The Vitamin Jab That Shrinks Tumors in a Day

A vitamin jab that shrinks tumors in a day is being hailed as a powerful new treatment for cancer.

British researchers who are testing the therapy say injecting an extract of vitamin E into the bloodstream has a rapid effect.

Within 24 hours, tumors begin to shrivel and after ten days they have almost completely disappeared.

So far, research has focused on the vitamin’s ability to find and destroy skin cancers.

But scientists from the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde, who led the research, are confident it will work for other types of tumors, too.

Vitamin E is vital for helping the body to fight illness and is found in foods such as vegetable oils, cereals, nuts, green vegetables and eggs.

It is rich in antioxidants that protect against disease by blocking damage from free radicals – harmful molecules that attack cells in much the same way as rust rots a car.

But for the past few years, one particular compound found in vitamin E has attracted attention as a potential medicine that can attack cancer once it has set in.

Tocotrienol is an extract of vitamin E found in abundance in palm oil, cocoa butter, barley and wheat germ.

In the mid-Nineties, scientists carrying out laboratory tests discovered the ability of tocotrienol to halt the growth of breast cancer cells.

Since then, there have been several studies to see if injecting the vitamin extract into the body can help women who have a tumor.

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December 23, 2009