Could it be that women have had the cure for cancer hidden in their jackets all along? An Australian news article suggests this could very well be a possibility:
“Six months before the child was diagnosed, I was doing research as part of my midwifery and read that breast milk contains a protein that causes cell death in malignant tumours,” the midwife said.
“I thought I would like to research this as an innovative treatment and when the child was diagnosed, I suggested they try it. There was nothing to lose and plenty to gain.”
The midwife went to an Australian Breastfeeding Association meeting in Maroochydore and asked mothers if they would be prepared to donate their milk to help.
She also advertised for breast milk in the Sunshine Coast Daily classifieds.
The child was given 500ml of breast milk each day mixed with fruit in a “smoothie”.
“Since those first weeks, donations have grown through word of mouth,” she said.
“There are so many generous wonderful breastfeeding mothers on the Coast who will do anything to help.
“We are extremely grateful to all those mothers who have donated their ‘magic milk’ as we are certain that it has been of substantial benefit.”
An examination of the child in Brisbane on Friday showed that there had been a significant turnaround in the girl’s condition." (Read the full article here).
This story is not the first of its kind. Dr Donn Bauer drank breast milk while recovering from the removal of a cancerous tumour in his vocal cord, stating "It's just a boost of energy, and it's not like drinking an energy drink or a couple cups of quick coffee, but a slow process of feeling good" (Breast Milk Used to Treat Cancer Patients). A 59 year old American man diagnosed with prostate cancer read some literature about the breast milk killing cancer cells and sought a lactating mother who was willing to donate expressed breast milk for him to drink daily in a fruit smoothie (Breast Milk as a Cancer Treatment & The Man Who Swears By Breast Milk).
The literature he referred to was about Anders Hakansson, a Swedish immunology student at Lund University. Hakansson mixed breast milk with cancer cells and his supervisor Catharina Svanborg discovered that the breast milk caused the cancer cells to self-destruct! (Breast Milk Component Kills Cancer Cells). 123Breastfeeding explains:
It turned out that the “assassin” was the protein alpha-lactalbumin, which turned lethal when combined with acid. Svanborg named the acidified protein “HAMLET” (human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumors). HAMLET kills 40 different kinds of tumor cells in lab dishes, and human trials of HAMLET for treatment of bladder cancer look “very good” and show no side effects. (Promising Anti-Cancer Power of Breast Milk)
All reports so far state that there is yet to be a substantial scientific study concerning the potential for breast milk to cure cancer, but the anectotal evidence surely indicates this is an important area of research. Given the incredible immunological properties of breast milk and the numerous studies that attest to breast milk's ability to prevent all kinds of allergies and diseases, it does not seem far fetched that breast milk could cure the terminal illness that has stumped Western medicine.
Links on Cancer & Breast Milk
Breast Milk Component Kills Cancer Cells
Breast Milk Used In Cancer Fight - The Daily Mail, Sunshine Coast, Australia.
Breast Milk as a Cancer Treatment - The Lactivist
Can Breast Milk Cure Cancer? - About Breastfeeding.com
Promising Anti-Cancer Power of Breast Milk
Links on Immunology & Breast Milk
Immune Benefits of Breast Milk at a Galnce
101 Reasons to Breastfeed Your Child
* Special thanks to my friend who alerted me to this news story.
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