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Foods That Help Fight Cancer

Preventing Cancer With Color

Fruits and vegetables are loaded in cancer-fighting elements -- and the more colors, the more components they contain. These foods can help lower your risk in another way, too, when they assist you maintain a healthy body weight. having extra pounds boosts the risk for multiple cancers, including colon, esophagus and kidney cancers. aspire for minimum five servings a day, made in a healthy way. So go heavy on the colored vegetables: red peppers, yellow peppers, colorful berries and fruit, dark green herbs -- all the colors you can get.

The Cancer-battling Breakfast

Folate is an essential B vitamin that may help protect against cancers of the colon, rectum, and breast. You can find folate in abundance on the breakfast table. Fortified breakfast cereals and whole wheat goods are good sources of folate. So are orange juice, melons, and strawberries.

More Folate-full ingredients

Other great sources of folate are asparagus and eggs. You might as well discover it in chicken liver, beans, sunflower seeds, and leafy green vegetables such as spinach or romaine lettuce. As stated by to the American Cancer Society, the finest way to receive folate is not from a pill, but by eating enough fruits, vegetables, and also enriched grain products.


Leave alone the Deli store

An irregular hot-dog at the ballpark most likely isn't going to harm you. But limiting processed meats like bologna, ham, and hot dogs might aid lower your chance of colorectal and stomach cancers. Moreover, eating meats that have been retained by smoking or with salt increases your subjection to agents that can most likely lead to cancer. It's basically the same as smoking cigarettes, but you get that smoke from your ham.

Skip the sugar

Sugar might not be the direct reason for cancer. But it may well displace and obstruct other nutrient-rich foods and elements that actually help protect your body cells cancer. Moreover, sugar boosts your daily calorie counts, and that contributes to overweight and ultimately obesity. Exceeding weight may well be a cancer risk factor. Keep in mind that various fruit presents a sweet alternative to sugar in a vitamin-rich package.

Do Not Rely on Supplements too much

Vitamins help protect against cancer, but when you get them naturally, from food. American Cancer Society and the American Institute for Cancer Research emphasize that getting cancer-curing nutrients from foods is much better then getting them from supplements.

Top Ten Aphrodisiac Foods For Women

A woman without libidn is a darling to no man. Men call it the cookie, and every husband deserves a cookie when he comes back home in the evening.

There are many factors that contribute to low libido. The good news is that you do not require medical attention to energize yourself for bedtime.

You can keep your man even if you are suffering from sexual dysfunction. This is because your sexual health depends on your mental, psychological and physical energy.

Your aphrodisiac is right in the food you take. Here is a list of top 10 aphrodisiac foods for women:

1. Red Wine

Red wine contains high levels of resveratrol. This antioxidant is known for its ability to increase the amount of estrogen produced by the female body. Estrogen is the chief sex hormone in women, and secretion of estrogen increases your desire for sex. Red wine is the only recommended alcohol that seems to have a positive sexual effect in women.

2. Chocolates

Chocolate increases the rate of endorphin production by your body, and is better consumed before you begin kissing. If possible, blend bars of chocolate with a small portion of raspberries for a long, passionate kiss.


3. Honey

Honey is rich in boron, a useful component in the metabolism of estrogen.

4. Bananas

Bananas not only resemble the penis in shape and length, but are rich in potassium and B vitamins. These sexy fruits are known to aid the production of sex hormones.

5. Ginger

Ginger simulates the circulatory system and improves blood flow for better performance in bed. It leaves you relaxed and in the right mood for sex.

6. Pine Nuts

Pine nuts contain high levels of Zinc, a natural stimulant for women.

7. Carrots

Carrots contain beta-carotene and other vitamins that are required for the development of sex hormones.

8. Mustard seeds

Mustard is a natural stimulant that increases the appetite for sex in women.

9. Almonds

Almonds are known to stimulate women and prepare them psychologically for sex. They are also a traditional remedy for infertility.

