One of these is diet. Eating certain anti-cancer foods, while not likely to actively fight cancer, can help prevent it. “Research tells us that making healthy food choices consistently over time can reduce your risk of getting cancer, but you can’t say with absolute certainty that food can prevent cancer,” says wellness dietitian Lindsey Wohlford. “There are no guarantees.” [2]

The dietary habits that affect cancer risk can be attributed to having too much of some things, and too little of others.

Too much red & processed meats, alcohol, refined carbohydrates, fried foods, and sugars, can increase your cancer risk. So too can too little exercise and too few phytochemical-rich foods [3]. You may have heard the term “anti-cancer foods” before. To be