Honey Reduces Breast Cancer Cell Growth by 84%

Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s another roundup of some recent Good News to cheer you up. Today we have not one but two positive environmental stories coming out of Australia, some news about an incredible honey that hampers the growth of breast cancer cells, and a new technology that can help deliver healthy donor hearts to those in need. Enjoy!

• 🐝 Honey Reduces Breast Cancer Cell Growth by 84%

• ☀️ Australia Building Huge Solar Farm Linked To Singapore

• 🪸 Australia Commits To Cleaning Great Barrier Reef Water

• 🔋 A Greener Way To Extract Lithium

• 🫀 New Donor Heart Boxes Doubles Delivery Time

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Honey Reduces Breast Cancer Cell Growth by 84%

• Breast cancer affects 2.3 million women yearly

• Manuka honey reduces cancer cell growth 

• Can lead to cancer cell death

• Non-toxic properties better than chemotherapy

Breast cancer is the number one cancer in women and the second most common cancer worldwide. It affects some 2.3 million women yearly. Around two-thirds of breast cancer diagnoses are called estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer, meaning that the cancer cells have receptors that feed on estrogen hormones to grow bigger. New studies, however, have shown that Manuka honey can reduce these growing cancer cells by 84% with no side effects or any harm done to healthy cells!

Manuka honey comes from the manuka tree, a tea tree that’s indigenous to New Zealand and Australia. This honey is different from other honeys in that it’s not only nutritional, but it can also be used as both an excellent antioxidant and an antibacterial remedy. Because of these unique properties, it has been used to help heal wounds from ancient times up to today. By treating ER-positive breast cancer cells with this magical honey, scientists observed lower estrogen levels in these cancer cells and, in some cases, even cell death.

The chart above shows how cancer cells decreased in patients who received the Manuka honey treatment, while those who didn’t get the treatment (the control group) experienced a significant cell growth increase. While these findings are part of preliminary trials and more studies are needed to firmly establish the exact quantities needed, we might be witnessing the beginning of an all-new non-toxic treatment for cancers. Certain drugs in chemotherapy can be highly toxic to a patient’s liver and kidneys, and can ultimately lead to organ dysfunction. Honey, on the other hand, is all-natural, and would certainly make for a sweet substitute.

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