I was one of the first to popularize this treatment and first posted it on the web over eight years ago. The power of food in normalizing chronic disease and helping you achieve optimal health is quite profound and one of the reasons that I chose a career of natural health.

While I believe foods, especially vegetables to treat serious health challenges like cancer are a far smarter choice than using most drugs, you still need to be cautious.

Even though vegetables are one of the healthiest food categories on the planet, not all vegetables are good for everyone. This is where a deep appreciation of nutritional typing will assist you in selecting the best vegetables for you.

The most serious mistake that is made is that protein types will consume many dark green vegetables. This tend to over alkaline their system and worsen, rather then improve their health. This is despite the many beneficial phytonutrients that are present in vegetables. I am very familiar with this mistake as it is one I made prior to understanding nutritional typing.

Although many vegetables will help protect your health, particularly when they are raw, these studies focus on the protective powers of broccoli, a vegetable that could also be used as a natural pain reliever.

Just a reminder, since cancer is the leading cause of death, there are many more things (besides eating an optimal diet based on your body's unique nutritional type) you can do to virtually eliminate your risk of cancer, including:

1.      Control your insulin levels: Make certain that you limit your intake of processed foods and sugars as much as possible.

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 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 level. 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.      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 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.

6.      Get enough high-quality sleep.

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

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