New Thinking on Cancer Treatments

This post was originally published as New Thinking on Cancer Treatments by Laurel on Health Food blog.
 

I am such a believer in the healing power of foods, and I found the following video fascinating. William Li, head of the Angiogenic Foundation, recently spoke for TED.com. Not only does he clearly explain how cancer forms and grows in the body, but he explains a new type of cancer treatment called anti-angiogenic therapy which prevents the growth of blood vessels that feed cancerous tumors.

Dr. Li believes that we must eat more foods that “starve cancer” and prevent it from causing harm to our bodies. Some of these foods are grapes and wine (containing resveratrol), strawberries, soybeans, berries, oranges, turmeric, artichokes, dark chocolate, garlic, olive oil, and kale. Watch the following video to get the full list and to hear Dr. Li’s discussion.

One of my favorite parts is where he shows the graph of how effective foods are at preventing cancer growth, as compared to typical drugs prescribed to treat cancer.