Beta carotene, Vitamin C & Anti-Aging

Take a minute:

• Be sun smart use SPF 30 whether or not you need it
• Avoid processed foods & limit how much you eat
• Eat fresh & raw veggies/fruit are best
• Use relaxation and meditation to help repair your inner self.
• Stay close to nature, walk, pick up trash along your roads, smile
• Swimming is a great way to exercise many of your body muscles
• Eat nuts and grains not white rices and breads
• My top pics are Blueberries, Tomatoes, yogurt and grains & nuts
• Avoid tanning booths, chemical makeup, lotions, and other body products
• Clean your home naturally avoid chemical cleaners
• Try juicing but eating the skin along with fruit is best
• Limit amount of red meats, if you eat meat try chicken & fish


Here are some helpful lists.


1. Beta-carotene - destroy free radicals help slow aging process
• Carrots
• Pumpkin
• Sweet potato ***
• Butternut squash
• Mango
• Spinach **
• Cantaloupe
• Kale
• Greens (beet, collard, and mustard)
• Swiss chard
• Red peppers
• Apricots
• Broccoli
• Prunes
• Artichoke hearts
• Romaine and loose-leaf lettuce
• Tomatoes- lycopene


2. Vitamin C – anti aging properties
• Most any citrus fruit
• Fresh orange and grapefruit juice
• Oranges
• Papaya
• Strawberries
• Kiwi fruit
• Red peppers
• Cantaloupe
• Tomato vegetable or tomato juice
• Broccoli
• Mango
• Brussels sprouts
• Grapefruit
• Pea pods
• Green pepper
• Cauliflower
• Kale
• Red cabbage
• Greens
• Butternut squash
• Grapes
• Tomatoes
• Tomato juice and tomato sauce
• Potatoes
• Swiss chard
• Green soybeans
• Berries (raspberries and blackberries)
• Brewer's yeast
• Lentils

3. Anti Aging – many are filled with antioxidants
• Tuna, salmon
• Blueberries
• Yogurt
• Sweet potatoes
• Blueberries***
• Tomatoes
• Dark chocolate
• Kiwi
• Spinach
• Green tea

notes-healthy eating fights cancers-antioxidants

Most important avoid processed foods, eat the skins of your fruit and veggies, Raw is better for you:
Be sure your diet includes a high level of antioxidiants, vitamin D, vitamin c, and omega 3

Vitamin D has been shown to protect up to 50% against Cancer. Also, keeping your diet full of fruits, veggies and whole grains can help lower risk of many cancers. Fat soluble helps to absorb calcium which builds stronger bones and teeth- and can curb the growth of cancerous cells…
Tomatoes, Broccoli sprouts good source of Sulforaphane and Brussel sprouts too,

Berries-blueberries a great sourse of antioxidants, rich colored berries have anthocyanins a great antioxidant.

Soybeans, like hummous- make your own , isoflavones which protect cells from negative estrogen

Tea Green, White are a great source antioxidants, kaempferol helps fight many cancers, four cups of tea, they say black tea is also included


Cruciferous vegetables like turnip greens, cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, kale, and many more..spinach –lutein avocados

Carrots, squash, yellow/red-peppers, sweet potatoes, pumpkin

Oranges, lemons and grapefruits

Papayas great healer before and after surgeries also for the digestive system

Red grapes- i take resveratrol synergy with grape seed opcs, grape skin extract and green tea extracts...two a day

Turmeric great in stirfry-not only is an inflammatory but is in the ginger family

Ginger helps but still unknown exactly how

Garlic minced let sit for 10 min before cooking…

Curcumin powder better known as Cumin, use in rice dishes, lentils, veggies, chicken and even other great foods.very well known to help prevent cancers

Capsaicin – chili peppers, jalapenos and others

Flax – check with doctor there is controversy when it comes to men

Fresh dried fruit is a great way to be sure you have your servings of daily antioxidants and vitamins.

Info: my knowledge and a bit from reading these two sites:

http://www.thedietchannel.com/Why-You-Should-Be-Eating-Berries.htm for info on berries
http://thecancerfreekitchen.tripod.com/id6.html some info from this site


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