Chef Iverson Brownell has shifted his culinary focus to include more preventive foods. These foods contain botanical compounds that are said to prevent cancer and improve one’s overall health in balance with a healthy lifestyle. Below is a short list of foods that contain preventive compounds.

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• Vegetables: Collards, kale, rapini, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, onions, chiles.

• Proteins: Nuts, marine fish, tofu, lentils, soybeans, black beans.

• Spices: Cinnamon, cardamon, turmeric, garlic, black pepper, cloves.

• Fruits: Cranberry, blackberry, plums, blood orange, grapes, watermelon, blueberry, pineapple, citrus, pomegranate, cherry

• Grains: Quinoa, red rice, jowar (sorghum), barley.