What we eat and how we treat our bodies on a daily basis have a very powerful effect on our health and quality of life. Building a diet from health-giving foods requires no doctors' appointments, waiting rooms, or health insurance, yet it provides the fundamental building blocks needed for a healthy immune system. Thinking of food as your medicine is a simple, delicious way to put yourself on the road to good health.

Although cancer can affect many different parts of the body, the foods that prevent cancer and deter cancer growth are generally the same from one to the next. Fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes all have important nutrients and other cancer-fighting substances called phytochemicals that strengthen immune function and destroy cancer-causing substances before they do their dirty work. Research has shown that people who eat a diet free of animal products and one that is low in fat have a much lower risk of developing cancer