If anyone doubts the connection between diet and health, I'm proof that changing how you eat can save your life.
When I first learned that I had breast cancer, I was devastated. I didn't know where to turn or whom to trust.For much of my life, I regularly ate meat, eggs and dairy foods. After my mastectomy, though, I knew that I had to make some changes in order to prevent my cancer from coming back.
My son suggested that I switch to a vegan diet.
The research backs him up. Studies conducted in England and Germany, for example, have shown that vegetarians are 40 percent less likely to develop cancer than meat-eaters are. A Harvard study of nearly 136,000 people found that people who frequently eat skinless chicken--supposedly the "healthiest" kind--have a 52 percent higher chance of developing bladder cancer.
And a Colorado State University study released in March found that diets high in plant foods--specifically fruits, vegetables and soy--can cut the risk of developing breast cancer by 30 percent.
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