Hemegroup Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 http://superfoodprofiles.com/health-benefits-parsley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/apigenin-celery-parsley-breast-cancer_n_1525717.html Any other good nutrition tips out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackjacks Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 My grandma was part of this sauerkraut/breast cancer study: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Sauerkraut-consumption-may-fight-off-breast-cancer I'm a big believer in the benefits of all fermented foods in general...pickles, kraut, kefir, kimchi, yogurt....bourbon :) I also like a saying I heard at a Christian kindergarden. They tell the kids "If it came from God/the Earth, it's probably healthy. If it came from a factory, it's probably not." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks for that tip. Very interesting. Another I thought of was that double-boiled processed tomato products have more of the cancer-fighting lycopene than raw tomatoes. Catsup actually has the highest concentration. So I often recommend making your own tomato juice out of the canned tomato sauce ... more lycopene and easier on the pocketbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridge Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 An interesting TED talk on angiogenesis / anti-antiogenesis by Dr. William Li of the Angiogenesis Foundation that relates to diet and the growth of tumors, etc., can be seen here: As a nutritional tip, I suppose most are now familiar with the benefits of beet juice in lowering blood pressure. On a personal note, though I naturally have low blood pressure, I joined my husband (who had borderline high blood pressure) in a near nightly pre-dinner mini feast of a glass of freshly juiced beet, carrot, and apple not too long ago. This did have an amazing response in lowering his blood pressure (110/70) after just a month, yet I found my headaches to be growing worse in frequency and intensity though I had not yet made a correlation to the beet juice. A recent BBC report noting the nitrates in beets as responsible for lowering blood pressure struck a note with me, thus I withdrew the juice from my diet and found great relief within several weeks. Furthermore, in reducing the amounts of foods that I eat that are higher in nitrates (i.e., spinach, carrots, celery, etc.), I have found even further relief. Non-organic foods generally have a higher nitrate content than organic due to the fertilizers used, so I am inclined to buy organic when I can, especially for those foods that are naturally higher in nitrates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planteater Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 blueridge- thank you for posting that video. My surrogate brother (long story) is fighting a very rare and aggressive cancer right now- with less than stellar results from the chemo regimen. His physicians keep telling him not to worry about his diet and that any changes won't likely make much of a difference. However, his trust in what they say about this is lessening since he is not seeing great results with their treatments alone. I was just talking to him about diet today and he is thinking of trying to make some changes, so I forwarded this on to him to watch. We like to juice in our family too- but I stick with organic for juicing since you get such a concentrated version of whatever is juiced. I wish more providers would pay attention to nutrition with regards to disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemegroup Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 it was one reason why i took nutrition in undergrad, i knew it would be at a minimum from then on. one of my favorite docs is a md/nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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