Cancer · From the archive

Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction

Methionine restriction—best achieved through a plant-based diet—may prove to have a major impact on patients with cancer because unlike normal tissues, many human tumors require the amino acid methionine to grow.

January 20, 2014
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Cancer, from the archive

Methionine restriction—best achieved through a plant-based diet—may prove to have a major impact on patients with cancer because unlike normal tissues, many human tumors require the amino acid methionine to grow.

Originally published January 20, 2014 on GreenMedTV.

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Sayer Ji
Sayer JiFounder of GreenMedInfo (2008), the open-access natural-health research database; author of Regenerate (Hay House, 2020) and Shadow Empire: The Epstein Files (Skyhorse, 2026); chair of the Global Wellness Forum; convener of Restore the First.
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