Cancer is a serious and serious disease that is difficult to treat even with all modern technologies and drugs. At the same time, everyone is at risk. If you want to reduce the likelihood of this disease appearing in your own medical record, pay attention to anti-cancer products, it is advisable to include them in your diet throughout your life in order to remain healthy and active until your old age.
Proper nutrition is the key to health
The ancients said that "you are what you eat." Unfortunately, the nutrition of a modern person can rarely be called ideal. It often contains semi-finished products literally filled with artificial dyes and carcinogens, as well as an abundance of sugar, flour products, sausages and sausages - all this affects the state of health in general. Add to this the bad ecology of megacities and constant stress in the workplace. It is not surprising that in the world more and more often doctors make patients diagnosed with cancer. In general, food against tumors is a corresponding menu that does not contain any expensive and exotic ingredients. On the contrary, all dishes and their ingredients are simple and healthy, mainly vegetables and herbs, citrus fruits, berries and some fruits, legumes, nuts and certain types of spices. In detail, anti-cancer products will be listed below in a list. It is highly recommended that you include them in your daily diet.
What are antioxidant products?
First, let's look at what antioxidants are. These are special substances that can slow down the oxidation processes in the body, they can be of natural and synthetic origin. Best of all, if these cell defenders enter our body with food. Scientists, having conducted research on many food products (berries, fruits, cereals and others), came to the conclusion that a large number of useful anti-oxidants are contained in the following items, these are antioxidant products against cancer:
- beans, including red;
- wild and garden currants, black and red;
- cranberry;
- raspberries, strawberries and other red berries;
- apples
- sweet cherry, plum;
- nuts and dried fruits;
- cereal seedlings;
- varieties of apples “Gala”, “Smith”, “Delicious”;
- Tomatoes
- green tea.
Given that the recognized antioxidants include vitamins C and E, provitamin A, lycopene, flavonoids, tannins and anthocyanins (this is just the substance that is found in large quantities in red berries), you can include anti-cancer products in your diet that contain specified items. For example, we all know that a large amount of vitamin C contains lemon, orange, acai berries, vitamin E is present in the already mentioned seedlings, and provitamin A - in carrots.
What anti-cancer foods can you include in your daily diet?
Of course, the average Russian simply can’t afford to serve fresh strawberries, raspberries, acai berries and other rather expensive products all year round. But the list of useful components of the diet is not limited to the named names, because ordinary cabbage contains useful substances that block the activity of genes that provoke cancer. Other useful and very affordable anti-cancer products can be found all year round at any supermarket:
- garlic and onions - in large quantities contain antitumor substances and increase immunity;
- tomatoes, red peppers - contain lycopene; By the way, tomatoes can also be eaten in cooked form, processing has almost no effect on their beneficial properties;
- lemons and any available berries - vitamin C;
- ginger (fresh, dried, in powder) and turmeric - these spices, which many of us undeservedly ignore, significantly reduce the inflammatory processes in the body and slow down the growth of tumors;
- any legumes are simply irreplaceable products for the prevention of breast cancer, contain a lot of healthy protein.
By including these ingredients in your dishes, you diversify your diet and, in addition, carry out effective prevention of the disease.
What foods protect against breast cancer?
Unfortunately, a malignant tumor affecting the mammary glands occurs in one of thirteen women. This indicator varies depending on the region of residence, but the average value and sad statistics are relevant for Russia, and for America, and for the countries of South Asia. At the same time, women after 65 years of age, as well as those whose close relatives suffered from this disease, are in a special risk group. The importance of prevention in this case is invaluable, you should also review your diet by including certain products against breast cancer in it. Which ones? Here is the list:
- love turmeric - this spice, “yellow ginger”, is a recognized tool for the prevention of cancer, including breast cancer;
- blueberries are also beneficial - they contain a large number of flavonoids, which reduce the likelihood of a disease;
- tomatoes and already ceased to be exotic avocados are rich in substances, in particular, lycopene and oleic acid, useful for the body;
- Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, broccoli - contain substances that prevent cancer;
- Other foods that protect breast health include spinach, garlic, green tea, grapefruit, cherries, kelp kelp, and artichokes.
