A recent study done by researchers at Washington State University confirms that more than 40 plant-derived compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer cells. The spread of cancer cells is the most common fatal disease, and the emergence of diets, nutrients and plant-derived chemicals has opened up many avenues of attack against cancer,” said WSU professor Gary Meadows et al. We’ve been searching for a miraculous anti-cancer “weapon” to fight cancer. There are many magical “weapons” related to what we eat and how we live our lives, and we just need to take advantage of them to fight tumors properly. In a recent study published online in Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, some simple logic is stated: most research focuses on preventing cancer or treating primary cancerous tumors, but cancer usually spreads to neighboring organs and eventually kills the patient. Therefore, unlike previous attacks on tumors, we want to control their spread and metastasis. Researchers have focused specifically on genes that suppress metastasis. The researchers spent a long time in the PubMed medical research database to identify the concept of nutrients and metastasis suppressor genes. Most people don’t target tumor metastasis suppressor genes in their research, Meadows said: think of it as just one gene, but Meadows’ study, analyzed when metastasis suppressor genes are turned on or off. In the end, he identified dozens of substances that have an effect on many cancer metastasis suppressor genes. He saw substances such as amino acids, vitamin D, ethanol, ginseng extract, lycopene from tomato carotenoids, curcumin from the turmeric ingredient curcumin, pomegranate juice, fish oil, and other substances that affect the expression of genes for breast, colon, prostate, skin, lung, and other cancers. Typically, substances act epigenetically, that is, they turn tumor metastasis suppressor genes on or off. Thus, these epigenetic mechanisms are influenced by what you eat. Meadows says that the exploration of the aspect of diet and nutrition on tumor metastasis is a very new area of research. His research emphasizes focusing on how diet and nutrition regulate metastasis suppressor genes. Research first confirmed that there are many natural compounds that help our bodies slow or stop the spread of cancer cells. While research has shown a link between nutrients and metastasis suppressor genes, more research is needed to elucidate the relationship between nutrients and metastasis suppressor genes. Recently, researchers have begun to focus on the effects of the body’s environment on cancer metastasis, and the environment of your entire body is very important to whether or not cancer will spread.