cancer cells. What’s more, fucoidan also has anti-coagulant and antithrombic activities, while also being radioprotective.

    ''...More recently, fucoidan has been shown to have antitumor and anticarcinogenic effects. Fucoidan’s therapeutic properties may come from its ability to act as natural killer cells and regulate substances involved in cell growth.

    Research published in the March 2011 issue of Phytotherapy Research [study source] suggests that fucoidan stopped some lung cancer cells from proliferating and triggered the programmed death of cancer cells. A study published in the October 2011 issue of International Journal of Biological Macromolecules [study source] also found that fucoidan killed lung cancer cells. Additionally, it improved the activity of white blood cells, the natural killer cells.''

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- This is the best news coming out of Japan in a long, long time. And just the news they (and everyone else in the world it seems) needs right now......
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I was skeptical until I found this... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #1
It's a disclaimer: icymist Dec 2013 #3
Click past the disclamer... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #4
I have... icymist Dec 2013 #5
Firstly, unless it is a lead onesie it does not protect against radiation intaglio Dec 2013 #2
you do know you're in a group, not a forum don't you. Groups are suppose to be liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #6
They are supposed to be positive environments intaglio Dec 2013 #7
You will find that this is a fairly highly tolerable group toward alternative medicine. icymist Dec 2013 #8
This article is not "alternative" intaglio Dec 2013 #9
It is not your call within this GROUP. nt icymist Dec 2013 #10
It is my call as a human being intaglio Dec 2013 #11
You seem to think it is your job as a human being to seek out and correct others. icymist Dec 2013 #12
Brava! Why Syzygy Dec 2013 #17
I have had enough of the crap today. People attacking each other in liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #13
I would like some sort of process where Tumbulu Dec 2013 #14
Lately, GD has also become ground-zero for attacking kentauros Dec 2013 #20
Tell them Why Syzygy Jan 2014 #21
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Charming as always. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #23
I missed it! kentauros Jan 2014 #24
Yeah, she was busy today. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #25
We are fortunate here to have unpolluted beaches arikara Dec 2013 #15
Thanks for that insight. DeSwiss Dec 2013 #16
I make everything I can too arikara Dec 2013 #18
That's where I'm headed..... DeSwiss Dec 2013 #19
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