10 powerful new anti-cancer foods you may not know

To minimize the risk of cancer, the easiest thing to do is to simply add foods to your daily diet.

Cancer, with more than 100 types of cancer, is threatening millions of people around the world. However, until now, medicine has not found a way to cure this disease completely while medical treatments all have serious side effects.

Therefore, to minimize the risk of disease, prevention is still the most important thing. You can do it easily by simply adding the following foods to your daily diet.

1. Long pepper (long pepper, short pepper, heart-shaped pepper)

American scientists have discovered that pepper contains a chemical called piperlongumine (PL) that has anti-cancer properties. This substance can fight many cancers such as prostate, breast, lung, colon, lymphoma, leukemia, primary brain, stomach...

Long pepper is often used in India as a spice, with the ability to help regenerate cells, organs, and genes. In Vietnam, this spice is known by the names of long pepper, lost pepper, heart-leaf pepper...

2. Apple

Apples contain quercetin, epicatechin, anthocyanins and triterpenoids which have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that help reduce the risk of cancer, especially colon cancer.

The apple peel is the most nutritious part because it contains up to 80% quercetin. Apples can also fight lung, breast, and stomach cancer.

3. Blueberries

Blueberries have powerful antioxidant properties because they contain phytochemicals and flavonoids such as anthocyanins, ellagic acid and urolithin. They have the ability to reduce DNA damage caused by cancer-causing free radicals, while also reducing the growth and stimulating self-destruction of oral, breast and colon cancer cells.

4. Broccoli, cabbage, kale, cauliflower

The glucosinolates in these vegetables convert to isothiocyanates and indoles when eaten, reducing inflammation that leads to cancer. The beta-carotene in these foods also helps cells communicate, controlling normal cell growth.

5. Cherries

Sweet or sour cherries contain fiber, vitamin C, and potassium. Anthocyanins, which give them their red color, have antioxidant properties.

6. Cranberries

Rich in fiber and vitamin C, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, ursolic acid, benzoic acid and hydroxycinnamic acid have antioxidant properties. Proanthocyanidins and ursolic acid reduce the growth and kill cells in some types of cancer.

7. Grapefruit

Grapefruit contains naringenin and flavonoids such as limonin, limonoids, beta-carotene and lycopene which help reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

8. Green tea

Both green and black tea are rich in beneficial substances such as antioxidant polyphenols and flavonoids.

Catechins in tea have strong anti-cancer properties, green tea contains three times more catechins than black tea. Green tea has the ability to slow or completely stop cancer growth in the colon, liver, breast and prostate, lungs, skin, and digestive system.

9. Pumpkin

Contains alpha and beta carotene which convert into vitamin A in the body. The yellow coloring agents lutein and zeaxanthin help filter out strong ultraviolet rays that damage the eyes and retina.

Research shows that eating pumpkin regularly can reduce the risk of skin cancer.

10. Walnuts

The anti-cancer substances in walnuts are elligtannins, gamma-tocopherol, alpha-linolenic acid, phytosterols and melatonin.

Research shows that regular consumption of these nuts helps prevent breast, colon, and prostate cancer, and also reduces overall DNA damage.

According to VNN