Meta-analysis finds antioxidant supplemnts safe during cancer therapy

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Meta-analysis finds antioxidant supplementation safe during cancer

therapy

 

The January/February and March/April 2007 issues of the journal

Alternative Therapies  published a two part article by a team at the

Simone Protective Cancer Institute in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, which

concluded that, contrary to long-held beliefs, antioxidant and other

nutritional supplementation during chemotherapy or radiation does not

interfere with these treatments.

 

" A single, front-page interview in The New York Times in 1997, which was

not based on published scientific work, and a single research paper

involving mice, along with a press release by its author in 1999, led to

the erroneous notion that vitamin C interferes with chemotherapy and

radiation in humans, " the authors write.

 

" This notion soon applied to all antioxidants as physicians, patients,

the media, the American Cancer Society, and scores of websites took the

same position without reviewing the scientific evidence. "

The authors explain that, due to a loss of the homeostasis control

mechanism for the uptake of antioxidants, cancer cells accumulate large

amounts of the nutrients, while healthy cells do not have this membrane

defect. This accumulation decreases the oxidative reactions needed for

the generation of the cells' energy. Additionally, the nutrients elicit

other effects on cancer cells unrelated to their antioxidant activity.

 

The authors concluded that " Antioxidant and other nutrient food

supplements are safe and can help to enhance cancer patient care. "

 

Editor's Note: This makes a very good case for juicing daily. For those

who cannot juice every day and would like to further support their

intake of antioxidants, we recommend Nanogreens which is a superb

organic green mix.