--- title: Cancer-Fighting Diet description: No food is guaranteed to keep cancer away, but even without conclusive evidence, researchers say it makes sense to follow these guidelines for avoiding major cancers canonical: https://time.com/2841490/six-diet-guidelines-for-preventing-cancer/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-10T14:31:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:16:41.703Z article:section: Health og:title: Six Dietary Guidelines for Preventing Cancer og:description: No food is guaranteed to keep cancer away, but even without conclusive evidence, researchers say it makes sense to follow these guidelines for avoiding major cancers og:url: https://time.com/2841490/six-diet-guidelines-for-preventing-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Six Dietary Guidelines for Preventing Cancer twitter:description: No food is guaranteed to keep cancer away, but even without conclusive evidence, researchers say it makes sense to follow these guidelines for avoiding major cancers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Six Diet Guidelines for Preventing Cancer  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Jun 10, 2014 2:31 PM UTC  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Jun 10, 2014 2:31 PM UTC Sticking with a plant-based diet is a good way to avoid cancer, according to scientists at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which just released six dietary guidelines for cancer prevention, published in the _Journal of the American College of Nutrition_. More fruits and vegetables, and less alcohol, dairy and processed meats, could lower the risk of cancers in the mouth, lung, breast and colon. Ready for a cancer-fighting diet? Here’s what the group recommends, from its press release: 1. **Limit or avoid dairy products to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.** --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2841490/six-diet-guidelines-for-preventing-cancer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2841490/six-diet-guidelines-for-preventing-cancer/"},"headline":"Six Diet Guidelines for Preventing Cancer","datePublished":"2014-06-10T14:31:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:16:41.703Z","description":"No food is guaranteed to keep cancer away, but even without conclusive evidence, researchers say it makes sense to follow these guidelines for avoiding major cancers","url":"https://time.com/2841490/six-diet-guidelines-for-preventing-cancer/","keywords":["Cancer","diet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alice Park","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/alice-park/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cancer/","name":"Cancer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2841490/six-diet-guidelines-for-preventing-cancer/","name":"Six Diet Guidelines for Preventing Cancer"}}]}] ```