We're Giving Ourselves Cancer

Last year, I had 3 suspicious looking moles removed from various regions of my body. After the lab tested them, 1 was reported as normal, 1 had A-typical cells, and 1 was a spitz. A spitz is a rare benign (non cancerous) mole that looks very much like melanoma. In a small number of cases, a spitz can look so much like melanoma (even under a microscope), that even an expert cannot tell the difference without further tests.
I am fair-skinned, blue-eyed, have many small moles, and tend to burn easily in the sun. All of these characteristics put me at risk for skin cancer. I used to think all I could do to protect myself was to stay out of the sun. Here's what I found out instead:

What you eat effects your risk of developing cancer...ALL kinds of cancer.

This article, Cancer Prevention Through Healthy Foods in the blog Healthy Eating Plans, describes some food additives to stay away from and why.

Here, the World Health Organization has written that at least 1/3 of all cancer cases are preventable. However, their article leaves out the prospect that chemicals & synthetic additives can lead to cancer. Instead, they say a diet high in fresh fruits & veggies (in other words, leaving out many additives and including natural vitamins/minerals) could protect against cancer. On their site, the WHO say cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease, and the number of cancer cases is increasing around the globe.

HelpGuide.org says 30-40% of cancers are directly linked to dietary choices, siting a 1997 report underwritten by the American Institute for Cancer Research, titled Food, Nutrition, and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective.