>>Narrator: CHERYL CREECH SAYS HER BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER HAS CHANGED HER PERSPECTIVE
ON MANY THINGS - INCLUDING HER DIET. INSTEAD DOING WHAT’S EASY AT MEALTIME, CHERYL’S
LEARNED TO DO WHAT’S BEST.
>>Cheryl Creech: “The proper way to cook, what to eat, what not to eat. Just different
recipes, doing things to try to keep your meals interesting.”
>>Narrator: TO DO THAT, CHERYL OFTEN EATS FOODS FROM THIS GARDEN - ONE PLANTED AND MAINTAINED
BY CANCER PATIENTS JUST LIKE HER. IT WAS AN IDEA CULTIVATED BY DOCTOR STEVEN
CLINTON OF OHIO STATE’S JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL, WHO SAYS - THESE TWO ACRES YIELD JUST AS MANY
LIFE LESSONS AS FRESH FOODS.
>> Steven Clinton, MD, PhD: “That experience with cancer can be turned into a very teachable
moment. It’s a time where folks really do re-evaluate their lifestyle, their diet, nutrition.”
>>Narrator: HOPING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT TEACHABLE MOMENT, CLINTON IS USING THIS GARDEN TO STRESS
TO CANCER PATIENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
AND IF HE HAS HIS WAY, THESE FOODS WILL SOON BE ENGINEERED TO BECOME HIGHLY-CONCENTRATED
CANCER FIGHTERS.
>> Steven Clinton, MD, PhD: “We want to create the fruit or vegetable that has the
most possible anti-cancer activity.”
>>Narrator: SO, CLINTON IS WORKING WITH FOOD SCIENTISTS AT OHIO STATE TO CROSS-BREED FOODS
WITH POTENT NUTRIENTS. LIKE TOMATOES WITH EXTRA LYCOPENE, TO HELP FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER
- OR SUPER-CHARGED BLACK RASPBERRIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO FIGHT ORAL AND COLON CANCERS.
THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THE BEST OF WHAT GROWS HERE AND MAKE IT EVEN MORE POTENT HERE.
>> Steven Clinton, MD, PhD: “Every step of the way, from the farmers gate to the consumers
plate, is an area for research with our agricultural scientists.”
>>Narrator: AT OHIO STATE’S JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL, THIS IS CLARK POWELL REPORTING.
