Pectin is Good For Prostate.

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We all know prostate and AAS are often mentioned together. Here’s more reason to eat your fruits and veggies.

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Study: Pectin kills prostate cancer cells

ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 21 (UPI) – University of Georgia researchers say pectin – found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods – kills prostate cancer cells.

“What this paper shows is that if you take human prostate cancer cells and add pectin, you can induce programmed cell death,” Debra Mohnen said in a statement. “If you do the same with non-cancerous cells, cell death doesn’t occur.”

The study, published in the journal Glycobiology, found the cells literally self-destructed in a process known as apoptosis and that pectin even killed cells that aren’t sensitive to hormone therapy, making them difficult to treat with current medications.

Mohnen and her team analyzed three types of commercially available pectin and found large differences in anti-cancer activity.

“Even though we hear constantly that we’re supposed to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, it wasn’t until we started working on these studies that it finally hit home how really important that was,” Mohnen added.

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My naturopath had me supplement with pectin when i was waiting for my cancer surgery 2 years ago. Interesting article.

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Good news, did the study indicate which fruits or vegetables contained the highest amounts of pectin?

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[quote]2thepain wrote:
Good news, did the study indicate which fruits or vegetables contained the highest amounts of pectin?[/quote]

I just read the brief from www.sciencedaily.com, though I’m sure they didn’t provide a list. Google would though.

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I could be wrong but alot of the natural healing books focus on natural apple cider vinegar as well as the the mother. They say it has to do with the high pectin contents.

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Here is a list of fruit and pectin content (not very scientific, but the best I could find with a quick search). It’s from this webpage which has other pectin resources as well.

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High pectin content fruits:

Citrus skins (oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, lemons, limes, etc. - the pectin is high in the skin but low in the fruit), tart cooking apples, crab apples, most plums, lemons, and wild grapes (Eastern Concord variety), cranberries and boysenberries are high in pectin. I’ve also found that blackberries are very high in pectin.

Medium pectin fruits:

Apricots, rhubarb, quince

Low pectin fruits:

Sweet cherries, sour cherries, grapefruit, grape juice, grapes (other than wild and Concord types), melons, and oranges

Very Low pectin fruits:

Nectarines, strawberries, peaches, pears, figs, apricots, elderberries, raspberries, grapes (Western Concord variety), guava, and pomegranates.[/quote]