8 Ways to Lower Cancer Risk via Your Diet

Hey! Hey! I'm glad you found a few minutes to stop by my cyber cafe today. Help yourself to a steamingly refreshing mug of coffee and a virtual treat, why don't'cha, eh? Consider it as part of your healthy diet because virtual treats have abso-tively zero calories. Why it's even better than eating doughnut holes!

A healthy diet can help the body in its efforts to heal itself, and in some cases, particular foods can lessen the risks of serious illness. To help reduce your risk of some types of cancer, try the following:

1. Avoid polyunsaturated vegetable oils, margarine, vegetable shortening, all partially hydrogenated oils and all foods that might contain trans-fatty acids (such as deep-fried foods).
2. Minimize or eliminate consumption of foods with added sugar.
3. Increase omega-3 fatty acid intake by eating more cold-water oily fish, freshly ground flaxseed and walnuts.
4. Reduce consumption of animal foods and try replacing them with plant-based proteins such as whole soy products.
5. Use hormone-free, organically produced products whenever possible.
6. Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits.
7. Eat shiitake, enokidake, maitake and oyster mushrooms frequently.
8. Drink green tea daily.

Now you know this stuff as well as I do but I think it's good to be reminded every now and then, don't you? Sometimes things work so well we stop doing them!  I want you to stay healthy and live a long, long time so I can keep feeding you my own brand of witerature...and keep you up to speed with everything from the latest discoveries in space and medicine, food science including poop burgers, antics of weird people and our dubiously wondeful governments and a whole bunch of other stuff.

See ya, eh!

Bob