Cancer is the disease Americans fear most, and understandably so since it afflicts as many as one in two people in their lifetime and is responsible for nearly one out of every four deaths in the US.The best way to treat cancer is to prevent it from ever forming in the first place. One of the primary ways is to eat foods that are rich in disease-fighting vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and antioxidants. These create conditions inside the body that are unfavorable for the onset of cancer and other chronic illness.
The only permanent cure for cancer is the immune system. Nutrition gives your immune system the fire-power it needs to keep you well. Without nutrition you’re fighting without weapons. Without your immune system you’re fighting with no army.
Studies found that those who ate seven or more servings of vegetables and fruits per day had a 42% lower risk of dying from any cause. Aim for five to nine daily servings of all kinds of vegetables and fruits
Cruciferous vegetables
- Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Kale, and Brussels Sprouts
- Benefits are best when eaten raw or blanched
- Their sulforaphane content has a prolific ability to destroy and eradicate cancer cells
- The sprout forms are especially beneficial
Garlic
- The allicin in garlic removes free radicals, boost immunity, lowers blood pressure and cholesterol, improves brain function and is a natural detoxifier.
- For maximum benefit chop or crush and allow to rest 10 minutes before cooking.
Berries
- Dark colored berries, in particular, contain very high concentrations of phytochemicals which slow down the growth of pre-malignant cells.
- Berries also protect from heart disease, lower inflammation, prevent memory loss, and burn fat stores.
Greens
- Their flavonoids soak up damaging free radicals and flushes them out
- Folate and fiber are essential to cancer prevention.
Tomatoes
- It’s all about the powerful antioxidant, lycopene-it’s released when they are cooked.
Orange Foods
- Carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots, mangoes, pumpkin, tomatoes, papaya, peaches, squash, and other similarly colored foods.
- Carotenoids in orange foods prevent cell damage and slow the growth of cancer cells.
AND…..beans, raw seeds and nuts, green tea
These foods can help you on the road to better health. The list of anti-cancer foods is long but they share one thing in common: they are all plant-based.
Try to focus on obtaining clean, organic, chemical-free vegetables and fruits for you and your family. Apples, lettuce, strawberries, peaches, blueberries, celery, and various other soft and porous produce items (some of the dirty dozen) tend to retain the highest levels of chemical residues, so it is especially important to purchase organic varieties of these items. Grab you copy of the clean 15 and the dirty dozen here.
Clean Fifteen - Dirty Dozen
You won’t become just another statistic of the "sick-care" industry if you eat plenty of foods with proven anti-cancer benefits. This can make all the difference to living a vibrant, disease-free life.
Let your food be your medicine