More on whey as an anti cancer agent

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Exciting Updates On Natural Cancer Prevention

Whey protein supplementation prevents and inhibits cancerous growths

Over the past 100 years, cancer has advanced from the status of an

obscure and fairly rare disease to a more prominent position as the

#2 killer of American people.

In 1900 the incidence of cancer was 1 in 500 among Americans. Today

cancer claims 1 out of 3 lives, and the percentage is still climbing.

[1]

Despite the fact that cancer now has the power to kill more people

than it ever has in the past, traditional American Medical

Association (AMA) approved health care practitioners receive little,

if any, exposure in their formal training to the more effective

alternatives that seem to be working quite well in the battle against

cancer.

Whey protein is an excellent example...

Now more than ever, Nutritional scientists are discovering and

documenting the hidden mechanisms by which whey proteins can prevent

cancers as well as wage an all out war against cancerous tumors that

have already developed.

As clinical trials have progressed, researchers have found that whey

delivers powerful enabling proteins like lactoferrin. In the

bloodstream, lactoferrin triggers the production of glutathione, an

extremely effective antioxidant and tumor fighter par excellence. To

illustrate this, researchers at the Department of Food Science &

Technology at Ohio State University demonstrated quantitatively that

glutathione levels in prostate cells were increased by 50% as a

direct result of whey isolate supplementation (containing

lactoferrin). They concluded that this level of increase in

glutathione was responsible for preventing the development of

prostate cancer compared to control groups that did not receive the

whey supplementation.[2]

With the evidence for whey's curing ability mounting so rapidly,

Anticancer Research took notice and published the following: " This

non-toxic dietary intervention, which is not based on the principles

of current cancer chemotherapy, will hopefully attract the attention

of laboratory and clinical oncologists. " [3]

Knowing that whey can help to prevent cancer is exciting. This

ability of whey lies in the fact that it delivers lactoferrin to our

body, which, as stated above, boosts glutathione levels in the body.

Glutathione serves several important roles that protect us from

cancer.

For instance, glutathione is a natural antioxidant. It helps clean up

metabolic by-products known as free-radicals. Excess free-radicals

have been shown to induce various forms of cancer and are also

responsible for over 60 kinds of age-related diseases. Glutathione is

also a powerful detoxifying agent for our body. Through a process

known as " conjugation " , it can rid the body of cancer causing

substances by attaching to them and subsequently carry them out of

the body and into the toilet. When you think about it, that's a

pretty good place for cancer causing toxins.

Because of the number of prevention and tumor battling activities

glutathione can bring to bear, whey is the kind of thing your body

should not be without. Simply put, it's a very handy health

maintenance tool.

In biochemistry, glutathione is classified as a phase II enzyme.

Enzymes are compounds that carry on many of the " life oriented "

chemical functions at the cellular level. Because whey increases the

production of glutathione it is both logical and scientifically sound

to assume that whey also increases the production of other phase II

enzymes like trypsin and chemotrypsin. Together, these enzymes are

known to be powerful inhibitors of cancer and are considered to be

the body's natural " cancer fighters " .

Scientists at s Hopkins and Tsukuba University in Japan have

confirmed this.

When referring to these phase II enzymes, researcher Talalay,

M.D of s Hopkins stated that 20 years of research, " confirms that

raising the levels of phase II enzymes can offer a highly effective

way to achieve protection against carcinogenesis (development of new

cancer). " Since these enzymes are known to be potent inhibitors of

cancer, whey supplementation should not only be considered a cost-

effective cancer prevention tool but also an effective tumor

dismantling method.

Current research efforts are confirming these assumptions as fact.

