Cancer is one of top killing diseases in the world. There are many types of it, depends on where it starts to damage the body cells. Take for example, leukemia, breast cancer, colon cancer, oral cancer and back bone cancer. The growth of cancer cells is usually unrecognized at the beginning because people are not too aware of its symptoms. However, the earlier diagnoses usually widen the chance that the patients can survive.
One of ways to treat cancer is chemotherapy. It is a method that utilizes drugs to kill the cancer cells. Though it works well sometimes, this treatment can cause negative effects to the healthy cells. Fortunately, there are many alternatives offered by the nature to treat this disease. Soursop fruit kills the cancer up to 10,000 times than chemotherapy drugs without any side effect and even harming the healthy cells. This flowering, evergreen tree native grows in tropical regions of the world, especially Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. And today, with the fast distribution, people can find this fruit at groceries and healthy food stores. There have available juice forms that offer easier consumption. The recommended ways to use soursop fruit is by eating it directly or drinking the juice. Here is a simple recipe of juice that you can make at home.
Soursop Fruit Juice
- Peel the ripe soursop with your fingers and discard the skin. Cut the fruit in half lengthwise and remove the fibrous core as well as the seeds. Cut the fruit into cubes.
- Place the cubed cut soursop into the blender and add 1 ½ cups of water or milk. Blend it until the soursop incorporated into liquid.
- Taste it and add sugar if it is needed.
- Add a cup of crushed ice plus the lemon or lime juice if you want to. Blend them again and serve.
Seeing the native growth of soursop fruit, it is found out that this fruit has been used for years by the Jamaican people as favorite beverages. And they have taken the advantages of it, including treating the cancer.
