Preventing breast cancer with grenade
Written by Carlos Dan
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Recently, we stressed the broccoli as a natural choice to treat breast cancer, and now a fruit and known for its ability to treat cardiovascular diseases or conditions such as Alzheimer's, pomegranate, is noted for its ability to fight breast cancer.
We refer to a study by the Centre against City of Hope cancer who publish in the journal Cancer Prevention Research A study of the chemicals in the shell, to which they are analyzed according to their ability to reverse the growth of cancer cells.
In the laboratory, researchers found that chemical compounds of pomegranate inhibited the function of the enzyme aromatase, responsible for transforming the hormone androgen into estrogen. The breast cancer tumors contain estrogen receptors and the hormone used to fuel its growth. Inhibiting aromatase is possible to stop the spread of breast cancer.
There are many drugs that inhibit this enzyme, but the chemical content of pomegranate seem to have fulfilled its role very effectively. However, scientists involved in the study recommended taking the results with caution.
Shiuan Chen, lead researcher, said the effects of pomegranate were not as powerful as conventional drugs and therefore recommend that it be consumed more as a way to prevent breast cancer as an option for treatment .
