In 2016, an estimated 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 61,000 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. According to American Institute of Cancer Research, 38 percent of breast cancer cases in the United States are preventable through improved diet and physical activity patterns, and by avoiding obesity.
Most importantly, our diet and lifestyle can not only prevent the initiation stage of cancer, but it can also hamper the promotion stage of cancer.
The American Institute of Cancer Research provides a list of food that fight cancer: apples, blueberries, broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, carrots, cherries, cranberries, flaxseed, grapefruit, legumes (dry beans, peas and lentils), soy, squash, tea, walnuts, whole grains, berries, dark green leafy vegetables, garlic, tomatoes and grapes and grape juice.
Apple
Women who ate an apple daily had 24 percent lower odds of breast cancer. Apple’s antioxidant properties are concentrated in the peel, so remember to not discard them.
Green vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli boost the activity of detoxifying enzymes in your liver. Women who ate two or more servings of vegetables a day had a significantly decreased risk of a kind of breast cancer that is hard to treat, estrogen and progesterone- receptor-negative.
Stem cells are essentially the body’s raw materials. Instead of rebuilding organs, if they turn cancerous, they can build tumors. Sulforaphane, a dietary component of cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, has been shown to suppress that ability of breast cancer stem cells to form tumors.
