30 Cancer Fighting Foods Needed to Survive

2. Steamed Broccoli

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Another cancer preventing food is the broccoli. However, one has to be careful when preparing the broccoli.

Research has shown that microwaving broccoli destroys 97 percent of the vegetable’s cancer-protective flavonoids. So steam it, eat it raw as a snack, or add it to soups and salads.