Antioxidants may give a boost to cancer cells, study suggests

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.livewellnebraska.com/nutrition/antioxidants-may-give-a-boost-to-cancer-cells-study-suggests/article_9449371a-743e-11e5-9d10-ebe372876cd6.html

Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 12:15 am
By Ariana Eunjung Cha / The Washington Post

Since the term "antioxidants" made the leap from the realm of biochemistry labs and into the public consciousness in the 1990s, Americans have come to believe that more is better when it comes to consuming the substance that comes in things like acai berries, green tea and leafy veggies.

A provocative new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature raises important questions about that assumption.

Antioxidants - which include vitamins C and E and beta-carotene, and are contained in thousands of foods - are thought to protect cells from damage by acting as defenders against something called "free radicals" which the body produces as a part of metabolism or that can enter through the environment.

That's all great for normal cells. But what researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center found is that antioxidants can work their magic on cancerous cells, too - turbo-charging the process by which they grow and spread.

FULL story at link.

[snagglepuss]

1. Same with Folic Acid. Only pregnant women should take supplements.

Chile and I believe the EU stopped their plan to enrich bread with folic acid as is done in North America because studies show it speeds up the development of cancer cells. FTR Folic Acid is one of the B vitamins.

[OhZone]

2. I've heard this years ago.

So what? Just let yourself age faster and maybe get cancer from a compromised immune sytem?!

Taking anti-oxidents. "That's all great for normal cells." But cancer cells like them too.

So - what? Just die?

Damn, we're just so complicated creatures.

And are we sure this study wasn't funded by drug companies? Sheesh!

[OhZone]

3. This guy thinks you shouldn't jump to conclusions -

https://dailydouq.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/antioxidants-cancer-read-the-studies-carefully/

[mucifer]

4. That makes sense IV nutrition can also feed the cancer more than the patient

[PasadenaTrudy]

5. I have a friend going through this right now

Only getting 400 calories through IV. Now he's so weak, he can't do anything. He's going back to hospital to have a port put in so they can increase the calories. He only has a couple months left at best, he may as well have a better quality of life.