Green Tea, Strong Anti-Cancer

THERE various types of tea that is currently circulating in the market. But in general, based on its processing, there are three types of tea. First, black tea which is made through a fermentation process. Second, green tea is totally free fermentation process. Third, oolong teas are made by semi-fermentation process

Based on research results Research Center for Tea and Quinine, on every 100 grams of black tea contained 19.4 grams of protein, 10.9 grams fiber, 2.5 grams of fat, and 32.1 grams of sugar. So without any added sugar, black tea contains enough sugar.

The content of green tea are different again. In every 100 grams there are 24 grams protein, 10.6 grams fiber, 4.6 grams total fat, and sugar content of 35.2 grams. Although the fat content is higher than black tea, do not be afraid to consume them. You see, there is substance in green tea penetralisirnya namely, vitamin C. For every 100 grams of green tea, contained 250 mg of vitamin C. In fact, at 100 grams of Sencha green tea is comparable with 700 grams of mandarin oranges.

National Cancer Institute of the United States even concluded, green tea has powerful anti-cancer properties.

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Nicotine Trigger Cancer Cells Spread

Nicotine is believed to be fueling the spread of breast cancer by encouraging more cells from the original tumor to other parts of the body, concluded the researchers in the latest issue of Cancer Research, a journal issued by the American Association for Cancer Research.

Although scientists need time to pinpoint the exact role that nicotine may play in the spread of breast cancer, there is no doubt that nicotine may contribute to the "metastasis" that so often kills patients, according to the study - published earlier this month.

In addition to being an additional warning of the dangers of smoking, these findings also may point to new targets for cancer drugs, the study said, that held by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Nicotine, a component of tobacco, have been associated with a variety of malignancies - not only lung cancer, but also the head and neck cancer, prostate cancer and others.

"It is known that there are 10 to 12 nicotine receptors that express on the surface of various cells," said Dr.. Chang Yan Chen, from the Department of Radiation Oncology, who participated in the study.

"We do not know why nicotine receptors express in all the cell surfaces from various tissue origins, but really know that nicotine is an important neuron transmitter in the central nervous system. It has been reported that nicotine can promote certain intra-cellular signaling in lung cancer, "he said.

Therefore, although most research on nicotine has focused on its impact on the nervous system, recent research suggests that nicotine can also activate signaling pathways in non-neuronal cells, including tumor cells, the study said.

In a series of lab experiments, Chen and his colleagues discovered that certain breast epithelial cells produce different subtypes of the nicotine receptor nAChR, as do certain breast tumor cells.

When these receptors were bound with nicotine, they started signaling the cells to grow and migrate, the study said. The findings were confirmed in mice.

Looks like not enough nicotine to cause movement of the tumor itself, although scientists do not yet know which molecules nicotine partners with to do that.

"I took two cell lines and checked to see if the cells expressed the nicotine receptor, and I found they did," Chen said. "I found that giving a certain sign is upregulated, but (nicotine) itself can not push the cell to 'tumorigenesis' (cancer formation). The conclusion is perhaps nicotine can activate the provision of certain intra-cellular signaling, but really, it depends on the genetic background of each person. "

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Vitamin D Breast Cancer Risk Press

A recent research indicates that increased consumption of vitamin D through dietary intake and exposure to the sun was associated with reduced risk of breast cancer.

As reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Monday (20/10), vitamin D can suppress the presence of hormone receptors of cancer, the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR).

Hormone receptors can be analogous to the inner ear that will listen to the breast cell signal from the hormone. When the signal is commanded to grow, cancer cells will develop in breast cells that contain receptors.

Cancer will be called ER-positive (ER +) if the cause of development is the result of the receptor for the hormone Estrogen. Meanwhile, if the cause of development is the presence of receptors for the hormone progesterone, called PR-positive (PR +).
  
Research linking the intake of vitamin D in the presence of hormone receptors was carried by Blackmore KM and colleagues from Mount Sinai Hospital in Ontario, Canada.

Research carried out by comparing 758 patients with breast cancer and 1135 control participants who did not develop the disease. The researchers found that participants who were vitamin D intake was high had 26 percent reduced risk of breast cancer ER and PR, and 21 percent decreased risk of ER or PR tumors.

The study also indicates that vitamin D was associated with reduced risk of breast cancer regardless of whether the tumor is ER or PR status.

Vitamin D is found in foods such as fish oils, fortified foods, such as juice, cereal, and milk, and obtained by other means, such as exposure to sunlight.

