10 Ways to Prevent Cancer

Thankfully there are ways to help you prevent cancer. These are the 10 most effective ways to help you prevent cancer.
1. Avoid becoming overweight, maintaining normal body weight throughout life.
2. Exercise regularly. At least a half-hour of physical activity per day, preferably one hour.
3. Limit your consumption of energy-dense foods, meaning foods high in sugar and fat and little fiber. Avoid sweetened beverages like soft drinks.
4. Eat mostly foods of plant origin. Eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day and plenty of legumes and whole meal products. These foods are rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals.
5. Limit your intake of red meat (in the report defined as meat from beef, pork, lamb and goat) to 500 grams (prepared by weight) per week and avoid processed meats.
6. If you drink alcohol, drink no more than an amount corresponding to 2 small glasses of wine a day if you are a man and a small glass of wine a day if you are a woman.
7. Limit consumption of salt and salt food to a maximum quantity of 6 grams of salt per day. Read more in "Advice on salt" on the link to the right.
8. Eat no nutritional supplements to prevent cancer. Studies show conflicting results and in some studies has increased cancer risk when eaten food.
9. Give only breast milk during the child's first six months of life. This protects the mother against breast cancer, and prevent overweight and obesity in the child.
10. People who had survived cancer and should also follow the advice given strong indications that they protect against cancer relapse.