What is cancer anyways? Well, it’s essentially a good cell gone bad. It’s one that replicates over and over and over and eventually takes over the body. They starve out the other, healthy cells of the body and that is why it can be such a slow and painful death. Most health experts agree that certain foods help to ensure that you are less likely to develop cancer. We can definitely eat the right foods and avoid certain lifestyle pitfalls to help us stay on the right track to being cancer free. Many studies conclude that those who have diets that are rich in these foods 9have lower rates of different types of cancer.

Increase your intake of all deeply colored fruits and vegetables : The deeper the color, the more micronutrients are in them and the more vitamins, and they should be well absorbed into the blood stream for utilization as a powerful antioxidant, and most likely, also an anti inflammatory. Also, what are called cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli; contain compounds that are excellent for you in the fight against cancer.

Studies also suggest that those groups that limit dairy or eliminate it all together enjoy higher rates of cancer free existences, so limit your dairy, especially the high fat variety, which is particularly bad for you. You also should limit fatty meats, and only consume poultry and deep sea, fatty fishes as your protein source.

By Natural Advocate | December 9, 2009 - 7:04 pm - Posted in Alternative & Herbal Health News