You must have seen a lot of “anti-cancer remedies”, with garlic, onion and okra being the usual suspects. Elderly people in the family will also snatch up all kinds of “anti-cancer miracle drugs” through TV and newspapers. Are these things really effective? Garlic The concept of “eating more garlic for health” has been very popular, and rumor has it that garlic and “garlic products” (so-called “garlic extracts” made of health care products) are almost a cure for all diseases, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, and preventing cardiovascular disease, all of which are not a problem. Good thinkers must have realized that garlic is one of the most important ingredients in the daily diet, if it really has so many functions, why are there so many cancers and cardiovascular diseases? In fact, modern medicine is also studying garlic, but the front claimed so multi-functional, some tests have not passed, some are still controversial, and some are only the results of cell or animal experiments, can not be simply pushed to the human body. Therefore, don’t expect to eat garlic to strengthen the body, and don’t believe in the banner of “anti-cancer and anti-cancer” “garlic products”, so as not to break the bank and hurt your body. Of course, garlic as a vegetable, normal eating is no problem, just do not advocate with the purpose of anti-cancer anti-cancer eat a lot. Because one of the basic principles of a healthy diet is “miscellaneous”, that is, eat a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, to be balanced and diverse. Panax notoginseng Panax notoginseng is also known as Tianqi. From a botanical point of view, Panax notoginseng and Panax ginseng are “relatives”, plants of the same family, but not the same “species”. Panax notoginseng does have a long history of use, and some studies can be found, but researchers have focused on the component called saponin, and their observations of its effects have centered on vascular disease, with no mention of “anti-cancer”. As for other “health benefits”, there is an even greater lack of evidence. However, it must be emphasized that Panax ginseng should be treated as a medicine, whether in research or clinical treatment. If there are merchants claiming that eating Panax ginseng products can fight cancer or provide health care, they are either breaking the law or playing a trick to cheat money, so we should keep our eyes peeled. Okra Okra is a very popular vegetable with many nicknames, such as “green ginseng”, “plant gold”, and some say that okra is “the nemesis of cancer”. But in the final analysis, okra is still a vegetable, the nutrient content is only water, vitamins, some trace elements and minerals. To say that eating okra has benefits is not false, but to say that it can fight cancer, unless it is found very special substances, but so far, there is no evidence to prove that okra is not an ordinary vegetable. In fact, even if experimental studies have found that okra contains some kind of anti-cancer active substances, it does not mean that eating okra can fight and prevent cancer. The words “contains anti-cancer active substances” and “eating this plant can prevent cancer” are two completely different things, and cannot be simply equated. Some people may ask, “Doesn’t it have any effect on cancer prevention? Of course it does. Vegetables and fruits must be eaten, and eating enough of them is good for the body, and when the body gets better, it certainly helps to “prevent cancer” to a certain extent. However, it is necessary to put it in another way – eating a variety of vegetables and fruits, with sufficient and balanced nutrition, can prevent cancer only when the body is well. It is totally unrealistic to expect to eat only one or two magical “cancer killers” to prevent cancer. Paclitaxel Paclitaxel is a very common chemotherapeutic drug with anti-tumor effects, which many cancer patients or their families have heard of. Paclitaxel is a product isolated and purified from the bark of the gymnosperm Picea abies, so many businessmen have hit on the idea of Picea abies, making many similar products and claiming that they can fight cancer. However, the content of paclitaxel in the bark of Picea abies is quite low. According to the data, it takes about 13.6 kilograms of bark to produce 1 gram of paclitaxel, which means that it takes about 3 to 12 Picea rubra trees that are more than 100 years old to treat a patient with ovarian cancer in the clinic. Think about it, so many trees, even if you drink the bark water three times a day, even if you can drink it one day to the extent that it “works”, you may not be cured, but your belly will be broken. Is there anything that really fights cancer? At the present stage, there are very few drugs (professionally called “tumor chemical intervention”) with clear anti-cancer effects, and the only ones that have been officially approved are: aspirin (used to prevent certain colorectal cancers); tamoxifen (used to prevent certain breast cancers). Drugs can’t even claim to prevent or cure cancer, let alone food. Most of the so-called “cancer prevention or anti-cancer supplements” are just hype concepts, and they can’t prevent or cure cancer at all. If it is not bad, you can eat it as food, or as nutritional supplements, but you should not eat more of it. Is there any reliable anti-cancer method? Based on research evidence, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) have proposed some clear and effective measures to prevent cancer, which mainly include the following 7 measures: 1) Lose weight as much as possible while avoiding underweight; 2) Limit the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, and restrict the consumption of energy-intensive foods (especially processed foods that are high in sugar or low in fiber, or high in fat); 3) Eat more of various kinds of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and Eat more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes; 4. Eat less red meat (e.g., beef, pork) and less processed meat products (note that it is to eat less, not to let people not eat); 5. Quit smoking and drinking; 6. Limit the intake of salt (sodium); 7. Do not use supplements to prevent cancer. Pay attention to the last one, do not use supplements to prevent cancer. The so-called supplements are all kinds of so-called “anti-cancer food” and “anti-cancer health products”.