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The Eden Prescriptionposted toNaturalNews Spinach Inhibits Colon Cancer Cells 90% & Reduces Tumour Size: An extract of spinach was found to potently inhibit proliferation of colon cancer cells by 90% in vitro, and when fed to rats at a dose of just 40 mg/kg body weight, it reduced colon tumour size by a staggering 60% compared to untreated rats after 30 days. The active compound in the extract is not beta-carotene but rather a fatty substance found in chloroplasts known as MGDG (monogalactosyl diacylglycerol). The amount of spinach required to reach the same dose in a 75 kg human would be over 1 kg daily, however the study also found that colon tumours were reduced by about 25% in mice fed only 4 mg MGDG per kg body weight and this would be equivalent to 200 grams of spinach per day. Mom was right. Eat your spinach. Note: parsley contains 3X more MDGD than spinach does, while chives, perilla and crown daisy nearly as much as spinach. Lesser but significant sources of MGDG are pumpkin, broccoli and green pepper. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524182/
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:31:24 +0000

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