Choose Your Diet Carefully

As always, eating healthy is the best action to prevent harmful diseases. For diseases like mesothelioma, the most important preventative care you can practice is to avoid asbestos exposure. For other diseases, a balanced diet can be preventative.

Breakfast: Add fruit and a few seeds or nuts to your whole grain breakfast cereal.
Lunch: Eat a big salad filled with your favorite beans and peas or other combo of vegetables. Always order lettuce and tomato, as well as other vegetables, on your sandwiches. Order whole grain bread for your sandwiches. Have a side of vegetables like cut up carrots, sauerkraut, or a piece of fruit.

Snacks: Fresh fruit and vegetables. Grab an apple or banana on your way out the door. Raw vegetables, such as carrots, celery, cucumbers, jicama, peppers, etc. are great with a low-fat dip such as hummus. Keep trail mix made with nuts, seeds and a little dried fruit on hand.

Dinner: Add fresh or frozen vegetables to your favorite pasta sauce or rice dish. Top a baked potato with broccoli and yogurt, sautéed vegetables, or with salsa. Replace creamy pasta sauces, with sautéed vegetables or tomato sauce made with healthy olive oil.
Dessert: Choose fruit instead of a richer dessert. Or a single square of dark chocolate