Cancer- Start the battle from your own kitchen

by Pooja Poojasab Blogger

A life-threatening ailment, cancer is a deadly disease which may even take our loved ones away from us. Today, every second family has at least one member suffering from the fatal disease. With advanced forms of treatment and medicine, many people have been able to survive its clutches and emerge cancer-free. However, there are even more who lost precious lives. The irony remains that before we catch hold of it, it grips us. Most of us remain unaware in what form or at what stage the disease enters the body. People in different parts of the world suffer various types of cancer like skin cancer, breast cancer, brain cancer, lung cancer and brain cancer.

While we do have access to highly effective medicines and treatment, there are certain foods right in our kitchen that help us to fight this disease. Here is a list of a few of them.

Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a storehouse of Vitamin C. The deadly cancer calls started forming inside the human body owing to increased amount of toxic nitrogen compounds which are created owing to Vitamin C deficiency. Thus, by increasing the intake of this fruit, one reduces the risk of contacting stomach, bladder and breast cancer to a great extent.

Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is packed with Vitamin E. One can either consume the butter with bread at breakfast time or along with a toast at any time during the day.

Berries

Berries are packed with anti-oxidants and are very effective to prevent cancer in all its forms. You can consume raspberries, blueberries or cranberries. They contain pterostilbene , a specific kind of an anti-oxidant which is essential for fighting cancer generating cells in the human body.

Sweet Potatoes

People who suffer from stomach and lung cancers are advised to increase the intake of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are packed with a powerful and a highly beneficial antioxidant called Beta Carotene which is effectively fights cancer cells. Women who suffer from breast cancer should also include a high amount of sweet potatoes in their diet.

Ground Flax seed

Ground Flax seed is rich in Omega-3-fatty acids which arrest the formation of tumor cells in the human body. Also, cellular mutations inside the body are also curbed to a great extent with the consumption of ground flax seed.

Turmeric

Many of us remain unaware of the anti-cancer properties of turmeric. Curcumin, an ingredient found in turmeric serves as an anti-inflammatory compound. Several tests carried out on lab species have proved that turmeric is very effective to combat lung, stomach and breast cancer.

Tomatoes

Packed with anti-oxidants, tomatoes are also known to possess cancer fighting properties. A Harvard research indicates that around 7 or 10 helpings of tomatoes every weeks reduces the symptoms of prostate cancer by a staggering 40 percent. Tomatoes contain Lycopene which helps to fight breast, cervix and colon cancer.

Lycopene is also found in peaches, carrots, peppers and strawberries.

Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital in Pune offers high-end, comprehensive treatment to fight different kinds of cancer. Its team of skilled, experienced and well-trained oncologists and other cancer specialists provide the best treatment to ensure the patient gets cancer-free for life.