Diet Mail Diet Mantra Wellness Magazine- February 2014 | Page 7

FOODS TO PREVENT CANCER  Turmeric: The orange-yellow spice turmeric, best known for its role in Indian curries and other Asian dishes, fights cancer because of an active ingredient, curcumin, that's a powerful antioxidant. Researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus reviewed numerous animal studies and concluded that curcumin. Add a teaspoon of the spice to soups, salad dressings, meat and pasta dishes and you'll reap the preventative effects. Soy: The active ingredient in soy is genistein, which is a phytoestrogen that protects against hormonedependent cancers. It's also a powerful inhibitor of several proteins that are implicated in the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. To get the anticancer benefits of soy, you need to consume about 50 grams per day of the whole food, such as raw and othercruciferous vegetables share comes fresh soybeans, known as edamame, dry roasted from the sulfur compounds that protect the soybeans, or tofu. plant as well as you.  Resveratrol: Numerous studies show that Garlic: Garlic appears to protect against all types of resveratrol possesses powerful anti-cancer cancer, including breast and prostate. According to activity. the National Cancer Institute, an analysis of seven  Onions and Leeks : According to the National different large-scale population studies showed that Institutes of Health, studies of people from the more raw and cooked garlic a person consumed, Southern Europe who eat a diet high in garlic and the lower his risk of stomach and colorectal cancer. onions show a direct relationship between high   Green tea: Catechins, the chemicals in green tea consumption of "allium" vegetables (all types of have been known for some time to prevent and garlic, onions, and leeks) and reduced risk of many reduce recurrence of breast and other cancers. common cancers.  Blueberries, Acai Berries, Raspberries, and   Broccoli and Cabbage: Broccoli is the vegetable Cranberries: The rich, dark colors of blueberries, with the strongest inverse association with colon Brazilian acai berries, raspberries and cranberries cancer, especially in those younger than 65 with a come from phytochemicals that protect against history of smoking. If you've ever smoked, eat your numerous types of cancer. The anti-cancer properties broccoli! The sulfur compounds in of all these berries are so strong that researchers cruciferous vegetables are a major reason these have developing concentrated supplements and foods are such powerful chemopreventive foods. other products such as purees and concentrates. The strong smell that broccoli, cabbage, www.dietmantra.in