Cancer Fighting Foods

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ANNEXES

The following Annexes will be helpful as ready references for anti-cancer foods, diet and lifestyle guidelines and acidic/alkaline foods: ANNEX 1 – Beneficial Anti-Cancer Foods. ANNEX 2 – Diet and Lifestyle Guidelines for a Healthy & Disease-Free Life. ANNEX 3 – Acidic and Alkaline Foods.

BENEFICIAL ANTI-CANCER FOODS

Cruciferous Vegetables (Brassicas) – Including organic broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, kale, mustard greens, collard greens, watercress, turnips, radishes, kohlrabi (gath gobhi).

Dark Green Leafy Vegetables – Including organic spinach, fenugreek (methi), amarnath (chulai), bathu, turnip/beet/radish leaves, romaine lettuce, watercress, kale, parsley.

Other Vegetables – Including organic carrots, tomatoes (cooked to get more lycopene), beetroot, squash, cucumber, asparagus, potatoes and sweet potatoes with skin, pumpkins, certain mushrooms like shitake, maitake, enoki, crimini, portabello, oyster mushrooms, thistle oyster mushrooms and trametes (coriolus). Barley and wheatgrass juice. Brightly coloured vegetables, seaweeds.

Carminative and Digestive Herbs and Spices – Including turmeric, cinnamon, black pepper, garlic, ginger, onions, shallots, lemons/limes, Indian gooseberry (amla), triphla powder, olives, aloevera, fennel (saunf), green chillies in moderation, mint, basil (tulsi), karhi patta, liquorice (mulathi), leeks, chives, parsley, celery, rosemary, oregano, marjoran, thyme, alfalfa, honey. Notes: (i) To be assimilated in the body, turmeric must be mixed with freshly ground black pepper. Ideally it must also be dissolved in olive or canola oil. (ii) Peeled, chopped or crushed garlic should be left for 10 minutes before eating to release the healthy compounds.

Berries – Blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrents, strawberries, cranberries, raspberries, cherries. Note : Berries can be frozen as they retain the nutrients.

Citrus Fruits – Including oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, lemons, sweet limes (mausamies), pineapples.

Other Fruits – Including apples, apricots, pears, avocados, guava, plums, kiwi, figs, grapes especially red, fresh dates, peaches, jamun, mulberry (shahtoot), papaya, watermelon, bananas, pomegranate.

Nuts and Seeds – Including almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, flaxseeds, (alsi), fenugreek seeds (methi), mustard seeds.

Wholegrain Sprouts – Wheat, corn, millets, pulses especially moong, beans especially soya, peas, oats, barley, brown rice. Make chapaties with sourdough (fermented) whole wheat flour.

Oil/Fats – Saturated animal fats such as purified butter (ghee); monounsaturated fats such as olive and canola oils; and polyunsaturated fats such as rice bran and groundnut oils should be consumed in moderation only in the ratio of 1:1:1. Olive oil and canola oil containing more of beneficial Omega-3 essentially fattty acids (EFAs) should be preferred over polyunsaturated oils (like sunflower and corn oils) which have more of inflammation promoting Omega-6 EFAs.