| If you think that eating broccoli is enough to help you | | | | components were combined, the proportion of |
| fight breast cancer, you'd better think again. | | | | tumor-ridden mice went down to one in five and to |
| Lead researcher, Dr. Paul Talalay, of Johns Hopkins | | | | only one in ten among those that consumed all four |
| University, was the first to isolate a broccoli-related | | | | substances. |
| compound called sulforaphane glucosinolate in 1992. | | | | The take home message is simple: If you regularly |
| His study showed that this broccoli compound had | | | | down orange juice for breakfast and eat lots of |
| potent activity against breast cancer cells. Later | | | | broccoli without varying your diet to include all the |
| research confirmed his findings, and provided the key | | | | colorful plants, you are not providing your body with |
| mechanism of action behind broccoli: it boosts key | | | | maximum cancer-fighting potential! |
| enzymes in the body that fight against tumor | | | | Let's take a look at another study. Earlier research |
| development. | | | | revealed that isolate soy isoflavones have |
| With all of this research proving broccoli's benefit for | | | | tumor-promoting effects in late-stage breast cancer, |
| breast cancer, why am I suggesting that eating this | | | | but in recent lab studies, flaxseed has been shown to |
| cruciferous vegetable is not necessarily going to help | | | | weaken this effect. After another lab study analyzing |
| you? | | | | the breakdown products from the lignans in flaxseed |
| The answer presents itself when you understand the | | | | in combination with the whole food form of soy, |
| value of a team. Now, you may already have a | | | | flaxseed researcher Dr. Lillian Thompson, from the |
| healing team-a medical doctor, yoga instructor, | | | | University of Toronto, concluded that for |
| nutritionist, spiritual guide and so on-but does your | | | | postmenopausal women with low estrogen levels, the |
| health approach include teaming up what you eat? As | | | | combination of soy and flaxseed may be more |
| it turns out, broccoli alone isn't very effective in | | | | beneficial than soy alone in controlling breast cancer |
| fighting cancer! A nutritionist I recently ran into said, | | | | growth. In this case, the two are better than one! |
| "There is no such thing as a super food, only a super | | | | Finally, let's get back to the broccoli issue. Pairing |
| diet." I agree. | | | | broccoli with tomatoes has been found to fight |
| Based on the philosophy that a varied diet provides | | | | prostate cancer. Combining these two powerhouse |
| the best chances for optimal health, I suggest to all | | | | foods, Dr. Erdman and associates, found that |
| my patients that eating a variety of colorful plants | | | | prostate tumors grew much less in rats that were |
| every day will provide them with the most powerful | | | | fed tomato and broccoli powders than in rats who |
| cancer fighting tools. As it turns out, smaller amounts | | | | ate diets containing either just one of those powders |
| of plant chemicals and nutrients found in a mixed bag | | | | or cancer-fighting substances that had been isolated |
| of foods work together to provide huge changes at | | | | from tomatoes or broccoli. Yes, I know you don't |
| the cellular level. Simply put, you get more nutrition | | | | have a prostate....but there is a valuable lesson to be |
| bang for your buck when you combine nutrients that | | | | derived from this study: Isolated nutrients aren't |
| will work together to create something larger than | | | | nearly as powerful as the whole food! This is why I |
| themselves. This is known in professional health | | | | caution against choosing dietary supplements that |
| circles as nutritional synergy. | | | | contain isolated nutrients like vitamin C or E or |
| Researchers at the University College of Medical | | | | extracted plant chemicals, like lycopene or beta |
| Sciences in India have shown to what extent certain | | | | carotene and favor whole foods dietary supplements |
| combinations of food can act together to protect | | | | instead. Inside whole foods supplements are the full |
| the body from cancer-causing agents. In a recent | | | | array of vitamins, minerals and plant chemicals that |
| study, mice were exposed to carcinogens that | | | | work hand-in-hand to create powerful healing |
| provoked breast cancer in 100% of them. The mice | | | | benefits.For more information on the whole food |
| were then divided into groups with each group being | | | | supplements I recommend, please order my free |
| administered increasing levels of plant compounds. | | | | breast cancer wellness report on dietary supplements |
| Among the mice that received only one of these | | | | to fight breast cancer. And remember, fruits and |
| food compounds, 50% developed a tumor. Among | | | | veggies probably get lonely too. So why not team |
| those who consumed two of these food | | | | them up?! |
| compounds, only a third developed cancer. If three | | | | |