Herbs with a strong anticancer effect.
Supplement Source – Name Particular supplement | Xenohormetic Ingredient | Positives and Problems with the particular Supplement |
Extra virgin olive secoiridoids | decarboxymethyl oleuropein aglycon | Most of the secoiridoids are lost in the waste water from the olive oil presses. It doesn’t get on the shelf |
Turmeric | curcumin | Best anticancer compound, but there is very low absorption of curcumin and even lower bioavailability |
Red wine and red grapes | resveratrol | Resveratrol is well absorbed and very bioavailable, but is rapidly excreted by the kidneys in a few hrs |
White wine and green grapes | n-tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol | White wine is great, but to get enough n-tyrosol and hydroxyl tyrosol, you would have to drink all day |
Cruciferous vegetables | isothiocyanates (Ex: sulforaphane) | You need to eat a bushel of broccoli, brussel sprounts, cabbage and cauliflower every day |
Garlic | allyl mercaptan, allicin | Garlic smells. Garlic extracts that do not smell do not have high levels of the active ingredient |
Onions | quercetin, rutin | Onions smell and make you cry. Extracts that do not make you tear do not have the good ingredients |
Soybeans, Kudzu | genistein, soyasaponins | Soybeans are very good for many reasons. Unfortunately, genistein also serves as a phytoestrogen |
Green tea, white tea | EGCG, EGC | Estimates are that you need to drink 15 glasses of green tea per day, to get the proper dose. May be one of the reasons for low cancer risk in Japanese |
Green coffee beans | caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid | Green coffee beans are good. These polyphenols are damaged by the heat with coffee bean roasting |
Fish oil, Krill oil | EPA, DHA | There are multiple cardiovascular disease reducable by fish or krill oil |
Allspice | ericifolin | This spice is one of the best HDAC inhibitors |
Mushrooms | angiogenesis inhibitors | Mushrooms are great angiogenesis inhibitors |
Cashew nut shell oil | anacardic acid | Cashew nut shell oil is cheap and is one of the best natural HAT inhibitors and HDAC inhibitors |
Chocolate | theobromines | Chocolate actually has 3 mTOR inhibitors. Unfortunately, chocolate candy has too much sugar |
Vitamin D3 | 1,125 dihyroxyvitamin D | Vitamin D3 has been misrepresented as a vitamin. It is actually a hormone and is good for you |
Vitamin E | α-tocopherol | Only the alpha-tocopherol type of Vitamin E is really good for you. |
Folic acid | folic acid | This is the best “methyl donor” that you can take. It is important for keeping epigenetics normal |
Calcium | calcium | Calcium has great anticancer effects. Recent studies suggest that it should be labeled as such |
Selenium | selenium | Selenium is an element with many isoforms that are beneficial and some that are not |
Frankincense | boswellic acid | Boswellic acid is only found in minute quantities in plants. Our use of this as a supplement can increase the dose |
Ginger | zerumbone | Ginger is another very good spice. It is a good HDAC inhibitor. May be one of the reasons for low cancer risk in Japanese |
Bitter melon extract | charantin, mormordin | Bitter melon extract has some unique compounds that induce apoptosis in cancer cells |
Cinnamon | cinnamic acid, hydroxycinnamic acid | Cinnamon extracts have all sorts of great features: They are secreted by exosome release. |
Cinnamon | hydroxycinnamic acid | (-) HDACs |
Cinnamon | procyanidin oligomers | (-) angiogenesis via VEGR-2 |
Mangosteen fruit rind | prenylated xanthones and garcinol | Mangostein rinds are one of the best HDAC inhibitors |
Grapefruit, other sources | naringenin | This is the ingredient that makes grapefruit bitter. |
Citrus fruits, other sources | Gentisic acid | This is another very good ingredient in citrus fruits with multiple mechanisms of action |
Red apples, onion | quercetin | Skins of red apples an excellent source. Very good mitochondrial biogenesis polyphenol |
Piper Longumextract | piperlongumine | This is a polyphenol that increases ROS selectively in cancer cells. It should be exploited for this |
Tomatoes | lycopene, luteolin, lutein | These polyphenols are mainly in the tomato skins, which is discarded making tomato juice, soup, and ketchup |
Venus flytrap extract | plumbagin | |
Red sandalwood oil | pterostilbene, α-santalol | |
Flaxseed, chia seed | linolinic, linoleic acids | |
Hot chili peppers | capsaicin | |
Rosemary, oregano, sage, thyme | rosemarinic acid | |
Volatile oil of Radix sinensis | n-butylidenephthalide | |
Triphala churna | chebulinnic acid | |
Skins from apples, etc. | ursolic acid | This is one of the best polyphenol for addressing skin cancers; it induces apoptosis in such cells |
Yerba mate | caffeine, theobromine, theophylline | Yerba mate is a good source of all three of these polyphenols |
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