Of course, the latter can not be found in every store, but cabbage, tomatoes, garlic and turmeric are quite cheap, and blueberries grow in large quantities in the forest during the season. The main thing is not to be lazy and to prepare healthy and tasty dishes instead of convenience foods.
Popular writings and books on anti-cancer products
Richard Beliveau, “Products Against Cancer” is a book that in a short time has become a bestseller in many countries of the world. Thus, the author, a medical doctor by training, conducted a series of studies that proved that certain products, mainly of plant origin, can significantly reduce the likelihood of cancer, as well as slow down tumor growth. So, the doctor talks about the benefits of ellagic acid, which is found in large quantities in the already mentioned raspberries, strawberries, nuts, and especially in walnuts, hazelnuts, and pecans. The list includes cherry, blue berries: blueberries, blueberries and blackberries, as well as cranberries, cinnamon and chocolate with a high cocoa content, dark. Of course, everyone who really cares about their health will not hurt to read this work, although note that the cancer products listed in the book have been mentioned more than once by other doctors. In general, to prevent the occurrence of tumors, you should diversify the diet mainly with plant foods rich in vitamins A, C, E, lycopene, flavonoids and other substances, which we have already listed in the paragraphs above.
Selenium Against Cancer
Selenium is a valuable trace element vital to our body. Without it, iodine and vitamin E are poorly absorbed by cells, its deficiency can cause thyroid disease, decreased immunity, liver disease, anemia and several others. That is why it is very important to make up for its lack. As for cancer, selenium plays a big role in their prevention. So, it is a powerful antioxidant, helps strengthen immunity, and its role is indispensable in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women. Unfortunately, in Russia almost every inhabitant lacks this substance, which is why it is very important to replenish it by taking vitamin complexes or eating foods containing selenium. Against cancer and other tumors, this element is among the ten most important and necessary.
Where is selenium found?
Here is a list of available selenium-rich foods:
- it is a liver, eggs, rock salt;
- seafood, especially herring;
- also quite exotic seafood can be included in the list: crabs, shrimps, lobsters and lobsters;
- a lot of selenium contains wheat bran, corn, seeds, nuts and brewer's yeast;
- as well as tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic.
Include a product or several in your diet, so you provide yourself with effective prevention of many types of cancerous tumors.
Best Cancer Prevention Products
All the items listed in this article, one way or another, prevent the occurrence of many types of cancerous tumors. But there are leaders among the products. Of course, their constant use in food does not give a 100% guarantee of protection against cancer, but significantly reduces the likelihood of this diagnosis appearing in your medical record. Here is a list of them:
- cabbage - any, but especially broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Its use in food significantly reduces the occurrence of bowel cancer ;
- soy - is very effective for the prevention of prostate cancer;
- nuts, with the leaders being walnuts;
- fish - a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, the lack of which leads to a violation of fat metabolism, which, in turn, causes an increased risk of tumor formation;
- Tomatoes - the product contains a high content of lycopene, which fights many types of cancer;
- mushrooms, especially exotic for us, Japanese: shiitake, maytake, reishi and others. The composition has substances that can suppress the activity of even already formed cancer cells ;
- seaweed - contain useful iodine, selenium and a host of other substances necessary for the body;
- ginger - protects the pancreas and enhances overall immunity;
- onion has the same properties.
Tea closes this list, especially green. The only thing is that you need to drink it without sugar, and brew it correctly and clearly according to the instructions. That is, not boiling water, while insisting for at least 5 minutes.
Conclusions and Conclusion
After analyzing this article, you can conclude that foods against cancer are mainly of plant origin. This is not surprising, because in them you can find the necessary vitamins, acids and minerals. In second place in popularity - fish and seafood, all due to the content of polyunsaturated fatty acids. You must admit that proper nutrition, including anti-cancer, will cost the family no more than a table on which convenience foods, sausages and sausages, white bread and pasta from premium flour are presented in abundance. The main thing is to understand that your diet directly affects the state of the body. The right diet will give you the opportunity to live long and not get sick not only with cancer, but also with other diseases.