The short answer to this question is -- drum roll, please -- yes. They really do. While studies are ongoing, and in many cases experts still don't know exactly how these superfoods work, there's strong evidence that certain fruits and vegetables rich in plant-based nutrients can both prevent tumors from starting and halt their growth. Here, the top foods to work into the family diet if you'd like to cut cancer risk or help those with cancer recover. And who wouldn't?
1. Blueberries, Acai Berries, Raspberries, and Cranberries.
The rich, dark colors of blueberries, Brazilian acai berries, raspberries and cranberries come from phytochemicals that protect against numerous types of cancer. Most recently, researchers at the University of Florida found that the active ingredient in acai berries destroyed cancer cells when tested in cell cultures. And blueberries and muscadine grapes contain compounds that recent research shows cause cancer cells in the liver to self-destruct. In studies particularly important to women, cranberries have recently been discovered to be an important weapon in the fight against deadly ovarian cancer. Studies reported at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society found that ovarian cancer cells that were becoming resistant to platinum chemotherapy – the standard of care for ovarian cancer – became six times more sensitive when exposed to a compound in cranberries.
Well I had 1 salad on my juicefeast .I think it let me go off of my juice quest ,because I am still juice drinking,but RAW FOODS are also added in my days too.I ending my pure juicefeast Sept12th,because I started the last day of August 2009.I so want to make it 21-30 days just juicing.I will try again some other time.I am proud of my time I did my juicing~I feel great.I am exercising at least 5 days a week.I enjoy the treadmill,elliptical and the rowing machine.I am feeling great.My left foot is bugging me and I am not happy with that.I have been slowly jogging off and on for 2 minutes at a time in a 1 hour span.This is a good thing because I don't run.I really want my fat to go away.It took years to get on me it won't go away on its own.I am taking my time and it will go away.If I put a date on when my weight should be gone it sets me up for failure.I am just eating raw and enjoying the ride. JUICE JUICE JUICE.Its awesome.Green smoothies are my second favorite to juicing~
I am so proud of myself.I have been juicing green vegi drinks and fruit juicing too.I am totally satisfied and feel great.I have newly incorporated 1.5 average hours at the gym 5 days a week.And I plan on sticking with the exercise.When I hurt my back with the trainer fellow in 2001,I stopped and really never went back at a regular ongoing time frame.Oh,and did say I gained all of that 40 lb weight loss and gained more this time around. I realized since I started raw eating in Oct 2008 it wasn't until the 3rd week in January of this year 2009 until raw was the majority of my main meals.HIGH RAW is what I considered myself. A local friend and myself plan on sticking with "Raw Eating" to our best ability. Since this is my 4Th straight day juicing I am not putting a time on how many days I will stick to this.I am feeling good and as long as I feel good I will continue my juicing.Since I did 2 Master Cleanse episodes.one was 10 days and 1 was 12 days,I know I can do this at least that long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAvlKuXsIiMI love juicing and when I saw this video I can't get enough of watching it.The video reminds me of why juicing is so good for all of us!Delicious for the body too.I have been juicing but not all juice .I tend to drink juice all day long and at the 5-6 pm hour I eat salad or something like raw vegi salad of some kind.I want to juice for 21 days straight.I chose 21 because if I can get to 21 I probably will go for 30 days.I so badly want to do this but can't quit make it.I have done the master cleanse 2 times .You think I could do the juicing with no foods. Well I think I need to sit down and prepare what I want daily in order to make it work for me.
Now as for exercising ,I am doing great faithfully going to my YMCA 4-5 days a week no less.I actually ran a little on the treadmill.I know running burns fat and I have plenty of fat.I am talking to myself alot these days in order to attempt my juicing days with no food.I feel its kindof coning myself in a sense "Watch out" .It just might happen soon....
Am today~Beet,carrot,celery,lemon 4 oz with 1 teas.BARLEY MAX a new product I heard that is better then Vita mineral Green ..You are supposed to take it 2 times a day in beet/carrot juice or apple juice.So I need to do it 2 times today instead of the once a day that I did yesterday and the day before.I do feel it gives me energy and a satisfied tummy!After I clean I am heading to the gym by noon today~
I made some kick'in vegi drink:2 carrot ,1 celery,1/4 jalapeno,4 large tomatoes,4 cucumbers,1 small head broccoli,small hand parsley ,bunch cilantro,1 shallot 2 garlic sections.You will be warm inside.I have been sipping mine all day off and on .Its a kick in drink~
OMG Yesterday I had the worse head cold .Its a head cold no detox .Runny nose....one minute I'm cold the next I'm hot .I also have a yukky tummy its terrible.My eyes water.I am a mess right now.I am on my 3rd day of this crappy feeling ,but yesterday was awful.It was so bad I was off of the computer sleeping /resting on the couch until I had an early bath and bed at 10:30 pm. That's an early time for me.I get 8 hours every night .I go to bed at midnight Pacific time and up at 7-8 am always~
Now I don't know what it is about juicing, but I am loving my combinations that I come up with.I have been on my RAW PATH since Oct 2008 ,but exercise up and beyond my every day life has been missing.What is a shame is that I belong to my local YMCA and I have been waisting money.So when I made today's video and said its expensive to juice and sometimes I'm low on money.Well I feel like a fool considering I was wasting my YMCA dues by not going since probably January of this year.I have gone a few times ,but I was going approx 3-5 days a week faithfully prior to January. I joined the YMCA in May 2008.My goal is too not overdo my exercise.Back in 2002 I had a male trainer whom I loved( at another named gym(won't say ).I told him my lower left back hurt ,but he pushed me as most trainers do,and I hurt the lumbar spine area at that time.I couldn't walk but hunched over and very slow.I had to sit up in a chair with heat on my back and take Oxycontin to deal with the pain.This lasted 10 days.So back in 2002 I got scared my back would mess me up so I stopped exercising and the 40 lbs came back.This time I started changing my eating in Oct 2007 and have lost 27 lbs and still have 40 more lbs to lose.So lets get moving shall we.....
OMG, yes I am dedicating 30 days to only juices.Any kind and all kinds of juice combining will be key .GREEN JUICING over fruit juicing is the plan.I don't want to end up with candida issues~I have to take advantage of all the wonderful fruits that are abundant here and now with the season.
Today I had Green Juice of: kale,spinach ,2 celery stalks,2 small beets,1 lime,1 granny smith apple,2 radish w leaves, 1 large fat cucumber.
later I had Penni's Stone Temple Purifier: 2 large apricots,3 peaches, 1 C fresh pitted cherries,1 lemon,1 tsp ginseng powder(optional)
I made enough of both to keep me happy and satisfied
end my day with some wheat grass~
