Modest lifestyle changes that include the avoidance of alcohol may cut the odds of breast cancer in half, but certain grapes appear to contain natural aromatase inhibitors that may undermine the ability of breast tumors to produce their own estrogen.
Those who eat meat risk food poisoning from undercooked meat, but also exposure to cooked meat carcinogens in well-cooked meat. By boiling meat, non-vegetarians can mediate their risk of both.
The nitrite preservatives in processed meats such as bologna, bacon, ham, and hot dogs form carcinogenic nitrosamines, but also reduce the growth of botulism bacteria—forcing regulators to strike a balance between consumers risking cancer, or a deadly form of food poisoning.
There are two superfood classes of vegetables most adept at blocking human cancer cell growth in a petri dish.
Can an apple a day significantly reduce cancer risk?
Is eating refined grains, white potatoes, and iceberg lettuce better than nothing?
How much cancer risk can be avoided through lifestyle change?
Human studies on whether acrylamide in baked and fried carbohydrates may be carcinogenic.
