Tomato is considered a super food. It is a powerhouse of nutrients that are antioxidants which help fight ageing as well as cancer.

A research indicates that a diet rich in tomatoes can help metabolise sugar and fat in the body, both responsible for cancer.

Tomatoes are rich in a red coloured pigment and nutrient Lycopene. This is an antioxidant that has potential to regulate hormone adiponectin that regulates the fat and blood sugars in body.

Tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable but its taste allows it be used in savoury dishes rather than sweet. The antioxidant lycopene is absorbed better in the body if cooked in a little bit of oil and hence cooking doesn’t damage the nutrient power of tomatoes.

Recipe to Fight Cancer

Tomato Salsa

Finely chop fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers and black olives. Make a dressing using crushed garlic, olive oil, lemon juices, salt as well as pepper. Use about a tablespoon of dressing in about 100gms of chopped salad. Refrigerate and enjoy your salsa with a multigrain toast or a chapati wrap.

Tomato Berry Juice

Blenderize fresh red tomatoes with Indian gooseberries i.e. amla. Add grated ginger, and fresh mint leaves. Strain and enjoy this tart juice on a sunny winter afternoon.

Roasted bell pepper and tomato soup.

Dry roast a bell pepper in an oven until slightly charred. You can roast it over an open flame or coal grill. Blenderize two ripe tomatoes and a roasted bell pepper and strain. Heal a pan, add crushed garlic in olive oil, add the puree, salt, pepper and a hint of jiggery. Serve the soup hot garnished with fresh basil or mint leaves.

Tomatoes are a nutritionist’s choice.

It is low in sodium and high in potassium. This is good to regulate high blood pressure. It is rich in Vitamin E, C and K. Tomatoes are rich in fiber and help cleansing of bowels.

Include tomatoes in your diet as salad, soup, juice or simply munch on it as hunger time snack. Stay in pink of your health and keep cancer at bay.

Cancer Healer encourages incorporating a healthy diet along with Immunotherapy to strengthen the body’s response against cancer and feeling healthy.

Cancer cases are on a rise, globally. But, so is  the advancement of cancer research and  treatment plan. Today, surviving cancer requires a holistic approach involving conventional path along with alternative cure as well as nutritional care.

Experts acknowledge the fact that good nutrition prevents as well as heals cancer.

But, the adversities of cancer disease and treatments like chemotherapy and radiation are so much that patients actually lose out on wholesome nutrition.

A facts one needs to know: Cancer patients on chemotherapy and radiation treatment do suffer some adverse effects. In a survey, it was investigated that out of all cancer patients on chemo or radiation therapy, 40 percent reported significant fatigue, 33 percent complain of being chronically constipated and 31 percent reported having a poor appetite. More than 25 percent were disturbed because of nausea and the 25  percent reported dry mouth.

On the other hand Immunotherapy has no such side effects. Patients getting treated with Immunotherapy have never reported any discomfort due to medications. (Immunotherapy is a potential cancer treatment option as it allows the body’s own immune system to identify and destroy cancer cell).

Eating behavior observed in cancer patients: Most cancer patients have reported to crave for fruit and vegetables and avoid fried, spicy food.

It is also noticed that carbohydrate rich meals of pasta, noodles and potatoes were comfort foods for cancer patient.

Cold drinks and spicy food items are observed to be unappreciated by cancer patients. Primarily due to the burning sensation in their throats, which is a side-effect of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Metallic after taste, erratic eating habits, nausea due strong cooking odor actually bothers many cancer patients. This actually worsens the nutritional health of the patient.

Nutritionist’s overview: Every cancer patient and survivor need nourishment to heal and strengthen their system. Chemotherapy and radiation treatment report loss of appetite and erratic eating habits amongst patients. This is a major setback for the body that requires nutrition to accept treatment and heal.

Surveys indicate that cancer patients crave and do eat healthy produce, intentionally. This behavior could be sub conscious conditioning that fruits and vegetables heal cancer. It can also be a reactive response by patients  to eat natural, odor free food with simple textures to escape discomfort due to treatment.

What every cancer patient should imbibe? Chemotherapy and radiation therapy damage the taste buds palette and create an imbalance in eating pattern. On the hand, Immunotherapy does not report any such side-effect. Experts from Cancer Healer advise that whatever treatment plan one needs to undertake, healthy eating choices that include fresh, natural seasonal fruits and vegetables with minimum cooking is important. Minimum processing of food and healthy beverages over soft drinks is acceptable by the body of a cancer patient.

Potatoes are always considered a nutritionists foe. But, researchers at Massey University discovered that the urenika variety potato may have cancer-fighting properties.

The root vegetable is being applauded for its super therapeutic powers. The spud is no longer a dud but an awesome dude.

Investigating Matters:
It was investigated that urenika, a purple potato variety (not grown in Indian subcontinent) as well as our humble plain white potatoes may potentially suppress the growth of breast cancer cells ( in laboratory environment).

Phytochemicals (a plant-sourced compound) present in potatoes can at certain concentration levels may be linked with bioactive exerts effective against cancer.

A series of in-vitro experiments were conducted and observed that combining the extracts with breast cancer cells, MCF-7, actually hindered the cancer cell growth.

The research also found out that on combining the phytochemical extracts of potatoes with a well-used breast cancer medication tamoxifen the tumor cell growth was again hindered.

Concluding Research:

This observation claims that potato extracts can be positively used as part of a combined treatment for breast cancer,

Cancer Nutritionists Ideology:

Breast cancer is becoming common, globally. Although treatment options have improved but the financial and physical burden of cancer treatment is painful. It has become necessary to find non-invasive and pain free medium of cancer treatment.

If a modest diet can prevent or treat cancer, what is a better than that.


Nutritionists believe all vegetables have therapeutic properties. If potatoes are believed to have anti-cancer agents, there is no harm in including them in your diet.

But, here are a few points to highlight:

1. Potatoes are high carbohydrate cereal. So these may be included in your diet as a carbohydrate replacement to wheat/bread or rice in a meal and not an accompaniment.
   
   
2. Cooking medium is very important. Deep frying potatoes/French fries are actually known to acquire acrylamide which is a carcinogen. So, better to eat your potatoes, boiled/baked or sautéed.
   
   
3. Organic, pesticide free and fresh vegetables are potential nature’s medicinal harvest. Otherwise, there are more prone to be laden with reagents that harm than do you good.
   
   

Cancer Healer Center Team’s Opinion:

A holistic approach to cancer treatment is essential, today. Along with Immunotherapy if simple measures like exercise, healthy diet and phytochemical as well as natural antioxidants can reverse the damage, one should positively adopt it in lifestyle.