20 Ways To Never Get Cancer

Certain cancer-fighting foods and other healthy habits can dramatically lower your cancer risk.

First, the good news: You probably won't getcancer.

That is, if you have a healthy lifestyle. "As many as 70% of known causes of cancers are avoidable and related to lifestyle," says Thomas A. Sellers, PhD, associate director for cancer prevention and control at MoffittCancer Center in Tampa. Diet, exercise, and avoidance of tobacco products are, of course, your first line of defense, but recent research has uncovered many small, surprising ways you can weave even more disease prevention into your everyday life.

Try these novel strategies and your risk ofcancer could dwindle even more.

1. Filter your tap water

2. Stop topping your tank

3. Marinate meat first

4. Caffeinate every day

5. Water down your risk

6. Load up on green greens

7. Snack on Brazil nuts

8. Burn off your risk

9. Skip the dry cleaner

10. Ask about breast density

11. Head off cell phone risks

12. Block cancer with color

13. Pick a doc with a past

14. Eat clean foods

15. Do a folic acid check

16. Up your calcium intake

17. Commit to whole grains

18. Pay attention to pain

19. Avoid unnecessary scans

20. Drop 10 pounds