Juicing is one of the best ways to prevent disease and help your body fight against cancer. It’s easy to whip up a green juice full of incredible disease fighting nutrients and protect and support your body against foreign invaders and toxic chemicals that can potentially lead into cancer.
It’s important that we consume fresh fruit and vegetables on a daily basis to provide our cells a healthy environment to thrive in. Broccoli is known as one of the most potent cancer fighting vegetables due to its high content of sulforaphane, which can actually help to flush out cancer causing chemicals.
Cilantro is a potent herb that also contains many cancer fighting benefits. Due to its high antibacterial compounds, cilantro can help to fight off bacteria and fungi, plus its amazing for flushing out heavy metals, particularly, mercury from our system. A toxic build up of mercury can cause of host of problems, cancer being one of them.
And lastly, cucumber. This delicious and refreshing veggie is great for protecting our kidneys, due to its diuretic benefits, but cucumber contains unique compounds known as Cucurbitacins. Currently there is research being done on the benefits of these compounds for fighting cancer.
Now get to the kitchen and start making your cancer fighting green juice!
Ingredients:
- 1cup brocoli
- 1 cup cucumber
- 2 cup romaine lettuce
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 1/2 green apple *optional
- 1 lime
Instructions: Wash your produce and run through a juicer.
Samantha Gladish
Samantha graduated as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition; is a Hatha Yoga Instructor, Qualitarian Pioneer & holds a Bachelor Degree in World Religion and Arts.
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