Does eating healthy really prevent ALL Cancers?

Question

What about the people who were BORN with Cancer?

Answer 1

no and some cancer is genetic meaning it's in there DNA

About Genetic Cancer, Counseling and Testing
Hereditary cancer is a cancer that has developed as a result of a gene mutation passed down from a parent to a child. Inheriting a gene mutation does not necessarily mean that person will develop cancer, but increases their risk factor.

Research and studies have found that certain gene mutations increase the chances of a person to develop certain kinds of cancers, depending on family history. Remember, cancer is not inherited, only the gene that increases the risk factor of developing it.

What cancers are hereditary?

The most common hereditary cancers are:


Breast Cancer


Ovarian Cancer


Prostate Cancer


Colorectal Cancer

Answer 2

The short answer is no. Eating healthy cannot prevent all cancers.

However, a healthy diet WILL lower your risk of cancer.

There are several reasons behind this:

1) A diet with few carcinogens means less exposure to mutagens which may initiate cancer.
2) A diet high in fiber will pass thru the digestive system quickly again reducing the time which toxins inside the body. In addition, bowel movements slough the lining of the intestinals. Frequent bowel movements (because of a healthy diet) could eject cancerous or per-cancerous cells before they can anchor to the colon. Most colon cancers start in the endothelial lining of the colon.
3) A healthy diet will promote a strong immune system. There is a higher likelihood that cancer/pre-cancerous cells will result in a effective immune response with a strong immune system.

Now, the other side:
No one can limit their exposure to cancinogens to absolutely zero. Radiation from sunlight, TVs, computer monitors, etc. are all potentially cacinogenic. There are free radicals in all foods. Some viruses contain DNA that may contribute to cancer. Air pollution, chemicals, gasoline, etc. etc. etc.

One correction. People is not inherited with cancer. The sole exception choriocarcinoma (a cancer passed from mother to fetus). People inherit a suspectibility to cancer.

Think about it. You either have cancer or you don't. Since almost everyone is not born with cancer, something must cause it.

Cancer is caused by mutations to certain genes. People with genetic disposition to cancer means they were born with some genetics that are already mutated. These are usually tumor supressor genes like p53. If certain other conditions (mutations) occur, cancer will be started.

In summary, cancer is not guranteed. Genes which people cannot control and lifestyle (diet, smoking, drinking, other exposure like tanning and chemicals) which people can control effect the overall risk of developing cancer.

Answer 3

Eating healthy cannot hurt. What you need to realize is that to combat something like cancer - at a cellular level - yo need to replace those cells and healthy food can do that, but it takes 7-10 years to replace your cells with healthy ones. Also, look into this. They had a research paper out a few years ago saying that the best cancer fighter was Interferon, at $15,000 a gram. What the paper also said was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitimin C in your system. A few months later the FDA tried to make Vitimin C a perscription drug. Guess why??? The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 65 mg a day. That is enought to stave off scruvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prive for his discovery and work with Vit C said 1000 mg a day normally and 2000mg a day if you get sick. He played tennis up until the day he died at 96. It makes sense. I took large doses of Vit C when I was sick, a week flat on my back twice a year and after 20 years the doctors had no idea what my problem was. Vit C increased daily over a week and following a bell curve over the 2 weeks, 40,000 mg a day at the peak and 300,000mg over 2 weeks, and I was completely asymptomatic. Doing that for 2 years and I have not been sick in 10 years now. You might look into it.

Answer 4

No. Eating healthy doesn't prevent cancer at all, but eating healthy will keep your body strong should you ever need to fight cancer.

No one really knows why one person will get cancer and someone else will not. There is no conclusive evidence that eating healthy will prevent you from developing cancer at some point . . you need only look at a person like the First Lady of Nutrition, Maureen K Salaman, who advocated for the healthy lifestyle and still died from pancreatic cancer.

As for childhood cancers, there are many theories ranging from parental habits before conception to environmental concerns, but there is no conclusive studies that prove any of these things caused the child to have cancer. (there are few childhood cancers that are genetic) Like adult cancers . . no one knows why one child will develop cancer while another does not.

Answer 5

Eating healthy foods will not prevent a person from getting cncer. However, it is always beneficial to eat healthy foods because it boosts you immune system. Always eat healthy foods, even though, like I said, it will not prevent cancer. If you are going to have cancer, there is not a thing you can do to prevent it. I do believe that eating healthy goes a long way to help though.

Answer 6

It reduces probability of cancer eating healthy can not prevent 100 percent cancer .But it is really a good way to prevent your body from all diseases . Every person should eat healthy food instead of junk ,fried .fatty foods

Answer 7

Eating healthy is good for all of us,but the answer is no,it doesn't prevent cancer.There are many different Cancers with various reasons,and many that don't have a "cause". Some are linked with heredity,toxic chemicals,exposure to sun,smoking.and many others. Babies "born" with cancer's are rare,and no direct link is associated with it,some have congenital tumors of the eyes "retroblastoma",and "wilms tumor" nephroblastoma of the abdomen and kidneys,and "neuroblastoma" spinal cord and nervous system. Take care. SW RNP

Answer 8

Nope. Some cancers are "triggered" or "woken" up by something. And you talking about the people born with cancer is a very very good point.

Answer 9

Diet has little effect on most forms of cancer. Cancer is not one disease.....