Healthy Diet and Cancer

Tips for incorporating more fruits and vegetables into your diet:

• At breakfast, top cereal, pancakes or oatmeal with fresh berries, bananas or peaches.
• Pre-washed and pre-cut fruits or vegetables makes for a great easy, fast and healthy snack.
• Incorporating more salads into your diet is a great way to get in a lot of vegetables.
• Make your plate colorful, incorporating three different vegetables with protein (i.e. spinach, carrots, and beets).
• Fruit salad or baked fruit is a great alternative for dessert.

Tips for incorporating more whole grains into your diet:

• Instead of white bread, white pasta, or white rice, try whole-wheat or whole-grain bread, whole wheat pasta, or brown rice as a healthier alternative.
• Use whole grains as side dishes such as pilafs, barley or quinoa.
• For breakfast, try whole grain cereals, whole wheat pancake and waffle mixes, or whole grain hot cereals.
• Whole grain crackers make for a good snack.

Choose alternatives to processed and red meats:

• Fresh roasted turkey or chicken makes a good substitute for red meat.
• Tofu can be used in almost any recipe as a substitute for meat.
• Choosing turkey sausage or turkey bacon with breakfast is a better option than beef sausage.
• Egg salad or hummus is a good substitute for lunch meats.

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