For years we have been looking for a cure for cancer when it has been available all along right under our noses!

Slowly, this cure has materialised in the form of the guyabano fruit known more popularly as the soursop fruit. This fruit of the graviola tree is being hailed as a miraculous natural cancer cell killer, 10,000 times stronger than destructive chemotherapy. Yet, why aren’t we more aware of it?

Some contend that it’s because select big corporations want to keep it that way to recuperate cost already spent on research trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale. But why bother with a synthetic version when the real thing is there ready and waiting for us to use! Obviously a synthetic version is easier to distribute, dispense and control…

According to Wikipedia the soursop (annona muricata) is a broadleaf flowering evergreen tree native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. Soursop is also native to Sub-Saharan Africa countries that lie within the tropics. Today, it is also grown in some areas of Southeast Asia. It is in the same genus as the chirimoya and the same family as the pawpaw.

Depending on your location and culture the source of the raw material, the tree, is called graviola (Portuguese) in Brazil, Brazilian Paw Paw, Corossolier, Guanavana, Toge-Banreisi, Durian benggala, Nangka blanda, and Nangka londa or just the plain name “soursop” in English. The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten raw or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

It has a pulpy, pleasant taste with a flavour best described as a combination of strawberry and pineapple with sour citrus flavour notes contrasting with an underlying creamy flavor reminiscent of coconut or banana. And, it is completely natural and has no side effects.

It’s best kept secret, however, is its cancer curing properties where its anti-tumor properties is attracting the most medical and commercial interest. While medical research continues users have already reported its remedial properties on treating all types of cancers. But its usefulness has not been limited as a remedy to cancer.

It also has a broad spectrum of anti-microbial agents for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

All this while still tasting good and costing much less than the price of a jug of beer. The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a soursop.

Cheers!