| A cancer diet needs particular emphasis on the | | | | yeast, lentils, macadamia nuts, pecans, raspberries, |
| following vitamins. | | | | strawberries, walnuts, watercress and yams. |
| Vitamin A | | | | Vitamin C |
| Role: as an anti-oxidant and important for healing. | | | | Role: Antioxidant needed to assist over 300 metabolic |
| Natural sources: green and yellow fruits and | | | | functions of the body. |
| vegetables, organic animal liver but be careful, a | | | | Natural sources are citrus fruits, most yellow or red |
| non-organically raised animal's liver could be full of | | | | fruits and vegetables, leafy green vegetables. |
| chemicals! | | | | The body cannot store this very essential nutrient so |
| Beta-carotene - very important in a cancer diet - | | | | we need to ingest it daily. As it is not stored it |
| from carrots in particular, is converted to Vitamin A | | | | cannot be overdosed. |
| by the liver, and is a far safer way to get a really | | | | A word of warning though - do not take Vitamin C |
| good boost of this vitamin, with no dangers of | | | | supplements at the same time as aspirin - the |
| overdosing. | | | | combination is very irritant to the stomach lining. Also |
| Vitamin B Complex | | | | it taking a supplement, look for a buffered form |
| Role: particularly important to the health of nerves | | | | which is digested over a longer period of time and |
| and the production of energy. | | | | far less irritant. Also avoid chewable tablets - the |
| Natural sources are chicken, eggs, brewer's yeast, | | | | acidity is not good for the teeth! |
| whole grains, leafy green vegetables, fish. | | | | Vitamin E, again crucial in a cancer diet. |
| Vitamin B17 - almost unheard of, but critical in a | | | | Role: Antioxidant, used in circulation and tissue repair. |
| cancer diet. | | | | Natural sources include coldpressed vegetable oils, |
| B17 interacts with the very large amounts of | | | | leafy green vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and |
| beta-glucosidase in cancer cells to produce hydrogen | | | | wholegrains. Brown rice, eggs, kelp, oatmeal and |
| cyanide and benzaldehyde. These two poisons | | | | sweet potatoes are also good sources. |
| combine into an extremely deadly poison that targets | | | | Just a note - the body needs zinc to maintain levels |
| cancer cells. The reason that it doesn't target healthy | | | | of Vitamin E in the blood, also take iron supplements |
| cells is that although they have small quantities of | | | | at a different time from Vitamin E as some forms of |
| beta-glucosidase, they also contain rodonase, a | | | | iron will destroy Vitamin E. |
| substance that cancer cells do not have, that breaks | | | | As always a diet that draws from all food groups, |
| the poison down into compounds that actually assist | | | | fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, chicken, grains, nuts, |
| the bodies immune system! | | | | seeds and oils, all eaten as close to the way nature |
| Natural sources are flaxseed oil, brown rice, brewer's | | | | made them is the best cancer diet possible. |