Excerpt from Susun Weed's book
Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wse Woman Way
Chapter 2. (page 27)
Can Foods Prevent Cancer?
Absolutely, without a doubt, eating certain foods can prevent
breast cancer. Analysis of 156 studies linking diet and
cancer found extraordinarily consistent evidence that some
foods actively protect cells from undergoing cancerous changes,
especially breast, cervical, ovarian, and prostate cells.1
While these foods don’t guarantee freedom from cancer,
they are vital elements of an anti-cancer lifestyle.
The United States National Research Council states that
35-70 percent of all U.S. cancer deaths are related to diet
and that 60 percent of the cancer incidence in women is
related to diet. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans
contain phytochemicals that are active against cancer initiation
in many direct and indirect ways. They neutralize carcinogenic
compounds. They capture and neutralize free radicals. They
protect DNA from environmental damage. They prevent the
activation of oncogenes. They nourish anti-cancer enzymes
in the digestive tract and strengthen the immune system
cells which search out and eliminate cancer cells. 2-5
If cancer has already begun to grow, phytochemicals can
disrupt the processes necessary for the growth and spread
of the tumor. They block metastasis by checking the growth
of blood vessels to the tumor. Some foods can even reverse
damage to the DNA and turn oncogenes off. 6-8
Here’s the rub: It doesn’t work as well if
it isn’t organic.9, 10 An apple a day may even promote
breast cancer if it’s been heavily sprayed with pesticides.
Eating anti-cancer foods as the mainstay of your diet will
improve your chances of living a long life even if they
aren’t organic, but choosing organic foods pays the
extra dividend of knowing you’re investing in the
health of future generations as well as your own.
to be continued in the Feb ezine.....
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Breast cancer: Science doesn't know exactly what causes
it, but breast cancer kills more than a hundred thousand
American women a year. No single action can guarantee freedom
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and menopause. Ms. Weed knows that ordinary foods such as
whole grains and beans, and nourishing herbal infusions
such as nettle or red clover, can prevent and even reverse
cancerous cellular changes.
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