Since April 15, a post has been shared almost 25,000 times on Facebook in Africa. This message ensures that wild eggplant would be an effective remedy against cancer. This publication wants to be precise by explaining that this vegetable can “save lives” and would be able to fight against all cancers (breast, prostate, stomach, etc.) For this, the authors of this publication promise that it is enough to drink this wild eggplant as a tea with hot water to get all the benefits.
fake news. Questioned by Agence France Presse (AFP), the experts are against this allegation (source 1) and point out that there is no no scientific study proves the effectiveness of this vegetable on cancer. And this approach could even be dangerous for the health of patients. “There is no conclusive scientific data” about the alleged effectiveness of wild eggplant as a treatment, reported to AFP Professor Béatrice Fervers, oncologist and director of the Department of Environmental Cancer Prevention at the Center Léon Berard, in Lyons.
No miracle treatment
As cancers are different according to their mode of appearance, “the treatments are different, for example most breast cancers and prostate cancers are so-called hormone-dependent cancers on which the action of hormones comes into line counts and is part of the treatment; this is not the case with stomach cancer,…