Graviola

Here's the story.  We spent 6 weeks last year in Barbados and on the last day, when we were packing, out our landlord said......"You should have been boiling the leaves from the soursop tree over there. Its a cancer fighter."  His timing couldn't have been worse.

So, when we got back home to Canada, I kept thinking of that soursop tree. I had never heard of it before.

But, somewhere along the way in my research I discovered that it is better known by the name Graviola.

My attention really came to life when I found this paragraph in Natural News.com: 

findings reported that the leaves of the Graviola plant were effective in destroying malignant cancer cells. Tests at Perdue University on cancer cells of prostate, pancreas and lungs have all shown results. Twenty further studies investigated the chemical effects of the Graviola in laboratory tests, but tests on animals or humans are needed to confirm the results. A Korean study found that Graviola killed colon cancer cells better than a chemotherapy drug called Adriamycin. Graviola results were ten thousand times stronger than the chemotherapy. And, unlike chemotherapy drugs, Graviola did not damage any cells except the carcinogenic cells. This means that there would likely be no hair loss or nausea as side effects from using Graviola as a treatment for cancers.

I have read some reports online which suggest that graviola may have some questionable issues.

Raysahelian.com states:

As you can read in detail in the research updates above, there is a concern that consuming the graviola fruit for prolonged periods (many years in a row or perhaps a lifetime) may increase the risk for a form of Parkinson's Disease. This is not known for certain at this time but to be cautious, it would be best to take holidays from use of graviola and not eat the fruit for months at a time without a break.

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