Pharmaceutical cancer prevention is a rather dull affair, based on the outdated idea that every illness is due to a "pathogen", a virus we can blame the illness on. All we have to do is kill the virus and presto fatto - we prevented cancer. This approach is not without risks, as we can see from reports of increasing adverse reactions to the Papilloma virus vaccination that is promoted as a preventive for cervical cancer.

What big pharma does not push is the fact that real prevention of cancer is very well within our means and our knowledge. Numerous studies attest to the cancer-preventive properties of nutrients contained in foods. Knowing what these nutrients are and what foods contain them, might help more than going down for a shot at your doctor's or at the local hospital.

Stephen Fox has compiled a list of phytonutrients with known anti-cancer properties. Those nutrients can be obtained by careful selection of the foods we eat, and by adding the pure substance in supplement form where that is necessary. The compilation gives useful pointers to those fruits and vegetables that keep us healthy.

Yes, more research is needed, and more data can be compiled, but let's start eating well, eliminating external stressors and pollution, keeping away from poisons including those contained in vaccines, and we may just have a chance...

Here is Stephen Fox's compilation:

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Phytonutrients: the Biochemistry of how the Healthiest Foods Prevent Cancer

by Stephen Fox

There are many nutraceuticals that have both cancer preventive and cancer suppressive properties. You will not hear about them if you do not go out of your way to review the scientific literature, or have access to those that do so. Pharmaceutical companies are sitting on many natural substances that they know can treat any number of diseases, but you will not hear about them unless they can tweak the molecules enough to get a patent and still retain some of the healing properties. Their job is not to let you in on what they know. Their job is to make money. Mr. Fox reviews some of these readily available natural compounds and extracts. The list is actually quiet long, but his review will give you a place to start.

KP Stoller, MD President, International Hyperbaric Medical Assoc Medical Director, Hyperbaric Medical Center of New Mexico www.hbotnm.com

Currently, the terms "phytonutrient" and "phytochemical" are being used interchangeably to describe those plant compounds which are thought to have health-protecting qualities. The antioxidant, immune boosting and other health promoting properties of active compounds in plants are being investigated. However, in common usage, they have a more limited definition. They are usually used to refer to compounds found in plants that are not required for normal functioning of the body but that nonetheless have a beneficial effect on health or an active role in the amelioration of disease. Thus, they differ from what are traditionally termed nutrients in that they are not a necessity for normal metabolism, and their absence will not result in a deficiency disease.