Bitter cucumber CANNOT cure cancer, cysts: Medical Department

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Bitter cucumber CANNOT cure cancer, cysts: Medical Department

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Medical Services has dismissed the rumour that bitter cucumber, a Thai herb, can cure cancers as well as tumours and cysts.

 

“There are only three ways to treat cancers: surgery, chemical treatment and radiation,” department director-general Dr Somsak Akksilp said. “Bitter cucumber, or momordica charantia L, while being high in antioxidants that could prevent cancer, has no effect on cancer itself and therefore cannot be used to treat cancer patients. There is also no conclusive proof that the vegetable is effective in treating tumours or cysts.”

 

Antioxidants are substances that may protect cells from the damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals. Free radical damage may lead to cancer. Antioxidants interact with and stabilise free radicals and may prevent some of the damage free radicals might otherwise cause.

 

“Also, do not believe the rumour that drinking boiled water from bitter cucumber can cure cancer, as using unconfirmed treatments may adversely affect the success chance of modern treatment,” he added.

 

Meanwhile, National Cancer Institute director Dr Jinda Rojanamethin said that “although herbal vegetables are generally good for your health, cancer patients, especially those under intense treatment, must control their diet and avoid eating too much of anything.”

 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30390112

 

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[Misterwhisper]

I am having these vines - growing wild - creeping all over my back wall. And I assure you, the brickwork has never been afflicted by cancer. 

[Bender Rodriguez]

ah, pseudo experts

 

bitter gourd is good for/against type 2 diabetes...

 

it works a bit like insulin... helping glucose enter the cells

 

specially obese people and 75 percent of people in USA are INSULIN RESISTANT ...

 

aka ... SUGAR INTOLERANT !

 

 

cancer loves sugar/glucose to grow 

 

cancer cells have 20x more glucose receptors as normal cells

 

 

stop eating / drinking SUGAR people

 

not going to happen

 

 

what do they feed in (cancer)hospitals ?   <deleted> food with msg & sugar...

[zyphodb]

"surgery, chemical treatment and radiation", That's what big pharma and the hospitals would like you to think anyway, they feel soooo threatened by the fact that cannabis oil can cure several cancers outright. But that will cut right into their profits...

[Rimmer]

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