Register for Whey Protein May Be Twice As Effective As Soy As Preventative/Treatment
Breast CancerOctober 25-November 1, 2001
2001 OCT 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consider this: 180,000 U.S. women develop breast cancer each year and one in eight women will develop breast cancer over her lifetime. While a diet containing a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, and animal products in the proportions recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid may help in the prevention of cancer, whey protein is being proven in clinical studies to be a powerful assistant in cancer prevention and treatment.
Whey protein was found to inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells in a test tube, and more promising yet was a clinical study that showed a regression in the size of tumors of some patients who were fed 30 g of whey protein concentrate per day.
Although soy and cancer prevention have often been linked, whey has been proved in clinical studies in rats at the Arkansas Children's Research Institute to be twice as effective as soy in breast cancer prevention. One supplement, Designer Whey, actually decreased tumor growth in rats by 60% when used in conjunction with photodynamic therapy!
Studies have also led researchers to an amazing discovery that whey protein protects healthy cells while cancerous cells are being treated with chemotherapy. In order to increase the effects of radiation and chemotherapy on cancer patients, doctors must sufficiently reduce glutathione in tumor cells to weaken them, without placing healthy tissue at risk and putting the cancer patient in a worse condition.
Whey protein appears to selectively deplete the cancer cells of their glutathione, while increasing or at least maintaining the levels of glutathione in healthy cells. These effects were not seen with other proteins.
In addition, information from NEXT Proteins, the makers of Designer Whey, indicates that cancer patients undergoing radiation or chemotherapy often have difficulty in meeting their daily nutritional requirements due to nausea and lack of appetite, and can suffer from protein malnutrition. Whey is a great protein source for cancer patients because it's easy to digest and gentle to the system.
While additional research is needed on the effects of whey protein and cancer treatment, early dietary intervention with whey protein, like Designer Whey, can definitely have positive health benefits. For the complete study on whey protein and mammary tumors in rats, contact Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, and for more information on the many ways in which whey protein can support a healthy and fit lifestyle for people at all ages and stages of life, visit www.designerwhey.com.
This article was prepared by Women's Health Weekly editors from staff and other reports.
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