10. Caffeine

Caffeine is a natural stimulant found in common kitchen tea or coffee. It improves blood flow, supplying the sexual organs with sufficient blood required for improved performance in bed.

For better results, combine small portions of these foods and serve them with dinner. Since most of these foods contain other health benefits, try to blend them well and in right portions.

Use them to prepare deserts and salads, but avoid taking too much of one ingredient. Sexual energy can always be channeled to other roles such as creative thinking. Nevertheless, you need to be creative when serving meals.

For instance, you can have a mug of coffee a few hours before dinner. A glass of warm water or honey mixed with 2 teaspoonfuls of honey is the perfect way to prepare for a great night.

Attention

Yes, we know that it's not a food, but, as a woman I can assure you that the most potent aphrodisiac for a woman is a man who pays her positive attention and compliments. Believe me, if you don't appreciate your woman, someone else will.

The primary reason a woman loses interest in sex with her man is because her man loses interest in paying her compliments and making her feel beautiful and important.

Spend a little less time on the couch with your beer and football and a little more time complimenting her on the things she does to look good and she'll do even more to look good for you.

Also work on your psychological and mental health by dealing with stress and depression and follow a healthy diet so as to keep your organs in a proper working condition. A relaxed mind and healthy body are crucial for improved sexual performance.

5 Vitamin A Foods You Should Know About

When you think of foods high in Vitamin A I'm willing to bet the first thing that comes to mind are carrots. There are more (lots more) foods with Vitamin A than carrots. Before I get any further I do have mention something... the only foods with the readily-usable, pure form of it come from animal sources.

The others which come from plant sources are actually Beta Carotene.

Why does this matter?

The thing with Vitamin A from animal foods (also called "preformed Vitamin A") is it's ready to be used as soon as you digest it.

With beta carotene its used as an antioxidant first and then if there's anything left the rest will be converted and used as the vitamin. There are many benefits in getting it from both plant and animal foods.

So let's go over the best food sources we can find...


FOODS WITH VITAMIN A

Turkey, 1 cup, 52,000 IU
Beef Liver, 3 oz, 22,000 IU
Skim Milk, 1 cup, 400 IU
Egg, 1 large, 270 IU
Cheese, cheddar 1 oz, 280 IU

Foods with Beta Carotene (food, food amount, Vitamin A in IU)

Sweet potato, 1 medium, 9,230 IU
Carrot (raw), 1 cup, 18,000
Collard greens (cooked), 1/2 cup, 7,410
Spinach (cooked), 1/2 cup, 7,290
Kale (cooked), 1/2 cup, 4,560
Squash (winter), 1 cup, 10,700
Pumpkin (canned), 1 cup, 38,000
Apricots (dried), 35 grams (10 halves), 1,200
Cantaloupe, 1 cup, 2,700
Peach, 1 large, 2,000
Red bell pepper, 1/2 cup, 2,500

The RDA assumes you're getting a good amount from animal foods. Even though it's true not many people eat enough fruits and vegetables, let's set the record straight.

Most of the animal foods rich in Vitamin A are also high in calories (mostly fat) and cholesterol. Similar to the Vitamin E food sources which also mostly come from fatty food sources... getting it mostly from animal sources may not be the best strategy.

It's best to get most, if not all, of it from plant foods. A few things to keep in mind...

• The Vitamin A found in plants is Beta Carotene.
• Your body absorbs only about 40% of the beta carotene you eat.
• And of that 40%, another 40% of the carotenes you eat are used as Vitamin A. The rest is used as antioxidants.

Example: You eat 1 cup of carrots. That's around 18,000IU of beta carotene.
40% gets used as the vitamin form (the rest as antioxidants) which leaves you with 7200IU.

And at an absorption rate of 40%, you're getting 2880IU.

So 1 cup of carrots leaves you with 2880IU and to get the full benefits it's best to get 10,000IU to 15,000IU per day.

So this just means you'll need to eat more fruits and vegetables (a good thing!) or take a supplement.