Garlic and Prostate Cancer

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer more than twenty years ago.  I was scheduled for prostate removal by a urologist/surgeon.  Prior to surgery I got all the information that I could on prostate cancer from the national cancer hotline.  After plowing through all of that, that I decided that I would not submit to surgery.  I then followed that up with a cancer doctor who did not do surgery, and he also recommended that I now submit to surgery.  Armed with that information I then canceled my surgery date at which time my urologist yelled and screamed at me for doing so.  I've never seen that SOB since then.

At that time, I began a regimen of eating large quantities of raw garlic for well over a year.  During this time my PSA tests dropped from about 4.5 down to .7 and I still have a very functional prostate gland at age 81.  Sometimes I'll get off of the garlic kick and my PSA will rise to 1.6 or so and as soon as I begin eating raw garlic my PSA drops down.  Last week my PSA test came back at .65.  I've tried garlic pills including Kyolic and none of them has any effect on my PSA.  Neither have Only raw garlic which I chew and swallow, generally 5 or 6 per day can bring it down to under 1.0.  No other supplement including ginger root which I've taken extensively, has had an effect like raw garlic does.

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Garlic and Prostate Cancer

By Yulia Berry

A team of research scientists at New York's Cornell University have determined that garlic may effectively kill off human prostate cancer cells.

Prostate cancer is a deadly disease that affects many older men. The prostate is a small organ (about the size of a walnut) that is wrapped around the urethra where it plays an important role in the reproductive system. Prostate cancer strikes many older men prompting doctors to check for it early and often if their patients report any early symptoms such as trouble urinating or pain while urinating. Prostate cancer can be deadly and treatment usually involve intense radiation and chemotherapy and may even involve surgery.

The best way to battle this disease is to take preventative step in getting it in the first place. The earlier you detect it the better the chances are of finding an effective treatment for it. Getting regular checkups and eating a prostate healthy diet are key steps in stopping the prostate cancer death.

One thing that scientists found to include in your prostate friendly diet is garlic. Certain studies have indicated that this powerful herb is not only fit to fight bacteria, fungi and viruses, but also capable of killing off cancer cells.

In one study conducted at the Memorial Sloan Cancer Center, human prostate cancer cells were cultured over a 24 hour period then exposed some of the petri dishes to a saline solution that contained 50 ppm of one of the two garlic components: S-Allycysteine or S-allymercaptocysteine. Both of these sulfur based components are found in aged garlic. The second component displayed the ability to cut the number of cancer cells down by half within 6 to 8 days. This powerful garlic component even displayed an inhibitory effect on the cancer cells for several more days even after it was rinsed away. The other aged garlic component: S-Allycysteine also showed potential prostate cancer cell killing power, but was nowhere near as effective as A-Allymercaptocyseine.

Researchers believe that the compounds ability to generate the antioxidant gluthione is an important factor in the findings. Glutathione is believed to take away certain protiend that the prostate cancer cells need in order to proliferate. It should be noted that while only aged garlic components were studied (the research was partially funded by a Aged Garlic Supplement company) the powerful antioxidant Glutathione can also be made from selenium which is found in abundance in all forms of garlic.

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Allicin Sulfide has antibiotic properties that are better than penicillin or tetracycline. It has the ability to kill bacteria that has become immune to other antibiotics because it interacts with the specific enzymes that the bacterium needs in order to thrive in the body.

Garlic also helps fight infections and can stimulate your immune system. It can kill off the microbes and bacteria that cause many ailments such as the common cold, whooping cough, tuberculosis, botulism, vaginal infections, bladder infections, gangrene, diarrhea, staph, dysentery and typhoid. In fact, during the First World War, garlic was used in military hospitals to help prevent the spread of gangrene and rubbing garlic on an area infected by staph will stop the infection in its tracks.

Garlic sulfides contain many cancer preventing chemicals, and studies have shown that raw garlic can help improve your body’s ability to fight cancer by almost two fold.  Garlic is also an effective anti coagulant which can help the keep you blood from forming dangerous clots and can even enhance your ability to dissolve these clots. Garlic also contains high levels of selenium, which can help fight tumor growth. Garlic might even help your body rid itself of heavy metals.

The diallyl sulfides found in garlic can help your immune system, reduce your cholesterol and lower your blood pressure. Diallyl sulfides can also help reduce unhealthy triglycerides. Raw garlic can also act as a powerful antioxidant, reversing the damage done to your cells by those cancer causing free radicals. Garlic’s passage clearing pungency can also provide relief to those who suffer from chronic bronchitis.


“Garlic is a veritable pharmacopeia. That’s why garlic has been found in every medical book of every culture ever. For thousands of years, garlic has been used for the treatment and prevention of disease. So there has to be something there.” 

 

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