Make your own cancer-fighting salad
Reduce the risk of cancer, prepare the salad to your taste. The easiest and inexpensive way to fight cancer is to eat healthy food.
Pick and choose some of the ingredients below in the menu and add up to your calorie range. For men, 500 calories per serving, and for women, 400 calories per serving.
Spinach / romaine lettuce
It is high in folic acid, which reduces the risk of colon and rectal cancer.
Reducing the risk of breast, pancreatic, colorectal cancer.
Calories: 14
Serving Size: 2 cups
tomatoes
Make your salad brighter.
They contain a large amount of lycopene, which is an antioxidant that fights prostate, colon and rectal cancer.
Calories: 16
Serving Size : Half a cup of sliced tomatoes.
broccoli / cauliflower
Adds crunch.
Rich in fiber and rich in vitamin C and beta-carotene.
Helps fight cancers of the mouth, throat, stomach and esophagus.
Calories: 12
Serving size : ½ cup raw
Chicken breast
Chicken meat is actually healthier than red meat. Red meat increases the risk of cancer.
Calories: 141
Serving size: 1/3 cup skinless meat
beans
It is rich in lean protein, which helps keep hunger at bay between meals, and aids in weight loss.
Helps reduce the risk of breast, colon and rectal cancer.
You can use soybeans or black beans.
Calories: 110
Serving Size : Half a cup
grapes
Make your salad a little sweet by adding grapes.
Reducing the risk of breast, colon and rectal cancer.
Red grapes are the most powerful in fighting cancer.
Calories: 55
Serving Size : Half a cup
almonds
Make your salad crunchy and thick.
High in fibre.
Help reduce the risk of colon and rectal cancer.
Calories: 82
Serving size: 14 raw almonds
cheese
Choose feta or goat cheese, which are low in calories.
Calories: 50
Serving size: 1/8 cup fresh cheese
perforated
It is an emulsifier of vinegar and a form of oil.
The Recipe: 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon olive oil (a good source of healthy fats), 1/2 teaspoon mustard and 1/2 teaspoon honey. Stir it all together.
Calories: 138
Serving Size : 2 tablespoons (one tablespoon)
Enjoy your healthy salad!!!