Five Fall Foods That Fight Cancer
Dana-Farber expert offers tips to fight cancer with your fork this season.
Autumn offers a cornucopia of cancer fighting foods and many of them will end up on the dinner table this season. Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, a senior nutritionist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, says many fruits and vegetables are at their nutritional peak in the fall so it’s a great time to incorporate them into a healthy diet. The key is to know what to look for. Kennedy shares the ABCs of fall foods along with some nutritious and easy to prepare recipes. 1.“A” is for Apple. There may be something to the old adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Studies suggest that eating at least one apple a day can help prevent throat, mouth, colon, lung and possibly breast cancer. Besides being crisp, sweet, and juicy, …