Human and animal studies have shown that adding lactoferrin can

inhibit colon cancer by about 42%.[4] Lactoferrin has also been found

to inhibit esophagus, lung, bladder, and tongue cancer in rats.[5]

Cancer Letters stated: " Epidemiological and experimental studies

suggest that dietary milk products (such as whey) may exert an

inhibitory effect on the development of several tumors. " [6]

This potent inhibition action of phase II enzymes is not hard to

explain. Phase II enzymes fight cancers by destroying " trophoblast

cells " . These cells act as a protective shell and protect cancer from

our immune system, thus allowing cancer to proliferate. Without this

protective shell, cancer becomes an easy target for the body's immune

system. Now able to recognize the newly exposed cancer, the white

blood cells attack it and destroy it.

As research continues, more anti-cancer benefits of whey are being

discovered. Last year, researchers at Lund University in Sweden

reported that alpha-lactalbumin proteins found in whey solids in

combination with an unnamed component of human breast milk, have

demonstrated the ability to kill all the known types of breast cancer

cells. Their peer-reviewed paper published in the Journal of

Biological Chemistry suggested that when consumed by the body, alpha-

lactalbumin is configured into an unknown protein that selectively

induces apoptosis (programmed cell death, A.K.A. suicide) in

cancerous tumors.[7]

And last but not least, there is now some very strong evidence that

whey proteins render cancerous cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy

and radiation while protecting healthy cells from their devastating

side effects! But unlike chemotherapy and ionizing radiation, whey

proteins have no toxic side affects.

Whey literally... does the patient no harm.[8]

I sincerely hope doctors will read this report. In 1990, $3.53

billion was spent on chemotherapy in the United States. By 1994 that

figure had more than doubled to $7.51 billion. This massive increase

in the use of toxic chemotherapy was accompanied by corresponding

increase in patient deaths.[9] Yet chemotherapy is performed every

day in physicians' offices across the nation!

Ladies and gentlemen, isn't it time to dispense " real " healing

instead of slow poisonous death?

The World Health Organization recently reported that the number of

new cancer cases worldwide is expected to increase by 50 percent over

the next 20 years, partly because " poor nations are adopting

unhealthy Western habits. " [10]

If everyone increased their dietary intake of whey, more people would

be able to live cancer free. No doubt, the pharmaceutical companies

might have to take some pay cuts.

Could this be why health-practitioners [Allopathic doctors —Ed] have

been reluctant to use natural methods that are known to work?

References:

1. Day, . Health Wars. ISBN 0-953012-7-2

2. K.D Kent, J.A. Bomser, and W. J. Harper. Dept. of Food Science and

Technology. Ohio State University.

3. Anticancer Res 2000 Nov-Dec;20(6C);4785-92

4. Mutat Res 2000 Apr;462(2-3);227-33

5. Foods Food Ingredients J. Japa No. 200 (2002)

6. Cancer Lett 1991 May 1;57(2):91-4

7. J Biol Chem 1999 Mar 5;274(10):6388-96 Exp Cell Res 1999 Feb 1;246

(2):451-60 www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ brocosystem.htm

8. Nutr Cancer 2000;38(2);200-8

9. Cathey Reource Center. http://www.navi.net/~rsc/

10. By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer. WHO: Cancer May Rise 50 Percent

by 2020 Apr 3, 6:13 PM ET

[Guest guest]

This has been a wonderful discussion about the benefits of whey protein,

whether or not used with the flaxseed oil in the Budwig protocol. My problem

is

understanding exactly what is the whey.

I take a quart of organic plain yogurt, hang it up in cheesecloth, let it

drip the juice out for a couple of days until what remains is thick like cream

cheese. I am assuming this is the " curds " of " curds and whey " fame.

So is the liquid that has fallen out the " whey " people are talking about? I

realize that we can buy powders to add to smoothies, powders that are made

from " whey protein " ... but are they talking about that liquid that falls out

of the yogurt? And if so, could we simply use the liquid, mixed with the

flaxseed oil, (or as some prefer, fish oil) and make a quickie liquid drink

that

would satisfy Johanna Budwig's theory?

