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Red wine and dark chocolate cancer killers: researcher
AFP ^ | Feb 11, 2010 | Unknown

Posted on 02/11/2010 11:13:27 AM PST by decimon

LONG BEACH, California (AFP) – Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented here Wednesday.

Red grapes and dark chocolate join blueberries, garlic, soy, and teas as ingredients that starve cancer while feeding bodies, Angiogenesis Foundation head William Li said at a prestigious TED Conference.

"We are rating foods based on their cancer-fighting qualities," Li said. "What we eat is really our chemotherapy three times a day."

The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: alcohol; cancer; darkchocolate; health; redwine
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To: JoeProBono

Oh god that is such a good combo!


21 posted on 02/11/2010 11:37:12 AM PST by angcat (GOD SAVE US!)
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To: decimon

22 posted on 02/11/2010 11:38:14 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: bmwcyle
I haven't had the dark yet...Perhaps a side by side taste test is in order...and drink wine in between to cleanse my pallet....

Better put the crock pot on first.....

23 posted on 02/11/2010 11:41:21 AM PST by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: Genoa
Mrs. Genoa insists that red grape juice is just as efficacious as red wine. Any advice?

I hate that argument. Drink red wine anyway. I have two glasses a night. 6 oz apiece. I am healthy as a horse. Sometimes I might sneak the whole bottle. Only on weekends.

24 posted on 02/11/2010 11:47:07 AM PST by GUNGAGALUNGA (Democratus Suckus Teatus is the Latin root for Democrat and it means to tax)
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To: decimon

I drink red wine to offset all the bad things I eat, drink and smoke. Its works too. Didn’t know about the chocolate thingy - maybe those Aztecs knew something. Kind of hard to die of a heart attack as an Aztec though.


25 posted on 02/11/2010 11:48:35 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Genoa
Mrs. Genoa insists that red grape juice is just as efficacious as red wine. Any advice?

Buy her some chocolates and drink your wine. By the time she's finished with the chocolates you'll be too drunk to care what she says.

26 posted on 02/11/2010 11:49:02 AM PST by decimon
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To: Genoa

Mrs. Genoa insists that red grape juice is just as efficacious as red wine. Any advice?

From an anti-ocidant point of view she is correct, however, the medicinal benefits of thinning your blood with alcohol is a winner of a prophylatic. Thick blood equals greater chance of heart attack or stroke. So, drink up, thin your blood, and keep your groove on.


27 posted on 02/11/2010 11:52:20 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: decimon

Remember, re: chocolate. It’s DARK chocolate that’s good for you (in moderation). MILK chocolate is crap.


28 posted on 02/11/2010 11:52:33 AM PST by Signalman
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To: popdonnelly

Made peanut butter cookies with chunks of semi sweet chocolate last night..yum. I like white wine better than red...does that count????????


29 posted on 02/11/2010 11:53:39 AM PST by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: Owl_Eagle
Any word on getting drunk on Captain Morgan’s and eating a whole bag of Doritos?

It's good for what ails ya.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

30 posted on 02/11/2010 11:53:52 AM PST by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: GailA

I like white wine better than red...does that count????????

No. White wine is made from grapes without the skin. No benefit of antioxidants resident in the skins.


31 posted on 02/11/2010 11:55:03 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: decimon

I’ll be conducting related “research” this weekend....


32 posted on 02/11/2010 11:59:30 AM PST by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: Zathras

You’re in! :) It’s not too frequent; every week or so. Ping me if you see something chocolate-related that I miss.


33 posted on 02/11/2010 12:16:54 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw

Oh fudge...I’ll just have to eat more chocolate.


34 posted on 02/11/2010 12:26:20 PM PST by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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To: Genoa

I hope you are right. I don’t drink(I was overserved in my youth) alcohol anymore...so: other than the sugar, I think grape juice does the same thing: also, pomegranate juice.


35 posted on 02/11/2010 1:02:52 PM PST by Mountain Mary
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To: GailA

Darn, me too. The things we must endure to be healthy (sigh)...


36 posted on 02/11/2010 1:30:25 PM PST by greatplains
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To: decimon
I get a 404 error "page not found" at your link.

But I guess everybody got through as I see comments on it.

Surely nobody would comment on something they hadn't actually read./sarc

37 posted on 02/11/2010 1:55:07 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: capt. norm

The link just worked for me. Here’s the URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/hl_afp/usitfoodcancerted_20100211172535;_ylt=Ak8LsT.LBuFoHUVNFdrfMKqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkM2U4bHU4BHBvcwMxNDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlZHdpbmVhbmRkYQ


38 posted on 02/11/2010 1:58:27 PM PST by decimon
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To: decimon
Ican't find a trace of this at Yahoo and your links both give me a 404 (page not found) error.

Could you give us a working link?

39 posted on 02/11/2010 2:00:42 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: decimon
Just this second tried the new link and got the same 404 error.

I'll try it on a different browser and see if that's the problem.

40 posted on 02/11/2010 2:02:02 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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