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New! Expel Cancer Purple Tomatoes

THE experts in the UK is currently developing a kind of purple tomato that is claimed to have avail inhibit cancer cell growth. Tomatoes are a new type of hybrids of these genes contain many experts believed the antioxidant pigments called anthocyanins, which are crucial to block tumor and cancer.

As reported in the journal, Nature Biotechnology, scientists from John Innes Centre, Norwich, succeeded in creating a new type of tomato variants with combinations of genes from the snapdragon flower or Antirrhinum magi.

Snapdragon flower is known as one of the anthocyanin-rich plant, a substance also found in various types of dark-colored berries such as blackberry, cranberry and chokeberry.

In his latest research, genetically modified tomatoes have been tested in mice in the laboratory. The result, groups of mice with cancer who are given purple tomatoes to survive significantly longer than the mice on a standard diet, either fed or given without regular tomatoes.

"The effect was greater than we expected," said lead researcher Cathie Martin, who also plant biologists.

Martin added, although fruits such as blackberries or blackcurrants efficacious to prevent the onset of cancer, heart disease or neurological disorders, but not many people who eat them.

With that fact, experts are trying to create tomatoes that contain anthocyanins with the help of many genes snapdragon flowers. In the process, experts say tomatoes are usually red in color changed to purple.

Experts also said that trials on humans are tomatoes still can not be done in the near future. The next goal is to investigate how the antioxidants in purple tomatoes can really affect the development of tumor cells to improve the quality of healthcare.

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Super-Charge Tues blocker Cancer

THE experts in the United States claims to have successfully developed a super immune cells that may help block cancer development in a group of patients who become objects of research.

As published online edition of the journal Nature Medicine, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to create these immune cells by adding an artificial receptor (artificial) on T lymphocytes and enhance their ability to fight a deadly form of cancer called neuroblastoma.

Neuroblastoma damage the body by attacking the nervous system. Although relatively rare, this type of cancer is the cause of about seven percent of cases of cancer in children and 15 percent of non-adult cancer deaths. Approximately two-thirds of cases of this type of cancer diagnosis and often can not be found already spread to several parts of the body organs.

Naturally, T lymphocytes can not survive that long as well as loss of molecules that act against cancer cells in tumors. To overcome these two shortcomings, the research team led by Malcolm Brenner of Baylor College of Medicine Texas developed immune cells, called cell super-charge.

Tues super was developed from the immune cells that are naturally stimulated or dirangang by a virus that is harmless so-called Epstein-Barr virus. Experts modifying these cells to create a key receptor type of protein found in human neuroblastoma cells.

From the results of a study of 11 patients with neuroblastoma aged 3 to 10 years, cells engineered kekabalan is able to survive up to 18 months. In five cases, the tumor showed regression and sixth cases even completely healed.

"For the first time, we began to see a response to the tumor. We have seen the perfect remission in one case, while the other stable disease for a year, "he said.

For future research, Brenner and his team plan to add a receptor to other types of cancer cells to see if it also raises the same effects in facing cancer.

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Cumi-Cumi Tame Tumors

EXCEPT delicious, nutrient-rich squid. There are proteins, minerals, and various vitamins. Liquid ink has, useful for fighting tumors. The squid is one of a family of marine animals Loliginidae, cephalopod. In Latin, squid, known as Loligo spp, whereas in English the squid.

In Indonesia, the squid is known by several terms, such as enus, bonuses, cuttlefish, or sontong flowers. These marine animals are generally caught at night, using light as a tool petromaks puller. They generally liked the light at night. Crowds of squid can be captured by using a trap, lift nets, gill nets, purse seine rings, shrimp trawl, longline tuna, or sero.

The squid is one type of marine animals that attracted many people, especially fans of seafood and chinese food. In the market, the squid is generally sold in two main forms, fresh and dried salted.

High Protein
Judging from the nutritional value, squid have exceptional nutritional content because protein content is quite high, namely 17.9 g/100 g of fresh squid. Meat squid has advantages compared with other sea products, ie no spine, easily digestible, has a distinctive flavor and aroma, and contain all kinds of essential amino acids needed by the body. The dominant essential amino acids are leucine, lysine, and phenylalanine. While levels of nonessential amino acid that is dominant and aspartic acid glutamic acid.

Both of these amino acids contribute greatly to the emergence of savory flavors and savory. That is why, naturally squid has savory flavor, so the processing does not need added flavorings (such as monosodium glutamate = MSG).

The squid also contain several types of micro and macro minerals in very high numbers. Levels of minerals contained in the squid varies greatly even within the same species. This variation depends on the circumstances in life, size, and age.

