Cancer-fighting foods: Apple, Avocado & Walnut Salad; Anti-Cancer Nutrition
Cancer-fighting foods: Apple, Avocado & Walnut Salad; Anti-Cancer Nutrition
This quick-and-easy salad is packed with anti-cancer nutrients:
- avocados rich in carotenes and vitamins C and E that have powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and are thought to protect against cancers of the skin, mouth and prostate;
- apples containing antioxidant polyphenols and cancer-slowing pectin, thought to lower the risk of breast, lung & colon cancer;
- celery’s coumarins that protect our cells against free radicals and phenolic acids which block the action of prostaglandins that encourage the growth of tumor cells;
- walnuts and lamb’s lettuce, rich sources of anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer omega-3 fatty acids;
- cranberries with their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds (thanks to a wide range of proantocyanidins, anthocyanins, flavonoids, penolic acids)
- with their many anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.
Best of all, it’s so delicious that you can serve it to dinner guests and they won’t even realise how healthy it is!