Helping Prevent Cancer with YOUR DIET!

 
Fighting cancer begins with preventing cancer.  A recent report by The Columbia University School of Public Health estimates that 95% of cancer is caused by diet and environmental toxicity.  To put it simply, cancer is something we can usually avoid given the proper diet and environment. 
 
It is important to understand some principles on how the body works to better understand why preventing cancer is possible.  Our bodies are geared towards self healing and self regulation (not needing outside intervention), but too much stress can deplete our bodies ability to properly function at its optimal potential.  When emotional, chemical, and/or physical stress wears down on our body, we are more vulnerable to sickness and disease states.  Developing and maintaining patterns of good health is the overall best way to help prevent cancer.   
 
Here are some ways you can improve your health and help yourself (and loved ones) prevent cancer with your diet.

 

DIET DO:
1. Eat GARLIC all the time!
2. Eat lots of steamed broccoli and other green vegetables!
3. Drink WATER and TEA and an occasional cup of coffee, and throw back a beer once in a while J
4. Eat wild fish at least once a week.
5. Buy ORGANIC food!
 

DIET DO NOT:
1. Don’t eat foods that have been genetically modified.
2. Don’t consume foods and drinks that have chemicals in them.
3. Don’t eat produce that had pesticides on them.
4. Avoid meat in which hormones, antibiotics, or any other unnatural substance was given to the animals.

5. Don’t eat/drink very much sugar (e.g. Soda Pop), because it is very stressful on the body!!
 
These suggestions are but a few of the overwhelming amounts of information and research that have been done on healthy ways to prevent cancer.  Start implementing some of these changes now. 
 
In my next blog entry, I will go into more depth on ways to help prevent cancer with your environment.