Here are some of the known benefits and ways that foods and nutrients affect different stages of cancer. Note these foods come in a variety of colors, sometimes called the "rainbow diet," and they all act at different stages of the cancer pathway. What strikes me about this research is the wide range of actions plant compounds take against cancer.
Cause cancer-cell death (apoptosis) Vitamin D, dandelion root extract, fucoidan from brown seaweed, bee propolis, phytoalexins from many plants, anthocyanins in purple plants such as beetroot, piceatannol (breakdown product of resveratrol), most spices, cruciferous vegetables, garlic, onions, berries, grapes, citrus fruit
Protect DNA Resveratrol (in red wine and grape juice and many other plant sources), oleocanthal from olive oil, L-cysteine (in garlic, kelp and eggs), bee propolis, polyphenols
Inhibit cancer-cell…
