Ditch meat, eat veggies and add a portion of love

Whole-food plant-based meals and snacks – lots of fruits and vegetables (especially broccoli, leafy greens and berries), legumes (lentils, beans, peas), non-gmo whole food soy, healthy fats (avocado, nuts, seeds, olives), ground flaxseeds (one tablespoon a day), 100% whole grains.

Meat (red meat, chicken, turkey, fish), dairy (milk, butter, cheese), and eggs, spike the chief cause of illness – it’s called insulin-like growth factor (IGF–1). Minimise saturated fat, simple sugars, and processed foods. Eat plants, not foods that come from a box or from an animal with a face. Get to your ideal body weight and stay there for life. Five hours of mild weekly exercise, when you can chit-chat while working out, or two and a half hours if you can’t carry on a conversation.

Three cups of green tea a day could help prevent cancer. Squeezing lemon in boosts the antioxidant content five-fold. Keep alcohol to one drink a day or less.

Environmental exposures such as radiation, industrial emissions, pollutants, pesticides and countless synthetic compounds abound. Limit their impact – wash your hands frequently, dust and vacuum, replace plastic with glass and steel, filter your water, hang detoxifying houseplants and choose organic food, household products and cosmetics when possible.

Pray, meditate, breathe deep, do tai chi or yoga, forgive others, be grateful, smile.