Wage a two-pronged attack against breast cancer, when you pair your three to five day-a-week exercise regimen with a few super easy tweaks to your diet.
SEAL OF APPROVAL
FAIR TRADE: Fair Trade shares October Awareness with breast cancer, perhaps because such practices may help thwart the disease. This stamp indicates that farmers and their workers are adequately compensated and that the food they produce isn’t loaded with potentially harmful synthetic pesticides.
USDA ORGANIC: You are what you eat, and what your food once ate too. USDA Organic ensures that animals are fed only organic feed without growth hormones and absorbed antibiotics purely for therapeutic purposes. Plus, the plant food on your plate doesn’t leave a trail of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics, or sewer sludge in your system.
FOUR VITAMINS A DAY
Vitamins A, C, D and E spell prevention.
A: Carrots, red pepper, broccoli, tomatoes, and winter squash.
C: Citrus fruits, green pepper, tomatoes, cauliflower, strawberries, leafy greens and broccoli.
D: Fortified milk, soymilk, and OJ, oily freshwater fish, cheddar cheese, button mushrooms and 15 minutes a day of direct sunshine.
E: Wheat germ, vegetable oils, nuts and seeds, tomato paste, broccoli, and fortified cereals.
COOKWARE
After making the right food choices, make sure you prepare them in safe equipment.
AVOID: Teflon-coated pans, made with toxic chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), that has been shown to cause cancer and birth defects in animals, but not yet in humans.
USE: Pots made of enameled cast iron or layered with aluminum and copper between stainless steel.
AVOID: Heating your goodies in containers made with numbers 5 (Polypropylene), 6 (Polysterene aka styrofoam) and 7 (Bisphenol A—BPA) as they contain chemicals that are potentially carcinogenic and may pose a health threat.
USE: A stainless steel thermos or glass bottle for drinking water and microwave leftovers in glass or food grade ceramic bowls and plates.
AVOID: Plastic wraps that contain polyvinyl chloride (PVC), especially when microwaving.
USE: Wax paper to preserve your snacks and for microwave.
