Anti-Cancer Superfoods Really Work

Here, the top foods to work into the family diet if you'd like to cut cancer risk or help those with cancer recover. And who wouldn't? Blueberries, açai berries, raspberries, and cranberries. The rich, dark colors of blueberries, Brazilian açai berries, raspberries and cranberries come from phytochemicals that protect against numerous types of cancer. Most recently, researchers found that the active ingredient in açai berries destroyed cancer cells when tested in cell cultures. Blueberries and muscadine grapes contain compounds that recent research shows cause cancer cells in the liver to self-destruct. In studies particularly important to women, cranberries have recently been discovered to be an important weapon in the fight against deadly ovarian cancer. Studies reported at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society found that ovarian cancer cells that were becoming resistant to platinum chemotherapy the standard of care for ovarian cancer became six times more sensitive when exposed to a compound in cranberries.
The anti-cancer properties of all these berries are so strong that researchers have developing concentrated supplements and other products such as purees and concentrates.