Foods can cause - or resist - cancer.

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: October 1, 1993 | Copyright information

Research indicates that molds called aflatoxins that grow on damaged grains or legumes can cause cancer. Other food substances are also suspected carcinogens. Some substances in fruits, vegetables and other foods have been found to suppress cancer.

Some foods can cause cancer, others can prevent it, but no one knows why. "So the bottom line or selecting what you eat is, as usual, variety and moderation," indicates University of Missouri-Columbia food scientist Robert Marshall. <...

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