Minerals important to the squid are sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, and selenium. Phosphorus and calcium are useful for the growth of the bone skeleton, so it is important for growing children and prevent osteoporosis in old age. Beside rich in protein, the squid is also a good source of vitamins such as vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B12, niacin, folic acid, and fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K).

The squid also contain TMAO (trimethyl Amin Oxide) is quite high. This high TMAO gives a distinctive flavor to the meat of squid. Squid meat also contain lots of nitrogen caused monoamino squid has a sweet taste. A fairly high sulfur content in squid squid also causes fishy smell when being subjected to cooking such as boiling.

Cholesterol alert
Fat content in meat squid is relatively low, namely 7.5 g/100 g of material, each containing 1.9 g saturated fatty acids; 2.7 g monounsaturated fatty acids; and 2.1 g polyunsaturated fatty acids . Included in polyunsaturated fatty acids are omega-3 that can lower cholesterol content in blood.

However, excessive consumption of squid should be avoided because of high levels of bad cholesterol, which reached 260 mg/100 g of material. Within the group of sea fish, the levels of cholesterol in squid, shrimp, lobster, and crab, is quite high. However, cholesterol levels in fishery products is still relatively low compared with egg yolk, liver, organ meats, as well as the brains of cattle.

The thing to remember about cholesterol is that we must prevent the nature of phobias. However in a reasonable amount of cholesterol is needed by our bodies, both for cell growth (including brain cells) as well as the synthesis of sex hormones and vitamin D.

In humans, cholesterol itself can be synthesized in the body, namely in the liver, cortex, adrenal, skin, intestine, testis, stomach, muscle, adipose tissue, and brain. Approximately 17 percent of the dry weight of the brain composed of cholesterol. Without cholesterol, the brain structure can not be formed.

According to guidelines issued by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), total cholesterol levels that are good for the human body is under 200 mg / dl, HDL greater than 35 mg / dl, LDL less than 130 mg / dl, and triglycerides less than 250 mg / dl. Cholesterol levels above 200 mg / dl can pose the threat of various diseases, such as atherosclerosis (clogged arteries), stroke, and coronary heart disease.

Although it is considered dangerous, cholesterol is still needed by the body. Average human takes 1100 milligrams of cholesterol per day to maintain cell walls and other physiological functions. Of these 25-40 percent (200-300 mg) are normally derived from food and the remainder is synthesized by the body.

Therefore, the consumption of cholesterol within normal limits, ie no more than 300 mg per day is necessary. So, you do not have to worry about cholesterol in squid. Because if you avoid the squid, will mean loss of other nutrients that are very large properties for health.

White Blood Enable
A squid can escape from predators swiftly through rapid muscle contraction. If the rapid motion alone is not enough, dense and dark clouds of ink will be expelled from the body, so that the enemy was surprised for a moment. Panic the enemy to give sufficient time for the squid to escape immediately.

Squid ink fluid are alkaloids, so it is not preferred by predators, especially fish. This dark-colored liquid containing beads or black pigment melanin. Natural melanin is melanoprotein containing 10-15 percent protein. These melanin-binding proteins through a sulfur-containing amino acids, namely cysteine.

In addition, the squid also has a protection system by varying the color of the body quickly, sometimes bluish, white, red, or brown. The color change is due to chromatophore which is an elastic bag containing red or yellow pigment.

Pigment cells, which is surrounded by elastic ties that muscle cells can contract quickly, so that the pigment cells become large and the resulting color is clear. This mechanism resulted in squid can change color rapidly when the received stimuli from the outside. The system changes the color is also used squid as a means of communication.

Based on research conducted by Hiroki University in Japan, the ink of squid and cuttlefish have many uses, which can activate white blood cells to fight tumors. It has been tested on 15 rats that suffered from a malignant tumor diseases. Mice were given injections of three doses of fluid cuttlefish ink, and the results, only three mice died, the rest remain alive.

Meanwhile, as a control, 15 other mice, which was also suffering from malignant tumors, are not given similar injections, and all died within three weeks. There is no certainty medically squid ink and cuttlefish can cure cancer or tumors, but the squid ink is thought to contain many vitamins, namely vitamin A.

During this squid ink not yet widely known, especially in the food service industry. Squid ink is often discarded and left in the squid meat. However, some countries, like Italy, have been using squid ink as a spice in cooking pasta. In Japan, squid ink bag (sepio melanin) that is black is used as a preservative and enhance the flavor of salted squid.

If you like it, the ink does not need to be removed from the squid, but edible. Nothing to worry about ink dense substance was. Some people even consider the substance of ink is important for enhancing flavor.

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