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# Functional foods commonly used by cancer patients
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/functional_foods_used_to_fight_cancer_1109169336/
- Published: 2016-11-09T16:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:47:33.000Z
- Description: A BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine report lists the functional foods used by 150 breast, prostate and colorectal cancer patients at oncology clinics in Trinidad, among them soursop, beet root, carrot, wheatgrass, papaya, saffron, aloe, noni, ginger and garlic.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

A [report ](http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/532/art%253A10.1186%252Fs12906-016-1380-x.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com%2Farticle%2F10.1186%2Fs12906-016-1380-x&token2=exp=1478726558~acl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F532%2Fart%25253A10.1186%25252Fs12906-016-1380-x.pdf%2A~hmac=017bc12b35eda4fc74e017fe4d13ff763481f53cfe10c87e44c44c694c0b4b24&ref=foodconsumer.org)recently published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine offers a list of functional foods that were used by 150 patients with breast cancer or prostate cancer or colorectal cancer who visited specialty oncology clinics in Trinidad. They claimed the anticancer effect of these functional foods against breast cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer is better than that provided by conventional treatments.

Soursop (Annona muricata L.)

Family: Annonaceae

Beet root (Beta vulgaris L.)

Family: Amaranthaceae

Carrot (Daucus carota L.)

Family: Apiaceae

Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum L.)

Family: Poaceae

Papaya (Carica papaya L.)

Family: Caricaceae

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Family: Iridaceae

Aloes (Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.)

Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Lemon (Citrus x limon (L.) Osbeck)

Family: Rutaceae

Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.)

Family: Rubiaceae

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

Family: Zingiberceae

Garlic (Allium sativum L.)

Family: Amaryllidaceae