“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
For most people the concept that food can be medicine is something completely foreign. Most people in America don't put much thought into the foods that they eat on a regular basis. We spend millions and millions of dollars each year searching for the magic bullet, the newest diet plan or pill that will make us thin, beautiful and ageless with minimal effort. The truth is that there is no magic bullet. Optimal health, at least in our modern world, takes effort. It comes from living a healthy lifestyle and preparing and eating fresh minimally processed whole foods. You have to put the time in.
Food is more powerful than many of us realized.
Over the past several months Amy and I have been learning a lot and teaching many classes at NuGenesis Farm in Delafield, WI (soon to be moving to Stone Bank, WI). NuGenesis Farm was started by a women named Kathy Bero who is a three time cancer survivor. It was during that battle that Kathy was introduced to the term Anti-angiogenesis. Angiogenesis, the proliferation of blood vessels, is necessary at three times in your life, during menstruation, pregnancy or during wound healing. When Angiogenesis is happening outside of those three life events it can prove to be quite dangerous. Angiogenesis is the process that turns a small, harmless single cancer cell into a large, life-threatening tumor. Anti-angiogenic foods are foods that have been proven to turn off this process, in essence, to stop the proliferation of blood vessels from feeding cancer. Cancer cannot grow without a source of nutrients. Not all foods have proven Anti-Angiogenic benefits... sorry junk food lovers.
This list is a simplified version of NuGenesis' list of "Foods to Embrace."
Vegetables
Artichokes
Asparagus
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Butternut Squash
Carrots
Celery
Collards
Cucumber
Fennel
Green Beans
Green or Yellow Squash
Green, red & purple Peppers
Kale
Leeks
Lima Beans
Mushroom
Peas
Pumpkin
Purple Cabbage
Purple Cauliflower
Purple Turnips
Radish
Red beets
Red onions
Red shallots
Scallions
Soy Beans (Edamame)
Spring Mix Greens
Sweet Potato/Yams
Swiss chard
Tomatoes
Watercress
Fruits
Apples
Black Currants
Black Raspberry
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cranberry
Grapefruit
Lemons
Oranges
Pineapple
Red Grapes
Red tart cherries
Strawberries
Nuts
Almonds
Hazelnuts
Walnuts
Herbs
Basil
Chives
Fenugreek
Garlic
Ginger
Green/purple sage
Italian parsley
Lavender
Licorice
Marjoram
Mint
Nutmeg
Oregano
Rosemary
Thyme
Turmeric w/pepper
Other
Dark Chocolate
Grape Seed Oil
Green Tea
Olive Oil
Red Wine
Notice, all of these foods are PLANTS or derived from PLANTS! (There is a theme here.) Another benefit of these foods, there are no side effects.... except for a happy vibrant thriving body.
You will see many of these foods in the recipes we post on this site. It's important that if you do start incorporating more of these foods into your diet that you try to eat these foods on a daily basis.
For more information about Anti-Angiogenic Foods and/or NuGenesis Farm please visit:
http://nugenesisfarm.org/
--Shelly
― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
For most people the concept that food can be medicine is something completely foreign. Most people in America don't put much thought into the foods that they eat on a regular basis. We spend millions and millions of dollars each year searching for the magic bullet, the newest diet plan or pill that will make us thin, beautiful and ageless with minimal effort. The truth is that there is no magic bullet. Optimal health, at least in our modern world, takes effort. It comes from living a healthy lifestyle and preparing and eating fresh minimally processed whole foods. You have to put the time in.
Food is more powerful than many of us realized.
Over the past several months Amy and I have been learning a lot and teaching many classes at NuGenesis Farm in Delafield, WI (soon to be moving to Stone Bank, WI). NuGenesis Farm was started by a women named Kathy Bero who is a three time cancer survivor. It was during that battle that Kathy was introduced to the term Anti-angiogenesis. Angiogenesis, the proliferation of blood vessels, is necessary at three times in your life, during menstruation, pregnancy or during wound healing. When Angiogenesis is happening outside of those three life events it can prove to be quite dangerous. Angiogenesis is the process that turns a small, harmless single cancer cell into a large, life-threatening tumor. Anti-angiogenic foods are foods that have been proven to turn off this process, in essence, to stop the proliferation of blood vessels from feeding cancer. Cancer cannot grow without a source of nutrients. Not all foods have proven Anti-Angiogenic benefits... sorry junk food lovers.
This list is a simplified version of NuGenesis' list of "Foods to Embrace."
Vegetables
Artichokes
Asparagus
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Butternut Squash
Carrots
Celery
Collards
Cucumber
Fennel
Green Beans
Green or Yellow Squash
Green, red & purple Peppers
Kale
Leeks
Lima Beans
Mushroom
Peas
Pumpkin
Purple Cabbage
Purple Cauliflower
Purple Turnips
Radish
Red beets
Red onions
Red shallots
Scallions
Soy Beans (Edamame)
Spring Mix Greens
Sweet Potato/Yams
Swiss chard
Tomatoes
Watercress
Fruits
Apples
Black Currants
Black Raspberry
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cranberry
Grapefruit
Lemons
Oranges
Pineapple
Red Grapes
Red tart cherries
Strawberries
Nuts
Almonds
Hazelnuts
Walnuts
Herbs
Basil
Chives
Fenugreek
Garlic
Ginger
Green/purple sage
Italian parsley
Lavender
Licorice
Marjoram
Mint
Nutmeg
Oregano
Rosemary
Thyme
Turmeric w/pepper
Other
Dark Chocolate
Grape Seed Oil
Green Tea
Olive Oil
Red Wine
Notice, all of these foods are PLANTS or derived from PLANTS! (There is a theme here.) Another benefit of these foods, there are no side effects.... except for a happy vibrant thriving body.
You will see many of these foods in the recipes we post on this site. It's important that if you do start incorporating more of these foods into your diet that you try to eat these foods on a daily basis.
For more information about Anti-Angiogenic Foods and/or NuGenesis Farm please visit:
http://nugenesisfarm.org/
--Shelly
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