Foods and Cancer - to eat and not to eat

      For cancer the research suggests that the following foods are appropriate and perhaps helpful to eat. As always check with your doctor and have appropriate blood work done before following any of the research suggestions from this or other sources. 

Some foods to consider eating more often

 * Pumpkin, canned or cooked 
    (highest beta carotene of any food 
     listed here)

 * Carrots, lightly cooked 
    (better than raw because light 
      cooking releases the caroteniods)

 * Sweet potatoes

 * Green leafy vegetables

 * Squash

 * Broccoli
 * Cabbage
 * Cauliflower (eat with foods that have a
    little canola or olive oil, it helps your
     body absorb the caroteniods)

 * Broccoli sprouts (20 more times by 
    weight  of the chemical sulforaphane,
    which may reduce the growth of tumors.)

 * Mustard greens

 * Chick peas
 * Kidney beans
 * Lentils
 * Soybeans (stimulates cancer preventing
    enzymes, can help lower harmful
    estrogen levels)

 * Tomatoes, especially cooked

 * Garlic
 * Onions (stimulates enzymes that 
     suppress tumor growth)

 * Defatted soy flour (at least 1/3 cup
    per day recommended)

 * At least 97% or greater fat-free chicken 
    or turkey breast (look for 99% fat free.)

 * 97% or greater fat free lunch meats

 * Pasta with meat sauces using 99% fat 
     free chicken

 * Homemade low fat pizza

 * Salmon and other fish, (mackerel, 
     sardines, herring. ) including the skin
     and fat (Research suggests this fat 
    (EPA fat) has the ability to raise HDLs.  
    and potentially fight cancer cell 
    development (1-5 servings per week 
    recommended)

 * Olive oil or canola oil substituted for 
    other oils

 * Walnuts (for the omega 3)

 * Brown and wild rice

 * Whole grain breads, ideally with defatted
     soy flour

 * Fat free milk (skim)

 * Oatmeal
 * shredded wheat, low-no sugar 
    added cereals

 * Fresh fruits  especially Blueberries
   (40% more antioxidants than the 
    next best, Strawberries)

 * Green tea

 * Red or black grapes

 * Grape juice, 1 cup per day

 * Grapefruit, especially pink which has 
    40% more beta carotene than white

 * Calcium fortified orange juice, 
    2 cups per day

 * Dried unsweetened fruits, especially  
     apricots, dates, prunes

 * Homemade fat-free yogurt, with extra   
    dry  milk added (2 cups per day 
    recommended)

 * Tupelo honey as a substitute for sugar 
    in cakes, cookies, breads, etc.

Foods to consider avoiding

 - 1%, 2% and whole milk

 - Meats with 96% fat or less

 - Red meats

Hydrogenated oils such as
 - stick margarine
Or foods that list hydrogenated oils in their ingredients

Food with high butter fat and other animal fats such as:
 * whole milk  
 * creams such as cheese
 * full fat yogurt
 * butter
 * sauces

 They feed the cancers and can interfere with caroteniods absorption

 ** Deep-fried foods