Can We Eat To Starve Cancer?

                    Many common diseases all across our world today, such as cancer, arthritis, and obesity surprisingly all have one thing in common; malfunctioning angiogenesis, which is the growth of new blood vessels in your body. Whats a way to stop the the excessive/damaged growth of blood vessels you might ask? You're about to find out.            

                    William Li is a doctor speaking about anti angiogenesis treatment, specifically for curing cancer. In the Ted talk we watched as a class, Dr. Li explains how accurate anti angiogenesis treatment is, along with foods you can eat to advance the treatment and restore healthy blood vessels. Unlike chemo therapy, anti angiogenesis starves the cancer by cutting off the blood supply of it, so it doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow from blood vessels. Without blood supply, the tumor can't live. Dr. Li also talked about foods that can help make healthier angiogenesis in the body, such as tomatoes, garlic, pumpkin, and strawberries. These foods help the body's angiogenesis healthier and can potentially be a benefit to fighting cancer.

                   After watching the Ted talk in class, I was very satisfied with the video and how the treatment worked so well for people and animals. Cancer is a terrible thing, and I believe if there is a beneficial way to stop the blood supply in a cancerous tumor, anti angiogeneis treatment seems to be the most effective and most advanced. Although it is a new treatment, I think anti angiogenesis is a smart way to take on tumors. In the video, it showed several animals and a few people with cancerous tumors, and after having the treatment done for a few months, their tumor was either gone or much healthier than before. It seems to be efficient and effective. I found it amazing that eating just simple foods like pumpkin, can actually help people with cancer to have healthier angiogenesis. That really shocked me in a good way to know eating such common foods can help the fight, even if its just a little bit.