Graviola Tree and Paw Paw Treatments

Written by Webster Kehr, Independent Cancer Research Foundation, Inc. | Last updated on | Filed under: Cancer Articles, Supplemental Treatments

TREATMENT RATING: This cancer protocol is rated ONLY as being effective on newly diagnosed cancer patients who do not have a fast-growing cancer and their cancer has not spread significantly!! If you are an advanced cancer patient who has had a lot of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery or you have a potentially fast-growing cancer, do not use this protocol as your primary cancer treatment, use one of the protocols linked to on this web page:

Chapter on Treatments Rated For Advanced Cancer Patients


How It Works

These products come from trees in the tropical areas of South and North America. They kill cancer cells as a minimum, but may have other affects on cancer. Paw Paw is known to work by blocking ATP production and thus reduce the voltage of the cancer cell to the point it falls apart (apoptosis or programmed cell death). Because Paw Paw and graviola are cousins, I assume that is also the way graviola works. They are also known to build the immune system.


WARNING – WARNING – WARNING !!!!!

Before reading this warning, please read the “What Causes Cancer” article linked to on the left side-bar. I will not repeat the concepts in that article here.

Most of the new technology cancer treatments include electromedicine or nutritional protocols. These protocols may NEUTRALIZE this protocol!!

Protocols that use electromedicine (e.g. high RF frequency generator), MSM, DMSO, Vitamin C, Hydrogen Peroxide, maple syrup or honey will definitely interfere with either of these two protocols, but other things may also interfere.

The reason is that several of the newer protocols kill microbes inside the cancer cells. When they kill the microbes inside the cancer cells, they allow more of the glucose to be converted to pyruvate and thus more ATP energy is created inside the cancer cells.

For most cancer protocols this is very good thing. But for either of these protocols it is a VERY BAD thing!!

The reason is that when you kill the microbes inside the cancer cells the ATP energy of the cell RISES. That is not a good thing because these two protocols try to REDUCE the number of ATP molecules so the cancer cells can fall apart!!

If you increase the number of ATP molecules it may become IMPOSSIBLE for either of these protocols to do their job.

It is beyond the scope of this section to go into any more detail, but the bottom line is that:

Paw Paw or Graviola should NOT be used with ANY OTHER alternative cancer treatment!!! NONE!!! This especially includes any DMSO protocol, any MSM protocol, and LIPH.

There are simply too many alternative cancer treatments to go through each one and determine if there is a conflict, so simply do not use this protocol with any other alternative cancer treatment without the permission of the vendor!!


Graviola Tree and Paw Paw Tree

This is one of those treatments for cancer that is fairly new, meaning it has only recently found its way onto the internet. Nevertheless, there have been a lot of scientific studies on these two products. At the current time most of the articles for Graviola and cancer come from a single source – the Health Sciences Institute (see the links below), though there are a growing number of independent articles.

I recommend graviola on the basis of several scientific articles, several testimonials, and several comments by practitioners (mostly from Brazil), however, Paw Paw is actually stronger than graviola at treating cancer. Paw Paw is the more potent of the two because of its more sophisticated and larger molecular structures. Graviola is sometimes called “Brazilian Paw Paw,” which can cause some confusion.

Paw Paw is clearly more powerful than graviola when treating cancer, if the quality of the processing is comparable. However, I would take freshly cut graviola over bottled Paw Paw (but American’s can’t get freshly cut graviola). Graviola only has single ring compounds, while the Paw Paw’s acetogenins have several double ring compounds (e.g. bullatacin) which makes Paw Paw much more powerful.

Paw Paw works (and I assume graviola as well) by slowing down or stopping the production of ATP. This in turn lowers the voltage of the cell. For normal cells, there is plenty of ATP, thus lowering the level of ATP has no effect on the cell. However, with cancer cells, due to the way they create energy (by fermentation), ATP is far more critical.

When the ATP level, and the energy of the cell level, drops to a critical level the cell falls apart. The residual pieces of the dead cancer cell are called “lysing” and I assume are similiar to other apoptosis (programmed cell death) killed cells. If that is the case, then part of the lysing is literally “eaten” by other cells (called: phagocytosed).

However, because the cancer cells in a cancer patient are frequently clusted together, a large amount of lysing can be created within a cancer patient such that high levels of clustered lysing cannot be eaten by surrounding cells. Such a situation is especially dangerous for lung cancer patients and brain cancer patients where a clustered amount of lysing can be very dangerous.

