Re: Foods and Cancer

[Guest guest]

"“If you have two-thirds of plant food on your plate, that seems to be enough to avoid excessive amounts of food high in saturated fat,” says , RD.."

Seems to indict sat fat.

"How to Get It: Starting with breakfast, a glass of orange juice is high in folate; so are most cereals (check the box to see how much). {fiber one?}

For lunch, try a hearty salad with either spinach or romaine leaves. Top it with dried beans or peas for an extra boost.

Snack on a handful of peanuts or an orange. At dinner, choose asparagus or Brussels sprouts as your vegetable."

{That's hardly enough calories - sweet potatoes?}

"“We don’t know how it’s metabolized,” Liu says. But that needn’t stop people from adding ginger to their diet. “We know it’s relatively nontoxic,” Liu tells WebMD."

{I assume she means fresh not ground.}

"In just 10 minutes, you can soak up as much as 5,000 IU of vitamin D if you expose 40 percent of your body to the sun, without sunscreen."

"Recent studies on cruciferous vegetables show promising results against prostate and colon cancers. In mice grafted with human prostate tumors and then treated with one of these cancer-killing substances, ..."

{Assumes we actually get an adequate dose EATING the foods, and if we absorb it. My age old question - tell me how much to eat. How much gets to bloodstream, etc.}

"“Among all the cancers we and others have examined, no cancer yet has been found which is not affected by curcumin. This is expected, as inflammation is the mediator for most cancer,” Aggarwal tells WebMD."

{I have no idea how much.}

Fortunately, there is DASH, but it has too much meat, milk for me.

Regards.

[ ] Foods and Cancer

Hi folks:This looks like it is worth the read:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193441,00.htmlRodney.

[Guest guest]

"“If you have two-thirds of plant food on your plate, that seems to be enough to avoid excessive amounts of food high in saturated fat,” says , RD.."

Seems to indict sat fat.

"How to Get It: Starting with breakfast, a glass of orange juice is high in folate; so are most cereals (check the box to see how much). {fiber one?}

For lunch, try a hearty salad with either spinach or romaine leaves. Top it with dried beans or peas for an extra boost.

Snack on a handful of peanuts or an orange. At dinner, choose asparagus or Brussels sprouts as your vegetable."

{That's hardly enough calories - sweet potatoes?}

"“We don’t know how it’s metabolized,” Liu says. But that needn’t stop people from adding ginger to their diet. “We know it’s relatively nontoxic,” Liu tells WebMD."

{I assume she means fresh not ground.}

"In just 10 minutes, you can soak up as much as 5,000 IU of vitamin D if you expose 40 percent of your body to the sun, without sunscreen."

"Recent studies on cruciferous vegetables show promising results against prostate and colon cancers. In mice grafted with human prostate tumors and then treated with one of these cancer-killing substances, ..."

{Assumes we actually get an adequate dose EATING the foods, and if we absorb it. My age old question - tell me how much to eat. How much gets to bloodstream, etc.}

"“Among all the cancers we and others have examined, no cancer yet has been found which is not affected by curcumin. This is expected, as inflammation is the mediator for most cancer,” Aggarwal tells WebMD."

{I have no idea how much.}

Fortunately, there is DASH, but it has too much meat, milk for me.

Regards.

[ ] Foods and Cancer

Hi folks:This looks like it is worth the read:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193441,00.htmlRodney.