The Cancer Prevention Diet

The Cancer Prevention Diet

You may know how painful it is to die from Kaposi Sarcoma or Pharyngeal Cancer. That is true, but there is good news.

Oncologists have known for lots of years that diet can help you avoid disease. In fact, it is now thought that about 34% of all cancer is associated with your diet. And it has also been shown that diet can reduce your chances of getting 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 Cheese Flavoured Moments and Torba cheese.

The Power of Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits (like Plum and Jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora; Myrtaceae) and Durian (Durio spp.; Bombacaceae) and Lychee (Litchi chinensis; Sapindaceae) and Sapodilla (Achras/Manilkara zapota; Sapotaceae) and Santol (Sandoricum koetjape; Meliaceae)) and vegetables are proven to help prevent many types of cancer including cancer of the lung and colon. Currently, it is unknown if there are any specific nutrients in the fruits and vegetables 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 fonio brown rice, cracked wheat and corn on the cob are excellent sources of vitamins, minerals and fiber. These are well known to help prevent colon cancer. Although fiber is very important, just using a fiber supplement is not as effective because you don't get the other nutrients.

Oncologists think that the increased fiber helps to keep the stool in the bowel moving smoothly. This prevents slow passage 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 has been shown to be a culprit of especially colon cancer and cancer of the prostate. The current recommendation is that you make sure to limit the amount you eat to less than three ounces a day. Cutting it out altogether is even better.

Any food high in fat will have much the same effect. All of those onion rings and corn chips that you have been eating? Well, they may contribute to your chance of growing a cancer.

And now another bit of bad news for some of you, alcohol is another culprit. The latest research shows that any alcohol can increase your chance of getting cancer. But, it is especially dangerous if you order up 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 Stouts and Krupniks.

The Four Rules of Diet

1. Choose most of the foods you eat from plant sources.

2. Limit your intake of high-fat foods, particularly from animal sources.

3. Get moving: Achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Ok. So this one is not directly diet related - except that you should cut down to what you need to keep your weight at a good level.

4. Cut back on the alcohol, if you drink at all.

Use these tips and you will dramatically decrease your chances of getting diet related cancer.