Can Your Sandwich Help You Fight Cancer?

Can Your Sandwich Help You Fight Cancer? (0:53)

Do you always cut the bread crust off your sandwich? That's a habit you'll want to change. In this Health Smarts video, Kevin Soden, MD, reveals how bread crust may help prevent cancer.

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Hi, I'm Dr. Kevin Soden with a smart tip to turn your sandwich into a cancer fighting meal. You cut the bread across off your sandwich? Stop! You're taking off the most nutritious part. The crust of dark brown bread contains six times more cancer preventing compounds than the inside. The heat from baking turns the outer dough's carbs and protein into new compounds with high cancer fighting potential.

And of course, always choose the whole grain bread for your sandwiches and fill them with vegetables including cancer fighting cruciferous veggies like cabbage and water grass. You will enjoy a great lunch while helping your body fight cancer. For more ways to nourish your health, watch all of our smart tips right here.