I hate to waste all that liquid, and I don't know if the " cheese " that

remains in my cheesecloth contains the sulphur components that are necessary to

make the proper chemical mixture, or if I should be using the liquid. I use

yogurt but I believe the same " curds and whey " can be made from cottage cheese.

Please continue your discussions by answering this puzzling question for me.

Thank you all,

Marji

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[Guest guest]

Hello Marjij,

The whey is the liquid part that is drained off during production of

various types of cheese. Often either an acid or rennet is added to

the cheese to get this to happen. The curdled portion is the target

cheese itself. By the way, rennet is harvested from the stomach of

calves and is a byproduct of veal production. Yuchh!

Whey protein is just dried whey, although there are various chemical

and filtration processes that might be applied to it to produce

modified forms of it. Prior to a market for whey as a protein

supplement for humans it simply went into animal feed.

Mike

Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:09:09 PM, you wrote:

mac> This has been a wonderful discussion about the benefits of whey protein,

mac> whether or not used with the flaxseed oil in the Budwig protocol. My

problem is

mac> understanding exactly what is the whey.

mac>

mac> I take a quart of organic plain yogurt, hang it up in cheesecloth, let it

mac> drip the juice out for a couple of days until what remains is thick like

cream

mac> cheese. I am assuming this is the " curds " of " curds and whey " fame.

mac>

mac> So is the liquid that has fallen out the " whey " people are talking about?

I

mac> realize that we can buy powders to add to smoothies, powders that are made

mac> from " whey protein " ... but are they talking about that liquid that falls

out

mac> of the yogurt? And if so, could we simply use the liquid, mixed with the

mac> flaxseed oil, (or as some prefer, fish oil) and make a quickie liquid

drink that

mac> would satisfy Johanna Budwig's theory?

mac>

mac> I hate to waste all that liquid, and I don't know if the " cheese " that

mac> remains in my cheesecloth contains the sulphur components that are

necessary to

mac> make the proper chemical mixture, or if I should be using the liquid. I

use

mac> yogurt but I believe the same " curds and whey " can be made from cottage

cheese.

mac>

mac> Please continue your discussions by answering this puzzling question for

me.

mac> Thank you all,

mac>

mac> Marji

mac> **************Need a job? Find an employment agency near you.

mac>

(http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies & ncid=emlcntusyelp00\

000003)

mac>

[Guest guest]

Dr. Mike and other members,

 

I have a question, now that i can buy and consume non-denatured whey isolate,

can i quit other protein foods like fish, chicken, nuts, and seeds?  Is the

protein in the whey good enough to supply my body so as it does not " eat " my

muscles away?

 

Hubby and I drink wheat grass juice in the morning, would it be wise to put the

whey powder in this?  Will we not glow in the dark?  This is what he says to me

whenever i give him antioxidants, and other healthy foods -- that he sometimes

is afraid he could start glowing in the dark...hahaha.

 

Thanks to you all  Am so happy i can take whey.

 

[Guest guest]

This is a good question. Is whey isolate high in protein, or is it

high in amino acids? And what is the difference to the body?

Proteins are made of amino acids, but not vice versa. If you took

supplements containing all amino acids, would you need protein? Or

does the body just need those building blocks?

It is also my experience that the " protein " (amino acids) in whey hit

you really fast, and do not last a long time. I keep reading labels

of bodybuilding proteins that advertise that they are " long lasting,

unlike whey " . Unlike whey... what does this mean?

>

> Dr. Mike and other members,

>  

> I have a question, now that i can buy and consume non-denatured

whey isolate, can i quit other protein foods like fish, chicken,

nuts, and seeds?  Is the protein in the whey good enough to supply my

body so as it does not " eat " my muscles away?

>  

> Hubby and I drink wheat grass juice in the morning, would it be

wise to put the whey powder in this?  Will we not glow in the dark? 

This is what he says to me whenever i give him antioxidants, and

other healthy foods -- that he sometimes is afraid he could start

glowing in the dark...hahaha.

