Best food for cancer. Cancer is recognized worldwide to be a major health problem affecting millions of people each year. All the studies on cancer and nutrition point to eating plant-based foods for their phytonutrients and other special compounds.
Best Cancer Fighting Foods
1. Broccoli
All cruciferous veggies contain cancer-fighting properties, but broccoli is the only one with a sizable amount of sulforaphane, a particularly potent compound that boosts the body's protective enzymes and flushes out cancer-causing chemicals. A recent University of Michigan study on mice found that sulforaphane also targets cancer stem cells—those that aid in tumor growth.
2. Berries
All berries are packed with cancer-fighting phytonutrients. But black raspberries, in particular, contain very high concentrations of phytochemicals called anthocyanins, which slow down the growth of premalignant cells and keep new blood vessels from forming and potentially feeding a cancerous tumor.
3. Nuts
Six cracked nuts will give you your daily selenium; 100 to 200 mcgs is the goal. Selenium is a very potent anti-cancer agent. Walnuts and almonds are a helpful additions to your diet because they contain good oils and high natural fibre. People who eat nuts every day live longer according to research in Cancer Watch
4. Tomatoes
This juicy fruit is the best dietary source of lycopene which was found to stop endometrial cancer cell growth in a study in Nutrition and Cancer. According to Harvard research 7-10 helpings a week cuts prostate symptoms by 40% and has an influence on many cancers e.g.: lung; colon; cervix; breast. Lycopene is the prime active ingredient, and 25 - 40 mgs the desired daily dose.
5. Garlic
It is a truly wonderful food. Active ingredients like allicin seem to act to stop the spread of cancer in a number of ways, for example by stopping blood supply formation for tumours. Garlic also kills microbes and yeasts. Garlic is also anti-inflamatory in the body. It contains selenium, tryptophan and sulphur-based active agents that attack cancer cells.
6. Carrots
carrots provide anti-cancer carotenoids like beta-carotene, which converts to vitamin A, as and when required by the body. Carotenoids are also found in natural food sources such as chlorella. Raw carrots are also high in pectins - your helpful gut bacteria will love you for eating pectins and give you more in return.