Re: Asparagus and cancer....... Forwarding this on.....

[Guest guest]

This is interesting. How long do you cook the asparagus? Can it be

steamed. Can you make it when it is in season and freeze it? How

about imported asparagus? Thanks.

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From: Dr. Ed

Ed Stegman D.C.

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For the treatment,

asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned

asparagus is just as good as fresh.

I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus,

Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no

pesticides or preservatives.

Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a

puree, and store in the refrigerator. Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice

daily, morning and evening.

Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks. It can be

diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested

dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger

Amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.

As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures

can prevent'. Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using

asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals.

We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with

breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

The asparagus sounds interesting. But can a person just eat it instead

of using the pureed form? I love asparagus and would eat it with my

dinner every night if it would help cure my Follicular Lymphoma.

Thanks

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> From: Dr. Ed

> Ed Stegman D.C.

> 412-963-1144

> cdnamgetsde @ verizon.net

> Subject: Fw: Asparagus & Cancer

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....Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree,

and store in the refrigerator. Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily,

morning and evening.

Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks. It can be

diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested

dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts

can do no harm and may be needed in some cases....

[Guest guest]

Do you mean the rizoma of asparagus or the fruits?

karla

-- In , Sh0shanna@... wrote:

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> From: Dr. Ed

> Ed Stegman D.C.

> 412-963-1144

> cdnamgetsde @ verizon.net

> Subject: Fw: Asparagus & Cancer

>

> Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who

had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled,

`Asparagus for cancer' printed in Cancer NewsJournal, December 1979.....

[Guest guest]

In reply to people's questions about the form of asparagus:

If I had cancer, I would consume large amounts of asparagus in

any/every form I could consume. Below are my full notes on asparagus:

may be the most powerfully cancer-healing food; " research

shows...asparagus...improves...bladder...breast...lung...colon cancer,

leukemia, prostate cancer " (Kurt Donsbach, M.D., “Let's Talk Health,â€

May 2000); “There are reports of cancer recoveries from eating

asparagus daily†(www.royalrife.com/cancer.html). Many recoveries have

been reported from both raw and cooked asparagus; " raw juice [from

juicer or blender] may be the most effective form " (Houston cited in

Hess, 1999, p. 138); however, I wouldn’t consume too much raw

asparagus (or juice) at 1 time.

" A group of 60 cancer patients recovered…by taking asparagus…dumped a

can of…asparagus into a blender….8 tablespoons daily….all kinds of

cancer responded, except in those patients who had had mustard gas

chemo….[Asparagus has] a DNA factor….take the asparagus regularly for

at least 6 months to a year….

“Within about 4 weeks the [large benign intestinal] tumor had

decreased considerably in size. The patient…stricken with intestinal

flu, was unable to eat & discontinued the asparagus for about 5 weeks.

The tumor then grew very rapidly. She then resumed taking the

asparagus…The tumor is now gone.

“Asparagus therapy [was] developed by a dentist in Pittsburgh who had

cancer behind his eye [and] Hodgkins…large tumor….at the end of a

year…no sign of cancer…aorta…entirely free of deposits…compared

favorably with that of an 18 year old….cancer of the mouth;

bladder…breast, metastasized to lung…given 3 months to live;

intestinal cancer; leukemia; prostate….have also been

helped….theories…ranging from…vermifuge…kill[ing] parasites; or that

it is high in a certain DNA factor….should not be taken when any

mustard gas drugs are used†Source: “Asparagus Therapyâ€, printed by

Arlin J. Brown Info. Ctr.

“cancer on the ears…asparagus…In 3 weeks all of it was goneâ€

(Kroeger, 1997, p. 16)

" Seven years ago…elderly woman with non-small cell lung cancer…no

money....I told her to eat plenty of asparagus with every meal...still

alive with no evidence of cancer " Gammill 8/6/08,

www.health./group/ /message/34099

" discovery of R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure

cancer....we have accumulated a number of favourable case

histories....No. 1, man with an almost hopeless case of

Hodgkin's...completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the

asparagus...[no] signs of cancer....No. 2...cancer of the bladder for

16 years. After years of medical treatments, including radiation

without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months...bladder

tumour had disappeared....No. 3...March 5th...lung cancer so widely

spread...hopeless. On April 5th...asparagus...started...By

August...x-ray...revealed that all signs of the cancer had

disappeared....No. 4...different skin cancers...advanced...3

months...on asparagus...skin looked fine and no more skin

lesions....also cured her kidney disease...had over 10 operations for

kidney stones...inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes

the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus....popular

remedy for kidney stones....canned asparagus is…good….Place the cooked

asparagus in a blender and liquefy...store in the refrigerator....4

full tablesp. twice daily....usually...improvement in...2-4

weeks....larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed....Asparagus

contains...protein called histones...active in controlling cell

growth. " From " Asparagus for Cancer, " Cancer News Journal, Dec. 1979.

