01/07/2024
EXPLORING FERMENTED WHEAT GERM EXTRACT IN THE
PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF CANCER (Immunovet/Shield4Pets/Avemar)
April 28, 2023
Although much has yet to be learned about fermented wheat germ extract, it is one of the most exciting and, perhaps, promising supplements that may be effective in combatting cancer. Clinical and laboratory studies have revealed that fermented wheat germ regulates cellular metabolism and supports the immune system. A 2020 summary paper demonstrated that it may even reverse the abnormal metabolism (the “Warburg effect”) of cancer cells by causing the mitochondria of the cancer cell to become “normal” again. One study published in 2003 found that colorectal patients who consumed fermented wheat germ extract in combination with conventional cancer therapy resulted in an additional 82% reduction in their tumor re-occurrences, a 67% reduction in metastasis, and a 62% reduction in deaths as opposed to those who received only conventional therapy.[1] Another study revealed that patients with melanoma taking fermented wheat germ increased their survival rate by 50% and doubled the period they remained cancer-free, compared to the group that did not take fermented wheat germ extract.[2]
Although the studies mentioned above were conducted using human beings, there is another study worth noting, even though it was conducted using mice. This study is significant because its findings were presented at the 2008 American Society for Clinical Oncology meeting, an annual gathering of oncologists, many if not all of whom are trained under a Western medicine philosophy of cancer treatment, where “natural therapies” often go unmentioned. In this study, fermented wheat germ extract inhibited breast cancer growth in mice better than the world’s three leading hormonal therapies: Tamoxifen, Exemestane, and Anastrozole. [3]
The study data showed none of the hormonal therapies was as effective as fermented wheat germ extract alone. Combined with each treatment, tumor growth inhibition was superior to hormonal therapies alone. Fermented wheat germ extract also inhibited the growth of breast tumor types that are not dependent on estrogen for growth by 50%, something none of the three hormonal therapies in the study can do, once again supporting the notion that it works in a manner that affects almost all types of cancer.
In all, there are more than 50 published studies on fermented wheat germ extract. These studies suggest that this all-natural ingredient can slow or stop almost every form of cancer’s growth via two primary methods. Firstly, fermented wheat germ extract reduces glucose flow into cells, inhibiting a cancer cell’s growth.[4]
Secondly, fermented wheat germ extract enhances programmed cell death or apoptosis.
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References:
[1] British Journal of Cancer (2003) 89, 465 – 469, http://fwgeresearch.org/.../1H...
[2] CANCER BIOTHERAPY & RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS Volume 23, Number 4, 2008, http://fwgeresearch.org/.../1A...
[3] Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings (Post-Meeting Edition). Vol 25, No 18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007: 21132, http://fwgeresearch.org/.../3A...
[4] Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1051: 529–542 (2005). © 2005 New York Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1196/annals.1361.097 http://fwgeresearch.org/.../2C...
[5] Fermented Wheat Germ Extract Super Concentrate Scientific Summary, 2015, pg 1 Bencze, Gyula PhD.
