NY Times on pro- and anti-cancer foods. Pro-cancer is red and processed meat, highly processedor “fast” foods in general, sugars of all kind (and alcohol as just another form of sugar). Protective across now decades of studies: cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage), 4-5 servings per week; tomatoes and tomato-based products, best cooked; common bean varieties like black and kidney beans, and legumes like chickpeas, dry peas and lentils (the protective benefits of fiber kick in after eating around 30 grams — or the amount in about two cups of black beans — per day); tree nuts (especially walnuts, NOT peanuts or other root nuts),a handful per day; fleshy berries (strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, pomegranates and black raspberries), 1/2 to 1 cup per day; garlic.
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