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By David I. Minkoff, M.D.
In a 2016 study in the journal “Developmental Cell, some cancerous cell growths were linked to other amino acids, not glucose and glutamine consumption as previously thought. The study found that non-glutamine amino acids act as the building blocks of tumor cells, supplying abundant carbon and nitrogen to fuel growth. The findings serve to reframe the way scientists look at cancer cell metabolism and offer new insights for patients. Here is my perspective on the study and the accompanying article in MIT News, How cancer cells fuel their growth.
The cancer cell has a different type of metabolism than a healthy cell and uses the fermentation of sugar to produce its energy, according to the German biochemist Otto Warburg, who discovered in the 1920s that tumor cells use a less efficient metabolic strategy than healthy cells. These cancer cells make heavy use of catabolized amino acids for fuel.
For cancer patients in my practice, I have my clinical team recommend very low protein diets with very high fat content and very low carbohydrate content. The average person who has cancer is given less than 12g of carbohydrate per day and a calorie restriction of about 1,200 per day. This aligns with the recommendations of Dr. Seyfield in Cancer As A Metabolic Disease.
Combatting the protein deficiency and protein digestion issues common in these patients requires a combination of diet and supplementation.
In an average steak, for example, the protein calories would be broken down into amino acids and about 67% of the protein calories would be targeted and used as fuel by cancer cells. If you’re looking at vegetable proteins, up to 90-95% of the protein content in vegetables would be targeted and used for fuel by cancer cells, which is not good.
This same study has also led to some confusion, with some people thinking that simply taking amino acids can feed cancer. That, however, is not the case, since it is the resulting nitrogen waste from un-utilized amino acids that feed the cancer. Properly utilized amino acids are highly beneficial to the body, as they are the building blocks of protein and are essential to the human body, which is mostly comprised of proteins.
So, when you’re looking for an amino acid supplement, it is important to consider the utilization factor. How much of the amino acids are utilized for body protein, compared to how much nitrogen waste can be expected.
PerfectAmino is a supplement that the body can almost completely utilize, with virtually no nitrogen waste, meaning 99% of it will go into cell structure and, therefore not as fuel for cancer.
By giving our body amino acids that are completely utilized, we also supply nutrition that healthy cells can use to support the immune system and continue to keep our lean body mass.
No other form of protein comes close to the formula in PerfectAmino, with its 99% utilization rate. Finding a quality protein source is essential, particularly in light of this study that shines a light on the role played by dietary protein sources in cancer cell metabolism.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Physicians over thousands of years have observed a link between a patient’s mental state and how swiftly they recover. It is a long-standing axiom that people who are determined to get better and maintain a healthy frame of mind recover more quickly, with better results.
But what if we told you that it’s a two-way street? That specific health conditions can cause conditions like depression and anxiety?
In 1931, decades before the first antidepressant and antianxiety medications had been developed, a physician named Yaskin discovered that clinical depression is the earliest manifestation of pancreatic cancer. Further research demonstrated that patients who suffered from gastrointestinal malignancies carried the greatest risk of suicide – which was one of the first science-based flags indicating that the digestive system can have an impact on mental health.
The simplest way to reduce toxins in your body is to avoid them. Despite today’s crazy world that has toxins everywhere, there are steps you can take that will reduce your toxin intake. This gives your body a chance to get rid of the “backlog” and catch up.
Elderberry, also known as Sambucus nigra, has been used for centuries as a natural herbal remedy for those who fall ill.
Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, referred to elderberry as “nature’s medicine chest,” and it has been noted as early as the 5th century BC as a medicinal tonic – forever cementing it as a staple in human nutrition.
But, it wasn’t until recently that we understood WHY it is so helpful to the body. And with this understanding came advanced methods of harnessing the incredible power of this medicinal plant.
