CANCER-FIGHTING SMOOTHIE OR BOWL

 See below for all of the reasons why these smoothie ingredients are power foods!

Did you know that certain super foods can actually cut off cancer’s blood supply? As part of the @plantdiego sponsored Cancer Fighting Foods with Dr Tracy Delaplain, I created a Cancer Fighting Smoothie bowl recipe (served with my Buckwheat Power Snacks) to share with attendees and YOU! Check out the link to get the recipe, also explaining the power of the ingredients! Be sure to also sign up for my upcoming online Food for Life Cancer Project classes designed by the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. Learn how to cut cancer risk and easily incorporate more healthy food in your daily meals from the comfort of your own home! 

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CANCER-FIGHTING SMOOTHIE OR BOWL

Topped with our delicious  Buckwheat Power Snacks

Makes Two 2-cup servings

Add to your blender in the following order and blend until smooth

½ cup red grapes or 1 peeled and seeded orange

1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries

1 cup unsweetened organic soymilk (reduce liquid for a smoothie bowl)

1/2 cup cold green tea (brew ahead and keep in the refrigerator)

2 cups, loosely packed greens (kale, collard, spinach, or power greens)

2 stalks celery, roughly chopped

1-2 medjool dates, pitted (optional for extra sweetness) 

1 tablespoons ground flax seed

1 tablespoon hemp seeds

1 tablespoon lemon juice (juice from 1/2 lemon)

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder or one-inch fresh turmeric root

Small grind of black pepper (or to taste)

1. Serve by itself or as a smoothie bowl with  our delicious Buckwheat Power Snacks (any flavor) and your choice of rolled oats, chia seeds, cinnamon, dried fruit and chunks of fresh fruit.

CANCER-FIGHTING PROPERTIES OF THESE INGEDIENTS

 Orange – Vitamin C helps protect cells from oxidative damage, support immune function, and inhibit cancer growth. It also tastes amazing with the other ingredients.

Red Grapes – Various phytochemicals – namely resveratrol, anthocyanins have anti-cancer properties

Apples – Vitamin C, Quercetin to inhibit cancer growth, fiber for bowels, pectin for prebiotic

Blueberries – rich in purple anthocyanins can neutralize free radicals & reduce oxidative stress.

Celery - contains phytonutrients that have been shown to decrease risk of oxidative damage 

Soymilk – contains isoflavones to block estrogen receptors to reduce hormone cancer risk

Green Tea – Rich in flavonoids that help heart function. Anti-Angiogenesis- shown to prevent new blood vessels from forming to feed cancer cells

Dates – Source of potassium and is an amazing natural, whole food sweetener with fiber

Kale – Fiber, helps body get rid of excess hormones that drive cancer, anti-angiogenesis

Hemp Seeds – great source of whole food plant-based protein and source of omega-3 fatty acids

Flax Seeds – lignans to reduce infammation, cleansing fiber and source of omega-3 fatty acids

Lemon – cleansing to the body, vitamin C, natural preservative

Turmeric – curcumin (antioxidant) reduces inflammation and may inhibit pathways involved in cancer development.

Black Pepper – piperine aids turmeric’s absorption 2000 percent. 1 part pepper to 12 parts turmeric