Cabbage, Sliced Almond, Sesame Seed Salad

Recipe by Alex Vasquez

Ingredients:

• 1/2 to 1/3 of an organic green cabbage
• About 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• about 1/4 cup sesame seeds, raw or toasted
• 1-2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

Preparation:

• Chop the cabbage into small square-shaped pieces
• Put it all in a bowl and mix together; the way I do it is to put it into a pot with a lid, close the lid, and then shake it all together until well mixed

Serving Recommendations:

• Eat it raw; it goes really well with fish as in the dish pictured below
• It should taste a bit sweet--this is why we use the rice vinegar

Health Benefits of This Meal:

• Fiber
• The most important component of cabbage is the "I3C" which gets converted to "DIM" in the stomach.  Both I3C and DIM have powerful anticancer benefits, either by directly promoting the death of cancer cells or by downregulating estrogen receptors to prevent the cancer-promoting effects of estrogens, especially estradiol.  Further, I3C and DIM also improve estrogen metabolism so that healthier "anti-cancer estrogens" are produced rather than "cancer-promoting estrogens."