Baker's Yeast: A Promising, Natural Therapy for Cancer

Posted by: Dr. Mercola

Dr. Mamdooh Ghoneum, a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, is investigating the potential use of non-pathogenic baker's yeast as a promising, natural therapy for cancer.

For more than two decades, Dr. Ghoneum has pursued a theory that cancer cells self destruct when exposed to small quantities of yeast.

In laboratory tests, Dr. Ghoneum exposed cancer cells to yeast and observed as they ingested the yeast -- through a process known as phagocytosis -- and then died. In later experiments, yeast was injected inside the tumors of mice and, again, he observed a decrease in the size of the tumor mass. Then, in his most recent tests, he examined whether yeast could kill cancer cells in mice that had cancer metastasized to the lung. These tests also showed significant clearance of the cancer cells from the lung.