Foods that can starve cancer. "What we eat is really our chemotherapy three times a day."

From TED 2010: Dr. William Li, a cancer researcher and head of the from the Angiogenesis Foundation . "For many people around the world, dietary cancer treatment may be the only solution because not everyone can afford cancer drugs."

"What we eat is really our chemotherapy three times a day."

Angiogenesis means the growth of blood vessels. Your body usually knows how to regulate the growth of blood vessels, but sometimes there are defects in blood growing and pruning. Too little angiogenesis can lead to things like wounds that won't heal, heart attack, and other diseases. Too much angiogenesis leads to other bad things such as blindness, arthritis. It's is a common denominator of many diseases. It's also the "hallmark of every type of cancer."

Dr. William Li, a cancer researcher and head of Angiogenesis Foundation spoke at TED, "We discovered that Mother Nature laced a large number of foods and herbs with anti-angiogenesis features," (above)

Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research.

Red grapes and dark chocolate join blueberries, garlic, soy, and teas as ingredients that starve cancer while feeding bodies.

"We are rating foods based on their cancer-fighting qualities," Li said. "What we eat is really our chemotherapy three times a day."

The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

Li cited a Harvard Medical School study showing that men who ate cooked tomatoes several times weekly were 30 percent to 50 percent less likely to have prostate cancer.

"There is a medical revolution happening all around us," Li said. "If we're right, it could have an impact on consumer education, food service, public health, and even insurance agencies."

About a dozen drugs are already in use to deprive tumors of blood supplies in a treatment tactic called "anti-angiogenesis."

The foundation pitted some foods against approved drugs and found that soy, parsley, red grapes, and berries were either as effective or more potent in battling cancer cells.

Eaten together, the foods were even more effective in fighting cancer.