anticancer diet

anticancer diet

[-kan′sər]

a diet, based on recommendations of the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, and National Academy of Sciences, to reduce cancer risk factors associated with eating habits.

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anticancer diet

Clinical nutrition A popular term for a series of dietary guidelines promulgated by the American Cancer Society, NCI, and American Institute for Cancer Research, which are intended to ↓ a person's risk of cancer. See Folk cures for cancer, Unproven methods for cancer management

Anti-cancer diet–guidelines to ↓ cancer risk

• ↓ Fat consumption, especially saturated fats
• ↓ Consumption of smoked, salt-cured, and nitrate-cured foods, eg bacon, ham, cheese, corned beef, luncheon meats
• ↓ Alcohol
• ↑ High fiber foods, including whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables
• ↑Foods rich in vitamins A and C, carotenoids, eg leafy green vegetables, citrus fruits, and red, orange, and yellow fruits & vegetables
• ↑Cruciferous vegetables, eg broccoli and cabbage

Other recommendations

• Avoid tobacco
• Avoid refined sugar and salty foods
• Lose weight
• Exercise regularly and vigorously
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