antioxidants and cancer

Normally antioxidants are good for us. Especially if you're getting them from natural sources. But if you're supplementing with lab-made stuff you can over do it. Apparently a new study found that too much antioxidants can help some cancers
grow by inducing better blood flow to them thru angiogenesis.

“We've found that antioxidants activate a mechanism that causes cancer tumors to form new blood vessels, which is surprising since it was previously thought that antioxidants have a protective effect,” said author Martin Bergö to New Atlas. “The new blood vessels nourish the tumors and can help them grow and spread.” 2 days ago

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-757233

Jeez!! Talk about murphy's law!

shaftless wrote:Normally antioxidants are good for us. Especially if you're getting them from natural sources. But if you're supplementing with lab-made stuff you can over do it. Apparently a new study found that too much antioxidants can help some cancers
grow by inducing better blood flow to them thru angiogenesis.

“We've found that antioxidants activate a mechanism that causes cancer tumors to form new blood vessels, which is surprising since it was previously thought that antioxidants have a protective effect,” said author Martin Bergö to New Atlas. “The new blood vessels nourish the tumors and can help them grow and spread.” 2 days ago

https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-757233

Jeez!! Talk about murphy's law!

An article that examines cancer under the allopathic medical mantra lens.

Translation - Everything mainstream adoration of allopathic medicine with it comes to cancer has been completely off base.

Here's where they are wrong:

Cancer is not caused by genes
Cancer is not a genetic mutation.
Cancer is the body's way to adapt towards a state of emergency (an unhealthy body and mind).

What mainstream medicine does is examine the bark of a tree instead of understanding the entire forest.

So they are far removed from the real reason for cancer to occur in the first place.

All that said, there is redox balance, so there are pro-oxidants as well as anti-oxidants. Both good.