I watched a TED talk in which they mentioned that autopsy studies of women and men killed in car accidents have shown that 40% of the women between ages 40-50 had evidence of microscopic cancers in their breasts and 50%-60% of the men had microscopic cancers in their prostrate.

The study showed that by 70 yrs. of age everyone will have microscopic bits of cancer in their thyroid.

The talk then shifted to the topic of angiogenesis which means creation of blood vessels and pathways, something which cancerous tumors need to survive. Without a blood supply cancerous tumors cannot grow and they are essentially stifled to remain where they are and not spread. So while everyone can have cancer within them, as long as blood pathways aren't grown towards the tumors the tumors cannot become dangerous.

The talk then reaches it's actual point, anti-angiogenic foods.

Tomatoes, red grapes, red wine and certain teas( Chinese jasmine, Japanese sencha, Earl gray)are listed as being anti-angiogenic.



This is one of my favorite Ted Talks. It's called Starving Cancer.


www.ted.com/talks/william_li?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare