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Article: New form of MCP works as well as chemo--without the toxicity.(Modified citrus pectin)
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- Women's Health Letter
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Modified citrus pectin (MCP) has gone through yet another transformation, and I want you to be one of the first people to know about it. I first introduced you to PectaSol, the most studied form of MCP, five years ago.
If you remember, I explained that MCP was remarkable in keeping cancer cells from clustering and forming tumors. When malignant cells can't attach themselves to one another, they die. So the original MCP stopped the progression of cancer.
Now a new generation of MCP is available. The first human study found that it works like chemotherapy with one difference. It's much safer.
The problem with chemotherapy drugs, as you may know, ...