Dessert Recipes Featuring Colon Polyp Preventing Ingredients

Do you need ideas for dessert dishes that accommodate the nutritional needs of people who are prone to getting colorectral polyps? In this section, you'll find a repertoire of polyp-preventing dessert recipes starring ingredients that store whopping amounts of polyp-fighting nutrients. Bon appetit!

However, before you set free your inner chef and check out the polyp-preventing dessert recipes below, make sure you've had a look at the page Diet Tips for Preventing Colon Polyps and the page Best Foods for Preventing Colon Polyps which provide more general information about diet and colorectal polyps.

Apple Slices with Cinnamon

This dessert is a cinch to prepare, and it contains only 95 calories! But the benefits of this dish do not end there: apples are packed with quercetin, a bioflavonoid that has shown promising potential for preventing and controlling the formation of intestinal polyps.
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Low-Fat Apple and Raspberry Crumble

Here's a wonderful dessert recipe starring apples and raspberries, two great sources of the bioflavonoid quercetin. Quercetin has shown promising potential for preventing and controlling the formation of intestinal polyps.
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Chocolate Cake

People who frequently eat beans are thought to have a lower risk of intestinal polyps. Guess what? Eating a piece of this chocolate cake can help you fulfill your body's quota for beans: black beans are a key ingredient in this flourless cake! What's more, this recipe calls for dark, unsweetened cocoa powder—the kind of cocoa that has been shown to possess significant antioxidant properties.
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Buckwheat Crepes with Prune Compote

Prunes are packed with magnesium and calcium—a stellar nutrient combo for preventing intestinal polyps. What's more, prunes and buckwheat contain phytochemicals that have been shown to have significant antioxidant properties.
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Wholewheat Muffins with Bananas and Walnuts

Not only are these whole wheat muffins full of flavor, they can also offer health benefits for people who are at risk of developing colon polyps. Bananas have been indicated as a good source of fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), compounds that are classified as prebiotics because they promote the growth of probiotic bacteria, such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. These healthy bacteria manufacture acetic and lactic acids which inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms.
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Carrot Muffins

These scrumptious carrot muffins contain guar gum and flaxseed which work like magic to speed up the intestinal transit time, thereby reducing the time potentially carcinogenic substances spend in the colon.
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Quinoa Crepes with Applesauce

These crepes are rich in dietary fiber, which is essential to the health of the digestive system. The applesauce these crepes are served with is rich in quercetin, a bioflavonoid that has shown promising potential for preventing and controlling the formation of intestinal polyps.
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For more recipes that may help lower your odds of developing colon polyps, go to the main recipe directory of HealWithFood.org's Guide to Preventing Colon Polyps.