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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Cancer prevention

The question comes,
What to eat and What not to eat?
There is no specific anti cancer diet but summing up all the available evidence and literature,Plant based diets ace in cancer prevention.
I have not read anywhere that eating Pizzadaily,a fast food Hamburger Daily or hot dog and cokes,
French fries and onion rings in diet reduced cancer incidence nor it improved Health.
Let's talk in short about Barbrcue!
The smoke from meat on barbecue has similar cancer causing carcinogens as cigarettes and more.
Carcinogens are formed when meat is cooked at very high temperatures.
So what helps,
Broccoli sprouts help in Breast cancer prevention.
Berries,like blackberries,Aroniaberries,blueberries get their rich color from Anthocyanins and can help prevent colon,breast,skin,lung cancer.
Ther is a definite rise of natural killer cells an immune system involved in fighting cancer.
Cruciferous vegetables help prevent prostate,lung ,colon cancers.
Cruciferous vegetables assist in liver detoxification naturally.
Legumes are full of fiber and protein and reduce cancer risk like colon cancer,breast cancer.
Tomatoes,watermelon,papaya help reduce prostate and colon cancer risk.
Pomegranate helps in prostate cancer
More info to come

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