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Nutrivore Newsletter

Phytonutrients in White and Brown Foods & Simple Cucumber Salad

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Sarah Ballantyne, PhD
May 07, 2026
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👉In this week’s Nutrivore Newsletter, we talked about: how lignan polyphenols may help prevent hormone-associated cancers (and the exciting pre-clinical research showing their potential as adjunct agents in cancer treatment, too!); cucumber as a good source of lignan polyphenols along with some other special phytonutrients; tips for selecting the best cucumbers and storing them so they’ll last longer; why focusing on “eating the rainbow” can help you reach your fruit and veggie serving goals (and boost the health benefit, even if you don’t); and I shared my favorite and versatile Simple Cucumber Salad recipe. Phew!

Because this week’s Free Newsletter included a focus on some of the beneficial phytonutrients in cucumber and why “eating the rainbow” is such a great strategy, I want to share this downloadable handy-dandy 1-page summary of the Phytonutrients in White & Brown Foods as a perk for my paid subscribers. And, to make it easier to eat more cucumber, I’m sharing one of my favorite ways to enjoy it, a downloadable version of my recipe for Simple Cucumber Salad.

📥Just for paid subscribers, your Companion Downloads this week are:

  • Phytonutrients in White & Brown Foods - This 1-pager PDF guide summarizes the phytonutrients that give white and brown fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains their distinctive colors and health benefits.

  • Simple Cucumber Salad Recipe - A beautifully-designed PDF version of this week’s recipe that you can save or print out, to build your own personalized Nutrivore Cookbook week by week.

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