“Antioxidants Such as Vitamin C Found to Spur Cancer Growth & Metastasis”
September 1st, 2023I’d like to know what people think of this, especially if you’re still here because of intravenous vitamin c.
Study: Antioxidants stimulate BACH1-dependent tumor angiogenesis
Via: New Atlas:
A new study has found that antioxidants like vitamins C and E activate a mechanism that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels in cancer tumors, helping them to grow and spread. The researchers say their findings highlight the potential risk of taking antioxidant supplements when they’re not needed.
To grow and metastasize, cancer tumors need a constant supply of oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood. And that requires the formation of new blood vessels from existing ones, a process called angiogenesis. When tissues are starved of oxygen (hypoxia), cancer cells in the affected area send chemical signals to get the endothelial cells that line the blood vessels to form new vessels.
A new study by researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet has examined mechanisms of angiogenesis and found that antioxidants play an unexpected role in the growth and spread of tumors.
“We’ve found that antioxidants activate a mechanism that causes cancer tumors to form new blood vessels, which is surprising since it was previously thought that antioxidants have a protective effect,” said Martin Bergö, the study’s corresponding author. “The new blood vessels nourish the tumors and can help them grow and spread.”
Normally, antioxidants scavenge free oxygen radicals from the body’s cells and prevent or reduce the damage caused by oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is known to damage DNA and regulate the progression of various cancers, including those of the breast, lung, liver, colon, prostate, ovary and brain.
“There’s no need to fear antioxidants in normal food, but most people don’t need additional amounts of them,” said Bergö. “In fact, it can be harmful for cancer patients and people with an elevated cancer risk.”
Nightmare! I’m completely dependent on heavy citrus fruit doses for basic health. Personally I don’t trust ‘supplement’ vitamin C, but the logic of this paper is that it’s the healthful properties of vitamin C that do the damage, so that’s beside the point.
It’s not surprising that that *once* you have a tumor, anything that promotes growth and health becomes your enemy: the standard treatment for tumors is literal poison. I’m going to keep taking my citrus three times a day and hope prevention is better than cure.
A very effective way to fight tumors is fasting.