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Ginger Inhibits Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth

ginger, health benefitsGinger may be useful for treating and preventing ovarian cancer, according to a new study.

The spicy root not only has antioxidant and cancer-fighting properties, but the study also found that the ginger component gingerol exerts anti-inflammatory effects by mediating NF-KB, a protein complex that regulates your immune system’s response to infection.

In the study of cultured ovarian cancer cells, ginger inhibited growth and modulated secretion of angiogenic factors, which is a fundamental step in the transition of tumors from a dormant state to a malignant state.

The ginger also inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and interleukin-8 (IL-8), two compounds that are related to cancer growth.

Sources:

  Chinese Medicine News January 2, 2008

  BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine December 20, 2007, 7:44


Dr. Mercola''s Comments Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Spices like ginger can be a wonderful addition to your diet, provided you enjoy them. As some VitalVotes readers have said, if ginger doesn’t agree with you for one reason or another, this is your body’s way of telling you to avoid it.

Personally, I don’t care for ginger very much, but for those of you who enjoy this spicy, warming root, you should know that it has potent health-promoting properties, and can be used for:
Fresh ginger works well steeped in boiling water as a tea with a little bit of raw honey added, or grated into vegetable juice or a homemade salad dressing. It also can be eaten lightly sautéed with other vegetables, meat, sesame oil and a little sea salt.

Powder capsules are also available, but  the fresh root is widely available in grocery stores and ethnic markets and is a far better option.

In terms of preventing ovarian cancer, eating a healthy diet with plenty of vegetables for your nutritional type is important, as is regular exercise and plenty of safe sun exposure.

You can also reduce your risk of ovarian cancer by learning the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), my most highly recommended energy psychology tool, to address any emotional traumas that could manifest into disease.


Related Links:

  Carrots and Tomatoes Can Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk

  Estrogen and Ovarian Cancer

  Pregnant? Say Good-bye to Morning Sickness With Ginger




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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
A herbalist friend showed me how to make my own ginger ale. Take a large piece of giner and peel off the outside and cut or shred it into a jar and pour honey over it. The juice from the ginger will mix with the honey and create a nice syrup that you can pour into some sparkling water. It all mixes very well. I also put it into hot tea and it's wonderful. Drinking it straight works well too for a quick little shot of honey and ginger.

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
Thank you, Vicki Marie!  That sounds wonderful on these cold, damp dreary days here on the East Coast of the USA.

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
Nice!  Thanks for that unique recipe!
For you juicers, try juicing 4 carrots, one apple and about 2 inches from ginger root.   Mmmm.... soooo good.  Try it!

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
I make water kefir and add very thinly sliced ginger root (about 2-3") to the 2ndary ferment.  When resweetened with stevia, this tastes very much like gingerale and is naturally carbonated too.  I do a long 2ndary ferment to use up all the sugar since I am on a sugar free diet.   Samurai, I broke down and ordered a juicer.  It should be here soon and I'll try that.  Thanks.  Vicki yours sounds good too...if I'm gonna cheat I'd prefer to do it with honey.

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Posted On Jan 06, 2008
Right on Patty!

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Posted On Jan 07, 2008
that's an excellent recipe!!! a must try... thanks for that

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Posted On Jan 24, 2008

How much of the ginger with honey to you use in a 8oz glass of sparkling water?

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Posted On Jan 03, 2008
This just goes to show that God put what was needful for us on the earth already.  We do not need to try to make up something.

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Posted On Jan 03, 2008
Studies are published by many fools, you see, but only God can produce that which is truly healthy, from plants, and trees.

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
That is absolutely right Mary and Russ.  Ginger is only one of many fabulous God made plants/herbs.  The more we eat foods that God made in their raw, organic state, the healthier we all will be.  

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Posted On Jan 03, 2008
That's three good reasons to continue with our morning hot drink of  1 heaped tsp grated ginger,  juice of half a lemon, 1 tsp mauka honey in a cup of hot water.

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Posted On Jan 03, 2008
Do you experience less pain input since you take the ginger? ( muscle or headaches)

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Posted On Jan 03, 2008
I can't answer that Phantom. I never experienced either muscle pain or headaches before we started drinking this each morning therefore I have nothing to compare. I have recently however started getting a bit of a niggle in one knee when exercising but because I was already drinking the lemon and ginger I have no way of knowing if it is not as bad as it might have been had we not been using ginger. This niggle does disapear when I have taken olive leaf to prevent a cold developing.

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
Yes, ginger will reduce spasmodic pain as will bromelain.  It will modulate the pain a little bit, but often for those of us who have lived with chronic pain-a little bit is enough to make us want to live. I used it for many years.  My body cannot tolerate the pharmaceutical pain meds.

A neutraceutical called Ambrotose from Mannatech was the first relief I had from the occiput pain (similar to migraine).  Helped a lot but I now take something else in addition that has changed my life.

My remedy of choice now is a compound based on curcurmin sold on Dr. Donsbach's web site, www.letstalkhealth.com.  His RE-LEV-IT will also not take serious pain away completely but makes it livable.  It will take care of migraines and tooth pain completely though. 

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
Does anyone know how ginger affects cervical cancer? 

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
My guess would be it can't hurt. Try folic acid and lots of Vitamin A and C (natural of course). You can email me for more info if you like. VickiM66@aol.com

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
Hi there,

Just wanted to mention I was recently reading from Schulze's Incurable book for a friend who has female issues.  He says to insert a large garlic bulb into the female area at bed time, first just peeled, the next time smashed a bit (this release the potent allicin) after that small slits in the garlic.  He also has a recipe' which has a few powdered herbs mixed that get coated with organic coconut oil then rolled into suppository size rolls and frozen.  The book is somewhere around $13. or so.  I think the garlic thing is a good preventative thing to do now and then as well.  Just as garlic enemas.  May seem gross and weird.  But cancer and diseases are far worse!

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Posted On Jan 04, 2008
Thanks for the info (both of you!)  I'll pass this along.....

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Posted On Jan 24, 2008

What about a ginger suppository?  

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Posted On Jan 24, 2008

After reading all of these recipes for ginger, it brought back memories of how my mother used to mix a. ginger tea for us girls when we had menustration cramps, and it would just heat us all up nice and cosy and take the pain away. I do not recall the exact portions as this has been 67 years ago. However she used the ground powdered ginger, honey and hot milk, and we drank it as hot as we could. It did not taste the greatest to a child but it sure took the cramps away. There were no such things as Midol and the other meds, which we need to stay away from and use the natural things that God put on earth in the first place. He has made our bodies that if we feed it the right foods, it will heal itself. I also do not use milk any more so I will try with Rice milk as I am working with an inflamation in my arm


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