How Cola, Coffee and Chocs can Help Beat Cancer
By Michael Leventhal

Coffee, cola and chocolate could be good for us after all, say scientists.

Common compounds in all three may form the basis of new drugs to tackle cancer and heart disease.

New research suggests that caffeine and theophylline may help block cell growth and blood clotting. They appear to target an enzyme which helps trigger signals that control the growth, movement and survival of cells.

Scientists recently found that the enzyme, p110 delta, is also responsible for orchestrating the body's response to infection. It is thought to be linked to inflammation and irritable bowel disease. Researchers at University College London genetically engineered insect cells to produce the p110 delta.

In laboratory tests they found that caffeine and theophylline both blocked a key biochemical process crucial to the functioning of the enzyme.

Professor Peter Shepherd, at the university's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, said: "We've shown that caffeine-like compounds play a novel role in blocking enzymes known to play a critical role in a range of cellular functions in the body."

"Alongside possible advances in cancer treatment, this research suggests that caffeine-type drugs could be used to treat heart disease and inflammatory illnesses." Theophylline was already known to have anti-inflammatory properties and has been used for many years as an asthma treatment.

However, Professor Shepherd warned people not to overdose on coffee, tea, cola or chocolate. "The study relied on using high concentrations of caffeine that would be unhealthy for human use," he said.

The research is published in the August edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Daily Express 21 August 2001

CTM COMMENT: As usual, we only get half the picture. But what about the sucrose contained in the junk foods so enthusiastically endorsed by our 'experts'? It has long been known that sugar feeds cancer, as it promotes a process of fermentation in the body. Diets that exclude processed foods and high glycaemic carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, grains, candies, cokes, twinkies, ding dongs, etc. while promoting high-enzyme-activity foods such as vegetables, legumes, etc., have consistently been shown to 'starve' the cancer and promote healing in the patient. This is the basis for the Gerson therapy and countless other successful off-shoot strategies examined over the years. For more information on these incredible cancer strategies, CTM refers the interested reader to the following works of Credence Publications:

Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth by Phillip Day
Great News on Cancer in the 21st Century by Steven Ransom
Food for Thought by Phillip Day (a recipe guide)
www.credence.org