The World Cancer Research Fund has recently released an infographic that displays all of the possible risk factors associated with cancer diagnoses in one image. Although cancer is not always 100% preventable, there are many lifestyle habits that directly contribute to the prevention of certain cancers such as eating healthy, exercising, and sometimes even Vitamin D. There are some grey areas, however, such as how premenopausal breast cancer is less present in those who have higher body fat ratios, but other cancers are an increased risk.

Key Takeaways:

• Fish is shown to improve chances of avoiding colorectal and liver cancer.
• Foods that are high in vitamin C are shown to help prevent against lung cancer and colorectal cancer.
• Dairy products can unfortunately increase the risk of some cancers such as colorectal.

“The next row of circles on the chart are the things that are strongly linked to cancer risk, including eating vegetables, breastfeeding, and a few no-brainer things relating to healthy eating and exercise.”

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