Post by bnb87 on May 16, 2017 20:15:20 GMT -5
Too far of a stretch? Found this today while doing some research...
From this website: skinbiology.com/copper-the-protective-antiaging-metal.html -
"But when copper supplements are given to animals and humans, the additional dietary copper has been found to lower carcinogenesis and tumor growth, inhibit the development of cardiovascular problems, and reverse many arthritic effects. So let us now take a closer look at how copper impacts various health conditions.
Copper and Cancer
The Center for Disease Control states that copper has not been shown to cause cancer in people or animals. In fact, evidence mounts daily revealing copper’s ability to help fight cancer.
As an example, let us consider colon cancer, the second most deadly form of cancer in the U.S. APC, a gene known to suppress the formation of tumors, mutates during the development of colon cancer. Individuals possessing these mutations develop numerous intestinal polyps (precancerous lesions). A species of mice that has a mutation similar to APC was studied. As with APC, the mutation causes intestinal polyps and colon cancer. Nutritionist Cindy D. Davis of the Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota found that when these mice were fed a copper-deficient diet (20 percent lower than normal), they developed a significantly higher incidence of small intestine tumors and mass than mice fed adequate dietary copper. Davis says these results have important implications because 80 percent of the population in the United States does not ingest adequate amounts of copper (Davis & Johnson 2002).
Copper complexes cause some types of cancer cells to revert to non-cancerous growth patterns. John R. J. Sorenson of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and colleagues treated rats which had solid tumors with various copper complexes (such as copper salicylate) and found that this treatment decreased tumor growth and increased survival rates. While these copper complexes did not kill cancer cells, they often caused them to revert to the growth patterns of normal (differentiated) cells.
In another study, Sorenson found that numerous copper complexes with superoxide dismutase activity retarded the spontaneous development of cancers in mice (Oberley et al 1984). Copper stimulates the production of the tumor-suppressor protein p53, which inhibits the growth of tumors in the body (Greene et al 1987, Narayanan et al 2001). See references."
So, this researcher stops short of what Morley Robbins claims about the role of copper in relation to iron, still... What harm could come from making sure copper levels are adequate as a precaution, especially for BLV positive animals, given the large body of research that seems to have shown it to play some vital, if not well understood, role in preventing tumor growth?
Thoughts?
From this website: skinbiology.com/copper-the-protective-antiaging-metal.html -
"But when copper supplements are given to animals and humans, the additional dietary copper has been found to lower carcinogenesis and tumor growth, inhibit the development of cardiovascular problems, and reverse many arthritic effects. So let us now take a closer look at how copper impacts various health conditions.
Copper and Cancer
The Center for Disease Control states that copper has not been shown to cause cancer in people or animals. In fact, evidence mounts daily revealing copper’s ability to help fight cancer.
As an example, let us consider colon cancer, the second most deadly form of cancer in the U.S. APC, a gene known to suppress the formation of tumors, mutates during the development of colon cancer. Individuals possessing these mutations develop numerous intestinal polyps (precancerous lesions). A species of mice that has a mutation similar to APC was studied. As with APC, the mutation causes intestinal polyps and colon cancer. Nutritionist Cindy D. Davis of the Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota found that when these mice were fed a copper-deficient diet (20 percent lower than normal), they developed a significantly higher incidence of small intestine tumors and mass than mice fed adequate dietary copper. Davis says these results have important implications because 80 percent of the population in the United States does not ingest adequate amounts of copper (Davis & Johnson 2002).
Copper complexes cause some types of cancer cells to revert to non-cancerous growth patterns. John R. J. Sorenson of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and colleagues treated rats which had solid tumors with various copper complexes (such as copper salicylate) and found that this treatment decreased tumor growth and increased survival rates. While these copper complexes did not kill cancer cells, they often caused them to revert to the growth patterns of normal (differentiated) cells.
In another study, Sorenson found that numerous copper complexes with superoxide dismutase activity retarded the spontaneous development of cancers in mice (Oberley et al 1984). Copper stimulates the production of the tumor-suppressor protein p53, which inhibits the growth of tumors in the body (Greene et al 1987, Narayanan et al 2001). See references."
So, this researcher stops short of what Morley Robbins claims about the role of copper in relation to iron, still... What harm could come from making sure copper levels are adequate as a precaution, especially for BLV positive animals, given the large body of research that seems to have shown it to play some vital, if not well understood, role in preventing tumor growth?
Thoughts?