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Some other foods that help prevent cancer include the whey in yogurt, a source of the amino acid cysteine, sesame oil or walnuts, which provide cancer-fighting gamma tocopherol, and cranberries, which are great for providing a host of anti-cancer substances. Additionally, white tea is better than green tea for fighting colon cancer and curry-laden Indian food is a great source of turmeric, which can help block tumors.

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• Pharmaceutical foods are not healers, but they help prevent the illness.
• for: Thank god the tomato is not patented.
• Just imagine if drugmakers discovered some legal loophole that allowed them to move foods that function like pharmaceuticals to the prescription counter.
• We'd all end up needing a doctor's note (and a hefty co-pay) to give our prostates the protection offered by tomato sauce and our arteries the salvation promised by salmon.
• For now at least, there's no one to keep us from eating to beat disease, even if that disease is a multi-headed monster like cancer.
• But unlike prescription cancer drugs, most of which are designed to treat the illness, pharmaceutical foods are here to help prevent it.
• People who regularly consume citrus zest reduce their risk of squamous-cell skin cancer by 30 percent, according to a recent University of Arizona study.
• Turns out the oils in the peels of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit contain powerful compounds that stimulate the body's production of a detoxifying enzyme.
• Note: Grate the colored portion of the peel and add the pile of zest (at least a tablespoonful) to soups, salads, and salsa, or sprinkle it on chicken and fish.
• It's those amazing omega-3s again, though they don't deserve all the credit.
• Fish also contains vitamin A and vitamin D, which may help prevent prostate cancer.
• Find your whey Not since lycopene landed in our lives has there been a more promising prostate-cancer-fighting nutrient than whey protein.
• What's more, gamma tocopherol helped kill existing tumor cells without hurting healthy cells.
• But what about the research showing that vitamin E supplements are worthless, and perhaps even dangerous?
• They force cancer cells to die or they inhibit their unregulated growth Note: To hit your daily cran quota, down a small glass of cranberry juice (the type that lists at least 27 percent juice on the label) at breakfast and snack on Craisins (sweetened dried cranberries) throughout the day.

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