Paw Paw Vendor
Graviola Vendor


Technical Information

Here is some technical information on graviola:

  • “The Annonaceous acetogenins discovered in graviola thus far include: annocatalin, annohexocin, annomonicin, annomontacin, annomuricatin A & B, annomuricin A thru E, annomutacin, annonacin, annonacinone, annopentocin A thru C, cis-annonacin, cis-corossolone, cohibin A thru D, corepoxylone, coronin, corossolin, corossolone, donhexocin, epomuricenin A & B, gigantetrocin, gigantetrocin A & B, gigantetrocinone, gigantetronenin, goniothalamicin, iso-annonacin, javoricin, montanacin, montecristin, muracin A thru G, muricapentocin, muricatalicin, muricatalin, muri-catenol, muricatetrocin A & B muricatin D, muricatocin A thru C muricin H, muricin I, muricoreacin, murihexocin 3, murihexocin A thru C, murihexol, murisolin, robustocin, rolliniastatin 1 & 2, saba-delin, solamin, uvariamicin I & IV, xylomaticin.http://www.naturalpharmacy.com/learn-more/graviola

Graviola, like its cousin Paw Paw, is known to greatly enhace the effectiveness of another alternative cancer treatment – Protocel. However, generally it is recommended that Protocel not be taken with graviola or Paw Paw. There are exceptions, see my Protocel article for more information:

Protocel Article

Because of the similarity of Paw Paw and graviola to Protocel, there is no doubt in my mind that in order to maximize the effectiveness of these products, they should be taken in exactly the same way as Protocel. In other words, every 6 hours, EXACTLY – 24 hours a day.

I would strongly recommend studying the Protocel article linked to above for information that will help you take these products.

Paw Paw has been shown to kill multiple-drug resistant (MDR) cells, which result from someone taking chemotherapy. This is critical to understand because when a person on orthodox treatments comes out of remission into regression, a high percentage of their cancer cells are MDR cells. This would REQUIRE the use of Paw Paw to treat these patients.

Paw Paw is not toxic according to studies with beagles (dogs). It appears to be impossible to ‘overdose’, 32 capsules 4x/day were non toxic because it caused vomiting.

Paw Paw gravitates towards cells that use a lot of energy and then cuts off their energy supply. Since cancer cells use 10-17 times as much energy as a normal cell, Paw Paw acts on cancer cells. It is the same mechanism that made it so useful as a parasite cleanse and to kill hair lice.

It is also the reason that pregnant women should not take Paw Paw. Paw Paw could see some of the fast growing cells in the fetus as high energy cells. In addition, some of the cells in a fetus are very similar to cancer cells (i.e. the “trophoblastic” cells), so pregnant women should ALWAYS be careful what they take for cancer.

If no cancer, parasite, or other high energy users are available, Paw Paw may gravitate towards fast growing cells lining the digestive and intestinal system walls. This is why the main manufacturer, Nature’s Sunshine, strongly cautions against long term use for non-cancer patients.
Some people with cancer have reported digestion distress such as nausea. For this reason it is recommended to take Paw Paw with food.


Warnings For Both Products

In the past, it was thought that the effectiveness of Paw Paw, like Protocel, was damaged by taking antioxidants with Paw Paw. However, new research has shown that this is not the case. I quote from an email I received:

  • “The head of NSP research, Dr. Bill Keller, provided Paw Paw with supporting products to a research oncologist and his laboratory to test with actual cultures. Several of Nature’s Sunshine strong antioxidants were also provided. The research personnel concluded overwhelmingly that there was no negative prevention of Paw Paw action as a result of the antioxidants.”
    email to CancerTutor

Important Note: The above email is not the end of the story. Nature’s Sunshine researchers are still looking into this issue because there are some antioxidants that DO increase ATP energy, which would conflict with the use of Paw Paw, graviola and Protocel. I will put the results of their research on this web site as soon as I get more information!!

Also, I do not know which antioxidants may conflict with graviola. If you buy graviola, check with the vendor for recommendations.

No one with Parkinsons Disease should take Paw Paw or graviola unless alkaloid-free preparations are used. There is also a possibility of allergic reactions in sensitive individuals.

Paw Paw Vendor
Graviola Vendor


Articles and Support

Paw Paw is generally considered stronger than graviola. This does not mean that graviola should not be used. Cat’s Claw and Ellagic Acid seem to be items that people like to combine with Graviola. However, if you take Cat’s Claw make sure you take a product like Samento, which is a TOA-free Cat’s Claw.

Site Paw Paw
Paw Paw Support Support, Detailed 284 pg. Book, Videos, Q&A, Sources!!
Paw Paw Research Cancer Research Site for Paw Paw
Alternative Cancer Major Article on Paw Paw
Nature’s Sunshine Nature’s Sunshine Paw Paw
McLaughlin Lectures Audio-Visual Information/Lectures on Paw Paw
Site Graviola
N.O.W. Recommended Vendor For Graviola
Health Sciences Institute The original source for many other articles
Annie Appleseed Major source of scientific information (especially Purdue Univ.)
Graviola.org Major source for general information – many references
Minnesota Wellness Some important comments by a respected site
Tropilab Source for Graviola SEEDS (if you will have a really big greenhouse some day – freeze now)