![Vídeo: "Cancer and Intravenous Vitamin C treatment"](/sites/default/files/styles/glightbox/public/endovenosos_vitamina_c.jpg?itok=m2fCUMCs "Vídeo: "Cancer and Intravenous Vitamin C treatment"")
Video of the conference on oxidative stress and the use of antioxidants in different pathologies. The use of intravenous vitamin C in the integrative treatment of cancer.
I try to clarify important concepts such as:
What is oxidation?
Why do we need oxygen to live?
What physiological mechanisms does the body have to counteract the action of free radicals?
Why is vitamin C the most useful and safe antioxidant?
What role does intravenous vitamin C play in the integrative treatment of cancer?
Numerous studies on resveratrol have shown great potential in the treatment of different types of cancer, due to its ability to affect several molecular pathways. Resveratrol has proven the ability to eliminate tumor stem cells, which are the main inducers of tumor growth.
The ketogenic diet consists of drastically decreasing carbohydrates in the diet, as these are the source of glucose. Instead they are replaced with large amounts of healthy fats. With not enough glucose available to use as an energy source in the body, the body begins to form ketone bodies from fats. Ketone bodies can be used by healthy cells for energy, but not by tumor cells.
Curcumin has shown antitumor effects in breast cancer. HER2 positive. It can induce cell death in breast cancer cells by inducing changes in the cell membrane potential. Cancer stem cells are one of the main causes of cancer recurrence after treatment. Curcumin has shown its ability to kill cancer stem cells, in addition to increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy.