2.Sea Vegetables
A variety of sea vegetables such as Nori, hijiki, wakame, arame, kombu and kelp have good effects for fighting cancer. Sea vegetables are a great source of minerals such as magnesium, calcium, iron, and bioavailable iodine.
Considering chronic inflammation and oxidative stress are both factors in the development of cancer, doctors are very interested in sea vegetables as a cancer fighting food especially in the case of colon cancer although others as well.
One notable area of interest revolving around sea vegetables is estrogen related cancer such as breast cancer. The consumption of sea vegetables is noted to affect women’s menstrual cycle over the course of many years that results in the reduction of total estrogen secretion during the follicular phase.