Eat more vegetables, reduce your likelihood of cancer (why only head and neck cancer ?)
Eat less red meat, especially if you are female.
Do articles like these make any difference to what you choose to eat, or is it too hard to sort out valid research from research work funded by sellers of certain foods or supplements ?
"A large study of 500,000 American retirees has found that just one extra serving of fruit or vegetables a day may reduce the risk of developing head and neck cancer.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that diet plays a role in cancer. Cancer experts now believe that up to two-thirds of all cancers come from lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet and lack of exercise."
National Cancer Institute .. Article here http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070416/hl_nm/cancer_vegetables_dc;_ylt=Ajnl...
"Researchers found that among 35,372 women, between the ages of 35 and 69 years old, who were followed for 8 years, those who ate the largest amount of meat were more likely than non-meat eaters to develop breast cancer before or after menopause.
The link was stronger among postmenopausal women, with red and processed meat seeming to particularly raise their risk of breast cancer. Women who ate the most red meat (2 or more ounces per day) were 56 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than the women who ate no red meat."
Professor Janet E. Cade and colleagues at the University of Leeds, British Journal of Cancer, April 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070416/hl_nm/processed_meat_dc