Allspice Herb: A Natural Protection Against Prostate Cancer
Allspice is commonly known as myrtle pepper, pimento, Jamaica pepper, clove pepper, and water pimento. Its name is derived because of the dried brown berries that look like large peppercorns, smell, and taste like a mixture of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. It is considered as the most widely used seasoning in cuisines around the world. This powerful spice is native to Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and Mexico. Due to its unique flavor and healthy quality, it is used in sweet and savory dishes, desserts, salads, curries, soup, sauces, and meat dishes.
Allspice is a rich source of beneficial nutrients and organic compounds like tannins, quercetin, and eugenol. They are the main reason behind the impressive health benefits of allspice.
Here Are The Well-Known Benefits Of Consuming Allspice
Protects Heart Health
Anti-inflammatory
Improve Brain Functioning
Aids in Digestion
Promote Better Sleep
Improves Circulation
In addition to all of these, allspice has the highest concentration of antioxidants thereby consuming the recommended amounts of it is simple enough to activate its anti-cancer abilities.
How It Protects Men From Prostate Cancer
Ericifolin, a compound found in the seasoning, can help prevent prostate cancer patients from losing their lives. The compound was found to have the ability to suppress receptors for the male hormone androgen. These androgen receptors are responsible for the development of cancer cells in the prostate.
Androgen - such as testosterone - regulates the development of male characteristic by binding itself to androgen receptors.
For prostate cancer tumors to be able to grow, they co-opt testosterone and other androgens. Once they are deprived of androgen supply, the tumors will not get bigger and spread elsewhere.
Researchers believed that ericifolin could block or disable androgen receptors, thereby cancer tumor will fail to use hormones to fuel their growth.
Additionally, when allspice extract was tested on breast cancer cells, it showed a positive effect on delaying the growth of breast cancer. That's why researchers concluded that allspice can also be used to fight other types of cancer.
Though there are synthetic drugs that have the same effect of allspice, remember that these drugs have toxic side effects that get worse over time.
At the end of the study, researchers suggest that patients and healthy individuals should increase their levels of ericifolin and other anti-cancer compounds by consuming allspice and other foods that can naturally help prevent or slow down the progress and spread of prostate cancer.
Some other foods with potent anti-cancer compounds of their own that men should consider eating to help them slow down prostate cancer progress are turmeric, broccoli, pomegranate, and green tea. Consume these foods alongside with allspice for best results.
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