Dandelion Super food

Did you know? Dandelion root extract has shown intriguing anti-cancer activity in laboratory studies involving several types of cancer cells, including colorectal cancer, leukemia, melanoma, and pancreatic cancer. The scientific interest centers on apoptosis, the natural process that tells damaged or abnormal cells to self-destruct. Some compounds in dandelion root appear to activate this process in cancer cells under experimental conditions. One mechanism involves caspases—enzymes that act like molecular switches during programmed cell death. In a 2011 study published in…