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Lani · 08-01-2011, 05:45 AM

What I posted was not opinion, but science. That does not make it true in people or at all dosages.

In a petri dish these effects were noted and only due to one component of pomegranate extract (which may contain many different active ingredients, some of which may act in the same and some in opposing ways)

Posting the article was not to imply that the answer is known as to whether pomegranates are good or bad for her2+ bc, but rather to raise the question that they may interfere with the good herceptin may be doing.

I agree that all kinds of opinions are out there. That is why it is nice that someone is trying to objectify nutritional ingredients actions--especially as there is no drug company money to help them do the research.

08-01-2011, 05:45 AM	#4
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	Re: pomegranate extract, other polyphenol from bright colored fruits/veges may interf What I posted was not opinion, but science. That does not make it true in people or at all dosages. In a petri dish these effects were noted and only due to one component of pomegranate extract (which may contain many different active ingredients, some of which may act in the same and some in opposing ways) Posting the article was not to imply that the answer is known as to whether pomegranates are good or bad for her2+ bc, but rather to raise the question that they may interfere with the good herceptin may be doing. I agree that all kinds of opinions are out there. That is why it is nice that someone is trying to objectify nutritional ingredients actions--especially as there is no drug company money to help them do the research.