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Im taking turmeric too. I don’t drink matcha because of the caffeine but I do drink decaf green tea which has the same polyphenols in lower dose. Grapes are good but taking a resveratrol supplement is probably just as good. It depends on your caloric intake I suppose.

Thats alot of carrot juice! Have you noticed your sking turning orange at all? Word of caution—its been shown that people supplementing beta-carotene or other forms of vit. A like retinyl palmate had an increased risk of skin and lung cancer. This was especially true for smokers/ex-smokers and lung cancer. Many vitamins are double edged swords that can cause problems if overdosed and vitamin A is one of them (some of the Bs too!). It may be that you don’t have to worry much about this if you never smoked (I did). Im not sure what doses of vitamin A were used in the studies Im thinking of (its important to understand the difference in dosing between retinoid and beta carotene forms: beta carotene in carrots is less powerful). But if your primary concern is cancer, you might want to calculate how much extra beta carotene you are getting from 5 lbs of carrots because it might be too high. I don’t want to put you off carrot juice though. Astaxanthan is a better type of carotene which is antioxidant and anti-cancer.

Sometimes I do a fruit smoothie with a little raw broccoli in it. Broccoli has a powerful antioxidant in it which is not a polyphenol and is only released when you break up the broccoli cell walls (through chewing or blending). Its called sulfurophane and its destroyed by cooking. So this is how I get my sulfurophane.

Im not a nutritionist or anything, just a faggot with an internet connection. But it seems like the best anti-cancer strategies are consuming alot of anti-oxidents and also minimizing sugar/carb intake and reducing insulin metabolism through stuff like keto and intermittent fasting. I try not to eat for 14 to 16 hours a day straight.

There’s also some data out there that diabetic drugs like metformin are actually cancer prophylactic (probably because they keep the blood sugar so low cancer cant survive) and life prolonging. I don’t know if you want to go that far, but there are people who do.

Omega 3s are also good antioxidants. Fish oil should be kept in the fridge. Flax seed should be freshly ground and kept in the fridge. Omega 3 should never be heated. Maybe you already know this stuff. Walnuts are another good source that I use alot on yougurt.

Yeah it is overwhelming how much of this stuff is recommended. Alot of it is promoted on flimsy science. We just have to eat the best that we can based on the info availablle and understand that some of the things they are recommending today could be overturned in the future. I always try to check for the down sides of some of these nutriceuticals because there often is one that is relevent.

Edit: there are some studies that show glycosamine supplementation is associated with reduced cancer incidence. So if you have crappy joints, it might be worth it. FYI.