We live in an age where we see advancements in medicine and medical science & technology. However, with the progress of modern civilization, our eating habits and lifestyle has also changed. Some people have blamed our modern lifestyle, pollution, and eating habits as major reasons why we get diseases more often among us.
New studies show that there are more cases of heart diseases, diabetes, obesity and cancer around the world today than ever before. However, Mother Nature has several foods that have ingredients to fight devastating illnesses such as cancer, naturally. With the right kind of foods and a healthy lifestyle, we could easily fight cancer.
Here are 13 foods with cancer fighting properties that you can grow yourself in your own herb and vegetable garden.
1. Avocado
Avocados are one of those tasty and healthy foods that you can easily grow in your backyard or container garden. It can be added to your daily diet with a variety of different ways to boost your immune system and fight cancer. Avocados are full of nutrients such as vitamins, antioxidants and micronutrients.
2. Berries
Berries are healthy tasty, and can be grown anywhere in your fall garden. There are a wide variety of choices of berries. No matter what type of berry you choose to grow, they all have one thing in common, high amounts of antioxidants and vitamins, and particularly vitamin C. The wide array of strong antioxidants found in berries make them a strong cancer fighter.
3. Beetroots
Recently, there has been plenty of research done on benefits of beetroots, and the list of benefits from beetroots just keeps on getting bigger. Beetroots are one of the strongest cancer fighting foods. It can slow down tumor growth, fight inflammation and lower blood pressure. You can easily include beetroots in your daily diet as salad or drink a glass of beetroot juice, including the leaves, to keep you energized throughout the day.
4. Broccoli
Broccoli is one of the America’s favorite foods. It’s tasty, can easily be included in a variety of dishes, and also easy to grow. They have an impressive array of nutrients, especially sulfurophane, which has been shown to reduce cancer risks. To maximize your benefits, eat raw broccoli or cook it lightly with olive oil and garlic.
5. Cabbage
Cabbage has similar cancer fighting effect as broccoli or kale. It contains powerful antioxidants, especially sulfurophane, that prevents cancer cells from multiplying. Cabbage can also be used in a variety of different delicious dishes, from sauerkraut to cabbage soups.
6. Carrots
Carrots contain vitamin A, beta-carotene, and antioxidants for a healthy immune system. They are also tasty and easy to grow anywhere, indoors or outdoors. Carrots can be easily included in your daily diet from stews, soups to salads.
7. Dill
Dill adds a strong tangy flavor to your foods, but it also has cancer fighting properties that make it desirable. Medicinal properties of dill come from a compound called Monoterpenes, which are stimulants and activate secretions of a power antioxidant enzyme called glutathione-S-transferase. It protects you from cancer by neutralizing carcinogens, particularly free radicals.
8. Garlic
Garlic is one of those healthy spices that you’d want to get more of every day. The health benefits of garlic are quite extensive and impressive. Garlic is known for its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It’s also a cancer fighter and immune booster according to recent studies.
9. Ginger
Ginger is a popular spice and a power food with many therapeutic benefits. It’s been widely used in eastern medicine and also in many of the alternative remedies for thousands of years. It benefits illnesses of the respiratory system, digestive system, it’s a powerful antioxidant. Modern medicine has also found ginger to have anti-inflammatory effects.
10. Kale
The green leafy kale is a close relative to cabbage, broccoli and spinach. It has similar cancer fighting properties. Many prefer kale for its taste, but it’s also a potent cancer fighting super food.
11. Mint
Mint leaves have a phytochemical in it that cuts off blood circulation from cancer tumors, causing them to die. It’s also a strong antioxidant, immune system booster and a good source of vitamin C.
12. Parsley
Parsley has recently caught attention of the medical community for its cancer fighting properties. It contains natural oil called apigenine that has been shown to prevent the growth of blood vessels that supply cancerous tumors with nutrients.
13. Thyme
Thyme has been used as a medicine for a long time around the world for its disease fighting properties. Historically, Roman soldiers used it to make tea, that gave them vigor and courage during wars. Modern medicine has also confirmed that thyme has cancer fighting properties.
14. Spinach
Bright green leafy spinach contains high concentration of vitamin C, and antioxidants that our body needs for a healthy immune system. It has a wide range of nutrients that protects our immune system, boosts cardiovascular functions, and also fights inflammation and cancer.
15. Tomatoes
Tomatoes are great as a salad ingredient, or can be added to your favorite dish. Tomatoes contain carotenoids, an organic pigment known to lower the risk of breast cancer. Cook some great meals with tomatoes to fight cancer and boost your immune system. Growing tomatoes in your backyard is not that difficult. You could choose a wide variety of tomatoes that are suitable for your garden or for containers.
These are some of the healthy, nutrient dense, and tasty foods that may help you fight cancer. To stay well, you don’t really need medicines, these foods are loaded with anti-cancer properties that would boost your immune system, supply you with all the vitamins and nutrients you need, and easily help you fight cancer and stay healthy naturally. The best part is you don’t even have to buy them from any store; you can simply grow then in your own garden or indoors in containers.
You can easily grow these plants in your garden. Just prepare your soil, add some high quality organic fertilizers and use some starter plants or seeds to start growing. You don’t really need to spend too much time, or pay a lot of attention to them before they can grow into harvest size plants. Just remember to water them and monitor them regularly.
Don’t let the fall weather stop you from gardening. You can use containers or smart convenient and attractive Aquaponic Tower Gardens that can be placed anywhere in your house. You can start growing plants in small containers indoors, right on your kitchen window sill, so try growing some of these plants at home today.
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Source: Saving the Green
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