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Good for you - Carrot, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Honey

Carrots – keep them raw, make them juicy

Falcarinol, a compound in carrots helps to fight cancer.

Check out these links:
Carrots found to recude cancer – BioMedicine
Carrot Compund reduces cancer – Science Daily
Carrot compund may curbs cancer – WebMD
Carrots cuts cancer risk – NaturalNews.com
Top 10 cancer fighting foods – the Diet Channel

Sweet Potatoes – lots of health benefits

Contain unique root storage proteins with about one-third the antioxidant activity of glutathione, one of the body’s impressive internally produced antioxidants.

Check out these links:
The World’s Healthiest Foods – Sweet Potatoes
American Chronicle – Health Benefits of Potatoes
Diabetic-diet-secrets – Super foods that heal
Louisianna Sweet Potatoes yams – Facts

The Tomato Advantage

Tomatoes are also high in lycopene and great for your health.

Check out these links:
Foods that fight cancer – AICR
Cooked tomatoes – source of cancer beating lycopene

Honey – natural, sweeter, better for your health. What about it

Research seems to suggest that natural honey increases antioxidants in the blood, which is good for fighting allergies; natural honey decreases bad cholesterol; it is helpful with type 2 diabetes by decreasing blood sugars; it aids with ulcers and indigestion; boosts energy and heals wounds; it is an antiseptic, antibiotic, antifungal, antibacterial; natural honey has anti-cancer properties.

Check out these links:
World’s Healthies Foods – Honey
Real Raw Honey – Health Benefits
Apitherapy News – Honey is hope to cancer patients
The Cancer Blog – Honey to treat cancer patients

Also good for you - Lemon, Avocado, Watermelon

Avocado and Cancer? Benefits of Avocado

Another fruit that has great health benefits.

Check out these links:
Avocados may help prevent oral cancer
The Avocado Advantage – they are high in good fats
Everything Avocado
Avocados for eye protection & against cancer
Benefits of Avocado – HealthMad

Folate-Rich Foods and Vitamin D are good

Low levels of folate make it more likely for mutations in DNA to occur. Therefore increase your folate intake. Cereals are often fortified with folate. Check the labels. Vitamin D is also suggested to curb the growth of cancer cells.

Check out these links:
Top cancer fighting foods – WebMD
New role for folate & breast cancer prevention – ACS
Vitamin D Council on vitamin D and Cancer
Vitamin D helps breast cancer survival – CNN News
Study links vitamin D and breast cancer – ACS

Lemon – the fruit with a lot of spunk

There are many benefits associated with regular intake of lemon juice.

Check out these links:
The World’s Healthiest Foods – Lemons
Mahalo.com – Lemons
HealthMad – Lemon Facts
Lemon Nutrition Facts
ILoveIndia – Warm Lemon Water Benefit
ILoveIndia – Lemon Benefits

The Watermelon Advantage

Watermelons are not just sweet. They are high in lycopene & great for your health.

Check out these links:
Watermelons may help prevent prostate cancer
Watermelon nutrition facts
High in lycopene, watermelon may help prevent cancer

Watch out for these foods - Not so good for you

Smoked Fish and Meat, and Roasted Peanuts

We cook with them and snack on them. We love and enjoy to eat them, but did you know the GREAT RISK OF LIVER and STOMACH CANCER associated with these foods? Be mindful of your diet.

Check out these links:
Liver Cancer from Smoked Foods & Roasted Peanuts -1
Liver Cancer from Smoked Foods & Roasted Peanuts -2
Liver Cancer – Survival Rate
Liver Cancer – What to Know
Liver Cancer – American Cancer Society
Fighting Liver Disease
ACS: What Causes Stomach Cancer
UAB Health System – Stomach Cancer
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – Stomach Cancer

 

Liver and shellfish – their high copper content increases the growth rate of tumors

Research seems to suggest that the growth and spread of cancer may be stopped by depriving the cancer tumor of the copper they need to form new blood vessels. Try to eliminate liver and shellfish from your diet due to their high copper content.

Check out these links:
Copper causes tumor growth – Bio-Medicine
Role of copper in tumor growth – Cancer Protocol

Avoid burning, charring or deep browning foods

Crispy surfaces contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), cancer-causing chemicals that come from cooking at high temperatures. Keep foods as far from hot coals as possible, and cook slowly.

Avoid sugar, trans fatty acids, too much cow milk

Reduce or eliminate sugar and fat, for good overall health. There are conflicting studies on the intake of too much cow milk. Talk with a healthcare provider.