Mango Effective in Preventing, Stopping Certain Colon, Breast Cancer Cells, Food Scientists Find
This article talks about the effectiveness of using mangoes to attack cancer cells and use them stop these cancer cells. Mangoes at first weren't thought of as a "superfood" like acai and pomegranate because they do not have as many antioxidants as such foods have. But when Texas AgriLife Research food scientists researched the mango some more, they found that it prevented or stopped the growth of cancer cells mostly in the colon and breast.
The mango polyphenol extracts impacted different cell lines at different levels. Colon and breast cancer cells were most impacted by the polyphenols in mangoes. These cells underwent apoptosis
(programmed cell death) when the mangoes were tested.
Even more positive is the fact that mango polyphenols do not harm normal cells. They just kill the cancer cells when in reasonable amounts.
When studying the gallotanins in the mangoes, it was found that they stop the cell cycle at the point where the cells are dividing. It was a big breakthrough that they were able to find where the effectiveness of the mangoes occured.
The next step in the process of this research is to conduct a small scale clinical trial and then a large scale clinical trial with patients.
I thought this article was very interesting because it shows the effectiveness of natural foods as medicine as opposed to drugs made in a lab. If this research continues to prove that mangoes can help prevent and stop cancer cells from growing and multiplying then the price of cancer treatment would be much less than it is right now. Recently, the craze to eat healthily and antioxidant rich foods has gotten very large, but now that the research is showing that the effect of these superfoods could actually be very effective, then I feel more people will make healthy eating more of a lifestyle change than a short term fad that they lose after a short time.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100111154926.htm
Jessica Sabbagh
VTPP 434-502
The mango polyphenol extracts impacted different cell lines at different levels. Colon and breast cancer cells were most impacted by the polyphenols in mangoes. These cells underwent apoptosis
(programmed cell death) when the mangoes were tested.
Even more positive is the fact that mango polyphenols do not harm normal cells. They just kill the cancer cells when in reasonable amounts.
When studying the gallotanins in the mangoes, it was found that they stop the cell cycle at the point where the cells are dividing. It was a big breakthrough that they were able to find where the effectiveness of the mangoes occured.
The next step in the process of this research is to conduct a small scale clinical trial and then a large scale clinical trial with patients.
I thought this article was very interesting because it shows the effectiveness of natural foods as medicine as opposed to drugs made in a lab. If this research continues to prove that mangoes can help prevent and stop cancer cells from growing and multiplying then the price of cancer treatment would be much less than it is right now. Recently, the craze to eat healthily and antioxidant rich foods has gotten very large, but now that the research is showing that the effect of these superfoods could actually be very effective, then I feel more people will make healthy eating more of a lifestyle change than a short term fad that they lose after a short time.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100111154926.htm
Jessica Sabbagh
VTPP 434-502
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