American Cancer Institute Diet Smoking
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American Cancer
Institute Stated that about 1/3 of all Cancers are Related to What we Eat Avoid a diet high in fat, sugar and sodium. To reduce fat in a diet, broil, steam, bake, poach, roast or use a microwave. Remove skin from chicken or turkey as well as any visible fat before cooking. Remember that most foods that are high in sugar are also high in fat and calories
A glass of orange juice may strike a
blow against breast cancer. (16th International Congress of
Nutrition, Montreal, July 1997). Use calcium fortified orange juice and you will
get the amount of calcium in a glass of milk. Canned pumpkin (or cooked pumpkin) is a super cancer food. One half cup of cooked pumpkin has over five times your quota for beta-carotene (vitamin A0) per day. According to research at Tufts University it may be used to protect against many cancers.
The National Cancer Institute recommends a minimum of 3 vegetables and two fruits per day. Ex-smokers and those who never smoked who eat the most fruits and vegetables have a 50% lower risk of lung cancer than those who eat little is any fruits and vegetables.
Stephen Barnes, University of Alabama at Birmingham, a numerous other studies) suggests that soybeans contain a substance that is remarkably similar to tamoxifen, which is widely used in humans for the treatment of breast cancer. It seems that soy foods appear to protect by manipulating estrogen. Defatted soy flour has been used in many studies. In my opinion, and according to the research, it is a better alternative than full fat soy products. It has so many minerals and vitamins and contains almost no fat. I have many recipes in my latest book using defatted soy flour. The research indicates you can use as little as a fourth of a cup a day and receive the health benefits.
According to a report in Nutrition and Cancer (131&2:89), researchers at Roswell Park Memorial Institute showed that drinking milk with the highest fat content increases cancer risks BUT drinking skim milk (fat reduced) appears to protect against many of the same cancer risks. These findings suggest that drinking whole milk may cause cancer BUT drinking skim milk (fat reduced) may actually help prevent cancer.
Researchers in Helsinki monitored the association between vitamin levels of vitamin A and beta carotene in 36,265 subjects and the subsequent development of cancer. Their blood levels of vitamin A and beta carotene were measured. Those with the lowest levels had a greater risk for cancer. Cancer risk increases when our dietary intake of these nutrients is low (American Journal of Epidemiology 132: 857-880). A Harvard study that analyzed biopsies of women breast tumors shows that the women with high breast tissue concentrations of carotenoids, including Beta Carotene are 30-70% less like to have breast cancer.
A research team at Nagoya City University Medical School and Kyoto University in Japan reported in Cancer Research that low levels of beta carotene are directly related to the risk of developing prostate cancer. The study involved 100 patients with prostate cancer. The ages were from 50 to 79 years (Cancer Research 48: 1331-1336). A study reported in the American Journal of Nutrition found that high blood levels of beta carotene had a strong protective effect against lung cancer, melanoma, and bladder cancer. This study was done at John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 53:265S-269S).
A British 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. Studies by Harvard researchers found the eating tomato and tomato products also reduced the risk. I have plenty of recipes apply these principles in my books. For more specific research summaries on how nutrition affects cancer see ("http://www2.rpa.net/~rcfisher/book.htm" \l "A Sampling")
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