Re: Ginseng - A note of caution

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Ginseng - A note of caution and Selenium - A good thing

I have serious reservations about ginseng and am alarmed when I see it touted

as a healthy supplement with the potential for RAPID ACCELERATION OF

ABNORMAL CELLS. The stimulant does aggravate fibrocystic breasts and

especially

those women should avoid the energy drinks like sold at convience stores, even

grocery stores now. I was trying to meet transcription deadlines and working

late nights. seemed like a better alternative to coffee despite it causing

pain in my breasts. While on the subject of fibrocystic breasts, my OB

suggested staying of the caffeine and using vitamin E. The vitamin E worked

very well

until just prior to the diagnosis and I added selenium which works in

conjunction with vit E and C and it did do wonders for the tenderness. I have

since

read countless reports of selenium which is a mineral and one of the major

arsenals in anticarcinogenic supplements. In addition I have started taking a

multi mineral supplement and do feel much better when I do so.

The cancerous breast mass at the time of my diagnosis was 4 cm, rather large

and further adding to a poor prognosis. It has been reported that breast

tumors over the last several years are bigger than what they used to be. I

finally found a lady doc on-line whose research directly attributed the

increased

size of malignant lesions to ginseng. I had benign fibrocystic breast disease

which is known to be a high risk for turning malignant. A couple of years

prior I had a mammogram, referral to a surgeon who said the were probably

benign. She transferred her practice to another state and I was lost to follow

up.

At that same time, my primary care doc who since that time only treats

nursing home patients now, told me that with having an anutoimmune disease,

psoriasis, he could almost guarantee I did not have breast cancer. I did think

it

interesting that when the lesion was its largest my psoriasis had for the most

part cleared. I would think it has something to do with the immune system,

maybe being overwhelmed. There would appear to be a link in that I had also

heard

a news broadcast of a research study that showed an adverse association

between caffeine and autoimmune disease, in particular rheumatoid arthritis.