Cancer Fighting Herbs Among Common Kitchen Foods

Did you know that ordinary kitchen herbs are also some of the most potent cancer fighting herbs? They work by a variety of mechanisms which prevent cancer, inhibit metastasis, and even shrink tumors.

The cancer fighting kitchen herbs are well tolerated and backed up by thousands of years of safe use. Current research concurs that kitchen herbs are an important component of a plan to fight cancer.

The following herbs may be used as preventatives or as supportive therapy during or after treatment for cancer. Since these cancer fighting herbs are essentially foods, they are safe to use even when chemotherapy or radiation treatments are occurring.

Shitake Mushrooms

Shitake Mushrooms are delicious. They are available at supermarkets. Use them fresh or dried.

Studies demonstrate that shitake mushrooms actually shrink cancerous tumors. Extracts of shitake have been used in scientific studies as well. The researchers found that cancer patients’ survival time was increased by approximately two years when compared to patients who did not receive the extract. Personally, I prefer that the whole mushroom be utilized; however, if a person is not tolerating food, then an extract is useful.

Shitake mushrooms support immune system health. They improve the health of every cell of the body. This is essential for healing to occur and especially important during treatment for cancer. In addition to the cancer fighting effects of this herb, shitakes offer healthy benefits for multiple organ systems of the entire body.

Turmeric

Turmeric does much more than simply provide flavor and color to curry. Turmeric has been used in Ayurvedic medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years. It helps to relieve pain and inflammation. Inflammation is recognized as causing many ills, including cancer.

Turmeric aids the entire body but it especially protects the liver. The body tries to detoxify itself and deactivate cancer cells. Much of this activity is provided by the liver. The liver detoxifies agents used to treat cancer as well. It is essential that the liver be protected during cancer treatment.

In addition to protecting the liver, this cancer fighting herb works to interrupt the growth of cancer at many stages of cancer development. It is a very safe herb to use for the prevention and treatment for cancer.

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