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Maitake mushrooms

jmch
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I get alerts from uro today and got one the other day that talked about work being done with maitake mushroom extract, which got me doing some more searching, this article was also interesting:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_2002_Dec/ai_94538647/?tag=co ntent;col1
will be getting some extract for Craig.
particularly interesting is that it seems to help chemo both in how well it works and side effects.
we aren't there but hope that doesn't happen. I think i already told ya'll that he's eating brocco sprouts too!

anyone taking maitake D-fraction?
thanks
J

(ok so after i posted this i saw kyle-MO's post from mid september.... )

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cat22

My husband Ben has BC, and I add Broccoli Sprout to sandwiches and even fresh juices. I got him the D-fraction Maitake supplement about a month or two ago, after reading some of the studies. Turmeric (Curcumin) is a good spice to incorporate into your diet. Ben has done very well during his first 2 cycles of dose dense MVAC. Minimal side effects

Cathy

lsh

I also take mushroom extract and curcumin, eat raw brocolli, brocolli sprouts, parsley and drink Keiffer yogurt drink twice a day. We went to hear Stevan Servan Schriber and have incorporated as much of what he suggests into our daily living(buying organic, etc). Don't know if it helps, but I have been cancer free for a little over a year now.

Lynda

jmch

thanks for the feedback both. We listened to the recording of the stevan servan schreiber talk last night! Craig is already eating broccoli sprouts on just about everything.
so keeping our fingers crossed, next 'look' is 12/22
Jackie

Dorey

I haven't heard of this mushroom, but a friend who was diagnosed with high grade semi-invasive bladder cancer in 1995 recently told me that he used the Kambucha mushroom. I may have that spelling wrong. He and his wife swear it was what saved him. Anyone used this mushroom? I googled it and it's out there. I was diagnosed high grade, non-invasive a year ago. Am currently cancer free but having maintenance mitomycin-c treatments.

Becky

jmch

Interesting....
I had not heard of it, just looked on wikipedia and it doesn't seem to be an actual mushroom more like a culture that is made into a tea. spelled Kombucha? There was a link from there to a study in pub-med (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) on "Potential use of D-glucaric acid derivatives in cancer prevention".

Craig is high-grade non-invasive so we are way into anything that helps. He is doing bcg (just finished series of 6), only had mitomycin right after the TURBT.

Thanks!
Jackie

15yrsurvivor

I am convinced that cranberry extract capsules have really helped me. The one and only cysto I had come back with abnormal cells was the one after I had not taken the cranberry for a couple of months. I have taken it faithfully since then, and no more abnormal cells or problems of any kind! I'm sure there are other factors, but I will not stop taking it ever again. It is inexpensive and easy to find.

Cheetahrat

Cranberry extract, Kombucha Cultures, Brocoli Sprouts and my very own secret weapon, Coral Calcium. What all these compounds have in common is, that according to our surgeons, are a waste of time and money. So when my Doctor insisted any improvement came directly from his expertise. I stopped taking it, like 15yrsurvivor, I had a recurrance. I resumed taking it, I have NO IDEA if it really works but NO CANCER since 2007. I'm currently cystoed every six months, looking FWD to yearly. I wish someone would do case studies on these substances. Too bad there is not enough profit in a natural cure.

jmch

OK some work to do on cranberry research and coral calcium, but....
there is a lot of science around maitakes (my journey started with a uro-today artical), there are some studies around Kombucha (pub-med) and there are studies around brocco sprouts (I think i found that link off of bcan) reducing bladder cancer something like 40%.
So not making the big bucks but studies on natural stuff are happening.
and everything we can do to help ourselves and our loved ones ...
Thanks for the info!

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