Re: Sauerkraut inhibits cancer growth

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/27/04 7:39:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,

mosaicbymoe@... writes:

> The results of a recent study published in the Journal of

> Agricultural and Food Chemistry concluded that sauerkraut is a

> cancer inhibitor.

Fighting cancer from the cabbage patch

Janet Raloff

Sauerkraut a health food? Not yet. But midwestern scientists have found

evidence that something in this pickled cabbage and related foods blocks the

action

of estrogen, a hormone that can fuel the growth of breast cancer and other

reproductive-tract malignancies. Nutritionist G. Helferich of the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his colleagues were trying to

tease

out why Polish women who have moved to the United States are far more likely to

develop breast cancer than their kin remaining in the Old Country are. One

distinguishing factor turned out to be consumption of cabbage. European Poles

eat far more. Cabbage belongs to the Brassica family. A host of recent studies

has shown that brassicas--which include broccoli, cauliflower, brussels

sprouts, and mustard--possess cancer-fighting compounds. Helferich wondered

whether

fermenting such veggies, as in making sauerkraut, would create new anticancer

agents. Others might arise when stomach juices acidify vegetable compounds.

Specifically, the researchers wondered whether the brassicas give rise to

estrogen blockers. To investigate, the researchers stimulated test-tube colonies

of

human breast-cancer cells with estrogen, then added extracts of plain cabbage,

sauerkraut, or acidified brussels sprouts. Low-concentration extracts of the

samples--typically 5 to 25 parts per billion--not only slowed the growth of

estrogen-fed cells but also blocked estrogen's ability to turn on a particular

gene. The scientists found little difference in the three vegetable

preparations' potencies. At parts-per-million concentrations, however, each

extract

mimicked estrogen--spurring cell growth and gene activity, the researchers

found.

" Though it's very unlikely you'd get those higher concentrations in the blood

from eating brassicas, " Helferich says, he suspects that " it is realistic you

could get the antiestrogenic doses. " His group's findings appear in the October

2000 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The Illinois scientists have

partially purified antiestrogenic constituents of the extracts and distributed

portions to other researchers who study brassicas' cancer-fighting compounds.

It appears these newly isolated antiestrogenic agents " are novel, " Helferich

told Science News. The study wins high marks for its methodology from

endocrinologist Ana Soto of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.

Although she finds the brassicas' dose-dependent activities interesting, both

she and

Talalay of the s Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore point out

that until the active agents are purified and individually tested in animals,

it will be impossible to gauge whether these compounds might persist in people.

Such experiments will be critical for estimating the cancer-fighting

prospects of the vegetables. Scientists had thought that any anticancer benefits

from

brassicas traced to sulforaphane (SN: 9/20/97, p. 183) and indole-3 carbinol

(SN: 3/6/99, p. 157). The findings by Helferich's team suggest these foods

might offer even more " potentially important " agents and point toward a new

class

of drugs to reduce cancer risk, observes Barnett Zumoff, chief of

endocrinology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

[Guest guest]

I thank your for your advise on sauerkraut, I have read confirming reports.

Dr.Johanna Budwig, along with her Flax Oil and Cottage Cheese regimen

recommends a cup of sauerkraut juice every day.

On the net I fiound a goord report on sauerkraut. This report also spoke of

sour cabbage juice and how beneficial it is for the bowel. One should chop

up fresh cabbage and put it through an osterizer to make it very fine, then

add sufficient water, and then let set 3 days, at room temperatures to sour.

Even this sour cabbage juice will produce a healthy bowel in no time, so the

report says. I have been doing this and find it is good for the stomach too,

and not hard to take.

One question about store bought sauerktaut is that, while it is made as

natural as possible, it must be pasteurized to be sold in the stores. This

would naturally kill the good bacteria in the sauerkraut, but do you think

the kraut would still be beneficial, better than no sauerkraut?

Thanks for your advice.

Sauerkraut inhibits cancer growth

> The results of a recent study published in the Journal of

> Agricultural and Food Chemistry concluded that sauerkraut is a

> cancer inhibitor. The study discovered that the fermentation of

> cabbage (how sauerkraut is made) produced a substance called

> isothiocynates, which prevents cancer growth, particularly in the

> breast, colon, lung and liver. Packed with vitamins, iron, and

> fiber, sauerkraut is also rich in cruciferous phytochemicals, which

> have long been proven to have disease fighting powers.

