- Rico en fibra, grasas saludables, vitaminas, minerales y fitoquímicos en cantidades suficientes para ayudarnos a mantener la salud
- Pobre en nutrientes poco recomendados como hidratos de carbono de absorción rápida o grasas tipo omega 6.
Mis superalimentos
- ACEITE DE OLIVA VIRGEN EXTRA
ACEITE DE OLIVA Y CANCER
Una alimentación que incluya aceite de oliva virgen extra puede reducir el desarrollo de tumores entre un 8% y un 10% y hasta un 15% en el caso del cáncer de mama, mientras que la aplicación de medidas de diagnóstico precoz ‘sólo’ disminuye la incidencia de la enfermedad un 3%.
- Reduce el riesgo de cáncer de mama, próstata, colon, intestino.
- El aceite de oliva contiene un ácido graso esencial, el ácido oleico (omega 9), que disminuye los niveles de un oncogén llamado HER2/neu. Altos niveles de HER2/neu están presentes en la quinta parte de las pacientes con cáncer de mama e índica agresividad.
- El ácido oleico aumenta la eficacia del trastuzumab (herceptin®), un tratamiento con anticuerpos monoclonales que tiene como blanco el gen HER2/neu .
- El ácido oleico también aumenta el efecto de otro fármaco ampliamente usado en el cáncer de mama y ovario: el paclitaxel
ACEITE DE OLIVA VIRGEN EXTRA Y ENFERMEDAD CARDIOVASCULAR. ESTUDIO PREDIMED
El ensayo PREDIMED (PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea) es el estudio de mayor envergadura que se ha realizado sobre nutrición en España. Busca valorar los efectos de la Dieta Mediterránea en la prevención primaria de la enfermedades crónicas. En este estudio colaboran más de 90 investigadores de los principales grupos de nutrición españoles.
Se trata de un gran ensayo clínico con reparto al azar de tres intervenciones dietéticas diferentes en personas con alto riesgo cardiovascular. Participan 7447 voluntarios con un alto riesgo cardiovascular con el objetivo principal de averiguar si la Dieta Mediterránea suplementada con aceite de oliva virgen extra o frutos secos evita la aparición de enfermedades cardiovasculares (muerte de origen cardiovascular, infarto de miocardio y/o accidente vascular cerebral), en comparación con una dieta baja en grasa. Este estudio concluye:
Una intervención con una Dieta Mediterránea tradicional suplementada con Aceite de Oliva Virgen Extra y Frutos Secos (Nueces) reduce en un 30% la incidencia de complicaciones cardiovasculares mayores (muerte de causa cardiovascular, infarto de miocardio y accidente vascular cerebral) y en 66% el riesgo de cáncer de mama.
SEMILLAS DE LINO
CURCUMA
CRUCIFERAS
FRUTOS SECOS
¡¡Consumir 5 raciones de frutos secos a la semana disminuye el riesgo de padecer cáncer!!
AJO
El ajo es de la misma familia que las cebollas, las cebolletas y los puerros. Contiene al igual que ellas una gran cantidad de quercetina, pero además contiene otra sustancia con propiedades antitumorales: La aliína, un aceite esencial responsable del olor característico del ajo. La aliína se convierte en alicina por una reacción enzimática y esto ocurre cuando se aplastan o machacan las cabezas de ajo y es la alicina la que tiene un gran poder anticancerígeno. Pero no sólo la alicina es anticáncer, en el ajo hay más de 20 sustancias derivadas de la aliína con propiedades anticáncer: ajoeno, sulfuro de dialilo, s-alil cisteína, s-metil cisteína….
Además el ajo contiene oligoelementos tales como hierro, selenio, zinc, magnesio, azufre y calcio. Contiene abundantes fructosanas (hasta un 75 %) y arginina.
Un aumento en el consumo de ajo se asocia con una disminución del riesgo de sufrir cáncer de distintos tipos: esófago, estómago, colon, páncreas, piel , pulmón y mama.
- Las mujeres con un consumo alto de ajos en la dieta tienen 50 % menos posibilidades de sufrir cáncer que aquellas que apenas lo consumen.
- El consumo de más de 10 gramos de ajo al día, es decir unos 2 dientes de ajo, se asocia con una disminución del riesgo de padecer cáncer de cualquier tipo.
Propiedades anticancerígenas de la aliína y derivados (a éstas debemos añadir las de la quercetina que también contiene en altas cantidades):
- Ayuda a eliminar sustancias potencialmente cancerígenas del organismo, evitando así el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer.
- Ayuda a reparar daños en el ADN celular evitando así mutaciones cancerígenas
- Inhibe la proliferación celular.
Otras propiedades terapéuticas del ajo
Es antibacteriano, antivírico y antifúngico, ayudando así a combatir todo tipo de infecciones. Tiene propiedades anticoagulantes.
Consumo:
Debemos consumir entre 2 y 4 ajos al día para plantar cara al cáncer.
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