MNT Breast cancer and Cancer fighting compounds: Antioxidants, Beta carotene, Lycopene (even if their tomatoes came in the form of pizza/spaghetti sauce, or ketchup)
Vitamin E and selenium, and zinc (Cold fighting abilities: soy milk, veggie burger,
Not too high not too low for both:
High vitamin E can boost immunity.
Cancer Meal planning: Key: To build generous amounts of antioxidants, phytochemicals, and immune-boosting foods into your diet:
Snack: keep a bag of baby carrots (cooked so it rich in beta-carotene) with dipped hummus
Tomato products: tomato sauce marinara pasta,
Beans and whole grains and almond to get vitamin E and selenium
Broccoli and cauliflower with sesame salt sauté
Avoid fat intake: meat, dairy eggs, chocolate are all in high saturated fat especially from dairy.
Breast cancer and real deal on soy: Soy is phytoestrogen: anti-estrogenic foods! Soy knocks aromatase out! (aromatase takes steroids from adrenal glands and make Estrogen!)
Phytoestrogen (dietary estrogen):
Dietary estrogen is naturally occurring plant-derived compound that can be found in mainly soy foods, soybeans, flaxseed, sesame seeds, oats or beans. Keep in mind that dietary phytoestrogen is not the same as hormone estrogen although it has a similar chemical structure. In fact, dietary estrogen has been shown to inhibit inflammation in various tumor models to help fight cancer.
Key points: Soy/Cruciferous vegetables/Leafy greens (sulforaphanes)/ Flaxseeds (Lignans) High Fiber foods (30g: high fiber black beans, lentils, berries, pearled barley, broccoli)