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Dr. Richard Beliveau:
One third of all cancer is related to smoking, one third of all cancer is related to bad eating habits. It is estimated that three cancers out of four could be prevented by changing our lifestyles.

Dr. Richard Beliveau, author of the book Foods to Fight Cancer says studies prove that what we eat really matters when it comes to cancer.

The rate of prostate cancer for example in the U.S. is seventy five times higher than it is in China. And when Chinese men migrate to the U.S. their rates of prostate cancer goes back to the same level as the North American people.

Dr. Beliveau says many of us, if not most of us have, some genetic predisposition to some kind of cancer.

Genetic predisposition is like a seed. A seed won't grow into a plant if you don't give it the right amount of sun, water and soil. And this is what we do by our lifestyle. We create a favorable environment to allow our genetic predisposition to evolve into a clinically relevant cancer.

There is definitive research that certain foods eaten regularly can reduce your risk of cancer.

It's the cabbage family, the garlic, onions, dark greens; spinach, watercress and so on. It's all the legumes; soybeans, black bean, red bean. It's all the berries, it's specific spices (such as turmeric), green tea, red wine, dark chocolate.