Fight Cancer with Food

Many studies report that vegetarians have less cancer that other people. This doesn't mean we should avoid meat - small amounts of lean meat can be part of a healthy diet. But it’s probable that vegetarians' high intake of vegetables and fruit helps protect them from disease.
Oily fish, liver, carrots, sweet potato, red peppers, spinach, butternut squash, watercress, apricots and mangoes.
A recent study found that men who ate garlic at least twice a week have 50% lower risk of prostate cancer than men who never ate garlic. People who eat too much salt double their risk of stomach cancer.
Green tea contains epigallocatechin-3-gallate which is thought to cut off the supply of blood to cancer cells.
Genistein, a major phytoestrogen in the soya bean, is a weak estrogen that can bind to estrogen receptors on cells. This blocks human estrogen’s ability to bind to cells and promote breast tissue growth. However, there is some concern that in postmenopausal women, who have little of their own estrogen, genistein may act like estrogen and increase the risk of breast cancer in some women.
Your risk of cancer increases with the amount of alcohol you drink and the length of time you've been drinking too much.
Diets low in fibre intakes are linked with colon cancer. The more fibre people eat the less risk they face.
Breast cancer has been linked with large intakes of saturated fats. People who eat oily fish such as salmon, sardines, tuna and trout twice a week have a significantly reduced risk of colon cancer.
Being the correct weight for your height is important. Being even slightly too heavy increases your risk of a range of cancers.