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originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse
This is some of the evidence used to try to get people to eat more berries and fruit to help to fend off cancer
Taking measures to avoid contracting cancer is not the same thing as curing cancer. Especially stage IV.
Not smoking in order to avoid lung cancer is one thing. Stopping smoking will not cure it.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse
Sure. Try anything. Most especially "conventional" treatments.
But saying "It takes almost three months of strawberries to cure stage four cancer though" is bull# and you should not be making such claims.
You cannot patent a natural chemical
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: vethumanbeing
Read on.Perhaps. But probably not in sufficient quantities within the seeds to do so.
Pretty much every chemotherapy agent is derived from plants (or other "natural" sources) , but plants don't seem to provide them in high enough concentrations to be of effect. And it is important to remember that plants also produce highly toxic substances. The topic of this thread being a case in point.But no worries, they're natural.
Within Buddhism is an understanding that there is a cure for every physical ailment including cancers.
In the US, you mean? Good question.
Why are they so hideously expensive?
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: vethumanbeing
Within Buddhism is an understanding that there is a cure for every physical ailment including cancers.
Yeah. That's the basis of western medicine too. The trick is figuring out what the cure is. Fortunately for me, they had the cure for Hodgkin's figured out a few decades ago.
In the US, you mean? Good question.
Why are they so hideously expensive?
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: vethumanbeing
Read on.
Perhaps. But probably not in sufficient quantities within the seeds to do so.
Pretty much every chemotherapy agent is derived from plants (or other "natural" sources) , but plants don't seem to provide them in high enough concentrations to be of effect. And it is important to remember that plants also produce highly toxic substances. The topic of this thread being a case in point.
But no worries, they're natural.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse
You cannot patent a natural chemical
A natural chemical is no different from an artificial chemical with an identical structure. You can patent a process for producing such a chemical artificially or refining it.
Most, if not all, chemotherapy agents are derived from natural sources.
Eating strawberries will not cure cancer. Stage IV or otherwise. Stage IV is very problematic.
Phage: I consider 175 as my fighting weight. Never carried much fat.
My decision to do chemo was educated (libraries, no internet them days). Some associates advised me otherwise. I have no regrets, and now, a daughter.
originally posted by: rickymouse
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse
You cannot patent a natural chemical
A natural chemical is no different from an artificial chemical with an identical structure. You can patent a process for producing such a chemical artificially or refining it.
Most, if not all, chemotherapy agents are derived from natural sources.
Eating strawberries will not cure cancer. Stage IV or otherwise. Stage IV is very problematic.
You cannot patent a chemical that is found in nature, you can patent a process to extract it, but not the chemical. Someone else can find a way to extract it and patent it, this creates competition which drives the price down. Altering the chemistry so it fits into the DNA or enzyme to do the same thing as the chemical in the plant does can be done. This is what Pharmacutical companies try to do so they can get megabucks for their patented new drug chemistry which often does the same thing as the natural chemistry but not many people know that. I have been deep into studying how to hack pharmacology for years now, it is a good thing those companies like to brag or I would not know how to figure it out. I also go regularly to the FDA site to see if there is any new policy changes out there governing regulation of these chemistries. They are changing all the time now, in the favor of the chemical companies most times it appears.