Health News You Can Use

By Dr. R. H. Moss

How to Eat Citrus

Did you know that eating citrus fruits, including the peel, will help boost your cancer fighting ability? They contain chemicals called monoterpenes, including d-limonene, and have shown particular value in preventing cancer of the breast, liver and lung. Try kumquats, which you can eat rind and all.

Got Soy Milk?

Soy-based diets, rich in the isoflavones genistein and daidzein, are believed to protect against both breast and prostate cancer. They also seem useful in controlling symptoms of menopause, and have heart-healthy effects as well.

Grape News

Red grapes, grape juice and skins contain resveratrol, a phytoalexin, and other potent anti-cancer chemicals. Grape seeds contain pycnogenol, which is reputed to have anti-cancer properties, so if you can, crunch them rather than spitting them out.

Going Nuts for Health

Almonds and especially almond extract contain benzaldehyde, shown in Japanese clinical studies to exert an anti-cancer effect. So splash some into drinks and find creative ways to work this nut and flavoring into your diet. Brazil nuts are in the news too. In animal studies, they've been found to be more protective against cancer than pure selenium selenite. They also contain ellagic acid, which may remove or block cancer causing toxins. Adding a few of them a day to your diet sounds like a smart idea.

Eat Your Greens

Most of us know by now that broccoli is a powerful food. It contains indoles, including sulphurafone, an isothiocyanate that seems to be a blocker of breast tumors. Are you getting enough of this great green food?

You say tomatoes. . . I say with oil

Tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant with strong anti-cancer effects. For absorption, remember that they must be eaten with a small amount of oil, as in tomato sauce, ketchup, or a fresh tomato salad with a drizzle of olive oil.

Keep your vampires away

Garlic contains organosulfur compounds which have many health benefits, including inhibiting cancer. Garlic also contains selenium, which can block early stage breast cancer.

Make room for mushrooms

Shitake, maitake, mu ehr (tree ears), oysters, and other mushrooms contain anti-cancer lectins and should be added to your diet.

Drink Your Greens

Green tea contains catechins such as EGCG as well as other anti-cancer bioflavonoids. Decaffeinated green tea is available, and makes an excellent healthy drink. If you have a coffee or black tea habit, try replacing them with green tea.

Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. is an internationally known medical writer, author of 11 books & three film documentaries. The former assistant director of public affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, for 25 years. Currently, he directs detailed written reports, The Moss Reports, on 200 varieties of cancer diagnoses. He also wrote the 1994 Yearbook article on alternative medicine for The Encyclopedia Britannica. For more information visit his website at www.cancerdecisions.com