Cancer is such a staggering epidemic that is heartbreaking and mystifying in Rwanda and everywhere else in the world.
As we are slowly learning more about the causes, we are beginning to learn more about preventive measures. If any way a person can prevent cancer, then it is better done sooner than later.
According to Liz Armstrong, Guy Dauncey and Anne Wordsworth the authors of Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic; they suggest some common foods and drinks that would be good for cancer protection. Here are some of the suggestions.
- Cruciferous vegetables: Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. These score high for containing many anti-cancer substances, such as othiocyanates.
- Dark greens, such as spinach and romaine lettuce, for their fiber, foliate and a wide range of cancer-fighting carotenoids. Other dark colored veggies, too, such as beets and red cabbage.
- Legumes: beans, peas and lentils, for the saponins, protease inhibitors which are well important in preventing cancer.
- Garlic, onions, scallions, leeks and chives, for many anti-cancer substances including allicin.
- Green tea, for its anti-cancer catechins, a potent antioxidant.
- Tomatoes, for the famous flavenoid lycopene.
- Grapes and red wine, especially for the resveratrol.
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