Many physicians and patients still believe that a baby aspirin a day is a useful heart disease "prevention" tool. Well, this is simply so "last century," as that is when this fallacy was put to rest.

Similarly, many thought that because aspirin was an anti-inflammatory it might be useful to prevent cancer. That hasn't turned out to be the case.

Although vitamin E has many uses it appears that cancer prevention is not one of them.

Since cancer is now the leading killer in the United States, you might be interested in some time-tested strategies that really do prevent cancer.

Powerful Tips For Preventing Cancer

1. Control your insulin levels.

2. Get appropriate amounts of animal-based omega-3 fats and make sure you use cod liver oil if you don't have regular access to sun exposure.

3. Get appropriate amounts of exercise. One of the primary reasons exercise works is that it drives your insulin levels down. Controlling insulin levels is one of the most powerful ways to reduce your cancer risks.

4. Normalize your vitamin D levels with safe amounts of sun exposure. This works primarily by optimizing your vitamin D levels. If you have regular access to sun exposure then you should use fish oil, not cod liver oil, as your primary source of omega-3 fats. Ideally, it would be best to monitor your vitamin D levels.

5. Eat according to your metabolic type. The potent anti-cancer effects of this principle are very much underappreciated. When we treat cancer patients in our clinic this is one of the most powerful anti-cancer strategies we have.

6. Have a tool to permanently erase the neurological short-circuiting that can activate cancer genes. Even the CDC states that 85 percent of disease is caused by your emotions. It is likely that this factor may be more important than all the other physical ones listed here, so make sure this is addressed. Energy psychology seems to be one of the best approaches and my particular favorite tool, as you may know, is the Emotional Freedom Technique.

7. Only 25 percent of people eat enough vegetables, so by all means eat as many vegetables as you are comfortable with. Ideally, they should be fresh and organic. However, please understand that, frequently, fresh conventionally grown vegetables are healthier than organic ones that are older and wilted in the grocery store. If nothing less, they are certainly better than no vegetables at all. If you are a carb metabolic type you may need up to 300 percent more vegetables than a protein metabolic type.

8. Make sure you are not in the two-thirds of the population who are overweight and maintain an ideal body weight.

9. Get enough high-quality sleep.

10. Reduce your exposure to environmental toxins like pesticides, household chemical cleaners, electric air fresheners and air pollution.

11. Boil, poach or steam your foods, rather than frying or charbroiling them.

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