Health Tips
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No one wants to get cancer. Even though we might have an insurance plan for critical illness that helps us when we do get it, it’s better to not have it all. The best way to keep cancer away is by staying healthy. The risk of cancer can easily be reduced by not drinking and smoking, exercising frequently, and eating healthy foods—especially foods that help fortify the immune system, such as by preventing abnormal cell growth that can become cancer. Eating even one kind of anti-cancer food per day goes a long way.
Soybeans contain phytoestrogen, a hormone from plants similar to estrogens that we humans produce. It helps reduce the risk of breast, ovarian, and cervical cancers in women and prostrate cancers in men.
If you could only choose one kind of vegetable to eat, you should choose the broccoli. Broccoli contains certain nutrients that help fight cancer-causing agents and break down estrogen into forms that reduce the risk of breast cancer. For best results, broccoli should be eaten raw because heat will dissipate some of the nutrients.
Shitake, Lingzhi, and Maitake mushrooms have beta-glucan, which helps build immunity and destroy cancer cells. They also contain lentinan and eritadenine, which help limit the growth of cancer cells. Try out these mushrooms in salads or sautéed as part of your delicious, anti-cancer meal.
Green tea is full of vitamin C and is low in caffeine. Residents of Fukuoka, Japan—the leading producers of green tea—are known for being a population with lower incidence rate of stomach, lung, and liver cancer when compared with the rest of the country, who drink less green tea. Green tea is an antioxidant that protects your body from cancer-causing agents. For good health and the longevity of Fukuokans, drink a cup of green tea each day!
Tomatoes are full of lycopene, an antioxidant that has been proven to be effective in cancer prevention, especially prostate cancer. Studies at Harvard University have shown that processed tomatoes actually contain a higher level of lycopene than raw tomatoes. For a different taste, try switching from raw tomatoes to processed tomatoes i.e. tomato soup, tomato sauce, or canned tomatoes.
You are what you eat. So next time you’re out shopping at the market, don’t forget to pick up the foods we’ve mentioned. They’ll do your body good.