The Ultimate Anti-Cancer Diet

Scientists have come up with the ultimate anti-cancer diet that could prevent - and even reverse the disease. 

A diet that includes apples - and especially the peel - red grapes, turmeric and green tea will give the body all the chemicals that have been proven to have cancer - fighting qualities. 

The chemicals can shrink prostate cancer tumors, but they are likely to be effective against other cancers as well, say researchers at University of Texas at Austin. 

Instead of looking at the chemicals in isolation, the researchers wanted to see just how effective they were in combination  - and so eventually came up with the diet. 

The chemicals work together to help reverse inflammation, which is known to play a key role in the growth of cancer cells. Inflammation - brought about by chronic infections, autoimmune disease and even obesity - damages healthy cells and makes them more susceptible to cancer. 

The researchers tested 142 different compounds on human cell lines in the laboratory until they came up with their winning combination, which includes ursolic acid, a waxy chemical found in apple peels and rosemary; curcumin, the bright yellow plant compound in turmeric, and resveratrol, which is in berries and red grapes. 

By combining the chemicals, the researchers discovered that they stop cancer cells from absorbing glutamine, an amino acid that helps them grow and spread. 

      
Red onions have double - whammy killer punch against cancer

When it comes to cancer-fighting foods, you have to know your onions … red onions, in fact. 
They are the most effective in the onion family because they have two chemicals that kill cancer cells. 

All onions have high amounts of quercetin, a flavonoid, and red onions also contain the highest levels of anthocyanin - the pigment that gives the onion its colour - and together they are potent killers of colon cancer cells, laboratory tests have found. 

The pigment seems to super - charge the quercetin and magnifies its 'scavenging' properties, say researchers from the University of Guelph. 

For their experiment, the researchers chose five onion varieties grown in Ontario, including the Ruby Ring red onion.

Onions activate pathways that encourage cancer cells to undergo cell death. They promote an unfavourable environment for cancer cells and they disrupt communication between cancer cells, which inhibits growth.