You Can't Talk About Food Without A Recipe #3: Tropical Yogurt Smoothie

Did you know that yogurt is a great cancer fighter? It may slow tumor growth and it replaces the intestinal flora that can be killed during chemotherapy. But you can't use the flavored stuff because it has sugar or artificial sweetener in it, and those aren't good for cancer. You can use fruit juice concentrate as a sweetener though and if you get the kind that's fortified with vitamin C you'll be replacing an important vitamin that gets lost during cancer treatment and you'll be boosting your immune system. Now, if you use fruits like mango and pineapple and papaya, you'll be adding even more vitamin C and other wonderful things like potassium and copper.

This recipe was great, but you can experiment yourself. Use the nutrient search tool at The Nutrition Data website to find nutrients from the chart on my post titled "Charting A New Course". Here's the link again: http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-009125000000000000000-1w.html.

And here's the recipe

Tropical Yogurt Smoothie

1/2 cup papaya

1/2 cup mango

1 cup pinapple

3/4 cup vitamin C fortified apple juice concentrate

1 qt. low fat plain yogurt

Put all in the blender and process until smooth. Enjoy. Then make a second batch. Save for later, or make popcicles.