What are the health benefits of phytochemicals?
Phytochemicals are key micronutrients needed for the body's immune system. In this video, family physician and author Joel Fuhrman, MD, explains why it's so important to include phytochemicals, found in natural foods and "G-bombs", in your diet.
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Phytochemicals are key micronutrients needed for the body's immune system. [SOFT MUSIC]
They're not vitamins and not minerals. But they're found in natural foods. And without them, we have tremendous increased risk
of cancer and a shortened lifespan. But without them, when you crave to eat more calories, it makes you become overweight.
And the phytochemicals, actually, that prevent cancer cell replication prevent fat cell replication and fat cell growth.
Most of the phytochemicals in the G-BOMBS that I'm recommending people eat regularly-- greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries, and seeds, G-BOMBS--
when you get a phytochemical-rich diet, when you're rich in these-- all these vegetables and fruits,
then you're getting protection against cancer, and you're getting anti-angiogenesis effects. That means the-- it doesn't allow blood vessels to grow
to fuel the growth of fat on the body-- says, no way, Jose.
You're not putting fat on my body. I'm eating the right foods.
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