CANCER: YOUR DIET
To avoid cancer use commonsense. If you are smoking then the risk of lung and throat cancer is increased. This bad habit should be given up as soon as possible.
Your diet is vital. Do not eat food containing artificial colourings, flavours, preservatives, pesticides (cancer forming) or carcinogenic chemicals such as saccharine.
The diet must be high in fibre, whole grains and root vegetables. Fruits are very important. A combination of these foods should make up 75% of your total energy intake from foods.
Restrict your intake of animal fats in your diet. Your total fat intake should be 15% of your diet. Remember, fats have twice the amount of energy as protein and/or carbohydrate. The remaining 10% of your diet is protein and should be derived from lentils, nuts, seeds, fish, dairy products and lean meats. Research has shown that a balanced high fibre/low fat diet can prevent most colon cancers.
Include in your diet cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts and cauliflower. A report in the America Journal of the National Cancer Institute (1 June 1990) stated that Indole-3 Carbinol, a chemical found in these vegetables reduces the risk of breast cancer by speeding up the metabolism of the female hormone oestrogen. Several other studies have shown that people with diets rich in these vegetables have lower rates of cancer than the general public.
Medical research has also found that the natural antioxidant nutrient beta-carotene, found in yellow and green vegetables may also help prevent cancer and reverse changes in cells that precede the development of cancer.
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