> So, make sauerkraut a regular part of your diet.

>

> For tasty recipes that use sauerkraut please check out

> www.sauerkrautrecipes.com.

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In a message dated 3/28/04 12:40:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,

eboswell@... writes:

> Dr.Johanna Budwig, along with her Flax Oil and Cottage Cheese regimen

> recommends a cup of sauerkraut juice every day.

>

How does one get a cup of sauerkraut juice? Do you take it from a package of

sauerkraut or is there a way to actually make it?

[Guest guest]

, Do you think that this would help with diarrhea? I am plagued with it

off and on and find it most unpleasant. Has anyone used cabbage juice or

sauerkraut and found this to abate diarrhea? Bev.

Sauerkraut inhibits cancer growth

> The results of a recent study published in the Journal of

> Agricultural and Food Chemistry concluded that sauerkraut is a

> cancer inhibitor. The study discovered that the fermentation of

> cabbage (how sauerkraut is made) produced a substance called

> isothiocynates, which prevents cancer growth, particularly in the

> breast, colon, lung and liver. Packed with vitamins, iron, and

> fiber, sauerkraut is also rich in cruciferous phytochemicals, which

> have long been proven to have disease fighting powers.

> So, make sauerkraut a regular part of your diet.

>

> For tasty recipes that use sauerkraut please check out

> www.sauerkrautrecipes.com.

>

>

>

>

>

> Get HUGE info at http://www.cures for cancer.ws, and post your own links there.

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[Guest guest]

Hello Bev:

From what I understand about diarrhea it can come about when you lose your

bowel flora, and the wrong kind of bacteria develop in the bowel leading to

diarrhea. Antibiotics easily interfere with the bowel flora. You could also

have what is called an irritable bowel syndrone, in which case the bowel

becomes inflamed from poor digestion, stress, worry, etc which produces acid

and gas., and diarrhea can result. Bowel polyps enter into this too, which

can infrequently become malignant.

From what you say you appear to have a chronic problem with diarrhea., and

if it were me I would have a further look into it.

I have taken very, very few antibiotics in my life. Once I was into a course

of them for 2 weeks when I got real bout of diarrhea, which normally I do

not get. I had no reason to believe that it was causd by anything other than

the antibiotics. I had to go to my family Doctor for something minor, and I

mentioned this diarrhea. He wasted no time in sending me for a colonoscopy.

It turned out that I did have a couple polyps, which, as I said, could

becomec cancerous, but rarely. I had follow up colonoscopies, which produced

a few more. Then one showed malignant which they were able to take off with

no resultant damage. Had they not continued with the examinations, I would

have had a serious problem. Do look further into your diarrhea problem.

To answer your question if sauerkraut and sour cabbage juice would help your

problem. I would believe that it would if there were no further

complications, as mentioned above. It certainly improves and contributes to

a healthy bowel flora and a healthy bowell As I said, Dr.Budwig tells us to

drink a glass of sauerkraut juice a day., and from another sourse, to drink

sour cabbage juice every day and bowel movements will soon become normal.

Bev, I am going to send to your own e-mail address some more info on kraut

and sour juice. I make my own kraut and sour juice, and drink it daily.

I am convinced it will keep colon healthy. Do check with your Doctor for a

colonoscopy. I wouldn't want to go on any drug routine, or whatever, at this

stage. Get to the bottom of it now.

Sauerkraut inhibits cancer growth

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> > The results of a recent study published in the Journal of

> > Agricultural and Food Chemistry concluded that sauerkraut is a

> > cancer inhibitor. The study discovered that the fermentation of

> > cabbage (how sauerkraut is made) produced a substance called

> > isothiocynates, which prevents cancer growth, particularly in the

> > breast, colon, lung and liver. Packed with vitamins, iron, and

> > fiber, sauerkraut is also rich in cruciferous phytochemicals, which

> > have long been proven to have disease fighting powers.

> > So, make sauerkraut a regular part of your diet.

> >

> > For tasty recipes that use sauerkraut please check out

> > www.sauerkrautrecipes.com.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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