Top 8 Fruits That Prevent & Kill Cancer

Dr. Amy Dee, pharmacist and cancer survivor herself, lays out the best options for anticancer fruits:

The fruits

Without further ado, they are:

• Kiwi: promotes cancer cell death while sparing healthy cells
• Plums & peaches: an interesting choice to list these similar fruits together as one item, but they both also induce cell death in cancer cells while sparing healthy ones
• Dragon fruit: this does the same, while also inhibiting cancer cell growth
• Figs: these have antitumor effects specifically, while removing carcinogens too, and additionally sensitizing cancer cells to light therapy
• Cranberries: disrupt cancer cell adhesion, breaking down tumors, while protecting non-cancerous cells against DNA damage
• Citrus fruits: inhibit tumor growth and kill cancer cells; regular consumption is also associated with a lower cancer risk (be warned though, grapefruit interacts with some medications)
• Cherries: induce cancer cell death; protect healthy cells against DNA damage
• Tomatoes: don’t often make it into lists of fruits, but lycopene reduces cancer risk, and slows the growth of cancer cells (10almonds note: watermelon has more lycopene than tomatoes, and is more traditionally considered a fruit in all respects, so could have taken the spot here).

We would also argue that apricots could have had a spot on the list, both for their lycopene content (comparable to tomatoes) and their botanical (and thus phytochemical) similarities to peaches and plums.

For more information on each of these (she also talks about the different polyphenols and other nutrients that constitute the active compounds delivering these anticancer effects), enjoy:

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Want to learn more?

You might also like to read:

• Food Choice & Cancer Risk: Eat To Beat Cancer
• Beat Cancer Kitchen: Deliciously Simple Plant-Based Anticancer Recipes (book)

Take care!