Don’t just think of your three daily meals as an opportunity to fill your stomach and satisfy your taste. Imagine the medical value of the foods you eat each day.
At each meal, you should actively choose foods that normalize your gene expression, eliminate inflammation in your body, strengthen your immune system, and inhibit tumor vascularization. These guidelines will empower you to use a healthy diet to achieve therapeutic benefits.
1. Antioxidant and anti-tumor effects of a sound diet.
The anti-tumor properties of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables have long been attributed to their high content of vitamins, minerals and fiber components. More recently, researchers have found that fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and cooking spices contain thousands of other compounds that are commonly referred to as phytonutrients. Many phytonutrients exhibit significant anti-tumor properties.
Phytonutrients found in many common foods have been found to promote brain tumor cell death in in vitro cell culture.
These foods include: elemicin (ginger), rhodopsin and limonene (citrus peel), catechin (green tea) and anthocyanins or anthocyanidins (lingonberry and North American sago). Lignans (soy), on the other hand, exhibit a variety of inhibitory effects on brain tumors, including synergistic inhibition of tumor cell growth with chemotherapy. Perhaps most strikingly, the newly discovered phytonutrients also have a direct effect on our genes. We now know that genes are not fixed and permanent. More correctly, genes are changing their expression in response to nutrients and their surroundings. Numerous recent studies have shown that phytonutrients can inhibit the expression of oncogenes and increase the expression of oncogenes.
We also know that phytonutrients present in food are the richest source of antioxidants, far surpassing vitamin gummies. Vitamin E has an antioxidant capacity of 125 ORAC units, but each serving of foods such as lingonberries, cinnamon, pomegranate juice, figs, plums, raspberries, green tea, strawberries, spinach and kale (Caoetal., 1996) can achieve 1000 ORAC units of antioxidant capacity.
Food-based antioxidants can clearly promote genetic stability and inhibit gene mutation to tumor cells, thus avoiding the appearance of malignant tumor progression or resistance to chemotherapy (French2003; Boik2001; Louwetal.,1997).
2. Inflammatory inhibition by phytonutrients.
Control of inflammation in brain tissue is important both in terms of symptom relief (headache) and in terms of hormone dependence. Likewise, anti-inflammatory therapy is critical in slowing down tumor growth. This is because brain tumors use inflammatory processes to grow and progress (Wallace 2002).
It has been shown that excess inflammatory complexes in the body are an indicator of poor prognosis (Shonoetal., 2001). So what we want to do is to reduce the level of inflammation in your body and improve your prognosis. To help reduce inflammation, we should first know the role of fats. Fats participate in the composition of our cell membranes and help make chemical messengers (arachidone-like substances) to regulate inflammation.
It is indisputable that saturated, hydrogenated and trans fats are inflammation-promoting substances! Pay more attention to the ingredient labels of foods and avoid hydrogenated fats. These, like other Omega-6 fats, are precursors to pro-inflammatory response messengers; whereas Omega-3 fats are anti-inflammatory response substances. foods that are sources of Omega-3 fats are cold-water fish (sardines, tuna, mackerel (fish), gray trout from North American lakes, Atlantic halibut, mackerel and wild salmon), flaxseed, and organic, herbivore meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products. -6 fats are found primarily in commercially raised (grain-eating) meat, poultry, dairy products and eggs; also in nuts, seeds, margarine and vegetable oils (e.g. corn, peanut, brassica, safflower, soybean, sunflower and grape seed oils).
Olive oil is an Omega-9 fat, which is also beneficial. It should be used as the primary bottled oil for cooking and salad flavorings. The typical American diet provides 10-20 times more Omega-6 fats than Omega-3 fats, but a healthy ratio should be 3:1 or 4:1. Reduce Omega-6 (choose healthy Omega-6 foods such as nuts, seeds and avocados) and increase your intake of Omega-3 fats. Excessive intake of candy and high-carbohydrate diets can increase inflammation (Seshadrietal., 2004) and also suppress immune function.
A healthful diet (emphasizing healthy fats, whole grains, legumes) and a high intake of vegetables and fruits has been shown to reduce inflammation (Espositoetal.,2004). Limit the intake of sweets and refined, processed carbohydrates (e.g., bread, cereal, raw dough, etc.) in favor of whole-grain, high-fiber foods. Watch for 2g of fiber per raw dough, 3g of fiber per slice of bread, and 5g of fiber per bowl of cereal. Consider substituting stevia, agave syrup, glycine, xylitol or brown rice syrup for table candy.
3. Anti-angiogenic effects of phytonutrients.
Angiogenesis refers to the process by which tumor cells increase tumor growth and progression by stimulating the development of a new, dense network of blood vessels. Many of the enzymes that promote angiogenesis require copper. Avoiding excessive intake of copper can help reduce angiogenesis.
Copper-rich foods include shelled aquatic animals (lobsters, oysters, crabs and clams). Organ meats (liver and kidneys), chocolate jam, and jams and preserves in copper boxes. If your water delivery pipes are copper, you may need filters to filter your drinking water; also avoid copper pots and pans.
Inflammation is also a promoter of new blood vessels, so the measures discussed above to reduce inflammation are also very important. The idea that excess sugar and too many calories can promote angiogenesis in animal studies has been confirmed (Mukherjeeetal,2002;Seyfried2001).
Increase the intake of low-calorie foods and nutrient-rich foods (vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grain breads) while reducing the intake of refined and processed foods.
4. Superior foods and phytonutrients for brain tumors: berries, lingonberries, raspberries, cherries, strawberries, sour fruits.