Angiogenesis is the process of building new blood vessels and is inherently coordinated with building new tissue, but increased angiogenesis can also have a deadly side effect - a distinguishing characteristic of cancer growth. Some cancer treatments for halting the growth of cancer-feeding blood vessels have been successful in treating tumors. This term is known as anti-angiogenesis. Although several drugs have been incorporated with isolated anti-angiogenic compounds, there are more than 30 dietary sources of naturally-occurring anti-angiogenic substances.
Angiogenesis plays a critical role in the growth and spread of cancer. A blood supply is necessary for tumors to grow beyond a few millimeters in size. Tumors can cause this blood supply to form by giving off chemical signals that stimulate angiogenesis. Tumors can also stimulate nearby normal cells to produce angiogenesis signaling molecules. The resulting new blood vessels “feed” growing tumors with oxygen and nutrients, allowing the cancer cells to invade nearby tissue, to move throughout the body, and to form new colonies of cancer cells, called metastases.
Foods with natural anti-angiogenic compounds do not have the serious side effects which are now being found in angiogenic drug inhibitors. Dr. William Li, the president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation recently spoke at a TED conference above.
“Angiogenesis is what makes the difference between a small, innocuous cancer and a runaway, dangerous disease,” says Li. Our bodies carry thousands of microscopic dormant tumors on a constant basis. Thankfully, our immune systems naturally prevent them from becoming larger and potentially harmful through the process of angiogenesis and vessel growth.
Li came to the TEDx event to talk not about cancer itself but about the intersection between good food and good health -- and particular foods that actually have the potential to “starve” cancer through the process of antiangiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor.
Most of us have heard for years about the potential cancer-fighting benefits of antioxidant-rich foods, such as berries, cherries, artichokes, apples, nuts, and green tea, to name a few. Li explained that research is still being conducted on whether antioxidants are significantly effective in preventing cancer. But his foundation’s research on foods that affect antiangiogenesis is compelling.
Chinese women who drank a cup of green tea three or more times a week lowered their colon-cancer risk by 34 percent. Other recent research finds that cocoa and chocolate are not only high in flavonols (antioxidants), but they also reduce markers of angiogenesis. Citrus and grapes bear similar traits.
Data has indicated a synergistic effect of antioxidants on the anti-angiogenesis and anticancer efficacy of alliin in garlic.
Curcumin causes a marked decrease in the extent of cell proliferation and is proving itself as a valuable therapeutic anti-cancer agent and anti-angiogenic substance.
Bioactive compound isolated from the nutmeg essential oil have been developed as antiangiogenic drugs.
Grape Seed extract as a dietary supplement, is a well-tolerated and inexpensive natural angiogenesis inhibitor.
**Read full article & see video here: http://www.riseearth.com/2013/07/anti-angiogenic-compounds-used-in-drugs.html
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Are you just learning about diet being crucial in fighting Cancer? "Angiogenesis" is definitely not the problem. These doctors are cashing in on symptoms of the actual problem. If you're diet included the foods removing the very thing at Cancer's core....sugar & Candida aka fungus--then angiogenesis would not happen.
Dr. Otto Warburg, a Jewish German doctor, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for his discovery that sugar and meat proteins are the real cause of Cancer. Hitler got a hold of his discoveries and coveted them. Then we got Hitler and hid all of his secrets by creating the CIA in 1947. Here's a website that can tell you more about Dr. Warburg's discovery:
http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/sugar.htm
This website doesn't discuss "meat" but it is known that something in how our bodies break down dead animal flesh or meat contributing to Cancer and ill health as well. Dr. Andrew Saul has been advocating diet curing Cancer for years. Dr. Saul has many vids on youtube, including how to use diet to cure mental illness like Schizophrenia & depression. His youtube vid "Food Matters" is very informative on Cancer found here:
"Nutrition Cures Cancer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSpMR7NMdM4
Also Dr. Max Gerson and his "Gerson Miracle Diet" has saved my life from Cancer, Emphysema, Degenerative Disc Disease/Crushed Discs, Spinal Stenosis, Arthritis, more--and there are many others like me out there. Here's that vid:
"The Gerson Miracle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbIixJI_oa4
Good Luck and happy hunting for Cancer cures! There's lots of them out there...baking soda, Hydrogen Peroxide, Intravenous Vitamin C therapy, etc. Much to discover and learn about. ;)
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