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- Preventing the malnutrition that often accompanies cancer treatments and healing.<\/li>\n
- Helping your immune system fight smarter.<\/li>\n
- Reducing foods that feed cancer.<\/li>\n
- Creating super-synergy with the rest of our conquer-cancer program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0The double whammy of conquer-cancer foods<\/h3>\n
Many of the foods in this section not only have direct anti-cancer cell effects but also are the favorite foods of your cancer-fighting army inside, helping you to achieve the double goal:<\/p>\n
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- Help keep normal cells from becoming cancerousm<\/li>\n
- Kill those renegades that do become cancer cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This helps prevent the cancer you have from spreading and new cancer from developing.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Examples of foods that have conquer-cancer biochemical effects<\/p><\/div>\n
Science-Supported Conquer-Cancer Foods<\/h3>\n
Foods that science says help fight cancer enjoy all or most of the following four features:<\/p>\n
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- Low in added sugar<\/li>\n
- High in fiber, slow-release carbs, antioxidants, and other cancer-fighting biochemicals<\/li>\n
- High in smart nutrients for your brain and ISA<\/li>\n
- Promote leanness instead of obesity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We have chosen the following foods because they have these conquer-cancer biochemical effects:<\/p>\n
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- Artichokes<\/li>\n
- Asparagus<\/li>\n
- Beets<\/li>\n
- Beet greens<\/li>\n
- Berries, especially blueberries, tart cherries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries<\/li>\n
- Broccoli<\/li>\n
- Brussels sprouts<\/li>\n
- Cabbage<\/li>\n
- Capers<\/li>\n
- Cauliflower<\/li>\n
- Chili peppers<\/li>\n
- Cocoa<\/li>\n
- Garlic<\/li>\n
- Ginger<\/li>\n
- Kale<\/li>\n
- Kiwi<\/li>\n
- Leeks<\/li>\n
- Lemons<\/li>\n
- Mushrooms, especially shiitake, chaga, reishi<\/li>\n
- Olive oil<\/li>\n
- Onions<\/li>\n
- Pomegranates<\/li>\n
- Radishes<\/li>\n
- Salmon (wild, not farmed)<\/li>\n
- Scallions<\/li>\n
- Spinach<\/li>\n
- Tomatoes<\/li>\n
- Turmeric and black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
More color, less cancer<\/h3>\n
Remember Mom\u2019s advice to \u201cPut more color on your plate\u201d? Dr. Mom was right. Our conquer-cancer plate is color-full. The nutrients, called antioxidants, that give foods their color are also the ones that fight cancer best. And the deeper the color, usually the richer the antioxidant content of the food.<\/p>\n
When you hear the term \u201cantioxidants,\u201d think \u201canti-cancer.\u201d Here\u2019s why. As your cells do their job as the energy-producing batteries of your body, they produce \u201cexhaust,\u201d aka oxidants, that can damage cell metabolism and upset the cell\u2019s balance (cancer is a cell out of biochemical balance). Excess oxidants also cause wear and tear on the cell that affects cell health and is one of the basic causes of aging. Oxidants age you! Excess oxidants can also trigger DNA mutation, a root cause of cancer.<\/p>\n
Enter antioxidants. Antioxidants help protect DNA from these excess oxidant attacks. These beautiful biochemicals in colorful foods\u2014blue, red, green, yellow, orange, and purple\u2014both slow your aging and help you prevent and heal from cancer.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Wild salmon is top CCF pick. Photo: Deposit Photos<\/p><\/div>\n
The Top Conquer-Cancer Food<\/h3>\n
Become a sea-foodie. Our top CCF pick is . . . (drums rolling) . . . wild salmon, for two reasons: It makes sense, and it\u2019s supported by science. Cancer and chemotherapy are frequently accompanied by malnutrition. Wild salmon is the most nutrient-dense food you can eat. It also contains more conquer-cancer nutrients\u2014namely omega-3 DHA and EPA, vitamin D, astaxanthin, selenium, choline, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and tryptophan\u2014per calorie than any other food.<\/p>\n
Omega-3 fats, the top nutrient in wild salmon, is the nutrient supported by the most science. Here\u2019s a summary of what seafood science says:<\/p>\n
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- The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC), one of the largest \u201ceat more fish, get less cancer\u201d studies, analyzed the dietary habits of thousands of people from ten European countries. Those who ate 10 to 20 ounces of seafood per week were significantly less likely to get colon cancer.<\/li>\n
- Another study showed that people who ate the most fatty fish got less cancer, especially oral cancers, melanoma, pancreatic, colon, prostate, uterine, and breast cancers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Seafood\u2019s conquer-cancer effect seems to happen at the cellular level. As you learned on page 000, a healthy cell becomes a renegade cancer cell when it grows and multiplies out of control. Omega-3s help regulate the genes inside cells that control cell growth. Imagine an omega-3 molecule saying to a cellular growth gene, \u201cGrow smart, grow safely.<\/p>\n
Then, when you\u2019ve finished your job, retire and make room for a younger and healthier cell\u201d (see apoptosis, page 00).<\/p>\n
Or, imagine a molecule, let\u2019s call her Dr. O. Mega III, as an intracellular cancer doctor, prescribing DHA and EPA and saying, \u201cEat this, get less cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Omega-3s also \u201cdown-regulate,\u201d or balance, the blood level of pro-inflammatory (pro-cancer) biochemicals such as COX-2 and prostaglandins that result from the SAD way of eating and can act as fertilizers for cancer cells.<\/p>\n
If you are not yet motivated to think, \u201cI want more omega-3s inside my cells and bloodstream,\u201d read on. The healthier a cell is, the less chance it has of becoming cancerous.<\/p>\n
The healthier the cell membrane, the healthier the entire cell. Omega-3s are the most important nutrient for healthier cell membranes. They are smart fats that help cell membranes become more selective and protective.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s just what you want for cellular health: membranes that let cancer fighters in, and keep cancer causers out.<\/p>\n
Reprinted with permission from Help Heal Yourself from Cancer<\/em><\/a> by William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN (BenBella Books, Inc.).<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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