www.herbsarespecial.com.au/newpages/book/sample/sample06.html

Active compounds & mechanisms of action:

Contains abscisic acid, potassium, selenium, iodine, quercetin,

oligosaccharide, glutathione, a telemerase-repairing enzyme, and

" Protein-Histones which are thought to control cell growth (Cell

Growth Normalizer/CGN)...Has Oligosaccharides, Asparagoside Saponins

and steroid Glycosides; Asparaginase (degrades Aspartic acid

inhibiting tumor growths) " (n, 1999, p. 276); its saponins are

antitumor and inhibit leukemia HL-60 (www.herbmed.org/Herbs/Herb144.htm).

L-asparaginase (Elspar) is used to treat " acute lymphocytic leukemia

(ALL) and LYMPHOMA " (Altman & Sarg, 2000, p. 187).

Asparagus reportedly can repair damaged DNA ( N. Green, DDS, NP

[1991]. Eclectic Dentistry: Demystifying Medicine.).

Asparagus " degrades aspartic acid to inhibit unwanted cell growth.

Consisting of aldehyde and ketone, Asparagus...kill abnormal cells

during electron transference....Asparagoside adjusts immunity and

increases the transfer activity of T-lymphocytes

(Interlukin-2)....Interlukin 2 functions had doubled because Asparagus

Extract was included " (www.thewolfeclinic.com/asparagusextract.html).

" Emanuel Revici...said...[it] produces in the body a substance similar

to one that he found...to be the most powerful antitumor agent he had

ever worked with, which is in the mercaptan series of sulfur

compounds. Asparagus may produce methyl mercaptan [Merck

Index]....Lutz [1974] thought the content of histones in asparagus was

significant, and Duke, Ph.D. [1992], points out that asparagusic

acid...kills parasites....saponins showed antitumor activity in vitro

[shao, Yu, Chee-kok Chin, Chi-Tang Ho et al. (1996). Anti-tumor

activity of the crude saponins obtained from asparagus. Cancer

Letters, 104: 31-36] " (Hess, 1999, pp. 137-139; see also Houston, 1978).

“cleansing effect through the lymphatic system and the

kidneys….potassium….protein compounds that according to Donny Yance,

act as ‘Cell Growth Normalizers’ on cancer cell division. He further

states how ‘asparagus therapy has been used to treat various forms of

cancer and reversal of the disease has been reported in a number of

cases’†www.planetherbs.com/articles/cancer.html (Tierra)

“Asparagus…contains histones, which are believed to act as cell-growth

normalizers on cancer-cell division. Asparagus therapy…reversal of the

disease…in a number of cases….4 tablespoons daily†(Yance, 1999, p. 56).

“Asparagus extract is also a Chinese medicine remedy for all types of

cancer.†Asparagus tests very positive on EDS. It’s antifungal;

detoxes kidneys & liver.

“After eating asparagus…urine [may have] foul smell…. it is not at

all dangerousâ€

Bulk asparagus powders:

Asparagus Powder/Broccoli Flowerets (dehydrated)

www.barryfarm.com/veggies.htm

asparagus root (.5% asparagosides)

www.viableherbalsupplements.com/singles/herbs/s112.htm

For more info,

www.springerlink.com/content/m1170q207076440t (saponins & apoptosis)

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8640742 (saponins & apoptosis)

1: Cancer Lett. 1996 Jun 24;104(1):31-6.

Anti-tumor activity of the crude saponins obtained from asparagus.

<www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed & Cmd=Search & Term=%22Shao%

20Y%22%5BAuthor%5D & itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pu

bmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus> Shao Y,

<www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed & Cmd=Search & Term=%22Chin%

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ubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus> Chin CK,

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ed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus> Ma W,

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el.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus> Garrison SA,

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Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus> Huang MT.

Department of Plant Science, Cook College, Rutgers, State University

of New

Jersey, New Brunswick 08903, USA.

The crude saponins from the shoots (edible part of asparagus) of asparagus

(asparagus crude saponins; ACS) were found to have antitumor activity. The

ACS inhibited the growth of human leukemia HL-60 cells in culture and

macromolecular synthesis in a dose and time dependent manner. The ACS at

75-100 micrograms/ml range was cytostatic. ACS concentrations greater than

200 micrograms/ml were cytocidal to HL-60 cells. The ACS at 6 and 50

micrograms/ml inhibited the synthesis of DNA, RNA and protein in HL-60

cells

by 41, 5, and 4, respectively, or by 84, 68 and 59%, respectively. The

inhibitory effect of ACS on DNA synthesis was irreversible.

PMID: 8640742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

www.lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:17629328 (saponins)

Leonard