Diet and Cancer Risk

There is an old cliché that says “you are what you eat.” While this may not be completely accurate, it does hold a little bit of truth. What you eat can have a significant impact on your health and cancer risks. Eating a nutritionally balanced diet will not only have a positive impact on your health and the health of your children, but it can also reduce cancer risk.

Chemicals, Preservatives, and Low Nutritional Foods

Food products that contain excessive amounts of chemicals and preservatives are often low nutritional foods. These foods provide your body with nothing that it needs to remain healthy, and the chemicals may actually begin to cause harm after extended periods of time consuming these foods.

Packaged foods often claim to be healthy because they have “reduced fat,” “no sugar” or have “added vitamins.” But in reality, many of these foods have been super processed and the removed ingredients are replaced with chemical compounds. These foods provide no actual nutrition to your body and basically are just harmful fillers. You would fare much better replacing these foods with fresh, whole foods.

Vitamins, Minerals and Fresh Foods

The vitamins and minerals found in fresh foods will keep your body healthy and help you combat many different diseases, including cancer. A body that has proper nutrition functions better and feels better. Your body needs the many different vitamins and minerals found in whole foods.

If you cannot convert all of your food over to fresh foods, then it is also recommended that you add to your diet a vitamin and mineral supplement. This simple step can improve your family’s health with little effort and help you combat things such as fatigue and different diseases and disorders.

Cancer Risk Decreases When You Improve Your Diet

There has been many different studies over the years that show that cancer risks decrease when people change their diet to include whole foods and eliminate processed foods filled with chemicals. These studies have also shown that even the slightest change in your diet can make a significant change in your overall health and improve your disease fighting capabilities.

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