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| of macrophages. Both the root and the leaf have been used traditionally to treat various types of cancers. |
| Edible flowers also contain wonderful nutrients that can add color, flavor, and drama to many simple recipes. Flowers tend to be rich in many important phytonutrients, including large amounts of flavonoids and carotenoids, two of the most important nutrients for our health and well-being. Edible flowers can be added to many dishes or used as a garnish. Some of my favorites, which can be added to salads, vegetables, or soups, include viola, chive, rocket blossoms, coriander, nasturtium, rosemary, squash, bergamot, lavender, mint, sage, calendula, and borage. Even the dandelion flower can be eaten! |
| Garlic and Onions |
| Garlic possesses thiosulfinates such as allicin, found predominately in crushed raw garlic, and ajoene, a potent prostaglandin inhibitor found in steamed garlic. Along with onions, shallots, leeks, and chives, garlic should be eaten on a regular basis, as all these vegetables contain antitumor and immune-enhancing components. |
| Research completed at Pennsylvania State University has shown that garlic may keep normal cells in the breast from becoming cancerous. In this study, rats given aged garlic extract showed 66 percent less binding of a cancer-causing agent to normal cells than did rats that received no garlic when given the same cancer-causing agent. Even more impressive was the fact that the rats taking garlic plus selenium had a 99 percent reduction of the binding of the carcinogen. 11 |
| Results of another recent report on garlic support prior research showing that garlic effectively inhibits tumor formation in chemically induced cancers. Raw garlic powder and water extract of garlic both reduced chemically induced breast cancers by an average of 39.5 percent. A commercial deodorized garlic powder decreased adduct occurrences (chemical insults to the cells) by an average of 64 percent, and a commercial high-sulfur garlic powder reduced adducts by 56 percent.12 |
| When working with a sulfur compound for use against prostate cancer, researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York found that aged garlic, referred to as S-allylmercaptocysteine (SAMC), improved the |
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