CANCER: YOUR DIET
The National Cancer Institute has provided several mealtime tips on how to incorporate the 5 a day program into your diet.
Breakfast
A) Add fruit, such as strawberries or sliced bananas to cereal.
B) Have a bowl of fruit such as peaches or melons.
C) Top pancakes and waffles with fruit instead of syrup.
D) Drink a glass of fruit juice.
Lunch
A) Eat a salad or soup that has vegetables.
B) Put lettuce, sprouts and tomatoes on a sandwich.
C) Add carrot, celery, or zuchini sticks to your menu.
D) Have a piece of fruit— an apple, orange, etc.
A) Munch on grapes, raisins, apricots, prunes, figs, or cut raw vegetables.
1) Eat from 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
B) Drink a glass of juice.
Dinner
A) Put raw vegetables or fruit in a green salad.
B) Add vegetables to main dishes, such as broccoli to pasta.
C) Order extra side dishes of vegetables when eating out.
D) Garnish main dishes with fruit. Dessert
A) Add fresh fruit to a plain dessert.
B) Add pineapple or papaya to frozen yogurt.
C) Add chopped fruit or berries to cakes, cookies or muffins.
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