Hello all. On this beautiful day.
On my recent vacation to my Wonderful, Beautiful Island of Grenada, I had a conversation with my Great Aunt. Lovely woman and I believe she is God's gift and Blessing to me and all who are fortunate to know and have her in their company. She is an accomplished nurse, after extensive studies she was able to work in a field where she could speak and educate younger and also older people on the benefits of taking care of themselves. She is such a wonderful person wherever she went I became like her tail when I was living on the Island. :-)
Back to my visit with her, while we were speaking our conversation will always go to the benefit of the natural homegrown fruits and vegetables we have on the Island. On this day she had a fruit known on the Island as a Soursop. And she started to tell me about the benefits of this fruit. Now a Soursop is also called graviola, it is a large, spiny, green tropical fruit with a
sweet flesh that is the basis for several beverages, ice creams and
other sweet foods popular in South America the Caribbean etc. Beyond its usefulness as a
food, soursop also contains natural compounds with medicinal
properties, making it potentially beneficial for our health.
Practitioners of herbal medicine recommend the fruit and leaves of the soursop tree to relieve stomach distress, fever, pain and respiratory
problems such as cough and asthma, and for many other medical problems.
Cancer
has touched many of us in some way. Whether we know of or have overcome
cancer ourselves, or know someone who has passed from it, we can all
draw some form of intimate connection to the disease - See more at:
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/02/13/soursop-graviola-cancer-cure-strong-evidnce/#sthash.3tGPNhVQ.dpuf
Cancer
has touched many of us in some way. Whether we know of or have overcome
cancer ourselves, or know someone who has passed from it, we can all
draw some form of intimate connection to the disease - See more at:
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/02/13/soursop-graviola-cancer-cure-strong-evidnce/#sthash.3tGPNhVQ.dpuf
While researching this fruit I also came across it's benefit on Cancer. I was pleasantly surprised. Today Cancer has affected us weather we know of or we ourselves have overcome cancer or know of someone who has passed from it. Researchers at The Cancer Center Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center also says that some compounds in soursop may be
naturally antiviral and help with inflammation.
Cancer
has touched many of us in some way. Whether we know of or have overcome
cancer ourselves, or know someone who has passed from it, we can all
draw some form of intimate connection to the disease - See more at:
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/02/13/soursop-graviola-cancer-cure-strong-evidnce/#sthash.3tGPNhVQ.dpufy antiviral and antiparasitic, and may also suppress
inflammation.
The first promising study
occurred in 1996 when researchers found a compound extracted from the
fruit was deadly to cancer cells but allowed healthy cells to live. They
discovered not only did the compound selectively annihilate cancer
cells, but it did so at a rate 10,000 times greater than the common and
harmful anti-cancer drug andriamycin.
In 1999, another study found soursop compounds to be effective at reducing prostate and breast cancer cell activity.
In 2002, scientists learned it could similarly inhibit liver cancer activity.
Finally, in 2011, a study found that simply eating soursop could
have incredible anti-cancer benefits in animals with a an over-expressed
gene that frequently leads to breast cancer. Epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR) is a cancer-causing gene commonly over-expressed in
breast cancer patients.
As a cancer buster, it is said that the leaves and bark of wild
soursop trees, preferably grown organically, contains the most healing
properties. These are dried and made into a tea and then boiled to
extract the medicinal compounds.
Personally I hope they continue to research this fruit and others like it. Back in Grenada my Grandma made a drink out of the fruit and it was very delicious. I would rather eat and drink as many of this fruit as possible. So ladies and gents if you are on an Island or in a position where you have access to this wonderful fruit, take full advantage of it. ENJOY it as a tea, ice-cream, a drink or just eat it as is.
Have an awesome day all....Cyber smiles to you all..:-)
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