YOUR CANCER PREVENTION PLAN

Do you know someone with cancer? We'll bet that you do. We'll bet that you do because cancer strikes 3 out of every 4 families in the United States and kills about 500,000 men and women every year.

  

       Most cancer victims die from cancer of the lung, breast, colon, or prostate. Breast cancer deaths have held steady over the past 30 years, but prostate cancer deaths have increased 9 percent, colon cancer deaths have increased 22 percent in men, and lung cancer deaths have increased a chocking 161 percent in men and horrifying 396 percent in women.

  

      Those increases make cancer the nation's second most common cause of death. But what's causing this epidemic of  neoplasmic proliferation?

      Most of the time it's things we do to ourselves. We take a 3-inch paper-covered cylinder out of a pack, put one end in our mouths, and set the other end on fire--even when we know that 83 percent of all lung cancer is caused by smoking cigarettes.

Or we pull up to a fast-food drive-in, order a bacon double cheeseburger, large fries, and jumbo milkshake--even when we know that the risk of dying from breast cancer increases 40 percent for every extra 1,000 grams of fat we eat a month. 

Or maybe for breakfast we eat the cute little even when we know that a low-fiver diet is a significant factor in the development of colon cancer.

COLLARD GREENS

Collard are a many splendored green.A single cup of boiled collards is a great source of calcium,which fights osteoporosis.its a good source of potassium,which protects against stoke and high blood pressure.it contains almost a full day's supply of the recommended dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin A,which pits it against cancer.And its so low in fat,its a natural promoter of health and slim living.Not bad for green that measures only 27 calories per cup cooked.

CHICKEN BREAST

Chicken breast is low in calories, low in fat, and low in sodium a perfect source of protein for anyone trying to fend off heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, or obesity. Half a roasted chicken breast without skin has 142 calories.

BANANAS

Two small bananas provide as much fiber as a slice of whole wheat bread-plus a hefty dose of blood pressure lowering potassium.Low in fat and sodium,with a dash of vitamins A and C bananas belong in every diet that purports to fight cancer,stroke heart disease diabetes,and obesity.A single banana has about 100 nutritious calories.