Everyone knows someone who has faced cancer. From breast cancer to lung, colon and prostate cancer, the incidence of this disease continues to grow among men and women. In fact, cancer will strike one out of every two men and one in three women in the United States.

But here’s the good news.

Genes only account for about 5-10% of cancer cases, which means the other 90-95% is up to you. Your lifestyle – including a cancer-fighting diet – actually plays the biggest role in your risk for cancer.

The food you eat, the substances you’re exposed to, your level of physical activity and the quality of your sleep all impact your body’s production and function of hormones, inflammatory substances and immune factors that have the power to promote – or prevent – cancer.

In this section, you’ll learn about the foods and nutrients you should include in your anti-cancer diet, as well as the substances to avoid to keep your cells healthy and your hormones in balance.