Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

creatine-blast

More than half a century ago, this treatment had been popular. Creatine treatment was also known as Krebiozen, Carcalon or Lipopolysacharide C. It was developed by Dr. Steven Durovic, a Yugoslav physician and has its own foundation, the Krebiozen Research Foundation.

The secret ingredient

Dr. Durovic claimed that Krebiozen was derived from 2,000 Argentinean horses. The development of the cure involved infecting the horses with the Actinomyces bovis bacteria. The horse plasma was extracted and dried into powder form. Does this make you remember how vaccines are formulated?
The popularity of Krebiozen prompted the Food and Drug Administration to conduct an investigation. The result disclosed that the ingredient is a form of creatine plus mineral oil instead of the purported dried horse serum.
This mislabeling of a drug treatment got Dr. Durovic into some lawsuits but was acquitted. Ironically, the IRS charged him with tax evasion.

What think the cancer expert

In 1973, a review was carried out by 24 scientists on 500 best cases submitted by the Krebiozen Foundation. After the scientific study, the National Cancer Institute concluded that clinical trials weren’t necessary because it was clear that carcalon had no cancer activity at all.

What creatine do

I searched for more recent publication to know if creatine can indeed be a treatment for cancer. I discovered one publication that relates creatine to cancer. According to the publication creatine diminishes fat accumulation in chemotherapy of children with leukemia.
Creatine builds muscle mass and is marketed as supplement for athletes. It isn’t an essential molecule as it is produced adequately by the body. Creatine is a treatment for neuromuscular diseases but not for cancer.

Bad cancer treatment

The Krebiozen treatment isn’t proven to work against cancer. The 50’s era has spawned cancer cure from all sorts of spurious products. We’ve progressed by leaps and bound since then. So, this treatment should be considered as obsolete and irrelevant.

Bottom line

Still, some desperate people with cancer may have faith in it as a cancer treatment. If someone is trying to sell you that product as a cancer cure, you shouldn’t ever believe it. Standard therapy is what works. Live a healthy lifestyle and outwit cancer. You can’t go wrong by eating 5-10 servings of functional foods daily. These will provide you your best chance.

Category: All Cancer
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