Causes of cancer
What we eat and drink can affect our health, including our risk of cancer. Your overall diet (what you eat day-to-day) is more important than any one food.
A healthy diet is about getting a good balance of foods and nutrients. Planning simple healthy meals and thinking about your portions can help you to have a healthy, balanced diet.
Eating processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer. Making small changes to cut down on processed and red meat can lower your risk.
Eating a diet high in fibre, with plenty of wholegrains, can help reduce your risk of bowel cancer. We've got some tips to help you eat more fibre every day.
Eating and drinking milk and other dairy products can reduce the risk of bowel cancer. There is no strong evidence that dairy increases cancer risk.
On this page we debunk common myths about foods causing cancer or preventing cancer.
We have this information in an easy read leaflet. The leaflet tells you about spotting cancer early.
That Cancer Conversation is Cancer Research UK's podcast.
In this episode, we explore whether certain foods can cause or help prevent cancer. From ultra-processed foods to supplements, 'superfoods' and sugar, we help explain common questions about diet and cancer.
We hear from Professor Marc Gunter, a specialist in diet and obesity. And Dr Rachel Orritt, a Health Information manager at Cancer Research UK, who talks about how misleading headlines and media hype can fuel confusion and misinformation.
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