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STEPS
YOU CAN TAKE - Nutrition
American
Cancer Society Guidelines
By capturing all scientific sources about nutrition, scientists in this
field concur that current evidence can support basic nutritional guidelines,
as summarized by the American Cancer Society below:
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Choose most of
the foods you eat from plant sources. |
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Eat
five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day. |
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Eat
other foods from plant sources, such as breads, cereals, grain products,
rice, pasta, or beans several times each day. |
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Limit your intake
of high fat foods, particularly from animal sources. |
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Choose
foods low in fat. |
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Limit
consumption of meats, especially high-fat meats. |
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Be physically
active – achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
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Be
at least moderately active for 30 minutes or more on most days of
the week. |
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Stay
within your healthy weight range. |
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Limit alcoholic
beverages, if you drink at all. |
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