Physicians have known for lots of years that diet can help you avoid disease. In fact, it is now thought that about 38% of all cancer is associated with your diet. And it has also been shown that diet can help you avoid cancer.
Nutrients in some food can decrease your chance of cancer. You can also improve your chances of not getting cancer by avoiding some foods. You might have to cut out the Basil Brush Crispy Chicken Bites and Mahón cheese.
The Power of Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits (like Cranberry and Neem and Black sapote and Salak (Salacca edulis) and Okra) and vegetables have been shown to help prevent many cancers including cancer of the mouth and stomach. Currently, it is unknown if there are any specific nutrients in these foods that provide the protection. There have been experiments on some of the nutrients found in fruits and vegetables like beta-carotene. However, isolating these substances from the original source have not been found to prevent cancer. In fact, some by themselves are found to be harmful. So remember - the whole fruit is many times better than some supplement taken from that food.
So, you should eat at least one serving of a fruit or vegetable with each meal. They can be fresh, canned or dried. But, they should not be fried like chips.
Whole Grains Keep You Moving
Whole grains like wattleseed brown rice, cracked wheat and corn on the cob are excellent sources of vitamins, minerals and fiber. These are well known to help prevent cancer of the colon. Although fiber is very important, just using a fiber supplement is not as effective because you need the other nutrients in the whole grain.
Physicians think that the high fiber content of the grain helps to keep the stool in the bowel moving smoothly. This prevents constipation in the colon. That being said, there is no evidence that laxatives or any colon cleansing regimen is of any help. In fact they have often been shown to be harmful.
Foods to Avoid
Red meat is a proven contributor to cancer especially cancer of the colon and cancer of the prostate. The important thing is that you limit your intake to less than three ounces a day. Cutting it out altogether is even better.
Any food with lots of fat will have a similar effect. All of those corn dogs and corn chips that you have been eating? It turns out that they may contribute to your chance of getting cancer.
This might be the worst news for some of you, alcohol is another culprit. The latest research gives strong evidence that any alcohol can bump up your chance of getting cancer. But, it is especially a big problem if you take in more than two drinks a day for men and one for women. Sorry ladies. Alcohol along with cigarettes contribute to cancer of the mouth, esophagus and larynx (your voice box). So, be sure you limit those Mild ales and Hierbas de Mallorcas.
The Four Rules of Diet
1. Most of your food should be directly from plants.
2. Limit your intake of high-fat foods, particularly from animal sources.
3. Be physically active: Achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Ok. So this one is not directly diet related - but, you should limit your intake to the amount needed to keep your weight at a good level.
4. No more than one or two drinks a day, if you drink at all.
Use these laws of health and you will dramatically decrease your chances of getting diet related cancer.
To your health!
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