BRAZIL NUTS HELP WARD OFF CANCER

Just one Brazil nut a day could help ward off colon cancer. These nuts are high in the trace mineral selenium and doctors at the University of Arizona found that men with high levels of selenium are six times less likely to develop colon cancer than men with low levels of selenium.

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute found that people with the highest intake of carotenoids – the pigments that give fruits and vegetables their colour, were as much as six times less likely to develop skin cancer than those with lowest intakes. Researchers speculate that beta-carotene plants itself in the skin, where its pigments help deflect sunlight. There are several other recent studies on sunlight now yielding the same results,” says Harinder Garewal, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine. These findings are important because they suggest that you can do something to reverse the onset of cancer. So eat the most carotenoid-rich yellow, orange, and red fruits and vegetables such as pumpkin, sweet potatoes, yams, watermelon and sweet red bell peppers.

Researchers reviewed 63 studies and found that high levels of vitamin D cut the risk of colon, ovarian, and breast cancer by up to 50 percent. They recommend getting 1,000 units of vitamin E per day. One cup of milk contains about 100 IU. For those who are intolerant to regular milk should make a change to goat’s milk with smaller fat globules that is easier and a more acceptable size for the human body to digest.