Green Revolution - Cancer-Fighting Foods

by Kristine Napier, Harvard Health Letter, April 1995

Recommendations from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and others emphasize the importance of eating at least five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables each day, aiming for a wide variety. This isn't as hard as it seems: try for one or two fruits at breakfast, one fruit and two vegetables at lunch and dinner, and a snack to make a total of nine.

Although the NCI doesn't fine-tune its advice about exactly what to eat, many experts believe that people can best attain a balance of beneficial substances by making sure that their diet includes foods from each of the following categories:

• cruciferous vegetables
• citrus fruits
• dark green leafy vegetables
• dark yellow/orange/red vegetables

A good rule of thumb is to eat at least three different colors of fruits and vegetables every day. "We know, for example, that the red pigment in tomatoes has completely different bioactive ingredients than the orange pigment in carrots; the same is true for the bioactive ingredients in citrus fruits versus those in the cruciferous vegetables," said Dr. Hasler.

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