Life Over Cancer Diet | Quantity Guide
In addition to making the right choices about what you eat, you also need to pay attention to how much you eat. Most of each meal should consist of vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based proteins…
Powerfood Profile: Fruits
Fruits are rich in flavonoids that can enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy. Flavonoids are not only potent antioxidants, but are also anti-inflammatory. It's easy to pack your diet with flavonoids—go for color! Good sources include blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries, pomegranates, tart cherries, apples and apple skins, and Concord grapes. When selecting fruit, choose organic whenever … Continued
Powerfood Profile: Carotenoids
Carotenoids are red, yellow, and orange plant pigments such as those in carrots, tomatoes, pumpkin, and winter squash. Carotenoids have important anti-cancer properties. For instance, lycopene, which makes tomatoes red, has the ability to inhibit the cancer-promoting growth factor IGF-1. Scientific studies show that lycopene helps prevent prostate, lung, and stomach cancers. In addition to eating … Continued
Swiss Chard Recipes
As an excellent source of vitamins C, E, K, beta-carotene and the mineral manganese, and a good source of the mineral zinc, Swiss Chard offers an outstanding variety of conventional antioxidants. Dark leafy greens also contain calcium to support bone health.* What to do with Swiss Chard: Eat fresh in a salad Add leaves to … Continued
Eating Green
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day this weekend? Be festive AND healthy with these delicious and simple recipes! Kale is loaded with calcium, lutein, iron, and vitamins A, C, and K. Kale is rich in the all-important phytochemical sulforaphane, which research suggests may protect against cancer. Sulforaphane is formed when cruciferous vegetables like kale are chopped or … Continued
Powerfood Profile: Cruciferous Vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, kale, and cauliflower, are rich in glucosinolates, a veritable treasure trove of anti-cancer compounds. They support the body's natural detox system, contain antioxidant properties, and are anti-inflammatory. Among the glucosinolates are indole-3-carbinol, which increases the activity of enzymes that make estrogen less effective, thereby blocking the growth and progression of hormone-responsive … Continued
Core Nutritional Needs and How to Meet Them
March is National Nutrition Month, a month focusing on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
We know that diet affects cancer both directly and indirectly. This food selection guide will help you choose specific foods and food groups that help alter your internal biochemistry from cancer-promoting to cancer-inhibiting, based on your core nutritional needs.
Is Flaxseed Toxic?
We recently received this question from a patient regarding concerns about flaxseed safety and side effects. Like many other foods, flax contains very small amounts of cyanide compounds, especially when consumed raw. Heat, especially on dry flax seeds, breaks these compounds down. However, our bodies neutralize a certain amount of these compounds, and the U.S. … Continued
Curried Carrot Soup
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp Earth Balance margarine 4 cups carrots, shredded 4 cups sweet potato, peeled and shredded 10 oz bag butternut squash, frozen and diced 2 cups vegetable broth 1 cup rice or soy milk 1 tsp curry powder 1 tsp ginger powder Directions: Melt margarine in a large soup pot over medium heat. … Continued
Red Arame Salad
Ingredients: 2 Red bell peppers, chopped 2 tomatoes, chopped 2 carrots, shredded 1 cup dried arame seaweed 3 Tbsp brown rice vinegar 3 Tbsp tamari soy sauce 1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil 1 tsp agave 1 garlic clove, minced Directions: Place arame in a bowl with warm water and cover. Soak for 15 minutes, then … Continued