>  

> Thanks to you all  Am so happy i can take whey.

>  

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

There are 8 essential amino acids, meaning they must be in the diet for

us to thrive. Other amino acids can be made from those 8, so we don't

need to always eat the others. Whey has a lot of small proteins in it.

That makes it easy to digest. The whole thing about amino acids lasting

a long time is a little disingenuous. We have an amino acid pool in our

blood, meaning that we don't have to eat all 8 amino acids at the same

meal. Aminos can " hang out " for awhile until another meal provides

other amino acids which are complimentary. Whey gets its aminos into the

blood stream quicker due to its easy digestability. Once they are in

the blood stream they hang out as long as any other amino acids.

Mike

jrrjim wrote:

>

> This is a good question. Is whey isolate high in protein, or is it

> high in amino acids? And what is the difference to the body?

>

> Proteins are made of amino acids, but not vice versa. If you took

> supplements containing all amino acids, would you need protein? Or

> does the body just need those building blocks?

>

> It is also my experience that the " protein " (amino acids) in whey hit

> you really fast, and do not last a long time. I keep reading labels

> of bodybuilding proteins that advertise that they are " long lasting,

> unlike whey " . Unlike whey... what does this mean?

>

>

> >

> > Dr. Mike and other members,

> >

> > I have a question, now that i can buy and consume non-denatured

> whey isolate, can i quit other protein foods like fish, chicken,

> nuts, and seeds? Is the protein in the whey good enough to supply my

> body so as it does not " eat " my muscles away?

> >

> > Hubby and I drink wheat grass juice in the morning, would it be

> wise to put the whey powder in this? Will we not glow in the dark?

> This is what he says to me whenever i give him antioxidants, and

> other healthy foods -- that he sometimes is afraid he could start

> glowing in the dark...hahaha.

> >

> > Thanks to you all Am so happy i can take whey.

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Wow -- I thought there were 21 essential amino acids. But you are

saying that if I ate eight, that would be great, as long as I didn't

eat them too late, like at 8.

> > >

> > > Dr. Mike and other members,

> > >

> > > I have a question, now that i can buy and consume non-denatured

> > whey isolate, can i quit other protein foods like fish, chicken,

> > nuts, and seeds? Is the protein in the whey good enough to

supply my

> > body so as it does not " eat " my muscles away?

> > >

> > > Hubby and I drink wheat grass juice in the morning, would it be

> > wise to put the whey powder in this? Will we not glow in the

dark?

> > This is what he says to me whenever i give him antioxidants, and

> > other healthy foods -- that he sometimes is afraid he could start

> > glowing in the dark...hahaha.

> > >

> > > Thanks to you all Am so happy i can take whey.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

You can get adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids from the

whey if you want to.

Mike

Bag wrote:

>

> Dr. Mike and other members,

>

> I have a question, now that i can buy and consume non-denatured whey

> isolate, can i quit other protein foods like fish, chicken, nuts, and

> seeds? Is the protein in the whey good enough to supply my body so as

> it does not " eat " my muscles away?

>

>

> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well, they have to be the right 8....

Mike

jrrjim wrote:

>

> Wow -- I thought there were 21 essential amino acids. But you are

> saying that if I ate eight, that would be great, as long as I didn't

> eat them too late, like at 8.

>

>

> >

> > There are 8 essential amino acids, meaning they must be in the diet

> for

> > us to thrive. Other amino acids can be made from those 8, so we

> don't

> > need to always eat the others. Whey has a lot of small proteins in

> it.

> > That makes it easy to digest. The whole thing about amino acids

> lasting

> > a long time is a little disingenuous. We have an amino acid pool

> in our

> > blood, meaning that we don't have to eat all 8 amino acids at the

> same

> > meal. Aminos can " hang out " for awhile until another meal provides

> > other amino acids which are complimentary. Whey gets its aminos

> into the

> > bl

>

> .

>

>