Almost everybody has a family member or somebody they care about with cancer so I was doing research for my Grandfather and decided to pass it on.
Goji berries/Wolfberry-
Nutrients inside
11 essential and 22 trace dietary minerals
18 amino acids
6 essential vitamins
8 polysaccharides and 6 monosaccharides
5 unsaturated fatty acids, including the essential fatty acids, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid
beta-sitosterol and other phytosterols
5 carotenoids, including beta-carotene and zeaxanthin (below), lutein, lycopene and cryptoxanthin, a xanthophyll
numerous phenolic pigments (phenols) associated with antioxidant properties
General Information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfberry
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/comp...dex/a/goji.htm
Studies
1)
Seventy nine people in advanced stages of cancer were treated with the drug LAK/IL-2 combined with Lycium Barbarum polysaccharides (LBP). From the 75 evaluable patients, regression of the following cancers was observed: malignant melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and malignant hydrothorax. The response rate of patients treated with LAK/IL-2 and LBP was 40.9% while that of patients treated only with LAK/IL-2 was 16.1%.
from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...t=AbstractPlus
2)
Cancer Institute, Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan, ChinaRadiosensitizing effects (becoming more sensitive to radiation treatment) of the Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP) were observed in mice with lung cancer.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...t=AbstractPlus
3) more studies listed here
http://www.gojijuices.net/gojijuiceresearch.html
Conclusive or not I am going to make sure my grandfather is taking these.