Hello and welcome to this week's show. I'm Monica Reinagle and you're listening to

the nutrition divas quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous.

Today we're going to be talking about

steps you can take to prevent cancer. As a society we have a great fear of cancer and it's not hard to understand why.

Virtually every one of us has been touched by this disease.

Most of us know survivors.

Some of us are survivors and Some of us are survivors and many of us have lost people to the disease as well.

When you're afraid, the feeling that you can take control of the situation can be very comforting. the different fields discussed opportunities for cancer prevention during midlife.

Why midlife?

Well, as the authors wrote, positive changes during this phase of life have the potential to prevent cancer

incidents later in life making this phase an opportune time for targeted

prevention efforts to facilitate healthy aging and increased longevity.

But I think the recommendations outlined in their report make sense at any age.

Before I share their tips with you, however, I want to put the role of diet and lifestyle in preventing cancer in perspective.

Some people will tell you that following the right diet inoculates you against cancer. As nice as this would be, it's not

simply not true. And even worse, we run the risk of making people who have

or who get cancer feel that they're somehow to blame.

That's not helpful.

Other people are convinced that pesticides, food additives,

and other chemicals are a major cause of cancer.

The data simply do not support this, although I'm all

for cleaning up the food supply, the workplace, and the environment. It's important to

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