Can your diet reduce your risk of cancer? Recently 1022 people were randomly surveyed in the USA and asked a number of questions about what was useful to prevent cancer and what causes cancer. Answer these questions for yourself and then hit the more link to look at the answers and find out the tips. There is a special offer at the end of the article so read on.

Answer Highly Likely, Likely, Highly Unlikely, Impossible

1. Cancer can be prevented.

2. Cancer is caused by pesticide residue on produce

3. Stress causes cancer

4. Hormones in beef cause cancer

5. Food additives cause cancer

6. Trans-fats cause cancer

7. Cancer is caused by viruses and bacteria

8. Cancer is caused by not eating enough fruits or vegetables

9. Obesity causes cancer

10. Alcoholic beverages cause cancer

11. A diet high in red meat causes cancer

“Everything” either does not cause cancer or no association has been proven. The idea that everything causes cancer and we can’t do anything about it makes us a victim and takes away our opportunity and our responsibility for our own health.

Though 30% of all people surveyed listed cancer as their number 1 health concern:

71% Wrongly believed pesticides cause cancer

56% Erroneously believe stress is a cause

49% Incorrectly believe hormones in beef cause cancer

58% Wrongly believe food additives cause cancer

Neither Trans-fats nor viruses and bacteria are associated as a cause of cancer but 44% and 59% of people respectively believe they do

46% believe obesity is a cause, 37% believe alcohol can, 36% believe diets high in red meat are a cause and all that believe these 3 ideas are correct.

Here are the 8 TIPS:

1. Limit your consumption of energy dense foods and sugary drinks and fast food to keep your weight under your control.

2. Limit refined snacks (no fiber or nutritional value) and instead eat unprocessed grain and legumes each meal and 14oz. per day of non-starchy vegetables and fruit.

3. Eat NO processed meat and limit red meat intake (a piece the size of a deck of cards is enough)

4. Limit alcoholic beverages to 2 per day for men and 1 per day for women.

5. Only 2 grams of sodium per day by limiting salted and salty snacks.

6. No dietary supplements are recommended to prevent cancer

7. Breast feed children until 6 months old

8. If you have or have had cancer, consult a licensed nutritionist and follow the recommendations for diet, weight and physical activity.

The survey and lots more information are found in this 500+ page pdf from the AICR.

Some Questions and an offer for free Coaching

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