Re: Fw: Fwd: Advanced PCa Malecare Group Supplements

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Tom

> This seems too good to be true. Snake oil or maybe?

> Your impressions,

....

> IP6 (inositol hexophosphate)

I looked up inositol hexaphosphate (note the changed spelling) in

Pubmed. The first article I found on it was dated 1946, the

first mentioning cancer was from 1974, and specifically prostate

cancer, 1983. The chemical name by itself got over 2,800 hits.

So the health related properities of this molecule have been

extensively investigated. It's apparently a common chemical,

also called " phytic acid " , that is found in some foods, including

soybeans.

I found one study from Croatia, published this year, comparing

breast cancer patients taking chemotherapy alone with those

taking chemo plus IP6. The article abstract did not mention

survival effects, but did say that patients taking IP6 had

improved quality of life. It also said " tumor markers were

unaltered in both groups " , possibly indicating that there was no

special cancer fighting action in the patients.

Judging from the publication history, I have to assume that if

this chemical were a cure, or contributed to significant life

extension, we'd know about it by now.

Maybe Terry's " ... it is a long way from mice to men ... " is the

explanation here.

It looks like the research you cited today is more " basic " than

" applied " .

Alan