The Living Smart episode on “Cancer Prevention” with “Avoiding Cancer One Day at a Time,” author Dr. Lynne Eldridge will air this Sunday, April 17 at 3 p.m. And repeat April 22 at 7 p.m. In the episode, Dr. Eldridge will discuss common and easy ways anyone can prevent cancer. These tips range from having multiple plants in your home, to checking radon levels, to even eating berries, berries, and more berries. And while, cancer prevention doesn’t seem like a fun task, Dr. Eldridge assures us that we can make cancer prevention fun. The question on everyone minds these days is: what are you doing to prevent yourself from getting cancer?

The third episode of the College Smart series features University of Houston senior Michelle Reed and Depauw University graduate Christina Rivera as they ask students how they manage to stay healthy, and if cancer is even on their minds.

Super Foods: Maintaing a Healthy Diet
1. Mediterranean Diet: non-hydrogenated plant oils, breads, potatoes, grains, fish, fruits and vegetables, legumes (chick peas, lentils, beans, peas and peanuts), tree nuts, seeds.
2. Green Tea
3. Water ( 8 glasses a day)
4. Cruciferous Vegetables (broccoli and cauliflower)
5. Tomato Products
6. Blueberries
7. Fish
8. Flax
9. Apples
10. Collard Greens, Spinach and Kale
11. Olive Oil
12. Kelp/Seaweed
13. Beans
14. Raspberries and Strawberries
15. Red Grapes
16. Broccoli Sprouts
17. Brazil Nuts
18. Pineapple
19. Pomegranates
20. Avocados
21. Exotic Mushrooms
22. Sweet Potatoes
23. Carrots
24. Dark Chocolate
25. Grains
26. Hot Chocolate
27. Garlic
28. Rosemary
29. Tumeric
30. Ginger

Foods to Avoid:
1. Orange Peel
2. Refined Sugar
3. Trans Fat
4. Pickled Foods
5. Smoked Foods
6. Nitrates/Nitrites
7. BHT/BHA
8. Potassium Bromate
9. Food Dyes

Tips:
1. Eat 5 to 9 servings of fruits & vegetable per day
2. Choose organically grown foods
3. Avoid fast food
4. Clean all produce
5. Marinate meats before grilling, trim fat, and avoid letting the flames touch the meat
6. Use a fire chimney instead of lighter fluid
7. Choose baking, roasting, and boiling over broiling, frying and grilling
8. Keep plastic out of the microwave
9. Toss grains and buts before they become stale; refrigerate nuts and peanut butter
10. Do not resuse cooking oil

For more tips and strategies, watch the episode with Dr. Lynne Eldridge this Sunday at 3 p.m. or buy her book “Avoiding Cancer One Day at a Time.”