• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

culinarylore.com

Food Science, History, and Much More

  • Home
  • All Categories
    • Food Law
    • Food Culture
    • Specialty Foods
  • Food Science
  • Food History
  • Food Myths
  • Privacy
  • About
  • Contact

cancer

Hamlin’s Wizard OIl: The Cancer Curing Liniment

January 21, 2019 By EricT_CulinaryLore

Hamlin’s Wizard oil, launched in 1861, was a famous patent medicine of the late 1800s and early 1900s meant to be used as a liniment. According to the ad shown here, it was a remedy of rheumatism, neuralgia, toothache, headache, diphtheria, sore throat, lame back, sprains, bruises, corns, cramps, colic, diarrhea, and all pain and […]

Do Ripe Bananas Contain Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Making them an Anti-Cancer Food?

August 9, 2018 By EricT_CulinaryLore

You may have seen a post floating around Facebook and other social media platforms (also Instagram) asserting the benefits of a fully ripe banana with dark patches on the skin. According to this message, it only takes one ripe banana a day to fight cancer! The message goes something like this: “According to the latest […]

We May Soon Have A Cancer Vaccine!

June 24, 2018 By EricT_CulinaryLore

Potential new cancer vaccine

In the video below, Hank Green of the SciShow talks about an exciting new development in cancer treatment: A potential cancer vaccine. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have been working on two novel immune-stimulating agents. They have injected these agents into the solid tumors of mice and found that the agents eliminated all traces of cancer […]

Are Alkaline Diet Claims About Cancer and Other Health Benefits True?

July 10, 2015 By EricT_CulinaryLore

alkaline diet myths

There are many books and websites that promote so-called alkaline diets, or that advise that you must somehow balance your intake of “acid” and “alkaline” foods to ensure good health. It is even suggested that such a diet will treat or prevent cancer. Some websites also claim you can test your pH so that you […]

Asparagus Cures Cancer Viral Email and Post

November 25, 2013 By EricT_CulinaryLore

This email popped up at least as early as 2006 and has been handed around on Facebook, etc. since then. It purports the miraculous discovery that cooked and blended asparagus, given as doses twice a day to cancer patients, cures their cancer. There is no evidence whatsoever that asparagus, or any other single vegetable or […]

Primary Sidebar

Follow CulinaryLore
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Email
Follow CulinaryLore
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Email

Main Categories

  • Food History
  • Food Science
  • Food Myths

Recent Posts

  • Does Splenda Sweetener Kill Healthy Intestinal Bacteria?
  • Is Milk Really Bad for Cats?
  • If “Real” Cooking Was Quick and Easy, We Wouldn’t Need Cookbooks
  • Bad Reasons to Take Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
  • Hamlin’s Wizard OIl: The Cancer Curing Liniment

All content © 2018 by Eric Troy and CulinaryLore.  All Rights Reserved. Please contact for permissions.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy