Mediterranean diet helps prevent cancer...

[Jackie07]

http://www.rd.com/health/mediterranean-diet-helps-prevent-cancer-heart-disease-and-now-diabetes-too/?trkid=ERDI22938

[ElaineM]

Yes !!!!!!!!

[sdstarfish]

I always feel happy when medical doctors advocate for the healing benefits of food :)

Lisa
http://www.pinkkitchen.info (http://www.pinkkitchen.info/)

[TanyaRD]

Mary Flynn's Pink Ribbon Diet offers some interesting research and support for this as well. Great recipes too!

[Jackie07]

Just received this from WebMD:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the_mediterranean-diet?ecd=wnl_chl_080211

Also, R.B. started a thread quite a while ago called "the Traditional Diet of Greece and cancer" (members of our Board are always ahead of time :):

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=24410&highlight=mediterranean+diet

[Patrice1968]

The Mediterranean Diet is absolutely incredible! It has a very healthy balance of Omega 3's to Omega 6's. If you follow this diet, it has been known to help you reduce weight as you are eating more from the 3's, and yet the 3's are very tasty food sources! Healthy grains, salmon, olive oil, nuts, fresh fruit, leafy vegetables, the list goes on. And having a good balance of Omega 3 fatty acids to Omega 6 fatty acids is a cancer fighting weapon! It reduces the chances of getting cancer, or if you already have cancer it can help fight it, or at the very least help it not metastasize as much as it would have without. From what I've read a healthy ratio is 3:1 (Omega 6 to Omega 3). The people of Japan and Norway, as a whole, have long lives, and apparently this is part by eating the healthy omega ratio balance, which the Mediterranean Diet does as well. Yesterday had everything one would find in a "Mediterranean diet" in my meal plan, including unsalted nuts and baked salmon with a drizzle of olive oil. I've noticed that my weight is slowly going down by sticking to this plan, my cancer is getting attacked by all the good food, and to top it off cardiovascular problems and other problems such as allergies and asthma have been warded off or will be less of a problem. The above link was a great link to read - so good to see that something I'm doing is actually considered "healthy" for a change!