Anti Cancer Foods and Health Tips

In his book, Anticancer: A New Way of Life Dr. David Servan Scheiber lays out a great anticancer health plan. As a cancer survivor himself, Dr. Scheiber used this plan to help his body overcome brain cancer. He recommends certain anticancer foods and other measures you can take to protect yourself from cancer or better the quality of your life if you already have cancer.

Eating certain anticancer foods allows your body to protect you or to heal itself if you already have cancer. So what foods does Dr. Scheiber recommend for anticancer?

• herbs and spices such as thyme, rosemary, mint, basil, sage, turmeric and ginger.
  
• Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage
• Foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids like salmon, walnuts, green veggies and sardines
• Garlic, onions and leeks
• Berries like blueberries (first on every superfood listing), raspberries and blackberries
• Dark chocolate
• Green tea, pomegranate juice and red wine in moderation

Other suggestions Dr. Scheiber has are:

• Avoiding sugar which fuels cancer cell growth
• Taking a daily walk or getting proper exercise
• reducing stress with yoga, tai chi or meditation
• Avoiding toxic chemicals as much as possible in air, food, water, cleaning products and skin and body care products. (Watkins now offers green cleaning products and natural, toxin free skin and body care products)

Even if you don't have cancer, these health tips will boost the immune system making your overall health better. They will also boost energy and well being. If you do have cancer, doing something empowers you and makes you feel less like a victim.

I highly recommend Anticancer A new way of life, for anyone who seeks the path to better health.

Review of AntiCancer - A New Way of Life

Dr. David Servan-Schreiber's new book, AntiCancer - A New Way of Life, is written from the perspective of someone who KNOWS cancer. Servan-Schreiber is a neurologist who was diagnosed with a brain tumor himself at the age of 31 and suffered a recurrence at the age of 38.

His book, AntiCancer, gives his personal account of how he turned on his own body's cancer-fighting capacities. He admits that prior to getting cancer, his own diet was terrible and his life was set at a hectic pace. He did use traditional chemotherapy and treatments to fight his cancer but he also decided, after the second time around, that he would learn all he could to help his body defend itself against illness.

His book lists foods that are specifically designed to prevent or inhibit cell growth by more than 80% in some cancers, such as those of the brain and colon. Some of these foods are broccoli, beets, cabbage, garlic and kale. Other anticancer foods include green tea and turmeric.

Besides just food, however, Servan-Schreibner recommends exercise to relax the body and bring it back into balance, exercise like yoga or tai chi. He also uses meditation to lower stress levels.

Some of his advice too is on use of household cleaners and and hair and body products and which of these products to avoid.

I like this book because it empowers people to prevent or cure cancer by choosing a healthier lifestyle. There is no "magic bullet" but living this anticancer lifestyle could have a huge impact on the number of cancer cases if everyone embraced it. If you or someone you know now has cancer, living the anticancer way of life can enhance any medical treatment they are now receiving and it will help them take back the responsibility for their own healing.