Your diet choice doesn't just influence whether you stay slim or start growing a gut—it may also play a role in what's going on inside your body at a cellular level, too. That's why experts have been paying extra close attention to the relationship between certain foods and cancer.
Now, a new discovery adds further support to the theory that your diet can protect against cancer: Certain compounds found in common foods may actually thwart the growth of prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found.