Recipes: Desserts for Stomach Cancer Prevention

Tantalize your taste buds with these heavenly dessert dishes – they are good for you, too! The recipes featured in this section call for foods that are supercharged with stomach cancer combating vitamins and phytochemicals such as rutin, falcarinol, and quercetin. But before you get started with the dessert recipes in this section, you may want to check out the best diet tips for stomach cancer prevention and the list of the best foods for stomach cancer prevention first, especially if you are new to this Diet Guide to Stomach Cancer Prevention.

Green Tea and Mango Blast

This recipe pairs green tea with ripe mango to create a smoothie that is brimming with antioxidant and anti-cancer compounds.
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Raspberry Blueberry Smoothie

This smoothie combines blueberries and raspberries, two delicious berries that are at the top of the list of anti-cancer foods.
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Antioxidant Muffins

These scrumptious muffins feature blueberries and pecans, two antioxidant powerhouse foods. Blueberries top the list of berries with the highest antioxidant capacity, and pecans—along with walnuts and chestnuts—have the highest concentration of antioxidants in the tree nut family.
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Carrot Muffins

Almost everyone knows that carrots aid eyesight, but did you know that they are also an excellent anti-cancer vegetable? Carrots contain falcarinol—a compound that has been shown to inhibit the development of cancer.
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Chocolate Cake

Scientists have observed that people who eat beans frequently have a significantly lower risk of many types of cancer. Guess what? Savoring a slice 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 possesses strong antioxidant properties.
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Low Glycemic Raspberry Muffins

This muffin recipe is a must-try for those who love muffins but are concerned about the high glycemic rating of most muffins. This easy muffin recipe uses for low-glycemic ingredients, including raspberries, soy flour, and whole wheat flour. The soy and raspberries featured in these muffins also contain isoflavones and ellagic acid, respectively, which have strong anti-oxidant properties.
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Quinoa Crepes with Applesauce

If your goal is to reduce your risk of developing stomach cancer, it is best to choose low glycemic foods, such as these quinoa crepes, over high glycemic foods. High glycemic foods break down quickly, causing rapid fluctuations in blood glucose and insulin levels. Foods that have a high GI rating have been linked to the development of several types of cancer. This link is believed to be a related to the ability of high glycemic foods to stimulate the production of the hormones insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF), which can stimulate tumor proliferation, progression, and spreading within the body.
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Scandinavian Blueberry Soup

In Scandinavia, blueberry soup is a popular treat that can be served warm as an appetizer or chilled as a dessert. But the benefits of blueberry soup extend far beyond its culinary use. In a laboratory test conducted by USDA researchers, wild blueberries were ranked number one in terms of antioxidant capacity over 40 other tested fruits, berries, and vegetables. The antioxidant activity of wild blueberries was shown to be even stronger than that of cranberries, raspberries, strawberries, plums, or cultivated blueberries.
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Rice Pudding with Blueberry Sauce

This rice pudding recipe calls for brown rice, which is a healthy alternative to the more common white rice. In addition, this pudding is dairy-free, which helps improve the antioxidant prowess of the accompanying blueberry sauce. Blueberries are among the best dietary sources of antioxidants, but consuming milk together with these pleasantly tart berries has been shown to decrease their antioxidant capacity.
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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 supercharged with health-protecting phytochemicals, and epidemiological studies have found a link between a high consumption of apples and a lower risk of several types of cancer. Also laboratory experiments have found apples to possess antioxidant properties and inhibit cancer cell proliferation.
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Low-Fat Apple and Raspberry Crumble

Not only does this divine dessert tempt your taste buds, it also makes a healthy alternative to many other desserts. The apples and raspberries featured in this crumble are among the best natural sources of quercetin, a bioflavonoid that has strong anti-cancer and antioxidant properties.
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Buckwheat Crepes with Prune Compote

Buckwheat is one of the best natural sources of rutin, a bioflavonoid with strong antioxidant properties. Also prunes are an excellent source of antioxidants: a study, which assessed the antioxidant capacity of a wide range of fresh and dried fruit and vegetables using the so-called Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) methodology, ranked prunes, or dried plums, the #1 food in terms of antioxidant potential. Prunes had more than twice the antioxidant capacity of other high ranking foods such as blueberries and raisins.
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For more recipes that may help lower your odds of developing stomach cancer, go to the main recipe directory of HealWithFood.org's Guide to Preventing Stomach Cancer.