Abigails Herbs

Mint tea, either spearmint or peppermint, is amongst a group of foods which has been proven to help protect our bodies from predatory cancer cells. That’s right, the phytochemicals in this herb cut off the flow of blood and nutrients to cancerous tumors, thus starving them off without harming our bodies’ normal and healthy cells. If you can, pick fresh spearmint or peppermint  leaves from your garden, place them in a mug, cover with boiling water, cool and then sip. Remove the mint leaves, add ice and sweeten to taste. The good thing about this kind of tea is that you don’t need a tea bag. Use the fresh herbal leaves as they are!

Some other important foods which fight and prevent cancer are as follows:

• Sauerkraut : Believe it or not, the fermentation process loads it up with cancer-fighting compounds.
• Burgers, grilled medium-well; with less charring comes less exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.
• Lemonade (fresh); the compound in lemons known as limonene, is shown to cut the risk of certain cancers in half.
• Horseradish; Use as much as it as you can stand because this condiment stops cancer-cell growth by as much as 70% according to Michigan State University researchers. That’s because its compounds increase the liver’s ability to detoxify carcinogens.
• Filtered Water; a report put out by the Environmental Working Group suggests that home-filtered tap water is  safer than bottled water.
• Cigarette Smoke;  AVOID it because it contains over 60 different carcinogens which affect most of the organs in your body.
• Sunshine; get at least 15 minutes of sunshine per day to cut your cancer risk up to 36% by giving your body vital Vitamin D, a nutrient that shuts down abnormal cells before they can become cancerous. Avoid too much sun because even sunshine hurts if you get too much. If you are unable to get outdoors, take a supplement of at least 1000 units of Vitamin D everyday. Most Americans are lacking in Vitamin D and are suffering  from many different kinds of disorders as a result. Fibromyalgia is one example of such a disorder. Most of these illnesses can be avoided. Just ask your family doctor to test you for Vitamin D levels.