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What foods fight cancer?

"Cancer-fighting foods" The list is usually topped with berries, broccoli, tomatoes, walnuts, grapes and other vegetables, fruits and nuts. "If you look at the typical foods that reduce cancer risk, it's pretty much all plant foods that contain phytochemicals," says Wohlford.

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Is there such a thing as a cancer-fighting food? Can certain foods prevent cancer?

Unfortunately, the answer is "no." There is no food that can stop cancer in its tracks or bring your risk of developing cancer to zero. Eating healthy food can reduce your risk, but it won't eliminate it. "There are many different causes for cancer," says Lindsey Wohlford, wellness dietitian. "Research tells us that making healthy food choices consistently over time can reduce your risk of getting cancer, but you can't say with absolute certainty that food can prevent cancer. There are no guarantees."

Wohlford's advice for reducing cancer risk through food:

Focus on plants (veggies, whole grains, nuts, fruit and plant-based protein)

Make choices that will help you manage your weight.

Avoid foods that are known to increase cancer risk.

"Cancer-fighting foods"

When you see a list of "cancer-fighting foods", they are often plant foods loaded with phytochemicals , also called phytonutrients. Phytochemicals are compounds found in plants that can help prevent chronic diseases like cancer. The list is usually topped with berries, broccoli, tomatoes, walnuts, grapes and other vegetables, fruits and nuts. "If you look at the typical foods that reduce cancer risk, it's pretty much all plant foods that contain phytochemicals," says Wohlford. But she cautions shoppers not to focus on a specific list of "cancer-fighting" foods to the exclusion of other healthy foods in the produce section. "Keep in mind that there are more than 4,000 phytochemicals that have been discovered and researched," she says. "There's not any one super-food that contains all of them. They all offer different functions and benefits." A good way to add variety to your cancer-fighting food list is to make sure you include a variety of colors. You can get the most protection by eating a wide variety of plant foods.

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Who else was born of a virgin?

A virgin rollcall might include Romulus and Remus, twin founders of Rome, born of the virgin Rhea Silvia. In ancient Egypt, Ra (the Sun) was born of a virgin mother, Net; Horus was the son of the virgin Isis. The Phrygo-Roman god, Attis, was born of a virgin, Nana, on December 25.

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Thoughts turned to a famous baby on Wednesday. He was conceived through parthenogenesis, a sort of asexual fertilisation process which avoids messy exchanges of bodily fluids and can lead to a virgin birth by a woman. It also avoids troubling questions of paternity. History is littered with parthenogenesis or virgin births and they’re not all miraculous. Bees do it. Birds do it. Even crayfish and some sharks do it and, while researching my novel, Venice’s Virgin Mother, I discovered that humans have been laying claim to virgin births since time began with the first of the big bangs.

A Christmas nativity scene in Marseille, France. Credit:AP

Julia Baird’s opinion piece on Christmas Eve reminded me of how the virgin birth story has been written by men. The woman’s side of the story has received scant attention.

Regardless, there’s nothing new about virgin births. History is littered with them.

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