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Public interest in the alkaline diet has increased as conversations about nutrition, metabolic balance and long term disease risk continue to evolve. The diet suggests that choosing foods that create a more alkaline effect in the body can shift internal conditions in a way that affects overall health. Cancer is frequently mentioned in these discussions, which has encouraged researchers to …

Dr. Dawn Mussallem calls purple sweet potatoes her favorite food and emphasizes their unique ability to modulate gene activity. “They can turn off genes that promote cancer and turn on tumor-suppressor genes — it’s like giving your body a natural switch to fight disease,” she explains. Purple sweet potatoes are nutritional powerhouses, and as studies suggest, they are loaded with …