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 A Cancer Killer in
your Kitchen
By John Susan Saradon.
The powerful healing effects of ginger have been well documented.
It's a proven remedy fo r upset stomach. Reams of studies show that
it inhibitsinflamation. And there is substantial evidence that it
fights cancer, too.
For instance, a recent University
of Michigan
study showed that when ginger was added to ovarian cancer cells in
the laboratory, it caused the cancer cells to self-destruct (a
process known as "apoptosis"). In a separate study at the
University
of Minnesota
, researchers injected colon cancer cells into mice that were bred
to have no immune system.
Half of these mice were routinely fed gingerol, the main active
component in ginger. The researchers found that the mice that were
fed gingerol lived longer, their tumors were smaller, and the
cancer did not spread as widely as in the control group.
With all these health benefits, you should be using ginger as often
as you can. The best way I've found to get a healthy serving of
ginger is to juice it. (The brand of juicer I use is an Omega.) Two
or three days a week, I juice an apple or two, some carrots,
spinach, broccoli, cabbage, and a big piece of ginger root. The
ginger gives the drink a great flavor and a powerful anti-cancer
kick. I highly recommend that you try it.
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