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Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by beckybecky
Question is what are you going to do about it?
I urge everyone to print this out and spread it around via facebook and twitter,etc as the mainstream media will not mention this at all.
I urge everyone to recreate the experiment in their homes, because this is not ironclad proof. The experiment needs to be recreated. Spamming unverified information around the internet as fact will not help anyone.
It is not expensive to do a test like this, two mouse cages, a bunch of mice and some artificial sweetener.
"Victoria Inness-Brown conducted a personal two and a half-year experiment on the effects of aspartame, probably the worst of the artificial sweeteners on the market.
I urge everyone to recreate the experiment in their homes, because this is not ironclad proof. The experiment needs to be recreated. Spamming unverified information around the internet as fact will not help anyone.
It is not expensive to do a test like this, two mouse cages, a bunch of mice and some artificial sweetener.
I was wrong about having to run your own experiments anyway. There has been some studies out there done to show cancer rates rise in mice and rats when given aspartame. Good thing I don't eat things that contain aspartame.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits the use of benzene in foods.
Food products containing carrots were analyzed for benzene contamination using headspace gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection. Of 82 commercial samples, 88% contained benzene above the detection limit of 0.04 µg/kg. Canned and jarred carrots contained 0.2 µg/kg of benzene on average.
Samples of 118 different soft drink and beverage products containing benzoates (used as a preservative) were analyzed for levels of benzene, and results are provided in Survey of Benzene in Soft Drinks and other Beverage Products. The results from 67 of the samples (representing 63 unique products) were available for assessment at the time of writing this report, and are shown in Appendix 2. Five samples of cherry-flavoured Kool-Aid Jammers "10" (Kraft) and one sample of tropical punch-flavoured Kool-Aid Jammers "10" (Kraft) contained elevated levels of benzene (14.0 to 17.6 ng/mL). The manufacturer has reformulated these products. Of the remaining 14 positive samples, three were concentrates that require dilution prior to consumption, and contained between 6.3 and 10.3 ng/mL benzene, three were samples of various flavours of Kool-Aid Jammers (sweetened with glucose-fructose as opposed to Kool-Aid Jammers "10" which are sweetened using sucralose and acesulfame-potassium) that contained between 3.1 and 3.8 ng/mL benzene, and the remaining positive samples contained less than 3 ng/mL.
Health Canada has concluded that soft drinks and other beverages available for sale in Canada are safe, based on these findings and on the actions taken by the producers to reformulate products where necessary.
Why did the NTP study Aloe?
The nomination to study Aloe
vera came from the National
Cancer Institute, because of Aloe’s
widespread use and concern that
some components may cause cancer.
The NTP studies on Aloe vera were
conducted in collaboration with the
Food and Drug Administration’s
National Center for Toxicological
Research.
Several scientific studies have found evidence that aloe may have anti-cancer abilities.
Shamaan et al.12 found that vitamin C and Aloe vera extract were able to reduce the severity of chemical hepatocarcinogenesis, which is the development of liver cancer. In this study, the researchers chemically induced liver cancer in rats and then examined the severity of the process of cancer development. When vitamin C or Aloe vera supplements were given to the cancer-induced rats, these previously increased biochemical indicators of cancer were suppressed. In particular, plasma levels of the enzyme gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase were found to be "reduced as early as 1 month with Aloe vera gel supplementation and 2 months with vitamin C supplementation."
European Journal of Cancer Prevention:
April 2007 - Volume 16 - Issue 2 - pp 151-157
doi: 10.1097/01.cej.0000220642.54094.16
Research papers: Other Cancers
Effect of Aloe vera leaf pulp extract on Ehrlich ascites tumours in mice
Akev, Nuriyea; Turkay, Gulhanb; Can, Aysea; Gurel, Aydnci; Yildiz, Fundac; Yardibi, Hasretb; Ekiz, Elif Erguld; Uzun, Hafizee
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Abstract
Among the various known therapeutic effects of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. fil., a few recent studies have shown that preparations of the plant leaves can prevent or regress the growth of certain tumours. In this study, undertaken with A. vera leaf pulp extract against Ehrlich ascites tumours in mice, the animals were separated into five groups: I - healthy control, II - tumour control, III - experiment 1 (extract given before tumour inoculation), IV - experiment 2 (extract given with tumour inoculation) and V - experiment 3 (extract given after tumour inoculation). Ehrlich ascites tumours (0.33 ml) were injected subcutaneously into groups II-V. Aloe extract was injected at 55 mg protein/kg, twice a week for 21 days. Tumour size, thymus and spleen weights were measured, as well as leucocyte count, tumour necrosis factor-a and sialic acid as tumour markers. The best inhibitory effect on tumour growth was obtained with the extract given prophylactically before tumour implantation (experiment 1), although Aloe extract also regressed tumour sizes when given simultaneously with (experiment 2), or therapeutically after (experiment 3), tumour implantation. Accordingly, serum sialic acid and tumour necrosis factor-a levels, chosen as tumour markers, which were raised in the tumour control group, were significantly decreased by the prophylactic administration of the extract. The increase in leucocyte count seen in experiment 1 and 2 groups, along with lymphoid hyperplasia observed in spleen and thymus necroscopy, lead us to think that the tumour preventive effect of Aloe could be due to its immunomodulatory activity. According to our results, A. vera could be proposed as a prophylactic for cancer prevention.
The two-year NTP study of a
non-decolorized whole leaf extract
of Aloe vera given in an animal’s
drinking water found clear evidence
of carcinogenic activity in male and
female rats, based on tumors of the
large intestine. There was no evidence
of carcinogenic activity in mice.
NTP did not conduct two-year
studies of ingestion of the Aloe vera
gel or of the plant’s decolorized
whole leaf extracts
The difference between decolorized
and non-decolorized whole leaf
extracts is mostly in how the leaf
is processed or filtered. In many
cases, manufacturers of oral
products containing Aloe vera
use a charcoal filtration process to
decolorize and remove some of the
components from the leaf, including
anthraquinones. Anthraquinones act
like laxatives. Some anthraquinones
have previously been shown to be
carcinogenic
Lois Swirsky Gold at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies cancer hazards, notes that about half of all chemicals tested in rodents at high doses cause cancer, whether natural or synthetic.
"People are consuming herbal supplements with the idea that they're beneficial," she says. "The truth is that we know very little about their benefits or their risks. Just because they are 'natural' does not make them safe."
Lois Swirsky Gold at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies cancer hazards, notes that about half of all chemicals tested in rodents at high doses cause cancer, whether natural or synthetic. "People are consuming herbal supplements with the idea that they're beneficial," she says. "The truth is that we know very little about their benefits or their risks. Just because they are 'natural' does not make them safe."
Gracie was able to utilize the same Jiu-Jitsu techniques which he helped to develop until his death. He was 95 years old, and was teaching/training on the mat until 10 days before his death, when he became ill.
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by DerepentLEstranger
Here is an interesting perspective for everyone:
Aloe Vera gives rats tumors.
Uh oh...
edit on 11-4-2011 by boncho because: (no reason given)