An Ounce of Prevention (or Actually, 5 Grams)
A recent article in Newsday talked about some research into foods that may help to prevent certain types of cancer, including breast cancer.
However, there was one section of the article that I found incredibly disheartening.
...research into foods that combat breast cancer faces a powerful institutional barrier: money. Consumer advocates point out that conducting studies that follow people for years to see they don't get sick as they eat certain foods is expensive. By comparison, drug approval is more efficient.
"The world is still not ready for prevention as a way to handle the medical problems of an aging population," said Dr. Paul Talalay of Johns Hopkins University, the leader on research that suggests the cancer-thwarting potential of broccoli.
Actually preventing the disease (or any major health issue) isn't profitable enough, when compared to pushing another pharmaceutical drug. That's sad beyond words.
Whether we're talking about cancer, obesity, or a sprained ankle, prevention is going to be more effective at addressing the issue at hand, as well as provide more all-around lifestyle benefits, than simply treating the symptoms after the issue has risen.
The article primarily talked about the research showing the benefits of broccoli, but it also mentioned the potential anti-cancer properties of strawberries, pomegranates, and green tea, among others.
If you're like the majority of people who doesn't regularly eat many fruits and/or vegetable, you might want to consider taking about a teaspoon of Biotest's Superfood everyday. (One teaspoon is about 5 grams. See where I was going with this blog's title?)
It's a super-concentrated powder which contains broccoli, strawberry, pomegranate, green tea, spinach, blueberry, watermelon, and about a dozen other food concentrates that have been shown to have powerful antioxidant effects.
If, for some reason, you're not into stirring up a super juice drink, you've got to at least take a look at the recipe in this article for blueberry cheesecake which uses Superfood. Looks like a pie, tastes like a pie, but it's low on calories and overflowing with fruits and veggies.
However, there was one section of the article that I found incredibly disheartening.
...research into foods that combat breast cancer faces a powerful institutional barrier: money. Consumer advocates point out that conducting studies that follow people for years to see they don't get sick as they eat certain foods is expensive. By comparison, drug approval is more efficient.
"The world is still not ready for prevention as a way to handle the medical problems of an aging population," said Dr. Paul Talalay of Johns Hopkins University, the leader on research that suggests the cancer-thwarting potential of broccoli.
Actually preventing the disease (or any major health issue) isn't profitable enough, when compared to pushing another pharmaceutical drug. That's sad beyond words.
Whether we're talking about cancer, obesity, or a sprained ankle, prevention is going to be more effective at addressing the issue at hand, as well as provide more all-around lifestyle benefits, than simply treating the symptoms after the issue has risen.
The article primarily talked about the research showing the benefits of broccoli, but it also mentioned the potential anti-cancer properties of strawberries, pomegranates, and green tea, among others.
If you're like the majority of people who doesn't regularly eat many fruits and/or vegetable, you might want to consider taking about a teaspoon of Biotest's Superfood everyday. (One teaspoon is about 5 grams. See where I was going with this blog's title?)
It's a super-concentrated powder which contains broccoli, strawberry, pomegranate, green tea, spinach, blueberry, watermelon, and about a dozen other food concentrates that have been shown to have powerful antioxidant effects.
If, for some reason, you're not into stirring up a super juice drink, you've got to at least take a look at the recipe in this article for blueberry cheesecake which uses Superfood. Looks like a pie, tastes like a pie, but it's low on calories and overflowing with fruits and veggies.
posted by Chris Colucci at 9:34 AM
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