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Colon
cancer is one of the most common cancers, affecting both men and women. There have been a good number of natural
remedies and foods that have been linked to prevention of this cancer, but
there have not been many studies, which show that these remedies kill cancer
cells.
However a recent study published
in the Journal Cancer Research has found an active anti-cancer component in
coconut oil. Lauric acid, a major ingredient of this oil, has been shown in a
University of Adelaide study to kill over 90% of the colon cancer cells after
just two days of treatment.
This study was conducted in vitro,
but the researchers believe that lauric acid could also induce cancer cell
death in clinical studies as well.
Why is it that many in vitro
studies never get past this stage and move onto clinical trials? This is
because clinical trials are very expensive, making it difficult for those who
are not involved in mainstream pharmaceutical research, to find funding.
Pharmaceutical companies have
little interest in funding these types of studies, as they cannot patent the
oil, so there is no money in it for them.
Clinical studies by the American
Society for Nutrition have shown that the fats in coconut oil can help to
prevent and treat diabetes, herpes, hepatitis, gallbladder disease, cancer, and
Crohn’s disease.
Coconut oil has also be shown to
decrease the toxic and often devastating side effects of chemotherapy.
Further Reading
Naturelon Coconut Oil and Colon Cancer
Biomed Central Cocont Oil and Breast Cancer
