What foods may help prevent cancer?
A man in my family is 94 years old and for the last 50 years has not consumed any processed foods. This has been a contributor to his good health. Not only is this man healthy but he still prepares income tax forms for his whole family and oversees a construction business. My own personal belief is that processed foods/fast foods are our major downfall. ————————— Cancer fighting foods. Pumpkin, canned or cooked ( highest beta carotene of any food I have listed here) Carrots, lightly cooked (better than raw because light cooking releases the caroteniods) Sweet potatoes Green leafy vegetables Squash Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower (eat with foods that have a little canola or olive oil, it helps your body absorb the caroteniods) Broccoli sprouts (20 more times by weight of the chemical sulforaphane, which may reduce the growth of tumors.) Mustard greens Chick peas,Kidney beans, Lentils, Soybeans (stimulates cancer preventing enzymes, can help lower harmful estrogen levels
