"If you knew that cherries and alfalfa sprouts together could lower your cholesterol, would you try to make up a dish that worked with them both? ...Here are a number of diseases that can be helped by combining dynamic duos, from Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well.
Broccoli with tomatoes fights prostate cancer...
Alfalfa sprouts with Cherries Lowers Cholesterol...
Flaxseed with soybeans fights breast cancer... the combination of soy and flaxseed may be more beneficial than soy alone in controlling breast cancer growth. In this case, the two are better than one!
Tofu with tea tames tumors... Is there some anticancer synergy going on between those two Asian staples? Fascinating research with green tea and black suggesting there is a link.
Garlic with onions improves heart health...Organosulfur compounds are the primary active phytochemicals in garlic and onions, and several of them may protect the heart by helping to keep arteries flexible and clear of plaque damage...
Adapted from Food Synergy, by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD (Rodale, 2007)."
[Original full blog post by Ms. Bond here and below.]
FROM:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/food-synergy-5-dynamic-duos-for-healing.html
"Food Synergy: 5 Dynamic Duos for Healing" (by Anne B. Bond)
If you knew that cherries and alfalfa sprouts together could lower your cholesterol, would you try to make up a dish that worked with them both? A salad with sprouts and cherries could work. Here are a number of diseases that can be helped by combining dynamic duos, from Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well.
Broccoli with tomatoes fights prostate cancer.
Pairing these two powerhouse foods could be a match not only made in
Italy but in health heaven. In a study led by Dr. Erdman and published
in a recent issue of Journal of Nutrition, prostate tumors grew much
less in rats that were fed tomato and broccoli powders than in rats who
ate diets containing either just one of those powders or
cancer-fighting substances that had been isolated from tomatoes or
broccoli.
Alfalfa sprouts with Cherries Lowers Cholesterol.
In a preliminary study, researchers in the department of molecular
pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Southern California’s
School of Pharmacy observed a strong antioxidant synergy between
alfalfa and acerola cherry extracts that may help reduce oxidation of
low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. It could be the flavonoids
from the sprouts working together with vitamin C from the cherries.
Flaxseed with soybeans fights breast cancer.
Previous research has implicated soy as actually having tumor-promoting
effects in late-stage breast cancer, but in recent lab studies,
flaxseed has been shown to weaken this effect. After another lab study
analyzing the breakdown products from the lignans in flaxseed in
combination with the primary isoflavone in soy genistein), flaxseed
researcher Lilian Thompson, PHD, from the University of Toronto,
concluded that for postmenopausal women with low estrogen levels, the
combination of soy and flaxseed may be more beneficial than soy alone
in controlling breast cancer growth. In this case, the two are better
than one!
Tofu with tea tames tumors.
People in Asian countries tend to eat soy products and drink tea on a
regular basis. Certain types of cancer, including prostate and breast
cancer, are significantly lower in the Asian population than in the
United States, which begs the question: Is there some anticancer
synergy going on between those two Asian staples? Fascinating research
with green tea and black suggesting there is a link.
Garlic with onions improves heart health.
Organosulfur compounds are the primary active phytochemicals in garlic
and onions, and several of them may protect the heart by helping to
keep arteries flexible and clear of plaque damage. For example, DADS
(diallyl disulfide) has been shown to possess the strongest antioxidant
activity that can prevent oxidation of LDL cholesterol in the
bloodstream; another compound, SEC (sethylcysteine), has demonstrated
great antiglycation activity. Glycation occurs when sugar molecules
attach to proteins and other structures, rendering them nonfunctional;
the entire process eventually damages the internalining of blood
vessels, causing them to stiffen. Having antiglycation properties,
therefore, is definitely a great thing, particularly for people with
diabetes who tend to form more advanced glycation compounds.
Adapted from Food Synergy, by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD (Rodale, 2007)."
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