If you or someone you love has stomach cancer, you already know that you’re in the fight of your life. Because this disease isn’t just hard to beat… it’s also hard to treat. Between the nauseating chemo… the scorching radiation… and the life-changing surgeries… your whole world gets flipped upside down.
So, your best bet is never to get stomach cancer in the first place. Luckily, that just got a whole lot easier to do. Because research shows that a certain ancient herb can slash your stomach cancer risk by up to 65 percent!
Even better? It can help you live decades longer, even if you already have stomach cancer.
If you’re like most folks, you can probably smell this herb from a mile away. This pungent bulb belongs to the allium family, which includes other tasty plants like onions, leeks, and scallions.
And because of its unforgettable aroma, the plant was often called “rank rose” by the ancient Greeks.
But little did they know that garlic’s healing powers are tied directly to its powerful smell.
Stinky sulfur compounds fight cancer
Garlic contains allyl sulfur compounds, unique molecules that help give garlic its distinct odor, and also help stop cancer growth.
One of these compounds– allicin – has been shown to stop cancer growth, induce cancer cell suicide, control the spread and growth of tumors, and suppress the effects of H. pylori, a bacterium that can lead to stomach cancer.1
Additionally, garlic is a good source of selenium, a mineral shown to help lower your risk for breast, lung, esophageal, stomach, and prostate cancer.2 But garlic's most impressive cancer-fighting property is its ability to boost your Natural Killer (NK) cells and T-cells that help attack threats to your body like viruses, bacteria, and deadly cancer cells.3 And impressive research shows how effective garlic is against stomach cancer.
Slash your stomach cancer risk 65 percent and live longer
One study of nearly 800 participants revealed that eating garlic and other allium vegetables at least twice a week reduced their stomach cancer risk by up to 65 percent!4 Two servings?! That’s all it takes to increase your chances of living a cancer-free life?!
It sounds too good to be true… but it’s not! And there’s more good news about this powerful plant.
A blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial shows that folks taking garlic supplements for seven years after being treated for H. pylori infection significantly reduced their risk of dying from stomach cancer for more than 22 years!5
Again, how easy is that?! All you have to do is enjoy more of this incredible spice to add decades to your life! Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Pass the garlic, please!
You can pick up fresh garlic at the grocery store or farmer’s market. It can be challenging to peel in blub form, so you can opt for the prepared variety for quick cooking. And garlic can be added to just about any savory dish or snack!
Put it in your salad dressings… add a spoonful to your vegetables… you can even sprinkle garlic powder on your popcorn. No matter how you get more of it, you’ll be putting yourself on the path to winning the battle against stomach cancer.
Don’t like the taste? No worries! You can still get the health benefits of garlic from supplements. They are available at your local drugstore, health food store and at many online retailers.
Best regards,
The Green Valley Team
1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9234177/
2 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep19213
3 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261561411002317
4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8867184
5 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31511230/
