Fiber slows the development of prostate cancer
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The benefits of fiber have long been known to everyone who is at least a little interested in healthy nutrition. The words "fiber" and "weight loss" have become practically synonymous in modern dietetics, fiber is a fairly crude vegetable food that normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract. In cancer research, it was found that people who consume large amounts of fiber in food are less likely to develop a disease such as bowel cancer. Recently, scientists have conducted a number of studies and found that a diet that involves a high fiber content in food can help slow the development of prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is a serious disease that affects mainly middle-aged and elderly people. In many European countries, reports from medical institutions show that prostate cancer has become one of the three most common diseases among adult males. Like any other cancer, prostate cancer is difficult to treat and often leads to the death of the patient. A characteristic feature of this disease is that in a favorable environment, cancer cells rapidly become aggressive and spread to other tissues.
Scientists at the University of California (USA) have found that prostate cancer and intestinal cancer have been reported to be the most common in Europe and North America. In Asian countries, these diseases are less common. Physicians suggested that the reason may be hidden in the different diet of people on different continents. As you know, the inhabitants of Asia have always preferred vegetable food, which is rich in vitamins and fiber. Accordingly, the doctors decided to conduct a series of experiments and find out: what effect on the body and separately on the cells of malignant tumors can have substances that are in the cellulose. As you know, cellulose in large quantities contains vitamins of group B and inositol hexaphosphate.
Scientists have conducted studies on small rodents, which now allow us to state with accuracy that the use of fiber can affect the development of cancer, or rather, the development of prostate cancer. The experiments consisted in that initially a fairly large number of white mice were artificially induced with prostate cancer, then half of the animals were injected into the blood with substances that are contained in the cellulose. With the help of tomography, doctors monitored the development of cancerous tumors and soon noticed that in animals that were supplied with B group vitamins and inositol hexaphosphate, the body experienced a slowdown in tumor growth and, in some cases, even a reduction in the malignant tumor.
The head of the scientific group asserts that substances that contain fiber are able to block blood supply around a cancerous tumor, as a result of which its development becomes impossible. Cancer cells need constant replenishment and can not reproduce without a stable supply of oxygen.
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