Soursop Fruit Kills Cancer (CNN IREPORT)

One must be wary in just believing all the news about new cancer cures being discovered or are marketed online or by health food stores. If one just accepts such claims, then the world will have less need for medical based treatments and patients would be lining up buying fruits, vegetables, teas and herbs from the farmer's market or alternative healing establishments rather than in oncologists' clinics and hospitals.

Sousop or Graviola or Guanaban is a delicious tropical fruit closely related to custard apples. Native to South America.

Experts caution against soursop fruit to fight cancer

Soursop fruit, with its sweet flesh and distinctive flavor, is grown commercially to make juice, candy, sorbet and ice cream.
It's also is purported to have medicinal qualities, with claims across the Internet that soursop extract can slow the spread of cancer or make traditional cancer therapies work better.
Experts warn against using the fruit to treat cancer. While research suggests soursop can fight cancer, it has not been studied in humans. As a result, there is no evidence of its safety or efficacy.
Soursop has been associated with many unsubstantiated claims, says Daniel Kellman, Clinical Director of Naturopathic Medicine at our hospital outside Atlanta.

Can graviola (soursop) cure cancer?

Graviola comes from a tree in the rain forests of Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. Its scientific name is Annona muricata. It is also known as custard apple, cherimoya, guanabana, soursop and brazilian paw paw. The active ingredient is thought to be a type of plant compound (phytochemical) called annonaceous acetogenins.
Overall, there is no evidence to show that graviola works as a cure for cancer. In laboratory studies, graviola extracts can kill some types of liver and breast cancer cells that are resistant to particular chemotherapy drugs. But there haven’t been any large scale studies in humans. So we don't know yet whether it can work as a cancer treatment or not. Many sites on the internet advertise and promote graviola capsules as a cancer cure, but none of them are supported by any reputable scientific cancer organisations.

Can Soursop Fruit Kill Cancer?

The Soursop is a flowering, evergreen tree native to tropical regions of the world. It also contains a long, prickly green fruit which may be effective against some forms of cancer. Annona muricata is an active principle in an herbal remedy marketed under the brand name Triamazon.